Movies by Joan Bennett
As part of the cast:
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
Cast: Joan Bennett, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor …
Directed by: David Heeley
Spencer Tracy was a true Hollywood legend who starred in dozens of films, including such classics as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. In this tribute…
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Dark Shadows: Bloopers & Treasures (1966)
Cast: Jonathan Frid, Alexandra Isles, Joan Bennett …
"Dark Shadows" fans will enjoy these hilarious bloopers, promos and more from the wildly popular supernatural classic. Taped live, the series aired without stops to correct mistakes such as…
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Dark Shadows (1966)
Cast: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett …
Set in an old mansion off the coast of Maine, this cult classic television series follows the bizarre exploits of the Collins family, who cross paths with ghosts, werewolves, witches and…
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We're No Angels (1955)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov play three escaped inmates who hatch a plan to steal from a shopkeeper on Christmas. But their plans change when they find themselves actually…
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The Last Time I Saw Paris / Father's Little Dividend (1954)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks
This set spotlights two of Elizabeth Taylor's better-known works from the 1950s. In The Last Time I Saw Paris, Charles Wills (Van Johnson) returns to the City of Lights to reminisce…
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Highway Dragnet (1954)
Cast: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix …
Directed by: Nathan Juran
On the lam from a bogus murder rap, Korean War veteran Jim Henry (Richard Conte) hits the road and hitches a ride with a freelance glamour magazine photographer (Joan Bennett) and her No. 1…
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Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Stanley Banks returns in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride sequel. Stanley's heart rate is now stable at the mention of his daughter's wedding, but now he faces a new…
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Father of the Bride (1950)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Spencer Tracy renders one of his most endearing roles as Stanley Banks, the befuddled title character in this charming comedy directed by Vincente Minnelli. Stanley gets caught up in the…
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The Scar (1948)
Cast: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz …
Directed by: Steve Sekely
Paul Henreid pulls double duty in this classic drama as fugitive-on-the-run John Muller, a man who assumes a scarred doctor's identity to escape the reach of a gambler he wronged. But…
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Elizabeth Taylor Triad (1947)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks …
Three great Elizabeth Taylor movies on a single disc! In The Last Time I Saw Paris, veteran Van Johnson meets the lovely and lively Elizabeth Taylor in Paris after the war and falls in love.…
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Classic Cinema: Elizabeth Taylor Triple Feature (1947)
Cast: Spencer Treat Clark, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, Michael Curtiz, Richard Brooks …
A stunningly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor stars in three vintage films. In Father's Little Dividend (a sequel to Father of the Bride), Liz is in a family way, much to the chagrin of her…
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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Cast: William Eythe, Joan Bennett, Allyn Joslyn …
Directed by: Irving Pichel
Retired Army officer Col. Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn) has trouble ignoring his warhorse instincts when he learns that his Southern hometown's corrupt government plans to…
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Scarlet Street (1945)
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea …
Directed by: Fritz Lang
When Cross falls for Kitty, her real love, Johnny, persuades her to con Cross out of big money they think Cross has from his paintings. Soon, Kitty poses as a painter, but the ruse leads to tragedy.
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The Woman in the Window (1944)
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Legendary filmmaker Fritz Lang directs this psychological thriller about an unassuming college professor (Edward G. Robinson) who becomes involved with a beautiful model (Joan Bennett) and…
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Man Hunt (1941)
Cast: Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon, Roddy McDowall …
Directed by: Fritz Lang
While hunting in the Bavarian Alps, Brit Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) stumbles upon an opportunity to assassinate Adolph Hitler. But when Thorndike is captured and beaten, he escapes and…
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Cyrano De Bergerac / The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
Cast: Joan Bennett, José Ferrer, Mala Powers …
Directed by: Rowland V. Lee
Action, adventure and classic themes course through this pair of black-and-white swashbucklers, both of which won critical and popular acclaim for their captivating tales of heroes in…
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The Texans / California (1938)
Cast: Joan Bennett, May Robson, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: James P. Hogan, John Farrow
Two Westerns examine a Union in transition. In The Texans, a former Confederate soldier (Randolph Scott) tries to get a fresh start in life as a rancher but is drawn into a plot to attack the…
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Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Cast: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson …
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Instead of marrying for money, debutante Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett) leaves fiancé Henry Morgan (Alan Mowbray) at the altar and goes to work as a fashion model in this…
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Wedding Present (1936)
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, George Bancroft …
Directed by: Richard Wallace
Screen legend Cary Grant sizzles opposite leading lady Joan Bennett in this classic romantic comedy. Although reporter Charlie Mason (Grant) loves his girlfriend, Monica (Bennett), his new…
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Wings in the Dark / Big Brown Eyes (1935)
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh, James Flood
Silver-screen icon Cary Grant is doubly dashing in this vintage pair of romances: Wings in the Dark (1935), in which Grant plays a blinded pilot; and Big Brown Eyes (1936), in which he's…
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Thirty Day Princess / Kiss and Make Up (1934)
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Blondell, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Marion Gering
Appearances are everything -- or at least they seem to be -- in this pair of early Cary Grant outings: Thirty Day Princess, in which Sylvia Sidney plays a dual role; and Kiss and Make Up, in…
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Here is My Heart / Mississippi (1934)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young …
Directed by: Frank Tuttle, A. Edward Sutherland
Bing Crosby tries on a double feature's worth of personas in this pair of classic movie musicals. In Here Is My Heart (1934), he's a radio singer swooning over a Russian minx (Kitty…
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Little Women (1933)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas …
Directed by: George Cukor
George Cukor directed this sterling screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's immortal novel. As the Civil War rages, the March sisters -- headstrong Jo (Katharine Hepburn), preening Amy…
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Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Cast: Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant …
Directed by: F. Richard Jones
Weary of sitting on his hands, dashing war hero Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond comes to the aid of fetching Phyllis Benton (Joan Bennett), whose father is imprisoned in a sinister sanatorium…
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Disraeli (1929)
Cast: George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, David Torrence …
Directed by: Alfred E. Green
This fascinating dramatization of the life of Benjamin Disraeli stars George Arliss, who collected a Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of the British writer turned politician. After…