List of the best Don Beddoe movies: Saintly Sinners(1962), The Face Behind the Mask(1941), Corky of Gasoline Alley(1951), Boy Who Caught a Crook(1961), Beyond the Purple Hills(1950), Midnight Manhunt(1945), The Man They Could Not Hang(1939), Glamour for Sale(1940), Sweetheart of the Campus(1941), Toughest Gun in Tombstone(1958), Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise(1940), Blondie on a Budget(1940) ... ...
Comedy
1962
78 Minutes
Don Beddoe Paul Bryar Stanley Clements Ellen Corby Ron Hagerthy Erin O'Donnell Clancy Cooper William Fawcett Addison Richards Willis Bouchey Earle Hodgins
Two con men (Paul Bryar, Stanley Clements) stash stolen money in a car which is then bought by an elderly priest (Don Beddoe).
Horror
USA
1941
69 Minutes
Lt. James O'Hara
Peter Lorre Evelyn Keyes Don Beddoe John Tyrrell Al Seymour
immigrant blind person petty criminal gangster police officer offbeat eerie new york city country house desert hotel disfigurement crime death marriage illness mask love fall revenge
A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime.
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Walt Wallet
Scotty Beckett Jimmy Lydon Don Beddoe Gordon Jones Patti Brady Susan Morrow Kay Christopher Madelon Mitchel Richard Wessel
Elwood Martin (Gordon Jones), a brash extrovert with an aversion to work come to live with Walt Wallet (Don Beddoe) and his wife, Phyllis (Madelon Baker). He blunders about their house, and... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Drama
1961
72 Minutes
Colonel
A puppy and a tramp (Don Beddoe) lead the police to a boy (Roger Mobley) and a briefcase and a crook on the run.
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Amos Rayburn
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Jo Dennison Don Beddoe James Millican Don Reynolds Hugh O'Brian Roy Gordon
gene autry judge son saloon owner brother bank manager spirited confident small town saloon bank law office dance hall hideout bank robbery frame-up father/son relationship murder gambling will and testament
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1945
63 Minutes
Max Hurley
William Gargan Ann Savage Leo Gorcey Don Beddoe Paul Hurst Charles Halton George Zucco George E. Stone
In a cheap hotel room in New York City Jelke shoots gangster Joe Wells, takes a package from his pocket and flees.Wells staggers into an alley. On her way to her apartment above a wax ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Police Lt. Shane
Boris Karloff Adrian Booth Robert Wilcox Roger Pryor Don Beddoe Ann Doran Charles Trowbridge Byron Foulger Dick Curtis James Craig John Tyrrell
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
57 Minutes
Frank Regan
Roger Pryor Anita Louise June MacCloy Frances Robinson Don Beddoe Paul Fix Arthur Loft Veda Ann Borg
An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams.
Musical
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Sheriff Denby
Ruby Keeler Ozzie Nelson Harriet Hilliard Gordon Oliver Don Beddoe The Four Spirits of Rhythm Kathleen Howard
A college Principal objects to a nightclub opening near his campus.
Western
1958
72 Minutes
David Cooper
George Montgomery Beverly Tyler Jim Davis Gerald Milton Don Beddoe Scotty Morrow Harry Lauter
ranger outlaw smuggler young woman son friend patriotic thrilling melodramatic tombstone, ariz. texas small town family home mexican-american border deception assumed identity lawlessness abduction undercover operations father/son relationship
The captain of the Arizona Rangers rides into Tombstone with a plan to round up Johnny Ringo and his gang.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
75 Minutes
James Ross
Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung Marjorie Weaver Lionel Atwill Robert Lowery Don Beddoe Leo G. Carroll Cora Witherspoon Kay Linaker Harlan Briggs Charles Middleton
Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California.
Comedy
USA
1940
72 Minutes
Marvin Williams
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Rita Hayworth Larry Simms Danny Mummert Don Beddoe John Qualen Fay Helm
A salesman convinces Blondie that Baby Dumpling is a budding genius, so the Bumsteads enroll him in a special school from which he disappears.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Sheriff Haggerty
Warren William June Storey Henry Wilcoxon Eric Blore Thurston Hall Don Beddoe Evalyn Knapp Fred Kelsey William Forrest Walter Kingsford Lloyd Bridges
The Lone Wolf Michael Lanyard takes Inspector Crane's challenge that he can't keep out of trouble for 24 hours. No sooner accepted when Lanyard is sucked into a case of murder and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1941
94 Minutes
Michael Z. 'Mike' Reynolds
Edward G. Robinson Edward Arnold Laraine Day Marsha Hunt William T. Orr Don Beddoe Walter Kingsford Charles Dingle Charles Halton
A crusading newsman (Edward G. Robinson) starts up a tabloid with a gangster (Edward Arnold) as his 50-50 partner.
Comedy
USA
1947
77 Minutes
Mr. Roberts
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Tom Brown Nat Pendleton Joan Shawlee Beverly Simmons Don Beddoe Don Porter Donald MacBride Lane Watson William Ching
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Det. Jamieson
Lizabeth Scott Jane Greer Dennis O'Keefe Fay Baker John Hoyt James Bell Don Beddoe
ex-convict parole officer friend boss parolee police officer melodramatic shocking moving women's prison train station diner hospital los angeles california criminal justice system infidelity rehabilitation relocation friendship
Follows the progress of a female ex-convict as she tries to rebuild her life after being released from prison.
Fantasy
USA
1962
94 Minutes
Imp
Kerwin Mathews Judi Meredith Torin Thatcher Walter Burke Roger Mobley Barry Kelley Don Beddoe Dayton Lummis Anna Lee Helen Wallace Tudor Owen
hero princess wizard witch king giant creative thrilling tense castle farm ship cornwall, england marriage magic royalty abduction battle quest rescue
A farmboy-turned-knight must protect a princess from the schemes of an evil wizard.
Western
USA
1955
73 Minutes
Banker Horace Warren
Philip Carey Gene Evans Martha Hyer William Bishop Douglas Kennedy Roy Roberts Don Beddoe
Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoots with them. When Cassidy and his men ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1947
95 Minutes
Thomason
Robert Young Susan Hayward Jane Greer Rita Johnson Tom Powers George Tyne Don Beddoe Frank Ferguson Harry Harvey Wilton Graff Janet Shaw
defendant wife girlfriend mistress police officer crafty intricate shocking dark courtroom ranch los angeles trial murder mistaken identity infidelity marrying for money temptation fall wretched excess
A stockbroker (Robert Young) tells the court how his rich wife and one of two girlfriends (Susan Hayward, Jane Greer) died.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
71 Minutes
Detective Sgt. Gus Forbes
Charles McGraw Marie Windsor Jacqueline White Gordon Gebert Queenie Leonard David Clarke Peter Virgo Don Beddoe Paul Maxey Harry Harvey
widow gangster partner police officer detective suspenseful train los angeles chicago courtroom protection trial testimonies secret mafia murder rescue revenge 1950s
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Adventure, Action
USA
1939
215 Minutes
Frank Raymond
Warren Hull Sam Nelson Doris Weston Al Kikume Rex Downing Edward Earle Forbes Murray Kenneth MacDonald Don Beddoe
Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked Crime Lord known as "The Wasp".
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
107 Minutes
Gates, Rodney Parrish
Alan Ladd Geraldine Fitzgerald Patric Knowles John Hoyt Gloria Saunders Richard Benedict Harold Vermilyea Don Beddoe Onslow Stevens Gavin Muir Egon Brecher
soldier spy agent commanding officer american secret agent patriotic gripping passionate france tunnel railroad tracks dangerous assignment duty nazis world war ii espionage sabotage love quest
During WW2, the O.S.S. sends teams of spies and saboteurs in Nazi-occupied France.
Western
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Ben (Council City storekeeper) (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum Marilyn Monroe Rory Calhoun Tommy Rettig Murvyn Vye Douglas Spencer Ed Hinton Don Beddoe Claire Andre Jack Mather Edmund Cobb
farmer son singer boyfriend miner ex-convict thrilling melodramatic pacific northwest boomtown saloon river countryside robbery revenge greed gold father/son relationship survival pursuit
The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others.
Western
USA
1948
80 Minutes
J.T. Hall
Yvonne De Carlo Dan Duryea Jeffrey Lynn Percy Kilbride Lloyd Gough Frank Lovejoy John McIntire Don Beddoe Ray Walker Soledad Jimenez Eddy C. Walker
California stage robber Black Bart meets European dancer Lola Montez.
Comedy
1947
95 Minutes
Joey
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Shirley Temple Rudy Vallee Ray Collins Harry Davenport Johnny Spencer Don Beddoe Lillian Randolph Veda Ann Borg Dan Tobin
playboy judge teen girl psychiatrist district attorney boyfriend cheeky hilarious california high school courtroom nightclub sport tournament love triangle sibling rivalry misunderstanding innocence hero worship forbidden love growing up
A judge (Myrna Loy) orders a playboy (Cary Grant) to date her infatuated teenage sister (Shirley Temple) to cure the girl's crush on him.
Comedy
1939
75 Minutes
Marvin Williams
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Dorothy Moore Jonathan Hale Stanley Brown Inez Courtney Don Beddoe
Blondie (Penny Singleton) fills in for Dagwood (Arthur Lake) at the office, so he can go on a fishing trip.
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Fat Salesman
Ida Lupino Howard Duff Stephen McNally John Litel Peggy Dow Taylor Holmes Irving Bacon Joe Besser Don Beddoe Peggie Castle
After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.
Western
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Zeke Mitchell
Randolph Scott Raymond Massey Lucille Norman Richard Webb James Millican Larry Keating George Cleveland William Haade Don Beddoe Thurston Hall Vince Barnett
bandit banker construction worker news reporter suspenseful moving charming american west mining town mountain carson city, nev. railroad robbery construction murder old west stagecoach rivalry quest 19th century
When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.
Drama
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Pringle
Guy Kibbee Gloria Dickson Lee Tracy Otto Kruger Victor Jory Larry Parks Rex Williams Frank Sully Don Beddoe Douglas Leavitt Minor Watson
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Barney Bassett
William Powell Betsy Drake Mark Stevens Adolphe Menjou Randy Stuart Lloyd Corrigan Hope Emerson Walter Catlett Don Beddoe
actor actress studio head assistant publicist airy lighthearted los angeles hollywood, calif. new york city theater movie studio grauman's chinese theatre fame redemption reconciliation filmmaking comeback theater production fall
Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Thomas O'Hara
Humphrey Bogart Zero Mostel Ted de Corsia Everett Sloane Roy Roberts Michael Tolan King Donovan Bob Steele Adelaide Klein Don Beddoe Tito Vuolo
district attorney crime boss henchman witness detective hit man brooding gritty dark gripping hotel prison insane asylum church apartment building city hired killers investigation murder case organized crime
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Mort Elkins
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Borneo
Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou William Holden Lee J. Cobb Joseph Calleia Sam Levene Edward Brophy Beatrice Blinn William H. Strauss Don Beddoe
boxer promoter father girlfriend violinist gangster gritty engaging emotional city boxing ring boxing music family love death rise fall escape transformation
Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer.
Other, Comedy
USA
1950
86 Minutes
Mr. Haggerty
Jimmy Durante Terry Moore Tom Drake Queenie Smith Frank Orth Jimmy Conlin Chick Chandler Sara Haden Hugh Sanders Don Beddoe
wife mother father vaudevillian landlord daughter amusing offbeat heartwarming new york city apartment attic christmas struggle family hard times vaudeville financial windfall mystery love
A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1968
92 Minutes
Dr. Elliot Fish
David Niven Cristina Ferrare Chad Everett Lola Albright Ozzie Nelson Jeff Cooper John Harding Rick Chalet Michael McGreevey Don Beddoe Darleen Carr
psychiatrist professor teen girl sister wife daughter amusing lighthearted cheeky united states university house classroom teenage rebellion teen pregnancy promiscuity reputation parenthood father/daughter relationship growing up
The eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.
Drama
1952
76 Minutes
Mr. Ballew
Richard Widmark Marilyn Monroe Anne Bancroft Donna Corcoran Jeanne Cagney Lurene Tuttle Elisha Cook Jr. Jim Backus Willis Bouchey Don Beddoe Gloria Blondell
pilot woman child babysitter chilling eerie suspenseful new york city hotel bad behavior mental illness child abuse seduction rescue revenge temptation transformation 1950s
An airline pilot (Richard Widmark) flirts with a hotel baby-sitter (Marilyn Monroe) before realizing she is deranged.
Comedy
USA
1942
118 Minutes
Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman Edgar Buchanan Glenda Farrell Charles Dingle Emma Dunn Rex Ingram Leonid Kinskey Tom Tyler Don Beddoe
fugitive teacher professor foreman lawyer witty charming summerhouse courtroom false accusations love triangle law love quest escape pursuit 1940s
An escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Drama
USA
1948
107 Minutes
Fredric March Dan Duryea Edmond O'Brien Ann Blyth Florence Eldridge John Dall Dona Drake Betsy Blair Fritz Leiber Whit Bissell Don Beddoe
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
Romance
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Ann Blyth Jane Cowl Lillian Randolph Steven Geray John Ridgely Roland Winters Maurice Cass Taylor Holmes Charles McGraw Don Beddoe
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.
Comedy
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Donald O'Connor Piper Laurie Cecil Kellaway Jesse White Barry Kelley Hayden Rorke Vaughn Taylor Larry Keating Peter Brocco Edwin Max Don Beddoe
The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
Drama
USA
1949
77 Minutes
Victor Mature Lucille Ball Lizabeth Scott Sonny Tufts Lloyd Nolan Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell Art Baker Gordon Jones Don Beddoe
Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year and the future looks rosy. His wife... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Mala Powers William Prince Morris Carnovsky Ralph Clanton Lloyd Corrigan Virginia Farmer Edgar Barrier Elena Verdugo Albert Cavens Arthur Blake
poet love interest soldier cyrano de bergerac tender witty endearing paris theater hotel love triangle romance poetry love quest 17th century
The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play.
Western
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Anthony Quinn Dorothy Malone Dolores Michaels Wallace Ford Tom Drake Richard Arlen DeForest Kelley Regis Toomey Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger sidekick townsperson sheriff outlaw old flame gritty suspenseful utah mining town saloon law enforcement showdown murder corruption redemption romance quest rivalry revenge
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Biography
USA
1952
110 Minutes
Alan Ladd Virginia Mayo Joseph Calleia Phyllis Kirk Alf Kjellin Douglas Dick Anthony Caruso Ned Young George Voskovec Richard Carlyle Robert Emhardt
man friend brother love interest suitor emotional intense new orleans woods texas frontier riverboat romantic dilemma journey self-defense frontier justice jim bowie love adventure rivalry
The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
Comedy, Western
USA
1966
101 Minutes
Dean Martin Alain Delon Joey Bishop Rosemary Forsyth Tina Marquand Peter Graves Michael Ansara Linden Chiles Andrew Prine Stuart Anderson Roy Barcroft
nobleman fiancée gunrunner native american woman native american love interest amusing brash hilarious texas louisiana wagon train country road wild west engagement native americans friendship love triangle love old west
In 1845 Texas, a Louisiana belle is courted by a wanted Spanish nobleman and a Texas brawling gunrunner but her suitors' passionate duel is interrupted by the cavalry and a Comanche attack.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Warren William Eric Blore Jean Muir Warren Hull Thurston Hall Fred Kelsey Victor Jory Georgia Caine Marla Shelton Robert Emmett Keane William Forrest
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
Adventure
USA
1952
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Dewey Martin Elizabeth Threatt Arthur Hunnicutt Buddy Baer Steven Geray Hank Worden Jim Davis Henri Letondal Robert Hunter Booth Colman
trader indian friend man cowboy princess spectacular brutal thrilling gutsy inspiring powerful the west missouri indian territory wilderness jail river survival journey
The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.
Comedy
USA
1949
88 Minutes
William Holden Joan Caulfield Edward Arnold Billy De Wolfe Mona Freeman Arleen Whelan Mary Philips Harry von Zell Raymond Roe Elisabeth Fraser Bill Murphy
Thanks to political activist teen Miriam, her brother-in-law and father find themselves rival candidates for state senator.
Western
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Randolph Scott Joan Leslie Ellen Drew Alexander Knox Richard Rober John Russell Alfonso Bedoya Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Clem Bevans Cameron Mitchell Richard Crane
man rancher ex-girlfriend lover gunman jealous man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping bleak gory ranch school wild west jealousy hiding danger fear fighting
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Drama
1952
118 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Laurence Olivier Eddie Albert Miriam Hopkins Basil Ruysdael Ray Teal Barry Kelley Sara Berner William Reynolds Mary Murphy Harry Hayden
kept woman salesman restaurant manager sister brother-in-law wife emotional melodramatic chicago train restaurant apartment love triangle forbidden love adultery forbidden love fall 1890s
A farm girl (Jennifer Jones) goes to Chicago, meets men (Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert) and becomes a stage star.