List of the best Edmund Gwenn movies: The Trouble With Harry(1955), Cheer, Boys, Cheer(1939), The Skin Game(1931), Bewitched(1945), Hills of Home(1948), Them!(1954), The Good Companions(1933), The Bishop Misbehaves(1935), For Love or Money(1934), It's a Dog's Life(1955), A Yank at Eton(1942), Mr. Scoutmaster(1953) ... ...
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1955
99 Minutes
Edmund Gwenn Shirley MacLaine John Forsythe Mildred Natwick Mildred Dunnock Jerry Mathers Royal Dano Dwight Marfield
sea captain corpse ex-wife artist sheriff young boy amusing crafty madcap outlandish vermont small town death investigation suspicion guilt discovery mystery 1950s
The trouble with Harry is that he is dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
6.7/10
Comedy
UK
1939
85 Minutes
Edward Ironside
Edmund Gwenn Nova Pilbeam Jimmy O'Dea Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt C.V. France Peter Coke Alexander Knox Ivor Barnard
Set in the world of brewing, a classic tale (an Ealing speciality) of the small, friendly, family run company being threatened with closure by the nasty, modern, large organisation. ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Drama
UK
1931
87 Minutes
Edmund Gwenn Helen Haye Jill Esmond Phyllis Konstam John Longden Frank Lawton C.V. France Edward Chapman Ronald Frankau Herbert Ross Dora Gregory
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Edmund Gwenn Phyllis Thaxter Kathleen Lockhart Henry H. Daniels Jr. Addison Richards Francis Pierlot Sharon McManus Gladys Blake Will Wright Stephen McNally Oscar O'Shea
woman fiancé attorney doctor engaging thrilling creepy new york city court prison boat mental illness murder trial split personality love transformation rescue 1940s
A young woman has two distinct personalities, one of whom is evil and constantly gets her in trouble.
Adventure
1948
97 Minutes
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.
7.2/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
94 Minutes
James Whitmore Edmund Gwenn Joan Weldon James Arness Onslow Stevens Sean McClory Chris Drake Sandy Descher Mary Alan Hokanson Fess Parker William Schallert
police officer partner fbi agent entomologist general young girl frightening gripping outlandish creepy new mexico desert los angeles monsters radiation uncontrollable experiment animals attacking rescue quest 1950s
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
7.0/10
Musical, Romance, Comedy
UK
1933
95 Minutes
Jess Oakroyd
Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn John Gielgud Mary Glynne Percy Parsons A.W. Baskcomb Florence Gregson Frank Pettingell
Musical taken from J.B. Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
87 Minutes
Maureen O'Sullivan Edmund Gwenn Lucile Watson Reginald Owen Dudley Digges Norman Foster Lilian Bond Melville Cooper Charles McNaughton Etienne Girardot
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she ... See full summary »
Comedy
1934
64 Minutes
Robert Donat Edmund Gwenn Wendy Barrie Morris Harvey Lawrence Grossmith Clifford Heatherley Hugh E. Wright Anthony Holles
A bankrupt British businessman (Edmund Gwenn) lures investors with a well-dressed impostor (Robert Donat) and found money.
Comedy
1955
88 Minutes
Jeff Richards Edmund Gwenn Jarma Lewis Dean Jagger Sally Fraser
dog beautiful woman dog trainer saloon girl saloon owner amusing dark offbeat bowery new york city rags to riches abandonment survival urban poverty fighting quest rise revenge 1950s
A Bowery loafer's (Jeff Richards) bull terrier befriends the groom (Edmund Gwenn) on a millionaire's estate.
Comedy, Drama
1942
88 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Edmund Gwenn Ian Hunter Freddie Bartholomew Marta Linden Juanita Quigley Alan Mowbray Peter Lawford Raymond Severn
teenager sister mother stepfather stepbrother girlfriend spirited amusing england eton college london estate field racetrack americans abroad college athletics family false accusations jealousy education
A rowdy American boy's (Mickey Rooney) British stepfather (Ian Hunter) puts him in a stuffy prep school.
Comedy, Drama
1953
87 Minutes
Dr. Stone
Clifton Webb Edmund Gwenn George Winslow Frances Dee Orley Lindgren Veda Ann Borg Jimmy Moss Sammy Ogg Jimmy Hawkins Skip Torgerson Lee Aaker
A stuffy TV writer (Clifton Webb) goes hiking with a group of boys to learn why sales are down on his sponsor's breakfast food.
7.9/10
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Kris Kringle
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1948
96 Minutes
Prof. Henry Barnes
professor veteran wife director doctor engaging charming uplifting emotional college attic house depression old age veterans young love unusual friendship meaning of life discovery transformation
A retired professor rents his attic apartment to pregnant Peggy and her GI-Bill-student husband. The professor ponders if his life is no longer useful while the young couple faces the challenges shared with many WW II veterans' families.
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1950
90 Minutes
"Skipper" Miller
Burt Lancaster Dorothy McGuire Edmund Gwenn Millard Mitchell Minor Watson Howard St. John
secret service agent counterfeiter neighbor salesman old man crafty endearing lighthearted amusing new york city counterfeit money investigation secret life friendship community pursuit discovery 1940s
Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.
6.8/10
Drama
UK
1933
89 Minutes
Mr. Wakefield
Jessie Matthews Sonnie Hale Edmund Gwenn Gordon Harker Muriel Aked Mary Jerrold Hartley Power Alfred Drayton Percy Parsons Robertson Hare Martita Hunt
art collector young woman young man bus driver elderly woman clerk fascinating engaging london bus street store house apartment storm accident theft family ex-convicts death
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windshield as his vehicle sails down an empty road.... See full summary »
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Mark "J.M." Middlecott
dean professor father publicist love interest amusing madcap new england college academia publicity single life unlikely romance matchmaking love transformation 1950s
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1941
95 Minutes
President Corcoran
Martha Scott William Gargan Edmund Gwenn Sterling Holloway Sidney Blackmer Mary Anderson Dorothy Peterson
teacher suitor friend student emotional melodramatic small town college nebraska teaching romance friendship aspirations transformation love discovery sacrifice 1930s
Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.
6.5/10
Drama
UK
1938
84 Minutes
Alfred Huggins
Ralph Richardson Edna Best Edmund Gwenn Ann Todd John Clements Marie Lohr Milton Rosmer Glynis Johns
"Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, ... See full summary »
Romance, Biography
1934
81 Minutes
Johann Strauss the Elder
Esmond Knight Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn Fay Compton Frank Vosper Robert Hale Charles Heslop Betty Huntley-Wright Hindle Edgar Sybil Grove Bill Shine
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ricardo Cortez Edmund Gwenn Marguerite Churchill Barton MacLane Warren Hull Henry O'Neill Joe King Addison Richards Paul Harvey Robert Strange
An executed convict returns from the grave to revenge himself against the gangsters who framed him for murder.
Romance
1952
81 Minutes
"Admiral" Johnnie Adams
lobbyist old man zoologist matron politician landlady witty lighthearted washington, d.c. party museum hotel political corruption activism mccarthyism deception environmental consciousness underdog quest love
An old rascal (Edmund Gwenn) unites Washington lobbyists (Victor Mature, Patricia Neal) at odds on a bill affecting the California condor.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Hooper
Jean Arthur Bob Cummings Charles Coburn Edmund Gwenn Spring Byington S.Z. Sakall
boss salesgirl union organizer clerk charming endearing witty department store united states union romance disguise working class discovery quest love 1940s
A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1947
118 Minutes
Rev. Dr. Lloyd
William Powell Irene Dunne Elizabeth Taylor Edmund Gwenn ZaSu Pitts Jimmy Lydon Martin Milner
father mother son schoolgirl maid amusing endearing new york city household father/son relationship family marriage parenthood authority transformation love 1890s
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
7.1/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Rowlie
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.
7.0/10
Musical, Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1932
70 Minutes
Mayor Pategg
Jan Kiepura Sonnie Hale Magda Schneider Edmund Gwenn Athene Seyler Betty Chester Aubrey Mather
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Mr. Jordan
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.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
116 Minutes
Prof. "Dink" Hamilton
Katharine Hepburn Robert Taylor Robert Mitchum Edmund Gwenn Marjorie Main Jayne Meadows Billy McLain
wife businessman brother father manager ex-girlfriend tense melodramatic striking washington, d.c. virginia family home san francisco ranch marriage secret past family history obsession suspicion murder
Middle-aged bride Ann Hamilton soon begins to suspect that her charming husband is really a psychotic who plans to murder her.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Cyrus Baxter
Dennis Morgan Betsy Drake Zachary Scott Edmund Gwenn William Frawley Raymond Roe Ransom Sherman Sheila Stephens Eleanor Audley George Chandler Barbara Billingsley
A young working girl, trying to find a way to get a seat on the subway, takes along a baby doll to insure a way. She ends up getting stuck in a thick plot to sell an ad to a rich client who... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Athelny
Eleanor Parker Paul Henreid Alexis Smith Edmund Gwenn Janis Paige Patric Knowles Henry Stephenson Marten Lamont Isobel Elsom Una O'Connor Eva Moore
medical student waitress author friend patient daughter dark emotional london school restaurant apartment hospital paris self-destruction pregnancy poverty abandonment love triangle obsessive love
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Arthur
Clifton Webb Joan Bennett Bob Cummings Edmund Gwenn Joan Blondell Gigi Perreau Jack LaRue Harry von Zell Tommy Rettig
An angel disguises himself as a crusty old rancher in order to visit Earth and help an unborn child find suitable parents.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Munsey
Robert Montgomery Edward Arnold Reginald Owen Edmund Gwenn E.E. Clive Ronald Sinclair Norma Varden Halliwell Hobbes
bootlegger enemy english gentleman offbeat brooding chicago england mansion court inheritance betrayal rags to riches murder class conflict alcohol revenge rise fall 1930s
Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Seven years before, he sent Doc to prison because Doc was an ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Romance
USA
1936
140 Minutes
John Bonnyfeather
Fredric March Olivia de Havilland Gale Sondergaard Edmund Gwenn Claude Rains Anita Louise Louis Hayward Steffi Duna Billy Mauch Donald Woods Akim Tamiroff
hero pretty woman father mother grandfather melodramatic emotional passionate italy europe france africa cuba abandonment illegitimate child expedition romance adventure discovery quest
In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
94 Minutes
Henry Scarlett
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Brian Aherne Edmund Gwenn Natalie Paley Dennie Moore Lennox Pawle Daisy Belmore
love interest father con artist artist daughter cheeky unrestrained hilarious emotional france england train countryside swindling impersonation father/daughter relationship romance smuggling suicide quest
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
5.4/10
Biography
USA
1937
119 Minutes
Campbell, Parnell's Secretary
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 »
6.9/10
Drama
UK
1933
89 Minutes
Burgomaster
Madeleine Carroll Herbert Marshall Conrad Veidt Gerald du Maurier Edmund Gwenn Donald Calthrop Nigel Bruce
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Dr. Lionel Sterling
Loretta Young Ray Milland Gail Patrick Reginald Gardiner Edmund Gwenn Frank Sully Gordon Jones George Metaxa Charles Halton Joseph Eggenton Chester Clute
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
6.6/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
107 Minutes
Prof. Juttner
Ann Blyth Edmund Purdom John Ericson Louis Calhern Edmund Gwenn S.Z. Sakall Betta St. John John Williams Evelyn Varden John Hoyt Richard Anderson
A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
Romance
1950
90 Minutes
Henry Hammond
Ronald Reagan Charles Coburn Spring Byington Ruth Hussey Edmund Gwenn Piper Laurie Scotty Beckett Connie Gilchrist Willard Waterman Jimmy Hunt Marjorie Crosland
mother widow grocer teenager boss architect amusing charming madcap family home small town store family generation gap dating old age relationships love triangle love rivalry
A widowed grandmother (Spring Byington) has two suitors: a local grocer and her son's (Ronald Reagan) boss (Charles Coburn).
6.6/10
Comedy
UK
1938
100 Minutes
Dean of Cardinal
Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Griffith Jones Vivien Leigh Edmund Gwenn C.V. France Edward Rigby Morton Selten Claude Gillingwater Tully Marshall
aristocrat student professor administrator amusing spirited oxford, england oxford university college honor romance sports culture clash growing up transformation rivalry love 1930s
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Rowley
Joel McCrea Laraine Day Herbert Marshall George Sanders Albert Basserman Robert Benchley Edmund Gwenn Edward Ciannelli Harry Davenport Martin Kosleck
reporter editor spy diplomat love interest politician suspenseful gripping thrilling london europe new york city amsterdam espionage conspiracy romance world war ii adventure love pursuit
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Lord Fitzleigh
Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Patricia Morison Billie Burke John Loder Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Reginald Denny Billy Gilbert Marcel Dalio
A Texas pilot courts a British aristocrat in London amid bombing and in Portugal amid spies.
Fantasy
1944
112 Minutes
Scrubby
John Garfield Paul Henreid Eleanor Parker Sydney Greenstreet Faye Emerson Sara Allgood Isobel Elsom George Tobias Edmund Gwenn
pianist wife steward reporter reverend sailor bleak dreamy emotional london apartment limbo ship world war ii air raids death suicide judgment supernatural discovery
A ship sails on with a cynical newsman (John Garfield), a suicidal couple (Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker) and others who are dead but don't know it.
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