List of the best Phyllis Thaxter movies: Springfield Rifle(1952), Bewitched(1945), The Breaking Point(1950), Fort Worth(1951), No Man of Her Own(1950), Jim Thorpe, All American(1951), Come Fill the Cup(1951), Living in a Big Way(1947), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1944), Blood on the Moon(1948), The Sea of Grass(1947), She's Working Her Way Through College(1952) ... ...
Western
USA
1952
93 Minutes
Erin Kearney
Gary Cooper Phyllis Thaxter David Brian Paul Kelly Philip Carey Lon Chaney James Millican Martin Milner Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Jerry O'Sullivan James Brown
major wife son traitor thief confederate soldier intense rousing melodramatic colorado military base mountain saloon ranch battlefield american civil war secret mission treason horse thieves impersonation
Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Joan Alris Ellis
Edmund Gwenn Phyllis Thaxter Kathleen Lockhart Henry H. Daniels Jr. Addison Richards Francis Pierlot Sharon McManus Gladys Blake Will Wright Stephen McNally Oscar O'Shea
woman fiancé attorney doctor engaging thrilling creepy new york city court prison boat mental illness murder trial split personality love transformation rescue 1940s
A young woman has two distinct personalities, one of whom is evil and constantly gets her in trouble.
Drama
USA
1950
97 Minutes
Lucy Morgan
An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
Western
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Flora Talbot
Randolph Scott David Brian Phyllis Thaxter Helena Carter Dickie Jones Ray Teal Michael Tolan Paul Picerni Emerson Treacy Bob Steele Walter Sande
newspaper owner friend love interest outlaw cattleman ex-girlfriend gritty tense kansas ranch fort worth, texas newsroom railroad newspapers friendship betrayal cattle vigilantism rivalry revenge
Civil War veteran and former newspaper man Ned Britt returns back to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.
Drama
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Patrice Harkness
Barbara Stanwyck John Lund Jane Cowl Phyllis Thaxter Lyle Bettger Henry O'Neill Richard Denning Carole Mathews
A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
Biography
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Margaret Miller
Burt Lancaster Charles Bickford Steve Cochran Phyllis Thaxter Dick Wesson Jack Big Head Suni Warcloud Al Mejia Hubert Jay Kerns Nestor Paiva Jim Moss
athlete coach wife spirited touching pennsylvania boarding school football field aspirations ambition olympic games love sports football underdog rise fall 1930s
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Drama
USA
1951
113 Minutes
Paula Copeland
James Cagney James Gleason Gig Young Phyllis Thaxter Raymond Massey Selena Royle Larry Keating Charlita Sheldon Leonard Douglas Spencer John Kellogg
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Peggy Randall
Gene Kelly Marie McDonald Charles Winninger Phyllis Thaxter Spring Byington Jean Adair Clinton Sundberg John Warburton Wm. "Bill" Phillips John Alexander Phyllis Kennedy
Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to ... See full summary »
War
1944
138 Minutes
Ellen Lawson
Spencer Tracy Van Johnson Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Scott McKay Robert Mitchum Don DeFore Stephen McNally Louis Jean Heydt Leon Ames Paul Langton
colonel captain lieutenant pilot wife patriotic rousing tense japan china ship naval base air raids survival world war ii stranded heroism bombing quest rivalry
Lt. Col. James Doolittle (Spencer Tracy) leads B-25s off the USS Hornet's deck on a 1942 mission to bomb Japan.
Western
USA
1948
88 Minutes
Carol Lufton
Robert Mitchum Barbara Bel Geddes Robert Preston Walter Brennan Phyllis Thaxter Frank Faylen Tom Tully Charles McGraw Tom Tyler
cowboy outlaw homesteader daughter beautiful woman cattle rancher bleak gutsy gritty suspenseful new mexico territory ranch tavern sedona, ariz. settlement native american reservation friendship ethics betrayal showdown
Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.
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.
Musical, Comedy
1952
101 Minutes
Helen Palmer
Virginia Mayo Ronald Reagan Gene Nelson Don DeFore Phyllis Thaxter Patrice Wymore Roland Winters Raymond Greenleaf Norman Bartold Amanda Randolph
A burlesque queen (Virginia Mayo) goes to college, charms a professor (Ronald Reagan) and livens up the class play.
Comedy
USA
1964
106 Minutes
Mrs. Avis Gilbert
Peter Sellers Tippy Walker Merrie Spaeth Paula Prentiss Angela Lansbury Phyllis Thaxter Tom Bosley Bibi Osterwald John Fiedler
pianist housewife young girl divorcée cheery amusing playful new york city central park apartment first love best friends infatuation infidelity growing up 1960s
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Canada|Switzerland|Panama
1978
143 Minutes
Martha Kent
Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Marlon Brando Margot Kidder Ned Beatty Jackie Cooper Marc McClure Glenn Ford Valerie Perrine Phyllis Thaxter Jeff East
superman father mother reporter villain superhero confident spectacular metropolis smallville krypton newsroom family home fortress of solitude superhuman abilities secret daunting task adventure discovery 1970s
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.