List of the best Ruth White movies: Baby, the Rain Must Fall(1965), Midnight Cowboy(1969), Edge of the City(1957), No Way to Treat a Lady(1968), A Rage to Live(1965), The Nun's Story(1959), Charly(1968), The Reivers(1969) ... ...
Drama
1965
100 Minutes
Miss Clara
Steve McQueen Lee Remick Don Murray Paul Fix Josephine Hutchinson Ruth White Charles Watts Carol Veazie Estelle Hemsley Kimberly Block Zamah Cunningham
singer husband wife daughter foster mother brooding dark texas small town bad behavior crime marital problems family dysfunction disillusionment temptation fall 1960s
A paroled singer (Steve McQueen) returns to his wife (Lee Remick) and daughter in Texas but cannot stay out of trouble.
Drama
USA
1969
113 Minutes
Sally Buck
Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles John McGiver Brenda Vaccaro Barnard Hughes Ruth White Jennifer Salt Gil Rankin Tom Marlow Bob Balaban
homeless person dishwasher artist wealthy woman girlfriend mother disturbing powerful sad new york city abandoned building loft hotel movie theater miami friendship prostitution city life underdog transformation
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
Drama
USA
1957
85 Minutes
Mrs. Nordmann
John Cassavetes Sidney Poitier Jack Warden Kathleen Maguire Ruby Dee Robert F. Simon Ruth White William A. Lee Val Avery John Kellogg David Clarke
dockworker boss friend wife manager gritty rousing manhattan docks racism labor union self-respect corruption secret awol underdog rivalry transformation 1950s
Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader whose growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, a notably repellent punk.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Mrs. Himmel
Rod Steiger George Segal Lee Remick Eileen Heckart Murray Hamilton Michael Dunn Barbara Baxley Ruth White Doris Roberts David Doyle
serial killer psychopath overbearing parent police detective mother victim suspenseful amusing dark new york city apartment household bedroom serial murders mother/son relationship mental illness investigation mind games police work pursuit
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Drama
USA
1965
101 Minutes
Mrs. Bannon
Suzanne Pleshette Bradford Dillman Ben Gazzara Peter Graves Bethel Leslie James Gregory Carmen Mathews Ruth White Sarah Marshall Virginia Christine Linden Chiles
A woman's sexual compulsions threaten to destroy her marriage.
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Mother Marcella (School of Medicine)
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Fantasy
USA
1968
106 Minutes
Mrs. Apple
Cliff Robertson Claire Bloom Lilia Skala Leon Janney Dick Van Patten William Dwyer Skipper McNally Dan Morgan Barney Martin Ruth White
neurosurgeon teacher scientist mentally challenged person doctor boss bleak solemn profound hospital laboratory classroom bakery surgery love interest experimental medicine intelligence rehabilitation disability discovery
An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
107 Minutes
Miss Reba
Steve McQueen Rupert Crosse Mitch Vogel Sharon Farrell Will Geer Michael Constantine Lonny Chapman Juano Hernandez Clifton James Ruth White Dub Taylor
young boy handyman best friend grandfather prostitute uncle amusing emotional mississippi farm household memphis, tenn. brothel unlikely friendship road trip coming of age racism prostitution corruption growing up
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.