List of the best Delbert Mann movies: Marty(1955), Separate Tables(1958), Birch Interval(1976), Middle of the Night(1959), Lover Come Back(1961), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs(1960), The Bachelor Party(1957), Fitzwilly(1967), That Touch of Mink(1962), Night Crossing(1981), Desire Under the Elms(1958), A Gathering of Eagles(1963) ... ...
Drama
USA
1955
91 Minutes
Director
Ernest Borgnine Betsy Blair Joe Mantell Esther Minciotti Augusta Ciolli Karen Steele Jerry Paris Frank Sutton Walter Kelley Robin Morse
butcher teacher mother bachelor charming heartwarming endearing new york city household love disillusionment dating love discovery 1950s
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Drama
USA
1958
99 Minutes
Director
David Niven Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Rita Hayworth Wendy Hiller Gladys Cooper Cathleen Nesbitt Felix Aylmer Rod Taylor Audrey Dalton May Hallatt
manager retiree major general ex-wife ex-husband daughter tender endearing intricate melodramatic england seaside hotel secret vacation loneliness love relationships discovery love
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Drama
USA
1976
103 Minutes
Director
Eddie Albert Rip Torn Susan McClung Ann Wedgeworth Brian Part Jann Stanley Bill Lucking Margaret Leary Anne Revere George Eveling Eunice Lehman
An eleven-year-old girl goes through extreme culture shock when she leaves the city and moves in with her Amish cousins.
Drama
USA
1959
118 Minutes
Director
Kim Novak Fredric March Glenda Farrell Albert Van Dekker Martin Balsam Lee Grant Lee Philips Edith Meiser Joan Copeland Betty Walker Lou Gilbert
receptionist widower mother sister daughter father melodramatic gutsy factory office diner restaurant car party may-december romance divorce disapproval engagement business jealousy
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
Romance
USA
1961
107 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Edie Adams Jack Oakie Jack Kruschen Ann B. Davis Joe Flynn Howard St. John Karen Norris Jack Albertson
advertising executive chemist company president model businesswoman lighthearted playful new york city office california one-night stand ethics unlikely romance battle of the sexes mistaken identity rivalry love 1960s
A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
Drama
USA
1960
123 Minutes
Director
Robert Preston Dorothy McGuire Eve Arden Angela Lansbury Shirley Knight Lee Kinsolving Frank Overton Robert Eyer Penney Parker Ken Lynch Dennis Whitcomb
father mother daughter son boyfriend delinquent bleak gripping melodramatic oklahoma house school family unemployment relationships financial troubles marital problems hard times discovery transformation
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1957
93 Minutes
Director
Don Murray E.G. Marshall Jack Warden Patricia Smith Carolyn Jones Larry Blyden Philip Abbott
bookkeeper friend bachelor groom wife sister engaging spirited witty sad greenwich village new york city strip club party bachelor party unhappy marriage pregnancy work vs. family loneliness parenthood
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1967
102 Minutes
Director
Dick Van Dyke Barbara Feldon Edith Evans John McGiver Harry Townes John Fiedler Norman Fell Cecil Kellaway Stephen Strimpell Anne Seymour Helen Kleeb
butler secretary philanthropist spinster con artist love interest amusing endearing new york city loyalty con game rescue love luck bankruptcy adventure underdog 1960s
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
Romance
USA
1962
99 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Doris Day Gig Young Audrey Meadows Alan Hewitt John Astin Dick Sargent Joey Faye John Fiedler Willard Sage
businessman young woman country girl friend roommate assistant amusing cheeky lighthearted motel bermuda new york city yankee stadium united nations affair love marriage opposites attract romance love
A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save herself for marriage.
Drama
UK|USA|West Germany
1981
106 Minutes
Director
John Hurt Jane Alexander Beau Bridges Doug McKeon Keith McKeon Glynnis O'Connor Geoffrey Liesik Michael Liesik Ian Bannen Anne Stallybrass Günter Meisner
family thrilling suspenseful spirited rousing positive inspiring germany hot air balloon east/west clash overcoming the odds escape adventure pursuit underdog 1960s
True tale about two men planing to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.
Drama
USA
1958
114 Minutes
Director
Sophia Loren Anthony Perkins Burl Ives Frank Overton Pernell Roberts Rebecca Welles Jean Willes Anne Seymour Roy Fant
widower farmer wife slave gripping fascinating melodramatic new england farm california slavery farming money affair illegitimate child discovery forbidden love transformation 1950s
Desperation and secret passions on a family farm lead to tragedy.
Drama
USA
1963
115 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Rod Taylor Mary Peach Leif Erickson Barry Sullivan Kevin McCarthy Henry Silva Leora Dana Robert Lansing Richard Anderson Richard LePore
commander colonel wife alcoholic best friend replacement tense melodramatic moving air force base california hospital training air force military life marital problems duty career vs. family quest discovery
During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
100 Minutes
Director
James Garner Jean Simmons Suzanne Pleshette Katharine Ross Angela Lansbury George Voskovec Jack Gilford Joe Mantell Raymond St. Jacques Ken Lynch Beeson Carroll
amnesiac woman stranger tense rousing central park manhattan street apartment search amnesia identity quest discovery mystery 1960s
An amnesiac (James Garner) wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1968
104 Minutes
Director
photographer model adventurer australian captain police officer lighthearted rousing south america jungle village mine desert diamonds chase betrayal stranded murder revolution pursuit
A South American fashion photo shoot turns into a diamond mine seeking adventure for an American photographer and his model.
War
1979
156 Minutes
Director
Richard Thomas Ernest Borgnine Patricia Neal Ian Holm Donald Pleasence Mark Drewry Mark Elliott David Bradley Matthew Evans George Winter Dominic Jephcott
soldier corporal bleak somber sad war zone germany france world war i disillusionment fall growing up 1910s
A young German soldier (Richard Thomas) and his comrades are followed through the horrors of World War I.
Drama
1971
100 Minutes
Director
George C. Scott Susannah York Ian Bannen Jack Hawkins Nyree Dawn Porter Rachel Kempson Kenneth Griffith Peter Copley Michele Dotrice
orphan governess lord wife ward brooding emotional eerie england manor boarding school doomed romance tragic love secret marriage insanity hidden past jane eyre love mystery discovery
Charlotte Bronte's gothic heroine (Susannah York) loves her moody employer (George C. Scott), who keeps a dark secret hidden from her.
Drama
1969
118 Minutes
Director
Robin Phillips Susan Hampshire Edith Evans Michael Redgrave Ralph Richardson Wendy Hiller Corin Redgrave Pamela Franklin Ron Moody James Donald
orphan boy stepfather melodramatic england jail escape new life adaptation growing up
Dickens' Victorian orphan (Robin Phillips) drifts until he finds a friendly (Edith Evans) aunt and the girl (Susan Hampshire) he will marry.