List of the best Joe De Santis movies: The Man With a Cloak(1951), Full of Life(1956), It's Good to Be Alive(1974), The Last Hunt(1956), I Want to Live!(1958), Deadline U.S.A.(1952), Jeanne Eagels(1957), The Unholy Wife(1957), Tension at Table Rock(1956), The Venetian Affair(1967), Beau Geste(1966), Chubasco(1968) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Martin
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
91 Minutes
Father Gondolfo
Judy Holliday Richard Conte Salvatore Baccaloni Esther Minciotti Joe De Santis Silvio Minciotti Penny Santon Arthur Lovejoy Eleanor Audley Trudy Marshall Walter Conrad
writer wife father immigrant mother construction worker uplifting engaging charming witty family home los angeles sacramento, calif. church father/son relationship faith pregnancy family feud grudge reconciliation
Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford, Nick must swallow his pride and visit his father, a proud immigrant... See full summary »
Biography
1974
100 Minutes
Roy Campanella's Father
Paul Winfield Louis Gossett Jr. Ruby Dee Ramon Bieri Joe De Santis Ty Henderson Lloyd Gough Eric Scott Woods Ketty Lester Julian Burton Len Lesser
baseball player wife son physical therapist mother doctor emotional gripping inspiring los angeles baseball field new york state household baseball accident paralysis marriage family hope quest
Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella (Paul Winfield) adjusts to life in a wheelchair after a 1959 car accident.
Western
USA
1956
108 Minutes
Ed Black
Robert Taylor Stewart Granger Lloyd Nolan Debra Paget Russ Tamblyn Constance Ford Joe De Santis Ainslie Pryor Terry Wilson Ralph Moody Fred Graham
hunter tracker drunk indian bad guy cowboy bleak tense sad incredible witty heartwarming wild west ranch town plains hill prairie hunting buffalo
In 1883 South Dakota, two buffalo hunters start a personal feud over a captured squaw and a stand-off with a Dakota raiding party over some stolen horses.
Biography
USA
1958
120 Minutes
Al Matthews
Susan Hayward Simon Oakland Virginia Vincent Theodore Bikel Wesley Lau Philip Coolidge James Philbrook Joe De Santis
petty criminal journalist thief attorney psychologist raw tense cheeky emotional san francisco los angeles san quentin federal penitentiary crime death row court battles morality murder journalism fall wretched excess
A prostitute, sentenced to death for murder, pleads her innocence.
Drama
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Herman Schmidt
Humphrey Bogart Ethel Barrymore Kim Hunter Ed Begley Warren Stevens Paul Stewart Martin Gabel Joe De Santis Audrey Christie Jim Backus
reporter gangster editor ex-wife publisher widow gritty tense new york city newsroom journalism crime quest 1950s
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Biography
USA
1957
109 Minutes
Frank Satori
Kim Novak Jeff Chandler Agnes Moorehead Charles Drake Larry Gates Virginia Grey Gene Lockhart Joe De Santis Murray Hamilton
dancer waitress actress carnival worker understudy passionate dark melodramatic broadway theater stage carnival new york city kansas city, mo. fame ambition betrayal show business alcoholism jeanne eagels wretched excess
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Mystery & Thriller
1957
94 Minutes
Gina Verdugo
Diana Dors Rod Steiger Tom Tryon Marie Windsor Beulah Bondi Arthur Franz Luis Van Rooten Joe De Santis
wife winemaker partner mother lover brother dark melodramatic napa valley, calif. jail winery estate cellar household murder frame-up wine infidelity false accusations deception
The wife (Diana Dors) of a California vintner (Rod Steiger) botches his murder with her lover (Tom Tryon), a rodeo rider.
Western
USA
1956
93 Minutes
Ed Burrows
Richard Egan Dorothy Malone Cameron Mitchell Billy Chapin Royal Dano Edward Andrews John Dehner DeForest Kelley Joe De Santis Angie Dickinson Paul Richards
gunslinger partner witness sheriff wife outlaw thrilling melodramatic gripping wild west small town sheriff's office saloon wilderness wrongfully accused new town exile reputation redemption underdog
A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »
Action
USA
1967
92 Minutes
Jan Aarvan
Robert Vaughn Elke Sommer Felicia Farr Karl Boehm Boris Karloff Roger C. Carmel Ed Asner Luciana Paluzzi Joe De Santis Fabrizio Mioni Wesley Lau
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.
Adventure
USA
1966
103 Minutes
Maj. Beaujolais
Guy Stockwell Doug McClure Telly Savalas Leslie Nielsen David Mauro Robert Wolders Leo Gordon Michael Constantine Malachi Throne Joe De Santis X Brands
legionnaire brother lieutenant sergeant survivor rebel intense tense united states north africa fort desert french foreign legion siblings reunion embezzlement mutiny survival quest sacrifice
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.
Drama
USA
1968
100 Minutes
Benito
Richard Egan Christopher Jones Susan Strasberg Ann Sothern Simon Oakland Audrey Totter Preston Foster Peter Whitney Ed Binns Joe De Santis Norman Alden
Twenty-year-old Chubasco chooses a difficult path of hard labor at sea aboard a fishing boat and learns about how to become a man in the process.
Drama
USA
1966
103 Minutes
Stuart Whitman Janet Leigh Eleanor Parker Barry Sullivan Lloyd Nolan Murray Hamilton J.D. Cannon Susan Denberg Les Crane Warren Stevens Joe De Santis
talk show host wife gangster mistress father police detective dark tense apartment building police station nightclub love-hate relationship jealousy fugitives betrayal murder cover-up fall rivalry discovery
A TV talk-show host who may have killed his wife finds himself being pursued by both the police and a gang of hoods.
Biography
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Ray Danton Jayne Mansfield Julie London Barrie Chase Frank Gorshin Barbara Nichols Brad Dexter Robert Strauss Herschel Bernardi Margo Moore Neville Brand
Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where ... See full summary »