List of the best James MacArthur movies: Third Man on the Mountain(1959), The Light in the Forest(1958), The Love-Ins(1967), Swiss Family Robinson(1960), The Truth About Spring(1965), The Interns(1962), The Bedford Incident(1965), Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister(1998), Battle of the Bulge(1965) ... ...
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1959
107 Minutes
James MacArthur Michael Rennie Janet Munro James Donald Walter Fitzgerald Helen Hayes Herbert Lom Ferdinand Mayne Laurence Naismith Lee Patterson Nora Swinburne
mountain climber mother father son captain teammate inspiring winsome heartwarming swiss alps switzerland village the matterhorn family honor father/son relationship mountain climbing determination dangerous mission quest growing up
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
Adventure
USA
1958
95 Minutes
Johnny Butler, True Son
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by Native Americans is sent to live with his birth family and must learn to fit in with people he was taught to hate.
Drama
USA
1967
86 Minutes
Richard Todd James MacArthur Susan Oliver Mark Goddard Carol Booth Mark Cavell Janee Michelle Ronnie Eckstine Michael Evans Hortense Petra Jimmy Lloyd
professor student guru hippie musician tv personality outlandish cheeky dark offbeat san francisco apartment college studio arena california anti-establishment subculture media circus cult
A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1960
128 Minutes
Fritz Robinson
John Mills Dorothy McGuire James MacArthur Janet Munro Sessue Hayakawa Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Cecil Parker
mother father son pirate amusing endearing playful island ocean switzerland beach shipwreck survival family adventure discovery 1810s
A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Romance
UK|USA
1965
102 Minutes
William Ashton
Hayley Mills John Mills James MacArthur Lionel Jeffries Harry Andrews Niall MacGinnis Lionel Murton David Tomlinson
widower sailor lawyer millionaire uncle thrilling endearing spirited caribbean boat ocean island beach treasure hunting betrayal con game new romance greed father/daughter relationship adventure
During the 1960s, a Caribbean sailor and his tomboy daughter search for buried treasure but run into unsavory characters and a cute lawyer who's after romance.
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Dr. Sid Lackland
Michael Callan Cliff Robertson James MacArthur Nick Adams Suzy Parker Haya Harareet Anne Helm Stefanie Powers Buddy Ebsen Telly Savalas Katharine Bard
doctor intern model patient nurse melodramatic amusing uneasy hospital medical profession parenthood abortion relationships theft tragic death forbidden love growing up temptation 1960s
Medical drama that focuses on the personal and professional conflicts of medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
102 Minutes
Ensign Ralston
Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier Martin Balsam James MacArthur Wally Cox Eric Portman Michael Kane Phil Brown Gary Cockrell Brian Davies Warren Stanhope
reporter naval officer medical officer commodore seaman captain tense chilling gripping arctic ocean ship infirmary naval warfare nuclear attack obsession journalism communism military life rivalry pursuit
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
Adventure, Drama
1998
96 Minutes
Frank Del Rio
Kelly McGillis Wolf Larson Liz Torres Adrian Zmed James MacArthur David Millbern Martin Evans Rick Ravanello Mary Black Michael Gelbart
A widow (Kelly McGillis) uses her husband's theory about weather to predict a tornado and save lives.
War, Drama
USA
1965
167 Minutes
Henry Fonda Robert Shaw Robert Ryan Dana Andrews George Montgomery Ty Hardin Pier Angeli Barbara Werle Charles Bronson Werner Peters Hans Christian Blech
soldier general american hero gripping tense gutsy belgium battlefield world war ii tank unit military battle of the bulge adventure sacrifice 1940s
A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.