List of the best Albert Van Dekker movies: Dr. Cyclops(1940), Among the Living(1941), The Woman of the Town(1943), Gammera the Invincible(1966), Kiss Me Deadly(1955), Search for Danger(1949), In Old Oklahoma(1943), In Old California(1942), Blonde Inspiration(1941), The Kansan(1943), She Devil(1957), The Great Commandment(1939) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1940
75 Minutes
Albert Van Dekker Janice Logan Thomas Coley Charles Halton Victor Kilian Frank Yaconelli Billy Wilkerson Allen Fox Paul Fix Frank Reicher
biologist scientist doctor mineralist professor servant chilling creepy amazon jungle laboratory house bedroom experiments biology madness murder self-sacrifice shrinking quest
A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
68 Minutes
Albert Van Dekker Susan Hayward Frances Farmer Harry Carey Gordon Jones Jean Phillips Ernest Whitman Maude Eburne Frank M. Thomas Harlan Briggs Archie Twitchell
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
Western
USA
1943
90 Minutes
Albert Van Dekker Claire Trevor Barry Sullivan Henry Hull Marion Martin Porter Hall Percy Kilbride Beryl Wallace
sheriff chorus girl rancher mayor old man fiery tense engaging dodge city, kan. saloon bat masterson old west love triangle law enforcement vengeance rivalry love 1910s
Bat Masterson's girl tries to get him to give up gunfighting and become a respectable journalist, but Bat has other problems - his rival is in town gunning for him.
Sci-Fi
USA|Japan
1966
86 Minutes
Albert Van Dekker Sandy Howard Brian Donlevy Diane Findlay
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
105 Minutes
Ralph Meeker Albert Van Dekker Paul Stewart Maxine Cooper Gaby Rodgers Juano Hernandez Wesley Addy Nick Dennis Cloris Leachman Marion Carr Jack Lambert
mike hammer stranger girlfriend police captain scientist roommate uneasy chilling brutal los angeles highway hospital office apartment beach house murder femme fatales atomic age deception impersonation
A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
63 Minutes
John Calvert Albert Van Dekker Myrna Dell Ben Welden Douglas Fowley Michael Mark Anna Cornell James Griffith Mauritz Hugo Peter Brocco Peter Michael
Murders of a rival private eye and a suspected thief draw the attention of The Falcon.
Western
USA
1943
102 Minutes
John Wayne Martha Scott Albert Van Dekker George "Gabby" Hayes Marjorie Rambeau Dale Evans Grant Withers Sidney Blackmer
In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.
Western
USA
1942
88 Minutes
John Wayne Binnie Barnes Albert Van Dekker Helen Parrish Patsy Kelly Edgar Kennedy Dick Purcell Harry Shannon Charles Halton Emmett Lynn Bob McKenzie
pharmacist saloon owner rancher woman brother tense somber rousing california mining town pharmacy ranch extortion frame-up illness gold rush mob banding together rivalry quest
During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
John Shelton Virginia Grey Albert Van Dekker Charles Butterworth Donald Meek Reginald Owen Alma Kruger Rita Quigley Marion Martin George Lessey
novelist publisher secretary uncle writer alcoholic witty new york city office penthouse family home deception fiction writing publishing integrity love triangle debt transformation 1940s
Unknown writer Jonathan Briggs is tricked into buying in to a struggling western magazine only to find that all Is not as it appears. In the meantime, he falls for the publisher's assistant and complications arise.
Western
USA
1943
79 Minutes
Richard Dix Jane Wyatt Albert Van Dekker Victor Jory Eugene Pallette Robert Armstrong Beryl Wallace Clem Bevans
cowboy marshal banker townspeople bank robber bystander brooding intense gritty engaging tense gripping wild west bank robbery tyranny career change shoot-out western films control discovery
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1957
77 Minutes
Biochemists (Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker) give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman (Mari Blanchard), with side effects.
Drama
1939
78 Minutes
John Beal Maurice Moscovich Albert Van Dekker Marjorie Cooley Lloyd Corrigan Ian Wolfe Olaf Hytten Anthony Marlowe Lester Sharpe Albert Spehr Harold Minjir
In the year A.D. 30, Jesus prevents a young man (John Beal) from leading a revolt against the Romans.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Albert Van Dekker Sam Levene Virginia Christine John Miljan Vince Barnett Charles D. Brown Donald MacBride
gas station attendant detective insurance investigator hitman femme fatale boxer dark brooding gritty powerful small town diner brentwood, n.j. city robbery crime deception love murder mystery
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|USA
1959
114 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Clift Katharine Hepburn Albert Van Dekker Mercedes McCambridge Gene Raymond Mavis Villiers Patricia Marmont Joan Young Maria Britneva Sheila Robbins
debutante aunt surgeon patient brooding dark melodramatic mental institution new orleans house mental illness betrayal family history death trauma family dysfunction discovery mystery forbidden love 1930s
A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.
Drama
USA
1959
118 Minutes
Kim Novak Fredric March Glenda Farrell Albert Van Dekker Martin Balsam Lee Grant Lee Philips Edith Meiser Joan Copeland Betty Walker Lou Gilbert
receptionist widower mother sister daughter father melodramatic gutsy factory office diner restaurant car party may-december romance divorce disapproval engagement business jealousy
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
Western
USA
1959
96 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Julie London Gary Merrill Albert Van Dekker Jack Oakie Charles McGraw "Satchel" Paige Anthony Caruso
mercenary wife army major texas ranger doctor confident gritty spirited thrilling mexico texas border family honor self-defense american indian wars arms syndicate adventure revenge transformation 1870s
A honorable drifter constantly on the run finds his enemies closing in around him.
Western
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Richard Dix Jane Wyatt Lee J. Cobb Albert Van Dekker Victor Jory Lola Lane Max Baer Joe Sawyer
surveyor railroad engineer business owner assistant daughter investor engaging melodramatic kansas small town countryside saloon office land ownership railroad business deal father/daughter relationship scandal rivalry quest
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
72 Minutes
Joyce Mackenzie Stanley Clements Hurd Hatfield Albert Van Dekker James Flavin
hit man daughter police officer nightclub owner cigarette girl girlfriend tense gripping big city family home movie theater nightclub police station investigation undercover operations deception murder organized crime mystery pursuit
When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.
Adventure
USA
1949
73 Minutes
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?
Sci-Fi
Japan
1965
86 Minutes
Eiji Funakoshi Harumi Kiritachi Junichiro Yamashita Albert Van Dekker Brian Donlevy Diane Findlay John Baragrey Dick O'Neill Yoshiro Uchida Michiko Sugata Yoshiro Kitahara
From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
88 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Nina Foch Jayne Mansfield Hugh Marlowe Albert Van Dekker Howard St. John Ellen Corby Edward Platt
After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.
Adventure
USA
1940
113 Minutes
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Ian Hunter Peter Lorre Albert Van Dekker Paul Lukas Edward Ciannelli J. Edward Bromberg John Arledge Frederick Worlock Bernard Nedell
prisoner prostitute killer religious person captor cynic dark eerie profound intense prison island jungle french guiana boat religious conversion prison break death penal system boats
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
Western
USA
1948
88 Minutes
Victor Mature Coleen Gray Glenn Langan Reginald Gardiner Albert Van Dekker Fred Clark Charles Kemper Robert Warwick
general captain gambler brother mine owner indian chief dense spirited jail fort mine court graveyard street frame-ups mining brotherhood investigation impersonation native americans
Two 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.
War
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Robert Preston Macdonald Carey William Bendix Albert Van Dekker Walter Abel Mikhail Rasumny Rod Cameron Bill Goodwin Damian O'Flynn Frank Albertson
marine major lieutenant captain private enemy intense gritty patriotic wake island military base world war ii showdown survival bravery invasion outnumbered quest underdog rivalry
December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1942
87 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Susan Hayward Lynne Overman Albert Van Dekker Eugene Pallette Regis Toomey Rod Cameron Clem Bevans James Brown Chester Clute
"Mark's Priory". the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. The strange behavior of two sinister butlers, Gilder and Brooks, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Barry Fitzgerald George Coulouris Albert Van Dekker Anthony Quinn Frank Faylen Gavin Muir James Burke Edward Ciannelli Roman Bohnen
deserter poker player prospector saloon girl irishman landowner engaging melodramatic spirited gutsy california wagon train mining town saloon small town graveyard california gold rush self-sacrifice marriage of convenience mining
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
Drama
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Yvonne De Carlo Rod Cameron David Bruce Walter Slezak Albert Van Dekker Marjorie Rambeau J. Edward Bromberg
seductress ballerina prince journalist singer outlaw melodramatic tender outlandish berlin ballroom arizona san francisco concert hall espionage franco-prussian war on the run patronage american west love triangle
A Viennese ballerina is forced to flee to Arizona during the Franco-Prussian War, where she proceeds to vamp numerous men in order to get what she wants.
Western
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Drama
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Van Dekker Margaret Lindsay John Litel Mona Barrie Josephine Hutchinson Rose Hobart
judge wife lawyer emotional somber minnesota small town adultery forbidden love romance judicial system marriage illness rise fall 1940s
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass', Bradd Criley. ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1959
96 Minutes
Don Murray Richard Egan Lee Remick Patricia Owens Stuart Whitman Albert Van Dekker Harold J. Stone Royal Dano
cowboy friend rancher banker wife fiery brooding spectacular gutsy ranch wyoming saloon ambition loyalty greed old west political corruption transformation temptation 1880s
An ambitious cowboy will stop at nothing to get what he wants, including using the affections of two women.
Drama
USA
1955
115 Minutes
James Dean Julie Harris Raymond Massey Jo Van Fleet Burl Ives Richard Davalos Albert Van Dekker Lois Smith Harold Gordon Nick Dennis Rose Plumer
son brother father mother girlfriend emotional intense california farm carnival brothel jealousy family farming world war i love triangle relationships rivalry quest love
Two brothers struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
Adventure
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ray Milland Robert Preston Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward J. Carrol Naish Albert Van Dekker Broderick Crawford Charles Barton James Stephenson Heather Thatcher
brother soldier sergeant mercenary suspenseful inspiring england desert robbery war escape mutiny money escape adventure rise fall rivalry 1930s
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Adventure
USA
1946
98 Minutes
Alan Ladd Brian Donlevy William Bendix Barry Fitzgerald Howard da Silva Esther Fernández Albert Van Dekker Luis Van Rooten Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ray Collins
The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his fathers ships when he is unwillingly pressganged aboard.
Western
USA
1950
109 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Walter Huston Wendell Corey Judith Anderson Gilbert Roland Thomas Gomez Beulah Bondi Albert Van Dekker John Bromfield Wallace Ford Blanche Yurka
childhood friend father daughter bad boy gambler rancher dark tense sultry melodramatic ranch new mexico family home wild west town father/daughter relationship family dysfunction jealousy love triangle power struggle
A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Monty Woolley Thelma Ritter Jean Peters David Wayne Constance Bennett Marilyn Monroe Allyn Joslyn Albert Van Dekker
businessman executive secretary grandchild wife lighthearted witty charming printing plant office house retirement ageism publishing impersonation career growing up underdog 20th century
A worker (Monty Woolley) poses as the head of the company that owns the company that forced him to retire at 65.
Drama
USA
1959
115 Minutes
Yul Brynner Joanne Woodward Margaret Leighton Stuart Whitman Ethel Waters Jack Warden Francoise Rosay John Beal Albert Van Dekker Stephen Perry Roy E. Glenn Sr.
teen girl stepbrother mother carnival worker mentally disabled person alcoholic brooding sultry mississippi small town family home family dysfunction teen angst forbidden love mother/daughter relationship alcoholism small-town life transformation 1950s
Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.
Western
USA
1969
142 Minutes
William Holden Ernest Borgnine Robert Ryan Edmond O'Brien Warren Oates Jaime Sanchez Ben Johnson Emilio Fernández Strother Martin L.Q. Jones Albert Van Dekker
outlaw gunslinger traitor bounty hunter brutal fiery gutsy texas small town wilderness wild west robbery showdown armed conflict betrayal aging quest pursuit revenge rivalry
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Drama
1954
144 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Paul Newman Jack Palance Pier Angeli Alexander Scourby Joseph Wiseman E.G. Marshall Walter Hampden Jacques Aubuchon Herbert Rudley Albert Van Dekker
sculptor slave wife magician beautiful woman apostle melodramatic emotional rome jerusalem art slavery daunting task love triangle magic deception rise quest underdog 1st century
After the Last Supper, Christians fight Romans over Christ's cup, for which a Greek sculptor (Paul Newman) makes a holder.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.
Adventure
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Warren William Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Bert Roach Marion Martin Montagu Love Doris Kenyon
d'artagnan porthos aramis athos princess twin rousing thrilling melodramatic paris bastille palace countryside prison king louis xiv deception rebellion love triangle secret imprisonment
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Comedy
1937
91 Minutes
Brian Aherne Olivia de Havilland Edward Everett Horton Melville Cooper Luis Alberni Lionel Atwill Marie Wilson Lana Turner Linda Perry Craig Reynolds Dorothy Tree
actor countess love interest fan servant amusing outlandish witty paris inn england stage impersonation performance romance misunderstanding theater david garrick rivalry transformation
French actors stage a hoax to deflate the ego of the famed 18th-century British actor (Brian Aherne).