List of the best Barbara Rush movies: Bigger Than Life(1956), The Young Philadelphians(1959), When Worlds Collide(1951), It Came From Outer Space(1953), Captain Lightfoot(1955), Taza, Son of Cochise(1954), The Bramble Bush(1960), Flight to Hong Kong(1956), Superdad(1974), Moon of the Wolf(1972), Magnificent Obsession(1954), Strangers When We Meet(1960) ... ...
Drama
USA
1956
95 Minutes
James Mason Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Robert F. Simon Chris Olsen Roland Winters Rusty Lane Rachel Stephens Kipp Hamilton
schoolteacher wife friend son doctor dark gripping intense small town family home hospital school america drug addiction experiments small-town life unusual behavior american dream fall transformation
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1959
136 Minutes
Paul Newman Barbara Rush Alexis Smith Brian Keith Diane Brewster Billie Burke John Williams Robert Vaughn Otto Kruger Paul Picerni Robert Douglas
lawyer mother sweetheart alcoholic boss' wife birth father melodramatic fiery striking brash philadelphia house courtroom law office korea moral dilemma adultery social climbing blackmail korean war
A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Joyce Hendron
Richard Derr Barbara Rush Peter Hansen Larry Keating John Hoyt Rachel Ames Stephen Chase Frank Cady Hayden Rorke Sandro Giglio James Congdon
astronomer daughter pilot doctor assistant wealthy man creative engaging thrilling south africa observatory laboratory new york city spaceship world destruction space travel relocation love triangle disaster discovery
As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Ellen Fields
Richard Carlson Barbara Rush Charles Drake Russell Johnson Kathleen Hughes Joe Sawyer Dave Willock Alan Dexter George Eldredge Brad Jackson Edgar Dearing
alien writer fiancée sheriff impostor schoolteacher creepy eerie tense arizona desert spacecraft aliens investigation kidnapping search disappearance identity theft rescue underdog
A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
Adventure
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Aga Doherty
Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Jeff Morrow Finlay Currie Kathleen Ryan Denis O'Dea Geoffrey Toone Hilton Edwards Harold Goldblatt Charles B. Fitzsimons Louise Studley
A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.
Western
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Oona
Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Gregg Palmer Rex Reason Morris Ankrum Ian MacDonald Richard Cutting Joe Sawyer Robert Burton Eugene Iglesias Lance Fuller
chief brother geronimo military officer cavalryman beautiful woman melodramatic passionate rousing striking arizona village desert battlefield indian reservation frontier chief taza siblings war father/son relationship
When peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Richard Burton Barbara Rush Jack Carson Angie Dickinson James Dunn Henry Jones Tom Drake Frank Conroy Carl Benton Reid Patricia Crest William Hansen
doctor young man friend sick person nurse wife emotional somber small town doctor's office hospital new england rural community friendship mortality euthanasia guilt illness affair sacrifice
A handsome and successful young doctor returns to his home town in New England to see his dying friend for one last time. However, his friend wants to die because he is suffering so much ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Pamela Vincent
Rory Calhoun Barbara Rush Dolores Donlon
Macao organized crime under-boss Tony Dumont rips the Syndicate off and disappears with a load of diamonds but the Syndicate men and the Hong-Kong police are chasing him around the world.
Comedy, Kids & Family
1974
95 Minutes
Sue McCready
Bob Crane Barbara Rush Kurt Russell Joe Flynn Kathleen Cody Bruno Kirby Joby Baker Dick Van Patten Judith Lowry Ivor Francis Jonathan Daly
father daughter surfer beach bum hippie activist airy lighthearted los angeles beach ocean generation gap father/daughter relationship marriage college admission counterculture surfing love quest 1970s
A concerned father (Bob Crane) tries to hang out with his teenage daughter and her boyfriend (Kurt Russell).
Horror
1972
73 Minutes
David Janssen Barbara Rush Bradford Dillman John Beradino Geoffrey Lewis Royal Dano John Davis Chandler Claudia McNeil
A Louisiana sheriff becomes convinced that the killer behind a series of grisly murders is a werewolf.
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Joyce Phillips
Jane Wyman Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Agnes Moorehead Otto Kruger Gregg Palmer Sara Shane Paul Cavanagh Judy Nugent George Lynn Richard Cutting
playboy widow best friend mentor melodramatic mushy heartwarming tender hospital brightwood house new love accidental death repentance love transformation wretched excess sacrifice 1950s
A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.
Drama
USA
1960
117 Minutes
Eve Coe
Kirk Douglas Kim Novak Ernie Kovacs Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Virginia Bruce Kent Smith
architect wife lover neighbor author melodramatic brooding los angeles suburbia family home unhappy marriage suburban life affair family dysfunction alcohol rape forbidden love discovery 1960s
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Comedy
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Connie
Frank Sinatra Lee J. Cobb Molly Picon Barbara Rush Jill St. John Dan Blocker Phyllis McGuire Tony Bill
ladies' man brother girlfriend father mother amusing lighthearted madcap cool new york city apartment family home family feud bad behavior brotherhood commitment idolization growing up transformation 1960s
After leaving his parents' home, young Buddy Baker goes to live with his womanizing older brother in a posh Manhattan apartment where he learns how to be a partying playboy.
Romance
USA
1982
98 Minutes
Jean Featherstone
Peter Gallagher Daryl Hannah Valerie Quennessen Barbara Rush Carole Cook Hans van Tongeren Lydia Lenosi Vladimiros Kiriakidis Carlos Rodriguez Ramos Rika Dialina Andreas Filippidis
boyfriend girlfriend archaeologist villager photographer hedonistic passionate greece island beach ruins bedroom vacation americans abroad attraction affair love triangle discovery adventure love
A young American couple and a French woman engage in a threesome in the Greek Islands.
Drama
USA
1958
167 Minutes
Margaret Freemantle
Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximilian Schell May Britt Lee Van Cleef
ski instructor singer nazi socialite clerk brooding uneasy sad boot camp paris africa london concentration camp battlefield world war ii anti-semitism horrors of war rivalry transformation 1940s
WW2 drama that follows the lives of three young men, one German and two Americans, during wartime.
Drama
USA
1957
105 Minutes
Betty Kreitzer
Joanne Woodward Tony Randall Sheree North Jeffrey Hunter Cameron Mitchell Patricia Owens Barbara Rush Pat Hingle
housewife used car salesman sexpot veteran alcoholic husband dark melodramatic tense sultry southern california suburbia apartment building bedroom suburban life marriage alcoholism sexual abuse dysfunction communal living
In California, four couples who have bought homes and are neighbors face money problems, alcoholism, racism, promiscuity, and discrimination against lack of education, until a tragic event forces them to reassess their lives.
Western
UK|USA
1975
100 Minutes
Betty Spence
Richard Widmark Christopher Connelly Robert Conrad Gene Evans Richard Jaeckel Tim Matheson Barbara Rush Tom Skerritt Loretta Swit Morgan Woodward Kathleen Cody
marshal retiree wife gang leader gang members hired hand brooding cool gritty unrestrained kansas bank town home western films bank robbery attempted murder gangs outlaws revenge
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Musical
USA
1980
118 Minutes
Valerie Perrine Bruce Jenner Steve Guttenberg Ray Simpson David Hodo Felipe Rose Randy Jones Glenn Hughes Alex Briley Paul Sand Tammy Grimes
singer dancer model roommate songwriter musician campy outlandish spirited playful hollywood, calif. san francisco new york city club apartment music rags to riches show business songwriting the village people
A pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.