List of the best Nancy Olson movies: Union Station(1950), Snowball Express(1972), Force of Arms(1951), Submarine Command(1951), Son of Flubber(1963), Mr. Music(1950), Big Jim McLain(1952), The Absent Minded Professor(1961), So Big(1953), Sunset Blvd.(1950), Pollyanna(1960), Canadian Pacific(1949) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Joyce Willecombe
William Holden Nancy Olson Barry Fitzgerald Jan Sterling Allene Roberts Lyle Bettger
secretary kidnapper police detective conductor wealthy man blind person frenetic suspenseful engaging train train station apartment police station chicago tunnel kidnapping ransom investigation crime mystery
A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1972
99 Minutes
Dean Jones Nancy Olson Harry Morgan Keenan Wynn Johnny Whitaker
proprieter bellhop banker maintenance man wife ski resort operator amusing witty hilarious madcap playful spirited colorado ski resort skiing inheritance running a business humor mishaps hotel operations
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they ... See full summary »
War
USA
1951
100 Minutes
Lt. Eleanor MacKay
William Holden Nancy Olson Frank Lovejoy Gene Evans Dick Wesson Paul Picerni Katharine Warren Ross Ford Ron Hagerthy Amelia Kova Robert Roark
During World War II in Italy, an American sergeant and WAC lieutenant take time out for romance.
War
USA
1951
87 Minutes
naval officer husband captain crew member commander wife brash tense gripping submarine naval base nightclub ocean uss tiger shark post-traumatic stress disorder world war ii korean war navy marriage dangerous assignment
Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1963
100 Minutes
Elizabeth "Betsy" Brainard
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Elliott Reid Joanna Moore Leon Ames Ed Wynn Charles Ruggles Paul Lynde
professor scientist wife student loan shark government official amusing lighthearted outlandish emotional college classroom house laboratory football field inventions weird science government secrets marriage debt
When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
113 Minutes
Bing Crosby Nancy Olson Charles Coburn Robert Stack Tom Ewell Ruth Hussey Ida Moore Charles Kemper Donald Woods Richard Haydn
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
Drama
USA
1952
90 Minutes
John Wayne Nancy Olson James Arness Alan Napier Veda Ann Borg Gayne Whitman Hal Baylor Robert Keyes Hans Conried John Hubbard Gordon Jones
investigator communist psychiatrist secretary partner spirited confident patriotic hawaii doctor's office hospital communism crime espionage mccarthyism pursuit revenge 1950s
In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
Comedy, Kids & Family
1961
97 Minutes
Betsy Carlisle
Fred MacMurray Nancy Olson Keenan Wynn Tommy Kirk Ed Wynn Leon Ames Elliott Reid Edward Andrews
professor girlfriend basketball player criminal amusing lighthearted laboratory family home inventions crime love discovery transformation 1960s
The professor's (Fred MacMurray) latest lab explosion creates "flubber," glop that makes things bounce sky-high.
Drama
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Dallas O'Mara
Jane Wyman Sterling Hayden Nancy Olson Steve Forrest Elisabeth Fraser Martha Hyer Walter Coy Richard Beymer Tommy Rettig Roland Winters Jacques Aubuchon
mother husband son composer artist surrogate child engaging moving rousing illinois farm chicago parenthood career family mother/son relationship art aspirations growing up transformation
In the late 1890s, a young widowed woman becomes a successful farmer and can send her son, nicknamed 'So Big', to college. After graduating, he finds a job as an architect, but forgoes his dream in favor of an immediate financial success.
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Betty Schaefer
William Holden Gloria Swanson Erich von Stroheim Nancy Olson Fred Clark Jack Webb
writer actress lover butler police officer chilling dark creepy mansion hollywood madness insanity death romance silent movies suicide fall wretched excess 1950s
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1960
134 Minutes
Nancy Furman
Hayley Mills Jane Wyman Richard Egan Karl Malden Nancy Olson Adolphe Menjou Donald Crisp Agnes Moorehead Kevin Corcoran James Drury Reta Shaw
orphan aunt doctor hypochondriac reverend amusing moving emotional small town carnival church house orphanage small-town life positivity politics family friendship optimism growing up
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Western
USA
1949
95 Minutes
Cecille Gautier
Randolph Scott Jane Wyatt J. Carrol Naish Victor Jory Nancy Olson Robert Barrat Walter Sande Grandon Rhodes Don Haggerty John Parrish Mary Kent
surveyor doctor fur trapper girlfriend native american chief demolition expert spectacular emotional thrilling inspiring canadian rockies ottawa, ontario calgary, canada camp saloon railroad engineering exploration canadian history race relations
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
Drama
USA
1981
113 Minutes
Christine
Michael Ontkean Kate Jackson Harry Hamlin Allen Alder Wendy Hiller Arthur Hill Nancy Olson John Dukakis Terry Kiser Dennis Howard Asher Brauner
doctor husband executive wife novelist gay man somber emotional los angeles family home doctor's office gay bar homosexuality coming out marriage infidelity divorce forbidden love transformation 1980s
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
107 Minutes
Charlton Heston Karen Black George Kennedy Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Susan Clark Helen Reddy Linda Blair Dana Andrews Sid Caesar Myrna Loy Nancy Olson
pilot stewardess airline employee air traffic controller passenger boyfriend campy tense emotional thrilling airplane airport washington, d.c. los angeles cockpit plane crash flying disaster rescue communication
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Comedy
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Brian Drolet Hoyt Richards Taylor Cole Mircea Monroe Nic Nicotera Jon Huck Jayson Scott Jenkins Valery M. Ortiz Tom Arnold Jay Mohr Carl Reiner
A former basketball star suffering from a knee injury looks to rehab himself at a rundown Los Angeles gym.