List of the best Edmond O'Brien movies: The Web(1947), The Hitch-Hiker(1953), 1984(1956), 711 Ocean Drive(1950), The Bigamist(1953), Cow Country(1953), Man in the Dark(1953), Fighter Squadron(1948), The Admiral Was a Lady(1950), Denver & Rio Grande(1952), Synanon(1965), Shield for Murder(1954) ... ...
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Bob Regan
An attorney acting as a body guard, apparently kills a man in defense of his employer's life, and later believes the victim was set up to be murdered.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
71 Minutes
hitchhiker sociopath victim hostage escaped convict creepy suspenseful chilling california mexico car hostage situation manhunt serial murders survival pursuit escape 1950s
Two fishermen pick up a psychotic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
7.0/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Michael Redgrave Jan Sterling David Kossoff Mervyn Johns Donald Pleasence Carol Wolveridge Ernest Clark Patrick Allen Ronan O'Casey Michael Ripper
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
6.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Joanne Dru Otto Kruger Barry Kelley Dorothy Patrick Don Porter Howard St. John Robert Osterloh Sammy White
repairman hit man police detective gangster assistant gangster's wife brooding gripping suspenseful tense los angeles pier las vegas desert gambling horse racing blackmail murder swindling doomed romance
An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Joan Fontaine Ida Lupino Edmund Gwenn Jane Darwell Kenneth Tobey John Maxwell Peggy Maley Mack Williams James Todd James Young
bigamist wife waitress son investigator business partner melodramatic emotional san francisco los angeles family home hotel courtroom office bigamy marriage deception adoption double life forbidden love
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
6.3/10
Drama, Western
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Helen Westcott Bob Lowry
cowboy cattle rancher cattleman fugitive daughter confident cool engaging texas ranch cattle farming cattle ranchers greed criminals pursuit rivalry 1870s
In 1875, the collapse of the world beef market creates hardships for Texas cattle growers. In Garnet Basin, many cattlemen are forced to sell their cattle for low prices. Processed in ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
70 Minutes
Steve Rawley
Edmond O'Brien Audrey Totter Ted de Corsia Horace MacMahon Nick Dennis
ex-convict reformed criminal ex-girlfriend gang member amnesiac suspenseful tense melodramatic intricate los angeles amusement park prison bar memory loss reform brain surgery mysterious past hidden treasure deception mystery
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.
6.2/10
War
USA
1948
96 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Robert Stack John Rodney Henry Hull Tom D'Andrea Walter Reed James Holden Shepperd Strudwick
captain colonel pilot major sergeant brash patriotic rousing england air force base friendship aviation air force world war ii rules and regulations adventure transformation 1940s
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Jimmy Stevens
Edmond O'Brien Wanda Hendrix Rudy Vallee Steve Brodie Johnny Spencer Richard Erdman Hillary Brooke Richard Lane Garry Owen Fred Essler
boxer cab driver interior decorator wave officer employment counselor ex-soldier madcap lighthearted playful witty unemployment office store boat boxing ring house romance relationships postwar america returning home veterans
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Western
1952
90 Minutes
Jim Vesser
Edmond O'Brien Sterling Hayden Dean Jagger Kasey Rogers Lyle Bettger J. Carrol Naish ZaSu Pitts Tom Powers Robert Barrat Paul Fix Don Haggerty
railroad engineer railroad worker robber brash confident engaging fiery gritty gutsy wild colorado railroad railroad construction rivalry cover-up rivalry revenge 1870s
To build the first railroad across the Rockies, the survey engineer (Edmond O'Brien) for the D&RG races his CC&SJ rival (Sterling Hayden).
Drama
1965
107 Minutes
Chuck Dederich
Edmond O'Brien Chuck Connors Stella Stevens Alex Cord Richard Conte Eartha Kitt Barbara Luna Alejandro Rey
The founder (Edmond O'Brien) and staff of a California halfway house try to help drug addicts (Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens) quit.
Crime, Drama
1954
80 Minutes
Director
police detective girlfriend witness deaf person victim dark brutal street police station house bar corruption greed murder cover-up theft wretched excess temptation fall 1950s
A police detective (Edmond O'Brien) kills a bookie, robs him and hides the loot at his suburban dream house.
Crime, Drama
1956
75 Minutes
Captain Dan Taggart
Edmond O'Brien Brian Donlevy Natalie Wood Raymond Burr Richard Anderson Irene Hervey Carol Veazie Mary Lawrence Anthony Caruso George J. Lewis Peter Hansen
young woman fiancé psychopath police captain father mother tense dark lovers' lane car police station shack household brickyard mental illness kidnapping investigation secret love police work family
A policeman (Brian Donlevy) hunts down and slaps around a peeping Tom who has kidnapped the captain's (Edmond O'Brien) daughter (Natalie Wood).
Western
1951
95 Minutes
John Vickers
Edmond O'Brien Dean Jagger Forrest Tucker Harry Carey Jr. Polly Bergen James Millican
A man (Edmond O'Brien) joins the cavalry in his quest for two killers (Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker) ; Indians capture all three.
7.1/10
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
6.9/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Edmond O'Brien Don Taylor Jeffrey Lynn Ray Collins Hugo Haas Harry Davenport Griff Barnett Katharine Alexander James Todd Morris Ankrum
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
6.7/10
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.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
89 Minutes
Officer Dan Purvis
Mark Stevens Edmond O'Brien Gale Storm Roland Winters Madge Blake Donald Buka
Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young lady while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Edmond O'Brien Barry Fitzgerald Arthur Treacher Harry Davenport Grant Mitchell Frieda Inescort Elisabeth Risdon Jonathan Hale Esther Dale
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
6.5/10
War
USA
1959
111 Minutes
Commander Paul Stevenson
James Garner Edmond O'Brien Andra Martin Alan Hale Jr. Carleton Carpenter Frank Gifford William Leslie Richard Bakalyan Edd Byrnes Sean Garrison Henry Kulky
In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.
5.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
99 Minutes
In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.
5.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
98 Minutes
Richard Harris Edmond O'Brien Bradford Dillman Chuck Connors
mob boss hit man old flame dancer criminal offbeat amusing cool fascinating city hotel club estate gang war hired killers vengeance womanizing shoot-out dystopia rivalry
Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Vic Pardo, Hank Fallon
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
7.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Jim Reardon (investigator)
Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Albert Van Dekker Sam Levene Virginia Christine John Miljan Vince Barnett Charles D. Brown Donald MacBride
gas station attendant detective insurance investigator hitman femme fatale boxer dark brooding gritty powerful small town diner brentwood, n.j. city robbery crime deception love murder mystery
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
7.0/10
Drama
Italy|USA
1954
128 Minutes
Oscar Muldoon
Humphrey Bogart Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Marius Goring Rossano Brazzi Valentina Cortesa Elizabeth Sellars Warren Stevens
dancer director producer tycoon press agent count sad passionate french riviera london spain hollywood, calif. cemetery nightclub stardom filmmaking rags to riches exploitation loss of innocence deception
This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry et al, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1948
107 Minutes
Benjamin "Ben" Hubbard
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.
6.8/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1966
100 Minutes
General Carter
Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch Edmond O'Brien Donald Pleasence Arthur O'Connell William Redfield Arthur Kennedy Jean Del Val Barry Coe Ken Scott Shelby Grant
doctor saboteur scientist surgeon pilot secret agent incredible suspenseful thrilling human body submarine russia survival journey weird science cold war miniaturization adventure escape rescue
A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Marty "Fatso" Murdock
Tom Ewell Jayne Mansfield Edmond O'Brien Henry Jones John Emery Juanita Moore Barry Gordon
mobster press agent bombshell singer rock star henchman rousing cheeky outlandish new york city apartment chicago recording studio organized crime popular music unrequited love romance ambition songwriting forbidden love
A gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Steve Connolly
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.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Stephen Herrick
George Murphy Lucille Ball Edmond O'Brien Henry Travers Franklin Pangborn George Cleveland Kathleen Howard Marguerite Chapman Lloyd Corrigan Mady Correll Frank McGlynn
executive secretary sailor mafioso wrestler social climber amusing cheery playful office chapel opera house dance hall big city love triangle misunderstanding culture clash workplace romance career vs. love rivalry
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup... See full summary »
5.9/10
Comedy
France|USA
1969
101 Minutes
Osborn Tremaine
Don Knotts Anne Francis Edmond O'Brien James Gregory Maureen Arthur Maggie Peterson B.S. Pully Jesslyn Fax Jacques Aubuchon Marjorie Bennett Ruth McDevitt
bird watcher editor publisher pornographer fiancée liberal lighthearted amusing office courtroom family home obscenity publishing mistaken identity love triangle unlikely hero underdog transformation 1960s
A secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediterranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. When a body turns up ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1957
100 Minutes
George Underwood
Robert Wagner Joan Collins Edmond O'Brien Ken Scott Larry Keating Reiko Oyama
intelligence officer receptionist communist double agent commissioner partner confident thrilling intense suspenseful tokyo japan hotel apartment monument espionage assassination bomb race against time foreign relations
An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring.
5.4/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1962
98 Minutes
McClosky
Tom Tryon Brian Keith Edmond O'Brien Dany Saval Bob Sweeney Kent Smith Simon Scott Bert Remsen Sarah Selby Dick Whittinghill Tommy Kirk
astronaut beautiful woman senator fbi agent government official amusing lighthearted endearing offbeat spaceship airplane nasa facility house friendly aliens space race secret mission unusual romance cold war adventure discovery
Away on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign female spy.
Western
1957
92 Minutes
Joe Jagger
Alan Ladd Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Anthony Caruso Jacqueline Wells John Qualen Don Castle David Ladd Jack Wrather George J. Lewis James Anderson
cowboy villain architect alcoholic farmer daughter-in-law melodramatic rousing missouri kansas texas farm market cattle farming railroad redemption corruption rivalry underdog
A bilked cattleman (Alan Ladd) has a boozing architect (Edmond O'Brien) design a new town with rail access, just for cattlemen.
Musical
1955
95 Minutes
Fran McCarg
Jack Webb Janet Leigh Edmond O'Brien Peggy Lee Andy Devine Lee Marvin Ella Fitzgerald Martin Milner
A bootlegger (Edmond O'Brien) strong-arms a jazz cornetist (Jack Webb) and his combo at a 1920s Kansas City speakeasy.
7.9/10
Western
USA
1969
142 Minutes
Freddie Sykes
William Holden Ernest Borgnine Robert Ryan Edmond O'Brien Warren Oates Jaime Sanchez Ben Johnson Emilio Fernández Strother Martin L.Q. Jones Albert Van Dekker
outlaw gunslinger traitor bounty hunter brutal fiery gutsy texas small town wilderness wild west robbery showdown armed conflict betrayal aging quest pursuit revenge rivalry
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Bill Friend
Ronald Colman Signe Hasso Shelley Winters Edmond O'Brien Ray Collins Philip Loeb Millard Mitchell Joe Sawyer Charles La Torre Whit Bissell John Drew Colt
actor actress mistress striking dark chilling broadway theater new york city insanity actors murder transformation fall mystery 1940s
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Second Engineer Walsh
Robert Stack Dorothy Malone George Sanders Edmond O'Brien Woody Strode Jack Kruschen Tammy Marihugh Marshall Kent
husband wife captain sailor daughter engineer gripping uneasy melodramatic pacific ocean cruise ship boiler room sinking ship disaster race against time family leadership seafaring escape rescue
After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
6.0/10
War
USA
1956
106 Minutes
Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
Robert Taylor Richard Todd Dana Wynter Edmond O'Brien John Williams Jerry Paris Robert Gist Richard Wyler Ross Elliot Alex Finlayson Marie Brown
colonel captain subaltern soldier sad melodramatic emotional normandy coast london ship love triangle world war ii d-day love sacrifice 1940s
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
8.1/10
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
Dutton Peabody
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Sen. Raymond Clark
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Fredric March Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Martin Balsam George Macready Whit Bissell Hugh Marlowe
president military officer assistant mistress tense intricate suspenseful washington, d.c. white house office army base texas politics deception political coup cold war discovery rivalry pursuit 1960s
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1939
116 Minutes
Gringoire
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Edmond O'Brien Alan Marshal Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Katharine Alexander George Zucco Fritz Leiber
gypsy bishop beautiful woman monster hunchback deacon suspenseful passionate heartwarming touching paris church courtroom notre dame cathedral cathedral jail love corruption rescue framed
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
7.3/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
121 Minutes
Casca
Marlon Brando James Mason John Gielgud Louis Calhern Edmond O'Brien Greer Garson Deborah Kerr George Macready Michael Pate Richard Hale Alan Napier
brutus mark antony julius caesar assassin emotional fiery passionate patriotic ancient rome assassination politics war fall revenge ancient rome
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1956
100 Minutes
Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
Paul Newman Anne Francis Walter Pidgeon Wendell Corey Edmond O'Brien Lee Marvin Cloris Leachman Robert Burton Robert F. Simon Trevor Bardette Adam Williams
military officer father widow prisoner of war lawyer psychiatrist emotional powerful san francisco air force base courtroom death of a child torture treason korean war post-traumatic stress disorder escape transformation 1950s
A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
7.8/10
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA
1962
148 Minutes
Tom Gaddis
Burt Lancaster Karl Malden Thelma Ritter Betty Field Neville Brand Edmond O'Brien Hugh Marlowe Telly Savalas James Westerfield Chris Robinson
prisoner warden guard mother wife moving touching leavenworth prison alcatraz island missouri solitude prison new love redemption rise transformation 1960s
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Drama
1965
115 Minutes
Oscar Stewart
Carroll Baker George Maharis Joanne Dru Peter Lawford Viveca Lindfors Edmond O'Brien Aldo Ray Ann Sothern Lloyd Bochner Paul Gilbert
A private detective (George Maharis) falls in love with a poet (Carroll Baker) whose shady past he has been hired to check.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
France|Iran|USA
2018
122 Minutes
Pat Mullins
John Huston Susan Strasberg Lilli Palmer Peter Bogdanovich Oja Kodar Robert Random Edmond O'Brien
A Hollywood director emerges from semi-exile with plans to complete work on an innovative motion picture.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1972
97 Minutes
George
James Garner Katharine Ross Hal Holbrook Harry Guardino June Allyson Christopher Connelly Tom Ewell Peter Lawford Edmond O'Brien Arthur O'Connell Ann Rutherford
police chief veterinarian playboy shopkeeper dog wife cheeky cool intricate california coast small town investigation murder cover-up connections small-town life romance mystery pursuit
California small town police chief investigates a suspicious death involving the victim's own dog that presumably killed its owner.
6.2/10
War
USA
1944
130 Minutes
Jane Ball Richard Benedict Lee J. Cobb Jeanne Crain Mark Daniels Jo-Carroll Dennison Peter Lind Hayes Judy Holliday Lon McCallister Jim Nolan Edmond O'Brien
barber best friend cadet wife sergeant pilot engaging emotional air force base flying air force military life war training friendship pursuit underdog rise 1940s
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the... See full summary »
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