List of the best Melvyn Douglas movies: Arsene Lupin Returns(1938), Fast Company(1938), And So They Were Married(1936), I Never Sang for My Father(1970), Ninotchka(1939), Hud(1963), Theodora Goes Wild(1936), The Old Dark House(1932), Third Finger, Left Hand(1940), That Certain Age(1938), She Married Her Boss(1935), That Uncertain Feeling(1941) ... ...
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Rene Farrand, Arsene Lupin
Melvyn Douglas Virginia Bruce Warren William John Halliday Nat Pendleton Monty Woolley George Zucco E.E. Clive Rollo Lloyd Vladimir Sokoloff Tully Marshall
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Joel Sloane
Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice Claire Dodd Shepperd Strudwick Louis Calhern Nat Pendleton Douglas Dumbrille Mary Howard George Zucco Minor Watson Don Douglas
A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
6.1/10
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Stephen Blake
Melvyn Douglas Mary Astor Edith Fellows Jackie Moran Donald Meek Dorothy Stickney Romaine Callender Douglas Scott Margaret Armstrong George McKay Wade Boteler
A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin... See full summary »
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Tom Garrison
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Count Leon d'Algout
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire Sig Ruman Felix Bressart Alexander Granach Bela Lugosi Gregory Gaye Richard Carle Edwin Maxwell Rolfe Sedan
diplomat count duchess russian amusing charming paris eiffel tower hotel love forbidden love competition communism capitalism love discovery transformation 1930s
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Paul Newman Melvyn Douglas Patricia Neal Brandon de Wilde John Ashley Whit Bissell Crahan Denton Val Avery Sheldon Allman Pitt Herbert Curt Conway
anti-hero teenager housekeeper father rancher brash fiery dark ranch texas family alcoholism love triangle wretched excess 1960s
Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1936
94 Minutes
Michael Grant
Irene Dunne Melvyn Douglas Thomas Mitchell Thurston Hall Rosalind Keith Spring Byington
writer aunt publisher artist wife editor winsome heartwarming witty playful connecticut family home new york city secret life writing conflict of interest small-town life gossip transformation forbidden love
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who'd be scandalized if they knew.
7.1/10
Comedy, Horror
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Boris Karloff Melvyn Douglas Charles Laughton Gloria Stuart Lilian Bond Ernest Thesiger Eva Moore Raymond Massey Brember Wills Elspeth Dudgeon
host butler chorus girl veteran industrialist religious person offbeat amusing mansion country road wales storm arson haunted houses love mystery 1930s
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Jeff Thompson
Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Raymond Walburn Lee Bowman Bonita Granville Felix Bressart Donald Meek Sidney Blackmer Ernest Whitman Ann Morriss Edna Holland
editor artist boyfriend father sister law student witty melodramatic new york city niagara falls, n.y. train nightclub mansion opposites attract career vs. love love-hate relationship love triangle romantic dilemma rivalry love
A single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Melvyn Douglas Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Nancy Carroll John Halliday Jackie Searle Juanita Quigley Peggy Stewart Charles Coleman Grant Mitchell
teen girl father reporter boyfriend scout actress lighthearted amusing cheery country house office party infatuation adolescence young love newspapers musical performance growing up forbidden love transformation
A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Melvyn Douglas Michael Bartlett Raymond Walburn Jean Dixon Katharine Alexander Edith Fellows Clara Kimball Young Grace Hayle Charles Arnt
secretary boss friend daughter sister playboy frenetic hilarious playful new york city office household pennsylvania department store work vs. family ambition romance working woman family dysfunction rivalry
An efficient secretary at a department store marries her boss, but discovers that taking care of him at home is a lot different to taking care of him at work.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
6.5/10
Comedy, Romance
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Melvyn Douglas Alison Skipworth Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Greig Warburton Gamble Greta Meyer Boris Karloff
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Erich von Stroheim Hedda Hopper Owen Moore Rafaela Ottiano Warburton Gamble Albert Conti William Ricciardi Roland Varno
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man (Tony) shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Melvyn Douglas Binnie Barnes Allyn Joslyn Gloria Dickson Lee J. Cobb Gloria Holden Paul McGrath
husband wife business partner madcap playful house bedroom abstinence marriage frustrated desire newlyweds sex quest love 1940s
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months, just to see if they are truly compatible. The husband tries various tricks to lure his ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1941
94 Minutes
Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Constance Bennett Roland Young Robert Sterling Ruth Gordon Frances Carson
ski instructor magazine editor ex-girlfriend business partner secretary hilarious spirited melodramatic idaho ski resort new york city apartment newsroom marriage trust commitment impersonation deception city vs. country love
After a ski instructor catches her husband flirting with an old flame, she decides to pose as her (fictitious) twin sister in an attempt to keep him faithful.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Joan Crawford Melvyn Douglas Roland Young Billie Burke Allen Jenkins Andrew Tombes Helen Parrish Emory Parnell
businesswoman sister reporter executive love interest younger sister charming playful witty church office house wedding independence marriage business love unlikely romance mistaken identity rivalry
Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .
6.1/10
Romance
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Kay Denham, romanced in Paris by friends Gene and George, can't figure out why George disapproves of Gene.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1951
74 Minutes
Frank Bradley
Joan Evans Melvyn Douglas Lynn Bari Bob Arthur Hugh O'Brian Constance Hilton Michael Kuhn Susan Morrow Lilian Hamilton Elizabeth Flournoy John Morgan
Shunned by her self-absorbed parents, a teenage girl's need for love and attention drives her to delinquency and a suicide attempt - an act that finally brings her parents to their senses.
5.7/10
Horror
USA
1933
63 Minutes
Lionel Atwill Melvyn Douglas Fay Wray Dwight Frye Maude Eburne George E. Stone Robert Frazer Rita Carlyle
doctor magistrate village idiot police detective maid girlfriend creepy dark frightening suspenseful village laboratory bedroom cave police station europe vampires vigilantism murder investigation superstition
When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.
Crime, Drama
1935
84 Minutes
woman gangster cellmate explorer government agent engaging intense suspenseful diner cell apartment hospital nightclub lake crime gangsters false accusations fugitives nursing romance
A gangster's (Alan Baxter) ex-girlfriend (Sylvia Sidney) finds true love with a man (Melvyn Douglas) who helps her hide.
7.8/10
Drama
UK
1962
123 Minutes
The Dansker
Robert Ryan Terence Stamp Melvyn Douglas Peter Ustinov John Neville Ronald Lewis Lee Montague Paul Rogers Niall MacGinnis John Meillon Ray McAnally
captain seaman military officer assistant lieutenant young man tense fascinating profound rousing ship deck mediterranean sea accidental death moral dilemma false accusations schemes law enforcement naval warfare rivalry
Billy Budd is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
7.7/10
Horror
France|USA
1976
125 Minutes
Monsieur Zy
Roman Polanski Isabelle Adjani Melvyn Douglas Shelley Winters Jo Van Fleet Bernard Fresson Lila Kedrova Claude Dauphin Claude Piéplu Rufus Romain Bouteille
tenant neighbor beautiful woman suicidal person chilling tense creepy gripping paris apartment building movie theater hospital paranoia supernatural city life suicide conspiracy fall mystery 1970s
A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
7.2/10
Horror
Canada
1980
107 Minutes
Senator Joe Carmichael
George C. Scott Trish Van Devere Melvyn Douglas John Colicos Jean Marsh Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood
composer friend senator ghost suspenseful creepy engaging somber washington state mansion haunting grief murder isolation accident discovery pursuit mystery 1970s
After the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at an old mansion is dragged into a decades-old mystery by an inexplicable presence in the mansion's attic.
6.6/10
Western
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Jeff Hogarth
Barbara Stanwyck Preston Foster Melvyn Douglas Moroni Olsen Pert Kelton Andy Clyde Chief Thundercloud Margaret Armstrong Delmar Watson Philo McCullough Eddie Dunn
sharpshooter cowboy buffalo bill chief promoter annie oakley spirited amusing engaging new york city cincinnati europe ambition show business contest guns native americans rivalry pursuit love
A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1949
110 Minutes
Armand de Glasse
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 »
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Henry Lowndes
Jean Arthur Fred MacMurray Melvyn Douglas Harry Davenport Dorothy Peterson Melville Cooper Edgar Buchanan Tom Dugan
wife husband butler detective lieutenant madcap quirky witty courtroom airport house bigamy marriage love triangle missing persons shipwreck difficult decision love rivalry 1940s
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
6.3/10
Western
USA
1947
122 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Melvyn Douglas Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Edgar Buchanan Harry Carey Ruth Nelson Wm. "Bill" Phillips Robert Armstrong James Bell
rancher wife lawyer homesteader melodramatic fiery new mexico territory colorado cattle marital problems infidelity forbidden love sacrifice 1860s
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
6.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
95 Minutes
Nicholas Eugen August Wolfgang "Nikki" Prax
Norma Shearer Lee Bowman Melvyn Douglas Gail Patrick Marjorie Main Reginald Owen Connie Gilchrist Sig Ruman
Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Paul Beaurevel
Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Lucile Watson Janis Carter Gordon Oliver Basil Ruysdael Clarence Muse Walter Kingsford Jack Briggs Will Wright
woman doctor cousin wife love interest crafty engaging intense new orleans courtroom inheritance infidelity love triangle immorality doomed romance love pursuit forbidden love revenge sacrifice
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1972
97 Minutes
Joseph Provo
Trish Van Devere Monte Markham Melvyn Douglas Janet Leigh Jane Elliot Jonathan Lippe Mark Bramhall Paul Jenkins Scott Beach Morgan Upton Joe Spano
wife professor widower best friend leader love interest emotional tender household support group art gallery divorce infidelity loneliness therapy friendship starting over fall rise love
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
68 Minutes
Tony Robson
Fay Wray Ralph Bellamy Melvyn Douglas Roscoe Ates Reed Brown Jr. Ruth Gillette Nell O'Day Granville Bates Frank Otto Cliff Dunstan
A paroled prisoner hits a man attacking a woman. He runs away scared that he may have killed him - he did not. From a book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
5.0/10
Drama
USA
1973
76 Minutes
Grandfather
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York City. The weaker gang uses a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeed in stopping one of the gangs, while the other remains without the boss.
Comedy, Drama
1948
94 Minutes
Bill Cole
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Reginald Denny Sharyn Moffett Connie Marshall Louise Beavers Ian Wolfe Lurene Tuttle Lex Barker
advertising executive wife real estate agent lawyer architect witty amusing connecticut suburbia new york city apartment household moving house building adventure rivalry 1940s
A New York adman (Cary Grant) and his calm wife (Myrna Loy) buy a big old fixer-upper in rural Connecticut.
Comedy, Drama
1972
110 Minutes
John J. McKay
Robert Redford Peter Boyle Melvyn Douglas Don Porter Allen Goorwitz Quinn Redeker Michael Lerner Karen Carlson Morgan Upton Kenneth Tobey Chris Prey
lawyer campaign manager senator father disheartening brash fascinating powerful california office election political campaign congress manipulation media underdog transformation rivalry 1970s
An image maker (Peter Boyle) grooms the son (Robert Redford) of a political boss (Melvyn Douglas) for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.
8.0/10
Comedy
West Germany|USA
1979
130 Minutes
Benjamin Turnbull Rand
Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Jack Warden Melvyn Douglas Richard Dysart Richard Basehart James Noble David Clennon
gardener wealthy man socialite wife president witty endearing offbeat washington, d.c. household garden estate politics high society wealth mistaken identity television discovery 1970s
A simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.
8.0/10
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Frank Burton Cheyne
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1938
76 Minutes
Henry Linden
Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan Robert Young Melvyn Douglas Fay Bainter Allyn Joslyn Hattie McDaniel Frank Albertson Oscar O'Shea Harry Barris Tony De Marco
dancer farmer brother sister wife passionate tense melodramatic new york city nightclub wisconsin farm love triangle marital problems marriage city vs. country betrayal love temptation transformation
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
Warren Trent
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
hotel owner hotel manager thief duke duchess guest frenetic melodramatic new orleans hotel lobby hotel room office louisiana scandal blackmail schemes financial troubles drunken driving robbery
The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Roy Darwin
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1979
107 Minutes
Senator Birney
Alan Alda Barbara Harris Meryl Streep Rip Torn Melvyn Douglas Charles Kimbrough Carrie Nye Michael Higgins Blanche Baker Adam Ross Maureen Anderman
senator wife attorney politician pretty woman secretary emotional uneasy washington, d.c. office household supreme court politics idealism infidelity ambition morality love transformation temptation
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well... See full summary »
5.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1936
102 Minutes
John Randolph
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Melvyn Douglas James Stewart Alison Skipworth Louis Calhern Beulah Bondi Melville Cooper Sidney Toler
president best friend senator sailor adviser gutsy spirited washington, d.c. inn peggy eaton andrew jackson loyalty politics scandal rivalry sacrifice love 1830s
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
3.8/10
Fantasy
Italy
1971
75 Minutes
Judge Earl Chapman
Yvette Mimieux Monte Markham Myrna Loy Bert Convy Melvyn Douglas Kerwin Mathews Priscilla Pointer Austin Willis Colby Chester Maureen Reagan Mario Machado
A former sheriff, after being accused of a robbery and escaping from jail with a revolutionary bandit, seeks revenge for his brother and his family.
Mystery & Thriller
1982
92 Minutes
Max Reich
Wayne Rogers Marie-France Pisier Lloyd Bochner Patrick Macnee Samantha Eggar Melvyn Douglas
An art collector's henchman (Lloyd Bochner) forces a forger (Wayne Rogers) to duplicate lost works by van Gogh and El Greco.
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