List of the best Ellen Drew movies: The Monster and the Girl(1941), Christmas in July(1940), French Without Tears(1940), Reaching for the Sun(1941), The Mad Doctor(1941), Buck Benny Rides Again(1940), Isle of the Dead(1945), Strange Confession(1944), Crime Doctor's Manhunt(1946), Texas Rangers Ride Again(1940), My Favorite Spy(1942), Davy Crockett, Indian Scout(1950) ... ...
Horror
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Susan Webster
Ellen Drew Robert Paige Paul Lukas Joseph Calleia Onslow Stevens George Zucco Rod Cameron Phillip Terry Marc Lawrence Gerald Mohr Tom Dugan
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
Comedy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Dick Powell Ellen Drew Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ernest Truex Franklin Pangborn Harry Hayden Rod Cameron Adrian Morris Harry Rosenthal Georgia Caine
clerk girlfriend mother businessman coworker lighthearted endearing new york city office household aspirations romance deception practical jokes contest discovery love 1940s
When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?
Romance
UK
1940
67 Minutes
Ray Milland Ellen Drew Guy Middleton Janine Darcey Roland Culver David Tree Jim Gerald Kenneth Morgan Margaret Yarde Toni Gable
The love affairs of three young Englishmen at a language cramming school in the south of France. Diana, the sister of one of the boys, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Rita
A backwoodsman comes to Detroit to get a job and earn money to buy an outboard motor.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
90 Minutes
A crazed physician marries a wealthy women and, with the help of his demented assistant, murders them for their money.
Comedy, Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Joan Cameron
Jack Benny Ellen Drew Andy Devine Eddie Anderson Phil Harris Dennis Day Virginia Dale Lillian Cornell Theresa Harris Kay Linaker Ward Bond
Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Marc Cramer Katherine Emery Helene Thimig Alan Napier Jason Robards Sr. Skelton Knaggs Sherry Hall Ernest Dorian Erick Hanson
general reporter peasant nurse eerie emotional tense island hotel woods house plagues war love paranoia supernatural metamorphosis mystery 1910s
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
95 Minutes
In World War 2 an escaped murderer who takes the identity of a dead soldier becomes a hero fighting in Africa, but his past catches him up.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
64 Minutes
Irene Cotter, Natalie Cotter
criminologist patient police detective astrologer woman father dark dense doctor's office street police station apartment carnival abandoned house psychiatry murder investigation sister relationship multiple personalities amnesia
The Crime Doctor comes up against a criminal with a dual personality.
Western
USA
1940
68 Minutes
John Howard Ellen Drew Broderick Crawford Akim Tamiroff Anthony Quinn May Robson
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Teresa 'Terry' Kyser
Kay Kyser Ellen Drew Jane Wyman Robert Armstrong Helen Westley William Demarest Una O'Connor Lionel Royce Moroni Olsen George Cleveland
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. It turns out that the army ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1950
71 Minutes
scout partner army colonel native american driver teacher engaging melodramatic rousing thrilling trail fort camp office american west indian reservation wagon train false accusations american indian wars ambush
Davy Crockett (not the famous Alamo hero, but his nephew) guides a wagon train through hostile territory and rescues the cavalry from ambushing Indians.
Fantasy
1942
80 Minutes
William Holden Ellen Drew Brian Donlevy Rod Cameron Porter Hall Nydia Westman Montagu Love Jimmy Conlin
Gen. Andrew Jackson (Brian Donlevy) and other historical ghosts rescue a bookkeeper (William Holden) framed for embezzlement.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
90 Minutes
Nina Martin
John Payne Sonny Tufts Ellen Drew Rhys Williams Percy Helton John Doucette
War hero recovers from amnesia & is confronted by his criminal past.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1939
74 Minutes
Ann Wilson
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Nan Melotte
Randolph Scott Joan Leslie Ellen Drew Alexander Knox Richard Rober John Russell Alfonso Bedoya Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Clem Bevans Cameron Mitchell Richard Crane
man rancher ex-girlfriend lover gunman jealous man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping bleak gory ranch school wild west jealousy hiding danger fear fighting
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Connie McBride
Pat O'Brien Adolphe Menjou Ellen Drew Rudy Vallee Fortunio Bonanova Jonathan Hale
Adventure
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Huguette
Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee Ellen Drew C.V. France Henry Wilcoxon Heather Thatcher Stanley Ridges Bruce Lester Walter Kingsford Alma Lloyd
poet constable traitor lady king rousing thrilling moving confident paris palace tavern treason françois villon royalty political coup unlikely allies king louis xi escape love
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Western
1950
83 Minutes
Bee Moore
Wendell Corey Macdonald Carey Ward Bond Ellen Drew Herman Brix Bill Williams Anne Revere Edgar Buchanan Lois Chartrand Louis Jean Heydt Barry Kelley
outcast outlaw brother major mother thief gritty tense missouri farm town bank train household jesse james american civil war robbery brotherhood betrayal frank james
An Army major (Ward Bond) hunts Frank and Jesse James (Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey), partners with the Younger brothers after the Civil War.
Musical, Comedy
1938
88 Minutes
Martha Randall
older brother younger brother mother girlfriend brother thug campy playful countryside california racetrack club household laziness brotherhood engagement singing horse racing poverty quest
A dreamer (Bing Crosby) with a racehorse brings his mother and musical brothers (Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor) to Los Angeles for a long shot.