List of the best David Wayne movies: Up Front(1951), Tonight We Sing(1953), The Naked Hills(1956), The Andromeda Strain(1971), The Tender Trap(1955), My Blue Heaven(1950), The Reformer and the Redhead(1950), The Sad Sack(1957), How to Marry a Millionaire(1953), Huckleberry Finn(1974), As Young as You Feel(1951), Portrait of Jennie(1948) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Joe
David Wayne Tom Ewell Marina Berti Jeffrey Lynn Richard Egan
soldier captain woman father police officer moonshiner amusing lighthearted madcap heartwarming naples, italy city battlefield military base world war ii romance friendship military life military occupation adventure
Based on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military snafus... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1953
109 Minutes
Sol Hurok
impostor wife ballerina opera singer violinist broadway star melodramatic uplifting ukraine russia new york city broadway performance show business opera rise 1910s
Story of the legendary impresario Sol Hurok and the many stars that he introduced and represented to the world of music.
Western
USA
1956
73 Minutes
David Wayne Keenan Wynn James Barton Marcia Henderson Jim Backus Denver Pyle Myrna Dell Lewis Russell Frank Fenton Fuzzy Knight
prospector business partner wife son investor engaging sad wild indiana farm stockton, calif. hillside work vs. family ambition gold rush father/son relationship bad luck greed temptation underdog
In 1849, an Indiana farmer develops a life-long gold fever and an obsession with finding the 'mother lode' in the Californian hills.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
130 Minutes
Arthur Hill David Wayne James Olson Kate Reid Paula Kelly Ramon Bieri George Mitchell Kermit Murdock
scientist doctor nurse soldier military officer chilling intense laboratory nevada arizona virus satellite suicide alien mystery pursuit 1970s
A team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.
Comedy
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Joe McCall
Debbie Reynolds Frank Sinatra David Wayne Celeste Holm Jarma Lewis Lola Albright Carolyn Jones Howard St. John Joey Faye Tom Helmore Willard Sage
agent best friend wife actress musician airy amusing lighthearted new york city apartment party change of lifestyle romance acting marriage love transformation 1950s
Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
96 Minutes
Walter Pringle
Betty Grable Dan Dailey David Wayne Jane Wyatt Mitzi Gaynor Una Merkel Don Hicks Louise Beavers Laura Pierpont
husband wife dancer friend baby orphanage director charming emotional new york city radio station new jersey apartment tv station hospital pregnancy car accident miscarriage love triangle song and dance black market
Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.
Comedy
USA
1950
90 Minutes
Arthur "Artie" Colner Maxwell
Melvin Frank June Allyson Dick Powell David Wayne Cecil Kellaway Ray Collins Robert Keith Marvin Kaplan Kathleen Freeman Wally Maher Alex Gerry
attorney zookeeper daughter commodore niece reporter amusing heartwarming california small town zoo ranch sacramento, calif. office politics corruption investigation blackmail romance misunderstanding
Hot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. In the midst of uncovering ... See full summary »
Comedy
1957
98 Minutes
Corporal Larry Dolan
Jerry Lewis Phyllis Kirk David Wayne Peter Lorre Gene Evans Mary Treen
Moroccan spies and an Army psychiatrist (Phyllis Kirk) try to figure out a goofy GI (Jerry Lewis) with a photographic memory.
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Freddie Denmark
Marilyn Monroe Lauren Bacall Betty Grable David Wayne Cameron Mitchell William Powell Rory Calhoun Alex D'Arcy Fred Clark
model millionaire businessman widower fortune hunter amusing charming playful new york city apartment romance wealth wedding may-december romance love quest 1950s
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Musical
USA
1974
118 Minutes
The Duke
Jeff East Paul Winfield Harvey Korman David Wayne Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill
young boy slave father preacher runaway teacher amusing madcap heartwarming family home raft mississippi river island riverboat missouri running away friendship race relations huckleberry finn father/son relationship
In the 1840s Missouri, young boy Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his drunkard violent father, joins black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Joe Elliott
Monty Woolley Thelma Ritter Jean Peters David Wayne Constance Bennett Marilyn Monroe Allyn Joslyn Albert Van Dekker
businessman executive secretary grandchild wife lighthearted witty charming printing plant office house retirement ageism publishing impersonation career growing up underdog 20th century
A worker (Monty Woolley) poses as the head of the company that owns the company that forced him to retire at 65.
Romance
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Gus O'Toole
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ethel Barrymore Cecil Kellaway David Wayne Albert Sharpe Florence Bates Lillian Gish Henry Hull Maude Simmons Felix Bressart
painter girl gallery owner cab driver mother superior dreamy brooding creative fascinating new york city cape cod central park convent apartment pub time poverty art storm love
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Romance
USA
1949
101 Minutes
Kip Lurie
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Judy Holliday Tom Ewell David Wayne Jean Hagen Hope Emerson Polly Moran Marvin Kaplan Paula Raymond Tommy Noonan
lawyer husband wife amusing engaging hilarious playful courtroom city household marriage love lawyers adultery love rivalry 1940s
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Comedy, Western
USA
1975
100 Minutes
Col. T.R. Clydesdale
Bill Bixby Susan Clark Tim Conway Don Knotts David Wayne Slim Pickens Harry Morgan John McGiver Don Knight Clay O'Brien
orphan gambler stagecoach driver bandit murderer sheriff playful endearing spirited quake city, calif. bank mine boomtown house stagecoach hidden treasure inheritance greed marriage of convenience family dysfunction
Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Bensinger
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Susan Sarandon Vincent Gardenia David Wayne Allen Goorwitz Austin Pendleton Charles Durning Harold Gould Herbert Edelman
editor journalist fugitive girlfriend prostitute bumbler amusing cheeky madcap offbeat witty intense chicago newsroom prison train station newspapers journalism deception set-up
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.