List of the best Charles Wagenheim movies: The Tunnel of Love(1958), Jungle Captive(1945), The Spiral Staircase(1946), Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum(1940), The Get-Away(1941), A Streetcar Named Desire(1951), The Diary of Anne Frank(1959), The House on 92nd Street(1945), Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953), Fingers at the Window(1942), The Captive City(1952), The Girl Next Door(1953) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Day Motel Man
Doris Day Richard Widmark Gig Young Gia Scala Elisabeth Fraser Elizabeth Wilson Vikki Dougan Doodles Weaver Charles Wagenheim Robert Williams
cartoonist wife adoption agency representative magazine editor neighbor airy campy madcap playful westport, connecticut infidelity family misunderstanding adoption guilt discovery love temptation 1950s
A series of misunderstandings leaves a married man believing he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will be his and his wife's surrogate.
Horror
1945
63 Minutes
Fred
Otto Kruger Vicky Lane Rondo Hatton Lita Ward Phil Brown Jerome Cowan Ernie S. Adams Eddy Chandler Charles Wagenheim Jack Overman
A scientist's research leads to the resurrection of the long-dead ape-woman. A sequel to 1944's "Jungle Woman.".
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Desk Clerk
Dorothy McGuire George Brent Forrest Tucker Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby
serial killer mute person servant nurse chilling suspenseful mansion murder disability alcoholism insanity investigation mystery pursuit 1910s
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Willie Fern
Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung C. Henry Gordon Marc Lawrence Joan Valerie Marguerite Chapman Ted Osborn Michael Visaroff Hilda Vaughn Charles Wagenheim Archie Twitchell
An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Hutch, Hoodlum in Montage
Robert Sterling Donna Reed Charles Winninger Henry O'Neill Dan Dailey Don Douglas Ernest Whitman Grant Withers Chester Gan Charles Wagenheim Guy Kingsford
sister fbi agent convict criminal doctor beautiful woman thrilling gritty chicago headquarters hideout prison train station illinois bank robbery undercover operations jailbreak moral dilemma assumed identity deception
A G-man is sent to prison to befriend a suspected robbery ringleader and then helps him break out to gain his confidence.
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Kim Hunter Karl Malden Rudy Bond Nick Dennis Peg Hillias Wright King Richard Garrick Mickey Kuhn Charles Wagenheim
sister husband wife emotional tense sultry new orleans city apartment abuse disillusionment family marriage mental illness fall rivalry 1950s
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
Drama, History
USA
1959
156 Minutes
Millie Perkins Joseph Schildkraut Shelley Winters Richard Beymer Gusti Huber Lou Jacobi Diane Baker Douglas Spencer Dody Heath Ed Wynn Charles Wagenheim
anne frank father dentist sister boyfriend mother powerful endearing sad inspiring amsterdam attic holocaust captivity religious persecution historical events escape love growing up 1940s
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
88 Minutes
William Eythe Lloyd Nolan Signe Hasso Gene Lockhart Leo G. Carroll Lydia St. Clair William Post Jr. Harry Bellaver Bruno Wick Harro Meller Charles Wagenheim
nazi fbi agent spy college student beautiful woman suspenseful patriotic tense new york city espionage world war ii surveillance nazism adventure mystery quest underdog 1940s
Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Robert Wagner Terry Moore Gilbert Roland J. Carrol Naish Richard Boone Angela Clarke Peter Graves Jay Novello Jacques Aubuchon Gloria Gordon Harry Carey Jr.
scuba diver business owner father daughter son fisherman spectacular melodramatic dreamy boat gulf of mexico florida star-crossed lovers fishing passion parental pressure family feud sabotage rivalry forbidden love
Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Lew Ayres Laraine Day Basil Rathbone Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Charles D. Brown Cliff Clark James Flavin Russell Gleason William Tannen Mark Daniels
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Musical, Romance
USA
1953
92 Minutes
Dan Dailey June Haver Dennis Day Billy Gray Cara Williams Natalie Schafer Clinton Sundberg Hayden Rorke Mary Jane Saunders Donna Lee Hickey Lyn Wilde
entertainer illustrator single father son widower classmate emotional lighthearted playful creative new york city house school romance comic books broadway fame grief father/son relationship love
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Adventure
1948
75 Minutes
Maria Montez Jean-Pierre Aumont Dennis O'Keefe Henry Daniell Morris Carnovsky Alexis Minotis Milada Mladova Alan Nixon Russ Conklin Herman Boden Margaret Martin
legionnaire queen nomad philosopher politician dancing girl gutsy thrilling mountain desert atlantis jungle search capture seduction legends conspiracy betrayal adventure escape
A sultry queen (Maria Montez) finds amusement when two legionnaires (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe) battle for her affection.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam Hopkins Charles Ruggles George Barbier Hugh O'Connell Robert Strange Lon MacSunday Janet Reade Elizabeth Patterson Harry C. Bradley
soldier princess peasant king girlfriend playful amusing cheeky lighthearted flausenthurm palace europe royalty forced marriage adultery love triangle love 19th century
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Drama
1958
101 Minutes
Montgomery Clift Robert Ryan Myrna Loy Dolores Hart Maureen Stapleton Frank Maxwell Jackie Coogan Mike Kellin Frank Overton John Washbrook Onslow Stevens
columnist editor wife alcoholic girlfriend disheartening intricate melodramatic bar newsroom family history newspapers relationships abusive marriage advice column career vs. love fall love quest 1950s
A Midwestern reporter's (Montgomery Clift) cynical editor (Robert Ryan) makes him write an advice column for the lovelorn.
Drama
USA
1954
104 Minutes
William Holden June Allyson Barbara Stanwyck Fredric March Walter Pidgeon Shelley Winters Paul Douglas Louis Calhern Dean Jagger Nina Foch Tim Considine
businessperson engineer secretary wife confident dark new york city office apartment business deception corporate espionage corruption rivalry quest 1950s
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Biography
USA
1945
113 Minutes
Paul Muni Merle Oberon Cornel Wilde Stephen Bekassy Nina Foch George Coulouris Sig Arno Howard Freeman George Macready Claire DuBrey Frank Puglia
composer soldier musician doctor writer creative bleak fascinating poland paris war illness music political repression frédéric chopin affair love rise 1840s
Biography of Frederic Chopin.