List of the best Dana Andrews movies: Curse of the Demon(1957), Night Song(1947), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt(1956), A Walk in the Sun(1946), My Foolish Heart(1949), Canyon Passage(1946), Sealed Cargo(1951), Sword in the Desert(1949), The Purple Heart(1944), The Forbidden Street(1949), I Want You(1951), Three Hours to Kill(1954) ... ...
Horror
UK
1957
82 Minutes
Dana Andrews Peggy Cummins Niall MacGinnis Maurice Denham Athene Seyler Liam Redmond Reginald Beckwith Ewan Roberts Peter Elliott Rosamund Greenwood Richard Leech
professor psychologist niece skeptic cult leader devil worshipper creepy eerie uneasy england london british museum paranormal satanism curse diary mystery transformation 1950s
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell.
Drama
USA
1947
102 Minutes
Dana Andrews Merle Oberon Ethel Barrymore Hoagy Carmichael Jacqueline White Donald Curtis Walter Reed Jane Jones Whit Bissell Leonard Bremen
composer socialite best friend older woman blind man conductor melodramatic passionate san francisco nightclub apartment beach concert hall new york city blindness music contest impersonation friendship deception
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dana Andrews Joan Fontaine Sidney Blackmer Philip Bourneuf Shepperd Strudwick Arthur Franz Ed Binns Robin Raymond Barbara Nichols William Leicester Dan Seymour
novelist publisher daughter district attorney assistant dancer tense dark intricate shocking courtroom prison nightclub office murder investigation investigative journalism false accusations deception trial capital punishment
A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
War
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Dana Andrews Richard Conte Sterling Holloway John Ireland George Tyne Lloyd Bridges Herbert Rudley Norman Lloyd Steve Brodie Huntz Hall James Cardwell
soldier nazi sergeant gutsy tense italy beach countryside bridge dangerous assignment world war ii quest discovery 1940s
During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
Drama
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Dana Andrews Susan Hayward Kent Smith Lois Wheeler Jessie Royce Landis Robert Keith Gigi Perreau Karin Booth Todd Karns Philip Pine Martha Mears
old friend wife alcoholic daughter old flame mother bleak melodramatic brooding new york city party house connecticut first love divorce world war ii loveless marriage mother/daughter relationship friendship sacrifice
After being visited by an old friend, a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.
Western
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Dana Andrews Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward Patricia Roc Ward Bond Andy Devine Rose Hobart Halliwell Hobbes Lloyd Bridges Stanley Ridges Dorothy Peterson
shop owner fiancée banker gambler best friend love interest spirited wild powerful oregon saloon frontier general store cabin portland, ore. romantic dilemma love triangle old west frontier life crime
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Adventure
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Pat Bannon
fisherman woman captain spy nazi sailor intense suspenseful melodramatic newfoundland boat port massachusetts world war ii hostage situation sabotage ambush rescue underdog discovery
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Mike Dillon
Dana Andrews Märta Torén Stephen McNally Jeff Chandler Philip Friend Hugh French Liam Redmond Lowell Gilmore Stanley Logan Hayden Rorke George Tyne
captain rebel smuggler jew british soldier powerful intense unrestrained palestine freighter city street israel refugees smuggling dangerous mission world war ii religion quest transformation
In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
War
USA
1944
99 Minutes
captain lieutenant sargeant judge japanese soldier patriotic brutal gripping tokyo courtroom prison cell world war ii imprisonment trial patriotism bombing courage rivalry rise
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Dana Andrews Maureen O'Hara Sybil Thorndike Wilfrid Hyde-White Fay Compton A.E. Matthews Diane Hart Anne Butchart
wife artist lawyer neighbor mother father melodramatic touching mushy london theater apartment staircase england class distinctions unlikely romance accidental death poverty blackmail alcoholism
A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.
Drama
USA
1951
102 Minutes
Dana Andrews Dorothy McGuire Farley Granger Peggy Dow Robert Keith Mildred Dunnock Ray Collins Martin Milner Jim Backus Marjorie Crossland Walter Baldwin
veteran father son mother girlfriend gripping emotional united states household small town disillusionment korean war young love draft ethics sacrifice temptation cold war
In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
Western
USA
1954
77 Minutes
Jim Guthrie
Dana Andrews Donna Reed Dianne Foster Stephen Elliott Richard Coogan Laurence Hugo James Westerfield Richard Webb Carolyn Jones Charlotte Fletcher
fugitive fiancé woman sheriff friend raw tense thrilling intricate wild west small town ranch wilderness false accusations murder investigation mob mentality frame-ups friendship survival escape
Framed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer.
Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Jimmy Race
reporter editor government agent spy prisoner tense engaging paris newsroom government building hungary hideout border espionage mistaken identity double-cross reporting cold war communism adventure
Cold war intrigue in France and Hungary.
Western
USA
1955
88 Minutes
Brett Halliday
Dana Andrews Piper Laurie Rex Reason William Talman Gordon Jones Milburn Stone Douglas Spencer William Schallert Bill Phipps Robert Wilke Pat Hogan
A suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort, flee Indians along a dangerous river.
Sci-Fi
USA
1965
96 Minutes
Dana Andrews Janette Scott Kieron Moore Alexander Knox Peter Damon Gary Lasdun Mike Steen Todd Martin Jim Gillen
scientist terminally ill person geologist doctor ambassador dying person outlandish engaging suspenseful tense striking intense africa scientific experiments geology science fiction science gone awry doomsday device apocalypse discovery
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Adventure
UK
1954
102 Minutes
insurance investigator broker secretary superintendent captain fugitive engaging melodramatic spectacular tense thrilling spirited jungle africa america diamonds insurance fraud deception suspicion safari
In Rhodesia, the accidental death of a diamond broker raises suspicions with his American insurer which sends a claims investigator to clarify the matter.
Drama
USA
1962
94 Minutes
Clint Lorimer
Dana Andrews Eleanor Parker Jeanne Crain Eddie Albert Howard St. John Henry Daniell Kathleen Freeman David White Betti Andrews Jack Orrison Yvonne Peattie
An adman and an ad woman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Dick Barnett
Dana Andrews Rhonda Fleming Efrem Zimbalist Jr. John Kerr Anne Francis Keenan Wynn Troy Donahue Joe Mantell Patsy Kelly Donald May Louis Quinn
navy pilot copilot soldier stewardess wife passenger engaging incredible suspenseful airplane cockpit flying flashbacks catastrophe equipment malfunction survival escape quest 1930s
Disaster movie about a Navy jet and a commercial airliner heading for a mid air collision.
Adventure
Italy|Spain
1968
93 Minutes
Capt. Kelly
Dana Andrews Pietro Martellanza Anita Ekberg Elisa Montes Jesús Puente Peter Dane Luciana Vincenzi George Eastman Omar Zolficar
Peter Martell stars as a disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to destroy the free world by flooding the market opium and turning everyone into addicts.
Adventure
USA
1958
94 Minutes
Dana Andrews Jane Powell Don Dubbins Arthur Shields Ted de Corsia Friedrich Ledebur Augustin Fernandez Francisco Reiguera
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Western
1956
87 Minutes
Jim Read
Dana Andrews Kent Smith Linda Cristal Lowell Gilmore Nestor Paiva Stacy Harris Mike Mazurki Henry Brandon Reed Sherman John Litel
scout soldier government official chief warrior aristocrat gritty wild brutal mexico wild west desert united states village native americans culture clash diplomacy violence friendship race relations
A scout (Dana Andrews) stops troublemakers, rescues a Mexican beauty (Linda Cristal) and talks peace with a Comanche chief (Kent Smith).
Crime, Drama
1950
99 Minutes
Father Thomas Roth
Charles Vidor Dana Andrews Farley Granger Joan Evans Robert Keith Paul Stewart Mala Powers Adele Jergens Harold Vermilyea John Ridgely
son mother priest boss mortician bleak eerie slum church redemption poverty murder mother/son relationship revenge fall discovery 1950s
A parish priest (Dana Andrews) whose predecessor was slain extracts a confession from an angry young man (Farley Granger).
Drama
1958
83 Minutes
Alan Eaton
army officer business owner secretary senator reporter prisoner of war patriotic suspenseful california airplane washington, d.c. office murder brainwashing nuclear energy public relations propaganda communism mystery love
A confused Korean War veteran (Dana Andrews) returns to Washington and finds his PR/polling firm taken over by a stranger (Dick Foran).
Mystery & Thriller
1957
81 Minutes
Dana Andrews Linda Darnell Sterling Hayden Elroy Hirsch Geoffrey Toone Jerry Paris Peggy King Charles Quinlivan Carole Eden Steve London Raymond Ferrell
veteran wife captain pilot doctor son tense frightful gripping airplane vancouver, british columbia emergency landing flying redemption illness unlikely hero fear love transformation quest
An outbreak of food poisoning forces an ex-World War II pilot (Dana Andrews) to land a Canadian passenger plane.
Western
1966
83 Minutes
Dana Andrews Jane Russell Lon Chaney John Agar Lyle Bettger Tom Drake Richard Arlen Robert Lowery Tracy Olsen
marshal townspeople brother brooding crafty passionate wild west small town cowboys frontier justice moral dilemma transformation discovery pursuit 1860s
An ex-gunfighter marshal (Dana Andrews) woos a saloonkeeper (Jane Russell) and defends an outlaw in a corrupt town.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Walter Brennan Dana Andrews Walter Huston Anne Baxter Virginia Gilmore John Carradine Mary Howard Eugene Pallette Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Russell Simpson
fugitive hunter son girlfriend daughter father tense emotional georgia swamp shack small town love triangle family feud false accusations quest discovery forbidden love 1940s
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer.
Musical
USA
1945
100 Minutes
Pat Gilbert
Jeanne Crain Dana Andrews Dick Haymes Vivian Blaine Charles Winninger Fay Bainter Donald Meek Frank McHugh Percy Kilbride Harry Morgan Jane Nigh
mother father daughter son singer reporter lighthearted heartwarming fair trailer iowa infatuation competition love triangle family growing up love quest 1940s
The Frake family attends the annual Iowa State Fair; each member of the clan has their own reason for doing so.
War
USA
1951
96 Minutes
Richard Widmark Dana Andrews Gary Merrill Jeffrey Hunter Warren Stevens Robert Wagner
naval officer diver sailor confident gripping patriotic inspiring spirited submarine pacific ocean under the sea island world war ii naval warfare authority respect brotherhood adventure quest 1940s
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
War
USA
1944
97 Minutes
Lt. Cmdr. Edward Moulton
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
1954
103 Minutes
Dick Carver
Elizabeth Taylor Dana Andrews Peter Finch Abraham Sofaer Abner Biberman Noel Drayton Rosalind Ivan Barry Bernard Philip Tonge Edward Ashley Leo Britt
plantation owner wife foreman friend emotional playful melodramatic ceylon mansion plantation jungle love triangle wealth loneliness drought cholera outbreak fire wretched excess love rivalry
The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Anne Baxter Dana Andrews Walter Huston Ann Harding Erich von Stroheim Jane Withers Farley Granger Walter Brennan Carl Benton Reid Esther Dale Paul Guilfoyle
russian doctor nazi villager peasant tense solemn soviet union village invasion war violence uprising murder nazi occupation fall underdog wretched excess 1940s
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
88 Minutes
Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Dorothy Adams James Flavin Clyde Fillmore Ralph Dunn Grant Mitchell Kathleen Howard
police detective businesswoman columnist boyfriend wealthy woman housekeeper dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station cabin murder investigation infatuation unrequited love mistaken identity mystery pursuit
An arrogant New York columnist (Clifton Webb) taunts a detective (Dana Andrews) obsessed with a slain woman's (Gene Tierney) portrait.
Drama
USA
1946
172 Minutes
Fred Derry
Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell Hoagy Carmichael Gladys George Steve Cochran
veteran wife amputee banker fiancée daughter powerful somber fascinating profound small town midwest family home war disillusionment world war ii love sacrifice discovery transformation
Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Comedy
USA
1941
111 Minutes
Joe Lilac
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Dana Andrews Oscar Homolka Dan Duryea S.Z. Sakall Richard Haydn Henry Travers Tully Marshall Gene Krupa
professor burlesque dancer mobster police officers garbage collector hysterical cheeky sultry thrilling library nightclub house new york city church love language crime class distinctions forbidden love rivalry
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Cort Benson
Jeffrey Hunter Anne Francis Dana Andrews Viveca Lindfors Stacy Harris Kathie Browne Philip Pine Michael Pate
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but falls in-love with her and plots to kill her husband by pretending to be criminally insane.
Western
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Captain John C. Fremont
Jon Hall Lynn Bari Dana Andrews Harold Huber Ward Bond Renie Riano Clayton Moore Rowena Cook
frontiersman friend wagon master captain young woman general engaging intense patriotic fort oregon trail california wagon train kit carson scouting native americans mexico protection journey quest
Indian fighter, trapper and frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train of settlers from Fort Bridger, along the Oregon Trail through Shoshone territory, to California which plans to secede from Mexico.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors
Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Dana Andrews James Gleason Dame May Whitty Harry Morgan
sailor teacher military officer emotional thrilling tense tender atlantic ocean connecticut military base naval base love triangle world war ii duty military adventure love sacrifice rivalry 1940s
A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.
Documentary
1943
85 Minutes
Ghost of US Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor
John Ford co-directed this account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a film long-banned for potential damage to morale.
War, Drama
USA
1965
167 Minutes
Col. Pritchard
Henry Fonda Robert Shaw Robert Ryan Dana Andrews George Montgomery Ty Hardin Pier Angeli Barbara Werle Charles Bronson Werner Peters Hans Christian Blech
soldier general american hero gripping tense gutsy belgium battlefield world war ii tank unit military battle of the bulge adventure sacrifice 1940s
A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Spain|Turkey
1973
111 Minutes
Blake
Stanley Baker Geraldine Chaplin Donald Pleasence Dana Andrews Sue Lloyd Derren Nesbitt Vladek Sheybal Warren Mitchell
bystander british intelligence agent cia agent scientist thrilling dark turkey london big city hotel hidden agenda dangerous job espionage hostage situation secret mission risk pursuit 1970s
Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.
Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Gen. Buck Brinkman
Robert Morse Jonathan Winters Anjanette Comer Rod Steiger Dana Andrews Milton Berle James Coburn John Gielgud Tab Hunter Margaret Leighton Liberace
poet uncle stylist mortician reverend teen boy madcap dark los angeles cemetery pet cemetery death funeral business love triangle schemes spiritual crisis quest rivalry 1960s
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Action
1978
96 Minutes
Edgar Harolds
Chuck Norris Anne Archer James Franciscus Lloyd Haynes Dana Andrews Jim Backus
vietnam vet friend assassin politician doorman teacher cool gripping washington, d.c. household office street corruption vigilantism conspiracy vietnam war violence murder pursuit rescue
A black-belt Vietnam veteran (Chuck Norris) finds dirty politics behind the tragedy of his unit's last mission.
Drama
1980
99 Minutes
Randolph Evers
Cliff Robertson Diane Baker Frank Converse Milo O'Shea Dana Andrews Gordon MacRae Ed Binns
An airline pilot begins risking the lives of his passengers when personal and professional problems drive him to drink.
Romance, Western, Drama
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Fred Stone Forrest Tucker Chill Wills Dana Andrews Tom Tyler Lilian Bond
judge drifter homesteader actress offbeat melodramatic gutsy amusing bar ranch theater texas frontier justice theft showdown revenge 1880s
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
Western
Italy|Spain|USA
1975
109 Minutes
Morgan
Jim Brown Lee Van Cleef Fred Williamson Catherine Spaak Jim Kelly Barry Sullivan Dana Andrews Harry Carey Jr. Robert Donner Charles McGregor
cowboy gambler bounty hunter scout prostitute sheriff thrilling gritty wild west mexico ranch abandoned mine gold corruption journey trust teamwork quest escape 19th century
After selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
107 Minutes
Scott Freeman
Charlton Heston Karen Black George Kennedy Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Susan Clark Helen Reddy Linda Blair Dana Andrews Sid Caesar Myrna Loy Nancy Olson
pilot stewardess airline employee air traffic controller passenger boyfriend campy tense emotional thrilling airplane airport washington, d.c. los angeles cockpit plane crash flying disaster rescue communication
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.