Search results for "Mervyn LeRoy"
The Devil at 4 O’Clock

The Devil at 4 O’Clock

The Devil at 4 O’Clock
IMDb: 6.4
126

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children’s leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.

Moment to Moment

Moment to Moment

Moment to Moment
IMDb: 6.3
108

When an erring wife’s supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it’s her unsuspecting shrink husband who’s enlisted to get those memories back.

Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never
IMDb: 6.6
80

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed
IMDb: 7.4
129

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda — as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for…

Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid
IMDb: 6.5
115

After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.

Genre: Drama, Music
Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933
IMDb: 7.7
97

Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
IMDb: 7.1
171

Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught…

Little Caesar

Little Caesar

Little Caesar
IMDb: 7.2
79

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown

Toward the Unknown
IMDb: 6.5
115

Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bond battles a hard-nosed…

Escape

Escape

Escape
IMDb: 7
98

An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Without Reservations

Without Reservations

Without Reservations
IMDb: 6.5
107

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don’t know she is the author…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
IMDb: 7.2
138

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust
IMDb: 6.9
99

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The FBI Story

The FBI Story

The FBI Story
IMDb: 6.5
149

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.

Genre: Drama
High Pressure

High Pressure

High Pressure
IMDb: 6.6
73

Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a “Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company”, and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy,…

Genre: Comedy
No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants
IMDb: 7.6
119

Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will? In No Time for Sergeants, Andy Griffith…

Genre: Comedy, War
Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town
IMDb: 6.1
112

There’s a new doctor in old Santa Fe, and it’s Greer Garson. Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1955 western also stars Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Lois Smith, Walter Hampden, Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales, Earl…

Random Harvest

Random Harvest

Random Harvest
IMDb: 7.9
126

An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life.

Genre: Drama, Romance
East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side
IMDb: 6.9
108

A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming
IMDb: 6.8
113

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. On…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
IMDb: 8.1
102

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick…

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager
IMDb: 7
107

A charming racketeer seduces the DA’s stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle
IMDb: 6.7
78

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
IMDb: 8.2
92

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Gypsy

Gypsy

Gypsy
IMDb: 7.1
143

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Desire Me

Desire Me

Desire Me
IMDb: 6
91

A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband’s death.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts
IMDb: 7.6
123

Mr. Roberts is as an officer who’s yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play
IMDb: 6.8
112

When illegal casino owner Charley Enley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep…

Genre: Drama
Little Women

Little Women

Little Women
IMDb: 7.2
121

Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg,…

Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge
IMDb: 7.7
109

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Unholy Partners

Unholy Partners

Unholy Partners
IMDb: 6.5
94

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Madame Curie

Madame Curie

Madame Curie
IMDb: 7.2
124

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Hi, Nellie!

Hi, Nellie!

Hi, Nellie!
IMDb: 6.9
75

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rose Marie

Rose Marie

Rose Marie
IMDb: 5.8
104

Rose Marie Lemaitre (Ann Blyth), an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone (Howard Keel), an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police….

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish
IMDb: 6.7
85

A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Gentleman’s Fate

Gentleman’s Fate

Gentleman’s Fate
IMDb: 6.4
90

A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood
IMDb: 6.2
80

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead
IMDb: 6.7
86

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother’s choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Five Star Final

Five Star Final

Five Star Final
IMDb: 7.3
89

An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.

Genre: Crime, Drama
They Won’t Forget

They Won’t Forget

They Won’t Forget
IMDb: 7.2
95

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his…

Genre: Drama, Mystery