List of the best Donald Crisp movies: The Navigator(1924), Greyfriars Bobby(1961), Don Q, Son of Zorro(1925), Runaway Bride(1930), The Viking(1928), Lassie Come Home(1943), Son of Lassie(1945), Hills of Home(1948), A Dog of Flanders(1959), Home Town Story(1951), The Man From Laramie(1955), National Velvet(1944) ... ...
7.7/10
Comedy
USA
1924
69 Minutes
Director
Buster Keaton Kathryn McGuire Frederick Vroom Noble Johnson Clarence Burton H.N. Clugston
wealthy man suitor socialite pretty woman father amusing witty playful ocean liner california island unrequited love wealth sailors adventure discovery transformation rescue 1920s
Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.
7.3/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1961
91 Minutes
James Brown
Donald Crisp Laurence Naismith Alex Mackenzie Kay Walsh Andrew Cruickshank Vincent Winter Moultrie Kelsall Gordon Jackson Rosalie Crutchley Freda Jackson Jameson Clark
The remarkable veritable story of a terrier named Bobby and the enduring friendship he forges with a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as Old Jock---unbroken even by the kindly old man's death.
6.9/10
Adventure
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Mary Astor Donald Crisp Stella De Lanti Warner Oland Jean Hersholt Albert MacQuarrie Lottie Pickford Forrest Charles Stevens Tote Du Crow Martha Franklin
Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
5.2/10
Romance
USA
1930
69 Minutes
Director
Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes Natalie Moorehead
fiancé fiancée gangster wealthy man police officer chambermaid intricate madcap lighthearted atlantic city, n.j. hotel new york city mansion hospital elopement robbery kidnapping blackmail love triangle assumed identity
A young socialite and a rich playboy elope to Atlantic City. However, she soon realizes he's not the man she wants him to be and tries to call off the wedding. A jewelry store robbery, murder and other mayhem are soon involved.
Adventure
1928
100 Minutes
Leif Ericsson
A story loosely based on the novel "Leif the Lucky," which tells of Viking activity west of Greenland.
7.1/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester Elizabeth Taylor Ben Webster J. Pat O'Malley Alan Napier Arthur Shields
lassie young boy mother father duke grandchild heartwarming family home yorkshire scotland countryside estate dogs family class distinctions journey escape quest 1940s
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie (Pal) escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1945
102 Minutes
Peter Lawford Donald Crisp June Lockhart Nigel Bruce William Severn Leon Ames Donald Curtis Nils Asther Robert Lewis Fay Helm
dog nazi soldier pet owner pet prisoner of war heartwarming touching thrilling positive norway airplane training camp england countryside world war ii behind enemy lines injury human-animal friendship survival
Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage ?
Adventure
1948
97 Minutes
Drumsheugh
Edmund Gwenn Donald Crisp Janet Leigh Tom Drake Rhys Williams Reginald Owen Edmond Breon Alan Napier Hugh Green Lumsden Hare Eileen Erskine
dog doctor shepherd son uplifting endearing scotland edinburgh, scotland medicine rural life pets hydrophobia father/son relationship animals underdog growing up 20th century
A dedicated Scottish doctor tries to cure Lassie's water phobia while caring for patients throughout the glen.
Kids & Family, Drama
1959
96 Minutes
Jehan Daas
David Ladd Donald Crisp Theodore Bikel Max Croiset Monique Ahrens Siobhan Taylor Gijsbert Tersteeg John Soer Lo van Hersenbergen Katherine Holland
orphan grandfather artist dog touching endearing heartwarming flanders village poverty art animals quest rise underdog 19th century
Based on the famous 19th-century novel, this is the tale of a Flemish boy who finds himself is alone in the world until he meets painter Piet van Gelder (Theodore Bikel), who takes the boy in and encourages his artistic talents.
Drama
1951
61 Minutes
John MacFarland
politician journalist editor amusing home town crusade big business influence rivalry
A newspaper editor (Jeffrey Lynn) blasts big business, then needs a big-business man's (Donald Crisp) help.
7.3/10
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Alec Waggoman
James Stewart Arthur Kennedy Donald Crisp Cathy O'Donnell Alex Nicol Aline MacMahon Wallace Ford Jack Elam John War Eagle James Millican Gregg Barton
lawman rancher son foreman spirited fiery brooding thrilling new mexico desert ranch family deception justice father/son relationship power struggle pursuit revenge fall 1860s
Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1944
125 Minutes
Mr. Brown
Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Norma Varden Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Terry Kilburn
equestrian jockey daughter father mother trainer inspiring heartwarming england countryside racetrack family home aspirations horse racing family friendship competition discovery growing up transformation
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1919
87 Minutes
Battling Burrows
Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Donald Crisp Arthur Howard Edward Piel Sr. George Andre Beranger Norman Selby Wilbur Higby Karla Schramm Ernest Butterworth Fred Hamer
immigrant waif fighter father manager dark emotional disheartening london shop household apartment buddhism immigration discrimination love abuse death forbidden love quest
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
7.1/10
Biography
USA
1944
130 Minutes
J.B. Pond
Fredric March Alexis Smith Donald Crisp Alan Hale C. Aubrey Smith John Carradine Percy Kilbride
publisher wife widow friend writer charming lighthearted hannibal, miss. mississippi river nevada writer's block trapping american civil war celebrities marital problems mark twain growing up rise love 19th century
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
6.9/10
Adventure
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Mary Astor Donald Crisp Stella De Lanti Warner Oland Jean Hersholt Albert MacQuarrie Lottie Pickford Forrest Charles Stevens Tote Du Crow Martha Franklin
Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
The Laird
John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Crisp Bramwell Fletcher Lumsden Hare Carmel Myers Luis Alberni Paul Porcasi
music teacher student singer love interest dark eerie europe concert stage hypnosis singing performance deception suicide transformation fall 1890s
Through hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1947
94 Minutes
Sheriff Jim Crew
Veronica Lake Joel McCrea Donald Crisp Charles Ruggles Preston Foster Don DeFore Arleen Whelan Lloyd Bridges Nestor Paiva Ray Teal
rancher father cattleman overseer sheriff alcoholic gutsy brash tense ranch saloon dressing room range street range war ambition murder romantic dilemma deception gender roles
Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1941
80 Minutes
Dr. Drewett
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate tragic relationship.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1948
88 Minutes
Barney Rebstock
Alan Ladd Robert Preston Donald Crisp Brenda Marshall William Demarest Fay Holden Murvyn Vye Frank Faylen John Eldredge Ward Wood J. Farrell MacDonald
police officer railroad worker friend ex-wife gang leader train robber brash gutsy train railroad tracks wild west friendship work-life balance train robbery romance conflict of interest rivalry forbidden love adventure 19th century
Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.
6.3/10
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Doctor McQueen
Katharine Hepburn John Beal Donald Crisp Alan Hale Lumsden Hare Andy Clyde Beryl Mercer Billy Watson Dorothy Stickney Mary Gordon
reverend gypsy lord business owner employee villager charming melodramatic scotland village church street factory infatuation class conflict labor strike secret identity deception religion forbidden love
In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror ... See full summary »
4.3/10
Drama
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Col. Carruthers
Ronald Reagan Mary Maguire Donald Crisp Ben Hendricks Jr. William B. Davidson Max Hoffman Emmett Vogan Tracy Layne Edmund Cobb Janet Shaw Rosella Towne
A horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he ... See full summary »
Drama
1938
62 Minutes
Mr. John Morgan
Bonita Granville Dolores Costello Donald Crisp Donald Briggs Natalie Moorhead Lucile Gleason Emmett Vogan Lois Cheaney Mary Doyle Ellen Lowe Paul Everton
Roberta (Bonita Granville) is raised in a wealthy home, and she is ignored by her busy parents. As her behavior worsens, she is placed in a boarding school for troubled girls, and she is given responsibilities to teach her manners.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1941
118 Minutes
Mr. Gwilym Morgan
Walter Pidgeon Maureen O'Hara Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Anna Lee John Loder Sara Allgood Barry Fitzgerald Patric Knowles Rhys Williams Evan S. Evans
father mother brother sister coal miner preacher emotional melodramatic wales small town family coal mining labor strike love triangle growing up quest forbidden love victorian era
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1939
95 Minutes
Dr. Lanskell
Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins George Brent Donald Crisp Jane Bryan Louise Fazenda James Stephenson Jerome Cowan William Lundigan Cecilia Loftus
adoptive mother cousin daughter father mother emotional melodramatic united states american civil war illegitimate child mother/daughter relationship self-sacrifice sacrifice rivalry 1880s
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
7.5/10
War, Drama
USA
1938
103 Minutes
Phipps
Errol Flynn David Niven Basil Rathbone Donald Crisp Melville Cooper Barry Fitzgerald Carl Esmond Peter Willes Morton Lowater Michael Brooke James Burke
commander military officer pilot brutal rousing france military base horrors of war dangerous job air force friendship death world war i sacrifice transformation rivalry 1910s
British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.
7.3/10
Romance
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Guidon
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Mary Astor Donald Crisp Gene Raymond Tully Marshall Willie Fung
foreman prostitute surveyor wife servant employee passionate engaging fiery indochina plantation jungle love triangle adultery deception rubber business prostitution forbidden love temptation transformation
The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1940
101 Minutes
Scotty MacPherson
James Cagney Ann Sheridan Frank Craven Donald Crisp Frank McHugh Arthur Kennedy
boxer dancer girlfriend younger brother truck driver composer uplifting gripping gritty melodramatic new york city lower east side carnegie hall boxing ring apartment boxing self-sacrifice aspirations corruption blindness
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1955
138 Minutes
Old Martin
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Robert Francis Donald Crisp Ward Bond Betsy Palmer Philip Carey William Leslie Harry Carey Jr. Patrick Wayne Sean McClory
athletic director wife mentor immigrant soldier dwight d. eisenhower endearing patriotic military academy gym family home west point, n.y. football marriage education military life relationships swimming rise underdog
In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
7.1/10
Adventure
USA
1926
85 Minutes
MacTavish
Douglas Fairbanks Billie Dove Anders Randolf Donald Crisp Tempe Pigott Sam De Grasse Charles Stevens Charles Belcher Fred Becker John Wallace E.J. Ratcliffe
nobleman princess pirate father airy engaging gripping spirited thrilling ocean pirate ship island pirates revenge romance shipwreck adventure rivalry revenge love
Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.
7.1/10
Action
USA
1936
116 Minutes
Colonel Campbell
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Patric Knowles Donald Crisp Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce David Niven G.P. Huntley Jr. Spring Byington C. Henry Gordon E.E. Clive
military officer brother fiancée rajah soldier emotional patriotic rousing india military base palace battlefield love triangle battle of balaklava historical events crimean war revenge quest love 1850s
A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Brother Superior
Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart Ann Sothern Donald Crisp Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins Charles D. Brown Cecil Kellaway Morgan Conway Richard Lane Paul Guilfoyle
mobster criminal monk girlfriend police officer endearing positive city europe hideout monastery shop police station crime faith meaning of life transformation 1940s
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
6.8/10
Biography
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Father John Callahan
Pat O'Brien Ronald Reagan Gale Page Donald Crisp Albert Basserman John Litel Henry O'Neill Owen Davis Jr. John Qualen Dorothy Tree Kane Richmond
football player george gipp professor coach wife heartwarming indiana university of notre dame football field hospital classroom locker room football illness teamwork knute rockne sports quest rise 1920s
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
6.8/10
Horror
USA
1941
114 Minutes
Sir Charles Emery
Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Donald Crisp Ian Hunter Barton MacLane C. Aubrey Smith Sara Allgood Peter Godfrey Frederick Worlock William Tannen
dr. jekyll mr. hyde mistress brooding gripping suspenseful london laboratory split personality human nature experiments evil metamorphosis mystery 1880s
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1942
108 Minutes
Ralph Pedloch
Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Geraldine Fitzgerald Donald Crisp Byron Barr Nancy Coleman Gene Lockhart Larry Simms Donald Woods Grant Mitchell
soldier father daughter sister real estate developer husband emotional powerful spirited mansion courtroom vermont father/daughter relationship marriage of convenience world war i orphans land ownership nobility growing up rivalry
Three wealthy orphans attempt to defend their ownership of their family's property, but financial and romantic problems set in.
6.6/10
Western
USA
1958
84 Minutes
Dennis Deneen
Robert Taylor Julie London John Cassavetes Donald Crisp Charles McGraw Royal Dano Richard Erdman Douglas Spencer Ray Teal Jay Adler Stanley Adams
cowboy rancher brother outlaw gunslinger showgirl gritty intense wild west ranch brotherhood old west land wars reformation revenge fall 19th century
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful rancher. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new gun and pending bride and former saloon girl Joan Blake.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Judge Hardwick
James Cagney Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Donald Crisp Harvey Stephens Hugh Sothern Charles Middleton Ward Bond Edward Pawley Lew Harvey Trevor Bardette
son outlaw judge brother rousing cheery wild oklahoma saloon the cherokee strip land rush father/son relationship framed for murder vigilantism old west transformation adventure 1890s
During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
Romance
1929
83 Minutes
Mr. Roger Slater
Ramon Novarro Renée Adorée Dorothy Janis Donald Crisp
A Polynesian storekeeper (Ramon Novarro) saves the island girl (Dorothy Janis) he loves from marrying the wrong man.
Biography
1940
103 Minutes
Minister Althoff
Edward G. Robinson Ruth Gordon Otto Kruger Donald Crisp Maria Ouspenskaya Montagu Love Sig Ruman Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Albert Basserman Edward Norris
doctor scientist colleague wife fascinating inspiring powerful egypt germany laboratory medicine syphilis tuberculosis scientific experiments diptheria discovery rise rescue sacrifice 1880s
The story of the renowned bacteriologist whose years of research yielded such medical triumphs as a cure for syphilis.
Western
1957
92 Minutes
Judge Allen
Jeff Chandler Joanne Dru Julie London Donald Crisp Ronald Howard John Lupton Walter Sande Milburn Stone Morris Ankrum Parley Baer
army officer confederate soldier judge terrorist editor reverend thrilling suspenseful georgia jail hotel dance hall warehouse terrorism mob mentality friendly fire law and order redemption american civil war adventure
A Union officer (Jeff Chandler) becomes the overseer of a Georgia town he destroyed during Sherman's march.
7.7/10
Adventure
USA
1940
127 Minutes
Sir John Burleson
Errol Flynn Brenda Marshall Flora Robson Claude Rains Donald Crisp Alan Hale Henry Daniell Una O'Connor Gilbert Roland
pirate ambassador pretty woman queen charming confident engaging england royal court spain expedition showdown armed conflict patriotism sailors romance adventure discovery quest rivalry
Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Dr. Livingstone
Bette Davis Henry Fonda George Brent Margaret Lindsay Donald Crisp Fay Bainter Spring Byington Richard Cromwell Henry O'Neill
southern belle banker aunt doctor suitor emotional melodramatic louisiana new orleans family home romance wealth social standing bad behavior love triangle love wretched excess 19th century
In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Inspector Lane
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Major James Singleton
Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall Patricia Neal Jack Carson Donald Crisp Gladys George Elizabeth Patterson Jeff Corey Taylor Holmes Thurston Hall
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Maitre Labori
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take control of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries, a man empowered to levy taxes, and assumes his identity. His men then ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1937
93 Minutes
Jack V. Merrick Sr.
Bette Davis Henry Fonda Ian Hunter Anita Louise Donald Crisp Hugh O'Connell Katharine Alexander Mary Philips Minor Watson Ben Welden Sidney Toler
bootlegger widow secretary attorney playboy father melodramatic disheartening emotional chicago apartment europe marriage illegitimate child inheritance elopement love custody battle forbidden love sacrifice
Mary Donnell, a young legal secretary with a past, elopes with a client's son, but his father has the marriage annulled without knowing she's pregnant.
Drama
1937
86 Minutes
Presiding Judge
Kay Francis Basil Rathbone Ian Hunter Jane Bryan Donald Crisp Mary Maguire Dorothy Peterson Laura Hope Crews Robert Barrat Ben Welden Veda Ann Borg
cabaret performer composer husband girl judge mother intense passionate dark striking warsaw, poland courtroom nightclub house concert hall scandal adultery secret past mother/daughter relationship murder
A cabaret singer (Kay Francis) stands trial in Warsaw for killing a concert pianist (Basil Rathbone) to save her daughter's honor.
Drama
USA
1928
77 Minutes
Caxton
Victor McLaglen Lois Moran Jack Stuart Earle Foxe Donald Crisp Bob Perry
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1934
92 Minutes
Mr. David Wyliee
Helen Hayes Brian Aherne Madge Evans Lucile Watson Dudley Digges Donald Crisp
student politician wife aristocratic lady amusing melodramatic scotland household ambition politics marriage of convenience romance family love transformation rise 1900s
The story takes place in Scotland, where plain Maggie Wylie's family, fearing she may become a spinster, finances young John Shand's studies in return for his agreement to marry her in five... See full summary »
5.4/10
Biography
USA
1937
119 Minutes
Michael Davitt
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Edna May Oliver Edmund Gwenn Alan Marshal Donald Crisp Billie Burke Donald Meek
politician captain wife rival wealthy woman irishman tense patriotic melodramatic ireland court england estate parliament bedroom charles stewart parnell politics trial infidelity romance
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Adventure
USA
1935
132 Minutes
Burkitt
Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan Dudley Digges Donald Crisp Movita Henry Stephenson Spring Byington
fletcher christian sailor native capt. william bligh captain tense engaging spirited hms bounty england tahiti pitcairn island sailors mutiny tyrants rebellion adventure revenge escape 1780s
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1788 mutiny.
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