List of the best Mary Murphy movies: Live Fast, Die Young(1958), The Wild One(1954), The Mad Magician(1954), A Man Alone(1955), Crime and Punishment, U.S.A.(1959), Sitting Bull(1954), The Electronic Monster(1958), Main Street to Broadway(1953), Make Haste to Live(1954), Beachhead(1954), The Maverick Queen(1955), The Desperate Hours(1955) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1958
82 Minutes
Mary Murphy Norma Eberhardt Michael Connors Sheridan Comerate Peggy Maley Jay Jostyn Troy Donahue Carol Varga Joan Marshall Gordon Jones Dawn Richard
Two teen sisters leave their no-good father for a lurid life on the road.
Drama
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Marlon Brando Mary Murphy Robert Keith Lee Marvin Jay C. Flippen Peggy Maley
biker sheriff waitress gang member brooding tense cool california town jail restaurant rebellion biker gang aimless youth bad behavior adventure underdog wretched excess 1950s
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
Horror
USA
1954
72 Minutes
Vincent Price Mary Murphy Eva Gabor John Emery Donald Randolph Lenita Lane Patrick O'Neal Jay Novello
Don Gallico is a master at designing magical illusions which are sold by his employer, Mr. Ormond, to famous magicians such as Rinaldi. He is also a master of disguise and realistic mask ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Nadine Corrigan
Ray Milland Mary Murphy Ward Bond Raymond Burr Arthur Space Lee Van Cleef Alan Hale Jr. Douglas Spencer Thomas B. Henry Grandon Rhodes Martin Garralaga
gunslinger deputy sheriff daughter robber townsperson engaging tense small town wild west desert family home saloon murder robbery mistaken identity injustice pursuit quest 19th century
A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
78 Minutes
A Californian law student murders a pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case.
Western
Mexico|USA
1954
105 Minutes
Dale Robertson Mary Murphy J. Carrol Naish John Hamilton John Litel Joel Fluellen Iron Eyes Cody Douglas Kennedy
sitting bull george armstrong custer major crazy horse ulysses s. grant native american profound rousing battlefield indian territory plains battle of the little bighorn native americans american indian wars old west imperialism expansionism underdog sacrifice quest
A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.
Sci-Fi
UK
1958
76 Minutes
An insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye.
Romance
USA
1953
102 Minutes
The Actress, Mary Craig
Tom Morton Mary Murphy Herb Shriner Agnes Moorehead
playwright actress celebrity mother father business owner creative lighthearted new york city theater family home small town indiana ambition stardom broadway small-town life love triangle love transformation
In New York City, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
90 Minutes
Randy Benson
newspaper owner mobster daughter boyfriend sheriff archaeologist suspenseful thrilling new mexico small town california cliff office house secret past mother/daughter relationship courtship marriage secret identity stalking
After serving 18 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, a mobster is paroled and returns to a New Mexico town to exact his revenge on the woman responsible for his conviction.
Drama, War
USA
1954
90 Minutes
Nina Bouchard
Tony Curtis Frank Lovejoy Mary Murphy Eduard Franz Skip Homeier John Doucette Alan Wells
marine planter daughter enemy sergeant major intense gripping thrilling pacific ocean island jungle world war ii espionage survival courage daunting task quest rescue underdog
In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.
Western
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Lucy Lee
Barbara Stanwyck Barry Sullivan Scott Brady Mary Murphy Wallace Ford Howard Petrie Jim Davis Emile Meyer Walter Sande George Keymas John Doucette
A Pinkerton detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of thieves whose boss is a feisty lady saloonkeeper. Complications ensue.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Cindy Hilliard
Humphrey Bogart Fredric March Martha Scott Arthur Kennedy Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Alan Reed Bert Freed
criminal prisoner father mother son daughter tense thrilling emotional indianapolis house home invasion escaped criminals hostages family stand-off escape love 1950s
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1972
100 Minutes
Ruth Bonner
Steve McQueen Robert Preston Ida Lupino Ben Johnson Joe Don Baker Barbara Leigh Mary Murphy Bill McKinney Sandra Deel Don "Red" Barry Dub Taylor
rodeo rider father brother mother spirited engaging arizona rodeo small town aging family dysfunction competition rodeo aspirations father/son relationship sports rivalry underdog 1970s
Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.
Drama
USA
1974
77 Minutes
Pam Parks
Hope Lange Earl Holliman Michael Murphy Patricia Smith Kerry Shuttleton Brian Andrews Mary Murphy Stephen Hudis Milt Kogan Madge Sinclair Elizabeth Harrower
A suburban wife begins to resent the pressures she sees society putting on her as a wife and mother, and leaves her family to find the meaning of her life.
Drama
1952
118 Minutes
Jessica Hurstwood
Jennifer Jones Laurence Olivier Eddie Albert Miriam Hopkins Basil Ruysdael Ray Teal Barry Kelley Sara Berner William Reynolds Mary Murphy Harry Hayden
kept woman salesman restaurant manager sister brother-in-law wife emotional melodramatic chicago train restaurant apartment love triangle forbidden love adultery forbidden love fall 1890s
A farm girl (Jennifer Jones) goes to Chicago, meets men (Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert) and becomes a stage star.
Comedy
USA
1951
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine John Lund Mona Freeman Peter Hansen David Stollery Virginia Farmer Angela Clarke Lowell Gilmore Robert Barrat Gertrude Michael Mary Murphy
Based on James Barrie's play "Alice Sit-By-The-Fire". In turn-of-the-century New York, a young girl who believes she's learned "the seamy side of life" from a risque play takes it upon ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
William Holden Edmond O'Brien Alexis Smith Tom Tully Ed Begley Dan Dayton Adele Longmire Ray Teal Ted de Corsia Don Porter Howard Freeman
prosecutor police officer mobster journalist father girlfriend brooding crafty emotional tense midwest courtroom house police station corruption love triangle investigation trial spying organized crime
Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.