List of the best Lewis Allen movies: Illegal(1955), So Evil My Love(1948), Suddenly(1954), Desert Fury(1947), Appointment With Danger(1951), Sealed Verdict(1948), Chicago Deadline(1949), The Perfect Marriage(1946), The Unseen(1945), Another Time, Another Place(1958), Valentino(1951) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
88 Minutes
Director
Edward G. Robinson Nina Foch Jayne Mansfield Hugh Marlowe Albert Van Dekker Howard St. John Ellen Corby Edward Platt
After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
1948
112 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland Ann Todd Geraldine Fitzgerald Moira Lister Raymond Lovell Roderick Lovell Muriel Aked Finlay Currie Ivor Barnard Hugh Griffith Gus Le Fuevre
widow young woman passenger lodger con artist old friend dark intricate ship london family home apartment schemes blackmail investigation murder love triangle crime fall transformation
Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. When Olivia opens a lodging house Mark becomes her ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
75 Minutes
Director
Frank Sinatra Sterling Hayden James Gleason Nancy Gates Willis Bouchey Kim Charney Paul Frees Christopher Dark Charles Smith
assassin husband wife sheriff repairman henchmen tense chilling family home small town california assassination kidnapping pursuit rescue 1950s
In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.
Western
USA
1947
95 Minutes
Director
Lizabeth Scott John Hodiak Burt Lancaster Wendell Corey Mary Astor Kristine Miller William Harrigan James Flavin Jane Novak Ana Camargo
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
89 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Phyllis Calvert Jack Webb Paul Stewart Jan Sterling Stacy Harris Harry Morgan David Wolfe Dan Riss Harry Antrim Geraldine Wall
detective witness murderer crime boss henchman suspenseful gritty dark gary, ind. lair investigation undercover operations murder theft dangerous job kidnapping pursuit escape 1950s
When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.
Adventure
USA
1948
83 Minutes
Director
attorney nazi girlfriend major general witness suspenseful melodramatic germany hospital prison apartment abandoned building nazis war crime investigation trial holocaust anti-semitism mystery
Former U.S. special prosecutor, Major Robert Lawson, begins to suspect that Nazi war criminal on death row, General Otto Stiegman, has been wrongfully convicted of leveling a French village along with all of its inhabitants in WWII.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
87 Minutes
Director
reporter victim mobster thug businessman informant gritty uneasy fiery dark chicago underworld boxing ring hotel parking garage murder investigation chance meeting love triangle crime abusive relationship
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.
Comedy
USA
1946
87 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young David Niven Eddie Albert Charles Ruggles Virginia Field Rita Johnson ZaSu Pitts
Jenny and Dale Williams have been married ten years have a 9-year-old daughter, "Cookie." They live well, have separate careers, are surrounded by sophisticated friends, and are afflicted ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
81 Minutes
Director
Joel McCrea Gail Russell Herbert Marshall Phyllis Brooks Isobel Elsom Norman Lloyd Mikhail Rasumny Elisabeth Risdon Tom Tully Nona Griffith Richard Lyon
widower governess murderer son child dark intricate gripping suspenseful new england house neighborhood murder police work investigation suspicion crime quest discovery mystery
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Drama
UK
1958
98 Minutes
Director
Lana Turner Barry Sullivan Glynis Johns Sean Connery Terence Longdon Sidney James Martin Stephens Doris Hare Julian Somers John Le Mesurier Cameron Hall
young woman boss journalist widow son wife emotional intense melancholy melodramatic moving sad tender london cornwall new york affair world war ii romantic dilemma grief
An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.
Biography
1951
102 Minutes
Director
Anthony Dexter Eleanor Parker Richard Carlson Patricia Medina Joseph Calleia Dona Drake Lloyd Gough Otto Kruger
actor actress dancer director lover confident engaging naples, italy ship new york city hollywood, calif. film set mansion rudolph valentino fame romance acting jealousy dying young love
Unknown Rudolph Valentino (Anthony Dexter) meets an actress (Eleanor Parker) and a director (Richard Carlson) who point him toward silent-film Hollywood.