List of the best Joan Bennett movies: The Trial of Vivienne Ware(1932), Secret Beyond the Door(1948), The Woman on the Beach(1947), The Texans(1938), She Knew All the Answers(1941), She Wanted a Millionaire(1932), I Met My Love Again(1938), Man Hunt(1941), The Reckless Moment(1949), Father's Little Dividend(1951), The Pursuit of Happiness(1934), The Man in the Iron Mask(1939) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
56 Minutes
Joan Bennett Donald Cook Skeets Gallagher ZaSu Pitts Lilian Bond Alan Dinehart Herbert Mundin Howard Phillips William Pawley
Incredibly fast-moving courtroom yarn in which Bennett is defended by ex-beau Cook when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance, while the trial is broadcast live on the radio.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
98 Minutes
When a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her.
Drama
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Peggy
Joan Bennett Robert Ryan Charles Bickford Nan Leslie Walter Sande Irene Ryan Frank Darien Jay Norris Glen Vernon Hugh Chapman Carl Faulkner
coast guard officer fiancée wife husband painter blind man brooding melodramatic suspenseful dreamy beach cliff boat house coast love triangle jealousy paranoia deception infidelity
A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Western
USA
1938
92 Minutes
Ivy Preston
Joan Bennett Randolph Scott May Robson Walter Brennan Bob Cummings Raymond Hatton Robert Barrat Harvey Stephens
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
Comedy
USA
1941
85 Minutes
A chorus girl, Gloria Winters, is overjoyed that wealthy young Randy Bradford is so eager to marry her, he's asked her to elope. Before they can leave, Randy is contacted by Mark Willows, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Joan Bennett Spencer Tracy Una Merkel James Kirkwood Dorothy Peterson Douglas Cosgrove Don Dillaway Lucille LaVerne Tetsu Komai Constantine Romanoff
Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to his French chateau where she risks ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Joan Bennett Joshua Logan Henry Fonda Dame May Whitty Alan Marshal
professor love interest writer aunt daughter college student melodramatic emotional vermont paris small town college dance floor car love bohemian lifestyle small-town life family attempted suicide pursuit
College sweethearts Julie and Ives have planned to marry. Their plans go amiss when Julie meets a weak writer and runs off to marry him. After her husband dies, she's left in Paris, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Joan Bennett George Sanders John Carradine Roddy McDowall Ludwig Stossel Heather Thatcher Frederick Worlock
hunter nazi con artist secret agent police officer gripping germany forest ship london adolf hitler assassination identity theft hunting world war ii pursuit escape 1940s
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1949
82 Minutes
James Mason Joan Bennett Geraldine Brooks Henry O'Neill Shepperd Strudwick David Bair Roy Roberts Frances E. Williams Paul E. Burns Danny Jackson Claire Carleton
wife daughter boyfriend gangster murder suspect police officer dark intricate intense family home boat crime scene police station southern california accidental death murder blackmail cover-up unlikely allies crime
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor Don Taylor Billie Burke Moroni Olsen Richard Rober Marietta Canty Russ Tamblyn Tom Irish Hayden Rorke
father mother daughter son-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law amusing endearing touching united states household parenthood love family old age love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
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.
Adventure
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Warren William Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Bert Roach Marion Martin Montagu Love Doris Kenyon
d'artagnan porthos aramis athos princess twin rousing thrilling melodramatic paris bastille palace countryside prison king louis xiv deception rebellion love triangle secret imprisonment
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Drama
USA
1934
82 Minutes
writer pacifist wife publisher politician capitalist spirited disheartening engaging passionate france front lines office police station world war i socialism politics writing infidelity idealism
A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
83 Minutes
Paul Henreid Joan Bennett Eduard Franz Leslie Brooks John Qualen Mabel Paige Herbert Rudley Charles Arnt George Chandler Sid Tomack Alvin Hammer
gangster henchman rival secretary brother girlfriend dark intense prison gambling house los angeles office doctor's office parking garage one last job gangsters love impersonation brotherhood disillusionment
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity - with unfortunate results.
Comedy
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Helen Riley
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Marion Burns George Walsh J. Farrell MacDonald Noel Madison Henry B. Walthall Bert Hanlon
detective gangster ex-girlfriend sister henchman editor engaging tense manhattan, n.y. river bank diner hall house bank robbery sister relationship detective work hiding shoot-out wedding
Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
77 Minutes
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
Drama
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Salomy Jane
Charles Farrell Joan Bennett Ralph Bellamy Eugene Pallette Irving Pichel Minna Gombell Willard Robertson Sarah Padden
Bret Harte's story of Salomy Jane,a California mountain girl who is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City.She is affected when two criminals are pursued ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1947
89 Minutes
Margaret Macomber
Gregory Peck Joan Bennett Robert Preston Reginald Denny Jean Gillie Carl Harbord Earl Smith Frederick Worlock Vernon Downing
husband wife tour guide tense suspenseful madcap kenya jungle courtroom marriage love triangle safari wealth temptation rivalry adventure 1940s
In British East Africa, a fatal triangle develops involving a frustrated wife, a weak and coward husband, and an English big-game hunter who comes between the couple.
Comedy
USA
1935
70 Minutes
prince expatriate beautiful woman card dealer casino owner amusing winsome tender monte carlo, monaco casino swiss alps france gambling luck deception unlikely romance politics wealth quest temptation
Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him honor the tradition of returning to the ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1970
98 Minutes
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Jonathan Frid Joan Bennett Grayson Hall Kathryn Leigh Scott Roger Davis John Karlen Thayer David Louis Edmonds Nancy Barrett
vampire governess drunk doctor fiancé campy chilling suspenseful maine collinwood manor vampires romance murder reincarnation forbidden love rescue mystery 1970s
Vampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Clifton Webb Joan Bennett Bob Cummings Edmund Gwenn Joan Blondell Gigi Perreau Jack LaRue Harry von Zell Tommy Rettig
An angel disguises himself as a crusty old rancher in order to visit Earth and help an unborn child find suitable parents.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Kay Kerrigan
Fredric March Joan Bennett Ann Sothern Ralph Bellamy Sidney Blackmer Thomas Mitchell Robert Elliott Richard Tucker Joyce Compton Patricia Farr Wilma Francis
detective womanizer sister woman suspect victim thrilling suspenseful frenetic san francisco hawaii ship asia murder investigation on the run chase reward suicide disguise escape
Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Patricia Harper
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
When Charlie Mason is promoted from irresponsible reporter to hard-nosed city editor, it costs him his girlfriend, ace reporter Rusty Fleming. After he hears she's engaged to another, he quits and tries to win her back.
Drama
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Kathy Joplin
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
61 Minutes
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
Biography
USA
1929
89 Minutes
George Arliss Joan Bennett Anthony Bushell David Torrence Ivan F. Simpson Doris Lloyd Gwendolyn Logan Charles E. Evans Jack Deery Michael Visaroff Norman Cannon
benjamin disraeli banker spy lord lady charming tense england london parliament egypt mansion political intrigue international conflict love foreign relations government rivalry rise 1870s
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
74 Minutes
Sophia Baumer
It is a toss-up as to who is most displeased when Patrolman Moe Finkelstein is given the duty of guarding the German consulate run by Karl Baumer; neither Moe nor Baumer is too happy with ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1930
75 Minutes
John Barrymore Joan Bennett Lloyd Hughes Walter Long Nigel de Brulier Noble Johnson Virginia Sale
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he ... See full summary »
Adventure
1940
102 Minutes
Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett George Sanders Florence Bates Lionel Royce Montagu Love Ian Wolfe Clayton Moore Ralph Byrd Georges Renavent Michael Visaroff
queen general son king guard brash crafty gutsy fictional country royal court royal palace europe royalty power struggle identity schemes adventure rivalry 1860s
A masked swordsman (Louis Hayward) poses as a French banker to save a grand duchess (Joan Bennett) from a dictator (George Sanders).
Comedy
1945
70 Minutes
Ella Sue Dozier
Charles Coburn Joan Bennett William Eythe Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Donald Meek Thurston Hall
military officer mayor cousin reporter society matron politician lighthearted patriotic georgia small town family home newsroom court small-town life political corruption social activism journalism tradition quest 1940s
A retired Army colonel (Charles Coburn) writes a newspaper column blasting the crooks who run his Georgia hometown.
Drama
USA
1956
84 Minutes
Marion Groves
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Joan Bennett Pat Crowley William Reynolds Gigi Perreau John Gentry Myrna Hansen Judy Nugent Jane Darwell Paul Smith
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1977
92 Minutes
Madame Blanc
Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Joan Bennett Eva Axén Flavio Bucci Udo Kier Alida Valli Susanna Javicoli
schoolgirl ballerina teacher witch student suspenseful disturbing frightening boarding school dorm dressing room germany apartment building forest witchcraft murder mystery conspiracy ballet discovery
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Comedy
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Ellie Banks
Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor Joan Bennett Don Taylor Billie Burke Leo G. Carroll Moroni Olsen Melville Cooper Taylor Holmes Paul Harvey Frank Orth
father bride daughter mother groom amusing playful endearing america household church wedding marriage family aging parenthood love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Musical, Comedy
1935
73 Minutes
Lucy
Bing Crosby W.C. Fields Joan Bennett Queenie Smith Gail Patrick Claude Gillingwater John Miljan Jan Duggan
A singer (Bing Crosby) in love with a Southern belle (Joan Bennett) becomes the star of a commodore's (W.C. Fields) showboat.
Drama
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Mrs. Marquand
Raymond Burr Martha Hyer Ken Scott Joan Bennett Brett Halsey Ed Binns Jack Ging Anne Helm Margaret Field Douglas Fowley Kelly Thordsen
colonel doctor wife ex-convict sheriff husband tense gripping shocking clinton, la. hunting lodge farm mansion office infidelity accidental death cover-up framed bribery seduction
Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an ... See full summary »