List of the best John Alvin movies: Dennis the Menace(1987), The Beast With Five Fingers(1946), Somewhere in Time(1980), San Antonio(1945), Two Guys From Texas(1948), Kentucky Rifle(1956), Three Strangers(1946), April in Paris(1952), The Fighting Sullivans(1944), Love and Learn(1947), Cheyenne(1947), Come Fill the Cup(1951) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
1987
96 Minutes
Mr. Bonfigli
Victor DiMattia Patricia Estrin Jim Jansen William Windom Patsy Garrett John Alvin Russell Alexander Zachary Bostrom Robert Clotworthy
A paleontologist promotes a dinosaur theme park after Dennis (Victor DiMattia) discovers an old bone.
Horror
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Donald Arlington
Robert Alda Andrea King Peter Lorre Victor Francen J. Carrol Naish Charles Dingle John Alvin David Hoffman Patricia Barry Barbara Brown William Edmunds
personal assistant pianist nurse con artist lawyer astrologer brooding creepy melodramatic san stefano italy villa village supernatural death jealousy money inheritance fear mystery
In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a one-handed, wheelchair-bound pianist, with a strong belief in the occult, is murdered.
Sci-Fi
USA
1980
103 Minutes
Arthur's Father
Christopher Reeve Jane Seymour Christopher Plummer Teresa Wright Bill Erwin George Voskovec Susan French John Alvin Eddra Gale Sean Hayden Audrey Bennett
playwright elderly woman professor manager actress love interest dreamy emotional heartwarming hotel mackinac island michigan obsession time travel hypnosis love triangle unlikely romance love pursuit quest
A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
Western
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Pony Smith
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith S.Z. Sakall Victor Francen Florence Bates John Litel Paul Kelly John Alvin Monte Blue Robert Shayne Robert Barrat
rancher kingpin dancer gunslinger engaging thrilling san antonio, texas mexico alamo ranch range war cattle theft old west justice romance quest revenge rivalry 19th century
Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Jim Crocker
Dennis Morgan Jack Carson Dorothy Malone Penny Edwards Forrest Tucker Fred Clark Gerald Mohr John Alvin Andrew Tombes Monte Blue
musician partner rancher sheriff doctor thief lighthearted amusing texas farm rodeo wilderness jail song and dance false accusations love triangle love rise adventure 1940s
Song-and-dance men Steve Carroll and Danny Foster walk to a Texas dude ranch after their car runs out of gas. The team's friend, singer Maggie Reed, gets the boys a job. With their auto ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Luke Thomas
Chill Wills Lance Fuller Cathy Downs Jess Barker Jeanne Cagney Sterling Holloway Henry Hull John Alvin Rory Mallinson John Pickard George Keymas
wagon master passenger american indian pioneer repairman negotiator tense emotional engaging wagon wagon train wilderness frontier guns greed travel race relations ultimatum stranded rivalry
While the wagon train forges ahead, a few people stay behind to repair a disabled rifle-filled wagon but they have to contend with one another's ego and with aggressive Comanches who demand the rifles as payment for safe passage.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Junior Clerk
Sydney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Lorre Joan Lorring Robert Shayne Marjorie Riordan Arthur Shields Rosalind Ivan John Alvin Peter Whitney Alan Napier
wife embezzler drunk widow girlfriend stranger eerie fascinating uneasy london apartment courtroom bar superstition luck embezzlement spiritual visions gambling greed quest
Three strangers, each with a serious problem in their lives, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.
Musical, Romance
USA
1952
101 Minutes
Tracy
Doris Day Ray Bolger Claude Dauphin Eve Miller George Givot Paul Harvey Herbert Farjeon Wilson Millar Raymond Largay John Alvin Jack Lomas
bureaucrat chorus girl boss fiancée entertainer busboy winsome uplifting touching amusing washington, d.c. new york city cruise ship nightclub paris unlikely romance culture clash singing love triangle matchmaking
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.
Drama
USA
1944
111 Minutes
Anne Baxter Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle Ward Bond Bobby Driscoll Addison Richards Edward Ryan Trudy Marshall John Campbell James Cardwell John Alvin
brother soldier sister mother father wife emotional tense patriotic iowa household guadalcanal ship world war ii siblings death patriotism great depression u.s. navy rise
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
83 Minutes
Jack Carson Robert Hutton Martha Vickers Janis Paige Otto Kruger Barbara Brown Tom D'Andrea Florence Bates Craig Stevens Don McGuire John Alvin
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Western
1947
99 Minutes
Dennis Morgan Jane Wyman Janis Paige Herman Brix Alan Hale Arthur Kennedy Barton MacLane John Ridgely Tom Tyler Bob Steele John Compton
gambler bandit beautiful woman singer sundance kid sheriff gutsy gritty engaging melodramatic carson city, nev. cheyenne, wyo. wild west stagecoach dance hall small town working undercover unlikely romance robbery investigation
An outlaw's wife (Jane Wyman) falls for a gambler (Dennis Morgan) who is working as a Wells Fargo detective.
Drama
USA
1951
113 Minutes
James Cagney James Gleason Gig Young Phyllis Thaxter Raymond Massey Selena Royle Larry Keating Charlita Sheldon Leonard Douglas Spencer John Kellogg
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1945
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Jack Carson Robert Hutton Ray Collins Kathleen Lockhart Cora Sue Collins Ann Todd Andy Clyde Arthur Shields Helene Thimig Greta Grandstedt
businesswoman banker son husband father mother melodramatic emotional family home college office new england marriage self-respect infidelity business mother/child relationship growing up love quest
In the early 1900's (not the 1920s)
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.