List of the best Zachary Scott movies: The Southerner(1945), Ruthless(1948), Guilty Bystander(1950), The Counterfeit Plan(1957), Treasure of Ruby Hills(1955), Shadow on the Wall(1950), Danger Signal(1945), Flaxy Martin(1949), Flamingo Road(1949), The Mask of Dimitrios(1944), The Unfaithful(1947), Born to Be Bad(1950) ... ...
Drama
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Zachary Scott Betty Field Beulah Bondi J. Carrol Naish Norman Lloyd Jay Gilpin Estelle Taylor Percy Kilbride Blanche Yurka
farmer wife grandmother emotional spirited moving texas farm farming aspirations poverty family quest love sacrifice underdog 1940s
The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them.
Drama
USA
1948
104 Minutes
Zachary Scott Louis Hayward Diana Lynn Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet Lucille Bremer Edith Barrett Dennis Hoey Raymond Burr Joyce Arling Charles Evans
millionaire childhood friend childhood sweetheart father love interest businessman bleak tense striking family home boston office new york city mansion social climbing betrayal jealousy love triangle wealth murder
A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Max Thursday
Zachary Scott Faye Emerson Mary Boland Sam Levene J. Edward Bromberg Kay Medford
detective ex-wife doctor smuggler moll brother dark intense suspenseful new york city hotel office jail warehouse kidnapping murder smuggling drinking family investigation
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy underworld searching for his kidnapped son.
Crime, Drama
UK
1957
87 Minutes
Max Brant
Zachary Scott Peggie Castle Mervyn Johns Sydney Tafler Lee Patterson David Lodge Mark Bellamy Chili Bouchier Robert Arden Eric Pohlmann Aubrey Dexter
forger murderer counterfeiter tense suspenseful mansion blackmail crime counterfeit money wretched excess 1950s
A reformed forger runs into an acquaintance from his past, now an escaped murderer, who blackmails him into resuming his criminal career.
Western
USA
1955
71 Minutes
Zachary Scott Carole Mathews Barton MacLane Dick Foran Lola Albright Gordon Jones Raymond Hatton Lee Van Cleef Charles Fredericks
rancher foreman businessman gunslinger marshal beautiful woman tense gritty rousing fiery arizona valley ghost town saloon ranch land wars set-up hired killers betrayal peace
Unscrupulous ranchers feud among themselves for control of the valley but a newcomer owns the water rights to the sole water source, without which grazing lands are useless.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
84 Minutes
Ann Sothern Zachary Scott Gigi Perreau Nancy Davis Barbara Billingsley Kristine Miller John McIntire Tom Helmore
husband wife young girl sister fiancé psychiatrist dark suspenseful household courtroom murder adultery family dysfunction false accusations sister relationship discovery mystery revenge 1950s
A woman kills her beautiful sister in a rage after finding out she has an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Faye Emerson Zachary Scott Mona Freeman Richard Erdman Rosemary DeCamp Herman Brix John Ridgely Mary Servoss Joyce Compton Virginia Sale Addison Richards
con artist rich girl jealous woman mother widower professor suspenseful brooding gripping dark los angeles house murder inheritance greed revenge con game new identity revenge pursuit
A very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
86 Minutes
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.
Drama
1949
94 Minutes
Fielding Carlisle
Joan Crawford Zachary Scott Sydney Greenstreet David Brian Gladys George Virginia Huston Fred Clark Gertrude Michael Alice White Sam McDaniel Tito Vuolo
dancer deputy sheriff political boss politician socialite melodramatic dark united states boldon city diner carnival carnivals alcoholism political corruption love triangle suicide revenge sacrifice 1940s
A small-town Florida sheriff (Sydney Greenstreet) frames his political pawn's (Zachary Scott) dancer girlfriend (Joan Crawford) for prostitution.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Dimitrios Makropoulos
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
109 Minutes
Bob Hunter
Ann Sheridan Lew Ayres Zachary Scott Eve Arden Jerome Cowan Steven Geray John Hoyt Peggy Knudsen Marta Mitrovich Douglas Kennedy Claire Meade
A Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night and claims he was an intruder she did not know. It seems like a clear case of self defense until the story hits the papers and people connected to the dead man come forward.
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
Curtis Carey
Joan Fontaine Robert Ryan Zachary Scott Joan Leslie Mel Ferrer Harold Vermilyea Virginia Farmer Kathleen Howard Dick Ryan Bess Flowers Joy Hallward
novelist cousin fiancé socialite wealthy man femme fatale brash dark melodramatic tense san francisco boston family home ballroom manipulation family love triangle marrying for money affair deception
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
Drama
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Rex Durant
A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.
Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Barry Holmes
Dennis Morgan Betsy Drake Zachary Scott Edmund Gwenn William Frawley Raymond Roe Ransom Sherman Sheila Stephens Eleanor Audley George Chandler Barbara Billingsley
A young working girl, trying to find a way to get a seat on the subway, takes along a baby doll to insure a way. She ends up getting stuck in a thick plot to sell an ad to a rich client who... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Bradd Criley
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Van Dekker Margaret Lindsay John Litel Mona Barrie Josephine Hutchinson Rose Hobart
judge wife lawyer emotional somber minnesota small town adultery forbidden love romance judicial system marriage illness rise fall 1940s
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass', Bradd Criley. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1955
90 Minutes
Wade Evans
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Zachary Scott Kurt Kaszner Barbara O'Neil James Arness Frieda Inescort Lester Matthews Donald Curtis Nick Stewart
secretary singer casino owner business partner romantic interest romantic rival intricate engaging passionate nassau, bahamas casino casinos romantic dilemma high society forbidden love love quest rivalry 20th century
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
Western
USA
1950
74 Minutes
Jason Brett
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.
Western
1956
92 Minutes
Kennedy
Robert Mitchum Ursula Thiess Zachary Scott Gilbert Roland Rodolfo Acosta Henry Brandon Douglas Fowley Jose Torvay Víctor Junco Alfonso Sánchez Tello Arturo Manrique
gun runner revolutionary military officer rival rousing gutsy suspenseful mexico mountain jungle hotel beach house war black market betrayal chases love triangle mexican revolution rivalry pursuit
A Mexican rebel's U.S. mercenary (Robert Mitchum) steals a shipment of guns and the wife (Ursula Thiess) of the soldier (Zachary Scott) guarding them.
Comedy
1962
84 Minutes
Gregory DeWitt
Jerry Lewis Joan O'Brien Zachary Scott Mae Questel Jesse White Jack Weston Ted de Corsia Barbara Pepper Milton Frome Del Moore Michael Ross
repairman elderly woman nephew lawyer love interest amusing madcap california estate family investigation missing persons schemes mistaken identity wealth mystery pursuit 1960s
A TV repairman becomes the sole heir to a fortune and the prey of those unscrupulous enough to relieve him of it.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Victor Macfarland
Claudette Colbert Macdonald Carey Zachary Scott Barbara Bates Robert Wagner Marilyn Monroe Frank Cady Jim Hayward Carol Savage Paul Gerrits
A woman (Claudette Colbert) divorces her husband (Macdonald Carey) of 20 years because he gambles too much.
Western
1955
81 Minutes
Reb Carlton
Sterling Hayden Yvonne De Carlo Zachary Scott Harry Harvey Jr. Robert Wilke Guy Prescott
A deputy sheriff (Sterling Hayden) seeks justice with a woman (Yvonne De Carlo), a bounty hunter (Zachary Scott) and a sawed-off shotgun.
Drama
USA
1945
109 Minutes
Monte Beragon
Joan Crawford Jack Carson Ann Blyth Zachary Scott Eve Arden Herman Brix Lee Patrick Moroni Olsen Jo Ann Marlowe George Tobias
restaurant owner daughter mother police detective melodramatic tense glendale, calif. murder social standing mother/daughter relationship investigation the great depression mystery sacrifice 1930s
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Harvey Fortescue Turner
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.