List of the best John Abbott movies: Deception(1946), Adventure Island(1947), Magic Moments(1989), Abroad With Two Yanks(1944), The Power of the Whistler(1945), Gambit(1966), Pursuit to Algiers(1945), The Woman in White(1948), The Merry Widow(1952), The Falcon in Hollywood(1944), Thunder in the East(1953), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest(1946) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
112 Minutes
Bette Davis Claude Rains Paul Henreid John Abbott Benson Fong
musician composer lover conductor student melodramatic suspenseful new york city concert hall dressing room love triangle affair love rivalry 1940s
After marrying her long lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
Adventure
USA
1947
67 Minutes
Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.
Romance
1989
105 Minutes
John Shea Jenny Seagrove Paul Freeman John Abbott Shirley Cassedy Tony Caunter Charles Collingwood Sam Douglas Stephen Hoye Eriq La Salle Neville Phillips
A famous magician's (John Shea) lover (Jenny Seagrove) produces the TV show on which he plans to be burned at the stake.
Comedy
USA
1944
80 Minutes
William Bendix Helen Walker Dennis O'Keefe John Loder John Abbott
marine best friend soldier pretty woman physician sergeant spirited lighthearted unrestrained ship australia household barracks garden bazaar marines americans abroad impersonation father/daughter relationship mistaken identity
Two Marines are let loose in Australia.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Richard Dix Janis Carter Jeff Donnell Loren Tindall Tala Birell John Abbott Murray Alper Kenneth MacDonald
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
109 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Michael Caine Herbert Lom Roger C. Carmel Arnold Moss John Abbott Richard Angarola Maurice Marsac Paul Bradley
thief dancer billionaire artist recluse showgirl cool intricate offbeat thrilling amusing england hong kong hotel middle east restaurant penthouse art crime heist
An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer's help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Marjorie Riordan Rosalind Ivan Martin Kosleck John Abbott Frederick Worlock Morton Lowry Leslie Vincent Gerald Hamer Rex Evans
sherlock holmes doctor watson prince prime minister singer thug spirited tense london ship algiers, algeria airplane lisbon, portugal alexandria, egypt jewel smuggling royalty impersonation sabotage attempted murder investigation
Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
109 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Alexis Smith Sydney Greenstreet Gig Young Agnes Moorehead John Abbott John Emery
painter count niece guest beautiful woman creepy intricate england village castle deception art dark secrets discovery mystery 1860s
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
105 Minutes
Lana Turner Fernando Lamas Una Merkel Richard Haydn Thomas Gomez John Abbott Marcel Dalio King Donovan Robert Coote Lisa Ferraday Shepard Menken
widow count king ambassador baron winsome amusing marshovia royal court dance hall palace royal life national security love courtship financial crisis love pursuit 1900s
The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
67 Minutes
Tom Conway Barbara Hale Paula Corday Veda Ann Borg Sheldon Leonard Frank Jenks John Abbott Konstantin Shayne Emory Parnell
the falcon inspector stuntwoman actress producer director fascinating intricate gripping los angeles hollywood, calif. film set office murder investigation film industry vacation gambling schemes poison mystery
The Falcon investigates the murder of an actor on a Hollywood backlot.
Action
USA
1953
98 Minutes
Alan Ladd Deborah Kerr Charles Boyer Corinne Calvet Cecil Kellaway Mark Cavell John Abbott Philip Bourneuf John Williams Charles Lung Leonard Carey
arms dealer warlord adventurer maharajah brash confident gripping thrilling india palace revolution weapons adventure escape 20th century
In 1947, in an independent India, Europeans are scrambling to evacuate Ghandahar which is besieged by a local warlord but sought-after by an American arms dealer.
Adventure
USA
1946
86 Minutes
Cornel Wilde Anita Louise Jill Esmond Edgar Buchanan Henry Daniell George Macready Russell Hicks John Abbott Lloyd Corrigan Eva Moore Ray Teal
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Musical
USA
1958
116 Minutes
Leslie Caron Maurice Chevalier Louis Jourdan Hermione Gingold Eva Gabor Jacques Bergerac Isabel Jeans John Abbott Monique van Vooren Lydia Stevens Edwin Jerome
wealthy man pretty woman mistress grandmother playful spirited uplifting paris love wealth high society love growing up transformation 1900s
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Ann Blyth Robert Douglas Anne Crawford Philip Friend Gladys Cooper Michael Pate John Abbott Connie Gilchrist Gavin Muir Phyllis Stanley
Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Flora Robson Jerry Austin John Warburton Florence Bates Curt Bois John Abbott Ethel Griffies Marla Shelton Helen Freeman
gambler aristocrat businessman socialite pretty woman dwarf melodramatic mushy new orleans new york state hotel docks restaurant romance gambling class conflict secret blackmail revenge love
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Comedy
Australia
1975
100 Minutes
George Segal Stéphane Audran Lionel Stander Lee Patrick Elisha Cook Jr. Felix Silla Signe Hasso John Abbott Connie Kreski Titus Napoleon Harry Kenoi
A portrait of the Mutton Bird industry in the Furneaux Group of islands in Australia's Bass Strait. Each year the 'Birders,' many of whom are descendants of Tasmanian aboriginals, harvest ... See full summary »
Comedy
1963
90 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Jill St. John Agnes Moorehead John McGiver Ray Walston Nancy Kulp Francesca Bellini John Abbott Jerry Hausner Peggy Mondo Mary Treen
young man rich girl mother boss employee amusing playful spirited department store suburbia house affluent neighborhood wealth disapproval relationships challenge work family forbidden love transformation
A klutzy poodle sitter (Jerry Lewis) goes to work in his girlfriend's (Jill St. John) mother's (Agnes Moorehead) department store.
Romance
USA
1949
115 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Van Heflin Louis Jourdan James Mason Christopher Kent Gene Lockhart Frank Allenby Gladys Cooper John Abbott Harry Morgan George Zucco
wife husband doctor lawyer wealthy man disheartening emotional hedonistic sultry france small town adultery ambition love wealth marriage love fall temptation wretched excess
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.
Other, Drama, History
USA
1965
195 Minutes
Max von Sydow Charlton Heston Carroll Baker Dorothy McGuire Robert Loggia Claude Rains Jose Ferrer Marian Seldes John Abbott Rodolfo Acosta Michael Ansara
prophet traitor god king mary magdalene disciple inspiring profound jerusalem bethlehem israel jesus christ betrayal god christianity resurrection sacrifice 1st century
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
72 Minutes
George Sanders Sally Gray David Burns Gordon McLeod Henry Oscar Ralph Truman Carl Jaffe Ben Williams John Abbott
private detective scotland yard agent gambler pickpocket socialite counterfeiter thrilling tense intricate london party house hotel room counterfeit money investigation murder espionage kidnapping false accusations pursuit
British sleuth Simon Templar (George Sanders) and his sidekicks (Sally Gray, David Burns) catch counterfeiters for Scotland Yard.
Drama
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan Alexis Smith Jack Carson Jane Wyman Reginald Gardiner John Loder Marjorie Gateson Thurston Hall John Abbott Marjorie Hoshelle
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Deborah Kerr Angela Lansbury Binnie Barnes Janet Leigh Dame May Whitty Rene Ray Virginia Kelley Reginald Owen John Abbott Rhys Williams
writer wife widow pregnant woman townsperson ex-lover melodramatic powerful touching small town england publishing house front lines house small-town life world war ii scandal rumors suicide false accusations
It's 1939 in the small English town of Penny Green, and events in Poland are about to change lives. Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon), a writer of school text books, has married Mabel (Dame ... See full summary »
War
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Michèle Morgan Paul Henreid Thomas Mitchell Laird Cregar May Robson Alan Ladd Jack Briggs Richard Fraser Alexander Granach Paul Weigel John Abbott
pilot love interest priest nazi emotional suspenseful paris france fugitives world war ii romance survival resistance love pursuit sacrifice 1940s
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hidden and his wounds cared for. The Gestapo has already issued orders for their arrest.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Allyn Joslyn Evelyn Keyes Edmund Lowe John Hubbard Anita Louise Frank Craven Michael Duane Ann Savage William Demarest Hobart Cavanaugh Frank Sully
detective friend writer photographer socialite wife witty cool frenetic photography studio dressing room house murder inheritance deception greed investigation mystery temptation pursuit
A crime fiction writer and his wife investigate murders that are occurring at a fashion photography studio.