List of the best Ludwig Stossel movies: Hers to Hold(1943), Bluebeard(1944), G.I. Blues(1960), The Pride of the Yankees(1942), Man Hunt(1941), Her Highness and the Bellboy(1945), Cloak and Dagger(1946), Great Guns(1941), Dillinger(1945), Pittsburgh(1942), The Great Sinner(1949), Somebody Loves Me(1952) ... ...
Romance
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Joseph Cotten Charles Winninger Ludwig Stossel Nella Walker Gus Schilling Samuel S. Hinds Evelyn Ankers Fay Helm Iris Adrian
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1944
73 Minutes
John Carradine Jean Parker Nils Asther Ludwig Stossel George Pembroke Teala Loring Sonia Sorel Iris Adrian Henry Kolker Emmett Lynn Patti McCarty
murderer artist seamstress inspector ex-lover dark creepy artist's studio funeral paris france murder case painting dangerous job wretched excess transformation love 19th century
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1960
104 Minutes
Elvis Presley Juliet Prowse Robert Ivers Letícia Román Ludwig Stossel James Douglas Sigrid Maier Arch Johnson
soldier dancer friend beautiful girl southerner singer amusing lighthearted heartwarming nightclub frankfurt, germany military base stage city wager business scheme military life friendship womanizing unlikely romance
Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer...but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.
Biography
USA
1942
127 Minutes
Gary Cooper Teresa Wright Walter Brennan Dan Duryea Ludwig Stossel Addison Richards Hardie Albright
lou gehrig babe ruth baseball player wife reporter emotional inspiring moving touching new york city baseball field aspirations baseball illness discovery rise love 1940s
The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Joan Bennett George Sanders John Carradine Roddy McDowall Ludwig Stossel Heather Thatcher Frederick Worlock
hunter nazi con artist secret agent police officer gripping germany forest ship london adolf hitler assassination identity theft hunting world war ii pursuit escape 1940s
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Romance
USA
1945
112 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr Robert Walker June Allyson Carl Esmond Agnes Moorehead Rags Ragland Ludwig Stossel George Cleveland Warner Anderson Konstantin Shayne Tom Trout
A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
106 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lilli Palmer Robert Alda Vladimir Sokoloff J. Edward Bromberg Marjorie Hoshelle Ludwig Stossel Helene Thimig Dan Seymour Marc Lawrence James Flavin
traitor secret agent undercover agent boy spy imaginary friend airplane switzerland escape pursuit escape rescue
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
Comedy
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Charles Trowbridge Ludwig Stossel Kane Richmond Mae Marsh Ethel Griffies Paul Harvey
wealthy man gardener chauffeur sergeant photographer aunt madcap cheery mansion training camp photography lab apartment guard house bridge military life wealth servitude impersonation war games romance
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
70 Minutes
Lawrence Tierney Anne Jeffreys Edmund Lowe Edward Ciannelli Marc Lawrence Elisha Cook Jr. Ralph Lewis Ludwig Stossel Elsa Janssen Constance Worth Hugh Prosser
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Frank Craven Louise Allbritton Shemp Howard Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel Samuel S. Hinds Paul Fix William Haade
coal miner boxer beautiful woman magnate rich girl tailor fiery melodramatic passionate patriotic pittsburgh factory boardroom office ambition ethics greed steel industry military industrial complex redemption
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
110 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Walter Huston Ethel Barrymore Frank Morgan Agnes Moorehead Ludwig Stossel Ludwig Donath Erno Verebes Curt Bois
writer gambler grandmother thief general manager dark hedonistic melodramatic sultry train germany casino hotel pawn shop gambling influence writing addiction forgiveness
A young writer goes to Wiesbaden to write about gambling and gamblers, only to ultimately become a compulsive gambler himself. Losing all his wealth, as well as his moral fibre, he commits ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Betty Hutton Ralph Meeker Adele Jergens Robert Keith Billie Bird Henry Slate Sid Tomack Ludwig Stossel Sydney Mason Virginia Hall Bea Allen
Blossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife.
Drama
USA
1947
101 Minutes
Errol Flynn Ida Lupino Eleanor Parker Gig Young Reginald Denny Isobel Elsom Albert Basserman Ludwig Stossel Frank Puglia Anthony Caruso
It is Venice, 1900, and Fenella is engaged to composer Caryl Dubrok until she hears that an unmarried woman named Gemma and child is staying with a composer named Dubrok. So the engagement ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1958
100 Minutes
Joseph Cotten George Sanders Debra Paget Don Dubbins Patric Knowles Carl Esmond Henry Daniell Melville Cooper Ludwig Stossel Morris Ankrum
tycoon inventor rival scientist assistant daughter thrilling gutsy wild spaceship office mountain washington, d.c. munitions space travel moon forbidden love technology exploration rivalry
Industrial rivals (Joseph Cotten, George Sanders), a crewman and a stowaway girl (Debra Paget) ride a rocket launched by cannon in 1868 Florida.
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
79 Minutes
Sonja Henie John Payne Jack Oakie Felix Bressart Osa Massen Joan Merrill Fritz Feld Sterling Holloway Adeline de Walt Reynolds Ludwig Stossel
corporal marine ice skater fiancé boyfriend friend lighthearted amusing playful reykjavík, iceland nightclub restaurant hotel culture shock engagement misunderstanding world war ii military occupation ice skating love
Marine, James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to Katina. Desperately wanting out, James ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1947
105 Minutes
Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Jimmy Durante Johnnie Johnston Dame May Whitty Sharon McManus Dick Simmons Mary Stuart Ludwig Stossel Dorothy Porter Nella Walker
soldier synchronized swimmer opera singer suitor bodyguard parent lighthearted amusing emotional theater swimming pool city michigan island show business synchronized swimming father/son relationship determination love rivalry
Expected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life; a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic-ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.
Comedy
USA
1942
112 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Spencer Tracy Fay Bainter Reginald Owen Minor Watson William Bendix Gladys Blake Dan Tobin Roscoe Karns William Tannen Ludwig Stossel
reporter father mother refugee playful witty newsroom baseball field family home love-hate relationship ambition sexism love rise transformation 1940s
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Musical
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Vera Ralston Robert Randall Eugene Pallette Barbara Jo Allen Stephanie Bachelor Walter Catlett Lloyd Corrigan Ruth Terry William Frawley John Litel Ludwig Stossel
On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Hascheck, presents the young girl with her first pair of ice skates. Soon, she astonished ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
75 Minutes
Lou Costello Patric Knowles William Gargan Louise Allbritton Don Porter Jerome Cowan William Bendix Mary Wickes Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel
Aspiring radio writers pull off a convincing masquerade as detectives on the case of a murdered network president.
Drama, History
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Paul Henreid Robert Walker Henry Daniell Leo G. Carroll Gigi Perreau Tala Birell Henry Stephenson Elsa Janssen Ann Carter Janine Perreau
composer pianist wife child love interest melodramatic somber moving germany asylum house clara wieck robert schumann johannes brahms music love debt love sacrifice temptation
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
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.
Drama
USA
1942
127 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Bob Cummings Betty Field Claude Rains Judith Anderson Nancy Coleman Kaaren Verne Maria Ouspenskaya Henry Davenport Ernest Cossart
doctor daughter orphan wife father melodramatic small town hospital family home railyard family dysfunction forbidden love mental illness accident class distinctions depression love growing up 1890s
The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century.
Drama
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Conrad Veidt Kaaren Verne Jane Darwell Frank McHugh Peter Lorre Judith Anderson William Demarest Jackie Gleason Phil Silvers Wallace Ford
spy gambler nazi singer partner thrilling charming new york city murder espionage nazism gambling mystery adventure 1940s
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.