List of the best Andrew L. Stone movies: Stormy Weather(1943), The Decks Ran Red(1958), The Password Is Courage(1962), The Bachelor's Daughters(1946), The Last Voyage(1960), The Girl Said No(1937), Cry Terror(1958), Hi Diddle Diddle(1943), Sensations of 1945(1944), The Great Victor Herbert(1939), Confidence Girl(1952), Bedside Manner(1945) ... ...
Musical
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Director
Lena Horne Bill Robinson The Nicholas Brothers Dooley Wilson Nat Stanfield Johnny Horace Babe Wallace
dancer singer fats waller cab calloway soldier winsome spectacular music hall stage reunion aspirations performance rags to riches unlikely romance fame rise underdog love quest 1940s
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
84 Minutes
Director
James Mason Dorothy Dandridge Broderick Crawford Stuart Whitman Katharine Bard Jack Kruschen John Gallaudet Barney Phillips David Cross Hank Patterson Harry Bartell
The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
Drama
UK|USA
1962
116 Minutes
Director
Dirk Bogarde Maria Perschy Alfred Lynch Nigel Stock Reginald Beckwith Richard Marner Ed Devereaux Lewis Fiander George Mikell Richard Carpenter Margaret Whiting
british soldier sergeant german soldier nazi prisoner of war leader charming hilarious patriotic playful prison camp germany united kingdom poland train station charles coward prison break sabotage world war ii bravery
British N.C.O. Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes from the Stalag VIII-B P.O.W. camp, and is mistakenly awarded with the Iron Cross by the Germans.
Romance
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Gail Russell Ann Dvorak Claire Trevor Billie Burke Jane Wyatt Eugene List Damian O'Flynn John Whitney Russell Hicks Earle Hodgins
A semi-trifle with Adolphe Menjou as a department store floor walker who is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls---two-bordering-on-three of which were well beyond the "girl" stage-... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Director
Robert Stack Dorothy Malone George Sanders Edmond O'Brien Woody Strode Jack Kruschen Tammy Marihugh Marshall Kent
husband wife captain sailor daughter engineer gripping uneasy melodramatic pacific ocean cruise ship boiler room sinking ship disaster race against time family leadership seafaring escape rescue
After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
Musical
USA
1937
72 Minutes
Director
Robert Armstrong Irene Hervey Paula Stone Edward Brophy Vivian Hart William Danforth
Jimmy, a bookie cum horse buying agent, meets a beautiful dance hall girl. After leading him on, and out of his money, she rejects him. Jimmy hatches a scheme to wreak revenge on her. He ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1958
96 Minutes
Director
James Mason Rod Steiger Inger Stevens Neville Brand Angie Dickinson Kenneth Tobey Jack Klugman Jack Kruschen Carleton Young Barney Phillips Harlan Warde
hostage terrorist wife daughter fbi agent expert thrilling frenetic creative subway new york city greenwich village airplane office terrorism bomb family kidnapping extortion deception
Duped by former army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time-bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb-threats to extort money from airlines.
Comedy
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe Pola Negri Billie Burke June Havoc Walter Kingsford Marek Windheim Eddie Marr Paul Porcasi
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Director
Eleanor Powell Dennis O'Keefe W.C. Fields Mimi Forsythe
Father and son press agents fail to see things eye to eye, in the final screen appearance of comedian W.C. Fields.
Biography
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Director
Allan Jones Mary Martin Walter Connolly Lee Bowman Susanna Foster Judith Barrett Jerome Cowan John Garrick Pierre Watkin Richard Tucker Hal K. Dawson
husband singer composer doctor opera singer wife emotional melodramatic small town new york city switzerland opera house stage show business troubled marriage fame doomed romance mentorship victor herbert love
A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.
Drama
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Director
Two conartists swindle a Los Angeles department store out of a mink coat, cheat a pawnbroker out of $8000 and leave the police baffled.
Comedy
USA
1945
89 Minutes
Director
John Carroll Ruth Hussey Charles Ruggles Ann Rutherford Esther Dale Grant Mitchell
Macho pilot is treated by a woman doctor. Complications ensue.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Director
Jack Kelly John Cassavetes Hildy Parks Vince Edwards David Cross Eddie Marr Jack Kruschen Joyce McCluskey Jonathan Hale Barney Phillips Joel Marston
A group of escaped convicts take over a suburban home to evade the ongoing police manhunt, making the lives of the family living there a nightmare. The longer the men stay there, the more ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Director
James Booth Shirley Jones Stella Stevens Honor Blackman Lionel Jeffries Joan Hickson Amy Dalby Nicolau Breyner Richard Vernon David Davenport Reginald Beckwith
police officer mother seamstress dictator baroness revolutionary amusing lighthearted great britain village crime investigation mother/son relationship police work unlikely hero rise pursuit 1980s
Fast climbing Arthur Tate rose to his fame, wealth and respectability quickly from a beginning as a naive constable His rise was also due to 3 women: dressmaker Violet Lawson, Lily, the ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1972
135 Minutes
Director
Horst Buchholz Mary Costa Rossano Brazzi Nigel Patrick Yvonne Mitchell James Faulkner Vicki Woolf Lauri Lupino Lane Willard Parker
Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.
Crime, Drama
1953
76 Minutes
Director
Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Gary Merrill Catherine McLeod Jack Kruschen Barney Phillips Freddy Ridgeway
uncle sister-in-law niece nephew father femme fatale chilling tense suspenseful cruise ship house poison murder inheritance travel suspicion mystery forbidden love quest 1950s
A man (Joseph Cotten) seeks the truth about his widowed sister-in-law (Jean Peters), suspected of poisoning relatives.
Biography
1970
142 Minutes
Director
Toralv Maurstad Florence Henderson Christina Schollin Frank Porretta Harry Secombe Robert Morley Edward G. Robinson Oscar Homolka Henry Gilbert Richard Wordsworth Bernard Archard
Edvard Grieg (Toralv Maurstad) marries his cousin (Florence Henderson) and composes beautiful pieces in the spirit of Norway's folk music.