List of the best Cornel Wilde movies: The Big Combo(1955), The Naked Prey(1966), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest(1946), The Walls of Jericho(1948), The Homestretch(1947), The Perfect Snob(1941), The Scarlet Coat(1955), Shockproof(1949), Storm Fear(1956), Maracaibo(1958), Edge of Eternity(1959), Beach Red(1967) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond
Cornel Wilde Richard Conte Brian Donlevy Jean Wallace Robert Middleton Lee Van Cleef Earl Holliman Helen Walker Jay Adler John Hoyt Ted de Corsia
A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.
Adventure
South Africa|USA
1966
96 Minutes
Director
Cornel Wilde Gert van den Bergh Ken Gampu Patrick Mynhardt Bella Randels Jose Sithole Richard Mashiya Eric Sabela Morrison Gampu
guide hunter native girl brutal gripping africa colony chase torture hunting race relations pursuit underdog 19th century
During the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.
Adventure
USA
1946
86 Minutes
Robert of Nottingham
Cornel Wilde Anita Louise Jill Esmond Edgar Buchanan Henry Daniell George Macready Russell Hicks John Abbott Lloyd Corrigan Eva Moore Ray Teal
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Drama
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Dave Connors
Cornel Wilde Linda Darnell Anne Baxter Kirk Douglas Ann Dvorak Marjorie Rambeau Henry Hull Colleen Townsend Barton MacLane Griff Barnett William Tracy
After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julia Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Jock Wallace
Cornel Wilde Maureen O'Hara Glenn Langan Helen Walker James Gleason Henry Stephenson Margaret Bannerman Ethel Griffies Tommy Cook
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage of world-famous race tracks such as England's Ascot, Palermo in South America, and Churchill Downs, Jamaica, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Mike Lord
Cornel Wilde Lynn Bari Charles Ruggles Charlotte Greenwood Anthony Quinn Alan Mowbray Chester Clute Roy Mason Jack Chefe
Her mother (Greenwood) wants her to find wealth; her father (Ruggles) tells her to seek love. She (Bari) finds both in Hawaiian hunk (Wilde).
Drama, History
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Michael Wilding Anne Francis George Sanders Robert Douglas John McIntire Rhys Williams John Dehner James Westerfield Ashley Cowan
spy traitor major general brash intricate thrilling west point, n.y. fort espionage revolutionary war gen. benedict arnold greed deception quest escape 1780s
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
79 Minutes
Griff Marat
Cornel Wilde Patricia Knight John Baragrey Esther Minciotti Howard St. John Russell Collins Charles Bates Gilbert Barnett Frank Jaquet Ann Shoemaker King Donovan
convict parole officer ex-convict love interest elderly person dark melodramatic prison bedroom family home parole prison trust second chance murder temptation forbidden love rivalry 1940s
A Parole Officer falls in-love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Director
After being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.
Adventure
USA
1958
88 Minutes
Director
In Venezuela during the 1950s, a vacationing Texas oilman is asked to help extinguish an oil derrick fire and he succumbs to the charms of a visiting New York novelist.
Western
USA
1959
80 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Victoria Shaw Mickey Shaughnessy Edgar Buchanan Rian Garrick Jack Elam Dabbs Greer Alexander Lockwood
deputy sheriff bar owner socialite foreman brother melodramatic gripping confident mojave desert grand canyon ghost town bar cave small town small-town life murder investigation desperation reputation teamwork
In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in the Grand Canyon.
War
USA
1967
105 Minutes
Director
Cornel Wilde Rip Torn Burr DeBenning Patrick Wolfe Dewey Stinger III Jean Wallace Linda Albertano Jan Garrison Gene Blakely Genki Koyama
marine captain sergeant soldier bleak brooding disheartening pacific ocean island forest world war ii horrors of war nostalgia male bonding wretched excess sacrifice 1940s
As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
Fantasy
USA
1945
93 Minutes
Aladdin
Cornel Wilde Evelyn Keyes Phil Silvers Adele Jergens Dusty Anderson Dennis Hoey Philip Van Zandt Gus Schilling Nestor Paiva Rex Ingram Richard Hale
aladdin genie princess sultan sidekick amusing playful baghdad palace romance magic class distinctions jealousy sabotage adventure pursuit love transformation unknown era
Tongue-in-cheek fantasy film set in Baghdad and loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights medieval story.
Adventure
USA
1957
101 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Debra Paget Michael Rennie Raymond Massey John Derek Yma Sumac Margaret Hayes Joan Taylor Sebastian Cabot Perry Lopez Morris Ankrum
During the 11th century, Persian poet Omar Khayyam's lover marries the Shah but the Shah, whose life is threatened by a sect of assassins, appoints Omar royal advisor.
Adventure
UK|USA
1957
90 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Donna Reed Leo Genn Ron Randell Christopher Lee Dan Jackson Eddie Calvert Bartholomew Sketch Clive Morton MacDonald Parke
An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
Adventure
UK
1963
116 Minutes
Director
Cornel Wilde Jean Wallace Brian Aherne George Baker Archie Duncan Adrienne Corri Michael Meacham Iain Gregory Mark Dignam Reginald Beckwith John Barrie
lancelot king arthur guinevere knight rival confident suspenseful melodramatic castle battlefield bedroom camelot affair honor war duty round table love triangle discovery rivalry
Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love with Queen Guinevere.
Horror
1972
74 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Jennifer Salt Grayson Hall Bernie Casey Scott Glenn William Stevens Woodrow Chambliss John Gruber Tim Burns Jim Connell
An anthropologist (Cornel Wilde) and his daughter (Jennifer Salt) disturb a monster's skeleton in Mexico.
Drama
1954
82 Minutes
Si Lahssen
A Moroccan ruler (Cornel Wilde) and a French doctor (Mel Ferrer) love a native dancer (Rita Gam) raised by a sorceress.
Drama
1962
120 Minutes
Constantine
Cornel Wilde Christine Kaufmann Belinda Lee Elisa Cegani Massimo Serato Fausto Tozzi Tina Carraro Carlo Nichi Vittorio Sanipoli
Named emperor in A.D. 312, warrior Constantine (Cornel Wilde) sees a cross in the sky and adopts Christianity.
Sci-Fi
1970
97 Minutes
Director
A Londoner (Nigel Davenport) leads his wife (Jean Wallace) and family through anarchy after a virus wipes out the world's crops.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde Jeanne Crain Vincent Price Mary Philips Ray Collins Darryl Hickman Gene Lockhart Reed Hadley Chill Wills Paul Everton
writer femme fatale fiancé brother melodramatic passionate united states household jealousy obsessive love romance murder love triangle love fall 1940s
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married. But her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both, and everyone else around them.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Ida Lupino Cornel Wilde Richard Widmark Celeste Holm O.Z. Whitehead Robert Karnes George Andre Beranger Ian MacDonald Grandon Rhodes Marion Marshall
manager singer cashier owner bartender best friend dark melodramatic nightclub bowling alley country road border love triangle infatuation framed jealousy schemes pursuit escape 1940s
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Drama
USA
1947
140 Minutes
courtesan soldier king charles ii earl highwayman privateer emotional passionate england farm prison london theater court social climbing nobility marriage rebellion survival loss
In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.
Adventure
USA
1978
90 Minutes
Lee Majors Cornel Wilde Mel Ferrer Jack Elam Christopher Connelly Kathleen Freeman Denny Miller Seamon Glass Jimmy Clem Susie Bono Jerry Daniels
viking prince king beautiful woman native mystic campy spirited scandinavia north america ship expedition culture clash exploration battle loyalty adventure quest rescue 11th century
An eleventh century Viking Prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
Comedy, Drama
1956
85 Minutes
Jane Russell Cornel Wilde Luther Adler Joseph Calleia Mikhail Rasumny Nina Koshetz Helen Westcott Jamie Russell Wally Russell Nick Dennis Richard Deacon
A Gypsy king (Luther Adler) tricks his brother (Cornel Wilde) in Los Angeles into marrying a Roma bride (Jane Russell) that he bought.
Biography
USA
1945
113 Minutes
Frédéric Chopin
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.
Romance, Drama
USA
1952
152 Minutes
The Great Sebastien
Betty Hutton Charlton Heston Cornel Wilde Dorothy Lamour Gloria Grahame James Stewart Henry Wilcoxon Lawrence Tierney Lyle Bettger John Kellogg John Ridgely
circus performer clown manager girlfriend trapeze artist thrilling emotional melodramatic circus florida train circus love triangle robbery animals injury romance fall rise rivalry
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
94 Minutes
Frank Powers
Dick Van Dyke Michele Lee Mickey Rooney Cornel Wilde Nina Wayne Steve Allen Barbara Heller Pert Kelton
Story of a brilliant silent-film comic whose talent is overshadowed by his ego.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Capt. Mark Bradford
Joseph Cotten Linda Darnell Jeff Chandler Cornel Wilde Dale Robertson Jay C. Flippen Noah Beery Jr. Harry von Zell
Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.
Musical
USA
1943
82 Minutes
Freddy Austin
Sonja Henie Jack Oakie Cesar Romero S.Z. Sakall Cornel Wilde
ice skater hotel owner partner photographer father singer lighthearted cheeky canada chateau nightclub office skating rink hotel investing ice skating financial crisis immigrants deception jealousy
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Tom "Tommy" Rossi
Arthur Kennedy Olympe Bradna Anthony Quinn Virginia Field Cliff Edwards Cornel Wilde William Edmunds Richard Ainley John Ridgely Frank Wilcox Ben Welden
boxer promoter wife girlfriend gritty gripping powerful office boxing ring small town farm ambition boxing false accusations marriage infidelity drugs rise fall love
A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.
Comedy, Drama
1954
94 Minutes
Bill Baxter
Clifton Webb June Allyson Van Heflin Lauren Bacall Fred MacMurray Arlene Dahl Cornel Wilde Elliott Reid Margalo Gillmore Alan Reed David Hoffman
owner executive husband wife candidate engaging spirited new york city dinner party automotive industry aspirations ambition marriage competition love discovery rivalry 1950s
An automobile manufacturer (Clifton Webb) brings three district managers and their wives to New York to evaluate them.
Comedy
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Chet Oakley
Dennis Morgan Jane Wyatt Shirley Ross Lee Patrick Jerome Cowan Una O'Connor Romaine Callender Barnett Parker Cornel Wilde Willie Best Louise Beavers
Rodney has just married the often engaged Juliette and they are both ready to leave on their honeymoon. However, Clara showed up and Rodney sneaks out to talk to her. Clara is blackmailing ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Louis Mendoza
Humphrey Bogart Ida Lupino Alan Curtis Arthur Kennedy Joan Leslie Henry Hull Henry Travers Barton MacLane Jerome Cowan Cornel Wilde Donald MacBride
gangster ex-convict criminal girlfriend dark brooding cool california mountain sierra nevada mountains los angeles casino crime love murder heist escape fall love 1940s
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.