List of the best Moroni Olsen movies: The Farmer in the Dell(1936), Annie Oakley(1935), Dangerously They Live(1942), Homicide Bureau(1939), Father's Little Dividend(1951), One Foot in Heaven(1941), No Questions Asked(1951), Susannah of the Mounties(1939), Allegheny Uprising(1939), Notorious(1946), Father of the Bride(1950), High Wall(1947) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Chester Hart
Fred Stone Jean Parker Esther Dale Moroni Olsen Frank Albertson Maxine Jennings Ray Mayer Lucille Ball Rafael Corio Frank Jenks Spencer Charters
Senior couple take their pretty daughter (Jean Parker) -- from their home and farm in Mid-America -- to Hollywood -- to become a movie star.
Western
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Col. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
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.
Drama
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Mr. John Goodwin
John Garfield Nancy Coleman Raymond Massey Moroni Olsen Lee Patrick
agent doctor leader spy henchman chilling disturbing intense patriotic grand central station ambulance hospital house delicatessen espionage kidnapping impersonation torture deception romance
Dr. Michael Lewis treats Jane, a mysterious woman claiming to be a British secret agent on the run from German spies. Ultimately convinced, Michael helps Jane escape and with her attempts ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Captain Haines
Bruce Cabot Rita Hayworth Marc Lawrence Richard Fiske Moroni Olsen Norman Willis Gene Morgan Robert Paige Lee Prather Stanley Andrews
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Herbert Dunstan
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor Don Taylor Billie Burke Moroni Olsen Richard Rober Marietta Canty Russ Tamblyn Tom Irish Hayden Rorke
father mother daughter son-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law amusing endearing touching united states household parenthood love family old age love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Drama
USA
1941
108 Minutes
Dr. John Romer
Fredric March Martha Scott Beulah Bondi Gene Lockhart Grant Mitchell Moroni Olsen Harry Davenport Elisabeth Fraser Frank Thomas Jr. Laura Hope Crews Jerome Cowan
preacher wife son daughter choir director chauffeur tender positive inspiring church house parsonage denver ontario, canada iowa family faith christianity sacrifice transformation
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Henry Manston
Barry Sullivan Arlene Dahl Jean Hagen George Murphy Richard Anderson Moroni Olsen Dan Dayton Dick Simmons Howard Petrie William Reynolds Mauritz Hugo
lawyer boss fiancée girlfriend detective gangster suspenseful gritty intricate thrilling new york city hotel apartment nightclub courtroom betrayal frame-ups mob law second chance
An insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Supt. Andrew Standing
William A. Seiter Shirley Temple Randolph Scott Margaret Lockwood J. Farrell MacDonald Maurice Moscovich Moroni Olsen Victor Jory Martin Good Rider
Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the Mountie is saved from ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Tom Calhoon
John Wayne Claire Trevor George Sanders Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Moroni Olsen Chill Wills Wilfrid Lawson John Hamilton Eddie Quillan Ian Wolfe
soldier professor trader captain love interest general patriotic rousing charming fiery pennsylvania small town trading post philadelphia jail treason battle native americans abuse of power false accusations
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Walter Beardsley
Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Claude Rains Louis Calhern Leopoldine Konstantin Reinhold Schünzel Moroni Olsen
secret agent spy nazi mother engaging tense suspenseful united states brazil mansion espionage deception nazism dangerous assignment love mystery discovery love rescue 1940s
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Comedy
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Herbert Dunstan
Spencer Tracy Elizabeth Taylor Joan Bennett Don Taylor Billie Burke Leo G. Carroll Moroni Olsen Melville Cooper Taylor Holmes Paul Harvey Frank Orth
father bride daughter mother groom amusing playful endearing america household church wedding marriage family aging parenthood love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
99 Minutes
Dr. Philip Dunlap
Robert Taylor Audrey Totter Herbert Marshall Dorothy Patrick H.B. Warner Warner Anderson Moroni Olsen John Ridgely Morris Ankrum Elisabeth Risdon Vince Barnett
veteran doctor lawyer nurse mental patient dark suspenseful mental institution innocence love murder amnesia pursuit rise 1940s
After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.
Musical
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Mr. Blair
Bing Crosby Gloria Jean El Brendel Charles Winninger Allyn Joslyn Claire Dodd Moroni Olsen Nana Bryant Donald Woods Kathryn Adams
When a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers bring his now orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
Drama
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Speaker of the House
Van Johnson Patricia Neal Louis Calhern Sidney Blackmer Philip Ober Patricia Collinge Moroni Olsen
congressman columnist journalist lobbyist secretary boss emotional patriotic rousing positive washington, d.c. newsroom capitol building massachusetts restaurant politics journalism corruption idealism unlikely romance
Joe Gresham is a hard-working but reticent congressman from Massachusetts. Reporter Alice Kingsley arrives in Washington, DC hired by Gilbert Nunnally, a tabloid columnist and cynic who ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1945
109 Minutes
Inspector Peterson
Joan Crawford Jack Carson Ann Blyth Zachary Scott Eve Arden Herman Brix Lee Patrick Moroni Olsen Jo Ann Marlowe George Tobias
restaurant owner daughter mother police detective melodramatic tense glendale, calif. murder social standing mother/daughter relationship investigation the great depression mystery sacrifice 1930s
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Dr. Ames
Joan Crawford Van Heflin Raymond Massey Geraldine Brooks Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Nana Bryant Moroni Olsen Erskine Sanford Gerald Perreau Isabel Withers
nurse psychiatrist engineer wealthy man neighbor wife dark melodramatic creepy los angeles washington state hospital diner jealousy suicide insanity obsession violence unrequited love love
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Chairman
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Rev. Thatcher
Hedy Lamarr George Sanders Louis Hayward Gene Lockhart Hillary Brooke Rhys Williams June Storey Moroni Olsen Olive Blakeney Dennis Hoey Alan Napier
manipulative woman businessman college student husband wife best friend dark engaging melodramatic tense bangor, maine woods cabin romantic dilemma murder plot infidelity manipulation betrayal forbidden love temptation
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Don Toland
Anthony Quinn Katherine DeMille Elyse Knox Ducky Louie Raymond Hatton Kane Richmond Thurston Hall Moroni Olsen Jonathan Hale Darryl Hickman Charles Trowbridge
In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.
Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Caliph Hassan
Maria Montez Jon Hall Turhan Bey Andy Devine Kurt Katch Frank Puglia Fortunio Bonanova Moroni Olsen Ramsay Ames Chris-Pin Martin Scotty Beckett
A boy prince, raised by forty thieves, takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father and stole his kingdom.
Adventure
USA
1944
70 Minutes
MacDonald
Maria Montez Jon Hall Sabu Edgar Barrier Mary Nash Lois Collier Samuel S. Hinds Moroni Olsen Lon Chaney Robert Barron
A beautiful woman is abducted from her peaceful South Seas home and taken to Cobra Island, where her grandmother Queen wants her to displace her evil twin sister and vengeance against her priest and corrupt advisor.
Western
USA
1940
121 Minutes
Cameron
Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott Humphrey Bogart Frank McHugh Alan Hale Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Moroni Olsen Russell Hicks Douglas Dumbrille
southerner commander intelligence officer bandit friend engaging gripping rousing prison wagon train virginia city, nev. trail american civil war theft escape prisoners of war robbery pursuit escape sacrifice
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
Adventure
USA
1941
133 Minutes
Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Alexis Smith Regis Toomey Allen Jenkins Craig Stevens Herb Anderson Moroni Olsen Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt
pilot doctor best friend surgeon girlfriend intense fiery engaging airplane san diego hospital laboratory aviation medical experiments navy surgery research death discovery quest
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Drama, History
USA
1936
123 Minutes
John Knox
Katharine Hepburn Fredric March Florence Eldridge Douglas Walton John Carradine Robert Barrat Gavin Muir Ian Keith Moroni Olsen William Stack Ralph Forbes
mary stuart elizabeth tudor earl lord courtier engaging fascinating powerful scotland palace england prison abdication imprisonment execution royalty marriage jealousy rivalry rise
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
War
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Paul Grebeau
Joan Crawford John Wayne Philip Dorn Reginald Owen Albert Basserman John Carradine Ann Ayars J. Edward Bromberg Moroni Olsen Henry Daniell Arthur Space
socialite fiancé munitions maker pilot resistance fighter tense patriotic melodramatic paris family home factory countryside nazi collaboration nazi occupation love triangle deception world war ii undercover operations discovery escape
In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Major Allen
Kay Kyser Ellen Drew Jane Wyman Robert Armstrong Helen Westley William Demarest Una O'Connor Lionel Royce Moroni Olsen George Cleveland
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. It turns out that the army ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1948
111 Minutes
Parole Board Officer
James Stewart Richard Conte Lee J. Cobb Helen Walker Betty Garde Kasia Orzazewski Joanne de Bergh Howard Smith Moroni Olsen John McIntire Paul Harvey
prisoner mother wife editor reporter police officer thrilling engaging newsroom family home prison police station justice murder corruption pursuit mystery 1940s
A Chicago newsman (James Stewart) digs up the story of a scrubwoman's son (Richard Conte) framed for murder.
Drama
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Brenner
Conrad Veidt Ann Ayars Frank Reicher Dorothy Tree Ivan F. Simpson William Tannen Martin Kosleck Marc Lawrence Sidney Blackmer Moroni Olsen Pierre Watkin
twin nazi american brother tense thrilling germany store embassy ship loyalty brotherhood espionage betrayal identity theft rivalry sacrifice transformation 1940s
A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Bonita Granville Richard Denning Joseph Calleia William Bendix Frances Gifford Donald MacBride Margaret Hayes Moroni Olsen
political boss government official adviser daughter brother gangster dark suspenseful engaging tense office mansion cabin hospital countryside apartment murder corruption blackmail loyalty
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
88 Minutes
John Garfield Priscilla Lane Alan Hale Frank McHugh Billy Halop Bobby Jordan Charley Grapewin Henry Armetta Stanley Ridges John Litel Moroni Olsen
ex-convict daughter foreman newspaper owner photographer robber emotional gripping suspenseful prison farm stage diner bank injustice on the run romance alcoholism heroism death rise
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
82 Minutes
Phil Regan Leo Carrillo Ann Dvorak Tamara Geva James Gleason Henry Armetta Luis Alberni Smiley Burnette Selmer Jackson Eddie Kane Moroni Olsen
mobster singer opera singer musician secretary mother lighthearted winsome new york city office nightclub theater music industry show business opera mother/son relationship love triangle organized crime quest 1930s
Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.
Drama
USA
1949
128 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr Victor Mature George Sanders Angela Lansbury Henry Wilcoxon Olive Deering Fay Holden Julia Faye Russ Tamblyn William Farnum Lane Chandler
hero traitor soldiers brutal melodramatic sultry israel middle east religion blindness god superhuman abilities battle love forbidden love rivalry pursuit 10th century b.c.
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
War
USA
1949
116 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jane Wyatt Walter Brennan Wayne Morris Julie London Herman Brix Jack Holt Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Richard Rober Art Baker
admiral naval officer friend navy pilot diplomat wife fascinating intense patriotic aircraft carrier airplane south pacific naval base world war ii aircraft carriers military navy redemption pearl harbor transformation
As he is retiring, Jonathon Scott reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s.
Biography
USA
1945
119 Minutes
John Garfield Eleanor Parker Dane Clark John Ridgely Rosemary DeCamp Ann Doran Warren Douglas Don McGuire Tom D'Andrea Rory Mallinson Mark Stevens
soldier fiancé nurse emotional gripping south pacific hospital pearl harbor battlefield world war ii blindness injury love sacrifice 1940s
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
Drama
USA
1947
83 Minutes
Shirley Temple Ronald Reagan Dorothy Peterson Rory Calhoun Lois Maxwell Charles Kemper Conrad Janis Penny Edwards Jean Porter Nella Walker Harry Davenport
adopted daughter mother ex-boyfriend professor socialite father melodramatic engaging ohio small town college dance floor theater river class distinctions adoption small-town life gossip attempted suicide outcasts
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to ... See full summary »
War
1948
112 Minutes
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, History
USA
1943
123 Minutes
Walter Huston Ann Harding Oscar Homolka George Tobias Gene Lockhart Frieda Inescort Eleanor Parker Richard Travis Helmut Dantine Victor Francen Henry Daniell
ambassador joseph e. davies joseph stalin franklin delano roosevelt communist patriotic spirited dense soviet union united states propaganda soviet union communism foreign relations quest 1930s
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Action
USA
1954
92 Minutes
Jeff Chandler Jack Palance Ludmilla Tcherina Rita Gam Jeff Morrow Allison Hayes Eduard Franz George Dolenz Sara Shane Alexander Scourby Walter Coy
With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
Western
USA
1938
90 Minutes
George Brent Olivia de Havilland Claude Rains Margaret Lindsay John Litel Tim Holt Barton MacLane Henry O'Neill Marcia Ralston George "Gabby" Hayes Sidney Toler
farmer miner son daughter girlfriend brother engaging tense san francisco mine household office mining family feud greed rivalry transformation 1870s
Hydraulic Mining versus Sacramento Valley Farming.
Biography
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Kathryn Grayson Merv Griffin Walter Abel Joan Weldon Rosemary DeCamp Jeff Donnell Douglas Dick Ann Doran Margaret Field Mabel Albertson Fortunio Bonanova
Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.