List of the best George Seaton movies: Miracle on 34th Street(1947), 36 Hours(1964), Apartment for Peggy(1948), The Pleasure of His Company(1961), The Hook(1963), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim(1947), The Big Lift(1950), For Heaven's Sake(1950), Chicken Every Sunday(1949), The Proud and Profane(1956), Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe(1945), The Country Girl(1954) ... ...
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Director
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Director
James Garner Eva Marie Saint Rod Taylor Werner Peters Alan Napier Celia Lovsky John Banner Ed Gilbert Russ Thorson Oscar Beregi Sig Ruman
military officer psychiatrist nurse enemy spy thrilling intricate germany hospital military base england amnesia world war ii deception espionage escape pursuit mystery 1940s
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Drama
USA
1948
96 Minutes
Director
professor veteran wife director doctor engaging charming uplifting emotional college attic house depression old age veterans young love unusual friendship meaning of life discovery transformation
A retired professor rents his attic apartment to pregnant Peggy and her GI-Bill-student husband. The professor ponders if his life is no longer useful while the young couple faces the challenges shared with many WW II veterans' families.
Comedy
USA
1961
115 Minutes
Director
Fred Astaire Debbie Reynolds Lilli Palmer Tab Hunter Gary Merrill Charles Ruggles Harold Fong Elvia Allman Edith Head
daughter father bride rancher emotional heartwarming california family dysfunction marriage father/daughter relationship absence wedding love 1960s
San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is marrying Napa Valley cattle rancher, Roger Henderson, and hopes her peripatetic father, "Pogo" Poole, whom she hasn't seen for years, comes to the... See full summary »
War
USA
1963
98 Minutes
Director
Kirk Douglas Robert Walker Nick Adams Pancho Magalona Nehemiah Persoff John Bleifer Mark Miller
sergeant private prisoner of war enemy soldier gripping passionate tense emotional ship ocean korea korean war compassion military life moral dilemma prisoners of war seafaring rivalry escape
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.
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Director
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Anne Revere Allyn Joslyn Gene Lockhart Elizabeth Patterson Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Shields Charles Kemper Roy Roberts Tom Moore
suffragette boyfriend coworker boss aunt artist lighthearted uplifting amusing charming boston office new york city house restaurant women's rights sexism social activism love transformation
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1950
120 Minutes
Director
Montgomery Clift Paul Douglas Cornell Borchers Bruni Löbel O.E. Hasse Jan Hendriks Walter Gross Harold Dyrenforth
pilot air traffic controller girlfriend mysterious woman soldier melodramatic berlin military base airplane street new love military life cold war deception friendship love mystery quest 1940s
Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Director
Clifton Webb Joan Bennett Bob Cummings Edmund Gwenn Joan Blondell Gigi Perreau Jack LaRue Harry von Zell Tommy Rettig
An angel disguises himself as a crusty old rancher in order to visit Earth and help an unborn child find suitable parents.
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Director
Dan Dailey Celeste Holm Colleen Townsend Alan Young Natalie Wood William Frawley Connie Gilchrist Veda Ann Borg Porter Hall Whit Bissell Katherine Emery
wife husband daughter attorney boarder lighthearted emotional tucson, ariz. family home hotel office marriage money parenthood eviction love transformation 1900s
A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.
Romance
USA
1956
111 Minutes
Director
widow officer love interest red cross leader patient volunteer melodramatic unrestrained new caledonia hospital military base inn cliff guadalcanal world war ii romance deception nursing marriage attempted suicide
In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.
Musical, Romance
1945
104 Minutes
Director
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Phil Silvers William Gaxton Beatrice Kay Margaret Dumont Roy Benson George Melford Hal K. Dawson Kenny Williams Reed Hadley
medical student dancer father girlfriend lighthearted amusing engaging nightclub stage father/son relationship new love show business dance love temptation 1940s
One New York nightclub star (Betty Grable) inspires another's son (Dick Haymes) to drop show business for medical school.
Drama
1954
104 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Grace Kelly William Holden Anthony Ross Gene Reynolds Jacqueline Fontaine Eddie Ryder Robert Kent John W. Reynolds Frank Scannell Ida Moore
actor wife alcoholic director theatrical producer bleak intense emotional new york city apartment stage alcoholism marriage failing career theater new love discovery fall forbidden love 1950s
An alcoholic stage actor (Bing Crosby) leans on his wife (Grace Kelly) as he tries to make a comeback.
Drama
1953
95 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Claude Dauphin Christian Fourcade Nicole Maurey Gabrielle Dorziat Colette Dereal Georgette Anys Henri Letondal Michael Moore Peter Baldwin Bruce Payne
A U.S. newsman (Bing Crosby) in postwar Paris finds an orphan (Christian Fourcade) who resembles his late wife.
Drama
1962
140 Minutes
Director
William Holden Lilli Palmer Hugh Griffith Ernst Schroeder Eva Dahlbeck Eulf Palme Carl Raddatz Helo Gutschwager Erica Beer Charles Régnier Klaus Kinski
oil merchant intelligence officer spy nazi lover old friend tense gripping thrilling oil refinery prison sweden germany denmark working undercover espionage dangerous job blacklisting world war ii deception
A British intelligence officer (Hugh Griffith) pressures a Swedish oilman (William Holden) to spy on his Nazi customers.