List of the best Ruth Hussey movies: Flight Command(1940), Married Bachelor(1941), Bedside Manner(1945), Free and Easy(1941), The Facts of Life(1960), That's My Boy(1951), Susan and God(1940), Marine Raiders(1944), The Philadelphia Story(1940), Stars and Stripes Forever(1952), Northwest Passage(1940), The Great Gatsby(1949) ... ...
Drama
USA
1940
113 Minutes
Lorna Gary
Robert Taylor Ruth Hussey Walter Pidgeon Paul Kelly Shepperd Strudwick Red Skelton Nat Pendleton Dick Purcell William Tannen William Stelling Stanley Smith
ensign lieutenant commanding officer wife pilot brother emotional tense san diego naval base airplane household hospital restaurant arrogance teamwork misunderstanding navy false accusations depression
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane... 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.
Comedy
USA
1945
89 Minutes
Dr. Hedy Fredericks, MD
John Carroll Ruth Hussey Charles Ruggles Ann Rutherford Esther Dale Grant Mitchell
Macho pilot is treated by a woman doctor. Complications ensue.
Romance
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Martha Gray
Bob Cummings Ruth Hussey Judith Anderson C. Aubrey Smith Nigel Bruce Reginald Owen Tom Conway Forrester Harvey Charles Coleman Theresa Maxwell Conover Frederick Worlock
father son swindler heiress widow wealthy man amusing melodramatic outlandish concert hall mansion party racetrack marrying for money father/son relationship morality love triangle high society debt transformation
Max Clemington (Robert Cummings) and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Max decides on Martha... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
103 Minutes
Mary Gilbert
Bob Hope Lucille Ball Ruth Hussey Don DeFore Louis Nye Philip Ober Marianne Stewart Peter Leeds Holly Irving William Lanteau Robert F. Simon
suburbanite friend husband wife witty passionate amusing suburbia household abandoned building hotel boat affair marriage friendship vacation love-hate relationship middle age forbidden love temptation
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1951
98 Minutes
Ann Jackson
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Ruth Hussey Eddie Mayehoff Marion Marshall Polly Bergen Hugh Sanders John McIntire Francis Pierlot Lillian Randolph Selmer Jackson
The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
115 Minutes
Charlotte
Joan Crawford Fredric March Ruth Hussey John Carroll Rita Hayworth Nigel Bruce Bruce Cabot Rose Hobart Rita Quigley Romaine Callender Marjorie Main
wife husband daughter friend lover cool melodramatic docks mansion newport, r.i. train station house self-discovery cult marriage drinking motherhood spirituality quest transformation
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found ... See full summary »
War
USA
1944
91 Minutes
Lt. Ellen Foster
Pat O'Brien Robert Ryan Ruth Hussey Frank McHugh Barton MacLane Richard Martin Edmund Glover Russell Wade Bob Anderson Michael St. Angel Martha Vickers
marine major captain lieutenant love interest soldier thrilling patriotic melodramatic guadalcanal australia papua new guinea naval base bar hospital world war ii marines war injury military life friendship
A U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia.
Romance
USA
1940
112 Minutes
Liz Imbrie
Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey John Howard Roland Young John Halliday Virginia Weidler Mary Nash Henry Daniell Hillary Brooke
ex-wife ex-husband reporter wealthy man sister father amusing charming engaging philadelphia family home marriage love triangle wedding romance love discovery temptation 1940s
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Musical, Biography
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Jennie Sousa
Clifton Webb Debra Paget Robert Wagner Ruth Hussey Finlay Currie Benay Venuta Roy Roberts Thomas B. Henry Lester Matthews Maudie Prickett Erno Verebes
composer musician wife girlfriend audience member rousing inspiring washington, d.c. atlanta chicago brooklyn, n.y. stage music patriotism john philip sousa marine life sacrifice transformation 1890s
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Adventure
USA
1940
126 Minutes
Elizabeth Browne
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.
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Jordan Baker
Alan Ladd Betty Field Macdonald Carey Ruth Hussey Barry Sullivan Howard da Silva Shelley Winters Henry Hull Carole Mathews Ed Begley Elisha Cook Jr.
young man millionaire neighbor socialite beautiful woman wife sad brooding moving great neck, n.y. long island, n.y. mansion party poolside obsession love high society friendship relationships forbidden love
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.
Romance
1950
90 Minutes
Meg Norton
Ronald Reagan Charles Coburn Spring Byington Ruth Hussey Edmund Gwenn Piper Laurie Scotty Beckett Connie Gilchrist Willard Waterman Jimmy Hunt Marjorie Crosland
mother widow grocer teenager boss architect amusing charming madcap family home small town store family generation gap dating old age relationships love triangle love rivalry
A widowed grandmother (Spring Byington) has two suitors: a local grocer and her son's (Ronald Reagan) boss (Charles Coburn).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
113 Minutes
Lorna Marvis
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.
Comedy, Drama
1939
105 Minutes
Dorothy Waters
William Powell Myrna Loy Virginia Grey Otto Kruger C. Aubrey Smith Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Patric Knowles Tom Neal Phyllis Gordon Sheldon Leonard
detective socialite son dog wife suspenseful witty long island, n.y. new york city betrayal murder marriage parenthood injustice mystery 1920s
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit a Long Island estate, where Nick drinks Scotch and solves murders.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Margaret "Maggie" Lee
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Betty Ross Clark Ann Rutherford Robert Whitney Ruth Hussey
judge son daughter wife love interest lobbyist amusing charming washington, d.c. small town courtroom mount vernon houseboat museum law small-town life family government scandal quest
Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Nadine Piermont
Maureen O'Sullivan Dennis O'Keefe Mickey Rooney George Barbier Jessie Ralph Edward Brophy Fay Holden Phillip Terry Ruth Hussey Barnett Parker Frank Albertson
June Evans, clothing model, and Tommy Bradford, travel agent, both dream of being rich. When they meet at millionaire, J. Westley Piermont's daughter's wedding, they both assume each other ... See full summary »
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.