List of the best Will Geer movies: Brother John(1971), The Billion Dollar Hobo(1978), Dear, Dead Delilah(1972), Salt of the Earth(1954), The Rowdyman(1972), Executive Action(1973), Double Crossbones(1951), Comanche Territory(1950), The Fight for Life(1940), Unknown Powers(1979), Pieces of Dreams(1970), My Sister, My Love(1978) ... ...
Drama
USA
1971
96 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Will Geer Beverly Todd Bradford Dillman Ramon Bieri Warren Kemmerling Lincoln Kilpatrick P. Jay Sidney Richard Ward Paul Winfield Zara Cully
angel doctor worker townspeople dark emotional alabama household funeral factory death injustice discrimination redemption mankind strike mystery discovery quest rescue
A man who returns to his hometown for a funeral may have a much larger purpose in life than those around him can see.
Kids & Family, Comedy
1978
96 Minutes
Tim Conway Will Geer Eric Weston Victoria Carroll Sydney Lassick John Myhers Frank Sivero
nephew uncle hobo billionaire dog madcap playful train railway united states inheritance wealth train travel homelessness human-animal friendship adventure discovery pursuit 1970s
A klutz (Tim Conway) must become a hobo in order to inherit a now-rich ex-hobo's (Will Geer) fortune.
Horror
1972
90 Minutes
Agnes Moorehead Will Geer Michael Ansara Dennis Patrick Anne Meacham Robert Gentry
A dying Southern matriarch (Agnes Moorehead) in a wheelchair sends her family on a search for buried family treasure.
Drama
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Sheriff
Rosaura Revueltas Juan Chacon Will Geer Adolfo Barela David Wolfe Mervin Williams David Sarvis Henrietta Williams Ernest Velasquez Angela Sanchez
miner wife husband inspiring moving uplifting new mexico discrimination activism feminism underdog sacrifice rivalry 1950s
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Drama
UK
1972
95 Minutes
Stan
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.
Drama
USA
1973
91 Minutes
Ferguson
Burt Lancaster Robert Ryan Will Geer Gil Green John Anderson Paul Carr Colby Chester Ed Lauter Walter Brooke Sidney Clute Deanna Darrin
ex-cia agent secret service agent oil baron conservative mercenary gunman tense chilling dark brooding texas dallas desert mansion parking garage assassination plot john f. kennedy conspiracy new world order secret mission
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
75 Minutes
Tom Botts
Donald O'Connor Helena Carter Will Geer John Emery Stanley Logan Kathryn Givney Hayden Rorke Morgan Farley Louis Bacigalupi
After being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate.
Western
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Dan'l Seeger
Maureen O'Hara Macdonald Carey Will Geer Charles Drake Pedro de Cordoba Ian MacDonald Rick Vallin Parley Baer James Best Edmund Cobb Glenn Strange
jim bowie native american friend barkeep politician chief melodramatic thrilling patriotic frontier small town wilderness saloon texas race relations mining deception american indian wars exploitation land dispute
White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.
Drama
USA
1940
69 Minutes
2nd Teacher
Myron McCormick Storrs Haynes Will Geer Dudley Digges Dorothy Adams Dorothy Urban Effie Anderson
An interne witnesses the death of a young mother in a maternity hospital delivery room. Disturbed that he might have overlooked something that could have prevented the death, he goes to a ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1979
96 Minutes
A documentary--actually three episodes of a canceled TV series--examining various phenomena, including ESP, psychic surgery and past-life hypnosis.
Drama
USA
1970
99 Minutes
The Bishop
Robert Forster Lauren Hutton Will Geer Ivor Francis Richard O'Brien Edith Atwater Mitzi Hoag Rudy Diaz Gail Bonney Helen Westcott
priest social worker bishop mother parishioner brooding melodramatic passionate emotional albuquerque, n.m. church catholic church celibacy faith social change desire temptation sacrifice 1960s
Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1978
102 Minutes
Zom
An astronomer (Lee Grant) stays close to her strange sister (Carol Kane) who likes to torment primates in a cage.
Drama
1950
74 Minutes
William Musk
Paul Dale Lorraine Miller Will Geer Nina Koshetz Steve Brodie Todd Karns Margaret Field Anne Sholter
A compassionate district attorney tries to steer a disillusioned little person away from a life of crime.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
106 Minutes
Old Man
Rock Hudson Salome Jens John Randolph Will Geer Jeff Corey Murray Hamilton Wesley Addy
banker artist thrilling dark suspenseful united states secret new identity escape mystery metamorphosis 1960s
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.
Western
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Ben Slade
James Stewart Jeff Chandler Debra Paget Basil Ruysdael Will Geer Joyce Mackenzie Arthur Hunnicutt Raymond Bramley Jay Silverheels Argentina Brunetti Robert Adler
scout native american settler renegade warrior mail carrier gritty thrilling intense united states apache territory camp arizona friendship truce war love death peace quest
Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
Drama
USA
1951
97 Minutes
Mr. Lawrence Nevins
Arthur Kennedy Peggy Dow Julie Adams James Edwards Will Geer Minor Watson Jim Backus Joan Banks Nana Bryant Marjorie Crossland Richard Egan
military officer sergeant soldier young man fiancée african-american profound emotional battlefield north africa hospital american south philadelphia law office world war ii injury racism tolerance romance going home
After he gets blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
107 Minutes
Boss
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.
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Jack Mackay
Clark Gable Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Roland Winters Will Geer Emory Parnell Frank Jenks
race car driver opponent reporter mechanic veteran melodramatic thrilling heartwarming racetrack newsroom racing accidental death scandal journalism comeback stunt driving rivalry love transformation 1950s
A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
Action
1976
91 Minutes
Rockfield
Stephen McHattie Kay Lenz Lonny Chapman Eddie Albert Will Geer Paul Linke Dennis Redfield
drifter waitress sheriff lawyer deputy wealthy man spectacular offbeat united states small town pool snack bar corruption framed for murder car chase trial romance love pursuit 1970s
A crooked sheriff chases a drifter (Stephen McHattie) and a waitress (Kay Lenz) who saw him commit murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Homer Crowley
Dick Powell Paula Raymond Adolphe Menjou Marshall Thompson Ruby Dee Will Geer Richard Rober Florence Bates Victor Kilian Katharine Warren Leif Erickson
assassin detective sister slave abraham lincoln criminal suspenseful thrilling train baltimore new york city assassination presidency murder plot police work conspiracy crime pursuit underdog 1860s
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
Western
USA
1968
106 Minutes
Pop Chaney
James Stewart Dean Martin Raquel Welch George Kennedy Andrew Prine Will Geer Clint Ritchie Denver Pyle Tom Heaton Rudy Diaz Sean McClory
bandit sheriff woman rancher mexican amusing wild thrilling american southwest ranch town abandoned building desert bank love lawlessness regret escape forbidden love rivalry
Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.
Drama
USA
1967
134 Minutes
Prosecutor
Robert Blake Scott Wilson John Forsythe Paul Stewart Gerald S. O'Loughlin Jeff Corey Will Geer John Gallaudet James Flavin Charles McGraw John McLiam
victim perry smith reporter police chief richard "dick" hickock dark uneasy chilling holcomb, kan. prison family home manhunt murder crime family trial execution pursuit revenge 1960s
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Drama
USA
1949
89 Minutes
Sheriff Hampton
David Brian Claude Jarman Jr. Juano Hernandez Porter Hall Elizabeth Patterson Charles Kemper Will Geer David Clarke Elzie Emanuel Lela Bliss Harry Hayden
wrongly accused teenager police officer lawyer powerful gripping small town mississippi racism mistaken identity murder pursuit mystery growing up 1940s
In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.
Drama
1974
78 Minutes
Dr. McCutcheon
Larry Hagman Martin Milner Jessica Walter Barry Sullivan Michael Learned Frank Sutton Will Geer Lonny Chapman Ayn Ruymen Barry Livingston Jim Antonio
Two hurricane hunters race against time to alert a Gulf Coast community to the threat of an impending storm.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Wyatt Earp
James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen Rock Hudson John Alexander
sergeant cowboy sheriff prostitute outlaw tense spirited mountain saloon prairie dodge city, kan. cowboys robbery guns pursuit revenge rivalry 1890s
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Drama, Biography, History
1978
200 Minutes
Cicely Tyson Robert Hooks Jason Bernard Clifford David Judyann Elder John Getz Mae Mercer James Sikking Charles Weldon Richard Williams Jean Renee Foster
Escaped slave Harriet Tubman (Cicely Tyson) leads an underground railroad taking others north to freedom.