Jeanne Crain
Skyjacked (1972)
Skyjacked is a 1972 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin. The film stars Charlton Heston, James Brolin and Yvette Mimieux, along with an ensemble cast primarily playing the roles of passengers and crew aboard an airliner. Skyjacked is based on the David Harper novel Hijacked.
Starring: Ethel Barrymore•Roosevelt Grier•Myrna Loy•Walter Pidgeon•Walter Brennan•Sidney Blackmer•Bert Lahr
The Night God Screamed (1971)
The Night God Screamed is a 1971 American psychological thriller/horror film, independently made on a low budget by Lasky/Carlin Productions. Due to the sensitivities connected with displaying such a provocative title, theater owners in small town and rural communities were offered the option of using the simple alternative, Scream.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Charles Laughton•Claire Trevor•Ann Sothern•Fay Bainter•Madeleine Carroll•George Sanders
Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
Hot Rods to Hell is a 1967 American suspense film, the last by director John Brahm. The film was based on a 1956 Saturday Evening Post story by Alex Gaby, "52 Miles to Terror", which was the working title of the film.
Starring: Jeffrey Lynn•Roosevelt Grier•Vincent Price
Madison Avenue (1961)
Madison Avenue is a 1961 CinemaScope drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain and Eleanor Parker. The film was completed in 1960 but was not released immediately. On April 13, 1961, Madison Avenue opened at the Rialto Cinema in London's West End for a two-week run. In late April, the film had a UK general rel...
Starring: Jeffrey Lynn•Linda Darnell•Roosevelt Grier
Twenty Plus Two (1961)
Twenty Plus Two is a 1961 American mystery film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, and Dina Merrill. The film adapted Frank Gruber's 1961 novel of the same title.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Anne Baxter•Alan Ladd
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
Guns of the Timberland is a 1960 American Technicolor lumberjack Western film directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland and Frankie Avalon.
Starring: Dan Dailey•Broderick Crawford•Roosevelt Grier
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s.
Starring: Fred Allen•Roosevelt Grier•Leslie Uggams
The Tattered Dress (1957)
The Tattered Dress is a 1957 American CinemaScope film noir crime film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Jack Arnold. It stars Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell and Elaine Stewart.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Eleanor Parker•Walter Slezak
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive is a 1956 MGM Western film starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, and Broderick Crawford directed by Russell Rouse.
Starring: Vivian Blaine•Ethel Waters•Roosevelt Grier
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a 1955 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Richard Sale, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mary Loos, based on the 1927 novel But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos, aunt of Mary Loos. The film stars Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain. It was produced by Sale and Bob Waterfield, with Robert Bass...
Starring: Hume Cronyn•Roosevelt Grier
Man Without a Star (1955)
Man Without a Star is a 1955 American Western film directed by King Vidor and starring Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor and William Campbell. It was based on the novel of the same name, published in 1952, by Dee Linford (1915–1971). A remake was made for television in 1968 entitled A Man Called Gannon. In February 2020, the film was shown ...
Starring: Frank Sinatra•Roosevelt Grier•Frank Latimore•Michael Rennie
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
The Second Greatest Sex is a 1955 Western musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Jeanne Crain and George Nader. It is a Western version of the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes.
Starring: Judy Holliday•Roosevelt Grier•Glenn Langan•Jean Peters•Kirk Douglas•Scott Brady
City of Bad Men (1953)
City of Bad Men is a 1953 American Western film directed by Harmon Jones and starring Jeanne Crain and Dale Robertson.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Kitty Kallen•Michael Rennie
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Dangerous Crossing is a 1953 American film noir mystery film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie, based on the 1943 play Cabin B-13 by John Dickson Carr. The plot of the film centers on the gaslighting of a female protagonist aboard a cruise vessel.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Marilyn Monroe•Debra Paget
Vicki (1953)
Vicki is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters. It was based on the novel I Wake Up Screaming, written by Steve Fisher.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Kathleen Case•Michael Rennie
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Belles on Their Toes is a 1952 American family comedy film based on the autobiographical book Belles on Their Toes (1950) by siblings Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film, which debuted in New York City on May 2, 1952, was directed by Henry Levin, and Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron wrote the screenplay. It is a sequel to...
Starring: Mitzi Gaynor•Roosevelt Grier•Richard Boone
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
O. Henry's Full House is a 1952 American anthology film made by 20th Century Fox, consisting of five films, each based on a story by O. Henry.
Starring: Finlay Currie•Alex Nicol•Oscar Levant•Roosevelt Grier•Kathleen Case•Elaine Stewart•Mamie van Doren•Kitty Kallen•Dina Merrill
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
The Model and the Marriage Broker is a 1951 romantic comedy film about a marriage broker. Though Jeanne Crain is top billed, the movie revolves around Thelma Ritter's character, in a rare leading role for Ritter. Scott Brady also stars. The film is directed by George Cukor and produced by Charles Brackett. At the 24th Academy Awards, it received a ...
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Yvette Mimieux•James Brolin
People Will Talk (1951)
People Will Talk is a 1951 American romantic comedy/drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the German play by Curt Goetz, which was made into a movie in Germany. Released by Twentieth Century Fox, it stars Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain, with supporting performances by Hum...
Starring: Mimsy Farmer•Daniel Spelling•Michael Sugich•Barbara Hancock•Roosevelt Grier•Gary Morgan
Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
Take Care of My Little Girl is a 1951 drama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor and Jean Peters.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Leslie Uggams•Kitty Kallen
The Fan (1949)
The Fan is a 1949 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, and Richard Greene. The screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Walter Reisch, and Ross Evans is based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. The play had been filmed several times before, with a 1916 silent film, a late...
Starring: Ethel Barrymore•Walter Brennan•Ann Sothern•Roosevelt Grier
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American romantic comedy-drama which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the husband of one of them, but not saying which one. It stars Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas, and Jeffrey Lynn. Thelma Ritter as "Sadie" and C...
Starring: Fay Bainter•Madeleine Carroll•Dan Dailey•Roosevelt Grier•Frank Latimore•James Brolin•Richard Greene
Pinky (1949)
Pinky is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1946 novel Quality. It stars Jeanne Crain as the title character, a young light-skinned black woman who passes for white. It also stars Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Water...
Starring: Lynn Bari•Vincent Price•Roosevelt Grier
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Apartment for Peggy is a 1948 American comedy-drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Jeanne Crain, William Holden, and Edmund Gwenn. The plot is about a depressed professor whose spirits are lifted when he rents part of his home to a young couple. It was based on the novelette An Apartment for Jenny by Faith Baldwin. Campus exteriors wer...
Starring: Jeffrey Lynn•Roosevelt Grier
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
You Were Meant for Me is a 1948 musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain as a bandleader and his wife. It was released by 20th Century Fox. The film includes performances of "You Were Meant for Me", "I'll Get By ", and "Ain't Misbehavin'".
Starring: Linda Darnell•Roosevelt Grier
Centennial Summer (1946)
Centennial Summer is a 1946 American musical film directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Jeanne Crain and Cornel Wilde, the film is based on a novel by Albert E. Idell.
Starring: Dick Haymes•Dan Dailey•Lon McCallister•Roosevelt Grier
Margie (1946)
Margie is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry King and starring Jeanne Crain, about a high school girl in the 1920s who develops a crush on her French teacher. Margie was a box-office hit, ranking in the top 15 highest-grossing films of the year, and established Crain as an important Fox star. Although not a true movie musical, i...
Starring: Edmond O'Brien•Roosevelt Grier•Cornel Wilde
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 American psychological thriller film noir melodrama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her. It is based on the 1944 novel of same name by ...
Starring: Vivian Blaine•Ethel Waters•Lon McCallister•Roosevelt Grier
State Fair (1945)
State Fair is a 1945 American Technicolor musical film directed by Walter Lang with original music by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is a musical adaptation of the 1933 film of the same name starring Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers, itself an adaptation of the 1932 novel by Phil Stong. The 1945 film stars Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian B...
Starring: Frank Latimore•Jeffrey Lynn•Gale Robbins•Roosevelt Grier•Judy Holliday
Home in Indiana (1944)
Home in Indiana is a 1944 Technicolor film directed by Henry Hathaway. The film, that stars Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, June Haver and Charlotte Greenwood, is based on the novel The Phantom Filly by George Agnew Chamberlain (1879–1966). The film was remade in 1957 as April Love.
Starring: Dick Haymes•Glenn Langan•Roosevelt Grier
In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
In the Meantime, Darling is a 1944 American drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Arthur Kober and Michael Uris focuses on a wealthy war bride who is forced to adjust to living in spartan conditions in military housing during World War II.
Starring: Roosevelt Grier•Paul Douglas•Edmond O'Brien
Winged Victory (1944)
Winged Victory is a 1944 American drama film directed by George Cukor, a joint effort of 20th Century-Fox and the U.S. Army Air Forces. Based upon the 1943 play of the same name by Moss Hart, who also wrote the screenplay, the film opened only after the play's theatre run. The film version of Winged Victory used many of the Broadway cast, who were ...
Starring: Gale Robbins•Glenn Langan•Roosevelt Grier•Judy Holliday