List of the best Tay Garnett movies: One Way Passage(1932), The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946), Love Is News(1937), Bataan(1943), Stand-In(1937), Wild Harvest(1947), Cause for Alarm(1951), Cheers for Miss Bishop(1941), Her Man(1930), Challenge to Be Free(1976), Joy of Living(1938), Trade Winds(1938) ... ...
Romance
USA
1932
69 Minutes
Director
William Powell Kay Francis Frank McHugh Aline MacMahon Warren Hymer Frederick Burton Douglas Gerrard Herbert Mundin Wilson Mizner Mike Donlin Roscoe Karns
murderer sick person police chief con artist thief melodramatic campy amusing emotional ocean liner hong kong bar doomed romance deception travel crime illness love fall mystery
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
113 Minutes
Director
Lana Turner John Garfield Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn Audrey Totter Leon Ames Alan Reed
drifter femme fatale district attorney lawyer restaurant owner tense suspenseful passionate diner courtroom california beach car justice ambition murder affair temptation forbidden love fall
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Romance
USA
1937
78 Minutes
Director
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Don Ameche Slim Summerville Dudley Digges Walter Catlett George Sanders Jane Darwell Stepin Fetchit Pauline Moore Elisha Cook Jr.
reporter heiress count editor tabloid reporter fiancé madcap playful emotional winsome new york city airport city hall journalism scandal fame deception unlikely romance tabloid journalism love
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
War
USA
1943
115 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor George Murphy Thomas Mitchell Lloyd Nolan Lee Bowman Robert Walker Desi Arnaz Barry Nelson Phillip Terry Roque Espiritu Kenneth Spencer
soldiers captain pilot sargeant enemy gritty powerful philippines bridge bataan horrors of war honor code abandonment world war ii daunting task sacrifice underdog 1940s
In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.
Comedy
USA
1937
91 Minutes
Director
Leslie Howard Joan Blondell Humphrey Bogart Alan Mowbray Marla Shelton C. Henry Gordon Jack Carson Tully Marshall J.C. Nugent William V. Mong
A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Dorothy Lamour Robert Preston Lloyd Nolan Richard Erdman Allen Jenkins
Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson. Joe's buddy Jim joins the crew with startup money. Farmer's niece Fay falls for Joe. He ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
74 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young Barry Sullivan Bruce Cowling Margalo Gillmore Brad Morrow Irving Bacon Georgia Backus Don Haggerty Art Baker Richard Anderson Kathleen Freeman
sick person wife doctor mail carrier eerie tense family home post office false accusations betrayal delusion jealousy illness murder revenge quest discovery 1950s
An invalid husband wrongly believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
Drama
USA
1941
95 Minutes
Director
Martha Scott William Gargan Edmund Gwenn Sterling Holloway Sidney Blackmer Mary Anderson Dorothy Peterson
teacher suitor friend student emotional melodramatic small town college nebraska teaching romance friendship aspirations transformation love discovery sacrifice 1930s
Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.
Comedy
USA
1930
85 Minutes
Director
Helen Twelvetrees Marjorie Rambeau Ricardo Cortez Phillips Holmes James Gleason Franklin Pangborn Harry Sweet Stanley Fields Mathew Betz Thelma Todd Mike Donlin
Havana bar girl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.
Adventure
USA
1976
88 Minutes
Director
Mike Mazurki Jimmy Kane Fritz Ford Vic Christy Tay Garnett
Challenge To Be Free captures the excitement of a marathon manhunt through 1,000 miles of the most rugged and beautiful terrain in the Alaskan Wilderness.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lucille Ball Alice Brady Guy Kibbee Eric Blore Jean Dixon Warren Hymer Billy Gilbert Frank Milan Dorothy Steiner
singer shipping magnate mother father sister judge lighthearted cheery new york city family home beer hall roller skating rink broadway theater unlikely romance fame lifestyle changes fun transformation love 1930s
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Joan Bennett Ann Sothern Ralph Bellamy Sidney Blackmer Thomas Mitchell Robert Elliott Richard Tucker Joyce Compton Patricia Farr Wilma Francis
detective womanizer sister woman suspect victim thrilling suspenseful frenetic san francisco hawaii ship asia murder investigation on the run chase reward suicide disguise escape
Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1937
90 Minutes
Director
captain fiancé first mate cabin boy slave trader melodramatic campy thrilling uneasy cargo ship plantation west african coast slave trade mutiny reform power struggle wretched excess adventure 1860s
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Director
Tom Morton Mary Murphy Herb Shriner Agnes Moorehead
playwright actress celebrity mother father business owner creative lighthearted new york city theater family home small town indiana ambition stardom broadway small-town life love triangle love transformation
In New York City, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Director
Pat O'Brien Edward Arnold Broderick Crawford Ruth Terry Alan Dinehart Eve Arden Claire Dodd Evelyn Keyes Phyllis Brooks Janet Beecher
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Western
USA
1963
90 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor Joan Caulfield Robert Loggia Robert Middleton Larry Gates Malcolm Atterbury William Windom Virginia Christine Ray Teal Richard Devon Robert Ivers
rancher fiancée cattle baron brother chester a. arthur housekeeper confident thrilling wyoming ranch grassland power struggle cattle land grab frame-up competition murder rivalry discovery adventure
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
Romance
USA
1939
95 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young David Niven Hugh Herbert C. Aubrey Smith Billie Burke Broderick Crawford ZaSu Pitts Eve Arden
magician beautiful woman husband wife fiancé charming emotional stage backstage london connecticut romance marital problems magic act performance love discovery 1930s
Anita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Director
Kay Kyser Ellen Drew Jane Wyman Robert Armstrong Helen Westley William Demarest Una O'Connor Lionel Royce Moroni Olsen George Cleveland
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. It turns out that the army ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK|USA
1954
85 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Patricia Medina Andre Morell Harry Andrews Peter Cushing Anthony Bushell Laurence Naismith Patrick Troughton Bill Brandon Basil Appleby Jean Lodge
swordsman knight lady earl king arthur murderer thrilling brooding england castle countryside secret identity unrequited love undercover operations knights heroism arthurian legends adventure pursuit love
During King Arthur's time, a sword maker wishes to win Lady Linet's heart but first he must become a noble knight.
Adventure
1977
115 Minutes
Director
A rough-and-tumble logger assembles his crew to help save a widow's lumber camp from unscrupulous competitors.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
1930
74 Minutes
Director
William Boyd Ernest Torrence Dorothy Sebastian Ralf Harolde Paul Hurst Russell Gleason Arthur Housman Clyde Cook
Comedy
1929
73 Minutes
Director
A stunt pilot (William Boyd) and his younger brother (Russell Gleason) fight over a nightclub singer (Marie Prevost).
War
1952
105 Minutes
Director
Robert Mitchum Ann Blyth Richard Egan William Talman Charles McGraw Margaret Sheridan Eduard Franz Robert Osterloh Robert Gist Roy Roberts
american officer young woman korean soldier civilian soldiers refugee gory brutal suspenseful thrilling patriotic melodramatic military base korea front lines war zone town battlefield korean war armed conflict
An Army colonel (Robert Mitchum) fighting in Korea loves a war widow (Ann Blyth) working with the United Nations.
Adventure
USA
1976
88 Minutes
Director
Mike Mazurki Jimmy Kane Fritz Ford Vic Christy Tay Garnett
Challenge To Be Free captures the excitement of a marathon manhunt through 1,000 miles of the most rugged and beautiful terrain in the Alaskan Wilderness.