List of the best Ruth Gordon movies: Harold and Maude(1971), Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(1940), Rosemary's Baby(1968), Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940), Maxie(1985), The Trouble With Spies(1987), Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby(1976), Action in the North Atlantic(1943), Inside Daisy Clover(1965), Scavenger Hunt(1979), Two-Faced Woman(1941), Jimmy the Kid(1982) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1971
91 Minutes
Bud Cort Ruth Gordon Cyril Cusack Vivian Pickles Charles Tyner Ellen Geer Eric Christmas Judy Engles Shari Summers
survivor teenager mother quirky dark emotional cemetery household hospital california suicide death older woman-younger man psychoanalysis love rebellion love transformation 1970s
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
Biography
1940
103 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Ruth Gordon Otto Kruger Donald Crisp Maria Ouspenskaya Montagu Love Sig Ruman Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Albert Basserman Edward Norris
doctor scientist colleague wife fascinating inspiring powerful egypt germany laboratory medicine syphilis tuberculosis scientific experiments diptheria discovery rise rescue sacrifice 1880s
The story of the renowned bacteriologist whose years of research yielded such medical triumphs as a cure for syphilis.
Horror
USA
1968
136 Minutes
Minnie Castevet
Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon Sidney Blackmer Maurice Evans Ralph Bellamy Elisha Cook Jr. Patsy Kelly Charles Grodin
actor pregnant woman elderly person neighbor demon chilling creepy frightening apartment queens, n.y. occult pregnancy blindness demonic possession transformation temptation 1960s
A young couple trying for a baby move into a fancy apartment surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Biography
USA
1940
110 Minutes
Mary Todd Lincoln
Raymond Massey Gene Lockhart Ruth Gordon Mary Howard Minor Watson Alan Baxter Harvey Stephens Howard da Silva Dorothy Tree Aldrich Bowker Maurice Murphy
abraham lincoln politician wife lawyer shopkeeper fascinating heartwarming striking new salem, ill. patriotism coming of age historical events new love politics rise quest 1830s
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Fantasy
USA
1985
90 Minutes
Mrs. Lavin
Glenn Close Mandy Patinkin Ruth Gordon Barnard Hughes Valerie Curtin Googy Gress Michael Ensign
A 1920s flapper who haunts her old house possesses a reserved housewife who just moved in. However, she cannot leave before she receives her massive audition for a Hollywood studio.
Comedy
USA
1987
91 Minutes
Mrs. Arkwright
Donald Sutherland Ned Beatty Ruth Gordon Lucy Gutteridge Michael Hordern Robert Morley Gregory Sierra
George Trent (James Willis), a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small ... See full summary »
Horror
1976
100 Minutes
Minnie Castevet
Stephen McHattie Patty Duke Broderick Crawford Ruth Gordon Lloyd Haynes David Huffman Tina Louise George Maharis Ray Milland Donna Mills Philip Boyer
Her (Patty Duke Astin) demon baby shows how bad he can be as he grows from boy to man (Stephen McHattie).
War
USA
1943
127 Minutes
Mrs. Sarah Jarvis
Humphrey Bogart Raymond Massey Alan Hale Jacqueline Wells Ruth Gordon Sam Levene Dane Clark Peter Whitney
sailor nazi friend patriotic engaging spirited ship atlantic ocean showdown military dangerous assignment seafaring revenge quest pursuit 1940s
An American tanker's sunk by a German U-boat and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment; bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
Drama
USA
1965
128 Minutes
Mrs. Clover
Natalie Wood Robert Redford Christopher Plummer Roddy McDowall Ruth Gordon Katharine Bard
producer mother tomboy actress actor daughter brooding dark offbeat hollywood, calif. santa monica, calif. film set arizona fame movies show business divorce rags to riches manipulation growing up
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Comedy
USA
1979
116 Minutes
Arvilla Droll
Richard Benjamin Cloris Leachman James Coco Scatman Crothers Ruth Gordon Cleavon Little Roddy McDowall Robert Morley Richard Mulligan Tony Randall Dirk Benedict
To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought.
Comedy
USA
1941
94 Minutes
Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Constance Bennett Roland Young Robert Sterling Ruth Gordon Frances Carson
ski instructor magazine editor ex-girlfriend business partner secretary hilarious spirited melodramatic idaho ski resort new york city apartment newsroom marriage trust commitment impersonation deception city vs. country love
After a ski instructor catches her husband flirting with an old flame, she decides to pose as her (fictitious) twin sister in an attempt to keep him faithful.
Comedy
USA
1982
90 Minutes
Bernice
Gary Coleman Paul Le Mat Dee Wallace Don Adams Walter Olkewicz Ruth Gordon Cleavon Little Fay Hauser Avery Schreiber Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.
War
USA
1943
120 Minutes
Anna Stensgard
Errol Flynn Ann Sheridan Walter Huston Nancy Coleman Helmut Dantine Judith Anderson Ruth Gordon John Beal Roman Bohnen
doctor daughter brother fisherman nazi collaborator patriotic suspenseful norway village hideout coast world war ii resistance massacre rescue escape 1940s
After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.
Comedy
USA
1976
88 Minutes
Old Lady
Joseph Bologna Stockard Channing John Beck Rene Auberjonois Ned Beatty Bob Dishy Jose Ferrer Ruth Gordon Harold Gould Larry Hagman Sally Kellerman
bus driver driver scientist nuclear physicist passenger saboteur engaging amusing hilarious witty quirky lighthearted bus new york denver new york city comedy bus trip nuclear threat sabotage
A nuclear powered bus driving cross-country, from New York City to Colorado, is destined for disaster due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Chris Makepeace Adam Baldwin Martin Mull Matt Dillon Paul Quandt Joan Cusack Dean R. Miller Tim Reyna Richard Bradley Denise Baske Hank Salas
rich kid bully bodyguard friend father grandmother amusing brooding gutsy chicago school bullying teen angst unlikely friendship fighting troubled youth coming of age underdog transformation growing up
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.