List of the best George Marshall movies: The Mating Game(1959), Destry Rides Again(1939), Pack Up Your Troubles(1932), The Ghost Breakers(1940), The Blue Dahlia(1946), Murder, He Says(1945), How the West Was Won(1962), Monsieur Beaucaire(1946), Life Begins at 40(1935), Houdini(1953), Show Them No Mercy(1935), Destry(1955) ... ...
Romance
Austria
1959
96 Minutes
Director
Debbie Reynolds Tony Randall Paul Douglas Fred Clark Una Merkel Philip Ober Philip Coolidge Charles Lane Trevor Bardette William Smith Addison Powell
irs officer farmer daughter wife government official reverend madcap lighthearted maryland countryside farm hotel tax evasion culture clash outsider bartering opposites attract family discovery transformation
Western
USA
1939
94 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Mischa Auer Charles Winninger Brian Donlevy Allen Jenkins Warren Hymer Irene Hervey Una Merkel Billy Gilbert Samuel S. Hinds
sheriff boss drunk singer amusing lighthearted small town wild west corruption romance showdown adventure rise 19th century
Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Director
Stan Laurel Ray McCarey Oliver Hardy Don Dillaway Mary Carr Tom Kennedy Grady Sutton Jacquie Lyn Billy Gilbert C. Montague Shaw Muriel Evans
soldier friend father grandfather groom banker campy madcap playful military base jail battlefield small town church bank child custody war friendship abandonment imprisonment
Two war veterans help an orphaned child find her grandfather.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Richard Carlson Paul Lukas Willie Best Pedro de Cordoba Virginia Brissac Noble Johnson Anthony Quinn Tom Dugan Paul Fix
pretty woman radio host servant adviser gangster mysterious man cheeky creepy playful new york city hotel ocean liner cuba island haunted house ghosts inheritance chance meeting travel voodoo
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
96 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Veronica Lake William Bendix Howard da Silva Doris Dowling Tom Powers Hugh Beaumont Howard Freeman Don Costello Will Wright Frank Faylen
naval officer wife nightclub owner friend detective brooding gritty suspenseful hollywood, calif. ranch infidelity murder mystery secret betrayal love mystery revenge 1940s
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Comedy
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Director
surveyor mother son brother grandmother escaped convict outlandish madcap unrestrained rural community household dining room bank jail hillbillies family poison murder prison break impersonation
A pollster stumbles on a family of murderous hillbillies, and joins in their search for hidden treasure.
Western
USA
1962
164 Minutes
Director
Carroll Baker Richard Thorpe Henry Hathaway Lee J. Cobb Henry Fonda Carolyn Jones Karl Malden Gregory Peck George Peppard Robert Preston
gambler fur trapper singer frontiersman captain lieutenant striking rousing moving wild west san francisco st. louis new york state gold rush american civil war native people rebellion family family history adventure
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Comedy
USA
1946
93 Minutes
Director
barber louis xv chambermaid duke king daughter madcap amusing france kingdom castle political intrigue assumed identity banishment war romance forbidden love adventure 18th century
A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Director
Will Rogers Rochelle Hudson Richard Cromwell George Barbier Jane Darwell Slim Summerville Sterling Holloway Thomas Beck Roger Imhof Charles Sellon John Bradford
In small-town America the easy-going publisher of the local paper finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
USA
1953
106 Minutes
Director
Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Torin Thatcher Ian Wolfe Sig Ruman Angela Clarke
magician wife assistant mother tender suspenseful thrilling stage coney island detroit love entertainment magic ambition occult harry houdini love rise 1920s
From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
76 Minutes
Director
The title refers to the government's plan at the time for putting an end to a lucrative racket, kidnapping. When Hudson and Norris enter a country house to get out of the rain it turns out ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1955
95 Minutes
Director
Audie Murphy Mari Blanchard Lyle Bettger Lori Nelson Thomas Mitchell Edgar Buchanan Wallace Ford Mary Wickes Alan Hale Jr. Lee Aaker Trevor Bardette
mayor criminal alcoholic girl sheriff intense thrilling american west small town saloon corruption pacifism law and order cattle alcoholism quest mystery underdog 19th century
A dishonest mayor and powerful criminal dominate a small western town. But when the town's sheriff dies under mysterious circumstances, Tom Destry, son of a famed gunman, is called in to put an end to the corruption.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Bruce Cabot Jack Kirkwood Lea Penman Eric Blore Hugh French Joseph Vitale
actor wealthy woman husband daughter townsperson theodore roosevelt frenetic hilarious heartwarming new mexico plains saloon mansion england small town class distinctions impersonation engagement acting unlikely romance
An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
99 Minutes
Director
security guard sailor switchboard operator star singer airy charming madcap hollywood, calif. movie studio stage performance deception musical revue sketch comedy pride father/son relationship underdog quest 1940s
A Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.
Comedy
USA
1935
86 Minutes
Director
Will Rogers Dorothy Wilson Russell Hardie Charles Sellon Louise Henry Charles Richman Alan Dinehart Esther Dale Etienne Girardot John Ince Bill Robinson
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
108 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lizabeth Scott Carmen Miranda George Dolenz Dorothy Malone William Ching Paul Marion Jack Lambert Tom Powers Tony Barr
busboy nightclub employee singer lawyer mobster love interest cheeky amusing nightclub hotel cruise ship cuba castle island ghosts murder mobsters deception haunted houses mistaken identity
Fleeing a murder charge, a busboy and a nightclub singer wind up on a spooky Caribbean island inherited by a young woman.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Director
Betty Hutton John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest Constance Collier Frank Faylen William Farnum Snub Pollard Creighton Hale Chester Conklin James Finlayson
woman starlet director best friend mentor actor hilarious endearing inspiring new york city stage movie set hollywood, calif. movie studio sweatshop silent movies rags to riches show business second chance friendship
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1962
88 Minutes
Director
Rex Harrison Rita Hayworth Joseph Wiseman Alida Valli Gregoire Aslan Virgilio Texeira Peter Illing Britt Ekland
In the final days of the Korean War, an enemy airman is captured by three American soldiers who cannot bring themselves to follow the order to execute their prisoner.
Western
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Kay Francis Brian Donlevy George Bancroft Broderick Crawford Stuart Erwin Andy Devine Frank Albertson Mary Gordon Harvey Stephens Edgar Dearing
pioneer outlaw railroad baron rancher lawyer sheriff thrilling gripping kansas frontier ranch courtroom land claim false accusations murder trial family on the run rivalry underdog
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
Comedy
USA
1949
103 Minutes
Director
John Lund Marie Wilson Diana Lynn Don DeFore Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Hans Conried Kathryn Givney Percy Helton Erno Verebes Gloria Gordon
A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1942
87 Minutes
Director
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Susan Hayward Lynne Overman Albert Van Dekker Eugene Pallette Regis Toomey Rod Cameron Clem Bevans James Brown Chester Clute
"Mark's Priory". the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. The strange behavior of two sinister butlers, Gilder and Brooks, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
93 Minutes
Director
Mary Hatcher Olga San Juan DeForest Kelley Bing Crosby Bob Hope Gary Cooper Ray Milland Alan Ladd Barbara Stanwyck Paulette Goddard Dorothy Lamour
Almost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
Western
USA
1956
95 Minutes
Director
Jeff Chandler Dorothy Malone Ward Bond Keith Andes Lee Marvin Sydney Chaplin Willis Bouchey Michael Ansara Olive Carey Charles Horvath Orlando Rodriquez
In 1868 Oregon, when the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites.
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Director
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Marjie Millar Pat Crowley Richard Haydn Robert Strauss Gerald Mohr Sheldon Leonard Romo Vincent Jack Kruschen Lou Lubin
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Director
John Barrymore George Murphy Joan Davis Marjorie Weaver Jack Haley George Barbier Ruth Terry Donald Meek Johnny Downs Paul Hurst
governor coach wrestler student young woman amusing endearing playful american south stadium government offices field college unlikely hero football politics rivalry underdog discovery 1930s
While running for governor a politician aids a needy college by plotting to assure victory for their football team. Though to be a parody of Huey Long and his machine.
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Director
Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shangahai, he is of the oppinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Director
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Director
Rosemary Clooney Jack Carson Guy Mitchell Pat Crowley Joanne Gilbert Gene Barry Cass Daley Frank Faylen Reginald Owen Buddy Ebsen Richard Hale
A man visits a frontier town seeking to avenge his brother's murder.
Adventure
USA
1936
77 Minutes
Director
guide lieutenant rebel general president deserter intense wild suspenseful cuba jungle hut ship deception war military espionage international conflict politics discovery
Based on the actual event of Rowan's carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added.
Adventure
UK
1954
102 Minutes
Director
insurance investigator broker secretary superintendent captain fugitive engaging melodramatic spectacular tense thrilling spirited jungle africa america diamonds insurance fraud deception suspicion safari
In Rhodesia, the accidental death of a diamond broker raises suspicions with his American insurer which sends a claims investigator to clarify the matter.
Adventure
UK|USA
1957
90 Minutes
Director
Cornel Wilde Donna Reed Leo Genn Ron Randell Christopher Lee Dan Jackson Eddie Calvert Bartholomew Sketch Clive Morton MacDonald Parke
An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
Comedy
USA
1950
89 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Fred MacMurray William Demarest Andy Devine Gigi Perreau Natalie Wood Philip Ober Ann Doran Margaret Gibson
songwriter cowboy widower ex-girlfriend newlywed daughter lighthearted charming new york city wyoming ranch countryside dance hall studio city vs. country marriage water supply neighbors accident relocation
Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Heyward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married, and ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1966
99 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Elke Sommer Phyllis Diller Cesare Danova Marjorie Lord Kelly Thordsen Benny Baker Terry Burnham Joyce Jameson Harry von Zell Kevin Burchett
real estate agent actress housekeeper wife amusing cheeky hilarious playful hotel cabin hollywood, calif. oregon marriage adultery disappearance slapstick celebrity hollywood temptation escape
A seductive starlet flees Hollywood and causes chaos for a real estate agent.
Comedy
USA
1967
107 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Phyllis Diller Jonathan Winters Shirley Eaton Jill St. John Stacey Maxwell Kevin Brodie Robert Hope Glenn Gilger Avis Hope Debi Storm
bank teller widower son daughter babysitter police officer amusing playful bank hotel parking lot california arizona open road on the run money misunderstanding law enforcement romance father/child relationship
Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot. His luck quickly changes when it's discovered that his bank discovers a substantial money shortage in their... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
77 Minutes
Director
James Dunn Alice Faye Frank Mitchell Jack Durant John Bradford Grant Mitchell Frank Melton John Qualen
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wealthy young man out of the funds he has ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1969
92 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Peter Lawford Anne Francis Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Jimmy Miller Kathleen Freeman Jennifer Edwards Eleanor Audley Henry Corden Sylvia Lewis Philip Pine
insurance salesman husband doctor best friend wife madcap melodramatic california chile doctor's office operating room boat diagnosis insurance fraud fishing debt double-cross infidelity discovery revenge
Man (Lewis) is told by his doctor (Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. At his wife's urging, he lives life to the fullest, racking up insurmountable debts. When the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|France|USA
1964
97 Minutes
Director
Shirley Jones Rossano Brazzi George Sanders Giorgia Moll Micheline Presle Emma Baron
insurance broker secretary count daughter tourist shop owner brooding melodramatic naples, italy estate train station restaurant fountain art seduction murder deception amnesia love mystery
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
115 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds The Ritz Brothers Kenny Baker Vera Zorina Helen Jepson Bobby Clark Edgar Bergen Charlie McCarthy
producer young woman roommate brother cook director lighthearted playful hollywood, calif. movie set soda shop car hamburger stand party movies unrequited love false accusations singing ventriloquism naivete
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In."
Comedy
USA
1968
113 Minutes
Director
Elke Sommer Bob Crane Werner Klemperer Joey Forman John Banner Leon Askin Maureen Arthur Robert Carricart Theo Marcuse Larry D. Mann John Myhers
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.
Musical, Comedy
1941
86 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Paulette Goddard Charles Winninger Mary Gordon Jed Prouty Donna Wood
store owner music lover uncle singer girlfriend bandleader endearing amusing lighthearted spirited store boardinghouse factory jail radio station music radio business success family
A harmonica player (James Stewart) woos a landlady's daughter (Paulette Goddard) and joins a conductor's (Horace Heidt) orchestra.
Comedy
1959
100 Minutes
Director
Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Carl Reiner John McGiver Mabel Albertson Doro Merande Bert Freed Martin Landau Robert Ellenstein Richard Wessel
writer broadway star blackmailer district attorney bird real estate agent madcap outlandish lighthearted household television studio garden gazebo blackmail marriage murder secret plans sabotage pursuit underdog
A TV writer (Glenn Ford) kills a suspected blackmailer, then hides the body on the site of a backyard gazebo.
Comedy
1948
95 Minutes
Director
A gambler (Fred Clark) hires a private eye (Macdonald Carey) to catch a woman (Paulette Goddard) on the run from a lost bet.
Comedy
1939
76 Minutes
Director
W.C. Fields Edgar Bergen Constance Moore James Bush Mary Forbes Thurston Hall Edward Brophy Grady Sutton Eddie Anderson
con artist circus owner daughter suitor ventriloquist mother lighthearted amusing circus countryside mansion family home balloon love triangle marriage family con game debt marrying for money love
The owner (W.C. Fields) of a circus plays Cupid for his daughter (Constance Moore) and his ventriloquist (Edgar Bergen).
Comedy
1963
98 Minutes
Director
Jackie Gleason Glynis Johns Charles Ruggles Laurel Goodwin Charles Lane Elisha Cook Jr. Juanita Moore Murray Hamilton
A railroad inspector's (Jackie Gleason) wife (Glynis Johns) and children live with his tippling in circa-1900 Texas.
Western
1957
82 Minutes
Director
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson Jeff Donnell Isobel Elsom Jeanette Nolan Sean McClory
cavalryman colonel widow cowboy dowager entertainer dark intense spirited colorado fort texas town mission court women soldiers cheyenne indians massacre outlaws desertion
An Army deserter (Audie Murphy) shows defenseless Texas women how to hold off Indians out to avenge a massacre.
Comedy
1957
98 Minutes
Director
Jerry Lewis Phyllis Kirk David Wayne Peter Lorre Gene Evans Mary Treen
Moroccan spies and an Army psychiatrist (Phyllis Kirk) try to figure out a goofy GI (Jerry Lewis) with a photographic memory.
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Director
Stan Laurel Ray McCarey Oliver Hardy Don Dillaway Mary Carr Tom Kennedy Grady Sutton Jacquie Lyn Billy Gilbert C. Montague Shaw Muriel Evans
soldier friend father grandfather groom banker campy madcap playful military base jail battlefield small town church bank child custody war friendship abandonment imprisonment
Two war veterans help an orphaned child find her grandfather.