List of the best Farley Granger movies: Side Street(1950), Roseanna McCoy(1949), Behave Yourself(1951), The Naked Street(1955), Deathmask(1986), Strangers on a Train(1951), They Live by Night(1948), Small Town Girl(1953), Edge of Doom(1950), The Wanton Contessa(1954), Rope(1948), They Call Me Trinity(1970) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Joe Norson
Farley Granger Cathy O'Donnell James Craig Paul Kelly Edmon Ryan Paul Harvey Jean Hagen Charles McGraw Edwin Max Adele Jergens Harry Bellaver
mail carrier pregnant wife bartender attorney henchman police officer dark tense rousing new york city office family home hospital bar theft organized crime chase extortion regret pursuit
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Farley Granger Joan Evans Charles Bickford Raymond Massey Richard Basehart Gigi Perreau Aline MacMahon Marshall Thompson
young man young girl father rival brother love interest dark gripping tense kentucky west virginia woods house church feud family hostages romance murder hatfields vs. mccoys
The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1951
81 Minutes
William Calhoun "Bill" Denny
Farley Granger Shelley Winters William Demarest Francis L. Sullivan Margalo Gilmore Lon Chaney Sheldon Leonard Marvin Kaplan Henry Corden Glenn Anders Allen Jenkins
husband wife dog mother-in-law mobster police officer amusing spirited los angeles household street crime dogs marriage mobsters murder investigation discovery rivalry mystery
A couple (Farley Granger, Shelley Winters) find a specially trained lost dog and answer an ad placed by gangsters for its return.
Crime, Drama
1955
84 Minutes
Nicholas `'Nicky'` Bradna
Farley Granger Anthony Quinn Anne Bancroft Peter Graves Sara Berner Jerry Paris Mario Siletti Else Bäck
criminal pregnant woman mobster mother district attorney reporter melodramatic suspenseful uneasy gritty death row jail family home brooklyn bridge new york city apartment frame-up death sentence mafia corruption
A reporter follows the story of a gangster (Anthony Quinn), his sister (Anne Bancroft) and her small-time hoodlum husband (Farley Granger).
Mystery & Thriller
1986
103 Minutes
Douglas Andrews
Farley Granger Lee Bryant John McCurry Arch Johnson Barbara M. Bingham Danny Aiello Ruth Warrick
A medical sleuth (Farley Granger) spends years on the case of a slain 4-year-old boy, carrying around his death mask.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
101 Minutes
Guy Haines
Robert Walker Farley Granger Ruth Roman Leo G. Carroll Patricia Hitchcock Marion Lorne Jonathan Hale Howard St. John John Brown Norma Varden Robert Gist
tennis player murderer floozy fiancée senator police officer chilling tense witty small town amusement park train family home tennis match murder blackmail class distinctions stalking mystery pursuit
A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Bowie Bowers
Cathy O'Donnell Farley Granger Howard da Silva Jay C. Flippen Helen Craig Will Wright Marie Bryant Ian Wolfe Bill Phipps Harry Harvey
fugitive wrongly accused brother niece tense passionate sad gripping texas small town cabin prison break unusual friendship bank heist doomed romance betrayal escape underdog love 1940s
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
93 Minutes
Jane Powell Farley Granger Ann Miller S.Z. Sakall Robert Keith Bobby Van Chill Wills Billie Burke Fay Wray Dean Miller William Campbell
A judge's daughter keeps an eye on a playboy who gets 30 days in jail for speeding.
Crime, Drama
1950
99 Minutes
Martin Lynn
Charles Vidor Dana Andrews Farley Granger Joan Evans Robert Keith Paul Stewart Mala Powers Adele Jergens Harold Vermilyea John Ridgely
son mother priest boss mortician bleak eerie slum church redemption poverty murder mother/son relationship revenge fall discovery 1950s
A parish priest (Dana Andrews) whose predecessor was slain extracts a confession from an angry young man (Farley Granger).
Drama
1954
125 Minutes
Alida Valli Farley Granger Heinz Moog Massimo Girotti Rina Morelli Christian Marquand Sergio Fantoni Tino Bianchi
A wanton contessa (Alida Valli) loves and betrays an unscrupulous Austrian officer (Farley Granger) in 1860s Venice.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
80 Minutes
Phillip Morgan
James Stewart John Dall Farley Granger Joan Chandler Cedric Hardwicke Constance Collier Edith Evanson Douglas Dick Dick Hogan
murderer best friend guest girlfriend professor dark creative offbeat tense apartment manhattan big city murder philosophy nihilism evil party evil plot quest wretched excess
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Comedy, Western
Italy
1970
109 Minutes
Maj. Harriman
Terence Hill Bud Spencer Farley Granger Steffen Zacharias Dan Sturkie Gisella Hahn Elena Pedemonte Ezio Marano
A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.
Kids & Family, Musical
USA
1952
120 Minutes
Niels
Danny Kaye Zizi Jeanmaire Farley Granger Roland Petit John Qualen Joseph Walsh Philip Tonge Eric Bruhn John Brown Robert Malcolm George Chandler
writer ballerina choreographer child heartwarming dreamy spectacular theater small town copenhagen, denmark hans christian andersen struggle writing unrequited love fable discovery love 1830s
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
War
USA
1944
99 Minutes
Sgt. Howard Clinton
captain lieutenant sargeant judge japanese soldier patriotic brutal gripping tokyo courtroom prison cell world war ii imprisonment trial patriotism bombing courage rivalry rise
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1955
109 Minutes
Harry Kendall Thaw
Ray Milland Joan Collins Farley Granger Luther Adler Cornelia Otis Skinner Glenda Farrell Frances Fuller Philip Reed Gale Robbins James Lorimer
railroad tycoon architect showgirl lawyer melodramatic chilling passionate shocking theater hotel jealousy murder love triangle rage love fall discovery 20th century
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw (Farley Granger).
Drama
USA
1951
102 Minutes
Jack Greer
Dana Andrews Dorothy McGuire Farley Granger Peggy Dow Robert Keith Mildred Dunnock Ray Collins Martin Milner Jim Backus Marjorie Crossland Walter Baldwin
veteran father son mother girlfriend gripping emotional united states household small town disillusionment korean war young love draft ethics sacrifice temptation cold war
In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
Horror
USA
1981
88 Minutes
Sheriff George Fraser
Vicky Dawson Christopher Goutman Farley Granger Lawrence Tierney Cindy Weintraub Lisa Dunsheath David Sederholm Bill Nunnery Thom Bray Diane Rode Bryan Englund
An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual graduation dance.
Romance
USA
1948
102 Minutes
Pilot Officer Pax Masterson
David Niven Teresa Wright Evelyn Keyes Farley Granger Jayne Meadows Leo G. Carroll Philip Friend Shepperd Strudwick Henry Stephenson
general soldier american woman love interest pilot emotional melodramatic london house world war ii jealousy loneliness regret love transformation 20th century
Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Chuck
Ann Blyth Jane Wyatt Donald Cook Farley Granger Joan Evans Ann Dvorak Natalie Wood Gus Schilling Phyllis Kirk Jessie Grayson Martin Milner
teen girl adoptive mother adoptive father biological mother sister boyfriend emotional heartwarming los angeles family home long beach, calif. adoption family graduation secret identity crisis discovery growing up transformation 1950s
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in ... See full summary »
Western
UK|Italy|Spain
1973
94 Minutes
Judge Niland
Richard Crenna Stephen Boyd Rosanna Schiaffino Farley Granger Patty Shepard Ángel del Pozo Howard Ross Aldo Sanbrell Jose Jaspe Carlos Bravo Ricardo Palacios
amnesiac outlaw beautiful woman judge gunslinger engaging emotional thrilling wild west ranch cave canyon town memory loss gunfight hidden treasure investigation attempted murder tragic death revenge
An amnesiac gunfighter, aided by a sympathetic outlaw, tries to discover his own identity and past.
Drama
USA
1952
117 Minutes
Jim
Henry King Henry Hathaway Fred Allen Anne Baxter Charles Laughton Jeanne Crain Farley Granger Oscar Levant Jean Peters
kidnapper criminal abductee husband wife dying person charming amusing united states kidnapping ransom illness christmas husband/wife relationship adventure discovery 1950s
John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1973
94 Minutes
Evan Lyons
Stella Stevens Roddy McDowall Elsa Lanchester Shani Wallis Farley Granger Victor Buono John McGiver Bernard Fox Patric Knowles Jamie Farr Norman Stuart
dead person wife brother sister lawyer handyman amusing gory creepy mansion estate murder death schemes greed funeral wedding revenge wretched excess 1970s
Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
Comedy
USA
2002
100 Minutes
Arthur Pomposello
Chris Eigeman Jamie Harris Connie Britton Mike Starr Farley Granger Abiola Wendy Abrams
A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist to instant success so he can cash in on his ill-gotten gains.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
94 Minutes
Ambassador Hoyle
Michael Nouri Anne Twomey Jerry Orbach Jessica Harper Farley Granger Maury Povich
Roger Blackwell has been a media advisor to countless politicians: probably one too many. He is set on using his experience to make a film about manipulation of the media by unscrupulous politicos.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1974
87 Minutes
Mr. Polvesi
Giovanna Ralli Claudio Cassinelli Mario Adorf Franco Fabrizi Farley Granger Marina Berti Paolo Turco Corrado Gaipa Micaela Pignatelli Sherry Buchanan Dean Reese
Drama
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Thomas Clayton Campbell Jr.
Moira Shearer Gottfried Reinhardt Leslie Caron Kirk Douglas Pier Angeli Ethel Barrymore Farley Granger James Mason Agnes Moorehead Zsa Zsa Gabor
governess trapeze artist choreographer ballerina boy witch melodramatic touching sad ocean liner rome london accidental death love romance wishes ambition traveling love metamorphosis
An anthology film consisting of three very different stories about love set in Europe and told in flashback.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Damian Simonov
Anne Baxter Dana Andrews Walter Huston Ann Harding Erich von Stroheim Jane Withers Farley Granger Walter Brennan Carl Benton Reid Esther Dale Paul Guilfoyle
russian doctor nazi villager peasant tense solemn soviet union village invasion war violence uprising murder nazi occupation fall underdog wretched excess 1940s
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
France|UK|Germany|USA
1996
102 Minutes
Jeffrey Friedman Antonio Banderas Susie Bright Quentin Crisp Matt Crowley Tony Curtis Richard Dyer Antonio Fargas Harvey Fierstein Whoopi Goldberg Farley Granger
gay/lesbian hollywood icons engaging profound confident hollywood, calif. hollywood prejudice cinema history homosexuality lesbianism aids love quest transformation underdog 1990s
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.