List of the best Ruth Roman movies: Tomorrow Is Another Day(1951), Lightning Strikes Twice(1951), Barricade(1950), The Shanghai Story(1954), Five Steps to Danger(1957), Desert Desperados(1959), Rebel in Town(1956), Down Three Dark Streets(1954), Mara Maru(1952), Colt .45(1950), Impulse(1974), Go Ask Alice(1973) ... ...
Drama
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Catherine 'Cay' Higgins
Ruth Roman Steve Cochran Lurene Tuttle Ray Teal Morris Ankrum John Kellogg Lee Patrick Hugh Sanders Stuart Randall Bobby Hyatt Harry Antrim
An ex-convict and a woman fall in love, after she shoots her police Lt. boyfriend dead in self defense, and falsely leads him to believe that he did the shooting.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Ruth Roman Richard Todd Mercedes McCambridge Zachary Scott Darryl Hickman Frank Conroy Kathryn Givney Rhys Williams
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Western
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Judith Burns
Ruth Roman Dane Clark Raymond Massey Robert Douglas Morgan Farley Walter Coy George Stern Robert Griffin Frank Marlowe Tony Martinez
Jack London's "The Sea Wolf" is transported from sea to land in this intriguing western. The ruthless boss of a mining camp meets his match when fugitives from justice cross his path.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
99 Minutes
Rita King
In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.
Mystery & Thriller
1957
80 Minutes
Ann Nicholson
Ruth Roman Sterling Hayden Werner Klemperer Richard Gaines Jeanne Cooper Peter Hansen John Mitchum John Frederick Karl Lindt
hitchhiker mysterious woman psychiatrist professor nurse spy tense gripping new mexico university country road truck stop santa fe, n.m. car espionage nuclear weapons chase mental illness cold war mystery
Soviet spies follow a stranded motorist (Sterling Hayden) and the code-carrying woman (Ruth Roman) who gives him a ride.
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
John Payne Ruth Roman J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Smith Ben Johnson James Griffith Mary Adams
robber father son brother young boy mother fiery tense gripping rousing arizona small town family home ranch desert bank death of child false accusations cowardice accidental killing
After the Civil War, in a Yankee town five Confederates find trouble when one of them accidentally shoots a local young boy.
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
85 Minutes
Kate Martell
Broderick Crawford Ruth Roman Martha Hyer Marisa Pavan Casey Adams Kenneth Tobey Gene Reynolds William Johnstone Harlan Warde Jay Adler Claude Akins
fbi agent gangster robber partner witness gritty uneasy hollywood, calif. los angeles fugitives murder case car theft blackmail investigation dangerous assignment mystery revenge quest 1950s
An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.
Adventure
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Errol Flynn Ruth Roman Raymond Burr Paul Picerni Richard Webb Dan Seymour Georges Renavent Robert Cabal Henry Marco
An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
Western
USA
1950
74 Minutes
Randolph Scott Ruth Roman Zachary Scott Lloyd Bridges Alan Hale Ian MacDonald Chief Thundercloud Lute Crockett Walter Coy
salesman girlfriend outlaw sheriff native american warrior cowboy cool gripping melodramatic wild west jail town desert gunfight colt .45 violence love pride native americans revenge
Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett but vows to recover them.
Horror
USA
1974
91 Minutes
Julia Marstow
William Shatner Ruth Roman Harold Sakata Kim Nicholas Jennifer Bishop James Dobson
A paranoid, leisure-suit-wearing conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an ... See full summary »
Drama
1973
74 Minutes
William Shatner Ruth Roman Wendell Burton Julie Adams Andy Griffith Ayn Ruymen Mimi Saffian Jennifer Edwards Jamie Smith Jackson Daniel Michael Mann Robert Carradine
A high-school student documents her struggle to overcome her dependency on drugs in the pages of a diary.
Western
1955
97 Minutes
James Stewart Ruth Roman Walter Brennan Corinne Calvet John McIntire Jay C. Flippen Harry Morgan Steve Brodie Royal Dano Gregg Barton Chubby Johnson
cowboy partner lawman saloon owner townsperson miner suspenseful gritty wyoming yukon mountain small town saloon ship klondike gold rush cattle drives double-cross lawlessness romance wealth
Two Wyoming cattlemen (James Stewart, Walter Brennan) drive a herd to gold-rush Alaska and find trouble.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
101 Minutes
Anne Morton
Robert Walker Farley Granger Ruth Roman Leo G. Carroll Patricia Hitchcock Marion Lorne Jonathan Hale Howard St. John John Brown Norma Varden Robert Gist
tennis player murderer floozy fiancée senator police officer chilling tense witty small town amusement park train family home tennis match murder blackmail class distinctions stalking mystery pursuit
A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder.
Drama
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Ann Lawrence
Eleanor Parker Patricia Neal Ruth Roman Frank Lovejoy Leif Erickson Ted de Corsia Edmon Ryan Larry Keating Katharine Warren Arthur Franz Duncan Richardson
Three women who secretly gave their new-born sons up for adoption in 1945, wonder if the 5-year old survivor of a plane crash, named in the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.
Romance
USA
1952
84 Minutes
Maud Redwick
daughter millionaire suitor maid ex-girlfriend sad amusing emotional mansion illness love father/daughter relationship deception temptation transformation 1950s
Always believing she had a happy marriage, a young wife's trust in her husband is shaken when she discovers that her father had paid him to marry her.
Drama
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Nora Martin
Van Johnson Joseph Cotten Ruth Roman Jack Carson Margaret Hayes Herman Brix Brad Dexter Peggy Knudsen
escaped convict brother wife friend farmer husband tense touching intense arizona ranch party river brotherhood poverty secret identity unhappy marriage alcoholism self-defense escape
In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty.
Mystery & Thriller
1973
95 Minutes
Rhea Benson
A twisted ex-convict (John Savage) visits his lawyer (Ruth Roman) and moves into his mother's (Ann Sothern) boardinghouse.
War
1958
102 Minutes
Jane Brand
Richard Burton Curt Jurgens Ruth Roman Raymond Pellegrin Anthony Bushell Alfred Burke Christopher Lee Sean Kelly Nigel Green Harry Landis
captain major guide wife soldier general tense emotional fiery gutsy libyan desert military base london airplane nightclub camp journey power struggle cowardice love triangle
A British captain (Richard Burton) goes on a raid in World War II Libya with a major (Curt Jurgens) he knows his wife (Ruth Roman) has slept with.
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Sal Donnelly
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Anthony Quinn Ruth Roman Ward Bond Ian MacDonald Richard Karlan Juan Garcia
oil driller bandit couple former lover partner bleak brash melodramatic gritty south america oil field love triangle oil bandits extortion adventure forbidden love temptation underdog 20th century
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.
Comedy
USA
1949
115 Minutes
Fay Washburn
vaudevillian comedian dancer fiancée amusing playful sad witty new jersey vaudeville show apartment stage broadway theater new york city infidelity vaudeville success comedy show business love triangle
A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Margot Eliot
Lana Turner Cliff Robertson Hugh O'Brian Ruth Roman Stefanie Powers Virginia Grey Ron Husmann Enrique Lucero Carlos Montalban Jaime Bravo Fanny Schiller
wealthy woman gigolo bullfighter husband girlfriend police officer disheartening emotional hedonistic sultry acapulco, mexico beach infidelity debauchery marriage sex murder beach culture love rivalry
Rich playgirl Kit Jordan (nee Katherine Lawson Chandler) is in Acapulco vacationing with her current husband, Pete Jordan, formerly an American beach boy working the Acapulco shores for ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
73 Minutes
Mrs. Jean Kellerson
Bobby Driscoll Barbara Hale Arthur Kennedy Paul Stewart Ruth Roman Anthony Ross Richard Benedict Jim Nolan Ken Terrell Lee Phelps Eric Mack
young boy mother father neighbor sailor police detective suspenseful thrilling frightening new york city apartment witnessing murder lying kidnapping children vs. adults working class fear escape discovery 1940s
A group of people come together in the Swiss Alps to climb a previously unconquered mountain, revealing their inner selves in the process.
Sci-Fi
USA
1977
95 Minutes
Mrs. Shirley Goodwyn
Christopher George Lynda Day George Leslie Nielsen Richard Jaeckel Michael Ansara Ruth Roman John Cedar Paul Mantee Walter Barnes Susan Backlinie Andrew Stevens
A battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest.
Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ann Sheridan Ray Collins Edmund Lowe Joan Lorring Clinton Sundberg Minerva Urecal Louise Beavers Dick Ross Lora Lee Michel Matt Moore
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.