List of the best Irving Bacon movies: Fort Ti(1953), Saddle Pals(1947), Branded Men(1931), Dynamite(1949), Kansas Pacific(1953), It's a Great Feeling(1949), Black Horse Canyon(1954), This Is the Night(1932), Room for One More(1952), Cause for Alarm(1951), Holiday Inn(1942), Woman in Hiding(1949) ... ...
Drama, History
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Sgt. Monday Wash
Set against the backdrop of the French and Indian war in colonial America, the British soldiers attempt to route the French Army from Fort Ticonderoga.
Western
USA
1947
72 Minutes
Thaddeus Bellweather
Gene Autry Lynne Roberts Sterling Holloway Irving Bacon Damian O'Flynn Charles Arnt Jean Van Tom London
gene autry old friend landowner lawyer board member sister gutsy rousing engaging spirited lake ranch corporate headquarters office american west property rights corruption debt business false accusations
Someone is trying to drive wealthy land owner Waldo Brooks into bankruptcy, and Gene is just the guy to expose the badguys.
Western
USA
1931
70 Minutes
Ramrod
Ken Maynard June Clyde Charles King Irving Bacon Donald Keith Jack Rockwell
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang who don't wait long before they make an attempt on the new trio.
Action
1949
68 Minutes
Jake
William Gargan Virginia Welles Richard Crane Irving Bacon Mary Newton Frank Ferguson Douglas Dumbrille
Two dynamite blasters (William Gargan, Richard Crane) vie for the affections of a contractor's daughter (Virginia Welles).
Western
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Telegrapher Casey
Sterling Hayden Eve Miller Barton MacLane Reed Hadley Irving Bacon Harry Shannon Tom Fadden Douglas Fowley Robert Keyes Myron Healey James Griffith
army officer railroad engineer railroad worker boss daughter southerner patriotic spirited gripping kansas railroad tracks frontier train saloon american civil war railroad construction westward expansion sabotage quest
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Musical, Comedy
1949
85 Minutes
RR Information Clerk
Doris Day Bill Goodwin Irving Bacon Claire Carleton Harlan Warde Jacqueline de Wit Pat Flaherty Wendie Lee Nita Talbot Errol Flynn
waitress singer actress actor studio head movie star airy charming lighthearted hollywood, calif. movie set small town dealing with fame movies deception love triangle rise underdog transformation 1940s
Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Joan Crawford and a waitress (Doris Day) join two comedians (Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) making a movie.
Western
1954
81 Minutes
Doc
Joel McCrea Mari Blanchard John Gentry Murvyn Vye Irving Bacon John Pickard
stallion cowboy adopted son rancher love interest sheriff engaging brooding gutsy patriotic powerful moving wild west horse thieves cowboys horse ranching new love gunfight western films adventure
Two ranchers (Joel McCrea, Race Gentry) catch and break a wild black stallion for a girl (Mari Blanchard) and her uncle.
Comedy
1932
78 Minutes
Jacques
Lili Damita Charles Ruggles Roland Young Cary Grant Irving Bacon Thelma Todd
wife husband lover actress best friend airy charming paris family home venice, italy hotel infidelity love triangle vacation misunderstanding deception forbidden love transformation 1930s
Two playboys (Charles Ruggles, Roland Young) and a French actress (Lili Damita) go to Venice with a javelin thrower and his wife.
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Mayor Michael J. Kane
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Lurene Tuttle Randy Stuart John Ridgely Irving Bacon Mary Treen Iris Mann George Winslow Clifford Tatum Jr.
orphan boy girl disabled person husband wife emotional endearing amusing heartwarming new jersey household town orphanage family adoption troubled youth depression marriage disability
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
74 Minutes
Mr. Carston
Loretta Young Barry Sullivan Bruce Cowling Margalo Gillmore Brad Morrow Irving Bacon Georgia Backus Don Haggerty Art Baker Richard Anderson Kathleen Freeman
sick person wife doctor mail carrier eerie tense family home post office false accusations betrayal delusion jealousy illness murder revenge quest discovery 1950s
An invalid husband wrongly believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Other
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Gus
Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale Walter Abel Louise Beavers Irving Bacon Marek Windheim
singer dancer innkeeper agent florist charming lighthearted winsome connecticut new york city inn hollywood, calif. love triangle holidays singing dance music rivalry love pursuit
At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
`'Pops'` Link
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
1929
66 Minutes
Slim
Charles Rogers Jean Arthur Paul Lukas Helen Ware Oscar Apfel Edna West Irving Bacon Nestor Aber
Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "flyer," incurs his enmity as Greta seems to favor him; thus Nick fails to catch Tony, and ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Carl
Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Reginald Owen Otto Yamaoka George Hassell Forrester Harvey Irving Bacon Bo Ching Iris Yamaoka Winifred Shotter
A lonesome wireless operator delays a couple who become stranded in Labrador.
Western
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Tully Morgan
Linda Darnell Dale Robertson John Lund Ward Bond Regis Toomey Skip Homeier Irving Bacon John Doucette Whit Bissell William Fawcett Malcolm Atterbury
stationmaster cheyenne native american passenger singer outlaw brooding suspenseful tense gripping intense engaging north dakota survival native americans cheyenne indians stagecoach indian attacks fight to the death escape
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.
Musical
USA
1954
176 Minutes
Graves
Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson Charles Bickford Tommy Noonan Lucy Marlow Amanda Blake Irving Bacon Hazel Shermet James Brown Lotus Robb
actor actress emotional engaging touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging actors love ambition alcoholism love sacrifice transformation 1950s
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Musical
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Sheriff Doolittle
Ray Middleton Lucille Norman Eileen Christy Bill Shirley Estelita Rodriguez Clinton Sundberg Harry Carey Jr. Irving Bacon Leon Tyler Mara Corday Ann McCrea
Cam Ellerby (Ray Middleton) brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamor and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend (Eileen Christy). Her mother, Kathleen (Lucille Norman), ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1927
55 Minutes
Butler
Harry Langdon Natalie Kingston Ruth Hiatt Vernon Dent Bud Jamieson Dot Farley William McCall Irving Bacon
Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel.... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Gas Station Attendant
Claire Trevor Donald Woods Alan Dinehart Alan Baxter Murray Alper Spencer Charters Maurice Cass Irving Bacon George Chandler
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Western
USA
1956
66 Minutes
Doc Carter
Herman Brix Richard Arlen John Carradine Faron Young Lloyd Corrigan Angie Dickinson Damian O'Flynn Irving Bacon Tom Hubbard Ron Kennedy Bill Ward
gambler sheriff son gunslinger saloon owner resident thrilling melodramatic small town courtroom saloon hotel law and order corruption justice masculinity crime father/son relationship rivalry growing up
The outlaw Stragg has the town so intimidated that no one will speak against him no matter what he does. Sheriff Young heads for a nearby town, where there is a witness willing to testify. ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Smokey
Joe Cook Bob Cummings June Martel Buster Crabbe Marjorie Gateson John Miljan Dave Chasen Irving Bacon Richard Carle Billie Lee Fred Kohler
When Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled cattle. When he and his men are outnumbered fighting Lloyd's gang, Randall rides to get circus man Mahoney and his man shooting cannon.
Comedy
1939
68 Minutes
Mailman
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Danny Mummert Donald Meek Elizabeth Dunne Robert Wilcox Irving Bacon
Blondie (Penny Singleton), Dagwood (Arthur Lake), Baby Dumpling (Larry Simms) and Daisy help an elderly couple save their mountain resort.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Station Master
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Comedy
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Cogswell
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Lynne Overman Eddie Bracken Clarence Kolb Paul Hurst Ferike Boros Phyllis Ruth Irving Bacon Arthur Loft Edgar Dearing
movie star coward love interest colonel father assistant madcap lighthearted amusing tender movie set army camp airplane house countryside hospital military draft deception engagement mishaps
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
Western
USA
1955
81 Minutes
Al Ferguson
Fred MacMurray Dorothy Malone Walter Brennan Tommy Rettig Skip Homeier John Qualen Harry Shannon Whit Bissell Irving Bacon Jack Lambert Frank Ferguson
storekeeper gunslinger bank robber wife friend neighbor inspiring touching suspenseful general store small town united states abandonment robbery revenge justice outlaws courage transformation rise
The peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero when he luckily killed the leader of a gang of bank robbers, is deserted by the townspeople who fear the threatened return of the vengeful bandits.
Western
USA
1943
67 Minutes
Alf Cluckus
Smiley Burnette Peggy Moran Gerald Mohr Dorothea Kent Lloyd Corrigan James Bush Russell Hicks Irving Bacon
governor undercover agent sidekick nazi cowboy campy patriotic thrilling texas government building warehouse desert parade track world war ii sabotage investigation pursuit discovery 1940s
Saboteurs are blowing up government warehouses (during World War II). Roy and his pals work undercover to put an end to their operations.
Drama
1949
92 Minutes
Julius Larkins
Marguerite Chapman Walter Brennan Natalie Wood Robert Paige Ted Donaldson Connie Marshall Bobby Ellis Jeanne LaDuke Irving Bacon Milburn Stone Geraldine Wall
farmer widower daughter son suitor emotional touching farm household countryside farming family father/child relationship generation gap modernization discovery love transformation 1940s
A stubborn farmer (Walter Brennan) squashes one daughter's (Marguerite Chapman) romance and another's (Natalie Wood) dream to join the 4-H Club.
Drama
1933
70 Minutes
Grover, Brooks' Chauffeur
Kay Francis George Brent Glenda Farrell Allen Jenkins Monroe Owsley Helen Ware Henry Kolker Ferdinand Gottschalk Irving Bacon Clarence Wilson George Chandler
wife ex-husband husband private detective sister partner melodramatic outlandish intricate cruise ship bedroom mansion blackmail divorce jealousy love triangle cruise scam escape forbidden love
A private eye (George Brent) follows a millionaire's wife (Kay Francis) to Havana, where they fall in love.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Dr. Mumford
Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Adolphe Menjou Vivienne Osborne Claude Gillingwater Fay Holden Louise Beavers Constance Bergen Purnell Pratt Irving Bacon Ed Gargan
J. Hugh Ramsey, author of "Marriage, the Living Death" decides that the marriage of his friends The Bigelows cannot possibly be as perfect as it appears.
Comedy
USA
1946
93 Minutes
Mr. Piper
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Peter Lawford Beverly Tyler Edward Arnold Charles Ruggles Spring Byington O.Z. Whitehead Paul Langton Ernest Whitman Irving Bacon Lillian Yarbo
A classic film featuring a boy who is able to hear what the racehorses at the track are thinking. Using his knowledge of their moods, he figures out how well they will run, and tells his ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1953
116 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Luise Rainer Charley Grapewin Janet Beecher Eddie Quillan Victor Varconi Oscar O'Shea Helen Troy William Demarest John Arledge Irving Bacon
cab driver husband wife brother immigrant mobster melodramatic new york city garage taxi ship hideout gangsters mistaken identity corruption bombing taxicab business deportation pursuit rivalry
Julius Trent, the founder and president of Trent Mills objects to the plans of his manager, Walford Andrews, to manufacture a synthetic wool called Woolex. Finding Julius behind the times, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Arthur Aylesworth Irving Bacon
The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, ... See full summary »
Drama
1943
67 Minutes
Frank Morgan Richard Carlson Jean Rogers Porter Hall Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Walter Baldwin Andrew Tombes Olin Howland Chill Wills Irving Bacon
A Supreme Court justice on a duck-hunting foray becomes involved in serious trouble with the citizens in a small town.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Francis Lederer Joan Bennett Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Minor Watson Adrian Morris Barbara Barondess Walter Kingsford Duke York Burr Caruth Jules Cowles
hessian violinist beautiful woman innkeeper daughter father charming amusing witty connecticut barn inn romance culture clash american revolutionary war dessertion romantic dilemma love pursuit american revolution
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
Musical
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Shirley Temple Jack Oakie Charlotte Greenwood Arleen Whelan George Montgomery Kathleen Howard Minor Watson Frank Swann Frank Sully Sarah Edwards Mae Marsh
child mother father townsperson performer teacher lighthearted spirited charming small town new england vaudeville show business hurricane prejudice acceptance transformation adventure discovery 1940s
Shirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Rita Johnson Gigi Perreau Jimmy Hunt Peter Miles Lillian Bronson Hattie McDaniel Chill Wills Catherine Doucet Paul Harvey
A bachelor marries a widow and her three kids join the honeymoon.
Western
1958
73 Minutes
Scott Brady Margia Dean Clint Eastwood Baynes Barron William Vaughn Ken Mayer John Manier Keith Richards John Frederick Frank Gerstle Dirk London
Roaming ex-Confederates join a cavalry sergeant (Scott Brady) taking a prisoner through Indian country.
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Robert Ryan Zachary Scott Joan Leslie Mel Ferrer Harold Vermilyea Virginia Farmer Kathleen Howard Dick Ryan Bess Flowers Joy Hallward
novelist cousin fiancé socialite wealthy man femme fatale brash dark melodramatic tense san francisco boston family home ballroom manipulation family love triangle marrying for money affair deception
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
Comedy
USA
1949
88 Minutes
William Holden Joan Caulfield Edward Arnold Billy De Wolfe Mona Freeman Arleen Whelan Mary Philips Harry von Zell Raymond Roe Elisabeth Fraser Bill Murphy
Thanks to political activist teen Miriam, her brother-in-law and father find themselves rival candidates for state senator.
Drama
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Viveca Lindfors Broderick Crawford Rosemary DeCamp Osa Massen Craig Stevens Johnny McGovern Lillian Yarbo Art Baker Erskine Sanford Lois Austin
sick person suicidal person widow scientist love interest moving melodramatic emotional florida coast beach house epilepsy suicide mourning romance grief second chance love discovery 1940s
A scientist haunted by the incurable illness epilepsy meets a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Western
USA
1939
85 Minutes
James Cagney Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Donald Crisp Harvey Stephens Hugh Sothern Charles Middleton Ward Bond Edward Pawley Lew Harvey Trevor Bardette
son outlaw judge brother rousing cheery wild oklahoma saloon the cherokee strip land rush father/son relationship framed for murder vigilantism old west transformation adventure 1890s
During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
Drama
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Irene Dunne Walter Huston Conrad Nagel Bruce Cabot Edna May Oliver Sam Hardy Mitchell Lewis Helen Eby-Rock Gertrude Michael J. Carrol Naish Sarah Padden
social worker army officer doctor judge suitor engaging moving profound striking prison havana new york state manhattan social activism prison adultery pregnancy blackmail sacrifice forbidden love
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Comedy
1940
68 Minutes
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Robert Coote Virginia Vale Emma Dunn Elaine Shepard William Halligan Oscar O'Shea Norman Mayes Patsy O'Byrne Dell Henderson
wife husband mother playboy seductress lighthearted amusing household nightclub apartment office party marriage separation seduction impersonation mistaken identity in-laws temptation rivalry
An outcast husband (James Ellison) flirts with another woman who turns out to be his wife (Lucille Ball).
Crime, Drama
1933
67 Minutes
William Powell Margaret Lindsay Ruth Donnelly Gordon Westcott James Bell Arthur Byron Natalie Moorhead Sheila Terry Arthur Hohl Hobart Cavanaugh Theresa Harris
A down-and-out private eye (William Powell) falls for a woman (Margaret Lindsay) he has been hired to frame.
Comedy
1947
95 Minutes
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Shirley Temple Rudy Vallee Ray Collins Harry Davenport Johnny Spencer Don Beddoe Lillian Randolph Veda Ann Borg Dan Tobin
playboy judge teen girl psychiatrist district attorney boyfriend cheeky hilarious california high school courtroom nightclub sport tournament love triangle sibling rivalry misunderstanding innocence hero worship forbidden love growing up
A judge (Myrna Loy) orders a playboy (Cary Grant) to date her infatuated teenage sister (Shirley Temple) to cure the girl's crush on him.
Comedy
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Charles Trowbridge Ludwig Stossel Kane Richmond Mae Marsh Ethel Griffies Paul Harvey
wealthy man gardener chauffeur sergeant photographer aunt madcap cheery mansion training camp photography lab apartment guard house bridge military life wealth servitude impersonation war games romance
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Comedy
USA
1941
71 Minutes
W.C. Fields Gloria Jean Margaret Dumont Leon Errol Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Anne Nagel Franklin Pangborn Mona Barrie Susan Miller Charles Lang
filmmaker actress producer mother daughter amusing campy madcap hollywood, calif. airplane movie studio movies fantasy hollywood pursuit escape 1940s
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.