List of the best Alan Napier movies: Signpost to Murder(1965), Big Jim McLain(1952), Mademoiselle Fifi(1944), The Mole People(1956), 36 Hours(1964), Appointment in Berlin(1943), Master Minds(1949), Tarzan's Magic Fountain(1949), The Premature Burial(1962), Hangover Square(1945), Cat People(1942), Isle of the Dead(1945) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
74 Minutes
The Vicar
Stuart Whitman Joanne Woodward Edward Mulhare Alan Napier Joyce Worsley Leslie Denison Murray Matheson Hedley Mattingly Carol Veazie
An escapee from an asylum takes refuge in a woman's house; but she has dark secrets of her own.
Drama
USA
1952
90 Minutes
Sturak
John Wayne Nancy Olson James Arness Alan Napier Veda Ann Borg Gayne Whitman Hal Baylor Robert Keyes Hans Conried John Hubbard Gordon Jones
investigator communist psychiatrist secretary partner spirited confident patriotic hawaii doctor's office hospital communism crime espionage mccarthyism pursuit revenge 1950s
In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
Drama
1944
69 Minutes
Count de Breville
Simone Simon John Emery Kurt Kreuger Alan Napier Helen Freeman Jason Robards Sr. Norma Varden Romaine Callender Fay Helm Edmund Glover Charles Waldron
During the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. When a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.
Sci-Fi
1956
78 Minutes
Elinu
John Agar Cynthia Patrick Hugh Beaumont Alan Napier Nestor Paiva Phil Chambers Rodd Redwing Robin Hughes
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Colonel Peter MacLean
James Garner Eva Marie Saint Rod Taylor Werner Peters Alan Napier Celia Lovsky John Banner Ed Gilbert Russ Thorson Oscar Beregi Sig Ruman
military officer psychiatrist nurse enemy spy thrilling intricate germany hospital military base england amnesia world war ii deception espionage escape pursuit mystery 1940s
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Col. Patterson
George Sanders Marguerite Chapman Onslow Stevens Gale Sondergaard Alan Napier Jack Lee H.P. Sanders Don Douglas Alec Craig Leonard Mudie Frederick Worlock
A former RAF officer is enlisted in the British secret service. Germany recruits him for propaganda broadcasts to England. He uses codes in his broadcasts. When his cover is blown, he and his German girlfriend must try to escape.
Comedy
USA
1949
64 Minutes
Dr. Druzik
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Glenn Strange Alan Napier Jane Adams William Yetter
hoodlum mad scientist henchman monster storekeeper friend lighthearted madcap new york city laboratory candy store sideshow bowery psychic phenomena kidnapping experiments monsters rescue quest 1940s
When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip tries to make some money off of Sach by using him as a fortune teller in a carnival, until... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1949
73 Minutes
Douglas Jessup
Lex Barker Brenda Joyce Evelyn Ankers Albert Van Dekker Alan Napier Charles Drake Henry Brandon
Tarzan secretly arrives in Blue Valley, the land of the magical fountain of youth, to find the intrepid aviatrix who can save an innocent man. But, is she the same person she used to be? Can Tarzan protect the vale's ultimate mystery?
Horror
1962
81 Minutes
Dr. Gideon Gault
Ray Milland Hazel Court Richard Ney Heather Angel Alan Napier John Dierkes Dick Miller Brendan Dillon Clive Halliday
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story about a cataleptic Englishman obsessed with the fear of being buried alive.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
77 Minutes
Sir Henry Chapman
Laird Cregar Linda Darnell George Sanders Glenn Langan Faye Marlowe Alan Napier Frederick Worlock J.W. Austin Leland Hodgson Clifford Brooke John Goldsworthy
composer friend father doctor singer love interest dark suspenseful london apartment music hall mental illness violence jealousy blackouts music transformation fall 1890s
A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.
Horror
USA
1942
73 Minutes
Doc Carver
Simone Simon Kent Smith Tom Conway Jane Randolph Jack Holt Alan Napier Elizabeth Dunne Elizabeth Russell
husband wife assistant psychiatrist dark suspenseful new york city household zoo apartment supernatural superstition curse cats love triangle jealousy discovery metamorphosis love 1940s
An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
St. Aubyn
Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Marc Cramer Katherine Emery Helene Thimig Alan Napier Jason Robards Sr. Skelton Knaggs Sherry Hall Ernest Dorian Erick Hanson
general reporter peasant nurse eerie emotional tense island hotel woods house plagues war love paranoia supernatural metamorphosis mystery 1910s
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1946
65 Minutes
F. Holmes Harmon
Martin Kosleck Rondo Hatton Bill Goodwin Robert Lowery Virginia Grey Alan Napier Howard Freeman Virginia Christine
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Adventure
1959
71 Minutes
Dr. Paul Lujan
Jeff Richards Venetia Stevenson John Smith Diane Jergens June Blair Alan Napier Gavin Muir George Brand
A broadcaster (Jeff Richards) and his pilot (John Smith) are stranded with a mad scientist and his three innocent daughters.
Crime, Drama
1956
73 Minutes
Ray Sheridan
Lee J. Cobb Patricia Medina Edward Arnold Michael Granger Eleanore Tanin Alan Napier Harry Lauter
detective attorney witness friend thug politician melodramatic suspenseful gritty tense miami havana airplane everglades cuba florida gambling racketeering murder political corruption
A police detective (Lee J. Cobb) baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Dr. Forrester
Ray Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke Percy Waram Dan Duryea Alan Napier Erskine Sanford Thomas Louden Aminta Dyne Rita Johnson
spy patient nazi detective psychic girl chilling dark crafty mental institution london fair train espionage world war ii paranoia escape 1940s
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot, and tries to stop it.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
97 Minutes
Alton Bennet
Dorothy Lamour Sterling Hayden Dan Duryea Irene Hervey Philip Reed Harold Vermilyea Alan Napier Art Smith
quack writer secretary private investigator wealthy woman insurance investigator uneasy dark suspenseful intricate psychiatrist's office boardinghouse restaurant laundromat pawn shop murder investigation frame-up robbery nightmares psychiatry
The secretary to a phony psychiatrist finds herself caught up in the murder of a patient's wife and realizes that her life is also in danger.
Action
USA
1966
105 Minutes
Alfred Pennyworth
Adam West Burt Ward Cesar Romero Lee Meriwether Burgess Meredith Frank Gorshin Alan Napier Neil Hamilton Stafford Repp Madge Blake Reginald Denny
batman sidekick butler villain millionaire superhero campy amusing outlandish spectacular gotham city secret headquarters mansion police station city docks superheroes crime vigilantism technology
The Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Drama
USA
1944
90 Minutes
MacDougald
William Bendix Susan Hayward John Loder Dorothy Comingore Roman Bohnen Tom Fadden Alan Napier Charles Cane
socialite engineer laborer beautiful woman tender uneasy dark ship new york city forbidden love class conflict working class loneliness identity self-esteem forbidden love quest 1940s
During the 1940s, social class conflict is depicted when a spoiled socialite, traveling on a freighter, calls the ship's head stoker a hairy ape, provoking him into stalking the rich woman once ashore in New York.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
76 Minutes
Eric Latimer
George Sanders Virginia Bruce Lenore Aubert Gene Lockhart Robert Armstrong H.B. Warner Alan Napier Marcel Dalio Michael Ansara
reporter secret agent beautiful woman nazi informant suspenseful spirited damascus market syria hotel espionage world war ii investigation murder dangerous assignment impersonation mystery quest 1940s
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
129 Minutes
Mr. Rutland
Tippi Hedren Sean Connery Diane Baker Martin Gabel Louise Latham Bob Sweeney Milton Selzer Alan Napier
publisher secretary businessman mother thief brash dark gripping philadelphia newsroom big city home theft childhood trauma obsession blackmail marriage financial scheme mystery revenge
Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Houdon
George Sanders Signe Hasso Carole Landis Akim Tamiroff Gene Lockhart Jo Ann Marlowe Alma Kruger Alan Napier Vladimir Sokoloff Pedro de Cordoba Leona Maricle
petty criminal friend marquis police officer sweetheart cheeky gripping melodramatic france paris marseilles, france jail bank crime theft blackmail impersonation nobility abandonment quest
Born in a French prison in 1775, François Eugène Vidocq becomes a professional thief and is later appointed chief of Parisian police.
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Prosecution Attorney
Jean Simmons Paul Newman Joan Fontaine Piper Laurie Charles Drake Sandra Dee Wally Cassell Alan Napier Ralph Votrian John Wilder Adam Kennedy
marine salesgirl military officer unwed mother sister wife emotional melodramatic mushy suspenseful new zealand dance hall hotel courtroom doomed romance war bride world war ii domestic violence sister relationship alcohol
During WW2, husband-less New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
Adventure
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Capt. Humberstone Lyon
Clark Gable Ricardo Montalban John Hodiak Adolphe Menjou María Elena Marqués J. Carrol Naish Jack Holt Alan Napier George Chandler Richard Anderson
trapper native american warrior native american woman beautiful woman friend spirited emotional wild west wilderness interracial romance culture clash exploitation marriage confrontation survival forbidden love rivalry transformation 1830s
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Adventure
1948
97 Minutes
Sir George
Edmund Gwenn Donald Crisp Janet Leigh Tom Drake Rhys Williams Reginald Owen Edmond Breon Alan Napier Hugh Green Lumsden Hare Eileen Erskine
dog doctor shepherd son uplifting endearing scotland edinburgh, scotland medicine rural life pets hydrophobia father/son relationship animals underdog growing up 20th century
A dedicated Scottish doctor tries to cure Lassie's water phobia while caring for patients throughout the glen.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Finchley
Burt Lancaster Yvonne De Carlo Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Richard Long Esy Morales Tom Pedi Percy Helton Alan Napier Griff Barnett Meg Randall
An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
Biography
USA
1951
109 Minutes
Jean de Reszke
Mario Lanza Ann Blyth Dorothy Kirsten Jarmila Novotna Richard Hageman Carl Benton Reid Eduard Franz Ludwig Donath Alan Napier Paul Javor Carl Milletaire
opera singer italian immigrant wife socialite uplifting inspiring naples, italy new york city opera house opera success performance romance immigration rise sacrifice love 1900s
This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1947
117 Minutes
Aga
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Walter Slezak George Tobias Jane Greer Mike Mazurki Sheldon Leonard Alan Napier John Miljan Glenn Strange
sinbad concubine lord assassin friend sailor spectacular outlandish emotional ship island palace auction house middle east basra, iraq treasure harems seafaring mythology royalty
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Action
1955
89 Minutes
Parson Glennie
Stewart Granger George Sanders Joan Greenwood Viveca Lindfors Jon Whiteley Liliane Montevecchi Melville Cooper Sean McClory Alan Napier John Hoyt Donna Corcoran
buccaneer smuggler orphan nobleman pirate rousing england port village graveyard boat treasure hunting unlikely allies inheritance bootlegging secret identity father figure adventure growing up rivalry
In the 18th century, British youngster John Mohune is shipped off to live with Jeremy Fox, a gentleman who moonlights as a bootlegger, after his mother's death.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Jock
Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester Elizabeth Taylor Ben Webster J. Pat O'Malley Alan Napier Arthur Shields
lassie young boy mother father duke grandchild heartwarming family home yorkshire scotland countryside estate dogs family class distinctions journey escape quest 1940s
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie (Pal) escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Romance
USA
1949
119 Minutes
The General
Walter Pidgeon Ethel Barrymore Peter Lawford Angela Lansbury Janet Leigh Louis Calhern Francis L. Sullivan Melville Cooper Robert Coote Alan Napier Roman Toporow
colonel mother superior major aide ballerina private tense emotional vienna convent train station rome repatriation communism faith romance duty suicide quest escape
Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1953
121 Minutes
Marlon Brando James Mason John Gielgud Louis Calhern Edmond O'Brien Greer Garson Deborah Kerr George Macready Michael Pate Richard Hale Alan Napier
brutus mark antony julius caesar assassin emotional fiery passionate patriotic ancient rome assassination politics war fall revenge ancient rome
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Lorre Joan Lorring Robert Shayne Marjorie Riordan Arthur Shields Rosalind Ivan John Alvin Peter Whitney Alan Napier
wife embezzler drunk widow girlfriend stranger eerie fascinating uneasy london apartment courtroom bar superstition luck embezzlement spiritual visions gambling greed quest
Three strangers, each with a serious problem in their lives, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr George Sanders Louis Hayward Gene Lockhart Hillary Brooke Rhys Williams June Storey Moroni Olsen Olive Blakeney Dennis Hoey Alan Napier
manipulative woman businessman college student husband wife best friend dark engaging melodramatic tense bangor, maine woods cabin romantic dilemma murder plot infidelity manipulation betrayal forbidden love temptation
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell Elizabeth Sellars Charlotte Austin Cathleen Nesbitt Evelyn Varden Isobel Elsom John Hoyt
napoleon bonaparte mistress military officer melodramatic passionate france paris palace forbidden love romance military life napoleonic wars forbidden love wretched excess 18th century
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Esther Williams Akim Tamiroff Ricardo Montalban John Carroll Mary Astor Cyd Charisse Fortunio Bonanova Hugo Haas Jean Van Joey Preston Frank Puglia
bullfighter sister brother father mother composer amusing engaging mexico bullring household bullfighting brother/sister relationship deception disguise aspirations family quest transformation 1940s
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Drama
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Ronald Colman Greer Garson Philip Dorn Susan Peters Reginald Owen Henry Travers Margaret Wycherly Bramwell Fletcher Arthur Margetson Jill Esmond Marta Linden
veteran showgirl fiancée sibling doctor government official emotional passionate england mental institution music hall household small town amnesia world war i car crash inheritance election relationships love
An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Danny Kaye Norman Panama Glynis Johns Basil Rathbone Angela Lansbury Cecil Parker Mildred Natwick Robert Middleton Michael Pate Herbert Rudley Noel Drayton
carnival worker maid king princess jester witch lighthearted hilarious cheeky england forest castle woods hut courtyard royalty impersonation schemes magic father/daughter relationship
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
Drama
USA
1961
114 Minutes
Elvis Presley Hope Lange Tuesday Weld Millie Perkins Rafer Johnson John Ireland Gary Lockwood William Mims Raymond Greenleaf Christina Crawford Robin Raymond
young man counselor love interest pretty woman townsperson brother emotional spirited charming the south small town house romance small-town life misunderstanding family dysfunction aspirations writing discovery love
A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.
Adventure
USA
1947
146 Minutes
Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Howard da Silva Boris Karloff Cecil Kellaway Ward Bond Katherine DeMille Henry Wilcoxon C. Aubrey Smith Victor Varconi Virginia Grey
captain slave trader heroine slave native american friend tense spirited confident rousing colony north america pittsburgh fort river conspiracy slave trade colonialism land wars raids
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.