List of the best Robert Young movies: The Enchanted Cottage(1945), Crossfire(1947), Navy Blue and Gold(1937), The Second Woman(1951), Married Before Breakfast(1937), Married Bachelor(1941), Miracles for Sale(1939), The Longest Night(1936), Vagabond Lady(1935), Paris Interlude(1934), Calm Yourself(1935), New Morals for Old(1932) ... ...
Romance
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Robert Young Dorothy McGuire Herbert Marshall Mildred Natwick Spring Byington Richard Gaines Hillary Brooke Alec Englander Mary Worth Josephine Whittell Robert Clarke
pilot maid landlord fiancée mother emotional heartwarming touching cottage family home love loneliness magic love metamorphosis 1940s
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Robert Young James Stewart Florence Rice Lionel Barrymore Billie Burke Tom Brown Samuel S. Hinds Paul Kelly Frank Albertson Barnett Parker Minor Watson
cadet football player student roommate naval officer coach spirited patriotic rousing naval academy maryland football field football college navy family history secret sports quest rivalry
Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Robert Young Betsy Drake John Sutton Florence Bates Morris Carnovsky Henry O'Neill Jean Rogers Raymond Largay Shirley Ballard Vicki Raaf Jason Robards Sr.
architect insurance investigator psychologist father neighbor niece bleak brooding california beach household adultery guilt architecture bad luck paranoia car crash mystery revenge 1940s
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Robert Young Florence Rice June Clayworth Barnett Parker Warren Hymer Helen Flint Hugh Marlowe Tom Kennedy Edgar Dearing Mary Gordon Harlan Briggs
After a leading razor company pays inventor Tom Wakefield a quarter of a million dollars not to publicize a hair-removing shaving cream that makes razors obsolete, he makes plans to take ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Robert Young Ruth Hussey Felix Bressart Lee Bowman Sheldon Leonard Sam Levene
A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Robert Young Florence Rice Frank Craven Henry Hull Lee Bowman Cliff Clark Astrid Allwyn Walter Kingsford Frederick Worlock Gloria Holden William Demarest
Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.
Drama
USA
1936
50 Minutes
Robert Young Florence Rice Ted Healy Julie Haydon Catherine Doucet Janet Beecher Leslie Fenton Sidney Toler Paul Stanton
Kept overnight by police investigating a murder, department store owner Charley Phelps and sales clerk Joan Sutton solve the mystery, defeat a gang of thieves, and fall in love.
Romance
USA
1935
72 Minutes
Robert Young Evelyn Venable Berton Churchill Reginald Denny Frank Craven Forrester Harvey Dan Crimmins Ferdinand Gottschalk
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Julie has a star crossed romance with Sam, leaning on pal Cassie when unhappy. When Sam is believed dead Cassie urges Julie to take up with good guy Pat. When Sam returns Cassie tries to do the right thing by her best friend.
Comedy
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Advertising executive Preston 'Pat' Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he offends his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Pat tries to remain calm and starts the agency 'Confidential ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Robert Young Margaret Perry Lewis Stone Laura Hope Crews Myrna Loy David Newell Jean Hersholt Ruth Selwyn Kathryn Crawford Louise Closser Hale Mitchell Lewis
A single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter,who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons.they forge their own lives,and make their own mistakes as a result.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Robert Young Janis Carter Jack Buetel Barton MacLane Reed Hadley Porter Hall Connie Gilchrist Sammy White
There is a fortune in gold on Apache land, and Archer, a dirty politician, intends to have it. Things reach the boiling point, but Young, a slick gambler, comes along and saves the day.
Drama
1987
97 Minutes
Robert Young Frances Reid Michael Learned
retiree alzheimer's patient husband wife lawyer disturbing raw uneasy gutsy fort lauderdale, fla. condo courtroom prison alzheimer's disease euthanasia law aging unhappy marriage media circus love
Retiree Roswell Gilbert (Robert Young) decides to shoot his wife (Frances Reid) who has Alzheimer's disease in 1985 Florida.
Crime, Drama
1947
95 Minutes
Robert Young Susan Hayward Jane Greer Rita Johnson Tom Powers George Tyne Don Beddoe Frank Ferguson Harry Harvey Wilton Graff Janet Shaw
defendant wife girlfriend mistress police officer crafty intricate shocking dark courtroom ranch los angeles trial murder mistaken identity infidelity marrying for money temptation fall wretched excess
A stockbroker (Robert Young) tells the court how his rich wife and one of two girlfriends (Susan Hayward, Jane Greer) died.
Western
1941
94 Minutes
Robert Young Randolph Scott Dean Jagger Virginia Gilmore John Carradine Chill Wills Barton MacLane Victor Kilian
brother engineer bank robber scout native american tense thrilling dark raw wild west indian territory camp great plains construction robbery loyalty betrayal criminal past western union telegraph rise
An outlaw (Randolph Scott) joins an engineer's (Dean Jagger) crew stringing telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City.
Mystery & Thriller
1942
63 Minutes
Robert Young Marsha Hunt Darryl Hickman Harvey Stephens Jonathan Hale Noel Madison Don Costello Joseph Anthony William Forrest Russell Hicks Mark Daniels
Nazi spies kidnap an aircraft mechanic (Robert Young) and try to make him talk about a new bombsight.
Comedy
1946
97 Minutes
Robert Young Barbara Hale Frank Morgan James Gleason Don Rice Harry Davenport Lloyd Corrigan Teddy Hart Joseph Vitale Douglas Morrow Robert Clarke
gambler husband wife amusing emotional heartwarming lighthearted charming casino gambling house kitchen living room gambling marriage lie loss of money rise fall love adventure
A young woman (Barbara Hale) who hates gambling marries a crapshooter (Robert Young) and changes her mind.
Adventure
USA
1940
126 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Robert Young Walter Brennan Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Robert Barrat Addison Richards Louis Hector Lumsden Hare Donald MacBride Isabel Jewell
frontiersman native american military officer gripping gritty canada wilderness village land wars cannibalism dangerous assignment rebellion quest 1750s
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
Shirley Temple Robert Young Alice Faye Eugene Pallette Helen Westley Arthur Treacher Allan Lane J. Edward Bromberg
A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
Comedy
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Charles Laughton Robert Young Margaret O'Brien William Gargan Reginald Owen Rags Ragland Una O'Connor Donald Stuart Elisabeth Risdon Frank Faylen
ghost soldier young girl father amusing winsome lighthearted playful england castle bravery cowardice family honor curse haunted houses quest rescue 1940s
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Eleanor Powell Robert Young George Burns Gracie Allen Rita Johnson Clarence Kolb Jo Ann Sayers Ann Morriss Willie Fung Cliff Clark Ed Gargan
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner Virginia Grey Phil Regan Sig Ruman Alan Dinehart
burlesque performer music hall singer newspaper reporter duke fiancé fiancée spirited engaging amusing playful london music hall newsroom secret past musical performance love new identity marriage love triangle transformation
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Ann Harding Robert Young Nils Asther Sari Maritza Irving Pichel Helen Freeman Stephen Chase Delmar Watson Louise Carter Bramwell Fletcher Patricia O'Brien
Dr "Peggy" Simmons, a successful and respected plastic surgeon, encounters job stress beyond her control. Lacking a social side to her harried life and desperately seeking romance, she ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Dick will do anything to protect his sister Jean as would her father. But she is in love with sleazy Harry Swift who has his eye on her money. When Harry has her stay with him at a hotel ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1954
101 Minutes
tour guide assistant archaeologist political refugee confident gripping melodramatic spirited thrilling machu picchu peru get rich quick archaeology looting crime murder plot ancient civilization incan empire adventure quest
An adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.
Romance
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Young Hardie Albright Harry Bowen Allan Cavan Eddy Chandler Jack Cheatham Joe Dominguez Ruth Donnelly Tom Dugan Cliff Edwards
The rebellious daughter of an army general becomes involved with a communist agitator, much to the consternation of her father, who instead attempts to pair her with a handsome yet dim-witted soldier.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Young Frank Lovejoy Eve Arden Janice Rule Lurene Tuttle Howard St. John Ellen Corby Morgan Farley Virginia Gibson John Qualen
congresswoman secretary college president photographer daughter old flame confident lighthearted amusing washington, d.c. college office dormitory auditorium college life romantic dilemma values father/daughter relationship power struggle unrequited love
Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for commencement, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1935
100 Minutes
Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Rosalind Russell
sergeant son veteran girl next door divorcée pilot patriotic melodramatic positive fiery west point, n.y. aviation training school air field airplane barracks aviation u.s. army father/son relationship training military life
A father and son aviation drama, in which a gruff sergeant wants to make a man and a flyer out of his young son.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Robert Young Ralph Bellamy Martha Sleeper Sara Haden Sidney Toler
poor woman neighbor engineer partner father wife emotional bleak moving passionate ozark mountains farm river house wilderness town poverty city vs. country modernization dams
Mountain girl Trigger Hicks, a fierce loner equally handy with a rock or a prayer, is in danger of having her faith-healing mistaken for witchcraft by the neighbors. She shows a vulnerable ... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Comedy, Drama
1943
91 Minutes
Dorothy McGuire Robert Young Ina Claire Reginald Gardiner Olga Baclanova Jean Howard
wife husband mother neighbor singer endearing winsome connecticut small town family home marriage small-town life mother/child relationship illness growing up love 1940s
A Connecticut bride (Dorothy McGuire) tries to adjust to her new husband (Robert Young) and her mother's (Ina Claire) imminent death.
Musical, Comedy
1942
101 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Robert Young Ethel Waters Reginald Owen Grant Mitchell Lionel Atwill Edward Ciannelli Mitchell Lewis Larry Nunn Dennis Hoey Mona Barrie
A torpedoed newsman (Robert Young) foils Nazi spies in Cairo with a Hollywood singer (Jeanette MacDonald) and her maid (Ethel Waters).
Musical, Comedy
1936
83 Minutes
Jessie Matthews Robert Young Sonnie Hale Ernest Milton Rob Wilton Sara Allgood
gossip columnist chorus girl social climber society matron lady lighthearted witty london party restaurant newsroom deception impersonation fame high society romance transformation love 1930s
A gossip columnist (Jessie Matthews) poses as her rival's (Robert Young) latest creation, a supposed tiger hunter from India.
Drama
USA
1940
100 Minutes
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Robert Young Frank Morgan Robert Stack Bonita Granville Irene Rich William T. Orr Maria Ouspenskaya Gene Reynolds Russell Hicks
professor daughter soldier activist tense moving gutsy rousing germany austria family home world war ii nazism persecution fascism freedom escape transformation rescue 1930s
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Willard Robertson Tammany Young Frankie Darro Jack Pennick Paul Hurst Oscar Apfel Robert McWade
ship captain drunk son fiancée boss mother rousing madcap emotional pacific northwest washington state boat boats sea mother/son relationship alcoholism redemption storm wretched excess rise
Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.
Musical
USA
1941
111 Minutes
Eleanor Powell Ann Sothern Robert Young Lionel Barrymore John Carroll Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Tom Conway Dan Dailey Reginald Owen Rose Hobart
songwriter husband best friend dancer judge charming cheery stage backstage courtroom apartment divorce marriage friendship show business music love transformation 1930s
A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.
Drama
USA
1938
76 Minutes
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.
Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
96 Minutes
Eddie Cantor Lyda Roberti Robert Young Ruth Hall John Miljan Noah Beery J. Carrol Naish Robert E. O'Connor Stanley Fields
college student bank robber detective girlfriend madcap airy charming dorm college car border bullring mistaken identity bullfighting college robbery jealousy friendship adventure escape
An innocent man accused of robbing banks masquerades as a bullfighter to escape the police.
Drama
USA
1937
103 Minutes
Joan Crawford Franchot Tone Robert Young Billie Burke Reginald Owen Lynne Carver George Zucco Mary Philips Paul Porcasi Dickie Moore Frank Puglia
singer count aristocrat fiancée clerk maid striking charming cheeky emotional budapest, hungary trieste, italy ballroom hotel street apartment impersonation wealth aristocracy rags to riches
A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.
Romance
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Kay Denham, romanced in Paris by friends Gene and George, can't figure out why George disapproves of Gene.
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond Robert Young Ned Sparks Helen Broderick Vivien Oakland Willie Best Robert Warwick Billy Gilbert Eddie Dunn Wade Boteler
model engineer husband wife business partner millionaire amusing melodramatic new york city city hall police station household marriage poverty ambition love triangle unrequited love love transformation 1930s
Extremely proud, Michael Martin made fashion model Carolyn quit her job, after their marriage. Carolyn quickly, quietly and secretly did get another job, when she realizes Michael cannot successfully make their financial ends meet, alone.
Drama
1940
75 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Robert Young Laraine Day Emma Dunn Nat Pendleton Bobs Watson Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nell Craig Frank Orth
dr. kildare nurse fiancée brother mentor doctor melodramatic hospital office household epilepsy wedding romantic dilemma medical profession siblings love sacrifice quest 1940s
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) corrects Kildare's (Lew Ayres) diagnosis of nurse Lamont's brother's (Robert Young) head problem.
Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young Guy Kibbee Lionel Atwill Henry Hull George Zucco Charley Grapewin Monty Woolley Spencer Charters
soldier dying person doctor mistress sad charming emotional germany inn restaurant world war i tuberculosis automotive industry male bonding love sacrifice 1930s
The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
Drama
USA
1950
114 Minutes
Errol Flynn Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Robert Young Janet Leigh Harry Davenport Stanley Logan Lumsden Hare Aubrey Mather Matt Moore
wealthy man wife lover niece friend cousin melodramatic emotional england london household adultery romance death rape wealth family forbidden love rivalry wretched excess
Love among the Forsytes is strange, full of tradition, melancholy and gold digging in this film treatise on Victorian-age rigidity and vestiges of a flawed society.
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
War
USA
1933
105 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Walter Huston Madge Evans Jimmy Durante Eugene Pallette Robert Young Edwin Styles John Lee Mahin David Newell Sterling Holloway Charles Irwin
In 1918, U.S. Navy Lt. Tommy Knowlton participates in dangerous submarine missions, disobeys orders, gets court-martialed and romances a married woman who happens to be his C.O.'s daughter.
Sci-Fi
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Diana Wynyard Lewis Stone Phillips Holmes May Robson Ruth Selwyn Robert Young Robert Greig Hedda Hopper
nurse sweetheart secretary of state son fiancée soldier patriotic melodramatic tense manhattan, n.y. brooklyn bridge hospital penthouse patriotism pacifism grief mother/son relationship war military service rivalry
Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. On his first mission, Geoffrey is shot down and taken to the hospital where Laura works. ... See full summary »
War
USA
1933
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Louise Closser Hale Rollo Lloyd Hilda Vaughn Robert Young
aristocrat neighbor brother soldier american pilot powerful moving patriotic tender kent, england estate france military hospital world war i love triangle home front heroism engagement promises
During WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.