List of the best James Bell movies: My Friend Flicka(1943), Thunderhead: Son of Flicka(1945), Gangway for Tomorrow(1943), Texas Lady(1956), I Walked With a Zombie(1943), The Leopard Man(1943), Man Killer(1933), Japanese War Bride(1952), The Company She Keeps(1951), -30-(1959), Teen-age Crime Wave(1955), Riding Shotgun(1954) ... ...
6.5/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
89 Minutes
Gus
Roddy McDowall Preston Foster Rita Johnson James Bell Jeff Corey Diana Hale Arthur Loft Jimmy Aubrey
boy father mother horse emotional touching farm barn school wyoming education responsibility family father/son relationship underdog growing up metamorphosis 1940s
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
6.4/10
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Gus
Roddy McDowall Preston Foster Rita Johnson James Bell Diana Hale Carleton Young Ralph Sanford Robert Filmer Alan Bridge
horse teenager father horse trainer daughter charming melodramatic moving ranch wyoming wilderness horse breaking horsemanship horse racing coming of age father/son relationship sacrifice discovery 1940s
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1943
69 Minutes
Tom Burke
resistance fighter race car driver beauty pageant contestant lawyer warden coworker patriotic melodramatic car factory france prison new york city indianapolis world war ii home front patriotism nazi occupation romance siblings
On the way to work, five defence workers contemplate their pasts and their own reasons for working.
5.5/10
Western
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Cass Gower
Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan Ray Collins James Bell Horace MacMahon Gregory Walcott John Litel Douglas Fowley Don Haggerty Walter Sande Alexander Campbell
publisher gambler deputy judge rancher beautiful woman melodramatic suspenseful moving texas small town newsroom ranch sheriff's office riverboat journalism corruption grief inheritance unlikely allies
A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair.
7.1/10
Horror
USA
1943
69 Minutes
Dr. Maxwell
Jimmy Ellison Frances Dee Tom Conway Edith Barrett James Bell Christine Gordon Theresa Harris Darby Jones Richard Abrams Martin Wilkins
nurse plantation owner wife brother mother brooding chilling creepy caribbean island plantation beach curse occult slavery medicine mystery rivalry forbidden love 1940s
A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.
6.9/10
Horror
USA
1943
65 Minutes
Dr. Galbraith
Dennis O'Keefe Margo Jean Brooks Isabel Jewell James Bell Margaret Landry Abner Biberman Richard Martin Tula Parma Ben Bard Ariel Heath
singer agent dancer native american young girl mother chilling frightful small town new mexico nightclub family home jail countryside wild animals murder show business investigation competition mystery
A seemingly tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.
Crime, Drama
1933
67 Minutes
Whitey
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.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1952
91 Minutes
Ed Sterling
Shirley Yamaguchi Don Taylor Cameron Mitchell Marie Windsor Philip Ahn James Bell
Korean War veteran returns home to rural Salinas, California with his new Japanese wife, whom he met at a war hospital. The couple are forced to deal with the sometimes subtle, sometimes ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Mr. Neeley
Lizabeth Scott Jane Greer Dennis O'Keefe Fay Baker John Hoyt James Bell Don Beddoe
ex-convict parole officer friend boss parolee police officer melodramatic shocking moving women's prison train station diner hospital los angeles california criminal justice system infidelity rehabilitation relocation friendship
Follows the progress of a female ex-convict as she tries to rebuild her life after being released from prison.
Drama
1959
96 Minutes
Ben Quinn
Jack Webb William Conrad David Nelson Whitney Blake Louise Lorimer James Bell Nancy Valentine Joe Flynn
A managing editor (Jack Webb), city editor (William Conrad), rewrite woman and copy boy (David Nelson) meet their Los Angeles daily's midnight deadline.
Crime, Drama
1955
77 Minutes
Thomas Paul Grant
Tommy Cook Mollie McCart Sue England Frank Griffin Kay Riehl James Bell
accomplice juvenile delinquent friend elderly person son hostage brooding dark wild juvenile detention center farmhouse road crime hostage situation peer pressure shoot-out teenage rebellion delinquency escape transformation
A grinning punk (Tommy Cook) shoots a sheriff and takes two reform-school girls (Mollie McCart, Sue England) on a joyride.
6.5/10
Western
USA
1954
75 Minutes
Doc Winkler
Randolph Scott Wayne Morris Joan Weldon Joe Sawyer James Millican Charles Bronson James Bell Fritz Feld Richard Garrick Victor Perrin John Baer
guard gang leader bandit deputy son sister suspenseful rousing tense gritty small town american west stagecoach saloon casino murder false accusations on the run robbery siblings
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang
6.4/10
Western
USA
1955
78 Minutes
Asaph Dean
Randolph Scott Angela Lansbury Warner Anderson Jean Parker Wallace Ford John Emery James Bell Ruth Donnelly Michael Pate Don Megowan Jeanette Nolan
marshal showgirl assassin businessman criminal melodramatic gripping wild west small town street violence murder lost loves law and order quest transformation 19th century
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
7.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
74 Minutes
Daniel O'Keefe
Sterling Hayden Gene Nelson Phyllis Kirk Ted de Corsia Charles Bronson Jay Novello Nedrick Young James Bell Dub Taylor Gayle Kellogg Mack Chandler
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Harrison D. Barnes
Marshall Thompson Virginia Field Andrea King Sam Levene Leon Ames Keefe Brasselle Richard Rober James Bell William Conrad Dick Simmons Hal Baylor
mental patient reporter bartender barfly used car salesman doctor dark intense mental institution bus bar doctor's office street terminal city mental illness hostage situation murder television police pursuit fugitives
An escaped mental patient causes havoc.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
80 Minutes
John Norris
Edward G. Robinson Peter Graves Jean Parker Milburn Stone Warren Stevens Jack Kelly Sylvia Findley James Bell Victor Perrin Hal Baylor Harry Bartell
convict reporter girlfriend hostage police officer priest dark melodramatic gripping prison hideout warehouse cell prison break hostage situation crime money law and order escape revenge
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Western
1956
95 Minutes
L.A. Peterson
James Cagney Don Dubbins Irene Papas Stephen McNally Vic Morrow James Griffith Onslow Stevens James Bell Jeanette Nolan Chubby Johnson Royal Dano
rancher cowboy wife thief dark gripping melodramatic united states ranch valley vigilantism farming love triangle theft horses revenge wretched excess transformation 1870s
An Easterner (Don Dubbins) goes to work for a Colorado rancher (James Cagney) who keeps law and order with a rope.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Constable
Dorothy McGuire George Brent Forrest Tucker Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby
serial killer mute person servant nurse chilling suspenseful mansion murder disability alcoholism insanity investigation mystery pursuit 1910s
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Ike
William Holden William Bendix Macdonald Carey Mona Freeman Stanley Ridges Alfonso Bedoya Ray Teal Clem Bevans James Bell Dick Foote Joe Dominguez
texas ranger bandit orphan beautiful woman outlaw tense engaging gritty confident texas wild west romantic dilemma rescue redemption old west law and order rescue transformation love rivalry
An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
Doc Logan
Dale Robertson Mara Corday Jock Mahoney Carl Benton Reid Jan Merlin John Dehner Dee Carroll Sheila Bromley James Bell
townspeople preacher lawman judge dance hall girl fiancé intense suspenseful powerful small town church wedding redemption saloon intimidation moral dilemma manhunt mob mentality rage murder
When gunslinger Jagade arrives in a law-abiding god-fearing town he manages to turn the townsfolk into scoff-law sinners while the town Marshal is powerless due to a moral debt to Jagade.
Drama
1947
104 Minutes
Father Patrick Ryan
Mickey Rooney Brian Donlevy Ann Blyth James Dunn Tom Tully Sam Levene Walter Sande Mickey Knox James Bell Gloria Holden Eve March
boxer gambler deadbeat dad daughter love interest alcoholic engaging tense melodramatic new york city boxing ring street pool hall apartment corruption rise to stardom gambling redemption moral dilemma boxing
A dancer (Mickey Rooney) tries boxing, kills his buddy in the ring and becomes a gambler's (Brian Donlevy) pawn.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1963
115 Minutes
Charles Crispin
Richard Chamberlain Nick Adams Claude Rains Joey Heatherton Joan Blackman James Gregory Pat Buttram Jeanette Nolan Edgar Stehli James Bell George Mitchell
lawyer defendant prosecutor wife mentor judge gripping fiery new mexico small town courtroom trial murder adultery mob mentality transformation underdog mystery 1960s
A murder case that can't be won is assigned to a young defense attorney. He asks his old ailing friend, a legend among attorneys, for help on the case as his consultant.
6.2/10
Western
USA
1953
90 Minutes
John Evarts
Brian Donlevy Rod Cameron Ella Raines Forrest Tucker Barbara Britton Chill Wills J. Carrol Naish Jim Davis Taylor Holmes James Bell Paul Fix
Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.
Western
1957
87 Minutes
Judge Hart
Jack Palance Anthony Perkins Neville Brand Elaine Aiken Claude Akins Robert Middleton Elisha Cook Jr. Lee Van Cleef Harry Shannon James Bell Adam Williams
A gunfighter (Jack Palance) turns rancher at the mercy of a son (Anthony Perkins) who hates him and a gambler (Neville Brand) who wants to kill him.
6.6/10
Western
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Robert Sterling Gloria Grahame Claude Jarman Jr. John Ireland Jeff Donnell Myrna Dell Martha Hyer George Cooper Jeff Corey Sara Haden James Bell
cattle rancher younger brother sheriff ex-convict friend dance hall girl engaging melodramatic spirited thrilling california trail ranch mountain american west ranchers siblings escaped criminals ambush murder
Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.
6.3/10
Western
USA
1947
122 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Melvyn Douglas Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Edgar Buchanan Harry Carey Ruth Nelson Wm. "Bill" Phillips Robert Armstrong James Bell
rancher wife lawyer homesteader melodramatic fiery new mexico territory colorado cattle marital problems infidelity forbidden love sacrifice 1860s
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
6.6/10
Biography
USA
1952
115 Minutes
Esther Williams Victor Mature Walter Pidgeon David Brian Donna Corcoran Jesse White Maria Tallchief Howard Freeman Charles Watts Wilton Graff Frank Ferguson
dancer swimmer annette kellerman father charming gutsy inspiring spirited london australia united states synchronized swimming love triangle moving sexism prejudice sports underdog transformation growing up
Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
War
1945
98 Minutes
James Cagney Sylvia Sidney Wallace Ford Rosemary DeCamp Robert Armstrong John Emery Leonard Strong Frank Puglia John Halloran Marvin Miller Rhys Williams
reporter colonel captain police officer politician beautiful woman tense thrilling tokyo newsroom ship on the run american embassy japan idealism murder corruption newspapers running away imperialism
The U.S. editor (James Cagney) of a Tokyo newspaper smuggles out a Japanese military plan several years before World War II.
7.3/10
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.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
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.
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