List of the best Ellen Corby movies: The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters(1954), The Homecoming: A Christmas Story(1971), The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd(1974), Caged(1950), Saintly Sinners(1962), The Woman They Almost Lynched(1952), The Strangler(1964), The Seventh Sin(1957), Vertigo(1958), On Moonlight Bay(1951), Illegal(1955), Goodbye, My Fancy(1951) ... ...
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1954
62 Minutes
Amelia Gravesend
Bowery Boys Lloyd Corrigan John Dehner Ellen Corby Laura Mason Paul Wexler David Gorcey
Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with the Gravesend Family which has one Creepy Butler, 2 Mad Scientists a crazy old woman with a Man eating Plant a Savage Gorilla, an 8 foot tall Robot and a Vampiress.
Other, Drama
1971
100 Minutes
Esther Walton
Patricia Neal Richard Thomas Edgar Bergen Ellen Corby Cleavon Little Dorothy Stickney William Windom Andrew Duggan Woodrow Parfrey Judy Norton Mary Elizabeth McDonough
father mother hillbilly grandfather son endearing heartwarming touching countryside household virginia mountain christmas family poverty father/son relationship growing up sacrifice love 1930s
Olivia (Patricia Neal), John-Boy (Richard Thomas) and the rest of the Waltons spend Christmas Eve 1933 anxiously awaiting the safe return of dad.
Biography
1974
74 Minutes
Ma Floyd
Martin Sheen Kim Darby Michael Parks Ellen Corby Joe Estevez Bill Vint Abe Vigoda Steven Keats Ford Rainey Geoffrey Binney Mills Watson
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
1950
96 Minutes
Emma Barber
Eleanor Parker Agnes Moorehead Hope Emerson Ellen Corby Betty Garde Jan Sterling Lee Patrick Jane Darwell Gertrude Michael Joan Miller Marjorie Crossland
robber warden matron prisoner mother dark brutal fiery melodramatic prison cell infirmary prison life murder pregnancy illegitimate child mother/child relationship sadism fall metamorphosis
An innocent (Eleanor Parker) lands in a women's prison with crude inmates and a big matron called Evelyn (Hope Emerson).
Comedy
1962
78 Minutes
Mrs. McKenzie
Don Beddoe Paul Bryar Stanley Clements Ellen Corby Ron Hagerthy Erin O'Donnell Clancy Cooper William Fawcett Addison Richards Willis Bouchey Earle Hodgins
Two con men (Paul Bryar, Stanley Clements) stash stolen money in a car which is then bought by an elderly priest (Don Beddoe).
6.3/10
Western
USA
1952
90 Minutes
First Townswoman
John Lund Joan Leslie Brian Donlevy Audrey Totter Ellen Corby Minerva Urecal Jim Davis Ben Cooper James Brown
Training Boeing B-29 Superfortress Crew.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
89 Minutes
Mrs. Kroll
Victor Buono David McLean Diane Sayer Davey Davison Baynes Barron Ellen Corby Michael Ryan
serial killer lab worker nurse detective young woman dark brutal tense suspenseful city amusement park apartment hospital serial murders loneliness murder investigation change of heart unusual friendship pursuit mystery
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1957
94 Minutes
Sister Saint Joseph
Eleanor Parker Bill Travers George Sanders Jean-Pierre Aumont Francoise Rosay Ellen Corby
doctor wife husband lover servant emotional moving hong kong house village social standing infidelity love marital problems love triangle difficult decision transformation love rescue discovery
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
8.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1958
128 Minutes
Manageress of McKittrick Hotel
James Stewart Kim Novak Barbara Bel Geddes Tom Helmore Henry Jones Raymond Bailey Ellen Corby Konstantin Shayne Lee Patrick
detective wife friend dead person police officer suspenseful gripping church san francisco hotel country club obsession madness investigation accident deception rescue pursuit mystery love
A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.
7.1/10
Romance
USA
1951
95 Minutes
Miss Mary Stevens
Doris Day Gordon MacRae Jack Smith Leon Ames Rosemary DeCamp Mary Wickes Ellen Corby Billy Gray Esther Dale Eddie Marr Sig Arno
During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
88 Minutes
Miss Hinkel
Edward G. Robinson Nina Foch Jayne Mansfield Hugh Marlowe Albert Van Dekker Howard St. John Ellen Corby Edward Platt
After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Miss Birdshaw
Joan Crawford Robert Young Frank Lovejoy Eve Arden Janice Rule Lurene Tuttle Howard St. John Ellen Corby Morgan Farley Virginia Gibson John Qualen
congresswoman secretary college president photographer daughter old flame confident lighthearted amusing washington, d.c. college office dormitory auditorium college life romantic dilemma values father/daughter relationship power struggle unrequited love
Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for commencement, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Martha
John Payne Arlene Dahl Rhonda Fleming Kent Taylor Ted de Corsia Lance Fuller Frank Gerstle Buddy Baer George E. Stone Ellen Corby Roy Gordon
An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in-love with the fiancée of the newly elected mayor.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1965
100 Minutes
Airline Passenger
Jerry Lewis Donna Butterworth Sebastian Cabot Robert Strauss Milton Frome Gene Baylos Herbie Faye Marjorie Bennett Frances Weintraub Lax Ellen Corby Renie Riano
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
Western
1952
89 Minutes
Sister Blackburn
Kirk Douglas Eve Miller Patrice Wymore Edgar Buchanan John Archer Alan Hale Jr. Roy Roberts Charles Meredith Harry Cording Ellen Corby
lumberjack corrupt businessman religious person daughter assistant villager melodramatic somber northern california forest family home courtroom business environmental consciousness ambition deception double-cross rivalry fall 1900s
A lumber tycoon (Kirk Douglas) wants the California redwoods, but a religious homesteader (Eve Miller) changes his mind.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Dorothy McGuire George Brent Forrest Tucker Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby
serial killer mute person servant nurse chilling suspenseful mansion murder disability alcoholism insanity investigation mystery pursuit 1910s
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
7.7/10
Comedy
USA
1954
113 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Audrey Hepburn William Holden Walter Hampden John Williams Martha Hyer Joan Vohs Marcel Dalio Marcel Hillaire Nella Walker Francis X. Bushman
chauffeur ceo daughter bachelor charming endearing united states romance business love triangle siblings love forbidden love transformation underdog 1950s
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.
7.6/10
Western
USA
1953
118 Minutes
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.
7.1/10
Romance
USA
1949
115 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Van Heflin Louis Jourdan James Mason Christopher Kent Gene Lockhart Frank Allenby Gladys Cooper John Abbott Harry Morgan George Zucco
wife husband doctor lawyer wealthy man disheartening emotional hedonistic sultry france small town adultery ambition love wealth marriage love fall temptation wretched excess
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
102 Minutes
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.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1954
98 Minutes
Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Anne Francis Alvy Moore Glenda Farrell Horace MacMahon Herb Vigran Les Tremayne Mara Lane Maidie Norman Rita Johnson
writer juvenile delinquent best friend secretary girlfriend attorney cheeky amusing playful passionate los angeles las vegas cabin backwoods coffee shop bedroom may-december romance writing romantic dilemma living together
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
6.6/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1967
90 Minutes
Walter Brennan Matthew Garber Karen Dotrice Tom Lowell Ed Wynn Richard Deacon Sean McClory Jerome Cowan Charles Lane Norman Grabowski Gil Lamb
gnome tycoon grandchild doctor executive charming lighthearted madcap forest california magic folklore marriage insanity adventure escape rescue 1960s
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1966
110 Minutes
Doris Day Rod Taylor Arthur Godfrey John McGiver Paul Lynde Edward Andrews Eric Fleming Dom DeLuise Dick Martin Elisabeth Fraser George Tobias
pr person technician ship captain security head secret agent amusing madcap offbeat playful boat catalina island, calif. aerospace research lab mistaken identity false accusations espionage love love discovery quest 1960s
Spies follow a PR woman (Doris Day) who works for a space scientist (Rod Taylor) and whose father (Arthur Godfrey) runs a sightseeing boat.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1953
88 Minutes
James Cagney Barbara Hale Anne Francis Warner Anderson John McIntire Jeanne Cagney Lon Chaney Frank McHugh Larry Keating Onslow Stevens James Millican
political candidate southerner schoolteacher lawyer farmer gangster melodramatic gutsy powerful american south rural community farm rise to power political corruption exploitation murder mob violence trial rise rivalry
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
8.6/10
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1948
77 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Joseph Calleia Cathy Downs Leon Errol Mike Mazurki Jack Overman Fritz Feld Vera Martin Joe Kirk Matt Willis
Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.
Other, Drama
1957
103 Minutes
Glynis Johns Cameron Mitchell Rex Thompson Patty McCormack Ernest Truex Hope Emerson Alan Hale Jr. Sylvia Field Royal Dano Reta Shaw Stephen Wootton
mother father older brother younger brother sister baby melodramatic touching wisconsin family home wilderness loss survival siblings frontier life orphans christmas quest growing up 1850s
An orphan (Rex Thompson) raised by Scottish pioneers (Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell) in Wisconsin seeks homes for his five younger siblings on Christmas.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
136 Minutes
Glenn Ford Bette Davis Hope Lange Thomas Mitchell Peter Falk Edward Everett Horton Ann-Margret Mickey Shaughnessy David Brian Sheldon Leonard Barton MacLane
beggar mobster daughter aristocrat girlfriend madcap tender new york city street ballroom apartment nightclub class conflict family mother/daughter relationship crime identity deception transformation underdog
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Mystery & Thriller
1968
130 Minutes
Kim Novak Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Milton Selzer Rossella Falk Gabriele Tinti Valentina Cortesa Jean Carroll Michael Murphy Lee Meriwether James Lanphier
actress beautiful woman celebrity director ex-husband producer emotional eerie hollywood, calif. film set acting romance filmmaking doppelganger reincarnation love discovery 1960s
A filmmaker manipulates a starlet into the image of his late wife, a celebrated actress who met a tragic death.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1957
90 Minutes
James Stewart Audie Murphy Dan Duryea Dianne Foster Elaine Stewart Brandon de Wilde Jay C. Flippen Herb Anderson Robert Wilke Hugh Beaumont Jack Elam
outlaw gunslinger lawman railroad tycoon brother robber gritty suspenseful wild west colorado train train robbery brotherhood theft old west moral dilemma pursuit quest 19th century
A fired railroad man is re-hired and trusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.
7.3/10
Comedy
USA
1966
90 Minutes
Don Knotts Joan Staley Liam Redmond Dick Sargent Skip Homeier Reta Shaw Lurene Tuttle Philip Ober Harry Hickox Charles Lane Jesslyn Fax
reporter editor love interest wealthy man coward typesetter lighthearted madcap amusing cheeky small town newsroom mansion ghosts fear haunted houses aspirations mistaken identity mystery underdog
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1948
93 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Darryl Hickman Charles Kemper Phil L. Ryan Una O'Connor Arthur Shields Harry Shannon Joe Sawyer Anna Q. Nilsson Donn Gift Myrna Dell
In 1905, a crusading priest tries to help poor newsboys.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Lawrence Tierney Claire Trevor Walter Slezak Phillip Terry Audrey Long Elisha Cook Jr. Isabel Jewell Esther Howard Kathryn Card Tony Barrett Grandon Rhodes
murderer woman half sister fiancé proprieter investigator brutal dark raw reno, nev. boardinghouse train san francisco household bedroom investigation desire murder jealousy greed
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
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