Here we've displayed a list of the best Dowager films : Paradise Road(1997), Johnny Come Lately(1943), The Bat Whispers(1930), The Lady and the Mob(1939), The Girl Said No(1930), The Guns of Fort Petticoat(1957) ... ...
Drama
Australia|USA
1997
115 Minutes
Glenn Close Pauline Collins Cate Blanchett Frances McDormand Julianna Margulies Jennifer Ehle Elizabeth Spriggs Tessa Humphries Susie Porter Sab Shimono
dowager prison guard doctor musician socialite nurse chilling heartwarming pow camp singapore prisoners of war prison life singing world war ii violence prostitution escape rise 1940s
A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
97 Minutes
James Cagney Grace George Marjorie Main Marjorie Lord Hattie McDaniel Edward McNamara
reporter drifter editor mysterious woman dowager bleak engaging small town jail corruption mission journalism imprisonment secret pursuit wretched excess 1940s
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Chester Morris Una Merkel Maude Eburne Chance Ward Richard Tucker Wilson Benge DeWitt Jennings Sidney D'Albrook S.E. Jennings Grayce Hampton Spencer Charters
burglar police detective dowager niece fiancé bank employee eerie dark crafty suspenseful mansion long island, n.y. theft crime spree houseguest murder disguise mystery pursuit 1930s
A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.
Comedy
USA
1939
66 Minutes
Fay Bainter Lee Bowman Ida Lupino Henry Armetta Warren Hymer Harold Huber Forbes Murray Joe Sawyer Tom Dugan Joe Caits Jim Toney
dowager son daughter-in-law laundry owner racketeer thief hilarious patriotic heartwarming small town laundromat house mob mother/son relationship vigilantism marriage extortion freedom revenge underdog
Society-woman Hattie Leonard organizes her own band of 'gang-busters' when she discovers a garment she sent to the dry-cleaners had been taxed twenty-five-cents to pay for gang 'protection.... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
90 Minutes
William Haines Leila Hyams Polly Moran Marie Dressler Francis X. Bushman Clara Blandick William Janney Frank Coghlan Jr. Phyllis Crane William V. Mong
college graduate salesman secretary executive dowager father cheery madcap amusing new york city office bar bank restaurant career aspirations romantic dilemma love triangle father/son relationship confidence marriage
A brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.
Western
1957
82 Minutes
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson Jeff Donnell Isobel Elsom Jeanette Nolan Sean McClory
cavalryman colonel widow cowboy dowager entertainer dark intense spirited colorado fort texas town mission court women soldiers cheyenne indians massacre outlaws desertion
An Army deserter (Audie Murphy) shows defenseless Texas women how to hold off Indians out to avenge a massacre.