40 FILMS - COLEEN GRAY (1922 - 2015)
I was sad last week (8/3) when Coleen passed away in Bel Air, CA. She was one of my favorite actress when I discovered film noir. This appeared in 40 feature films and 71 TV series. The majority of her film genres include: drama, western and crime stories. Here are her 40 feature films listed in order of their release date.
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- DirectorWalter LangStarsJeanne CrainDana AndrewsDick HaymesEach member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneJohn BrahmStarsJune HaverGeorge MontgomeryVivian BlaineA reworking of the movie "Three Blind Mice" (1938) based on the play of the same name, which in turn led to the remake, "Moon Over Miami" (1941). This version is set during the turn of the century. Three sisters from Red Bank set out for Atlantic City disguised as an heiress, her secretary and a maid, in the hope that one of them will land a rich husband.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonEdmund GouldingJohn M. StahlStarsBetty GrableDick HaymesAnne RevereIn the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young typist, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the women's suffrage movement.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsVictor MatureBrian DonlevyColeen GrayA crook arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind once his wife dies under worrying circumstances.a very good film noir classic
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsTyrone PowerJoan BlondellColeen GrayThe rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.one of my top 25 film noir favorites
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsVictor MatureColeen GrayGlenn LanganTwo sons of a general try to prove that he did not give an order that resulted in the Indian massacre of a wagon train and army fort.
- DirectorHoward HawksArthur RossonStarsJohn WayneMontgomery CliftJoanne DruDunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.my favorite western of all time
- DirectorLouis KingStarsMark StevensColeen GrayRory CalhounJeff Keane's expensive showhorse escapes from a train and runs wild in the Colorado wilderness. Keane searches for the horse while the horse learns the ways of the wild.
- DirectorAbby BerlinNorman FosterStarsWilliam HoldenColeen GrayMary Jane SaundersWilliam Holden plays a drifter who comes to a small town and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids--January, February, March, April, and May--are living on their own. Their parents died a while ago, and they want to keep that a secret from the townspeople, especially the young schoolteacher (Coleen Gray), because they don't want to end up in a children's home and then eventually separated. Holden's character moves in with the kids and poses as their uncle to take care of them while romancing the teacher. However, in order to keep the children, he must get married.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyColeen GrayCharles BickfordA horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsRichard ConteColeen GrayRichard TaberIn New York, the murder of a Bellevue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsGeorge RaftColeen GrayEnzo StaiolaAmerican gambler Nick Cain arrives at the Mediterranean town of San Paola, and befriends an orphan Italian shoe-shine boy named Toni. He is puzzled by the reception and welcome he receives from the management of the casino until he finds he has been framed on a charge of murdering a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly and they flee to a deserted village where he leaves Kay to hide out. Nick gets aid from a mysterious character named Massine, whom he suspects of trying to collect the reward offered on his capture. Nick discovers that the men responsible for the agent's death are members of an international counterfeiting ring, using the casino to pass the bogus money.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsStephen McNallyColeen GrayWillard ParkerA gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsHoward DuffColeen GrayJohn HowardA young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneColeen GrayPreston FosterAn 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.another excellent film noir movie
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsJohn PayneJan SterlingColeen GrayAfter the Civil War, unscrupulous and corrupt civilian administrators, backed by the Union Army, run Southern towns like despots, causing public outrage.
- DirectorLouis KingStarsRobert StackColeen GrayRichard ArlenThe story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of their wives, on station with them, who have dinner ready when they return. Jane Carter (Coleen Gray), a reporter for a large newspaper syndicate arrives... she's also the estranged wife of the assistant squadron commander, Colonel Gil Manton (Robert Stack.) At first, she goes at her assignment of getting a story on the pilots wives with the same ruthlessness and persistence that broke up her marriage - but a mirror isn't needed to peek around the corner to where this one is headed.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsDennis O'KeefeColeen GrayHugh WilliamsOn loan to the Tate Gallery in London, Da Vinci's 'Madonna and Child' is stolen and replaced with a fake but the American security expert working for Tate aims to recover the original painting and catch the culprits.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayKeith LarsenA cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsDennis O'KeefeColeen GrayCharles WinningerA teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsJohn PayneRonald ReaganRhonda FlemingIn 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.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsMickey RooneyColeen GrayHugh O'BrianA reverend goes West to a town where the Indians killed his priest-father and burned his church but the local townsfolk are keener about cash than religion.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBill WilliamsColeen GrayJim DavisWhen Indian land is threatened by a take-over by white settlers, a frontiersman tries to prevent an Indian uprising.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince EdwardsCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
- DirectorCharles F. HaasStarsJohn AgarMamie Van DorenRichard BooneA sheriff planning on legally hanging a killer, has to contend with farmers who want to lynch him, and cattlemen who want to help him escape.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsJohn BromfieldColeen GrayKent TaylorA marshal investigating the death of a woman who owned a gambling house finds that he's developing an attraction to the image of the dead woman, and then she shows up very much alive.
- DirectorCharles MartinStarsGeorge SandersYvonne De CarloZsa Zsa GaborThe New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsHugh MarloweColeen GrayAdele MaraTwo brothers rescue four dance-hall girls, and encounter trouble from a villain wielding a wicked whip.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsPreston FosterPat ConwayJeff DonnellDestination 60,000 tells the story of test pilots flying an experimental supersonic fighter designs from Edwards Air Force Base.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsJohn BealColeen GrayKenneth TobeyA kind, small-town doctor mistakenly ingests pills made from vampire bat blood and they turn him into a dangerous fanged creature.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsJeff MorrowColeen GrayStrother MartinA Boston schoolmarm out west meets the sole survivor of a massacre, a drunk in jail.
- DirectorJack L. CopelandStarsStephen McNallyColeen GrayVic MorrowA disgruntled ex-employee of a missile fuel plant plans to commit suicide by blowing himself and the plant up with explosives.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsRichard EyerStephen McNallyColeen GrayGangster and police look for a gangster's son who witnessed a murder.
- DirectorEdward DeinStarsColeen GrayGrant WilliamsPhillip TerryAn endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.
- DirectorWilliam MarshallStarsDean FredericksColeen GrayAnthony DexterAfter an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsDana AndrewsTerry MoorePat O'BrienA gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGeorge PeppardRaymond BurrGayle HunnicuttA down-on-his-luck New York private eye takes a bodyguard job for the death-threatened mistress of a shady millionaire and gets involved in conspiracy and murder.a neo-noir PI flock
- DirectorDick RossStarsAnne BaxterSteve ForrestJames GregoryReligion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.
- DirectorBrian PinetteStarsScott Shaw MatthewsColeen GrayDallas HillFilm noir icon Coleen Gray (Red River, The Killing, Riding High), Dallas Hill ("Accalimed artist" & "Country-singsation") & "Legendary Silent Film Star" Patsy Ruth Mller (Esmeralda in Lon Chaney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") makes her final film appearance as "Mother." In a nutshell, Colleen is trying to send her Mother (Patsy) to a "home for the old and aged" run by Dallas. Patsy has a ticket to a fair (some decades ago) and insists she would rather go to the fair... "A genuine gem." East coast premiere at NYC Museum of Modern Art. Written, produced & directed by then 20 year old Brian Pinette. 5 day shoot, Houston, Texas. B/W. "Patsy came out of retirement to do it. What a blast!" states Brian.
- DirectorJames F. CollierStarsChris KiddWes ParkerRita WalterA father and son embark on an emotional kayaking trip. The father has taken his son into the deep Alaskan wilderness to tell him that he is divorcing the boy's mother, who is pregnant and waiting for them back home. While on the trip, the father and son get involved in a potentially fatal accident. Fortunately, an enigmatic mountain man appears to save them. Later he helps the troubled twosome find hope and salvation through God. Meanwhile, the wife also finds a new life through old-time religion, and happiness ensues all around.