List of the best Macdonald Carey movies: Dr. Broadway(1942), Stranger at My Door(1956), Man or Gun(1958), Cave of Outlaws(1951), These Are the Damned(1962), Meet Me After the Show(1951), Count the Hours(1953), Comanche Territory(1950), Dream Girl(1948), Let's Make It Legal(1951), Hazard(1948), The Great Missouri Raid(1950) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
67 Minutes
Macdonald Carey Jean Phillips J. Carrol Naish
New York City physician, Dr. Timothy Kane, knows Broadway, the Great White Way and all of its characters thoroughly, as does his receptionist, Connie Madigan. A man Kane had sent to prison ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
85 Minutes
Macdonald Carey Patricia Medina Skip Homeier Stephen Wootton Louis Jean Heydt Howard Wright Slim Pickens Malcolm Atterbury
Chassed by a posse, bank robber Clay Anderson, traveling under an assumed name, takes refuge at a farm owned by a preacher and his pretty young wife.
Western
USA
1958
79 Minutes
"Maybe" Smith, Scott Yancey
Macdonald Carey Audrey Totter James Craig James Gleason Warren Stevens Harry Shannon Jil Jarmyn Robert Burton Ken Lynch
drifter gunslinger outlaw hotel owner woman raw wild gritty tense dutch flat wild west saloon hotel frontier justice small-town life unlikely hero farming law and order corruption underdog
A gun-slinging drifter, armed with a legendary pistol, saves a town from the greedy clutches of an evil family. But what makes him so fast? Is it the man or the gun?
Western
1951
76 Minutes
Macdonald Carey Alexis Smith Edgar Buchanan Victor Jory Hugh O'Brian Houseley Stevenson Charles Horvath Jimmy Van Horn Tim Graham
gold smuggler thief outlaw investigator sheriff miner engaging brooding suspenseful tense intense emotional arizona thievery train robbery gold suspicion outlaws ex-convicts discovery
An ex-convict (Macdonald Carey) returns to Carlsbad Caverns to look for his loot, followed by a Wells Fargo detective (Edgar Buchanan).
Sci-Fi
1962
96 Minutes
Simon Wells
Macdonald Carey Shirley Anne Field Viveca Lindfors Alexander Knox Oliver Reed Walter Gotell James Villiers Kenneth Cope Brian Oulton Barbara Everest James Maxwell
american man child scientist prisoner captor young woman bleak brooding dark disturbing gripping cave england coast military base experiments exploitation imprisonment radiation escape
An American man (Macdonald Carey) and an Englishwoman (Shirley Anne Field) discover genetically engineered children who can survive a nuclear war.
Musical
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Betty Grable Macdonald Carey Rory Calhoun Eddie Albert Fred Clark Lois Andrews Irene Ryan Steve Condos Edwin Max Bob Nash
broadway star broadway producer rival singer husband lawyer playful crafty broadway theater apartment backstage nightclub doctor's office boat marriage divorce amnesia ambition trial reconciliation
Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Teresa Wright Macdonald Carey Dolores Moran Adele Mara Edgar Barrier Jack Elam
murder victim immigrant wrongly accused couple worker lawyer intense suspenseful dark gritty courtroom ranch home room struggle justice crime prevention law motivation helping others
Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.
Western
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Macdonald Carey Will Geer Charles Drake Pedro de Cordoba Ian MacDonald Rick Vallin Parley Baer James Best Edmund Cobb Glenn Strange
jim bowie native american friend barkeep politician chief melodramatic thrilling patriotic frontier small town wilderness saloon texas race relations mining deception american indian wars exploitation land dispute
White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.
Comedy
USA
1948
85 Minutes
A daydreaming young lady, until she meets her reality man.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Macdonald Carey Zachary Scott Barbara Bates Robert Wagner Marilyn Monroe Frank Cady Jim Hayward Carol Savage Paul Gerrits
A woman (Claudette Colbert) divorces her husband (Macdonald Carey) of 20 years because he gambles too much.
Comedy
1948
95 Minutes
J.D. Storm
A gambler (Fred Clark) hires a private eye (Macdonald Carey) to catch a woman (Paulette Goddard) on the run from a lost bet.
Western
1950
83 Minutes
Wendell Corey Macdonald Carey Ward Bond Ellen Drew Herman Brix Bill Williams Anne Revere Edgar Buchanan Lois Chartrand Louis Jean Heydt Barry Kelley
outcast outlaw brother major mother thief gritty tense missouri farm town bank train household jesse james american civil war robbery brotherhood betrayal frank james
An Army major (Ward Bond) hunts Frank and Jesse James (Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey), partners with the Younger brothers after the Civil War.
War
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Lt. Bruce Cameron
Brian Donlevy Robert Preston Macdonald Carey William Bendix Albert Van Dekker Walter Abel Mikhail Rasumny Rod Cameron Bill Goodwin Damian O'Flynn Frank Albertson
marine major lieutenant captain private enemy intense gritty patriotic wake island military base world war ii showdown survival bravery invasion outnumbered quest underdog rivalry
December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Romance
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Jonathan Caldwell
Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Macdonald Carey Constance Moore Robert Benchley Charles Arnt Cecil Kellaway Kathleen Howard Margaret Seddon Dooley Wilson George H. Reed
painter ad executive secretary brother sister escort charming lighthearted playful office party restaurant apartment shop love-hate relationship advertising social standing unusual occupations romance work
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
Western
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Lorn Reming
William Holden William Bendix Macdonald Carey Mona Freeman Stanley Ridges Alfonso Bedoya Ray Teal Clem Bevans James Bell Dick Foote Joe Dominguez
texas ranger bandit orphan beautiful woman outlaw tense engaging gritty confident texas wild west romantic dilemma rescue redemption old west law and order rescue transformation love rivalry
An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies.
Drama
USA
1959
89 Minutes
Maj. Malcolm Bartley, Ret.
Carol Lynley Brandon de Wilde Macdonald Carey Marsha Hunt Warren Berlinger Nina Shipman Vaughn Taylor Buck Class
mother teen boy teen girl abortionist father emotional tense uneasy doctor's office high school family home michigan teen pregnancy abortion generation gap alienation young love race against time growing up love
Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Their lives are turned upside down however when Janet becomes pregnant. Desperate to tell his parents of the predicament... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway
Alan Ladd Betty Field Macdonald Carey Ruth Hussey Barry Sullivan Howard da Silva Shelley Winters Henry Hull Carole Mathews Ed Begley Elisha Cook Jr.
young man millionaire neighbor socialite beautiful woman wife sad brooding moving great neck, n.y. long island, n.y. mansion party poolside obsession love high society friendship relationships forbidden love
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.
Western
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Deputy Lane Travis
Ray Milland Hedy Lamarr Macdonald Carey Mona Freeman Harry Carey Jr. Frank Faylen Hope Emerson Taylor Holmes Peggy Knudsen James Burke Percy Helton
marksman rebel miner ex-soldier brooding profound intense intricate gory thrilling mine canyon wilderness western films gambling romance adventure discovery rescue underdog
Johnny Carter, performing sharpshooter, is asked to help a beleaguered group of copper miners.
Romance
USA
1963
88 Minutes
Dr. Wayne Bentley
southerner doctor patient country girl friend old woman lighthearted amusing tender hospital los angeles apartment matchmaking illness helping others cultural differences workplace romance new town adventure love
A Los Angeles doctor falls for a Mississippi girl working as a nurse's aide in his hospital.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Cyrus Random, Jr.
Red Skelton Sally Forrest Macdonald Carey Monica Lewis William Demarest Raymond Walburn Jane Darwell Lillian Bronson Herb Anderson Paul Harvey
inventor girlfriend pretty woman rival amusing lighthearted indiana small town inventions cars competition romance song and dance rivalry quest discovery love 1890s
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Cesare Borgia
A female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Jack Graham
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Biography
Spain|USA
1959
126 Minutes
Patrick Henry
Robert Stack Marisa Pavan Charles Coburn Erin O'Brien Macdonald Carey Jean-Pierre Aumont David Farrar Peter Cushing Susana Canales Georges Rivière Tom Brannum
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Sci-Fi
1977
87 Minutes
John Davis
Christopher Lee Sue Lyon Kirk Scott Dean Jagger Lew Ayres Macdonald Carey Liz Ross Jon Van Ness
Scientists (Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott) discover that a priest (Christopher Lee) and nuns are aliens from Utopia out to destroy polluted Earth.
Horror
1987
94 Minutes
Judge Watson
Michael Moriarty Karen Black Laurene Landon Gerrit Graham James Dixon Neal Israel Macdonald Carey
The father (Michael Moriarty) of a monster baby goes where it and others like it have been banished by the state.