Movies Mentioned in M*A*S*H
by imdbice | created - 05 Aug 2020 | updated - 05 Aug 2020 | PublicA comprehensive list of movies mentioned throughout the series.
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1. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Andy has problems raising the last payment for a used car and juggling three pretty girls with an upcoming country club dance scheduled.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker
Votes: 2,056
From the Love and Marriage episode. Hawkeye: "Does Judge Hardy know about this?"
2. Gaslight (1944)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Votes: 33,933
From the Love and Mariage episode.
Henry says "You're trying to 'Gaslight' me".
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal
Votes: 7,471
From the Aid Station episode.
Henry says that that night's movie will be "Sherlock Holmes."
4. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 23,212
From The Moose episode.
Hawkeye looking at the refugee kids says "The Dead End Kids in Korea"
5. Dracula (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
Directors: Tod Browning, Karl Freund | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye
Votes: 58,663
From the Germ Warfare episode.
Hawkeye imitates Bela Lugosi's Dracula.
6. Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,155
From The Army-Navy Game episode
Father Mulcahy waves a Notre Dame pennant and says, "How 'bout one for the Gipper?"
7. Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Horror
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla.
Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Tom Conway
Votes: 1,436
From the Sticky Wicket episode.
Trapper says that "Bedtime for Bonzo" and "Bride of the Gorilla" are that night's movies.
8. Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley
Votes: 1,108
From the Sticky Wicket episode.
Trapper says that "Bedtime for Bonzo" and "Bride of the Gorilla" are that night's movies.
9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 132,475 | Gross: $5.01M
From the Major Fred C. Dobbs episode
Character name from the movie used in the episode title.
10. Sergeant York (1941)
Passed | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
Votes: 19,794 | Gross: $16.40M
From the 5 O'Clock Charlie episode.
Henry mentions this movie.
11. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Approved | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth, Walter Brennan
Votes: 12,004
From the 5 O'Clock Charlie episode.
Frank mentions this movie.
12. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Approved | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger
Votes: 2,304
From the 5 0'Clock Charlie episode. (M*A*S*H fortune telling)
Frank mentions this movie.
13. The Thing from Another World (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 33,401
From the Operation Noselift episode.
Colonel Blake mentions this movie.
14. The Blob (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland
Votes: 29,394
Operation Nose lift (M*A*S*H fortune telling)
Colonel Blake mentions this movie.
15. Rose-Marie (1936)
Passed | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones
Votes: 1,401
From the Inga episode.
Hawkeye sings part of "Indian Love Call."
16. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Votes: 428,850 | Gross: $2.08M
From the Major Ego episode.
Klinger dressed up like Dorothy Gale said to his dog in basket: "Toto, we're going home".
17. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,333 | Gross: $4.36M
From The Billford Syndrome and It Happened One Night.
Charles has put up a separation drape in the Swamp, and Hawkeye says he remembers it from "It Happened One Night."
18. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 12,286 | Gross: $3.27M
From the Major Topper episode.
Hawkeye says that Quasimodo would have a better chance with Audrey Hepburn than Charles would have.
19. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, Romance, War
From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, James McKechnie
Votes: 16,361
From the Tea and Empathy episode.
Hawkeye refers to Major Ross as "Colonel Blimp."
20. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Directors: Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin | Stars: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills
Votes: 11,596
From The Merchant of Korea and That's Show Biz
Hawkeye says, "Goodnight, Mr. Chips,"
21. The Jazz Singer (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 11,080 | Gross: $7.63M
From The Last Laugh episode.
Hawkeye says, "Who got down on one knee and sang 'Mammy'?"
22. Pinocchio (1940)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie
Votes: 159,950 | Gross: $84.25M
From the Souvenirs episode.
Stratton says, "If it isn't Jiminy Cricket - the conscience that never takes a vacation."
23. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (I) (1923)
Passed | 133 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.
Director: Wallace Worsley | Stars: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester
Votes: 6,104 | Gross: $2.22M
From the Hepatitis episode.
Col. Potter refers to Hawkeye, who is hunched over with back pain, as "Lon Chaney's stand-in."
24. Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with the U.S. Army's Company C Division during their liberation of Italy.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell
Votes: 3,730
From the Ping Pong episode.
B.J. refers to Cho as "G.I. Cho."
25. The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 1,177
From the Trick or Treatment episode.
Pierce quotes this movie
26. Oklahoma! (1955)
G | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 14,082
From the Trick or Treatment also The Colonel’s Horse.
B. J. says, "That slit is as high as an elephant's eye."
27. Francis (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,459
From the Heroes episode.
Hawkeye says, "And in the movie version, the part of Charles Emerson Winchester III will be played by Francis, the talking mule."
28. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
PG | 122 min | Drama
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
Votes: 114,404 | Gross: $8.00M
From the Pressure Points episode.
B. J. refers to Charles as "Stanley Kowalski."
29. Naughty Marietta (1935)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 1,538
From the Bottle Fatique episode.
B.J. asks Hawkeye if he knows any songs from "Naughty Marietta."
30. The Mikado (1939)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
The son of the Mikado of Japan, a wandering minstrel, falls for a girl who is engaged to her guardian.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Kenny Baker, John Barclay, Martyn Green, Sydney Granville
Votes: 826
From the Mr. and Mrs. Who? episode.
Mentioned by Charles Winchester
31. Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Martha Raye
Votes: 363
From The Price episode.
Colonel Potter sings part of "I'm an Old Cow Hand."
32. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,751
From the A Full Rich Day episode.
Hawkeye says that Trapper "had the bolt in his neck tightened yesterday."
33. Top Hat (1935)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 20,717 | Gross: $3.88M
From The Best of Enemies episode.
Hawkeye sings part of "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails."
34. Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne
Votes: 564
Alcoholics Unanimous
35. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Votes: 14,786
House Arrest
36. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Dan Dailey
Votes: 6,703
Hawkeye (M*A*S*H fortune telling)
37. Custer's Last Stand (I) (1936)
Passed | 328 min | War, Western
When some men are attacked by Indians, a survivor obtains an Indian medicine arrow. An Indian tells Blade he has found gold but will not tell him where until he has that arrow. So Blade ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix
Votes: 251
From "Dear Mildred"
Hawkeye: 3 to 1. I'll take the Indians.
B.J.: It's a bet. Five bucks. What's the name of this picture?
Hawkeye: Custer's Last Stand.
38. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 91,016 | Gross: $10.00M
The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan
39. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
After Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort, its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. Later, soloist Vivian Dawn quits and Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle
Votes: 1,953
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
40. History Is Made at Night (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive
Votes: 2,497
Morale Victory (Starring Charles Boyer movie)
41. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
M/PG | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
Votes: 2,520
The Moon Is Not Blue
42. Easter Parade (1948)
G | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Votes: 11,095 | Gross: $9.03M
Mail Call Again
43. McLintock! (1963)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Western
Wealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 16,623
ovie Tonight (Radar’s impersonation) (M*A*S*H fortune telling)
44. Les Misérables (1935)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 3,927
I Hate a Mistery
[ Man On P.A. System ]
Attention! Tonight's movie
is Les Miserabla... rables,
the riveting tale of a man who steals, and is relentlessly pursued.
Sort of like somebody we all know.
45. Blood and Sand (1941)
Approved | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Illiterate peasant Juan Gallardo rises meteorically to fame and fortune in the bullfight arena only to sow the seeds of his own fall.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Alla Nazimova
Votes: 3,139 | Gross: $5.92M
O.R.
46. Sahara (I) (1943)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 9,755
The Moon Is Not Blue
47. Gilda (1946)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 35,293
As You Were
Klinger: ''You will notice that the dress I am wearing...
Mulcahy: Oh, dear.
Klinger: ..is an exact copy of the one Rita Hayworth wore in Gilda.''
The Colonel's Horse
- Oh, hey, Sparky. Uh, listen,how'd you like a movie?
- No, it's not a V.D. movie.It's a real movie.
- We got a Rita Hayworth picture. Gilda.
- Huh? No, uh, no Indians, but a lot of hugging,kissing, and other violence.
48. Beyond the Forest (1949)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman
Votes: 2,773
Major Ego (Klinger quoting Bette Davis “What A Dump”)
49. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 334,463 | Gross: $198.68M
Major Ego
50. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 163
Sticky Wicket
Bride of the Gorilla and Bonzo Goes to College.
- I think I'll wait for the books to come out.
Have you seen Bride of the Gorilla and Bonzo Goes to College?
- No.
- Why don't we both miss 'em together?
L.I.P.
Uh, the plane with John Wayne didn't get here.
- Darn it!
- What movie are we showing tonight? What have we got on hand?
- Well, I could give you Bonzo Goes to College...
51. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Approved | 102 min | Action, Drama, War
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter
Votes: 5,522
L.I.P.
[P.A. Announcer]
Attention, all personnel.
Tomorrow night's movie will be Flying Leathernecks, starring John Wayne, Ward Bond
and Maureen O'Hara.
Be sure to see this with a marine you love.
52. My Darling Clementine (1946)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs
Votes: 25,768
Movie Tonight
53. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley
Votes: 1,678
Bulletin Board (Shirley Temple)
54. Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Tony Martin goes to Kentucky to find talent to boost radio ratings. There it is learned that the Ritz brothers are really from New York and only pretending to be hillbillies to get on Martin's show.
Director: David Butler | Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Harry Ritz, Tony Martin, Jimmy Ritz
Votes: 120
Mail Call Three (Starring The Ritz Brothers)
55. The Good Earth (1937)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch
Votes: 5,413
Of Moose And Men
56. Brief Encounter (1945)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey
Votes: 44,263
Life With Father
57. The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Family, Western
An evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Billy Platt
Votes: 1,945
Morale Victory
58. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, War
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty
Votes: 19,474 | Gross: $13.50M
Hawkeye Get Your Gun
59. Golden Earrings (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
On the eve of WW2, a British spy goes to Germany to obtain a secret poison-gas formula from a scientist but things go awry and he is saved by a beautiful nomadic gypsy woman.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester
Votes: 1,275 | Gross: $7.00M
Hawkeye Get Your Gun
60. Adam's Rib (1949)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell
Votes: 22,923
Adam's Ribs
61. State Fair (1945)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Each member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 4,499
The Moon Is Not Blue
62. Swamp Water (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer.
Directors: Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel | Stars: Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews
Votes: 2,114
The Moon is Not Blue
In Frankenheimer's office there are posters for Swamp Water (1941), Smoky (1946), and Week-End in Havana (1941). (Also an obscured poster for Doll Face (1945) behind a large mirror.)
63. Smoky (1946)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Family, Music
Drama about the strong bond between a cowpoke and a wild bronco set during the 1940s.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 463
The Moon is Not Blue
In Frankenheimer's office there are posters for Swamp Water (1941), Smoky (1946), and Week-End in Havana (1941). (Also an obscured poster for Doll Face (1945) behind a large mirror.)
64. Week-End in Havana (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nan Spencer is on a boat bound for Havana which runs aground. The man sent to rescue her is engaged and she doesn't understand his disinterest. Monte Blanca is interested, to the annoyance of his girlfriend.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 734
The Moon is Not Blue
In Frankenheimer's office there are posters for Swamp Water (1941), Smoky (1946), and Week-End in Havana (1941). (Also an obscured poster for Doll Face (1945) behind a large mirror.)
65. Doll Face (1945)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda
Votes: 572
The Moon is Not Blue
In Frankenheimer's office there are posters for Swamp Water (1941), Smoky (1946), and Week-End in Havana (1941). (Also an obscured poster for Doll Face (1945) behind a large mirror.)
66. High Noon (1952)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 110,233 | Gross: $9.45M
The Moon is Not Blue
Frankenheimer tells General Madsen on the phone that he has a print of High Noon (1952) for him.
67. The Yearling (1946)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Family, Western
A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills
Votes: 6,468 | Gross: $5.20M
Bombed (A dandy picture about a boy and his pet deer)
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