List of the best Mildred Dunnock movies: Death of a Salesman(1951), The Jazz Singer(1953), One Summer Love(1976), Baby Doll(1956), The Story on Page One(1959), The Trouble With Harry(1955), Butterfield 8(1960), The Spiral Staircase(1975), The Nun's Story(1959), Sweet Bird of Youth(1962), Behold a Pale Horse(1964), I Want You(1951) ... ...
Drama
USA
1951
115 Minutes
Fredric March Mildred Dunnock Kevin McCarthy Cameron Mitchell Howard Smith Royal Beal Don Keefer Jesse White Claire Carleton David Alpert Elisabeth Fraser
salesman son wife brother endearing sad america household loss financial crisis american dream depression family regret fall transformation 1950s
An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.
Musical
USA
1953
107 Minutes
Mrs. Ruth Golding
Danny Thomas Peggy Lee Mildred Dunnock Eduard Franz Tom Tully Alex Gerry Allyn Joslyn Harold Gordon Hal Ross Justin Smith Anitra Stevens
jew jazz singer father cantor girlfriend mother emotional passionate touching philadelphia new york city jazz club synagogue family honor jazz stardom illness religion career vs. family quest
Jerry dreams of becoming a famous jazz singer, but to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor who opposes such a dream as a future for a son of his.
Drama
1976
98 Minutes
Miss Barrow
Beau Bridges Susan Sarandon Mildred Dunnock Michael Miller Linda Miller Martin Burke James Otis James Noble Ann Wedgeworth Frederick Coffin
young man beautiful woman doctor mother brother mentally ill person profound melodramatic connecticut city mental institution movie theater mental illness troubled youth memory loss romance family discovery love transformation
Released from a mental hospital, a young man (Beau Bridges) returns to his mother (Mildred Dunnock) but meets other women first.
Drama
USA
1956
114 Minutes
Aunt Rose Comfort
Karl Malden Carroll Baker Eli Wallach Mildred Dunnock Lonny Chapman Eades Hogue Noah Williamson
businessman rival wife dark unrestrained mississippi delta mansion arson marital problems revenge vulnerability competition revenge rivalry 1950s
A child bride holds her husband at bay while flirting with a sexy Italian farmer.
Drama
1959
123 Minutes
Mrs. Ellis
Rita Hayworth Anthony Franciosa Gig Young Mildred Dunnock Hugh Griffith Sanford Meisner Robert Burton Alfred Ryder Katherine Squire Raymond Greenleaf Myrna Fahey
prosecutor defendant attorney wife widower intense passionate thrilling suspenseful melodramatic courtroom murder case court battles abusive marriage affair justice death mystery rivalry underdog
A lawyer (Anthony Franciosa) defends a woman (Rita Hayworth) and her lover (Gig Young) accused of shooting her husband.
Comedy
USA
1955
99 Minutes
Mrs. Wiggs
Edmund Gwenn Shirley MacLaine John Forsythe Mildred Natwick Mildred Dunnock Jerry Mathers Royal Dano Dwight Marfield
sea captain corpse ex-wife artist sheriff young boy amusing crafty madcap outlandish vermont small town death investigation suspicion guilt discovery mystery 1950s
The trouble with Harry is that he is dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
Drama
USA
1960
109 Minutes
Mrs. Wandrous
Elizabeth Taylor Laurence Harvey Eddie Fisher Dina Merrill Mildred Dunnock Betty Field Jeffrey Lynn Kay Medford Susan Oliver George Voskovec Virginia Downing
call girl married man co-worker friend family member wife brooding emotional intense new york city hotel bar restaurant car bedroom prostitution affair money tragedy romance
A beautiful New York model and socialite moonlights as a call-girl, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1975
89 Minutes
Mrs. Sherman
Jacqueline Bisset Christopher Plummer Sam Wanamaker John Phillip Law Mildred Dunnock Gayle Hunnicutt John Ronane Ronald Radd Sheila Brennan Elaine Stritch Christopher Malcolm
In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants)
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Drama
USA
1962
120 Minutes
Aunt Nonnie
Paul Newman Geraldine Page Ed Begley Rip Torn Shirley Knight Mildred Dunnock Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood Philip Abbott Corey Allen
gigolo actress ex-girlfriend brother politician brooding uneasy small town house homecoming romance confrontation failing career class conflict deception fall love revenge 1960s
A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.
War
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Pilar
Gregory Peck Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Raymond Pellegrin Paolo Stoppa Mildred Dunnock Daniela Rocca Christian Marquand Marietto Perrette Pradier Zia Mohyeddin
guerrilla fighter police officer priest young boy mother fiery brooding suspenseful spain france san martin hospital civil war revenge revolution schemes revenge quest 1950s
Famous Spanish bandit Artiguez returns to his native Spanish village after 20 years in French exile but Spanish cop Vinolas is setting a trap for him.
Drama
USA
1951
102 Minutes
Sarah Greer
Dana Andrews Dorothy McGuire Farley Granger Peggy Dow Robert Keith Mildred Dunnock Ray Collins Martin Milner Jim Backus Marjorie Crossland Walter Baldwin
veteran father son mother girlfriend gripping emotional united states household small town disillusionment korean war young love draft ethics sacrifice temptation cold war
In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
Drama
USA
1945
114 Minutes
Miss Ronberry
Bette Davis John Dall Nigel Bruce Joan Lorring Rhys Williams Rosalind Ivan Mildred Dunnock
schoolteacher spinster student coal miner squire pregnant woman moving inspiring village school glansarno, wales education coal mining ambition troubled youth illegitimate child discovery quest sacrifice 1890s
A schoolteacher becomes the mentor of a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.
Western
USA
1956
89 Minutes
Martha Reno
Elvis Presley Richard Egan Debra Paget Robert Middleton William Campbell Neville Brand Mildred Dunnock Herman Brix James Drury Russ Conway Ken Clark
brother confederate soldier fiancée mother pinkerton agent outlaw winsome melodramatic thrilling louisiana texas train town american civil war reunion train robbery love triangle jealousy family escape
At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Rizzo's mother
Victor Mature Brian Donlevy Richard Widmark Coleen Gray Karl Malden Taylor Holmes Anthony Ross Mildred Dunnock Millard Mitchell J. Scott Smart
murderer criminal wife police detective elderly woman dark tense brutal prison new york city apartment street gangsters parole violence criminal justice system pursuit revenge 1940s
Nick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist. The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesn't roll over on them. Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind.
Drama
USA
1964
137 Minutes
Mrs. Sarah Hawke
James Franciscus Suzanne Pleshette Genevieve Page Eva Gabor Mary Astor Lee Bowman Edward Andrews Don Porter Mildred Dunnock Kent Smith John Dehner
truck driver novelist actress socialite married woman editor melodramatic emotional brooding kentucky new york city party theater cabin writing fame new life financial troubles high society tragic love
Arthur Hawke works as a coal truck driver in Kentucky, he in the process trying to protect his widowed mother Sarah Hawke's property rights against his wealthy and cutthroat paternal uncles... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1957
157 Minutes
Miss Elsie Thornton
Lana Turner Hope Lange Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Nolan Lee Philips Terry Moore Russ Tamblyn Betty Field David Nelson Mildred Dunnock Diane Varsi
stranger widow drunk daughter friend doctor melodramatic passionate intense new england small town forest lake courtroom mother/daughter relationship small-town life sex rape friendship trials
A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
Biography
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn Joseph Wiseman Arnold Moss Alan Reed Margo Harold Gordon Lou Gilbert Frank Silvera Florenz Ames
emiliano zapata pancho villa porfirio diaz military officer peasant brother brash confident gripping mexico small town palace family home countryside politics poverty revolution revenge rise underdog
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.