List of the best Ed Begley movies: 12 Angry Men(1957), Sweet Bird of Youth(1962), The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964), Billion Dollar Brain(1967), The Dunwich Horror(1970), Deadline U.S.A.(1952), Wyoming Mail(1950), Odds Against Tomorrow(1959), It Happens Every Spring(1949), Sorry, Wrong Number(1948), The Turning Point(1952), On Dangerous Ground(1951) ... ...
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lee J. Cobb Ed Begley E.G. Marshall Jack Klugman Martin Balsam John Fiedler Joseph Sweeney George Voskovec Robert Webber Jack Warden
architect coach businessperson juror judge lawyer tense emotional suspenseful courtroom murder court battles class distinctions justice underdog quest 1950s
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Paul Newman Geraldine Page Ed Begley Rip Torn Shirley Knight Mildred Dunnock Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood Philip Abbott Corey Allen
gigolo actress ex-girlfriend brother politician brooding uneasy small town house homecoming romance confrontation failing career class conflict deception fall love revenge 1960s
A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1964
128 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Harve Presnell Ed Begley Jack Kruschen Hermione Baddeley Vassili Lambrinos Fred Essler Harvey Lembeck Lauren Gilbert Kathryn Card Hayden Rorke
orphan prince wife miner husband brash touching amusing witty quirky lighthearted colorado denver hms titanic marrying for money shipwreck rags to riches gold high society husband/wife relationship
A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Drama
UK
1967
111 Minutes
Michael Caine Karl Malden Ed Begley Oscar Homolka Françoise Dorléac Guy Doleman Vladek Sheybal Milo Sperber
private investigator secret service agent oil baron friend intricate gripping thrilling england helsinki espionage conspiracy cold war mystery discovery quest 1960s
A former British spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Horror
USA
1970
90 Minutes
Sandra Dee Dean Stockwell Ed Begley Lloyd Bochner Sam Jaffe Joanne Moore Jordan Donna Baccala
professor student mysterious man monster family patriarch eerie dark suspenseful massachusetts university library town cemetery house satanism supernatural hypnosis pregnancy insanity deformity
Wilbur Whateley travels to the Arkham Miskatonic University to borrow the legendary Necronomicon. But, little does anyone know, Whateley isn't quite human...
Drama
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Ethel Barrymore Kim Hunter Ed Begley Warren Stevens Paul Stewart Martin Gabel Joe De Santis Audrey Christie Jim Backus
reporter gangster editor ex-wife publisher widow gritty tense new york city newsroom journalism crime quest 1950s
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Western
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Stephen McNally Alexis Smith Howard da Silva Ed Begley Dan Riss Roy Roberts Whit Bissell Armando Silvestre James Arness Richard Jaeckel Frankie Darro
In 1869, when the railroad mail service is threatened by frequent bandit attacks, the government hires Steve Davis to infiltrate a gang in order to destroy it from inside.
Crime, Drama
1959
95 Minutes
Harry Belafonte Robert Ryan Shelley Winters Ed Begley Gloria Grahame Will Kuluva Richard Bright Lew Gallo Fred Scollay Carmen de Lavallade Wayne Rogers
thief ex-convict entertainer girlfriend police chief wife dark gritty gripping new york state bank new york city heist racism escape greed dangerous assignment fall wretched excess temptation
Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
Comedy
1949
87 Minutes
Ray Milland Jean Peters Paul Douglas Ed Begley Ted de Corsia Ray Collins Jessie Royce Landis Alan Hale Jr. Bill Murphy William E. Green Edward Keane
baseball pitcher baseball catcher chemist fiancée professor outlandish witty lighthearted st. louis chicago baseball field science gone awry baseball secret identity experiments serendipity sports transformation underdog love
A professor (Ray Milland) becomes a World Series pitcher with his secret formula for wood-repellent screwballs.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Burt Lancaster Ann Richards Wendell Corey Ed Begley Leif Erickson William Conrad
heiress husband father-in-law old flame hit man hypochondriac intense dark suspenseful family home office dance hall subway staten island, n.y. new york city murder plot college sweethearts class distinctions infidelity pharmaceuticals
While on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
William Holden Edmond O'Brien Alexis Smith Tom Tully Ed Begley Dan Dayton Adele Longmire Ray Teal Ted de Corsia Don Porter Howard Freeman
prosecutor police officer mobster journalist father girlfriend brooding crafty emotional tense midwest courtroom house police station corruption love triangle investigation trial spying organized crime
Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Western
USA
1968
104 Minutes
James Stewart Henry Fonda Inger Stevens Gary Lockwood Dean Jagger Ed Begley Jay C. Flippen Jack Elam James Best Barbara Luna Jacqueline Scott
sheriff bandit wife daughter preacher tense thrilling unrestrained american west town house sheriff's office gunfight bandits family responsibility lawlessness rise rivalry 19th century
A peace-loving, part-time Sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Gordon MacRae Edmond O'Brien Viveca Lindfors Dane Clark Ed Begley
While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.
Action
USA
1949
90 Minutes
Susan Hayward Robert Preston Pedro Armendáriz Harry Shannon Ed Begley Jimmy Conlin Paul E. Burns Lloyd Gough Roland Jack Chief Yowlachie Pierre Watkin
rancher oil baron daughter emotional powerful oklahoma oil field ranch revenge death oil betrayal wealth greed fall rise rivalry 1940s
In Tulsa, after a rancher dies during a feud with a major oil company, his daughter, driven by revenge, starts digging for oil herself.
Drama
USA
1952
103 Minutes
William Holden Johnny Stewart Stanley Clements Basil Ruysdael Carl Benton Reid Ralph Dumke Ed Begley Hugh Sanders Harry Morgan Ann Lee Anthony Caruso
agent jockey manager gambler mother friend engaging heartwarming horse track horse auction locker room train redemption on the run gambling horse racing con game mentorship transformation 1950s
Boots Malone is jockey's agent and a bit of a wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to living in a room at the stables when his star jockey was killed in an accident. After nearly... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Alan Ladd Betty Field Macdonald Carey Ruth Hussey Barry Sullivan Howard da Silva Shelley Winters Henry Hull Carole Mathews Ed Begley Elisha Cook Jr.
young man millionaire neighbor socialite beautiful woman wife sad brooding moving great neck, n.y. long island, n.y. mansion party poolside obsession love high society friendship relationships forbidden love
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.
Drama
USA
1966
119 Minutes
Stephen Boyd Elke Sommer Milton Berle Eleanor Parker Joseph Cotten Jill St. John Tony Bennett Edie Adams Ernest Borgnine Ed Begley Walter Brennan
actor friend public relations specialist cabaret performer girlfriend private investigator melodramatic dark sad outlandish hollywood, calif. tijuana, mexico movie set new york city awards ceremony show business social climbing fame blackmail bad publicity
Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Comedy
1951
93 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jane Greer Millard Mitchell Eddie Albert John McIntire Ray Collins Harry von Zell Jack Webb Richard Erdman Harvey Lembeck Henry Slate
lieutenant commander naval officer wife rear admiral boxer amusing lighthearted engaging patriotic submarine naval base virginia navy seafaring misfits world war ii technology group dynamics underdog
A new Navy officer (Gary Cooper) leads recruits on an untested steam-powered patrol boat dubbed the USS Teakettle.
Comedy
USA
1968
97 Minutes
Shelley Winters Christopher Jones Diane Varsi Richard Pryor Kevin Coughlin Michael Margotta May Ishihara Salli Sachse Hal Holbrook Millie Perkins Bert Freed
politician revolutionary singer guitarist anthropologist senator eerie chilling offbeat los angeles mansion washington, d.c. political rally congress counterculture political activism hypocrisy political campaign youth hero worship
A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.