List of the best Jeanette Nolan movies: My Blood Runs Cold(1965), The Winds of Autumn(1975), 7th Cavalry(1956), The Big Heat(1953), Cloak and Dagger(1984), The Reluctant Astronaut(1967), April Love(1957), Street Justice(1987), Nightmare Honeymoon(1974), The Guns of Fort Petticoat(1957), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962), The Happy Time(1952) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
104 Minutes
Sarah Merriday
Troy Donahue Joey Heatherton Barry Sullivan Nicolas Coster Jeanette Nolan Russ Thorson Ben Wright Shirley Mitchell
Disturbed young man meets a girl he believes to be a long-dead ancestor.
Western
1975
106 Minutes
Ora Mae Hankins
Charles B. Pierce Earl E. Smith Dub Taylor Jack Elam Jeanette Nolan Andrew Prine Jimmy Clem Belinda Palmer
An 11-year-old Quaker boy sets out across the grasslands of 1880s Montana to avenge his family's deaths.
Western
1956
75 Minutes
Charlotte Reynolds
Randolph Scott Barbara Hale Jay C. Flippen Frank Faylen Jeanette Nolan Leo Gordon Denver Pyle Harry Carey Jr. Michael Pate Donald Curtis
officer soldier colonel father suspenseful intense gory melodramatic brooding war zone battlefield cowardice battle survival adventure discovery quest escape rescue revenge
Absent from Custer's Last Stand, an Army captain (Randolph Scott) volunteers for the Little Bighorn burial detail.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Bertha Duncan
Glenn Ford Gloria Grahame Jocelyn Brando Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Jeanette Nolan Peter Whitney Willis Bouchey Robert Burton Adam Williams Howard Wendell
gangster kingpin police detective wife husband mistress dark gritty suspenseful melodramatic city nightclub household police station penthouse police corruption murder plot investigation conspiracy organized crime
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1984
101 Minutes
Eunice MacCready
Henry Thomas Dabney Coleman Michael Murphy Christina Nigra John McIntire Jeanette Nolan Eloy Casados Tim Rossovich William Forsythe Robert DoQui Shelby Leverington
young boy imaginary friend father best friend fbi agent assassin gripping touching charming san antonio, tex. suburbia shopping mall alamo airport father/son relationship murder espionage video games hijacking running away
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Mrs. Fleming
Don Knotts Leslie Nielsen Joan Freeman Arthur O'Connell Jesse White Jeanette Nolan Frank McGrath
neurotic father mother astronaut sweetheart aunt lighthearted positive amusing madcap nasa facility small town fair house spaceship space race misunderstanding lie father/son relationship phobias
A NASA janitor is sent into space.
Musical, Romance
USA
1957
97 Minutes
Henrietta Bruce
Pat Boone Shirley Jones Dolores Michaels Arthur O'Connell Matt Crowley Jeanette Nolan Brad Jackson
A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
Action
Canada|USA
1987
90 Minutes
Mrs. Chandler
Michael Ontkean Joanna Kerns William Windom J.D. Cannon Catherine Bach Jeanette Nolan Richard Cox Sondra Currie Richard C. Sarafian
A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
87 Minutes
Dack Rambo Rebecca Dianna Smith Pat Hingle Richard O'Brien Dennis Patrick Jeanette Nolan Jack Perkins Jay Robinson Bob Steele
vietnam vet wife rapist killer husband dark brutal louisiana bayou motel honeymoon murder rape vengeance vietnam war vigilantism revenge 1970s
Sadistic low-budget thriller about newlyweds Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith who are pursued and terrorized by a pair of rural killer rapists. Filmed in Louisiana. Nicholas Roeg ("Don't... See full summary »
Western
1957
82 Minutes
Cora Melavan
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson Jeff Donnell Isobel Elsom Jeanette Nolan Sean McClory
cavalryman colonel widow cowboy dowager entertainer dark intense spirited colorado fort texas town mission court women soldiers cheyenne indians massacre outlaws desertion
An Army deserter (Audie Murphy) shows defenseless Texas women how to hold off Indians out to avenge a massacre.
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
Nora Ericson
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Comedy
USA
1952
94 Minutes
Felice Bonnard
Charles Boyer Louis Jourdan Marsha Hunt Bobby Driscoll Linda Christian Kurt Kaszner Marcel Dalio Jeanette Nolan
father mother maid uncle son salesman uplifting charming cheery endearing household school theater canada childhood love family infatuation unrequited love growing up
Spring inspires lessons in love and life for a French family in 1920s Ottawa, especially for teenage Robert, who's blind to the attentions of an American neighbor girl, because he's ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1963
115 Minutes
Amy Clinton
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.
Western
1957
77 Minutes
Nante
Joseph Cotten Viveca Lindfors Ward Bond Betsy Blair Bill Williams Jay C. Flippen Christopher Dark Jeanette Nolan Peter Ortiz
son father brother sister ranch hand emotional melodramatic ranch family home wild west jail small town retribution family racism lynching forbidden love quest revenge 19th century
A rancher becomes the mortal enemy of his son when he allows a vengeful mob to hang the half-caste his daughter loves.
Musical
USA
1948
119 Minutes
Mrs. Hart
Mickey Rooney Tom Drake June Allyson Perry Como Ann Sothern Betty Garrett Janet Leigh Marshall Thompson Jeanette Nolan Richard Quine Clinton Sundberg
lyricist composer actress singer best friend touching melodramatic hollywood, calif. broadway theater london new york city may-december romance alcohol songwriting friendship depression success rise fall love
Fictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Horror
USA
1966
99 Minutes
Mrs. Ewing Perryman
Patrick O'Neal Cesare Danova Wilfrid Hyde-White Laura Devon Patrice Wymore Suzy Parker Tun-Tun Philip Bourneuf Jeanette Nolan Marie Windsor Wayne Rogers
serial killer entrepreneur dwarf police officer priest woman disturbing frightening gory baltimore church wax museum train river mental illness investigation serial murders art amputation sculpting
A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Horror
USA
1978
105 Minutes
Mrs. Winconis
Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg Michael Ansara Stella Stevens Jon Cedar Ann Sothern Burgess Meredith Paul Mantee Jeanette Nolan Lurene Tuttle Ann Newman-Mantee
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Western
1956
95 Minutes
Mrs. 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.
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Ma Demara
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Comedy
USA
1956
83 Minutes
Miss Adelaide Dabney
Maureen O'Hara John Forsythe Tim Hovey Frank Faylen Les Tremayne Philip Bourneuf Paul Birch Addison Richards Barry Atwater Jeanette Nolan Roxanne Arlen
A small boy causes big trouble by exposing political graft.
Western
USA
1955
78 Minutes
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.
Western
USA
1961
108 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Widmark Shirley Jones Linda Cristal Andy Devine John McIntire Paul Birch Willis Bouchey Henry Brandon Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey
marshal bar owner army officer comanche warrior wife abductee emotional gritty profound thrilling small town texas saloon wilderness wild west culture shock cross-cultural romance abduction racism bounty
A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.