List of the best Virginia Mayo movies: Flaxy Martin(1949), Backfire(1950), Pearl of the South Pacific(1955), She's Working Her Way Through College(1952), She's Back on Broadway(1953), Smart Girls Don't Talk(1948), The Silver Chalice(1954), White Heat(1949), Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951), Colorado Territory(1949), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty(1947), The Princess and the Pirate(1944) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
86 Minutes
Flaxy Martin
Virginia Mayo Zachary Scott Dorothy Malone Tom D'Andrea Helen Westcott Elisha Cook Jr.
attorney femme fatale showgirl mobster beautiful woman girlfriend tense melodramatic apartment highway city murder mob corruption deception fugitives escape mystery transformation 1940s
Mob attorney Walter Colby is manipulated by showgirl Flaxy Martin into taking the rap for a murder committed by mobster Hap Richie's goons but he escapes and tries to get revenge.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Gordon MacRae Edmond O'Brien Viveca Lindfors Dane Clark Ed Begley
While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.
Adventure
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Dennis Morgan David Farrar Murvyn Vye Lance Fuller Basil Ruysdael Lisa Montell Carol Thurston
beachcomber ex-girlfriend high priest islander treasure hunter groom campy striking engaging gripping melodramatic spirited south pacific treasure hunting conflict resolution corruption island life outsiders greed adventure
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1952
101 Minutes
Angela Gardner, "Hot Garters Gertie"
Virginia Mayo Ronald Reagan Gene Nelson Don DeFore Phyllis Thaxter Patrice Wymore Roland Winters Raymond Greenleaf Norman Bartold Amanda Randolph
A burlesque queen (Virginia Mayo) goes to college, charms a professor (Ronald Reagan) and livens up the class play.
Musical
1953
95 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Steve Cochran Gene Nelson Frank Lovejoy Patrice Wymore Virginia Gibson Larry Keating Paul Picerni Ned Young Jacqueline de Wit Douglas Spencer
A Hollywood star (Virginia Mayo) tries for a comeback in a stage show whose director (Steve Cochran) was her lover.
Crime, Drama
1948
81 Minutes
Smart Girls Don't Talk
Virginia Mayo Herman Brix Robert Hutton Helen Westcott Tom D'Andrea Richard Rober Richard Benedict Ben Welden Richard Walsh Phyllis Coates Creighton Hale
beautiful woman club owner thug brother gambler police officer gritty gutsy suspenseful california gambling house apartment murder undercover operations dangerous romance brother/sister relationship gambling blackmail discovery transformation
The beautiful Linda strikes up a romance with Marty, the seemingly charming owner of a gambling joint. It isn't long before she realizes that he has his hands in more sinister enterprises, including murder.
Drama
1954
144 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Paul Newman Jack Palance Pier Angeli Alexander Scourby Joseph Wiseman E.G. Marshall Walter Hampden Jacques Aubuchon Herbert Rudley Albert Van Dekker
sculptor slave wife magician beautiful woman apostle melodramatic emotional rome jerusalem art slavery daunting task love triangle magic deception rise quest underdog 1st century
After the Last Supper, Christians fight Romans over Christ's cup, for which a Greek sculptor (Paul Newman) makes a holder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Verna Jarrett
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Adventure
UK
1951
117 Minutes
Lady Barbara Wellesley
Gregory Peck Virginia Mayo Robert Beatty Terence Morgan Moultrie Kelsall James Kenney James Robertson Justice Richard Hearne Michael Dolan Stanley Baker Sam Kydd
captain rear admiral lady rebel enemy sailor spectacular thrilling england ship ocean central america captain horatio hornblower napoleonic wars naval warfare love triangle battle quest rescue 1800s
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Western
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Colorado Carson
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone Henry Hull John Archer James Mitchell Morris Ankrum Basil Ruysdael Frank Puglia Ian Wolfe Harry Woods
cowboy outlaw sheriff dance hall girl native american love interest brash gutsy melodramatic colorado mexico ghost town outlaws heist land ownership betrayal escape love temptation 1870s
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
Comedy
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Rosalind van Hoorn
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Boris Karloff Fay Bainter Ann Rutherford Thurston Hall Konstantin Shayne Florence Bates Gordon Jones Reginald Denny Henry Corden
man fiancée mother beautiful woman villain criminal endearing amusing united states city household dreams imagination courage heroism crime adventure quest pursuit 1940s
A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
Comedy
USA
1944
94 Minutes
Bob Hope Virginia Mayo Walter Brennan Walter Slezak Victor McLaglen Marc Lawrence Hugo Haas Maude Eburne Adia Kuznetzoff Brandon Hurst Tom Kennedy
actor princess pirate tattoo artist governor guard hilarious playful ship cabin palace dinghy rooming house dungeon treasure abduction impersonation cowardice corruption chases
A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.
Adventure
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Robert Douglas Aline MacMahon Frank Allenby Nick Cravat Lynne Baggett Gordon Gebert
archer wife leader rebel niece tyrant spirited thrilling melodramatic italy castle village kidnapping rebellion father/son relationship estrangement freedom marriage underdog revenge
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Western
USA
1958
90 Minutes
Celia Gray
Clint Walker Virginia Mayo Brian Keith Richard Eyer Russ Conway Michael Dante
native american comanche warrior fugitive widow son boy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful wild west farm fort frontier town on the run unlikely romance mob mentality journey wrongfully accused helping others
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Benny Goodman Hugh Herbert Steve Cochran Felix Bressart Louis Armstrong Charlie Barnet Lionel Hampton Tommy Dorsey
professor music teacher musician janitor singer gangster amusing lighthearted college nightclub crime jazz college writing entertainment discovery rescue 1940s
With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.
Western
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo John Agar Walter Brennan Ray Teal Hugh Sanders Morris Ankrum James Anderson Charles Meredith
us marshal love interest deputy cattle rustler cattle baron son amusing charming cheeky gritty engaging outlandish patriotic wild wild west desert united states escape rescue lynching
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
Western
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Randolph Scott Virginia Mayo Karen Steele Michael Dante Andrew Duggan Michael Pate Wally Brown
union soldier confederate soldier business owner wife engaging spirited colorado small town stagecoach american civil war love triangle competition gold shipment robbery rivalry revenge pursuit 19th century
In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.
Western
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Barry Kelley Michael Ansara Whit Bissell James Dobson George N. Neise Adam Kennedy Michael Pate Leo Gordon Ray Teal
union soldier widow half brother cattle rustler settler confederate soldier tense brooding powerful gritty american west colorado wagon train valley ranch reconciliation schemes land grab grudge estrangement
Back from the Civil War, an ex-Yankee officer aids a wagon train of former Confederates settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle-rustling and land-grabbing feuds.
Comedy
USA
1947
84 Minutes
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Chuck Connors Arthur Shields Barry Kelley Leon Askin Veola Vonn Bob Sweeney Hayden Rorke
AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
Biography
USA
1952
110 Minutes
Alan Ladd Virginia Mayo Joseph Calleia Phyllis Kirk Alf Kjellin Douglas Dick Anthony Caruso Ned Young George Voskovec Richard Carlyle Robert Emhardt
man friend brother love interest suitor emotional intense new orleans woods texas frontier riverboat romantic dilemma journey self-defense frontier justice jim bowie love adventure rivalry
The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
Musical
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Carol
Dennis Morgan Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson Lucille Norman S.Z. Sakall Virginia Gibson Tom Conway Wallace Ford Tom Dugan
Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.
Romance
USA
1949
78 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Virginia Mayo Eddie Bracken Dona Drake Henry Travers Lois Wilson Florence Bates Jerome Cowan Helen Westcott Paul Harvey Lloyd Corrigan
talent scout artist teacher secretary photographer mother lighthearted playful new york city artist's studio apartment beach school courtroom talent search publicity art deception family trials
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
115 Minutes
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, History
USA
1954
114 Minutes
Rex Harrison Virginia Mayo Laurence Harvey George Sanders Robert Douglas
king knight lighthearted jerusalem royalty loyalty medieval times swordplay assassination adventure 12th century
While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart (George Sanders) battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin (Sir Rex Harrison).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1978
99 Minutes
Bruce Davison Virginia Mayo Alisha Fontaine Lindsay Bloom Lance LeGault Ann Michelle Vernel Bagneris Rebecca Allen Sylvia `Kuumba' Williams Stocker Fontelieu
Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.
Horror
USA
1966
81 Minutes
Mary Theresa "Sable" Pulaski
The relatives of a recently deceased man named Kovac gather at is creepy mansion for the reading of the will. Before the will can be read, however, the relatives began to be murdered one by one.
Western
1967
83 Minutes
John Ireland Virginia Mayo Scott Brady John Russell Robert Strauss Richard Arlen
An ex-gunfighter (John Ireland) and an Indian agent stop a U.S. Cavalry deserter and his band of marauders.
Musical, Comedy
1945
98 Minutes
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Vera-Ellen Donald Woods S.Z. Sakall Allen Jenkins Edward Brophy Steve Cochran Otto Kruger Natalie Schafer
librarian entertainer gangster girlfriend dancer thug witty madcap nightclub backstage city ghosts possession siblings murder performance investigation revenge love transformation
When a brash young nightclub entertainer is murdered, his ghost urges his studious twin brother to seek revenge.
Western
1957
92 Minutes
Alan Ladd Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Anthony Caruso Jacqueline Wells John Qualen Don Castle David Ladd Jack Wrather George J. Lewis James Anderson
cowboy villain architect alcoholic farmer daughter-in-law melodramatic rousing missouri kansas texas farm market cattle farming railroad redemption corruption rivalry underdog
A bilked cattleman (Alan Ladd) has a boozing architect (Edmond O'Brien) design a new town with rail access, just for cattlemen.
Western
1956
94 Minutes
Robert Ryan Virginia Mayo Jeffrey Hunter Robert Middleton Walter Brennan Arthur O'Connell Ken Clark Rodolfo Acosta George Mathews Fay Roope Edward Platt
marshal hit man cowboy criminal gripping suspenseful intense emotional kansas small town american west crime engagement murder old west revenge love escape pursuit 19th century
A misguided youth (Jeffrey Hunter) sides with a Kansas boomtown marshal (Robert Ryan) against a gambler and his henchmen.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Polly Pringle
Danny Kaye Vera-Ellen Virginia Mayo Walter Abel Eve Arden Steve Cochran Lionel Stander Fay Bainter Clarence Kolb Victor Cutler Charles Cane
milkman sister pretty woman boxer coach manager lighthearted playful amusing club alley apartment boxing ring gym warehouse publicity deception boxing brother/sister relationship drugs
After a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer.
Horror
USA
1990
95 Minutes
Janet Wilson
Karen Black Arte Johnson Virginia Mayo Michael Berryman Debra Lamb Martine Beswick
A strange woman runs a boardinghouse whose tenants--mostly misfits and others who won't be missed--begin dying off or simply disappearing. She still cashes their government benefit checks ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1946
172 Minutes
Marie Derry
Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell Hoagy Carmichael Gladys George Steve Cochran
veteran wife amputee banker fiancée daughter powerful somber fascinating profound small town midwest family home war disillusionment world war ii love sacrifice discovery transformation
Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1992
96 Minutes
Kitty
Paul Johansson Maxwell Caulfield Karen Moncrieff Mick Murray Mark Pellegrino Virginia Mayo Jan-Michael Vincent Andy Romano Kelli Maroney
boyfriend girlfriend corrupt cop brother pregnant woman reporter brutal frenetic suspenseful los angeles las vegas police station car road murder witness on the run family relationships frame-up police brutality hate crime
Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
Biography
1943
92 Minutes
Mamie
Michael O'Shea Susan Hayward Frank Craven Osa Massen Harry Davenport Virginia Mayo Ralph Morgan Louise Beavers Jonathan Hale Leonard Strong
author wife prospector sailor hobo publisher engaging fascinating spectacular yukon san francisco alaska new york city japan lifestyle changes marriage social activism war imperialism jack london
The writer (Michael O'Shea) joins the Alaskan gold rush, goes to sea, finds a wife (Susan Hayward) and covers the Russo-Japanese War.