Movies by Melvyn Douglas
As part of the cast:
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If You Could Only Cook / Too Many Husbands (2009)
Cast: Jean Arthur, Herbert Marshall, Leo Carrillo …
Directed by: Wesley Ruggles, William A. Seiter
Silver-screen icon Jean Arthur, the quintessential comedic actress of the 1930s and '40s, headlines this pair of hilarious screwball comedies, starring alongside Fred MacMurray and…
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Beat the Devil / That Uncertain Feeling (2000)
Cast: Merle Oberon, Humphrey Bogart, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: John Huston, Ernst Lubitsch
A dab of film noir colors these two classic comedies. In Beat the Devil, four travelers (including Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones) board a ship with a quartet of gangsters in search of…
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Ghost Story (1981)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. …
Directed by: John Irvin
Four New England octogenarians have harbored a terrible secret for half a century, but the lid on their Pandora's box of subterfuge is about to blow. The ghost of a young woman haunts…
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The Changeling (1980)
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Peter Medak
When composer John Russell (George C. Scott) loses his wife and daughter in a car wreck, he seeks solace by renting a secluded estate outside Seattle. But the mansion is haunted by the…
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Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Elderly husband and wife David and Eva (Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova) rediscover each other when they embark on a cross-country road trip after learning that Eva is suffering from a…
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Being There (1979)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
The uncomplicated life of simple-minded Chance is changed after a run-in with wealthy Eve, and soon his "wisdom" -- mostly garden related -- has Washington's political elite hailing him…
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Cast: Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep …
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
In this political drama, U.S. senator Joe Tynan finds that the line between his principles and his political ambition begins to blur when he's asked to spearhead an effort to derail the…
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Intimate Strangers (1977)
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Sally Struthers, Tyne Daly …
Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey
Middle-aged Donald Halston (Dennis Weaver) cannot cope with problems at work, and the increasing stress prompts him to lash out at his devoted wife, Janis (Sally Struthers), in this harrowing…
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
When he's framed and sent to prison under false pretenses, a vengeful U.S. Air Force general mounts his escape with two willing accomplices, takes over an ill-guarded missile silo and…
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The Tenant (1976)
Cast: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski stars as Trelkovsky, a timid file clerk who moves into a run-down apartment with a disturbing history: The previous occupant jumped to her death from the dismal room's…
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The Candidate (1972)
Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Bill McKay is a California lawyer urged to run against the seemingly unbeatable Republican incumbent in a senatorial race. McKay is a well-meaning innocent, but as support widens for his open…
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One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
Cast: Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: Mel Stuart
Aimee Brower (Trish Van Devere) has the perfect life, including a fulfilling marriage to college professor James (Paul Jenkins). But when James files for divorce so he can romance one of his…
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Hotel (1967)
Cast: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Excellent performances from a star-studded cast elevate director Richard Quine's colorful drama set in New Orleans's French Quarter. With his high-class hotel in severe financial…
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The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Cast: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Arthur Hiller helmed this trenchantly funny adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's script about cynical American Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Madison (James Garner), who wants nothing to do with frontline…
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Hud (1963)
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt successfully transforms a Larry McMurtry novel into a contemporary Western set on a Texas ranch where Cadillacs, cattle and transistor radios threaten to displace time-honored…
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Billy Budd (1962)
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov directs this adaptation of Herman Melville's seafaring novel about young Billy Budd (Terence Stamp), who's forced to serve in the British navy during wartime. The…
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On the Loose (1951)
Cast: Joan Evans, Melvyn Douglas, Lynn Bari …
Directed by: Charles Lederer
After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical shadows, desperate teenager Jill Bradley (Joan Evans) makes a last-ditch play for attention by…
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Johnny Legend: TV Noir (1950)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Melvyn Douglas, George Raft …
Hosted by Johnny Legend, this quartet of vintage television crime dramas features Hollywood stars in action-packed stories. Treasury Department agents hunt down criminals in "Federal Men,"…
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Sophisticated New Yorkers Jim and Muriel Blandings (Cary Grant and Myrna Loy) leave their jaded city life for a dreamy getaway in rural Connecticut. But when their first house isn't to…
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The Sea of Grass (1947)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn mark their fourth onscreen pairing as tyrannical New Mexico cattleman Col. James Brewton his reluctant wife, Lutie, in this sweeping Elia Kazan Western…
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That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
When her therapist suggests that the cause of her chronic hiccups is a subconscious dissatisfaction with her marriage, Park Avenue housewife Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) takes it as her cue to…
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A Woman's Face (1941)
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen …
Directed by: George Cukor
After a plastic surgeon (Melvyn Douglas) removes her disfiguring facial scar, bitter blackmailer Anna Holm (Joan Crawford) has the chance for a fresh start. But she feels a strong pull to…
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Ninotchka (1939)
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire …
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
In her penultimate screen role, Greta Garbo earned her fourth and final Oscar nomination for portraying Communist dream Ninotchka: a stern-faced apparatchik who does things entirely by the…
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Captains Courageous (1937)
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore …
Directed by: Victor Fleming
Based on a novel by Rudyard Kipling, this classic adventure tale stars Spencer Tracy in an Oscar-winning performance as Manuel, an old salt who fishes spoiled, rich brat Harvey Cheyne…
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I Met Him in Paris / Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1937)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Wesley Ruggles, Ernst Lubitsch
Claudette Colbert turns on the charm in this duo of breezy romantic comedies set in France: I Met Him in Paris (1937) and the Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett-scripted farce Bluebeard's…
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Theodora Goes Wild / Together Again (1936)
Cast: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell …
Directed by: Charles Vidor, Richard Boleslawski
Five-time Oscar nominee Irene Dunne headlines this screwball comedy double bill alongside a cast of Hollywood heavyweights, including Melvyn Douglas and frequent collaborator Charles Boyer.…
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Annie Oakley (1935)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: George Stevens
Barbara Stanwyck brings spunky attitude to the role of real-life sharpshooter Annie Oakley in director George Stevens's biopic. As a performer in Buffalo Bill's (Moroni Olsen) Wild…
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Counsellor at Law (1933)
Cast: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon …
Directed by: William Wyler
The legendary John Barrymore stars with Bebe Daniels in this drama about a Robin Hood-like lawyer who bilks his rich clients to help the poor. When he's found out, he must repair his…
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The Vampire Bat (1933)
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, Fay Wray …
Directed by: Frank R. Strayer
When a rash of mysterious murders convinces the people of Kleinschloss that their village has been invaded by vampires, it's up to police inspector Karl Brettschneider (Melvyn Douglas)…
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The Old Dark House (1932)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: James Whale
The director and star of 1931's Frankenstein reunite for this classic creepy-family black comedy. When stranded motorists arrive at a misty Welsh mansion, they find a family of fanatics,…
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Tonight or Never (1931)
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Warburton Gamble …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Silent screen superstar Gloria Swanson makes her transition into talkies here as aspiring opera singer Nella Vago in this classic from director Mervyn le Roy (Little Caesar). Although Nella…