List of the best Arthur O'Connell movies: Follow That Dream(1962), Misty(1961), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964), Bus Stop(1956), The Monte Carlo Story(1957), The Hiding Place(1975), Ben(1972), Anatomy of a Murder(1959), Man of the West(1958), Gidget(1959), Your Cheatin' Heart(1964), Operation Mad Ball(1957) ... ...
Musical
USA
1962
110 Minutes
Elvis Presley Arthur O'Connell Anne Helm Joanna Moore Jack Kruschen Simon Oakland Roland Winters Alan Hewitt Howard McNear Frank de Kova
son patriarch orphan social worker bureaucrat governor winsome amusing playful positive florida beach car highway casino family government ineptitude bureaucracy land dispute schemes
A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them.
Adventure
1961
92 Minutes
Grandpa Beebe
David Ladd Arthur O'Connell Pam Smith Anne Seymour Duke Farley
An orphaned brother (David Ladd) and sister (Pam Smith) grow to love a wild pony on an island off the Virginia coast.
Fantasy
USA
1964
100 Minutes
Clint Stark
Tony Randall Barbara Eden Arthur O'Connell John Ericson Noah Beery Jr. Lee Patrick Minerva Urecal John Qualen Frank Kreig Peggy Rea Eddie Little Sky
mystic editor landowner librarian son charming emotional wild west small town arizona newsroom library stage medicine show land wars grief circus adventure transformation metamorphosis
A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Virgil Blessing
Marilyn Monroe Don Murray Arthur O'Connell Betty Field Eileen Heckart Robert Bray Hope Lange Hans Conried Casey Adams Henry Slate Terry Kelman
singer cowboy friend waitress emotional engaging phoenix café nightclub rodeo bus infatuation ambition unrequited love love transformation pursuit 1950s
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|USA
1957
99 Minutes
Mr. Homer Hinkley
gambler count widower valet wealthy man beautiful woman melodramatic amusing monte carlo, monaco casino household romance money gambling addiction engagement forbidden love fall 1950s
A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless.
Drama, History
1975
150 Minutes
Casper ten Boom, "Papa"
Julie Harris Eileen Heckart Arthur O'Connell Jeannette Clift Robert Rietty Pamela Sholto Paul Henley Richard Wren Broes Hartman Lex Van Delden Tom Van Beek
A brave Christian family comes to the aid of its Jewish neighbors during the turbulent war years in Holland.
Mystery & Thriller
1972
93 Minutes
Billy Hatfield
Lee Montgomery Joseph Campanella Arthur O'Connell Rosemary Murphy Meredith Baxter Kaz Garas Paul Carr Richard Van Vleet
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
Parnell Emmett McCarthy
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Western
USA
1958
100 Minutes
Sam Beasley
Gary Cooper Julie London Lee J. Cobb Arthur O'Connell Jack Lord John Dehner Royal Dano
outlaw saloon girl con artist reformed criminal uncle thrilling gripping rousing texas train farm reform train robbery family retribution revenge rescue adventure 19th century
A reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band.
Romance
USA
1959
95 Minutes
Russell Lawrence
Sandra Dee James Darren Cliff Robertson Arthur O'Connell The Four Preps Mary LaRoche Joby Baker Tom Laughlin Sue George Bobby Ellis
teenager teen girl surfer father mother amusing charming southern california surfing romance summer love discovery forbidden love growing up underdog 1950s
A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.
Biography
USA
1964
100 Minutes
Fred Rose
George Hamilton Susan Oliver Red Buttons Arthur O'Connell Shary Marshall Rex Ingram Chris Crosby Rex Holman Hortense Petra Roy Engel Donald Losby
musician boy manager businessman publisher wife moving endearing alabama small town stage hank williams, sr. country music fame alcoholism show business rise transformation underdog fall
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Comedy
USA
1957
105 Minutes
Col. Rousch
Jack Lemmon Kathryn Grant Ernie Kovacs Arthur O'Connell Mickey Rooney Dick York James Darren Roger Smith William Leslie Sheridan Comerate L.Q. Jones
private nurse captain corporal sergeant colonel hilarious madcap france hospital countryside inn secret ball deception rules and regulations world war ii romance love quest
In post-WW2 France, U.S. Army hospital private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit one another on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances and influencing their C.O.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Buck Fleming
Don Knotts Leslie Nielsen Joan Freeman Arthur O'Connell Jesse White Jeanette Nolan Frank McGrath
neurotic father mother astronaut sweetheart aunt lighthearted positive amusing madcap nasa facility small town fair house spaceship space race misunderstanding lie father/son relationship phobias
A NASA janitor is sent into space.
Musical, Romance
USA
1957
97 Minutes
Jed Bruce
Pat Boone Shirley Jones Dolores Michaels Arthur O'Connell Matt Crowley Jeanette Nolan Brad Jackson
A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
Western
USA
1961
97 Minutes
Sgt. Karl Rodermill
Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten Arthur O'Connell Charles Bronson Richard Chamberlain Duane Eddy James Douglas Tammy Marihugh Carol Wells Slim Pickens
captain lieutenant beautiful woman soldier native american warrior rookie melodramatic tense wild west desert fort battle romance love triangle native americans military life competition transformation love rivalry
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
119 Minutes
Dr. Wheeler
George Peppard Elizabeth Ashley Roddy McDowall Arthur O'Connell Mona Washbourne Herbert Marshall Robert Webber Charles Drake Sally Kellerman Arte Johnson Bill Walker
A man involved in a car crash and suffering from amnesia, appears he have killed his sleazy nymphomaniac mistress, and is treated hostilely and coldly by his wife and despised by her cousin.
Musical
1959
87 Minutes
Fabian Carol Lynley Stuart Whitman Arthur O'Connell Dodie Stevens Betty Field Royal Dano Margo Moore Claude Akins Edgar Buchanan
A farm boy and his dog go hunting with his teenage brother (Fabian) and an older friend (Stuart Whitman) in 1912.
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Warden J.B. Chandler
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Sci-Fi
USA
1966
100 Minutes
Colonel Donald Reid
Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch Edmond O'Brien Donald Pleasence Arthur O'Connell William Redfield Arthur Kennedy Jean Del Val Barry Coe Ken Scott Shelby Grant
doctor saboteur scientist surgeon pilot secret agent incredible suspenseful thrilling human body submarine russia survival journey weird science cold war miniaturization adventure escape rescue
A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Action
USA
1966
102 Minutes
Joe Wigman
Dean Martin Stella Stevens Daliah Lavi Victor Buono Arthur O'Connell Robert Webber James Gregory Nancy Kovack Roger C. Carmel Cyd Charisse Beverly Adams
secret agent photographer spy femme fatale villain beautiful woman amusing cheeky united states secret headquarters espionage photography dangerous assignment sex nuclear attack world domination quest adventure 1960s
Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Darius Green III
Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Leon Ames Frank Faylen Arthur O'Connell Leon Tyler Norman Grabowski Alan Hewitt Connie Gilchrist Cheryl Miller Gage Clarke
inventor girlfriend jock college student teacher chimpanzee madcap lighthearted positive library classroom courtroom party dorm hijinks college inventions competition exam college athletics
Midvale College is in fear of losing its college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm. Judge Holmesby, the team's biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Enter ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1968
106 Minutes
Prosecutor
Dana Wynter Raymond St. Jacques Kevin McCarthy Barbara McNair Arthur O'Connell John Russell Ann Prentiss Royal Dano
An escaped convict goes to a small town to clear his name. He becomes part of a murder plot in order to pull his plan off.
Musical
USA
1974
118 Minutes
Col. Grangerford
Jeff East Paul Winfield Harvey Korman David Wayne Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill
young boy slave father preacher runaway teacher amusing madcap heartwarming family home raft mississippi river island riverboat missouri running away friendship race relations huckleberry finn father/son relationship
In the 1840s Missouri, young boy Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his drunkard violent father, joins black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Adventure
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Simmons
Arline Judge John "Dusty" King Mantan Moreland Martin Wilkins Arthur O'Connell C. Montague Shaw Guy Kingsford Victor Kendal Feodor Chaliapin Lawrence Criner
Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a café in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa. The café owner is secretly in league with two ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1967
97 Minutes
Judge Hockstadter
George Maharis Laura Devon Earl Holliman Katy Jurado Arthur O'Connell Sidney Blackmer Gene Hackman John Anderson Wende Wagner Emilio Fernández Kent Smith
A 1920s Mexican-American judge (George Maharis) presides over the trial of a man (Earl Holliman) accused of killing his wife.
Western
1956
94 Minutes
Jim Dexter
Robert Ryan Virginia Mayo Jeffrey Hunter Robert Middleton Walter Brennan Arthur O'Connell Ken Clark Rodolfo Acosta George Mathews Fay Roope Edward Platt
marshal hit man cowboy criminal gripping suspenseful intense emotional kansas small town american west crime engagement murder old west revenge love escape pursuit 19th century
A misguided youth (Jeffrey Hunter) sides with a Kansas boomtown marshal (Robert Ryan) against a gambler and his henchmen.
Adventure
1970
126 Minutes
Hoffman
Michael Caine Omar Sharif Florinda Bolkan Nigel Davenport Per Oscarsson Arthur O'Connell
mercenary townspeople peasant german captain scholar bleak brutal engaging fiery gripping intense bavaria mountain valley war zone village germany war peace
A 17th-century mercenary (Michael Caine) and his men find a German haven away from the Thirty Years' War.
Drama
1955
115 Minutes
Howard Bevans
William Holden Kim Novak Rosalind Russell Betty Field Susan Strasberg Cliff Robertson Arthur O'Connell Verna Felton Reta Shaw Nick Adams Elizabeth Wilson
drifter girlfriend businessman schoolteacher police officer sister amusing emotional melodramatic small town kansas field factory mansion street sex dating friendship small-town life regret
A handsome drifter (William Holden) provokes explosive emotions in citizens (Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell) of a small Kansas town at a Labor Day festival. Based on William Inge's play.
Western
USA
1970
126 Minutes
Mr. Lomax
Kirk Douglas Henry Fonda Hume Cronyn Warren Oates Burgess Meredith John Randolph Michael Blodgett Arthur O'Connell Martin Gabel Alan Hale Jr. Victor French
outlaw sheriff warden guard businessman cheeky suspenseful thrilling wild west arizona desert prison botched crime jailbreak bribery heist escape quest rivalry 1880s
A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Crime, Drama
UK
1940
60 Minutes
Lefty
Jack LaRue Sandra Storme Bernard Lee Martin Walker James Hayter Googie Withers Drue Leyton Arthur O'Connell Edmon Ryan Francis Lister Alf Goddard
Soho's Cotton Club is proudly run by American Steve Marco. So when double-crossing Joe Lane threatened to tell the police of Steve's past, Joe had to be murdered. Steve was not going to have anyone destroy what had taken years to build.
Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Mark Jenkins
Judy Holliday Paul Douglas Fred Clark John Williams Hiram Sherman Neva Patterson Ralph Dumke Ray Collins Arthur O'Connell Richard Deacon
secretary ceo executive amusing cheeky witty spirited office new york city business class distinctions romance rise underdog transformation 1950s
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Comedy, Drama
1970
113 Minutes
Mr. Kruft
Brian Keith Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine Suzanne Pleshette Ivan Dixon Bradford Dillman Tom Ewell Don Ameche Arthur O'Connell John Fiedler
officer sergeant colonel sheriff bartender playful amusing american south small town military base jail military life small-town life feud public relations rivalry 1970s
An Army sergeant's (Brian Keith) buddies rescue him with a tank after a Southern sheriff (Ernest Borgnine) puts him in jail.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1972
97 Minutes
Ernie
James Garner Katharine Ross Hal Holbrook Harry Guardino June Allyson Christopher Connelly Tom Ewell Peter Lawford Edmond O'Brien Arthur O'Connell Ann Rutherford
police chief veterinarian playboy shopkeeper dog wife cheeky cool intricate california coast small town investigation murder cover-up connections small-town life romance mystery pursuit
California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.
Drama
USA
1956
153 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March Marisa Pavan Ann Harding Lee J. Cobb Keenan Wynn Gene Lockhart Gigi Perreau Portland Mason Arthur O'Connell
pr person executive wife ex-lover friend boss dark emotional new york city suburbia office family home battlefield italy ambition family business post-traumatic stress disorder secret world war ii
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.