List of the best Joan Caulfield movies: Dear Ruth(1947), The Lady Says No(1951), The Unsuspected(1947), Monsieur Beaucaire(1946), Welcome Stranger(1947), Dear Wife(1949), Cattle King(1963), Buckskin(1968), Blue Skies(1946), The Rains of Ranchipur(1955), Pony Express Rider(1976), Variety Girl(1947) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1947
95 Minutes
Joan Caulfield William Holden Edward Arnold Mona Freeman Billy De Wolfe
soldier young woman sister fiancé father mother charming engaging tender new york city suburbia household subway city hall home front sister relationship correspondence family engagement world war ii
A family is befuddled when a World War II serviceman shows up to meet and marry his pen pal sweetheart. Everyone's in the dark about the romance by mail. Then they discover Ruth's younger sister was the culprit.
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Dorinda Hatch
Joan Caulfield David Niven James Robertson Justice Lenore Lonergan Frances Bavier Peggy Maley Henry Jones
A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Matilda Frazier
Claude Rains Joan Caulfield Audrey Totter Constance Bennett Hurd Hatfield Ted North Fred Clark Harry Lewis Jack Lambert Ray Walker Nana Bryant
radio host fiancé niece husband police detective brooding intricate suspenseful mansion office car dump art imitating life serial murders suicide memory loss marriage radio transformation mystery
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Comedy
USA
1946
93 Minutes
barber louis xv chambermaid duke king daughter madcap amusing france kingdom castle political intrigue assumed identity banishment war romance forbidden love adventure 18th century
A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Ruth Seacroft
William Holden Joan Caulfield Edward Arnold Billy De Wolfe Mona Freeman Arleen Whelan Mary Philips Harry von Zell Raymond Roe Elisabeth Fraser Bill Murphy
Thanks to political activist teen Miriam, her brother-in-law and father find themselves rival candidates for state senator.
Western
USA
1963
90 Minutes
Sharleen Travers
Robert Taylor Joan Caulfield Robert Loggia Robert Middleton Larry Gates Malcolm Atterbury William Windom Virginia Christine Ray Teal Richard Devon Robert Ivers
rancher fiancée cattle baron brother chester a. arthur housekeeper confident thrilling wyoming ranch grassland power struggle cattle land grab frame-up competition murder rivalry discovery adventure
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
Western
1968
97 Minutes
Barry Sullivan Joan Caulfield Wendell Corey Lon Chaney John Russell Barbara Hale
A Montana marshal (Barry Sullivan) fights a land baron (Wendell Corey) out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.
Musical, Romance
USA
1946
104 Minutes
Mary O'Hara
Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Joan Caulfield Billy De Wolfe Olga San Juan Mikhail Rasumny Frank Faylen Victoria Horne Karolyn Grimes
singer dancer showgirl fan radio host amusing lighthearted playful dance hall nightclub radio station hospital singing dance jealousy love ambition rivalry temptation sacrifice
An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
Drama
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Fern Simon
Lana Turner Richard Burton Fred MacMurray Joan Caulfield Michael Rennie Eugenie Leontovich Gladys Hurlbut Madge Kennedy Carlo Rizzo Beatrice Kraft
lady husband doctor former lover maharani thrilling melodramatic passionate india small town earthquakes flooding unhappy marriage seduction affair forbidden love adventure rescue sacrifice 1950s
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from the ruler of Ranchipur.
Western
USA
1976
100 Minutes
Charlotte
Stewart Petersen Henry Wilcoxon Buck Taylor Maureen McCormick Ken Curtis Joan Caulfield Slim Pickens Dub Taylor Ace Reid Jack Elam Larry D. Mann
In 1861 Texas, the son of a poor farmer vows to avenge his father's murder committed by the spoiled son of a rich cattleman.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
93 Minutes
Mary Hatcher Olga San Juan DeForest Kelley Bing Crosby Bob Hope Gary Cooper Ray Milland Alan Ladd Barbara Stanwyck Paulette Goddard Dorothy Lamour
Almost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.