Don Ameche, John Payne & James Craig
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1. Ramona (1936)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick
Votes: 367
2. Ladies in Love (1936)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Three working girls in Budapest pool their resources to get a better apartment and impress their dates. One dates a nobleman and, learning of her rejection by him, considers poison. Another... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, Constance Bennett, Simone Simon
Votes: 493
3. In Old Chicago (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Musical
The O'Leary brothers--honest Jack and roguish Dion--become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
Votes: 2,628
4. Love Is News (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville
Votes: 937
5. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Music, Musical
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman
Votes: 2,320
6. Josette (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Don Ameche, Simone Simon, Robert Young, Joan Davis
Votes: 150
7. Midnight (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer
Votes: 5,603
8. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Directors: Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis
Votes: 455
9. Four Sons (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, History, War
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis
Votes: 146
10. Down Argentine Way (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 1,365
11. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main
Votes: 12,374
12. Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford
Votes: 1,549
13. Greenwich Village (1944)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 466
14. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 633
15. Guest Wife (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Dick Foran, Charles Dingle
Votes: 500
16. So Goes My Love (1946)
Approved | 88 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Hiram Maxim, a struggling inventor. After their marriage, his ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Myrna Loy, Don Ameche, Rhys Williams, Bobby Driscoll
Votes: 443
17. That's My Man (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely
Votes: 162
18. Sleep, My Love (1948)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Chronic sleepwalker Alison Courtland thinks that a mysterious man wearing horned-rimmed eye glasses is out to kill her but her husband blames her tired imagination.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche, Rita Johnson
Votes: 2,189 | Gross: $1.80M
19. Slightly French (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter, Willard Parker
Votes: 371
20. A Fever in the Blood (1961)
Approved | 117 min | Drama
The murder of a socialite leads to a sensational trial, with a close governor's race hanging on its outcome.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly, Don Ameche
Votes: 255
21. Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Unrated | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
Teenage Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined after the shock she suffered from her glamorous socialite mother Jessica's fiery death. Her father has a new wife,... See full summary »
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Susan Gordon, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 730
22. Shadow Over Elveron (1968 TV Movie)
Approved | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and ... See full summary »
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: James Franciscus, Shirley Knight, Leslie Nielsen, Franchot Tone
Votes: 82
23. The Boatniks (1970)
G | 99 min | Comedy, Family
Newly assigned to duty in the coast guard at Newport Beach, a young ensign finds himself involved in romantic complications, as well as with jewel thieves, whose antics contribute to moments of hysteria and hilarity.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell
Votes: 858 | Gross: $18.61M
24. Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970)
GP | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Tensions grow between the small army base and people from the nearby town. Despite well intentions of people from both sides it all escalates after the big dance in town.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Ivan Dixon
Votes: 440
25. The Chinese Typewriter (1979 TV Movie)
60 min | Action, Adventure
This unsold TV pilot set in Hawaii is about two PIs hired by an airline company to retrieve a stolen jet, the company's latest prototype.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Tom Selleck, James Whitmore Jr., Lane Bradbury, William Daniels
Votes: 42
26. Trading Places (1983)
R | 116 min | Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Votes: 165,825 | Gross: $90.40M
27. Cocoon (1985)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 68,840 | Gross: $76.11M
28. A Masterpiece of Murder (1986 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Mystery
An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: Bob Hope, Don Ameche, Jayne Meadows, Claudia Christian
Votes: 172
29. Pals (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two long time friends, Jack Stobbs (George C. Scott) and Art Riddle (Don Ameche), have a fun and laughable adventure trying to spend the rest of their days fishing.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: George C. Scott, Don Ameche, Sylvia Sidney, Susan Rinell
Votes: 131
30. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.
Director: William Dear | Stars: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy
Votes: 38,284 | Gross: $29.76M
31. Coming to America (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Romance
An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather
Votes: 223,616 | Gross: $128.15M
32. Things Change (1988)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston
Votes: 4,064 | Gross: $3.53M
33. Cocoon: The Return (1988)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
The seniors return to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth?
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 17,335 | Gross: $18.92M
34. Oscar (1991)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime
A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
Director: John Landis | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 34,286 | Gross: $23.56M
35. Our Shining Moment (1991 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A bittersweet look at life in Middle America in 1963 as seen through the experiences of the McGuire family. This was a pilot which was not picked up as a TV-series.
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Cindy Pickett, Max Gail, Jonathan Brandis, Seth Green
Votes: 51
36. Folks! (1992)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole
Votes: 2,819 | Gross: $6.13M
37. Sunstroke (1992 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Mystery, Thriller
After a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her at a Scottsdale motel.
Director: James Keach | Stars: Jane Seymour, Stephen Meadows, Steve Railsback, Ray Wise
Votes: 191
38. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche, Don Alder
Votes: 51,189 | Gross: $41.83M
39. Corrina, Corrina (1994)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1959, a widower hires a kindly housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter.
Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Ray Liotta, Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Majorino, Noreen Hennessey
Votes: 14,172 | Gross: $20.16M
40. Moon Over Miami (1941)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Carole Landis
Votes: 1,390
41. That Night in Rio (1941)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 932
42. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 54,921 | Gross: $2.65M
43. The Razor's Edge (1946)
Approved | 145 min | Drama, Romance
An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter
Votes: 6,790 | Gross: $5.00M
44. The Saxon Charm (1948)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward, John Payne, Audrey Totter
Votes: 313
45. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Approved | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 849
46. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Votes: 8,141
47. 99 River Street (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen
Votes: 3,437
48. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War
Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly
Votes: 983 | Gross: $2.30M
49. Garden of the Moon (1938)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Romance blooms between a publicist and a singing band leader in the Garden of the Moon night club.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, John Payne, Johnnie Davis
Votes: 327
50. Wings of the Navy (1939)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Biplanes flying in formation past the Washington Monument. A flotilla of seaplanes rising majestically off the surface of the Atlantic.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne, Frank McHugh
Votes: 360
51. Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Joe is the three-time Indy champion who still races to put young Eddie through college. Joe wants a better life for Eddie, and he explodes when he finds out that Eddie quit school for a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, John Payne, Gale Page
Votes: 254
52. Star Dust (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 385
53. Week-End in Havana (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nan Spencer is on a boat bound for Havana which runs aground. The man sent to rescue her is engaged and she doesn't understand his disinterest. Monte Blanca is interested, to the annoyance of his girlfriend.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 734
54. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
After Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort, its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. Later, soloist Vivian Dawn quits and Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle
Votes: 1,950
55. Remember the Day (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick, Ann E. Todd
Votes: 632
56. Footlight Serenade (1942)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A boxing champ gets involved with a Broadway show and a shapely chorine...who's engaged to his new sparring partner.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: John Payne, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jane Wyman
Votes: 258
57. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
Approved | 99 min | Musical
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari
Votes: 559 | Gross: $3.40M
58. Sentimental Journey (1946)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
An actress, Julie Beck, finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon decides to adopt the child so... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, William Bendix, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 487
59. Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A little girl asks her guardians to take her by boat to a nearby swamp believing her older brother, a sailor who recently went M.I.A. in WWII, is somehow there. She finds a grumpy old Crusoe-like hermit, instead, but there's still hope.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: John Payne, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood, Connie Marshall
Votes: 171
60. Larceny (1948)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters
Votes: 925
61. El Paso (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Western
In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 456
62. The Crooked Way (1949)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
War hero recovers from amnesia and is confronted by his criminal past.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams
Votes: 1,403
63. Captain China (1950)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Charles Chinnough, aka Captain China, washed ashore off his ship during a storm, is later rescued, but is relieved of duty after his former first mate, Brendensen (who thought he was dead),... See full summary »
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 140
64. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
Not Rated | 104 min | Western
A Texas Ranger and a government agent team up to help Mexican patriot Juarez fend off European opposition.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O'Keefe, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 368
65. Tripoli (1950)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag
Director: Will Price | Stars: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Reed
Votes: 517
66. Passage West (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Western
In 1864, six Salt Lake prison escapees join a wagon train headed for California but tensions between inmates and settlers complicate the perilous voyage.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Dennis O'Keefe, Arleen Whelan, Frank Faylen
Votes: 229
67. Crosswinds (1951)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Adventurer tries to recover gold from sunken plane.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 216
68. Caribbean (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s and sold into slavery by Andrew MacAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 231
69. The Blazing Forest (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Kelly Hansen, the tough boss of a timber crew clearing property owned by Jessie Crain and her niece Sharon Wilks, is--unknown to anybody else--working to pay back money stolen by his ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, William Demarest, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Arlen
Votes: 140
70. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure
A legendary pirate captures a Spanish galleon and tries to claim a countess as his bride.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 524
71. The Vanquished (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Western
After the Civil War, unscrupulous and corrupt civilian administrators, backed by the Union Army, run Southern towns like despots, causing public outrage.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 232
72. Rails Into Laramie (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce Mackenzie
Votes: 423
73. Silver Lode (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Western
In the western town of Silver Lode, Dan Ballard is arrested for murder and theft by marshals, but he denies the charges and searches for the real culprit as the townsfolk gradually turn against him.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Dolores Moran
Votes: 2,299
74. Hell's Island (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir
Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan, Eduardo Noriega
Votes: 416
75. Santa Fe Passage (1955)
Passed | 91 min | Western
A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.
Director: William Witney | Stars: John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron, Slim Pickens
Votes: 527
76. The Road to Denver (1955)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Two fugitive Texan brothers at odds with one another flee to Colorado where they take jobs with rival bosses.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Payne, Lee J. Cobb, Mona Freeman, Ray Middleton
Votes: 339
77. Tennessee's Partner (1955)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In a California mining town, a gold miner, a saloon gambler and a cat-house madam strike an odd alliance revolving around a gold mine claim.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray
Votes: 755
78. Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor
Votes: 1,290
79. Hold Back the Night (1956)
80 min | Drama, War
A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves, Chuck Connors
Votes: 182
80. Rebel in Town (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Western
After the Civil War, five Confederates find trouble in a Yankee town when one of them accidentally shoots and kills a young local boy.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: John Payne, Ruth Roman, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper
Votes: 411
81. The Boss (1956)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee, Doe Avedon
Votes: 386
82. Northwest Rangers (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Western
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: James Craig, William Lundigan, Patricia Dane, John Carradine
Votes: 191
83. The Human Comedy (1943)
Passed | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 2,452
84. Lost Angel (1943)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Philip Merivale
Votes: 614
85. The Heavenly Body (1944)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
The neglected wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
Directors: Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli | Stars: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig, Fay Bainter
Votes: 1,034
86. Kismet (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
In ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,295
87. Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Passed | 116 min | Mystery, Romance, War
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Frances Gifford
Votes: 410
88. Gentle Annie (1944)
Passed | 80 min | Western
In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Harry Morgan
Votes: 375
89. Dangerous Partners (1945)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Audrey Totter
Votes: 267
90. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Family
A Norwegian farmer lovingly raises his daughter in rural World War II-era Benson Junction, Wisconsin.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford
Votes: 2,345
91. She Went to the Races (1945)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
Scientists have developed a method for winning at the track. Lovely Ava is a horse owner interest to a desperate gambler.
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: James Craig, Frances Gifford, Ava Gardner, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 308
92. Boys' Ranch (1946)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
Baseball player Dan Walker being benched doesn't bother him as it allows him to make the easy decision to be a full time Texas rancher - his goal to own his own ranch - and be at home with ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig, Skip Homeier, Dorothy Patrick
Votes: 180
93. Dark Delusion (1947)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
Dr. Leonard Gillespie, for several reasons and not all medically related, asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt, to go to a small town and replace a local doctor while he is on vacation. ... See full summary »
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, James Craig, Lucille Bremer, Jayne Meadows
Votes: 273
94. The Man from Texas (1948)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Tobias Simms (James Craig) is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid", and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe (Lynn ... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel
Votes: 124
95. Northwest Stampede (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Western
When his father dies, rodeo star Dan Bennett returns to his ranch but hires on as a ranch hand. A horse known as the White Outlaw is the leader of a herd of wild horses and Dan's obsession ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie, Chill Wills
Votes: 156
96. Side Street (1949)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer--with catastrophic consequences.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly
Votes: 3,331
97. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the 1950s, an undercover U.S. Immigration investigator travels to Cuba to bust a crime ring that smuggles illegal-aliens into the USA but he falls in love with a smuggled woman.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready
Votes: 917
98. The Strip (1951)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.
Director: László Kardos | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig
Votes: 728
99. Drums in the Deep South (1951)
Passed | 87 min | Western
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane
Votes: 430
100. Hurricane Smith (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 213
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