List of the best Marshall Thompson movies: Dial 1119(1950), Fiend Without a Face(1958), It! The Terror From Beyond Space(1958), Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion(1965), First Man Into Space(1959), The Rose Bowl Story(1952), The Mighty Jungle(1964), Lure of the Swamp(1957), George!(1971), To Hell and Back(1955), No Man Is an Island(1962), The Basketball Fix(1951) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Gunther Wyckoff
Marshall Thompson Virginia Field Andrea King Sam Levene Leon Ames Keefe Brasselle Richard Rober James Bell William Conrad Dick Simmons Hal Baylor
mental patient reporter bartender barfly used car salesman doctor dark intense mental institution bus bar doctor's office street terminal city mental illness hostage situation murder television police pursuit fugitives
An escaped mental patient causes havoc.
Horror
UK
1958
74 Minutes
Major Cummings
Marshall Thompson Kim Parker Terry Kilburn Michael Balfour Gil Winfield Shane Cordell Stanley Maxted James Dyrenforth Kerrigan Prescott Kynaston Reeves Peter Madden
Invisible atomic monsters attack a U.S. Armed Forces base and the local residents.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
69 Minutes
Carruthers
Marshall Thompson Shawn Smith Kim Spalding Ann Doran Dabbs Greer Paul Langton Robert Bice Richard Benedict Richard Hervey Thom Carney Ray Corrigan
astronaut commander crew member wife martian victim thrilling creepy suspenseful spacecraft outer space mars earth monsters space travel murder false accusations survival discovery escape
The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship.
Adventure
USA
1965
98 Minutes
Dr. Marsh Tracy
Marshall Thompson Betsy Drake Richard Haydn Cheryl Miller Alan Caillou Rockne Tarkington Maurice Marsac Robert DoQui Albert Amos Dinny Powell Mark Allen
doctor researcher teen girl tutor native lion lighthearted charming africa compound savanna wildlife lions science research father/daughter relationship adventure discovery 1960s
When a native village is apparently terrorized by a lion, the local sergeant enlists the help of a veterinarian working at a nearby animal study center. It is soon discovered that the lion ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK
1959
77 Minutes
Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
Marshall Thompson Marla Landi Bill Edwards Robert Ayres Bill Nagy Carl Jaffe Roger Delgado John McLaren
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
Drama
USA
1952
73 Minutes
Steve Davis
Marshall Thompson Vera Miles Natalie Wood Richard Rober Keith Larsen Ann Doran James Dobson Jim Backus
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Adventure
USA|Mexico
1964
88 Minutes
Marsh Connors
Marshall Thompson Arnold Belgard David DaLie Rosenda Monteros
A South American expedition is in search of fortune thought to be hidden in an Lost Aztec city. While trudging through the jungles the main character in the story becomes detached from the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1957
74 Minutes
Simon Lewt
A gangster (Willard Parker), a blonde (Joan Vohs) and two others want a swamp guide (Marshall Thompson) to lead them to hidden loot.
Comedy
1971
86 Minutes
Jim Paulsen
pilot bachelor dog love interest sister lighthearted engaging amusing switzerland household mountain airplane human-animal friendship dogs aviation brother/sister relationship responsibility bachelorhood rescue transformation
A carefree bachelor finds his peaceful life in the Swiss Alps disrupted after he inherits a 250-pound St. Bernard.
War
USA
1955
106 Minutes
Marshall Thompson Charles Drake Jack Kelly Paul Picerni Gregg Palmer David Janssen Richard Castle Paul Langton Bruce Cowling Denver Pyle Art Aragon
soldier mother lieutenant brash rousing patriotic texas africa sicily italy france hospital battle world war ii sharecropping heroism sacrifice 1940s
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
War
USA
1962
114 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Marshall Thompson Barbara Perez Ronald Remy Paul Edwards Jr. Rolf Bayer Vicente Liwanag Fred Harris II Lamberto V. Avellana Chichay
During the early Pacific war years, American seaman George Tweed is the only U.S. serviceman on Guam not captured by the Japanese forces.
Drama
1951
65 Minutes
A sportswriter (John Ireland) tells how a college athlete (Marshall Thompson) met his downfall shaving points for a gambler.
Adventure
1960
91 Minutes
Dr. Joseph Farady
Mala Powers Marshall Thompson James Lanphier Douglas Kennedy Robert Gillette Felippe Birriel A.J. Valentine Blanquita Romero Jackie Donoro
A top-hatted Englishman (Marshall Thompson) takes off with his fiancee (Mala Powers) to rescue a colleague from a Hindu (James Lanphier) on the Nile.
Horror
USA
1955
82 Minutes
Tom Markel
American G.I.s who trespass on a Hindu ceremony are hunted down by a beautiful woman who has the power to transform herself into a cobra.
War
1955
82 Minutes
2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
Sterling Hayden Arthur Franz Marshall Thompson Leo Needham Jay Barney John Goddard Robert Sherman Joel Marston John Dennis Dale Hutchinson Andy Andrews
pilot soldier captain lieutenant medic friend thrilling intense korea helicopter battlefield headquarters island korean war teamwork arrogance bad behavior training boredom quest
The captain (Sterling Hayden) of an air-rescue service unit leads his men (Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson) on helicopter missions in the Korean War.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Lance Beaufort
Dick Powell Paula Raymond Adolphe Menjou Marshall Thompson Ruby Dee Will Geer Richard Rober Florence Bates Victor Kilian Katharine Warren Leif Erickson
assassin detective sister slave abraham lincoln criminal suspenseful thrilling train baltimore new york city assassination presidency murder plot police work conspiracy crime pursuit underdog 1860s
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
War
USA
1949
118 Minutes
Jim Layton
Van Johnson John Hodiak Ricardo Montalban George Murphy Marshall Thompson Jerome Courtland Don Taylor Bruce Cowling James Whitmore Douglas Fowley Leon Ames
mexican-american soldier general nazi chaplain inspiring patriotic thrilling europe belgium battlefield world war ii military bravery battle of the bulge underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Henry Shanway
Ricardo Montalban Sally Forrest Herman Brix Elsa Lanchester Marshall Thompson Jan Sterling Edmon Ryan Betsy Blair Wally Maher Ralph Dumke Willard Waterman
forensic expert barmaid boyfriend suspect dark intricate bar cape cod boston laboratory murder love triangle mystery mystery rescue 1950s
A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.
Drama
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Freddie Bilson
Mary Astor Philip Dorn Gloria Grahame Felix Bressart Marshall Thompson Curt Bois Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Walsh
restaurant owner wife gold digger boyfriend waitress airy lighthearted amusing nevada café highway reno, nev. nightclub marriage financial windfall flirtation jealousy manipulation temptation forbidden love
Peter owns a small but upscale café on the road between Reno and Lake Tahoe in Nevada. He is a heavy gambler and his marriage is rocky. Into is life come a waitress named Sally.
Drama
1946
97 Minutes
Brandon Reynolds
Claudette Colbert Walter Pidgeon June Allyson Robert Sterling Marshall Thompson Elizabeth Patterson Richard Derr Patricia Medina Eily Malyon Nicholas Joy Anna Q. Nilsson
pianist doctor father daughter mother eerie emotional suspenseful melodramatic united states family home ocean liner love marriage jealousy mental illness affair discovery forbidden love mystery
A teenager's (June Allyson) despondency over her father's suicide causes concern for her brother and stepmother (Claudette Colbert). Narrated by Hume Cronyn.
War
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Ens. "'Snake" Gardner
Robert Montgomery John Wayne Donna Reed Jack Holt Ward Bond Marshall Thompson Paul Langton Leon Ames Arthur Walsh Donald Curtis
lieutenant naval officer sailor general gripping spirited rousing boat philippines naval base bataan corregidor world war ii pt boat general douglas macarthur revenge rescue underdog 1940s
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Drama
USA
1955
107 Minutes
Wilfred Banning `'Wolf'` Pendleton III
Jennifer Jones Robert Stack Kipp Hamilton Robert Douglas Peggy Knudsen Marshall Thompson Chuck Connors Biff Elliot Jerry Paris Mary Wickes
schoolteacher doctor police officer playwright banker convict melodramatic endearing small town school hospital school love respect memory illness growing up sacrifice 1950s
After her admission to the hospital, town-famous stern teacher Miss Dove nostalgically reminisces about her youth and about the pupils she taught over the years.
Musical
USA
1948
119 Minutes
Herbert Fields
Mickey Rooney Tom Drake June Allyson Perry Como Ann Sothern Betty Garrett Janet Leigh Marshall Thompson Jeanette Nolan Richard Quine Clinton Sundberg
lyricist composer actress singer best friend touching melodramatic hollywood, calif. broadway theater london new york city may-december romance alcohol songwriting friendship depression success rise fall love
Fictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Tolbert McCoy
Farley Granger Joan Evans Charles Bickford Raymond Massey Richard Basehart Gigi Perreau Aline MacMahon Marshall Thompson
young man young girl father rival brother love interest dark gripping tense kentucky west virginia woods house church feud family hostages romance murder hatfields vs. mccoys
The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »
Comedy
1946
83 Minutes
Joe Fisher
Red Skelton Marilyn Maxwell Marjorie Main Virginia O'Brien Eddie Anderson George Cleveland Leon Ames Marshall Thompson Jacqueline White Wilson Wood Lila Leeds
clerk love interest mother father sister braggart amusing playful madcap house family home united states ambition tall tales unlikely romance social climbing love relationships rise transformation
A windbag (Red Skelton) tries to impress his fiancee (Marilyn Maxwell) and her family with false accounts of his success.
War
1948
112 Minutes
Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Clark Gable Walter Pidgeon Van Johnson Brian Donlevy Charles Bickford John Hodiak Edward Arnold Marshall Thompson Richard Quine Cameron Mitchell Clinton Sundberg
military officer reporter politician pilot patriotic somber engaging military base england world war ii horrors of war aviation dangerous job discovery transformation 1940s
A U.S. general (Clark Gable) and his superior (Walter Pidgeon) take heat for sending bombers to Germany to destroy aircraft plants.
Drama
USA
1977
119 Minutes
Carter
Shirley MacLaine Anne Bancroft Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Tom Skerritt Martha Scott Antoinette Sibley Alexandra Danilova Starr Danias Marshall Thompson James Mitchell
mother ballerina womanizer husband daughter brooding emotional melodramatic passionate new york city oklahoma ballet jealousy family regret resentment rivalry sacrifice 1970s
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.