List of the best Dean Jagger movies: X the Unknown(1956), Revolt of the Zombies(1936), C-Man(1949), Twelve O'Clock High(1949), It Grows on Trees(1952), I Heard the Owl Call My Name(1973), I Live in Grosvenor Square(1945), Warpath(1951), Elmer Gantry(1960), Sister Kenny(1946), The Proud Rebel(1958), Wings in the Dark(1935) ... ...
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dr. Adam Royston
Dean Jagger Leslie Norman Leo McKern Edward Chapman Marianne Brauns William Lucas John Harvey Peter Hammond Michael Ripper Anthony Newley Ian McNaughton
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
Horror
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Armand Louque
Dean Jagger Dorothy Stone Roy D'Arcy
An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.
Crime, Drama
1949
75 Minutes
Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah
War, Drama
USA
1949
132 Minutes
Maj. Harvey Stovall
Gregory Peck Dean Jagger Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Millard Mitchell Bob Arthur Paul Stewart John Kellogg Robert Patten Lee MacGregor
pilot military officer soldier patriotic thrilling emotional england military base airplane horrors of war world war ii air raids aviation quest sacrifice 1940s
A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
Fantasy
USA
1952
84 Minutes
Phil Baxter
Irene Dunne Dean Jagger Joan Evans Richard Crenna Edith Meiser Sandy Descher Dee Pollak Les Tremayne Malcolm Lee Beggs Forrest Lewis Frank Ferguson
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Drama
1973
74 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Dean Jagger Paul Stanley Marianne Jones George Clutesi Keith Pepper Margaret Atleo
An Anglican priest (Tom Courtenay) with a terminal illness goes to an Indian village in British Columbia.
Romance
1945
106 Minutes
Sgt. John Patterson
Anna Neagle Dean Jagger Rex Harrison Robert Morley Nancy Price Irene Vanbrugh Jane Darwell Elliot Arluck
army officer love interest soldier american man british man amusing lighthearted london united kingdom war love rivalry patriotism love rivalry 1940s
An Army sergeant (Dean Jagger) falls in love with a British major's (Rex Harrison) titled fiancee (Anna Neagle) in World War II London.
Western
1951
95 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Dean Jagger Forrest Tucker Harry Carey Jr. Polly Bergen James Millican
A man (Edmond O'Brien) joins the cavalry in his quest for two killers (Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker) ; Indians capture all three.
Drama
USA
1960
145 Minutes
William L. Morgan
Burt Lancaster Jean Simmons Dean Jagger Shirley Jones Arthur Kennedy Patti Page Edward Andrews John McIntire Joe Maross Everett Glass Michael Whalen
con artist preacher prostitute fiery passionate america church revival tent deception faith religion love rise revenge 1960s
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Kevin Connors
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Western
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Harry Burleigh
Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger David Ladd Cecil Kellaway Henry Hull
father son doctor dog farmer sheriff suspenseful melodramatic heartwarming illinois doctor's office farm wild west general store forest father/son relationship grief disability new town wrongful conviction
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.
Adventure
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Top Harmon
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.
Western
USA|Mexico
1968
95 Minutes
Jimmy Noble
Glenn Ford Arthur Kennedy Dean Jagger John Anderson Paul Fix Nico Minardos Harry Dean Stanton Pilar Pellicer Parley Baer Royal Dano Ross Elliot
gunslinger trader bandit apache neighbor rival brutal melodramatic gritty wild west indian territory ranch kidnapping love triangle marriage reform search abandonment pursuit rivalry
A woman and two children are kidnapped by Apaches. The husband of the captured woman enlists the help of his neighbor to find the Apaches that seized his family; not knowing his neighbor has unknown reasons of his own for helping him.
Drama
USA
1937
64 Minutes
James "Capper" Regan
William Hall Anne Nagel Dean Jagger Steffi Duna Ward Bond Murray Alper Charles Waldron George Meeker Anthony Warde Ralph Sanford Arthur Aylesworth
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.
Drama
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Charlie Sears
Wallace Ford June Travis Dean Jagger William Bakewell Arthur Lake Jonathan Hale William Harrigan Sarah Padden Syd Saylor Charles Trowbridge Johnny Arthur
Two rival newspaper men battle over a beautiful woman while covering an overseas civil war.
War
USA
1967
97 Minutes
Lt. Col. Baseman
Chad Everett Marilyn Devin Dean Jagger Bobby Troup Claude Akins Gene Hackman James Best Norman Alden Bobs Watson Ken Swofford Ray Reese
In WW2, highly decorated Marine Sgt. Jack Connell comes home to the USA from the Pacific War and trains recruits for the army until his fighting spirit prods him to request a return to active duty on the front lines.
Western
1941
94 Minutes
Edward Creighton
Robert Young Randolph Scott Dean Jagger Virginia Gilmore John Carradine Chill Wills Barton MacLane Victor Kilian
brother engineer bank robber scout native american tense thrilling dark raw wild west indian territory camp great plains construction robbery loyalty betrayal criminal past western union telegraph rise
An outlaw (Randolph Scott) joins an engineer's (Dean Jagger) crew stringing telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City.
Western
1950
83 Minutes
Jeff Hassard
Wanda Hendrix Audie Murphy Dean Jagger Burl Ives Richard Rober Tony Curtis Houseley Stevenson Elliott Reid Griff Barnett Elisabeth Risdon Roy Roberts
father son murder suspect lawyer engaging gripping spirited suspenseful wild west mountain wrongful conviction innocence murder case outlaws race against time adventure discovery quest unknown era
A tomboy frontier lawyer (Wanda Hendrix) finds an outlaw (Dean Jagger) and his son (Audie Murphy) hiding out from a false charge of murder.
Crime, Drama
1969
99 Minutes
Top Polk
A Vietnam veteran (Christopher George) and his rich girlfriend (Tippi Hedren) solve his brother's murder, having to do with a racetrack.
Western
1952
90 Minutes
Gen. William J. Palmer
Edmond O'Brien Sterling Hayden Dean Jagger Kasey Rogers Lyle Bettger J. Carrol Naish ZaSu Pitts Tom Powers Robert Barrat Paul Fix Don Haggerty
railroad engineer railroad worker robber brash confident engaging fiery gritty gutsy wild colorado railroad railroad construction rivalry cover-up rivalry revenge 1870s
To build the first railroad across the Rockies, the survey engineer (Edmond O'Brien) for the D&RG races his CC&SJ rival (Sterling Hayden).
Western
1942
61 Minutes
"Pipestone" Ross
James Craig Adele Pearce Dean Jagger Edward Ellis Chill Wills Donald Meek Howard da Silva Harry Morgan Morris Ankrum Kermit Maynard
native american cowboy fiancée wild suspenseful engaging wild west omaha railroad tracks railroad cowboys romance adventure quest 1940s
A drifter (James Craig) leads a railroad expedition through Indians and a bad guy's (Dean Jagger) gang.
Action
USA
1971
107 Minutes
Prospector
Barry Newman Cleavon Little Charlotte Rampling Dean Jagger Victoria Medlin Paul Koslo Robert Donner Timothy Scott Gilda Texter Anthony James Arthur Malet
driver radio dj ex-lover drug dealer hitchhiker police officer gripping gritty wild gutsy road car colorado california american west radio station car chase media circus freedom race against time
During the 1970s, car delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time but always runs into trouble with the highway cops.
Drama
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Dr. Steve Webster
Ruth Warrick Walter Brennan Natalie Wood Dean Jagger Charlotte Greenwood Jerome Cowan H.B. Warner
Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1958
116 Minutes
Mr. Fisher
Elvis Presley Carolyn Jones Dolores Hart Dean Jagger Liliane Montevecchi Walter Matthau Paul Stewart Vic Morrow
singer juvenile delinquent pharmacist club owner kept woman dark tense new orleans club school apartment unemployment troubled youth graduation jazz singing father/son relationship underdog temptation love
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
Adventure
USA
1956
98 Minutes
Dr. Hugo Thornton
Guy Madison Virginia Leith John Hodiak Dean Jagger Warren Stevens Martin Milner
captain wife lieutenant pilot doctor major gripping tense florida air force base balloon mountain air force space travel experiments car crash daunting task quest sacrifice 1950s
Scientist is sent to investigate a faulty ejector seat, then sent into space to test it, showing an assortment of human weaknesses and strengths. Basically this is about the human predicament and drama, not space.
Drama
USA
1961
140 Minutes
Sala Post
Troy Donahue Claudette Colbert Karl Malden Dean Jagger Diane McBain Connie Stevens Sharon Hugueny Dub Taylor Hampton Fancher Dave Knapp Saundra Edwards
In the Connecticut River Valley, Parrish McLean and his mother are newly employed by the Sala Post tobacco farm that is engaged in a competition war with the neighboring Judd Raike tobacco corporation.
Romance
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Grant Austen
James Garner Natalie Wood Nina Foch Dean Jagger E.G. Marshall Henry Jones Otto Kruger Roland Winters Edward Platt Edgar Stehli Linda Watkins
businessman old flame business owner assistant boss witty lighthearted office penthouse airport capitalism love triangle corporate culture father/daughter relationship love love quest rivalry 1950s
Cash McCall is a young and slick business man who buys failing businesses and resells them. Grant Austen's Plastics is even more of a prize to Cash, for Cash is also making a bid for ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1970
113 Minutes
Highwayman
Bibi Andersson Richard Boone Nigel Green Dean Jagger Lila Kedrova Micheál MacLiammóir Patrick O'Neal Barbara Parkins Ronald Radd George Sanders Raf Vallone
naval officer drag queen safecracker police chief double agent diplomat intricate suspenseful cool paris los angeles new york city moscow apartment cold war espionage impersonation political intrigue violence rescue
During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Thurman
Jackie Coogan Randolph Scott Evelyn Brent Dean Jagger Addison Richards Fuzzy Knight Ann Sheridan
Two men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted' gold mines to gullible newcomers. But the cold Far North gets too hot for them and they... See full summary »
Western
1947
101 Minutes
Grant Callum
Teresa Wright Robert Mitchum Judith Anderson Dean Jagger Alan Hale Harry Carey Jr. John Rodney Clifton Young
orphan foster brother foster mother foster child brother-in-law love interest brooding thrilling uneasy ranch american west adoption childhood trauma family violence attempted murder jealousy growing up mystery pursuit
A rancher's daughter (Teresa Wright) and stepson (Robert Mitchum) become lovers caught in a New Mexico family feud.
Sci-Fi
1977
87 Minutes
Collins
Christopher Lee Sue Lyon Kirk Scott Dean Jagger Lew Ayres Macdonald Carey Liz Ross Jon Van Ness
Scientists (Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott) discover that a priest (Christopher Lee) and nuns are aliens from Utopia out to destroy polluted Earth.
Comedy
1955
88 Minutes
Mr. Wyndham
Jeff Richards Edmund Gwenn Jarma Lewis Dean Jagger Sally Fraser
dog beautiful woman dog trainer saloon girl saloon owner amusing dark offbeat bowery new york city rags to riches abandonment survival urban poverty fighting quest rise revenge 1950s
A Bowery loafer's (Jeff Richards) bull terrier befriends the groom (Edmund Gwenn) on a millionaire's estate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
81 Minutes
Sheriff Tim Horn
Spencer Tracy Robert Ryan Anne Francis Lee Marvin Dean Jagger Walter Brennan John Ericson Ernest Borgnine Russell Collins Walter Sande
stranger tough guy sheriff pretty woman gritty tense desert small town american west daunting task showdown deception murder racism mystery discovery 1940s
A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
Musical, Comedy, Other
USA
1954
120 Minutes
General Thomas F. Waverly
Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Rosemary Clooney Vera-Ellen Dean Jagger Mary Wickes John Brascia Anne Whitfield Richard Shannon Grady Sutton Sig Ruman
singer sister general innkeeper veteran lighthearted amusing charming touching vermont inn battlefield new york city christmas financial crisis singing concert friendship rescue love
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Dr. Van Der Mal
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Western
USA
1968
104 Minutes
Whittier
James Stewart Henry Fonda Inger Stevens Gary Lockwood Dean Jagger Ed Begley Jay C. Flippen Jack Elam James Best Barbara Luna Jacqueline Scott
sheriff bandit wife daughter preacher tense thrilling unrestrained american west town house sheriff's office gunfight bandits family responsibility lawlessness rise rivalry 19th century
A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Comedy
USA
1961
88 Minutes
Admiral Fitch
Steve McQueen Jim Hutton Brigid Bazlen Paula Prentiss Dean Jagger Jack Weston Jack Mullaney Marcel Hillaire Ben Astar William Lanteau Ken Lynch
lieutenant naval officer scientist admiral heiress ex-girlfriend crafty madcap playful amusing ship venice, italy casino hotel computers gambling schemes courtship romance pursuit
A navy lieutenant and his civilian friend use a classified computer to help them break the bank at a Venetian casino.
Musical
USA
1962
123 Minutes
John Noble
Doris Day Stephen Boyd Jimmy Durante Martha Raye Dean Jagger Joseph Waring Lynn Wood Charles Watts James Chandler Robert Burton Norman Leavitt
circus performer daughter rival son emotional touching circus backstage role reversal love revenge family financial crisis deception rivalry sacrifice 1960s
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
Hong Kong|USA
1979
102 Minutes
Dr. Land
Bruce Lee Gig Young Hugh O'Brian Colleen Camp Dean Jagger Bob Wall Biao Yuen Mel Novak
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Drama
1956
88 Minutes
John W. Rogers
Ray Milland Ernest Borgnine Frank Lovejoy Nina Foch Dean Jagger Virginia Christine Edward Andrews Frank Faylen Diane Jergens Warren Berlinger Andrew Duggan
government official lawyer judge naval officer wife suspect emotional solemn melodramatic courtroom house naval base suburbia cold war paranoia communism trial navy redemption underdog
A lawyer (Ray Milland) represents a Navy worker (Ernest Borgnine) who has been unjustly fired as a security risk.
Drama, History
USA
1953
135 Minutes
Justus
Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger
jesus roman slave father disciple christian inspiring powerful rome judea galilee jerusalem crucifixion guilt religious conversion religious persecution faith transformation sacrifice quest
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Alan
Edmund Lowe Florence Rice Henry Daniell Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Dean Jagger Frank Reicher Zeffie Tilbury Henry Kolker Marla Shelton Theodore von Eltz
A crazed, philandering professor prevents his studious wife from leaving him by committing the perfect murder.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
94 Minutes
Slade
Robert Forster Robin Riker Michael V. Gazzo Perry Lang Jack Carter Henry Silva Bart Braverman Dean Jagger Sue Lyon Angel Tompkins
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.
Drama
USA
1954
104 Minutes
Jesse Q. Grimm
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.