List of the best Douglas Spencer movies: The Glass Wall(1953), The Thing(1951), Cole Younger, Gunfighter(1958), River of No Return(1954), Man From Del Rio(1956), Smoke Signal(1955), This Island Earth(1955), The Diary of Anne Frank(1959), The Raid(1954), Saddle the Wind(1958), A Man Alone(1955), Untamed Frontier(1952) ... ...
Drama
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Inspector Bailey
Vittorio Gassman Gloria Grahame Ann Robinson Douglas Spencer Robin Raymond Jerry Paris Elizabeth Slifer Richard Reeves Joe Turkel Michael Fox Kathleen Freeman
illegal alien veteran fugitive factory worker inspector jazz musician melodramatic intricate patriotic new york city immigration postwar america fresh start fugitives escape quest 1950s
Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to find an ex-G.I named Tom whom he helped during the war and can prove Peter's right to ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Scotty
Margaret Sheridan Kenneth Tobey James Arness Robert Cornthwaite Douglas Spencer Dewey Martin William Self George Fenneman
scientist captain journalist soldier creature creepy thrilling alaska north pole research station greenhouse aliens paranoia discovery 1950s
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
Western
1958
78 Minutes
Marshal Fred Woodruff
Frank Lovejoy James Best Abby Dalton Jan Merlin Douglas Spencer Ainslie Pryor Frank Ferguson Myron Healey Dan Sheridan John Mitchum
cole younger governor outlaw police officer sheriff father sad spirited suspenseful courtroom texas police station hillside kansas unlikely allies police corruption investigation false accusations murder old west
A notorious outlaw (Frank Lovejoy) helps a cowboy (James Best) fight political corruption in 1873 Texas.
Western
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Sam Benson (prospector)
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
1956
82 Minutes
Sheriff Jack Tillman
Anthony Quinn Katy Jurado Peter Whitney Douglas Fowley John Larch Whit Bissell Douglas Spencer Barry Atwater
gunslinger outlaw nurse doctor mexican sheriff suspenseful confident town doctor's office saloon dueling racism law and order respect fear handicap adventure love transformation
A fast Mexican-American gunman kills a few notorious gunfighters and is hired to replace Mesa's dead sheriff but a crooked saloon-keeper wants him on his payroll or out-of-the-way.
Western
USA
1955
88 Minutes
Garode
Dana Andrews Piper Laurie Rex Reason William Talman Gordon Jones Milburn Stone Douglas Spencer William Schallert Bill Phipps Robert Wilke Pat Hogan
A suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort, flee Indians along a dangerous river.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
86 Minutes
The Monitor of Metaluna
Jeff Morrow Faith Domergue Rex Reason Russell Johnson Lance Fuller Robert Nichols Douglas Spencer Karl Lindt Regis Parton Olan Soule Richard Deacon
scientist alien physicist assistant love interest thrilling engaging laboratory spaceship outer space airplane alien abduction war space travel kidnapping adventure 1950s
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.
Drama, History
USA
1959
156 Minutes
Kraler
Millie Perkins Joseph Schildkraut Shelley Winters Richard Beymer Gusti Huber Lou Jacobi Diane Baker Douglas Spencer Dody Heath Ed Wynn Charles Wagenheim
anne frank father dentist sister boyfriend mother powerful endearing sad inspiring amsterdam attic holocaust captivity religious persecution historical events escape love growing up 1940s
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Drama, History
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Rev. Lucas
Van Heflin Anne Bancroft Lee Marvin Richard Boone Tommy Rettig Will Wright Peter Graves Douglas Spencer Paul Cavanagh Helen Ford
confederate soldier prisoner of war veteran widow son banker thrilling intense uneasy stockade canada vermont small town boarding house bank american civil war deception friendship arson looting
A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1958
84 Minutes
Hemp Scribner
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.
Western
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Henry Slocum
Ray Milland Mary Murphy Ward Bond Raymond Burr Arthur Space Lee Van Cleef Alan Hale Jr. Douglas Spencer Thomas B. Henry Grandon Rhodes Martin Garralaga
gunslinger deputy sheriff daughter robber townsperson engaging tense small town wild west desert family home saloon murder robbery mistaken identity injustice pursuit quest 19th century
A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.
Western
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Clayton Vance
Joseph Cotten Shelley Winters Scott Brady Suzan Ball Minor Watson Katherine Emery Antonio Moreno Douglas Spencer John Alexander Lee Van Cleef Richard Garland
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
Comedy
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Dr. Brunner
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe Henri Letondal Robert Cornthwaite Larry Keating Douglas Spencer Esther Dale Joseph Mell
chemist secretary businessman chimpanzee wife wild amusing madcap playful laboratory car skating rink office youth science medical experiments confusion immortality transformation temptation
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Western
USA
1953
118 Minutes
Axel "Swede" Shipstead
Alan Ladd Jean Arthur Van Heflin Brandon de Wilde Jack Palance Ben Johnson Edgar Buchanan Emile Meyer Elisha Cook Jr. Douglas Spencer John Dierkes
gunslinger farmer wife son bad guy gripping tender moving wyoming small town farm family forbidden love land wars justice sacrifice rivalry love 1880s
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
Drama
USA
1951
113 Minutes
Ike Bashaw
James Cagney James Gleason Gig Young Phyllis Thaxter Raymond Massey Selena Royle Larry Keating Charlita Sheldon Leonard Douglas Spencer John Kellogg
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
110 Minutes
Father Procurator (aka George)
John Wayne Donna Reed Charles Coburn Tom Tully Sherry Jackson Marie Windsor Tom Helmore Dabbs Greer Leif Erickson Douglas Spencer Lester Matthews
coach daughter ex-wife priest football player social worker melodramatic rousing charming college new york city pool hall courtroom college athletics financial crisis trial custody father/daughter relationship football sports
An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
Musical
1953
95 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Steve Cochran Gene Nelson Frank Lovejoy Patrice Wymore Virginia Gibson Larry Keating Paul Picerni Ned Young Jacqueline de Wit Douglas Spencer
A Hollywood star (Virginia Mayo) tries for a comeback in a stage show whose director (Steve Cochran) was her lover.
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Angie Dickinson Peter Finch Roger Moore Errol John Woody Strode Juano Hernandez Frederick O'Neal Mary Wickes Scatman Crothers Rafer Johnson Chuck Wood
nurse pilot hospital administrator native witch doctor chief brooding tense melodramatic congo hospital jungle pregnancy military medicine native people relationships world war ii discovery love
While the Nazi regime subjugates European Nations, in the Belgian Congo, Doctor Rachel Cade tries to cure those troubled people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but a young American injured pilot upsets his plans.
Comedy
USA
1949
103 Minutes
John Lund Marie Wilson Diana Lynn Don DeFore Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Hans Conried Kathryn Givney Percy Helton Erno Verebes Gloria Gordon
A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
80 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Gail Russell John Lund Virginia Bruce William Demarest Richard Webb Jerome Cowan Onslow Stevenson Jon Alexander Roman Bohnen Luis Van Rooten
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
90 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lori Nelson Jeff Morrow Jackie Loughery John Baragrey Agnes Moorehead Lon Chaney Milton Frome Richard Nugent Lee Van Cleef
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan George Macready Rita Johnson Elsa Lanchester Harold Vermilyea Dan Tobin Harry Morgan Richard Webb Tad Van Brunt
editor boss wife mistress henchman reporter spirited gripping cheeky new york city apartment bar office elevator antique shop disillusionment corporate culture journalism honeymoon cover-up
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.