List of the best Howard Duff movies: Shakedown(1950), Spy Hunt(1950), Johnny Stool Pigeon(1949), The Broken Star(1956), Woman in Hiding(1949), Flame of the Islands(1955), Calamity Jane and Sam Bass(1949), Steel Town(1952), Private Hell 36(1954), The Yellow Mountain(1954), Double Negative(1980), Boys' Night Out(1962) ... ...
Drama
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Jack Early
Howard Duff Brian Donlevy Peggy Dow Lawrence Tierney Herman Brix Anne Vernon Charles Sherlock Rock Hudson Peggie Castle Joseph Pevney
Unscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps-on and uses folks, to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Steve Quain
During the Cold War, a microfilm concealed in the collar of a panther, transported by freight rail, is sought after by several spies when the animal escapes its cage after the train's derailment in Switzerland.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
76 Minutes
US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
Western
1956
82 Minutes
Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed
Howard Duff Lita Baron Bill Williams Douglas Fowley Henry Calvin Addison Richards Joel Ashley John Pickard
marshal mexican friend saloon girl witness ranch hand tense gripping gritty gutsy arizona cabin small town saloon indian reservation ranch murder investigation corruption cover-up friendship
Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed (Howard Duff) guns down an innocent Mexican who was about to deliver a huge sum of gold to a land tycoon, then makes off with the loot and covers his tracks by claiming that the man he shot was a dangerous criminal.
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Ida Lupino Howard Duff Stephen McNally John Litel Peggy Dow Taylor Holmes Irving Bacon Joe Besser Don Beddoe Peggie Castle
After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.
Drama
USA
1955
90 Minutes
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Zachary Scott Kurt Kaszner Barbara O'Neil James Arness Frieda Inescort Lester Matthews Donald Curtis Nick Stewart
secretary singer casino owner business partner romantic interest romantic rival intricate engaging passionate nassau, bahamas casino casinos romantic dilemma high society forbidden love love quest rivalry 20th century
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
Western
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Dorothy Hart Willard Parker Norman Lloyd Lloyd Bridges Marc Lawrence Houseley Stevenson Milburn Stone Clifton Young John Rodney
calamity jane store owner farmhand sheriff cattleman brother rousing melodramatic engaging south dakota small town farm track overcoming the odds old west myths romantic dilemma bad luck gambling outlaws pursuit
Good luck with horses and women pushes Sam Bass toward outlawry.
Action
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Jim Denko
Ann Sheridan John Lund Howard Duff William Harrigan Eileen Crowe Chick Chandler James Best Nancy Kulp Elaine Riley Tudor Owen Frank Marlowe
Steve Kostain (Lund), nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
81 Minutes
Jack Farnham
detective partner singer police chief dark gripping suspenseful new york city los angeles drugstore nightclub racetrack trailer police corruption theft investigation singing romance greed quest
When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.
Western
USA
1954
77 Minutes
Pete Menlo
Lex Barker Mala Powers Howard Duff William Demarest John McIntire Leo Gordon
Frontier drama about two gold prospectors who hope to strike it rich in the mines of Nevada.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1980
96 Minutes
Lester Harlen
Michael Sarrazin Susan Clark Anthony Perkins Howard Duff Kate Reid Al Waxman Elizabeth Shepherd Kenneth Welsh John Candy
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Comedy
1962
112 Minutes
Doug Jackson
Kim Novak James Garner Tony Randall Howard Duff Janet Blair Patti Page Jessie Royce Landis Oscar Homolka Howard Morris Anne Jeffreys Zsa Zsa Gabor
husband bachelor student wife mother private investigator amusing charming new york city apartment train greenwich, conn. household infidelity deception research marriage sex forbidden love quest
Would-be swingers Fred (James Garner), George (Tony Randall), Doug and Howard share a sexy blonde (Kim Novak) who's secretly doing a thesis on men.
Drama
USA
1979
104 Minutes
John Shaunessy
Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Justin Henry Jane Alexander Howard Duff George Coe JoBeth Williams Howland Chamberlin
father mother son friend lawyer judge emotional heartwarming intense apartment park courtroom new york city office divorce court battles parenthood transformation rivalry quest
Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
Drama
1948
94 Minutes
George Deever
Edward G. Robinson Burt Lancaster Mady Christians Louisa Horton Howard Duff Frank Conroy Lloyd Gough Arlene Francis Harry Morgan Elisabeth Fraser Walter Soderling
contractor veteran son emotional uneasy america lie family dysfunction confession world war ii discovery fall 1940s
A World War II veteran (Burt Lancaster) exposes his father's (Edward G. Robinson) sale of defective aircraft parts.
Drama
1978
100 Minutes
Bill Thompson
Karen Grassle LeVar Burton Mike Farrell Joan Blondell Howard Duff Chip Fields
Sci-Fi
USA
1987
90 Minutes
Father Finnegan
Donald Grant Denise DuBarry Claude Akins Henry Gibson Donald Moffat Howard Duff Stella Stevens
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets, a mild-mannered reporter, a college professor, her son, and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Soldier
Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Roman Bohnen
prisoner warden guard wife criminal dark gritty prison doctor's office prison escape illness violence escape quest 1940s
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Comedy, Drama
1978
125 Minutes
Carol Burnett Desi Arnaz Jr. Amy Stryker Vittorio Gassman Geraldine Chaplin Mia Farrow Paul Dooley Lillian Gish Lauren Hutton John Cromwell Pat McCormick
Friends and family of the bride (Amy Stryker) and groom (Desi Arnaz Jr.) carry on at a mansion before, during and after the ceremony.