List of the best Dorothy Dandridge movies: Carmen Jones(1954), Bright Road(1953), The Decks Ran Red(1958), Porgy and Bess(1959), Tamango(1958), Island in the Sun(1957), Lady From Louisiana(1941) ... ...
Musical
USA
1954
105 Minutes
Dorothy Dandridge Harry Belafonte Pearl Bailey Olga James Diahann Carroll Roy E. Glenn Sr. Nick Stewart Joe Adams Brock Peters Sandy Lewis Mauri Lynn
sexy woman soldier fugitive love interest sergeant emotional sultry suspenseful louisiana nightclub chicago army camp jealousy seduction love triangle war murder obsession forbidden love rivalry
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Drama
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Jane Richards
Dorothy Dandridge Philip Hepburn Harry Belafonte Barbara Ann Sanders Robert Horton Maidie Norman Rene Beard Howard McNeely Robert McNeely Patti Marie Ellis Joy Jackson
teacher principal student classmate touching inspiring gutsy alabama small town school education troubled youth small-town life tragic death african-americans underdog growing up quest 1950s
Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies' Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that year's Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
84 Minutes
James Mason Dorothy Dandridge Broderick Crawford Stuart Whitman Katharine Bard Jack Kruschen John Gallaudet Barney Phillips David Cross Hank Patterson Harry Bartell
The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
Musical, Drama, Romance
USA
1959
138 Minutes
Bess
Sidney Poitier Rouben Mamoulian Dorothy Dandridge Sammy Davis Jr. Pearl Bailey Brock Peters Leslie Scott Diahann Carroll Ruth Attaway Clarence Muse Everdinne Wilson
poor person drug addict african-american disabled person drug dealer beautiful woman emotional melodramatic sultry charleston, s.c. shantytown catfish row love triangle poverty drug addiction romantic dilemma hard times difficult decision underdog love
A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
Adventure
France|Italy
1958
98 Minutes
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
Drama
UK|USA
1957
123 Minutes
Margot Seaton
Harry Belafonte James Mason Joan Fontaine Dorothy Dandridge Joan Collins Michael Rennie Diana Wynyard John Williams Stephen Boyd Patricia Owens Basil Sydney
politician plantation owner aristocrat husband wife lover intricate dark brash caribbean island mansion race relations love triangle secret political intrigue murder interracial relationship wretched excess rivalry
Set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island, this drama deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Western
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Felice
John Wayne Ona Munson Ray Middleton Henry Stephenson Helen Westley Jack Pennick Dorothy Dandridge Shimen Ruskin Jacqueline Dalya Paul Scardon James C. Morton
In the 1890s, a Northern lawyer goes to New Orleans to aid the local reform league in their fight against the crooked lottery run by a Southern ex-general and his beautiful daughter.