List of the best Ann Doran movies: Criminals Within(1941), Fear in the Night(1947), Little Red Schoolhouse(1936), It! The Terror From Beyond Space(1958), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Penny Serenade(1941), Love Is Better Than Ever(1952), Blondie(1939), Pride of the Marines(1945), The Man They Could Not Hang(1939), Magic Town(1947), The Rose Bowl Story(1952) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Eric Linden Ann Doran Constance Worth Donald Curtis Weldon Heyburn Ben Alexander Dudley Dickerson Bernie Pilot Ray Erlenborn I. Stanford Jolley Emmett Vogan
A scientist is murdered by foreign agents after having developed a powerful new explosive. The scientist's brother, an army corporal, goes AWOL to discover the identities of the killers. ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
72 Minutes
Lil Herlihy
Paul Kelly DeForest Kelley Ann Doran Kay Scott Robert Emmett Keane Jeff York Charles C. Victor Janet Warren Michael Harvey John Harmon Gladys Blake
bank teller brother-in-law cop wife girlfriend murderer eerie thrilling suspenseful mirrored room mansion bank robbery dreams murder hypnosis dream vs. reality confusion mystery discovery
A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.
Drama
USA
1936
59 Minutes
Mary Burke
teenager sister brother dog juvenile delinquent homeless person melodramatic gritty powerful new york city reform school ohio street orphans troubled youth running away siblings false accusations murder adventure
A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
69 Minutes
Mary Royce
Marshall Thompson Shawn Smith Kim Spalding Ann Doran Dabbs Greer Paul Langton Robert Bice Richard Benedict Richard Hervey Thom Carney Ray Corrigan
astronaut commander crew member wife martian victim thrilling creepy suspenseful spacecraft outer space mars earth monsters space travel murder false accusations survival discovery escape
The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Mrs. Stark
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Drama
USA
1941
118 Minutes
Dotty "Dot"
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Beulah Bondi Edgar Buchanan Ann Doran Eva Lee Kuney Leonard Willey Wallis Clark Walter Soderling Baby Biffle Edmund Elton
newspaper owner wife child social worker assistant gripping melodramatic sad new york city family home japan parenthood adoption tragic death unhappy marriage quest love 1940s
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Romance
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Mrs. Levoy
Elizabeth Taylor Larry Parks Tom Tully Josephine Hutchinson Ann Doran Elinor Donahue Kathleen Freeman Doreen McCann Alex Gerry Richard Wessel
agent dance instructor mother father client spirited cheery winsome emotional connecticut new york city nightclub bar baseball field hotel music industry courtship deception commitment family
The dancing teacher Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud Parker (Larry Parks). He likes her, too, but does not want to give up ... See full summary »
Comedy
1939
68 Minutes
Elsie Hazlip
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Gene Lockhart Ann Doran Jonathan Hale Gordon Oliver Stanley Andrews
When Dagwood's boss sends him chasing after an important contract, Blondie suspects he is chasing another woman.
Biography
USA
1945
119 Minutes
Ella Mae Merchant
John Garfield Eleanor Parker Dane Clark John Ridgely Rosemary DeCamp Ann Doran Warren Douglas Don McGuire Tom D'Andrea Rory Mallinson Mark Stevens
soldier fiancé nurse emotional gripping south pacific hospital pearl harbor battlefield world war ii blindness injury love sacrifice 1940s
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
Sci-Fi
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Betty Crawford
Boris Karloff Adrian Booth Robert Wilcox Roger Pryor Don Beddoe Ann Doran Charles Trowbridge Byron Foulger Dick Curtis James Craig John Tyrrell
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Mrs. Weaver
James Stewart Jane Wyman Kent Smith Ned Sparks Wallace Ford Regis Toomey Ann Doran Donald Meek Ann Shoemaker Mickey Kuhn Howard Freeman
man editor mayor tourist young woman analyst emotional melodramatic heartwarming inspiring positive witty village editing room publishing house america opinion new romance corruption lie
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Drama
USA
1952
73 Minutes
Mrs. Addie Burke
Marshall Thompson Vera Miles Natalie Wood Richard Rober Keith Larsen Ann Doran James Dobson Jim Backus
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Crime, Drama
USA
1966
84 Minutes
Miss Mabry
Don Kelly Harry Dean Stanton John Carradine Danny Martins Ron Hagerthy Jennifer Lea Ann Doran Raymond Guth Nora Marlowe Shirley O'Hara
Pesky little boy Davey Cleaves stows away on a moving truck that's driven by volatile psychopath Bull and his meek partner Eddie. Naturally, Davey finds himself in considerable danger after he's discovered by the two no-count criminals.
Drama
USA
1946
116 Minutes
Bobbi St. John
Barbara Stanwyck Van Heflin Kirk Douglas Lizabeth Scott Judith Anderson Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ann Doran
wealthy woman district attorney childhood friend aunt convict bleak tense iverstown, pa. mansion office dark secrets love triangle marriage of convenience cover-up accidental death forbidden love fall wretched excess rivalry 1920s
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Drama
USA
1948
84 Minutes
Maggie
Dick Powell Lizabeth Scott Jane Wyatt Raymond Burr John Litel Byron Barr Jimmy Hunt Ann Doran
Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.
Comedy
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Miss Rogers
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Peter Lorre Lon Chaney John Hoyt Reginald Denny Charles Dingle Ann Doran Frank Puglia Willard Robertson
convict photographer private investigator damsel in distress baron witty campy prison mansion sanatorium mistaken identity mystery crime private detective underdog mystery love 1940s
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Agnes
Chester Morris Ralph Bellamy Ann Dvorak Joan Perry Melville Cooper Rose Stradner John Eldredge Ann Doran Marc Lawrence Stanley Brown Scotty Beckett
murderer henchman psychologist student wife son brooding intense frightening prison house basement pier hostage situation fugitives psychology paralysis murder abuse quest
Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.
Biography
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Mrs. James Moore
Kathryn Grayson Merv Griffin Walter Abel Joan Weldon Rosemary DeCamp Jeff Donnell Douglas Dick Ann Doran Margaret Field Mabel Albertson Fortunio Bonanova
Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.
Comedy
USA
1950
89 Minutes
Jean Morrow
Irene Dunne Fred MacMurray William Demarest Andy Devine Gigi Perreau Natalie Wood Philip Ober Ann Doran Margaret Gibson
songwriter cowboy widower ex-girlfriend newlywed daughter lighthearted charming new york city wyoming ranch countryside dance hall studio city vs. country marriage water supply neighbors accident relocation
Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Heyward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married, and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Mrs. Della Lucas
Victor Mature Terry Moore William Bendix Zachary A. Charles Basil Ruysdael Donald Randolph Damian O'Flynn Cleo Moore Ann Doran Eleanor Audley Gloria Winters
In New York, a small-time hood, who took the rap for a murder committed by his crime-boss in exchange for 50 G's, faces deportation because he doesn't hold American citizenship.
Drama
USA
1958
84 Minutes
Nurse
Hedy Lamarr Jane Powell George Nader Jan Sterling Jerry Paris Gregg Palmer Mabel Albertson James Gleason Richard Cutting Ann Doran Yvonne Peattie
An aging film star and her alcoholic daughter compete for a handsome extra.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
101 Minutes
Loretta Young Bob Cummings Wendell Corey Sam Jaffe Douglas Dick Suzanne Dalbert George Spaulding Sara Allgood Mickey Knox Francis Pierlot Ann Doran
professor truck driver lawyer detective beautiful woman student dark gripping eerie suspenseful college courtroom beach cliff classroom psychology attempted rape investigation cover-up unlikely criminal
A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.
Western
USA
1958
81 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Joan Weldon John Ericson Robert Middleton Marie Windsor Edgar Buchanan Eduard Franz Skip Homeier Peggy Converse Robert Foulk Ann Doran
father cousin judge killer son sheriff suspenseful rousing melodramatic town ranch wild west jail gallows death sentence justice intimidation corruption family rivalry
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
Comedy
USA
1952
76 Minutes
Ozzie Nelson Harriet Nelson Ricky Nelson David Nelson Rock Hudson Barbara Lawrence Sheldon Leonard Jim Backus Paul Harvey Gale Gordon Ann Doran
When Ozzie tries to get some publicity for an ad agency, David and Ricky get mixed up with gangsters.
Western
1971
93 Minutes
Peter Fonda Warren Oates Verna Bloom Robert Pratt Severn Darden Ted Markland Owen Orr Gray Johnson Rita Rogers Al Hopson Ann Doran
cowboy wife daughter stranger intense profound emotional melodramatic suspenseful village wild west ranch returning home troubled marriage trust past crimes revenge rivalry adventure rescue
A drifting cowboy (Peter Fonda) brings along a friend (Warren Oates) when he returns to his wife (Verna Bloom) and ranch after seven years.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1945
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Jack Carson Robert Hutton Ray Collins Kathleen Lockhart Cora Sue Collins Ann Todd Andy Clyde Arthur Shields Helene Thimig Greta Grandstedt
businesswoman banker son husband father mother melodramatic emotional family home college office new england marriage self-respect infidelity business mother/child relationship growing up love quest
In the early 1900's (not the 1920s)
Comedy
USA
1942
70 Minutes
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Joan Barclay Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Billy Gilbert Warren Hymer Gabriel Dell Douglas Fowley David Gorcey Bobby Stone
Mr. Wise Guy (the eighth in the East Side Kids series) finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins (Douglas Fowley), ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Dorothy Hart Willard Parker Norman Lloyd Lloyd Bridges Marc Lawrence Houseley Stevenson Milburn Stone Clifton Young John Rodney
calamity jane store owner farmhand sheriff cattleman brother rousing melodramatic engaging south dakota small town farm track overcoming the odds old west myths romantic dilemma bad luck gambling outlaws pursuit
Good luck with horses and women pushes Sam Bass toward outlawry.
Biography
1974
74 Minutes
Martin Sheen Kim Darby Michael Parks Ellen Corby Joe Estevez Bill Vint Abe Vigoda Steven Keats Ford Rainey Geoffrey Binney Mills Watson
Drama
USA
1942
109 Minutes
Ida Lupino Dennis Morgan Joan Leslie Jack Carson Gladys George Faye Emerson Paul Cavanagh Leona Maricle Roman Bohnen Ray Montgomery Jacqueline Wells
singer sister band leader dancer somber sad dark broadway theater stage new york city small town sister relationship fame success singing love triangle rise fall 1940s
Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1969
106 Minutes
Paul Burke Carol Lynley Martha Hyer Peter Lind Hayes Philip Carey Stephen McNally Whit Bissell Elaine Debry Kathryn Givney Jim Raymond George Fenneman
A woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.
War
USA
1943
126 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Paulette Goddard Veronica Lake George Reeves Barbara Britton Walter Abel Sonny Tufts Mary Servoss Ted Hecht John Litel Mary Treen
nurse lieutenant soldier priest patriotic engaging tense rousing spirited hospital tunnel philippines bataan war medicine female bonding world war ii sacrifice escape rescue
A group of nurses returning from the war in the Phillippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1981
100 Minutes
Walter Matthau Jill Clayburgh Barnard Hughes Jan Sterling James Stephens Joshua Bryant Wiley Harker F.J. O'Neil Charles Lampkin Lew Palter Richard McMurray
supreme court justice conservative liberal amusing brash fiery courtroom united states washington, d.c. lawsuit political debate quest rivalry transformation 20th century
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Drama
USA
1959
130 Minutes
Richard Egan Dorothy McGuire Sandra Dee Arthur Kennedy Troy Donahue Constance Ford Beulah Bondi Jack Richardson Martin Eric Peter Constanti Junius Matthews
wealthy man wife daughter old flame alcoholic son melodramatic passionate engaging maine hotel seaside family home pine island loveless marriage affair family secrets young love summer vacation unplanned pregnancy
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda Slim Summerville Edward Trevor Margaret Hamilton Andy Devine Russell Simpson Spring Byington Astrid Allwyn Sara Haden Al Lydell
young woman squire wife son neighbor cousin melodramatic intense new england town household street river garden rural life father/son relationship illegitimate child judgment jealousy storm
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
Comedy
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Arthur Aylesworth Irving Bacon
The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Fredric March Martha Scott Arthur Kennedy Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Alan Reed Bert Freed
criminal prisoner father mother son daughter tense thrilling emotional indianapolis house home invasion escaped criminals hostages family stand-off escape love 1950s
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
Drama
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Linda Darnell Anne Baxter Kirk Douglas Ann Dvorak Marjorie Rambeau Henry Hull Colleen Townsend Barton MacLane Griff Barnett William Tracy
After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julia Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria... See full summary »