List of the best George Tobias movies: The Judge Steps Out(1949), South of Suez(1940), The Set-Up(1949), Sergeant York(1941), The Glenn Miller Story(1953), My Sister Eileen(1942), Juke Girl(1942), This Is the Army(1943), Mission to Moscow(1943), Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942), The Strawberry Blonde(1941), The Mask of Dimitrios(1944) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Mike
Alexander Knox Ann Sothern George Tobias Sharyn Moffett Florence Bates Frieda Inescort Myrna Dell Ian Wolfe H.B. Warner Martha Hyer James Warren
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner. He ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Eli Snedeker
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Drama
1949
72 Minutes
Tiny
Robert Ryan Audrey Totter George Tobias Alan Baxter Wallace Ford Percy Helton Hal Baylor Darryl Hickman Kenny O'Morrison James Edwards Edwin Max
boxer wife manager mobster brooding intense united states city boxing ring boxing competition betrayal shady dealings corruption fixed game underdog rivalry 1940s
An aging boxer (Robert Ryan) leaves his crying wife (Audrey Totter), then crosses the street for a fixed fight.
War
USA
1941
134 Minutes
"Pusher" Ross
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Joan Leslie George Tobias Stanley Ridges Margaret Wycherly Ward Bond Noah Beery Jr. June Lockhart Dickie Moore Clem Bevans
war hero military officer mother pastor girlfriend marksman endearing patriotic inspiring small town army base battlefield france tennessee war the bible pacifism murder sacrifice rise
A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Biography
USA
1953
116 Minutes
Si Schribman
James Stewart June Allyson Charles Drake George Tobias Harry Morgan Katharine Warren Marion Ross Irving Bacon Barton MacLane Sig Ruman Phil Garris
musician band leader wife soldier uplifting melodramatic moving new york city europe english channel stage music world war ii glenn miller success rise love 1940s
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
Comedy
USA
1942
96 Minutes
Appopolous
Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Janet Blair George Tobias Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Grant Mitchell Richard Quine June Havoc Donald MacBride Gordon Jones
sister actress writer reporter editor quirky amusing new york city ohio greenwich village theater ambition sister relationship struggle city life rivalry underdog transformation 1940s
Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Nick Garcos
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
121 Minutes
Maxie Twardofsky
George Murphy Joan Leslie Ronald Reagan George Tobias Alan Hale Charles Butterworth Julie Oshins
actor dancer father son fiancée soldier patriotic emotional new york city family home broadway theater military base world war i world war ii broadway marriage father/son relationship friendship adventure quest
In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the war, he becomes a producer. In WWII his son Johnny Jones, who was before his ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1943
123 Minutes
Freddie
Walter Huston Ann Harding Oscar Homolka George Tobias Gene Lockhart Frieda Inescort Eleanor Parker Richard Travis Helmut Dantine Victor Francen Henry Daniell
ambassador joseph e. davies joseph stalin franklin delano roosevelt communist patriotic spirited dense soviet union united states propaganda soviet union communism foreign relations quest 1930s
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Musical
USA
1942
126 Minutes
Dietz
James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf George Tobias Irene Manning Rosemary DeCamp Jeanne Cagney S.Z. Sakall George Barbier Walter Catlett
george m. cohan father mother sister theatrical producer songwriter patriotic spirited new york city white house theater ambition actors show business patriotism family romance rise 1940s
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Nicholas Pappalas
James Cagney Olivia de Havilland Rita Hayworth Alan Hale George Tobias Jack Carson Una O'Connor George Reeves Lucille Fairbanks Edward McNamara Herbert Heywood
dentist nurse sweetheart rival father love interest cheeky confident engaging amusing new york city dentist's office park office construction site courtship marriage duplicity bribery politics
Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1957
117 Minutes
Vassili Markovitch
Fred Astaire Cyd Charisse Janis Paige Peter Lorre George Tobias Jules Munshin Joseph Buloff Barrie Chase Wim Sonneveld
producer composer russian agent bureaucrat charming lighthearted paris nightclub hotel moscow music industry culture clash westernization seduction transformation temptation forbidden love 1950s
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Igor Propotkin
Ida Lupino John Garfield Thomas Mitchell Eddie Albert George Tobias Leo Gorcey John Qualen Aline MacMahon
tailor cook daughter gangster auctioneer dark melodramatic brooklyn, n.y. pier ocean courtroom friendship extortion organized crime father/daughter relationship marriage conspiracy rivalry temptation escape
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Musical
USA
1947
101 Minutes
Nick Popolis
Dennis Morgan Arlene Dahl Andrea King Alan Hale George Tobias George O'Brien Sara Allgood Ben Blue William Frawley Don McGuire Charles Irwin
broadway star singer-songwriter girlfriend singer cheery endearing inspiring new york city dinner party broadway theater rise to stardom fame songwriting singing relationships chancellor "chauncey" olcott pursuit love underdog transformation
The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his... See full summary »
War
USA
1942
113 Minutes
Blimp Lebec
James Cagney Dennis Morgan Brenda Marshall Alan Hale George Tobias Reginald Gardiner Reginald Denny Russell Arms Paul Cavanagh Clem Bevans J.M. Kerrigan
bush pilot fiancée doctor daughter storekeeper commanding officer spirited canada england plane crash aviation world war ii air force adventure sacrifice 1940s
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.
Adventure
USA
1947
117 Minutes
Abbu
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Walter Slezak George Tobias Jane Greer Mike Mazurki Sheldon Leonard Alan Napier John Miljan Glenn Strange
sinbad concubine lord assassin friend sailor spectacular outlandish emotional ship island palace auction house middle east basra, iraq treasure harems seafaring mythology royalty
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Action
USA
1951
97 Minutes
Londos
Burt Lancaster Jody Lawrence Gilbert Roland Kieron Moore George Tobias John Dehner Nick Dennis Mike Mazurki Gerald Mohr Ian MacDonald Mari Blanchard
mercenary daughter thief outlaw sheik beautiful woman cheeky playful lighthearted stockade desert camp kidnapping behind enemy lines french foreign legion espionage love armed conflict transformation adventure
During the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements.
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Pasha
Merle Oberon Dennis Morgan Rita Hayworth Ralph Bellamy George Tobias James Gleason Hattie McDaniel Jerome Cowan Butterfly McQueen Renie Riano Frank Wilcox
journalist divorcée husband fiancé love interest playful madcap engaging new york city lisbon, portugal household marital problems romance jealousy engagement infidelity deception love pursuit rivalry
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females. He's in Lisbon attempting his latest "conquest" when ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1963
110 Minutes
Joe Bergner
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Thelma Ritter Eva Gabor George Tobias Marvin Kaplan Robert Clary Jan Moriarty Joan Staley Robert F. Simon Valerie Varda
reporter designer airy charming cheeky playful hilarious paris interview revenge romance makeover love 1960s
The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Joanne Woodward is a high-priced call girl. Paul Newman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession.
Comedy
USA
1944
82 Minutes
Boris Fenilise
Jack Carson Jane Wyman Irene Manning Alan Hale George Tobias Robert Shayne Tala Birell Ricardo Cortez Marjorie Hoshelle Kurt Katch
manufacturer wife private investigator fiancée nazi spy witty madcap family estate office bedroom mistaken identity world war ii deception espionage pursuit transformation 1940s
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. The only way that ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Al Doyle
John Garfield Geraldine Fitzgerald Walter Brennan Faye Emerson George Coulouris George Tobias
con artist ex-girlfriend criminal widow partner soldier emotional cool new york city california hideout pier con game romance one last job crime forbidden love escape 1940s
Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Sascha
Tony Martin Rita Hayworth Alan Mowbray Edith Fellows Eric Blore George Tobias
actor love interest millionaire fiancé manservant immigration official winsome engaging new york city ship taxicab radio station street new love love triangle deportation chance meeting show business love pursuit
Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, ... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Razi
Lucille Ball John Agar Patricia Medina Gregory Gaye William Fawcett George Tobias
caliph queen prince doctor evil king friend thrilling arabia palace street family home hideout palace intrigue murder secret identity deception magical weapon royalty adventure ancient times
Using a magic flying carpet and a handful of friends, the son of a murdered Caliph must fight the usurper in order to win the throne of the Caliphate.
Comedy
1941
92 Minutes
Peewee Defoe
James Cagney Bette Davis Stuart Erwin Eugene Pallette Jack Carson George Tobias
heiress pilot fiancé father old man madcap cheeky brash airplane desert ghost town mine cabin abduction debt romance father/daughter relationship regret running away escape
A Texas oil tycoon pays a pilot (James Cagney) by the pound to fly his daughter (Bette Davis) out of a marriage.
War
USA
1943
124 Minutes
Asst. Crew Chief
John Ridgely Gig Young Arthur Kennedy John Garfield Charles Drake Harry Carey George Tobias Faye Emerson
pilot soldier gunner sergeant father mechanic thrilling intense airplane california hawaii philippines world war ii aviation battle death quest 1940s
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
War
USA
1944
110 Minutes
Petit
Humphrey Bogart Michèle Morgan Claude Rains Philip Dorn Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre George Tobias Victor Francen Helmut Dantine John Loder Konstantin Shayne
captain prisoner leader major convict gripping spirited thrilling ship prison marseilles, france world war ii prison break patriotism blackmail murder redemption sacrifice escape 1930s
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Rosario `'Rosie'` La Mata
James Cagney Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien Andy Devine Helen Vinson Jerome Cowan George Tobias George Reeves
plantation owner foreman worker revolutionary singer police chief lighthearted madcap wild central america plantation romance worker's rights revolution employment love rivalry 1940s
Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits.
Fantasy
1944
112 Minutes
Pete Musick
John Garfield Paul Henreid Eleanor Parker Sydney Greenstreet Faye Emerson Sara Allgood Isobel Elsom George Tobias Edmund Gwenn
pianist wife steward reporter reverend sailor bleak dreamy emotional london apartment limbo ship world war ii air raids death suicide judgment supernatural discovery
A ship sails on with a cynical newsman (John Garfield), a suicidal couple (Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker) and others who are dead but don't know it.
Drama
USA
1945
109 Minutes
Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Joan Crawford Jack Carson Ann Blyth Zachary Scott Eve Arden Herman Brix Lee Patrick Moroni Olsen Jo Ann Marlowe George Tobias
restaurant owner daughter mother police detective melodramatic tense glendale, calif. murder social standing mother/daughter relationship investigation the great depression mystery sacrifice 1930s
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
George Rondolos
George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Gale Page Alan Hale Roscoe Karns John Litel Henry O'Neill George Tobias Charles Halton
truck driver brother business owner wife girlfriend uneasy gritty suspenseful cool california courtroom false accusations murder mental breakdown brotherhood dangerous job affair forbidden love transformation 1940s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
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.
Comedy
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire Sig Ruman Felix Bressart Alexander Granach Bela Lugosi Gregory Gaye Richard Carle Edwin Maxwell Rolfe Sedan
diplomat count duchess russian amusing charming paris eiffel tower hotel love forbidden love competition communism capitalism love discovery transformation 1930s
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Musical
USA
1939
102 Minutes
Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey Charles Ruggles Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill C. Aubrey Smith Joyce Compton Dalies Frantz Walter Woolf King Phillip Terry Frederick Worlock
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.