List of the best David Janssen movies: Twenty Plus Two(1961), King of the Roaring 20's -- The Story of Arnold Rothstein(1961), Macho Callahan(1970), Generation(1969), Prisoner in the Middle(1974), Birds of Prey(1973), Moon of the Wolf(1972), Fer de Lance(1974), The Green Berets(1968), My Six Loves(1963), Golden Rendezvous(1977), Pioneer Woman(1973) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1961
102 Minutes
David Janssen Jeanne Crain Dina Merrill Agnes Moorehead Brad Dexter Robert Strauss Jacques Aubuchon William Demarest
A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
106 Minutes
David Janssen Mickey Rooney Dianne Foster Jack Carson Diana Dors Dan O'Herlihy Mickey Shaughnessy Keenan Wynn
The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.
Western
Mexico|USA
1970
99 Minutes
David Janssen Jean Seberg Lee J. Cobb James Booth Pedro Armendáriz Jr. David Carradine
Macho Callahan breaks out of a Confederate military prison, intent on revenge against the man responsible for his imprisonment. Unfortunately, along the way, he kills another man and that man's vengeful widow tracks down Callahan.
Comedy
1969
104 Minutes
David Janssen Kim Darby Pete Duel
Newlyweds (Kim Darby, Peter Duel) shock the bride's father (David Janssen) with plans for natural childbirth in a Greenwich Village loft.
Mystery & Thriller
1974
87 Minutes
Tony Stevens
A U.S. colonel (David Janssen) is caught before he can disarm a B-52's nuclear warhead lost in the Mideast.
Mystery & Thriller
1973
81 Minutes
David Janssen Ralph Meeker Elayne Heilveil Harry Klekas Sam Dawson Don Wilbanks James W. Gavin Paul Grace
A Salt Lake City traffic-helicopter pilot (David Janssen) conducts an aerial pursuit of bank robbers.
Horror
1972
73 Minutes
Sheriff Aaron Whitaker
David Janssen Barbara Rush Bradford Dillman John Beradino Geoffrey Lewis Royal Dano John Davis Chandler Claudia McNeil
A Louisiana sheriff becomes convinced that the killer behind a series of grisly murders is a werewolf.
Mystery & Thriller
1974
100 Minutes
David Janssen Hope Lange Ivan Dixon Jason Evers Charles Robinson Ben Piazza Sherry Boucher Robert Ito William Mims Shizuko Hoshi Richard LePore
Researchers (David Janssen, Hope Lange, Ivan Dixon) are trapped in a submarine with poisonous snakes.
War
USA
1968
141 Minutes
John Wayne David Janssen Jim Hutton Aldo Ray Raymond St. Jacques Bruce Cabot Jack Soo George Takei Patrick Wayne Luke Askew
green beret army officer soldier colonel reporter orphan rousing uplifting intense vietnam jungle fort bragg war zone vietnam war guerrilla warfare special ops patriotism pursuit sacrifice quest
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
Romance
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Cliff Robertson David Janssen Eileen Heckart Hans Conried Alice Pearce Jim Backus
broadway star pastor orphan secretary producer housekeeper amusing emotional tender positive connecticut new york city rural community broadway theater family home celebrity family childcare show business adoption
Broadway musical star arrives home and finds six runaway children living on the property.
Mystery & Thriller
South Africa
1977
103 Minutes
Charles Conway
Richard Harris Ann Turkel David Janssen Burgess Meredith John Vernon Gordon Jackson Keith Baxter Dorothy Malone John Carradine
On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.
Western
1973
78 Minutes
Robert Douglas
Joanna Pettet William Shatner David Janssen Lance LeGault Helen Hunt Russell Baer Linda Kupecek Lloyd Berry Robert Koons John Scott
homesteader widow daughter son friend husband gritty melodramatic wyoming farm wagon train frontier life survival family feminism miscarriage adventure underdog transformation 1860s
An 1860s Wyoming homesteader (Joanna Pettet) meets challenges with her husband (William Shatner) and without him.
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
George Faber
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
Sci-Fi
USA
1969
133 Minutes
Ted Dougherty
Gregory Peck Richard Crenna James Franciscus David Janssen Gene Hackman Lee Grant Nancy Kovack Mariette Hartley Scott Brady Craig Huebing
astronaut rescue worker wife nasa director friend frightful suspenseful thrilling florida spaceship nasa facility space travel accident dangerous assignment fear nasa rescue adventure escape 1960s
Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1975
121 Minutes
Tom Colt
Kirk Douglas Alexis Smith Deborah Raffin David Janssen George Hamilton Melina Mercouri Gary Conway Brenda Vaccaro Lillian Randolph Renata Vanni Mark Roberts
producer daughter wife magazine editor writer astronaut hedonistic passionate melodramatic tender new york city newsroom nightclub bedroom central park restaurant high society family dysfunction sexual awakening may-december romance
A young woman goes home to New York after a long stay in Europe. Her former schoolmate introduces her to the decadence of New York and she ultimately falls in love with an older man who's a stand-in for her father, before tragedy strikes.
Western
1956
80 Minutes
Verne Ward
Jock Mahoney Martha Hyer Lyle Bettger David Janssen Grant Williams Ted de Corsia Harry Harvey Dayton Lummis Richard Cutting Bob Anderson John Maxwell
ex-girlfriend townspeople friend lawman horse enemy confident melodramatic sheriff's office small town ranch texas country road saloon love triangle relationships presumed dead broken engagement murder american civil war
A sheriff (Jock Mahoney) comes home gun-shy from the Civil War and finds his sweetheart (Martha Hyer) with his land-grabbing buddy (Lyle Bettger).
Drama
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Dave Heller
Rock Hudson Cornell Borchers George Sanders Ray Collins David Janssen Shelley Fabares Helen Wallace John Wengraf Robert F. Simon Raymond Greenleaf Frank Wilcox
doctor friend estranged wife pianist daughter emotional uplifting new york city vienna california hospital presumed dead jealousy family history car accident reconciliation recovery love transformation escape
In 1945 Vienna, an American doctor marries an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit there, forcing everyone to presume her dead.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
116 Minutes
Steve
Charlton Heston John Cassavetes Beau Bridges Marilyn Hassett David Janssen Jack Klugman Gena Rowlands Walter Pidgeon Brock Peters David Groh Mitchell Ryan
police captain swat officer gambler pickpocket girlfriend sniper brutal tense gripping dark los angeles coliseum tower football game command center los angeles terrorism disaster shooting spree hysteria race against time
A police captain (Charlton Heston) and a SWAT sergeant (John Cassavetes) try to stop a sniper perched above the scoreboard in a packed football stadium.
Comedy
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Lt. Anders
Donald O'Connor Martha Hyer Richard Erdman Jim Backus Clint Eastwood David Janssen Leigh Snowden Martin Milner Paul Burke Phil Garris Myrna Hansen
A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.
Comedy
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Police Lieutenant Hopkins
Mickey Rooney Virginia Welles James Flavin Paul Cavanagh Mary Ellen Kay David Janssen Ralph Dumke Richard Gaines Richard Deacon Dick Winslow Charles Horvath
Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.
Drama, History
South Korea|USA
1981
140 Minutes
David Feld
Laurence Olivier Jacqueline Bisset Ben Gazzara Toshirô Mifune Richard Roundtree David Janssen Gabriele Ferzetti Rex Reed Sabine Sun Dorothy James Karen Kahn
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
Comedy
1956
88 Minutes
Larry Tripps
Jeff Chandler Laraine Day Tim Hovey Cecil Kellaway Richard Haydn David Janssen
art designer vice president artist son director boy charming lighthearted amusing new york city advertising office boarding school small town artist's studio lake advertising ambition parenthood father figure impersonation
A New York adman (Jeff Chandler) is conned into posing as the father of a co-worker's (Laraine Day) son (Tim Hovey) at boarding school.
War
USA
1955
106 Minutes
Lt. Lee
Marshall Thompson Charles Drake Jack Kelly Paul Picerni Gregg Palmer David Janssen Richard Castle Paul Langton Bruce Cowling Denver Pyle Art Aragon
soldier mother lieutenant brash rousing patriotic texas africa sicily italy france hospital battle world war ii sharecropping heroism sacrifice 1940s
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
War
USA
1958
93 Minutes
Duke Sinclair
Tab Hunter Etchika Choureau William Wellman Jr. Jody McCrea Dennis Devine Marcel Dalio David Janssen Paul Fix Veola Vonn Clint Eastwood Will Hutchins
American youth and flying ace flies for France in World War I, meets and loves a French girl and a prostitute.
Drama
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Jack Lindsay
Tony Curtis Pat Crowley Ernest Borgnine Paul Kelly Jim Backus Leigh Snowden John Day David Janssen John Marley Barney Phillips Joseph Vitale
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Beckett
Jeff Chandler Scott Brady Suzan Ball Joseph Calleia Rodolfo Acosta George Mathews James Parnell David Janssen Jay Silverheels Michael Ansara Joseph Vitale
Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.
Comedy
USA
1956
103 Minutes
Capt. Genaro
Tab Hunter Natalie Wood Jessie Royce Landis Jim Backus Murray Hamilton Alan King James Garner David Janssen Jack Arnold Wilfred Knapp Les Johnson
student army recruit society matron girlfriend army officer sergeant melodramatic patriotic lighthearted brooding army camp barracks monterey, calif. college basic training relationships discipline separation maturing growing up
Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.
Comedy
1952
81 Minutes
Cpl. Thomas
Donald O'Connor Lori Nelson Alice Kelley Palmer Lee William Reynolds Les Tremayne Otto Hulett David Janssen James Best Paul Burke Cliff Clark
The talking mule foils atomic-plant saboteurs and tutors his master (Donald O'Connor) at the U.S. Military Academy.
Comedy
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Spring Byington Don DeFore Jack Kelly Lillian Bronson Paul McVey Stephen Chase Lee Acker Frank Sully James Parnell
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1955
105 Minutes
Charlton Heston Julie Adams William Demarest Tim Considine Sal Mineo Nana Bryant Kay Stewart Mary Field Tim Hovey Donald Keeler Don Haggerty
As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.