List of the best Ben Astar movies: Walk, Don't Run(1966), Queen for a Day(1951), Five Fingers(1952), The Honeymoon Machine(1961), The Light Touch(1951), The Marriage-Go-Round(1960), This Earth Is Mine(1959), On the Double(1961), Bye Bye Birdie(1963), Carrie(1952) ... ...
Comedy
1966
114 Minutes
Dimitri
Cary Grant Samantha Eggar Jim Hutton John Standing Miiko Taka Ted Hartley Ben Astar George Takei Teru Shimada Holger Abro
businessman roommate athlete fiancé tourist industrialist charming amusing tokyo apartment embassy olympic games business matchmaking housing shortage deception romance quest love 1960s
A British businessman (Cary Grant) shares an apartment with a U.S. athlete (Jim Hutton) and a diplomat's fiancee (Samantha Eggar) during the Tokyo Olympics.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Mr. Nalawak
Phyllis Avery Adam Williams Edith Meiser Helen Mowery Joan Winfield Tristram Coffin Tracey Roberts Ben Astar
child father mother nanny radio host teen boy melodramatic heartwarming studio california circus apartment chateau household illness imaginary friend college admission physical appearance class distinctions contest
A series of vignettes linked together with the popular radio show of the same name, where women publicly reveal why they deserve to be Queen for the Day.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
108 Minutes
Siebert
James Mason Danielle Darrieux Michael Rennie Walter Hampden Oscar Karlweis Herbert Berghof John Wengraf Ben Astar Roger Plowden Michael Pate Ivan Triesault
spy mercenary countess ambassador agent cool tense creative turkey rio de janeiro world war ii espionage nazism true crime escape love fall 1940s
The Albanian valet (James Mason) for the British ambassador to Turkey sells secrets to World War II Germans.
Comedy
USA
1961
88 Minutes
Russian consul
Steve McQueen Jim Hutton Brigid Bazlen Paula Prentiss Dean Jagger Jack Weston Jack Mullaney Marcel Hillaire Ben Astar William Lanteau Ken Lynch
lieutenant naval officer scientist admiral heiress ex-girlfriend crafty madcap playful amusing ship venice, italy casino hotel computers gambling schemes courtship romance pursuit
A navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1951
110 Minutes
Hamadi Mahmoud
Stewart Granger Pier Angeli George Sanders Kurt Kaszner Joseph Calleia Larry Keating Rhys Williams Norman Lloyd Mike Mazurki Ben Astar Hans Conried
burglar art dealer painter detective thrilling tense emotional sicily ship tunis, tunisia church heist betrayal forgery fugitives art crime escape quest love
After a professional art thief steals a religious painting from an Italian museum, he tries to cheat his partner by claiming the painting was accidentally destroyed but his suspicious partner and the police are determined to find it.
Comedy
USA
1960
98 Minutes
James Mason Julie Newmeyer Susan Hayward Robert Paige June Clayworth Joe Kirkwood Jr. Mary Patton Trax Colton Everett Glass Ben Astar
A Swedish woman wants her American host to father her baby.
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
Rock Hudson Jean Simmons Dorothy McGuire Claude Rains Kent Smith Anna Lee Ken Scott Francis Bethencourt Stacy Graham Augusta Merighi Jack Mather
british woman winemaker aunt cousin neighbor grandfather melodramatic intense fascinating napa valley, calif. winery household wine cellar field wine family business jealousy arranged marriage prohibition injury
In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. Object: marriage ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Danny Kaye Dana Wynter Wilfrid Hyde-White Margaret Rutherford Diana Dors Allan Cuthbertson Jesse White Gregory Walcott Terence de Marney Rex Evans Edgar Barrier
private lady wife valet colonel captain general corporal sergeant adolf hitler amusing confident engaging frenetic gripping gutsy hilarious intricate madcap patriotic
At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Janet Leigh Ann-Margret Maureen Stapleton Bobby Rydell Jesse Pearson Paul Lynde Mary LaRoche Michael Evans Robert Paige Gregory Morton
singer songwriter secretary fan father mother campy amusing madcap sweet apple, ohio office small town stage celebrities adolescence pop music family fame jealousy underdog
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Drama
1952
118 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Laurence Olivier Eddie Albert Miriam Hopkins Basil Ruysdael Ray Teal Barry Kelley Sara Berner William Reynolds Mary Murphy Harry Hayden
kept woman salesman restaurant manager sister brother-in-law wife emotional melodramatic chicago train restaurant apartment love triangle forbidden love adultery forbidden love fall 1890s
A farm girl (Jennifer Jones) goes to Chicago, meets men (Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert) and becomes a stage star.