Jean Simmons
Mr. Sycamore (1975)
Mr. Sycamore is a play written by Ketti Frings that was published in 1942. It is about a meek mailman who becomes so obsessed with a particular sycamore tree on his delivery route that he leads himself to believe that the only way to end his troubles is to plant himself and become a tree. On Broadway, Mr. Sycamore starred Lillian Gish and Stuart Er...
Starring: Joan Fontaine•Dick Van Dyke•Charles Bickford
The Happy Ending (1969)
The Happy Ending is a 1969 drama film written and directed by Richard Brooks, which tells the story of a repressed housewife who longs for liberation from her husband and daughter. It stars Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges and Teresa Wright.
Starring: Spencer Tracy•Dick Van Dyke•Cary Grant•Charles Laughton•Burt Lancaster•Merle Oberon
Divorce American Style (1967)
Divorce American Style is a 1967 American film, directed by Bud Yorkin and starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, and Van Johnson. Norman Lear produced the comedy satire and wrote the script, based on a story by Robert Kaufman. It focuses on a married couple who opt for divorce when counseling fails to help them resol...
Starring: Joan Fontaine•Robert Preston•Dick Van Dyke•Gene Tierney
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
Rough Night in Jericho is a 1967 American Western film in Techniscope, directed by Arnold Laven and starring Dean Martin, George Peppard and Jean Simmons. The picture was based on the novel The Man in Black, written in 1965 by Marvin H. Albert, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The supporting cast includes John McIntire and Slim Pickens. Rough Nigh...
Starring: Arthur Kennedy•Dick Van Dyke•Arthur Hunnicutt
All the Way Home (1963)
All the Way Home is a 1963 drama film directed by Alex Segal and starring Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, and Michael Kearney. The plot is about a young boy and his mother dealing with the sudden death of his father. It was based on the 1957 James Agee novel A Death in the Family and the 1960 Tad Mosel play All the Way Home.
Starring: Vivian Blaine•Dick Van Dyke•Dorothy McGuire
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film about a confidence man and a female evangelist selling religion to small-town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, and stars Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones and Patti Page.
Starring: Gregory Peck•Frank Sinatra•John Dall•Dick Van Dyke•Burt Lancaster•Guy Madison
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
The Grass Is Greener is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Jean Simmons. The screenplay was adapted by Hugh Williams and Margaret Vyner from the play of the same name which they had written and found success with in London's West End.
Starring: Rory Calhoun•Deborah Kerr•Kirk Douglas•Dick Van Dyke
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War. It stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laure...
Starring: Tony Curtis•Paul Douglas•Dean Martin•Burl Ives•Charlton Heston•Debbie Reynolds•Dick Van Dyke•Marlon Brando•Jean Simmons•Kathleen Harrison
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
This Earth Is Mine is a 1959 American drama film directed by Henry King and starring Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons. The film portrays the lives and loves of the Rambeau family, a California winemaking dynasty trying to survive during Prohibition in the United States.
Starring: Nigel Patrick•Dick Van Dyke•Rock Hudson
The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, and Burl Ives. The supporting cast features Charles Bickford and Chuck Connors. Filmed in Technicolor and Technirama, the picture was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by D...
Starring: Richard Boone•Michael Wilding•Peter Ustinov•Alan Young•Dick Van Dyke•Richard Burton•Monica Lewis
Home Before Dark (1958)
Home Before Dark is a 1958 Warner Brothers dark drama film, directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The screenplay was written by Eileen and Robert Bassing, based on the novel by Eileen Bassing. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn with music by Jimmy McHugh.
Starring: Nanette Fabray•Dick Van Dyke
This Could Be the Night (1957)
This Could Be the Night is a 1957 MGM comedy-drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Jean Simmons and Paul Douglas. Anthony Franciosa made his debut in the film, which is based on the short stories by Cornelia Baird Gross.
Starring: Dick Van Dyke•Shirley Jones
Until They Sail (1957)
Until They Sail is a 1957 American black-and-white CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, and Sandra Dee. The screenplay by Robert Anderson, based on a story by James A. Michener included in his 1951 anthology Return to Paradise, focuses on four New Zealand sisters and the...
Starring: Carroll Baker•Dick Van Dyke•Tony Franciosa
Hilda Crane (1956)
Hilda Crane is a 1956 American drama film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Philip Dunne and produced by Herbert B. Swope Jr. from a screenplay adapted by Dunne from the play by Samson Raphaelson. The music score was by David Raksin and the cinematography by Joseph MacDonald. The film was made in Technicolor and Cinemascope.
Starring: George Peppard•Dick Van Dyke
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway musical by composer and...
Starring: Patti Page•Bobby Darin•Pat Hingle•Dick Van Dyke
Joe MacBeth (1955)
Joe MacBeth is a 1955 British–American crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman and Bonar Colleano. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows that of Shakespeare's original play. It has been called "the first really stand out movie...
Starring: Sandy Dennis•Dick Van Dyke
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
A Bullet Is Waiting is a 1954 American film noir crime western film directed by John Farrow and starring Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun, Stephen McNally and Brian Aherne.
Starring: Spencer Tracy•Brian Aherne•Dick Van Dyke
Désirée (1954)
Désirée is a 1954 American historical romance film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Julian Blaustein from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the best-selling novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko. The music score was by Alex North and the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. The film was made in CinemaScope.
Starring: Merle Oberon•Pat Hingle•Dick Van Dyke
The Egyptian (1954)
The Egyptian is a 1954 American epic historical drama film made by 20th Century Fox. Filmed in CinemaScope with color by DeLuxe, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on Mika Waltari's 1945 novel of the same name and the screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Casey Robinson. Leading roles were played by...
Starring: Monica Lewis•Gene Tierney•Dick Van Dyke•Arthur Hunnicutt
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
She Couldn't Say No is a 1954 American rural comedy film starring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Arthur Hunnicutt. The last film in the long directing career of Lloyd Bacon, it was later re-released as Beautiful but Dangerous.
Starring: Rory Calhoun•Deborah Kerr•Dick Van Dyke
The Actress (1953)
The Actress is a 1953 American comedy-drama film based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play Years Ago. Gordon herself wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by George Cukor and stars Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, and Teresa Wright, and features Anthony Perkins in his film debut.
Starring: Stewart Granger•Spencer Tracy•Dick Van Dyke
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Affair with a Stranger is a 1953 American comedy-drama directed by Roy Rowland and starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature. It was originally to be released as Kiss and Run.
Starring: Monica Lewis•Dick Van Dyke•Nigel Patrick
Angel Face (1953)
Angel Face is a 1953 American film noir directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons, and featuring Leon Ames and Barbara O'Neil. It was filmed on location in Beverly Hills, California.
Starring: Deborah Kerr•Dick Van Dyke
The Robe (1953)
The Robe is a 1953 American fictional Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that is responsible for the Crucifixion of Jesus. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and was the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope. Like other early CinemaScope films, The Robe was shot with ...
Starring: Monica Lewis•Dick Van Dyke•Richard Boone•Michael Wilding•Alan Young
Young Bess (1953)
Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England. It stars Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played...
Starring: Paul Douglas•Kirk Douglas•Richard Burton•Dick Van Dyke
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. It was Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of Shaw, his long-standing friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death.
Starring: Monica Lewis•Dick Van Dyke•Kathleen Harrison
Angel Face (1952)
Angel Face is a 1953 American film noir directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons, and featuring Leon Ames and Barbara O'Neil. It was filmed on location in Beverly Hills, California.
Starring: Deborah Kerr•Dick Van Dyke
Trio (1950)
Trio is a 1950 British anthology film based on three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Verger", "Mr Know-All" and "Sanatorium". Ken Annakin directed "The Verger" and "Mr Know-All", while Harold French was responsible for "Sanatorium".
Starring: Dick Van Dyke•Nigel Patrick•Alan Young