List of the best Edward Dmytryk movies: The Hidden Room(1949), Crossfire(1947), Mirage(1965), Warlock(1959), The Sniper(1952), The Reluctant Saint(1962), The Young Lions(1958), Broken Lance(1954), Back to Bataan(1945), Cornered(1945), The Juggler(1953), The End of the Affair(1955) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
98 Minutes
Director
Robert Newton Sally Gray Naunton Wayne Phil Brown Olga Lindo Ronald Adam James Harcourt Allan Jeayes Russell Waters
psychiatrist wife lover scotland yard detective butler american chilling tense london office household hideout scotland yard infidelity attempted murder investigation torture psychiatry schemes revenge
Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Director
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
109 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Diane Baker Walter Matthau Kevin McCarthy Jack Weston Leif Erickson Walter Abel George Kennedy Robert H. Harris Anne Seymour House B. Jameson
accountant philanthropist private investigator amnesiac hit man engaging gripping intense suspenseful thrilling new york city office building amnesia suicide murder mystery discovery pursuit 1960s
An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
Western
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Director
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Anthony Quinn Dorothy Malone Dolores Michaels Wallace Ford Tom Drake Richard Arlen DeForest Kelley Regis Toomey Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger sidekick townsperson sheriff outlaw old flame gritty suspenseful utah mining town saloon law enforcement showdown murder corruption redemption romance quest rivalry revenge
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Arthur Franz Gerald Mohr Marie Windsor Frank Faylen Richard Kiley Mabel Paige Wilma Francis Geraldine Carr
police detective murderer beautiful woman psychiatrist deliveryman doctor tense creepy disturbing san francisco police station emergency room murder obsession mental illness crime police work pursuit temptation fall
A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|USA
1962
105 Minutes
Director
Maximilian Schell Ricardo Montalban Lea Padovani Akim Tamiroff Harold Goldblatt Mark Damon
In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.
Drama
USA
1958
167 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximilian Schell May Britt Lee Van Cleef
ski instructor singer nazi socialite clerk brooding uneasy sad boot camp paris africa london concentration camp battlefield world war ii anti-semitism horrors of war rivalry transformation 1940s
WW2 drama that follows the lives of three young men, one German and two Americans, during wartime.
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
War
USA
1945
97 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Anthony Quinn Beulah Bondi Fely Franquelli Richard Loo Philip Ahn J. Alex Havier Lawrence Tierney Leonard Strong Paul Fix Abner Biberman
colonel soldier guerrilla fighter girlfriend tense spirited island philippines world war ii armed conflict rebellion battle courage prisoners of war underdog quest 1940s
In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
102 Minutes
Director
Dick Powell Walter Slezak Micheline Cheirel Nina Vale Morris Carnovsky Edgar Barrier Steven Geray Jack LaRue Luther Adler Gregory Gaye Jean Del Val
pilot wife nazi murderer widow dark tense gritty intricate argentina south america europe buenos aires, argentina revenge world war ii death sacrifice revenge pursuit adventure
Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard finds that his wife has been murdered by a French collaborator. His quest for justice leads him to Switzerland and Argentina.
Drama
USA
1953
86 Minutes
Director
holocaust survivor orphan detective villager police officer somber emotional tense israel kibbutz park unlikely friendship post-traumatic stress disorder guilt investigation wanted man new romance pursuit discovery love
In 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he can't adjust to peacetime life.
Drama
UK|USA
1955
106 Minutes
Director
Deborah Kerr Van Johnson John Mills Peter Cushing Michael Goodliffe Stephen Murray Charles Goldner Nora Swinburne
writer wife priest detective lover husband melodramatic suspenseful family home inn apartment london adultery god love triangle world war ii disillusionment bombing forbidden love sacrifice
In WW2 London, a writer falls in-love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
War
USA
1952
80 Minutes
Director
Bonar Colleano Lee Marvin Arthur Franz Richard Kiley Nick Dennis James Griffith George Cooper Dickie Moore
soldier private sergeant enemy sniper brash confident gutsy emotional italy abandoned building army camp world war ii battle brotherhood military life leadership difficult decision rescue temptation
During WW2 in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
65 Minutes
Director
Blackie is accused of murdering a man at an art auction, which leads to the uncovering of an art racket.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Director
Tom Conway Harriet Hilliard Jane Randolph Edgar Kennedy Cliff Edwards Paula Corday Wynne Gibson
detective fiancée mysterious woman sidekick puppeteer criminal melodramatic suspenseful thrilling united states hotel bar roof resort countryside murder investigation theft fugitives false accusations conspiracy
Tom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Director
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
Drama
USA
1943
83 Minutes
Director
Irving Reis Tim Holt Bonita Granville Kent Smith Otto Kruger H.B. Warner Lloyd Corrigan
professor student nazi hitler youth bishop bleak brutal emotional germany school labor camp church world war ii nazism patriotism political intrigue growing up rivalry escape 1930s
This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.
Drama
USA
1957
168 Minutes
Director
Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Eva Marie Saint Nigel Patrick Lee Marvin Rod Taylor Agnes Moorehead Walter Abel Jarma Lewis Tom Drake Rhys Williams
southern belle abolitionist sweetheart soldier student son passionate melodramatic indiana new orleans household tennessee georgia battlefield american civil war unhappy marriage mental illness deception suicide love
A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the on-set of the Civil War.
Drama
USA
1959
107 Minutes
Director
Curt Jurgens May Britt Theodore Bikel
During the 1950s in a small German town, high school Professor Immanuel Rath falls in-love with a young cabaret entertainer, with dramatic consequences.
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Director
James Craig Bonita Granville Frank Jenks Cliff Edwards George Cleveland Erford Gage Tala Birell John Banner Otto Reichow
convict gangster lighthouse keeper young woman spy nazi suspenseful patriotic gripping tense alcatraz island jail lighthouse island fugitives prison break espionage hostage situation patriotism nazis
After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse ... See full summary »
Horror
France|USA|Italy|West Germany
1972
125 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton Luciano Sacripanti Raquel Welch Joey Heatherton
A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one. After he beds a woman he's after, he murders her.
Western
UK|West Germany|USA
1968
113 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Brigitte Bardot Stephen Boyd Jack Hawkins Peter Van Eyck Honor Blackman Woody Strode Eric Sykes Alexander Knox Valerie French Julian Mateos
tracker lady countess aristocrat cowboy apache thrilling tense new mexico indian reservation camp wilderness hunting hostage situation survival abandonment infidelity class distinctions rescue underdog
In 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.
Horror
USA
1943
61 Minutes
Director
John Carradine Acquanetta Milburn Stone Evelyn Ankers Lloyd Corrigan Fay Helm Martha Vickers Vince Barnett Paul Fix
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
Musical
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Director
Ruby Keeler Ozzie Nelson Harriet Hilliard Gordon Oliver Don Beddoe The Four Spirits of Rhythm Kathleen Howard
A college Principal objects to a nightclub opening near his campus.
Western
1935
60 Minutes
Director
Yancey Lane Dickie Jones Betty Jordan Lafe McKee Rollo Dix Don Orlando Marty Joyce Eddie Foster
Carrying a locket from his dying mother, a young man (Yancey Lane) goes in search of his real father and tangles with an outlaw who's posing as a ranch foreman.
Action
1975
95 Minutes
Director
George Kennedy John Mills Raf Vallone Arthur Franz Rita Tushingham Frank Avianca Haydée Politoff Thomas Hunter Barry Sullivan Fiamma Verges Danny Houston
A NATO planner (George Kennedy) in Italy uses a computer to hunt the terrorists who have killed his family.
Adventure
1952
77 Minutes
Director
Mark Stevens Angela Lansbury Patric Knowles Rhys Williams Gene Evans Robert Osterloh Peter Brocco Todd Karns
pirate captain love interest sailor thrilling amusing ship ocean france pirates mutiny greed war deception wretched excess temptation adventure 1810s
Americans (Mark Stevens, Patric Knowles) try to smuggle gold from France to use against the British in the War of 1812.
Horror
1941
65 Minutes
Director
daughter scientist wife friend medium housekeeper chilling creepy disturbing university laboratory car new england cemetery obsession grief experiments father/daughter relationship accidental death supernatural
A scientist's (Boris Karloff) daughter (Amanda Duff) narrates his attempt to contact his dead wife's brain wave.
Drama
1946
105 Minutes
Director
Dorothy McGuire Guy Madison Robert Mitchum Bill Williams Tom Tully William Gargan Jean Porter
marine war widow college student mother father veteran melodramatic patriotic moving los angeles family home soda shop bar disillusionment veterans grief fresh start disability post-traumatic stress disorder love
Three servicemen return from World War II: one (Guy Madison) loves a war widow (Dorothy McGuire) ; another one (Robert Mitchum) drinks in pain.
Drama
1962
114 Minutes
Director
Laurence Harvey Capucine Jane Fonda Anne Baxter Barbara Stanwyck Joanna Moore Richard Rust Karl Swenson Don "Red" Barry Juanita Moore John Anderson
prostitute brothel owner sweetheart farmer cafe owner woman engaging passionate melodramatic texas road new orleans brothel café louisiana unrequited love jealousy road trip prostitution friendship
A 1930s drifter (Laurence Harvey) finds his lost sweetheart (Capucine) working in a New Orleans brothel run by a mannish woman.
Western
1966
116 Minutes
Director
William Holden Richard Widmark Janice Rule Patrick O'Neal Victoria Shaw Roger C. Carmel Richard Rust Arthur Franz Don "Red" Barry Duke Hobbie Harry Carey Jr.
rancher soldier colonel dark intense mexico virginia wild west abduction cattle american civil war adventure pursuit 1860s
A Confederate colonel (Richard Widmark) makes a cattleman (William Holden) teach his troops how to herd Union cattle.
War
1943
88 Minutes
Director
Margo Tom Neal J. Carrol Naish Robert Ryan Gloria Holden Don Douglas George Givot
soldier engineer secretary cabinet minister foreigner friend dark emotional japan china battlefield countryside household tokyo world war ii sino-japanese war marriage indoctrination betrayal atrocities
A Japanese publisher (J. Carrol Naish) wants his U.S.-educated son (Tom Neal) to join the Japanese army before World War II.