List of the best Charles Bickford movies: This Day and Age(1933), Queen of the Yukon(1940), Guilty of Treason(1949), The Sea Bat(1930), Mutiny in the Big House(1939), Men in Her Life(1931), Jim Thorpe, All American(1951), The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell(1955), Anna Christie(1930), No Other Woman(1933), East of Borneo(1931), The Song of Bernadette(1943) ... ...
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Charles Bickford Judith Allen Richard Cromwell Harry Green Bradley Page Edward Nugent Ben Alexander Lester Arnold Nestor Aber Oscar Rudolph Mickey Daniels
high-school student gangster civil servant tailor leader young woman disturbing suspenseful melodramatic dump high school courtroom small town justice murder corruption fear vigilantism children vs. adults discovery
High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
Drama
USA
1940
74 Minutes
Ace Rincon
Charles Bickford Irene Rich June Carlson Dave O'Brien George Cleveland Guy Usher Melvin Lang Tristram Coffin
business owner gambler businessman daughter fiancé mother cheeky wild spirited yukon alaska river riverboat canada mother/daughter relationship family secrets business deal scam gambling debauchery
Sadie owns a riverboat that gold-miners are using to travel to their claims, while gambling and drinking on the way. The Yukon Mining Company sends Thorne to take over Sadie's boat and then... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
86 Minutes
Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty
Charles Bickford Paul Kelly Bonita Granville Richard Derr Berry Kroeger Elisabeth Risdon Roland Winters John Banner Alfred Linder
cardinal music teacher army colonel journalist brutal dark budapest, hungary american embassy farm cold war persecution freedom iron curtain communism oppression sacrifice underdog cold war
The story of Cardinal Josef Mindzhenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1930
74 Minutes
Reverend Sims
Charles Bickford Raquel Torres Nils Asther George F. Marion John Miljan Boris Karloff Gibson Gowland Edmund Breese Mathilde Comont Mack Swain
The West Indies island of Portuga exists mainly for sponge diving. But the best area of collection is frequented by a very large manta ray. Nina loses her brother to the creature and is ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Father Joe Collins
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The prison chaplain, seeing that the new arrival is a good man who's had some bad ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
60 Minutes
Flashy Madden
Lois Moran Charles Bickford Victor Varconi Don Dillaway Luis Alberni Adrienne D'Ambricourt Barbara Weeks Wilson Benge Oscar Apfel Hooper Atchley
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Glenn S. "Pop" Warner
Burt Lancaster Charles Bickford Steve Cochran Phyllis Thaxter Dick Wesson Jack Big Head Suni Warcloud Al Mejia Hubert Jay Kerns Nestor Paiva Jim Moss
athlete coach wife spirited touching pennsylvania boarding school football field aspirations ambition olympic games love sports football underdog rise fall 1930s
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Drama, History
USA
1955
100 Minutes
Gen. Jimmy Guthrie
Gary Cooper Charles Bickford Ralph Bellamy Rod Steiger Elizabeth Montgomery Fred Clark James Daly Jack Lord Peter Graves Darren McGavin Robert F. Simon
colonel general congressman major lawyer tense inspiring gripping rousing courtroom law office washington, d.c. military base billy mitchell court-martial trial aviation rebellion military incompetence rivalry
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Drama
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Greta Garbo Charles Bickford Marie Dressler Lee Phelps George F. Marion James T. Mack
daughter love interest father sailor tender somber new york city minnesota coney island family feud prostitution romance boats quest transformation 1920s
A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
Drama
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Irene Dunne Charles Bickford Gwili Andre J. Carrol Naish Eric Linden Buster Miles Leila Bennett Christian Rub Hilda Vaughn Brooks Benedict Joseph Bernard
factory worker wife boarder mistress lawyer son melodramatic emotional engaging steel mill pennsylvania boardinghouse jail courtroom business marriage infidelity divorce rags to riches trial
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Adventure
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Rose Hobart Charles Bickford Georges Renavent Lupita Tovar Noble Johnson
Woman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.
Drama
1943
156 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper William Eythe Vincent Price Lee J. Cobb Anne Revere Roman Bohnen
saint nun priest father mother emotional melodramatic passionate france church countryside spiritual visions saint bernadette christianity religion discovery transformation growing up 1850s
Based on the true story of a 19th-century peasant woman who claimed to see the Virgin Mary near her home in Lourdes.
Drama
USA
1948
102 Minutes
Black MacDonald
Jane Wyman Lew Ayres Charles Bickford Jan Sterling Agnes Moorehead Stephen McNally
deaf person pretty woman doctor father aunt rapist emotional passionate canada cape breton island farm deafness romance false accusations rape family dysfunction pregnancy love underdog 1940s
A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Galingher
Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Roman Bohnen
prisoner warden guard wife criminal dark gritty prison doctor's office prison escape illness violence escape quest 1940s
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Western
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Pat Garrett
Joel McCrea Frances Dee Charles Bickford Joseph Calleia William Conrad Martin Garralaga Raymond Largay John Parrish
cowboy sheriff nurse bank robber gambler rancher intense suspenseful new mexico small town bank train saloon wild west bank heist foreclosure romance showdown chase organized crime
In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral, in exchange for an IOU but the marshal and his posse chase after him.
Drama
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Jeremiah Des Plains "Biloxi" Caldwell
Tony Curtis Martha Hyer Charles Bickford Kathryn Grant William Reynolds Russ Morgan Henry Daniell Willis Bouchey Joan Banks Louise Lorimer Harry Landers
A street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
63 Minutes
Otto Hartman
Chinese-American woman tries to expose illegal alien smuggling ring.
Western
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Sampson Drune
Broderick Crawford John Derek Charles Bickford Wanda Hendrix Warner Anderson Henry Hull Will Wright Tom Powers
sheriff drunk cattle rancher bandit deputy family member brooding tense suspenseful range saloon wild west cattle rustling robbery posse revenge murder old west escape underdog
When a disgruntled rancher and his sons rob at gun-point a rival rancher, the town forms a posse to go after the culprits but the ensuing events are muddled by unclear facts, false testimony, old scores, secrets, murder and stolen money.
Drama
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Jotham Klore
Janet Gaynor Henry Fonda Charles Bickford Slim Summerville Andy Devine Roger Imhof Jane Withers Margaret Hamilton Sig Ruman John Qualen Kitty Kelly
farmer cook bully boat captain dentist love interest amusing spirited new york state fair boat love triangle fighting marriage cowardice money rural life love underdog transformation
Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Lee Tate
Gilbert Roland Marsha Hunt Charles Bickford J. Carrol Naish James Craig Monte Blue Barlowe Borland
gunslinger brother father figure outlaw melodramatic engaging wagon train wild west wilderness vengeance siblings murder reunion revenge quest discovery 19th century
A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.
Drama
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Tod
Joan Bennett Robert Ryan Charles Bickford Nan Leslie Walter Sande Irene Ryan Frank Darien Jay Norris Glen Vernon Hugh Chapman Carl Faulkner
coast guard officer fiancée wife husband painter blind man brooding melodramatic suspenseful dreamy beach cliff boat house coast love triangle jealousy paranoia deception infidelity
A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
112 Minutes
J.L. Higgins
Bing Crosby Coleen Gray Charles Bickford Margaret Hamilton Frances Gifford James Gleason Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ward Bond Clarence Muse Percy Kilbride
patriarch sibling horse trainer heiress young man sister heartwarming rousing uplifting horse track house restaurant horse racing arranged marriage sister relationship family business love interest coming of age underdog love
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Adventure
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Ballister
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
95 Minutes
A.A. Andrews
June Allyson Jack Lemmon Charles Bickford Paul Gilbert Jim Backus Stubby Kaye Howard McNear Elvia Allman Jack Albertson Queenie Smith Frank Sully
heiress father reporter fortune hunter thief editor brash emotional amusing texas san diego yacht bus motel newsroom father/daughter relationship running away elopement kidnapping journalism
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Devil Anse Hatfield
Farley Granger Joan Evans Charles Bickford Raymond Massey Richard Basehart Gigi Perreau Aline MacMahon Marshall Thompson
young man young girl father rival brother love interest dark gripping tense kentucky west virginia woods house church feud family hostages romance murder hatfields vs. mccoys
The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Brother Matthias
William Bendix Claire Trevor Charles Bickford Sam Levene William Frawley Gertrude Niesen Fred Lightner Stanley Clements Bobby Ellis Lloyd Gough Matt Briggs
The famed slugger is played by Bendix, who resembles Ruth slightly in looks and not at all in baseball ability. The film traces the "life and times" of Ruth, including his famous "called ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Hard Swede
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Drama
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Slim
Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Betty Field Charles Bickford Roman Bohnen Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Oscar O'Shea Granville Bates Leigh Whipper Helen Lynd
mentally challenged migrant worker rancher wife emotional gutsy tender ranch countryside soledad, calif. friendship aspirations farming sacrifice quest 1930s
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Musical
USA
1954
176 Minutes
Oliver Niles
Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson Charles Bickford Tommy Noonan Lucy Marlow Amanda Blake Irving Bacon Hazel Shermet James Brown Lotus Robb
actor actress emotional engaging touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging actors love ambition alcoholism love sacrifice transformation 1950s
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Comedy, Western
USA
1966
95 Minutes
Benson Tropp
Henry Fonda Joanne Woodward Jason Robards Charles Bickford Burgess Meredith Kevin McCarthy Robert Middleton Paul Ford John Qualen James Kenny Alan Collins
lawyer mortician rancher husband wife banker lighthearted thrilling wild west laredo, texas saloon bank ranch gambling family transformation 19th century
Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Big Steve Halloway
Adolphe Menjou Shirley Temple Dorothy Dell Charles Bickford Lynne Overman Frank McGlynn John Sheehan Garry Owen Willie Best Tammany Young
little girl girlfriend gangster gambler bookie father charming heartwarming uplifting playful horse track gambling house new york city chicago hospital party abandoned child starting over gambling suicide
Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.
Western
USA
1936
113 Minutes
John Lattimer
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur Jimmy Ellison Charles Bickford Porter Hall Victor Varconi Helen Burgess John Miljan George "Gabby" Hayes Paul Harvey Frank McGlynn
military officer cowboy indian buffalo bill tense thrilling american west battle cowboys native people adventure sacrifice 1870s
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
War
USA
1944
97 Minutes
Capt. Waddell
Don Ameche Dana Andrews William Eythe Charles Bickford Cedric Hardwicke Oscar O'Shea Richard Jaeckel Harry Morgan Richard Crane Glenn Langan Renny McEvoy
naval officer pilot actor ensign captain lieutenant commander rousing frenetic inspiring pacific ocean aircraft carrier plane world war ii naval warfare duty patriotism adventure quest sacrifice 1940s
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
Adventure
USA
1935
72 Minutes
Nipper Moran
Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice Charles Bickford Marjorie Rambeau Sig Ruman Roger Imhof Warner Richmond Jack Wallace James Donlan
Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1955
102 Minutes
Dave Prescott
Richard Burton Maggie McNamara John Derek Raymond Massey Charles Bickford Elizabeth Sellars Eva Le Gallienne Bill Walker
actor john wilkes booth alcoholic actress abolitionist wife sad emotional touching maryland san francisco new york city theater graveyard edwin booth theater production tragic death assassination historical events abraham lincoln
A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President ... See full summary »
War
1948
112 Minutes
Elmer Brockhurst
Clark Gable Walter Pidgeon Van Johnson Brian Donlevy Charles Bickford John Hodiak Edward Arnold Marshall Thompson Richard Quine Cameron Mitchell Clinton Sundberg
military officer reporter politician pilot patriotic somber engaging military base england world war ii horrors of war aviation dangerous job discovery transformation 1940s
A U.S. general (Clark Gable) and his superior (Walter Pidgeon) take heat for sending bombers to Germany to destroy aircraft plants.
Western
1939
105 Minutes
Arnold
Wallace Beery Robert Taylor Florence Rice Helen Broderick Charles Bickford Barton MacLane Charley Grapewin John Qualen Clinton Rosemond Jonathan Hale Claudia Morgan
railroad tycoon stagecoach driver slave trader slave plantation owner stagecoach owner suspenseful fiery rousing american west stagecoach town slave trade abolitionism underground railroad conspiracy rivalry rescue 19th century
A Maryland planter (Robert Taylor) turns railroader and tangles with the boss (Wallace Beery) of a woman's (Florence Rice) stagecoach line.
Western
USA
1958
165 Minutes
Maj. Henry Terrill
Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carroll Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives Charles Bickford Alfonso Bedoya Chuck Connors Chuck Hayward Buff Brady Dorothy Adams
captain fiancée family patriarch land owner rancher son rousing gutsy thrilling spirited american west ranch land ownership american west harassment land wars family feud honor revenge rivalry
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Western
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Zeb Rawlins
Burt Lancaster Audrey Hepburn Lillian Gish Audie Murphy John Saxon Charles Bickford Albert Salmi Joseph Wiseman June Walker Kipp Hamilton Arnold Merritt
native american rancher racist brother adopted daughter mother tense gripping thrilling texas ranch racism family feud secret old west rivalry discovery 1860s
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.
Drama
USA
1939
89 Minutes
Shep Muir
Bob Burns Susan Hayward Gene Lockhart Joseph Allen Jr. Elizabeth Patterson Charles Bickford Otto Hoffman Clarence Kolb Paul Guilfoyle Fay Helm Kathleen Lockhart
Lem Schofield practices law in a formerly small-town that has grown to be an industrialized big city, He bases his ideals on the examples set by Abraham Lincoln and never waivers in them ... See full summary »
Drama
1955
135 Minutes
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman
Olivia de Havilland Robert Mitchum Frank Sinatra Gloria Grahame Broderick Crawford Charles Bickford Myron McCormick Lon Chaney Jesse White Harry Morgan Lee Marvin
medical student nurse doctor mistress friend engaging emotional intense college small town doctor's office household ambition medicine business love infidelity betrayal discovery temptation
An intern (Robert Mitchum) marries a nurse (Olivia de Havilland) who can pay the bills on his way up as a doctor.
Adventure
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Bully Brown
Ray Milland John Wayne Paulette Goddard Raymond Massey Robert Preston Susan Hayward Charles Bickford Hedda Hopper Louise Beavers Martha O'Driscoll Lynne Overman
ship captain shipwreck survivor lawyer villain spirited atlantic ocean north carolina florida keys ship office shipwreck shipping insurance love triangle piracy rivalry love adventure 1840s
Florida ship salvager, Loxi, falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor, and eventually leads to tragedy.
Western
USA
1946
130 Minutes
Sam Pierce
Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Herbert Marshall Walter Huston Butterfly McQueen Charles Bickford Tilly Losch Harry Carey
orphan aunt senator outlaw rancher son passionate tense ranch desert texas love-hate relationship love triangle doomed romance cross-cultural romance family dysfunction love revenge rivalry 19th century
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.