List of the best Jack Carson movies: Romance on the High Seas(1948), My Dream Is Yours(1949), The Good Humor Man(1950), Love and Learn(1947), April Showers(1948), Make Your Own Bed(1944), Sammy the Way Out Seal(1962), Mildred Pierce(1945), Roughly Speaking(1945), Two Guys From Milwaukee(1946), Red Garters(1954), Two Guys From Texas(1948) ... ...
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Jack Carson Janis Paige Don DeFore Doris Day Oscar Levant S.Z. Sakall Fortunio Bonanova Eric Blore Franklin Pangborn
husband wife singer detective boyfriend playful lighthearted amusing household travel agency cruise ship cabin rio de janeiro stage marriage suspicion drinking romance false accusations impersonation
Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
101 Minutes
Jack Carson Doris Day Lee Bowman Adolphe Menjou Eve Arden S.Z. Sakall Selena Royle Edgar Kennedy Sheldon Leonard Franklin Pangborn
singer agent radio personality single mother love interest positive charming uplifting los angeles new york city nightclub radio station romantic dilemma radio performers fame music industry show business love underdog rise
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
Comedy
USA
1950
79 Minutes
Biff Jones
Jack Carson Lola Albright Jean Wallace George Reeves Peter Miles Frank Ferguson David Sharpe Ed Parker Pat Flaherty Richard Egan Arthur Space
ice cream man young boy girlfriend criminal police officer femme fatale charming lighthearted madcap small town false accusations robbery murder pursuit mystery 1950s
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
83 Minutes
Jingles Collins
Jack Carson Robert Hutton Martha Vickers Janis Paige Otto Kruger Barbara Brown Tom D'Andrea Florence Bates Craig Stevens Don McGuire John Alvin
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Musical
USA
1948
94 Minutes
Joe Tyme
Jack Carson Ann Sothern Robert Alda S.Z. Sakall Bobby Ellis Richard Rober Joseph Crehan Ray Walker John Gallaudet Philip Van Zandt Billy Curtis
The 'Two Tymes', Joe and June, need to change up their dogeared vaudeville act - fast. Cue their son Buster; a cocky hoofer who bolts from boarding school and joins them, propelling the trio into the big time. But success brings trouble.
Comedy
USA
1944
82 Minutes
Jerry Curtis
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 »
Comedy, Kids & Family
1962
90 Minutes
Harold Sylvester
Drama
USA
1945
109 Minutes
Wally Fay
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1945
117 Minutes
Harold C. Pierson
Rosalind Russell Jack Carson Robert Hutton Ray Collins Kathleen Lockhart Cora Sue Collins Ann Todd Andy Clyde Arthur Shields Helene Thimig Greta Grandstedt
businesswoman banker son husband father mother melodramatic emotional family home college office new england marriage self-respect infidelity business mother/child relationship growing up love quest
In the early 1900's (not the 1920s)
Comedy
USA
1946
90 Minutes
Buzz Williams
Dennis Morgan Jack Carson Joan Leslie Janis Paige S.Z. Sakall Patti Brady
prince cab driver girlfriend count sister daughter lighthearted patriotic new york city train station airplane radio station love triangle disguise election unlikely romance american life love transformation 1940s
In the midst of a political vote, a Balkan prince comes to New York City to observe "ordinary" life, where he befriends a cabby and falls for his girlfriend.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
91 Minutes
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Danny Foster
Dennis Morgan Jack Carson Dorothy Malone Penny Edwards Forrest Tucker Fred Clark Gerald Mohr John Alvin Andrew Tombes Monte Blue
musician partner rancher sheriff doctor thief lighthearted amusing texas farm rodeo wilderness jail song and dance false accusations love triangle love rise adventure 1940s
Song-and-dance men Steve Carroll and Danny Foster walk to a Texas dude ranch after their car runs out of gas. The team's friend, singer Maggie Reed, gets the boys a job. With their auto ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Walter Lowrie
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith Jack Carson Alan Hale John Loder William Frawley Minor Watson Ward Bond Madeleine LeBeau Rhys Williams Arthur Shields
boxer girlfriend club owner friend rival amusing brash melodramatic san francisco boxing ring boxing romance social standing pride competition rise pursuit transformation 1890s
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.
Musical
USA
1954
176 Minutes
Matt Libby
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.
Comedy
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Joe Ferguson
Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Jack Carson Joan Leslie Herb Anderson Don DeFore Hattie McDaniel Eugene Pallette
professor dean student wife ex-boyfriend trustee uplifting emotional family home university midwest free speech censorship love triangle education career rivalry transformation 1940s
It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1944
111 Minutes
The Great Georgetti
singer songwriter manager magician friend rival engaging melodramatic positive cabaret theater stage new york city music hall show business vaudeville marriage jealousy singing songwriting
Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Windy Weebe
Esther Williams Fernando Lamas Jack Carson Charlotte Greenwood Denise Darcel William Demarest Donna Corcoran Barbara Whiting Bunny Waters Henri Letondal Paul Bryar
salesman swimmer frenchman farmer beautiful woman amusing campy charming lighthearted english channel farm france swimming farming cartoons love triangle love growing up rivalry 1950s
A young woman enters a contest to be the first to swim the English Channel.
Romance
USA
1949
96 Minutes
Fred Taylor
Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal Jack Carson Wayne Morris Edward Arnold Virginia Field
soldier friend wife fiancée mother father amusing charming new york city apartment marriage deception divorce friendship immigration love quest 1940s
A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track of her in the war only to find on returning home that he is stuck with the girl because the friend has married someone else.
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Bert Mosley
Richard Burton Barbara Rush Jack Carson Angie Dickinson James Dunn Henry Jones Tom Drake Frank Conroy Carl Benton Reid Patricia Crest William Hansen
doctor young man friend sick person nurse wife emotional somber small town doctor's office hospital new england rural community friendship mortality euthanasia guilt illness affair sacrifice
A handsome and successful young doctor returns to his home town in New England to see his dying friend for one last time. However, his friend wants to die because he is suffering so much ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1958
108 Minutes
Gooper Pollitt
Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman Burl Ives Jack Carson Judith Anderson Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood Larry Gates Vaughn Taylor Patty Ann Gerrity Robert "Rusty" Stevens Brian Corcoran
alcoholic wife father brother mother sister-in-law sultry melodramatic mississippi family home marriage family love money rivalry quest 1950s
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Ward Willoughby
William Powell Myrna Loy Gail Patrick Jack Carson Florence Bates Sidney Blackmer Vladimir Sokoloff Kathleen Lockhart Sig Ruman Donald MacBride Sara Haden
architect wife mother-in-law artist lawyer wild playful apartment insane asylum love triangle misunderstanding divorce jealousy feigned insanity love 1940s
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
Drama
USA
1942
109 Minutes
Albert Runkel
Ida Lupino Dennis Morgan Joan Leslie Jack Carson Gladys George Faye Emerson Paul Cavanagh Leona Maricle Roman Bohnen Ray Montgomery Jacqueline Wells
singer sister band leader dancer somber sad dark broadway theater stage new york city small town sister relationship fame success singing love triangle rise fall 1940s
Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
Drama
USA
1957
87 Minutes
Jiggs
Rock Hudson Robert Stack Dorothy Malone Jack Carson Robert Middleton Alan Reed Alexander Lockwood Chris Olsen Robert Wilke Troy Donahue William Schallert
journalist stunt pilot wife mechanic son showman melodramatic thrilling passionate striking new orleans carnival air show party family home airplane obsession aviation love triangle unhappy marriage
Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Chris Malley
Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall Patricia Neal Jack Carson Donald Crisp Gladys George Elizabeth Patterson Jeff Corey Taylor Holmes Thurston Hall
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
Comedy
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Charlie Nelson
Judy Holliday Jack Lemmon Kim Novak Jack Carson Luella Gear Donald Randolph Donald Curtis Arny Freeman Eddie Searles
husband wife best friend woman actor mother hilarious touching apartment club restaurant street city marriage friendship divorce dating dance love rivalry
While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into one another all over town.
Drama
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Patrick "Pat" Regan
Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan Alexis Smith Jack Carson Jane Wyman Reginald Gardiner John Loder Marjorie Gateson Thurston Hall John Abbott Marjorie Hoshelle
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Hal Breckinridge
Van Johnson Joseph Cotten Ruth Roman Jack Carson Margaret Hayes Herman Brix Brad Dexter Peggy Knudsen
escaped convict brother wife friend farmer husband tense touching intense arizona ranch party river brotherhood poverty secret identity unhappy marriage alcoholism self-defense escape
In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty.
Comedy
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Arthur Halstead
Ann Sheridan Alexis Smith Jane Wyman Jack Carson Irene Manning Charles Ruggles Eve Arden John Ridgely Alan Mowbray John Alexander Craig Stevens
bureaucrat newlywed judge soldier news reporter nazi hunter wild hilarious playful hotel white house washington, d.c. marriage honeymoon love triangle misunderstanding friendship love discovery rivalry
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Timothy W. 'Big Tim' O'Brien
David Janssen Mickey Rooney Dianne Foster Jack Carson Diana Dors Dan O'Herlihy Mickey Shaughnessy Keenan Wynn
The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.
Comedy
1958
106 Minutes
Capt. Hoxie
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Joan Collins Jack Carson Dwayne Hickman Tuesday Weld Gale Gordon Tom Gilson O.Z. Whitehead Ralph Osborn III Stanley Livingston
public relations specialist political activist temptress captain schoolgirl general amusing lighthearted cheeky madcap putnam landing, conn. military base washington, d.c. hotel parade military industrial complex small-town life protest misunderstanding marriage
A Connecticut couple (Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward) are called to action by a sexpot (Joan Collins) and a hush-hush Army project in their midst.
Comedy
1942
95 Minutes
Jeff Randolph
Edward G. Robinson Jane Wyman Broderick Crawford Jack Carson Anthony Quinn Edward Brophy Harry Davenport John Qualen Barbara Jo Allen Grant Mitchell Jackie Gleason
ex-convict bank robber daughter friend thief salesman offbeat frenetic hilarious new york city soda shop bank store prison bank heist redemption small business father/daughter relationship scam friendship
An ex-convict's (Edward G. Robinson) niece (Jane Wyman) runs a shop over the tunnel he and his partners are digging to a bank vault.
Comedy
1941
95 Minutes
Chuck
Carole Lombard Robert Montgomery Gene Raymond Jack Carson Philip Merivale Lucile Watson William Tracy Charles Halton Esther Dale Emma Dunn William Edmunds
husband wife romantic rival colleague spirited amusing endearing new york city ski resort nightclub world's fair ferris wheel marital problems courtship rules love discovery pursuit 1940s
Bickering New Yorkers (Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery) learn from a lawyer that, technically, they're not married.
Comedy
USA
1944
118 Minutes
Officer Patrick "Pat" O'Hara
Cary Grant Raymond Massey Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Jack Carson Josephine Hull Jean Adair James Gleason Grant Mitchell John Alexander Edward Everett Horton
writer wife aunt brother neighbor uncle madcap quirky new york city brooklyn, n.y. family home insanity marriage murder poison discovery love 1930s
A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Musical
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Leo Powell
Priscilla Lane Betty Field Richard Whorf Lloyd Nolan Jack Carson Wallace Ford Howard da Silva Elia Kazan
convict jazz musician jazz singer femme fatale pianist dark quirky amusing st. louis new orleans new jersey roadhouse stage jazz ambition touring friendship scam crime rise
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Red Jenks
Louis Hayward Kay Sutton Sig Ruman Jonathan Hale Jack Carson Paul Guilfoyle Frederick Burton Ben Welden
vigilante moll inspector crime boss criminal cool melodramatic gritty new york city south america office house car law enforcement deception impersonation theft murder quest pursuit
Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Dave Hanlon
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Lupe Velez Marjorie Lord Jack Carson Paul Harvey Charles Judels Lucien Prival Herbert Evans Herbert Clifton George Irving
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it... See full summary »
Comedy
1941
92 Minutes
Allen Brice
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.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Hugo Barnstead
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.
Drama
USA
1940
54 Minutes
Police Lt. Pat O'Farrell
Florence Rice Kent Taylor Lionel Atwill Kay Aldridge Mary Treen Jack Carson
A police agent infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves and on the way to finding who the evildoers are, falls in love with a thief.
Comedy
USA
1937
91 Minutes
Tom Potts
Leslie Howard Joan Blondell Humphrey Bogart Alan Mowbray Marla Shelton C. Henry Gordon Jack Carson Tully Marshall J.C. Nugent William V. Mong
A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.
Drama
1940
97 Minutes
Joe
Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr Verree Teasdale Kent Taylor Mona Barrie Paul Cavanagh Jack Carson Louis Calhern Laraine Day Reed Hadley Frances Drake
physician patient rich girl wealthy man debutante husband tense disheartening emotional new york city clinic hospital apartment ship suicide attempt unrequited love health care class distinctions marriage sacrifice
A doctor (Spencer Tracy) marries a model (Hedy Lamarr) and quits his clinic to make enough money to please her.
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Dickson
Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Richard Lane Bradley Page Tom Kennedy George Irving Frank M. Thomas Jack Carson Alec Craig
husband wife mobster screenwriter producer actress witty lighthearted train hollywood, calif. movie studio movie set movies organized crime bank robbery show business look-alikes transformation pursuit 1930s
An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating with him would be ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Emil Beatty
Ginger Rogers Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Peggy Conklin Lee Bowman Eve Arden Dorothea Kent Red Skelton Donald Meek Jack Carson Allan Lane
typist waiter camper social director woman friend madcap emotional endearing resort new york city new york state breakup friendship vacation jealousy romance love transformation rivalry
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
61 Minutes
Chester Morris Dawn O'Day Edward Ciannelli Walter Abel Richard Bond Lee Patrick Paul Guilfoyle Frank M. Thomas Eddie Acuff Jack Arnold Jack Carson
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Ginger Rogers James Stewart Jimmy Ellison Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Frances Mercer Phyllis Kennedy Alec Craig Franklin Pangborn Grady Sutton Hattie McDaniel
professor dean wife ex-girlfriend singer charming amusing playful new york city small town romance father/son relationship jealousy secret marriage newlyweds love discovery 1930s
A professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.
Musical
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Nino Martini Joan Fontaine Alan Mowbray Billy Gilbert Alan Hale Grant Mitchell Erik Rhodes Lee Patrick Frank Conroy Bradley Page Romo Vincent
A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience. After running away he'll have to find a way to prove his innocence to both the police and the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.