List of the best John Banner movies: The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz(1968), The Gypsy Moon(1954), King Solomon's Mines(1950), 36 Hours(1964), The Fallen Sparrow(1943), Seven Miles From Alcatraz(1942), Guilty of Treason(1949), Callaway Went Thataway(1951), The Story of Ruth(1960), Never Say Goodbye(1956), The Interns(1962) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1968
113 Minutes
Weber
Elke Sommer Bob Crane Werner Klemperer Joey Forman John Banner Leon Askin Maureen Arthur Robert Carricart Theo Marcuse Larry D. Mann John Myhers
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
1954
75 Minutes
Bavarro
Richard Crane Sally Mansfield Patsy Parsons Charles Meredith John Banner Scotty Beckett Maurice Cass Harry Lauter Robert Lyden
A space ranger (Richard Crane) and his crew discover two strange moons orbiting each other, inhabited by warring civilizations.
Adventure, Romance, Action
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Austin
Deborah Kerr Compton Bennett Stewart Granger Richard Carlson Hugo Haas Lowell Gilmore John Banner Henry Rowland
explorer wife fugitive tribal leader thrilling emotional africa mountain desert exploration guilt wild animals romance treasure missing persons pursuit rescue 1950s
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Ernst
James Garner Eva Marie Saint Rod Taylor Werner Peters Alan Napier Celia Lovsky John Banner Ed Gilbert Russ Thorson Oscar Beregi Sig Ruman
military officer psychiatrist nurse enemy spy thrilling intricate germany hospital military base england amnesia world war ii deception espionage escape pursuit mystery 1940s
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Anton
John Garfield Maureen O'Hara Walter Slezak Patricia Morison Martha O'Driscoll Bruce Edwards John Miljan John Banner Hugh Beaumont
prisoner beautiful woman police officer nazi doctor engaging tense thrilling new york city spain arizona espionage murder nazism escape discovery mystery 1940s
In 1940, a former prisoner is determined to find the killer of the New York Police Lt. who helped him escape from a Nazi torture camp in Spain.
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Fritz Weinermann
James Craig Bonita Granville Frank Jenks Cliff Edwards George Cleveland Erford Gage Tala Birell John Banner Otto Reichow
convict gangster lighthouse keeper young woman spy nazi suspenseful patriotic gripping tense alcatraz island jail lighthouse island fugitives prison break espionage hostage situation patriotism nazis
After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
86 Minutes
Dr. Szandor Deste
Charles Bickford Paul Kelly Bonita Granville Richard Derr Berry Kroeger Elisabeth Risdon Roland Winters John Banner Alfred Linder
cardinal music teacher army colonel journalist brutal dark budapest, hungary american embassy farm cold war persecution freedom iron curtain communism oppression sacrifice underdog cold war
The story of Cardinal Josef Mindzhenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Dorothy McGuire Howard Keel Jesse White Fay Roope Natalie Schafer Douglas Kennedy Elisabeth Fraser John Indrisano Stan Freberg
advertiser actor television producer agent witty engaging hollywood, calif. los angeles mexico filmmaking impersonation cover-up fame quest escape 1950s
Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.
Drama
USA
1960
132 Minutes
Elana Eden Stuart Whitman Tom Tryon Peggy Wood Viveca Lindfors Jeff Morrow Thayer David Les Tremayne Eduard Franz Leo Fuchs Lili Valenty
young woman slave priestess jew farmer pagan uplifting tense emotional intricate holy land bethlehem desert farm prison wilderness ruth religion faith persecution
Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.
Drama
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Rock Hudson Cornell Borchers George Sanders Ray Collins David Janssen Shelley Fabares Helen Wallace John Wengraf Robert F. Simon Raymond Greenleaf Frank Wilcox
doctor friend estranged wife pianist daughter emotional uplifting new york city vienna california hospital presumed dead jealousy family history car accident reconciliation recovery love transformation escape
In 1945 Vienna, an American doctor marries an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit there, forcing everyone to presume her dead.
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Michael Callan Cliff Robertson James MacArthur Nick Adams Suzy Parker Haya Harareet Anne Helm Stefanie Powers Buddy Ebsen Telly Savalas Katharine Bard
doctor intern model patient nurse melodramatic amusing uneasy hospital medical profession parenthood abortion relationships theft tragic death forbidden love growing up temptation 1960s
Medical drama that focuses on the personal and professional conflicts of medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.