List of the best John Forsythe movies: The Captive City(1952), Murder Once Removed(1971), See How They Run(1965), Terror on the 40th Floor(1974), Madame X(1966), The Glass Web(1953), Topaz(1969), The Happy Ending(1969), Everything but the Truth(1956), It Happens Every Thursday(1953), Kitten With a Whip(1964), In Cold Blood(1967) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
Jim Austin
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
74 Minutes
John Forsythe Richard Kiley Reta Shaw Wendell Burton Joseph Campanella Barbara Bain Laurence Haddon
doctor patient mistress junkie police detective nurse tense creepy crafty hospital office police station murder affair medical mystery investigation wrongfully accused escape mystery 1970s
A doctor (John Forsythe) sets an expiration date with a rich patient's (Richard Kiley) wife (Reta Shaw).
Action
1965
100 Minutes
Martin Young
John Forsythe Senta Berger Jane Wyatt Pamela Franklin Franchot Tone Leslie Nielsen George Kennedy Harlan Warde
A murderer tracks down three orphans who have unwittingly gained possession of incriminating evidence.
Mystery & Thriller
1974
97 Minutes
Daniel "Dan" Overland
John Forsythe Anjanette Comer Joseph Campanella Lynn Carlin Laurie Heineman Don Meredith Kelly Jean Peters Pippa Scott Mark Tapscott Norman Alden Danny Goldman
Seven office workers desperately try to save themselves after becoming trapped on the top floor of a burning skyscraper.
Drama
USA
1966
99 Minutes
Lana Turner John Forsythe Keir Dullea Constance Bennett Ricardo Montalban Burgess Meredith Virginia Grey John Van Dreelen Warren Stevens Carl Benton Reid
mother son husband lover mother-in-law criminal brooding somber melodramatic mexico motel house courtroom adultery death blackmail prostitution regret marriage discovery
When her lover is killed, the wife of a wealthy man is convinced to fake her own death, which leads her into greater depths of depravity until fate reunites her with her long-lost son, who is unaware of her real identity.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson John Forsythe Kathleen Hughes Marcia Henderson Richard Denning Hugh Sanders
writer researcher actress wife producer police detective tense brash intricate suspenseful los angeles television studio apartment blackmail murder adultery television show writing rivalry escape
A beautiful but heartless television actress, uses seduction and tricks to blackmail the men in her life to a point, where she could get herself killed.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1969
125 Minutes
Michael Nordstrom
Frédérick Stafford John Forsythe Dany Robin John Vernon Karin Dor Michel Piccoli Philippe Noiret Claude Jade Michel Subor Roscoe Lee Browne
cia agent spy kgb agent wife journalist suspenseful intense moscow copenhagen new york city harlem, n.y. cuba espionage nuclear weapons cold war mystery pursuit 1960s
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Drama
USA
1969
112 Minutes
wife husband daughter maid hustler mistress brutal brooding uneasy denver bahamas failed romance marriage affair drug addiction alcoholism escape love fall 1960s
A middle-aged woman walks out on her husband and family in an desperate attempt to find herself.
Comedy
USA
1956
83 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara John Forsythe Tim Hovey Frank Faylen Les Tremayne Philip Bourneuf Paul Birch Addison Richards Barry Atwater Jeanette Nolan Roxanne Arlen
A small boy causes big trouble by exposing political graft.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Bob MacAvoy
Loretta Young John Forsythe Frank McHugh Edgar Buchanan Palmer Lee Harvey Grant Jimmy Conlin Jane Darwell Gladys George Regis Toomey Willard Waterman
pregnant wife husband reporter real estate agent farmer neighbor witty amusing new york city california small town newsroom moving culture clash newspapers small business small-town life publicity stunts love quest
A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.
Drama
USA
1964
83 Minutes
juvenile delinquent political candidate beatnik friend femme fatale teen girl campy fiery offbeat california suburbia car tijuana, mexico hostage situation troubled youth fugitives thrill seeking injury road trip transformation
A rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent.
Drama
USA
1967
134 Minutes
Alvin Dewey
Robert Blake Scott Wilson John Forsythe Paul Stewart Gerald S. O'Loughlin Jeff Corey Will Geer John Gallaudet James Flavin Charles McGraw John McLiam
victim perry smith reporter police chief richard "dick" hickock dark uneasy chilling holcomb, kan. prison family home manhunt murder crime family trial execution pursuit revenge 1960s
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Drama
Poland|Soviet Union
1975
97 Minutes
Lt. Elwood Forbes
Kurt Russell Richard Yniguez John Forsythe Ned Beatty Pernell Roberts Clifton James Paul Carr Alan Vint Pepe Serna Maria Elena Cordero
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
Comedy
USA
1955
99 Minutes
Sam Marlowe
Edmund Gwenn Shirley MacLaine John Forsythe Mildred Natwick Mildred Dunnock Jerry Mathers Royal Dano Dwight Marfield
sea captain corpse ex-wife artist sheriff young boy amusing crafty madcap outlandish vermont small town death investigation suspicion guilt discovery mystery 1950s
The trouble with Harry is that he is dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
Comedy, Other, Fantasy
USA
1988
101 Minutes
Lew Hayward
Bill Murray Karen Allen John Forsythe John Glover Bobcat Goldthwait David Johansen Carol Kane Robert Mitchum Nicholas Phillips Michael J. Pollard Alfre Woodard
executive girlfriend boss secretary employee ghost creepy dark hilarious new york city office television studio bedroom christmas ghosts second chance love greed ambition transformation
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Western
USA
1953
98 Minutes
Capt. John Marsh
William Holden Eleanor Parker John Forsythe William Demarest William Campbell Polly Bergen Richard Anderson Carl Benton Reid John Lupton Howard McNear Alex Montoya
warden soldier indian pretty woman gutsy spirited thrilling arizona desert pow camp american civil war prisoners of war survival betrayal escape rescue pursuit 1860s
During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
Comedy, Drama
1979
120 Minutes
Judge Henry T. Fleming
Al Pacino Jack Warden John Forsythe Lee Strasberg Jeffrey Tambor Christine Lahti Sam Levene Robert Christian Thomas G. Waites Larry Bryggman Craig T. Nelson
lawyer judge prisoner quirky gritty courtroom maryland prison mental illness injustice suicide extortion trial affair rescue rivalry sacrifice 1970s
A lawyer (Al Pacino) in contempt of court agrees to defend a judge (John Forsythe) he hates, accused of rape.
Comedy, Action
USA
2003
111 Minutes
Charles Townsend
Cameron Diaz Drew Barrymore Lucy Liu John Forsythe Bernie Mac Crispin Glover Justin Theroux Robert Patrick Demi Moore Rodrigo Santoro Shia LaBeouf
undercover agent international spy fighter traitor sidekick boss sultry brash hysterical suspenseful mongolia saloon dungeon beach road roof witness protection deception espionage fighting
The Angels investigate a series of murders which occur after the theft of a witness protection profile database.