Movies by George Marshall
As a director:
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Eight on the Lam (1967)
Cast: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters …
Directed by: George Marshall
An all-star comedy team headlines this zany 1967 farce, starring Bob Hope as widower Henry Dimsdale, a bank teller who goes on the run with his seven kids after he's suspected of…
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Cast: Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller …
Directed by: George Marshall
Bob Hope stars as a real estate agent who innocently agrees to hide a bombshell movie starlet (Elke Sommer) in his country cottage, away from the prying eyes of the media. But with a nosy…
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Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charles Ruggles …
Directed by: George Marshall
When his beloved daughter wants a pony, railroad man and perpetual drinker Jack Griffith (Jackie Gleason) buys her the entire circus. But when his wife leaves him and takes the children with…
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How the West Was Won (1962)
Cast: Carroll Baker, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck …
Directed by: John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway …
A film so epic, it demanded the talents of three directors, including the master of Westerns, John Ford. You'll follow three generations of the adventurous Prescott family, who risk life…
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The Sheepman (1958)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen …
Directed by: George Marshall
This lighthearted 1958 Western stars Glenn Ford as Jason Sweet, a gambler turned sheep rancher who locks horns with local cattle baron Col. Stephen Bedford (Leslie Nielsen) over grazing…
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The Sad Sack (1957)
Cast: Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk …
Directed by: George Marshall
Jerry Lewis stars as inept soldier Meredith Bixby in this hilarious comedic romp. In spite of his incompetence, Bixby is sent to Morocco on a top-secret assignment after an Army psychiatrist…
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Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond …
Directed by: George Marshall
A tentative peace between white Christians and Native Americans shifts when the U.S. Cavalry rides in to build a bridge through an Indian reservation. Sgt. Emmett Bell is charged with keeping…
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Red Garters (1954)
Cast: Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell …
Directed by: George Marshall
George Marshall directs a real rarity: a musical parody of Western movies. Saloon owner Calaveras Kate (Rosemary Clooney) lusts after the town lawyer, Jason Carberry (Jack Carson). When Reb…
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Destry (1954)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger …
Directed by: George Marshall
Audie Murphy stars in this reprise of a well-worn Western tale as a peaceful man forced by fate to strap on his shooting irons and seek justice. When hired gunmen kill Tom Destry's best…
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Scared Stiff / The Caddy (1953)
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Lizabeth Scott …
Directed by: George Marshall, Norman Taurog
Beloved comedy duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis team up for hilarity in this pair of wacky classics directed by George Marshall and Norman Taurog, playing two luckless joes on the lam and two…
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Houdini (1953)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher …
Directed by: George Marshall
This biopic follows the life of Harry Houdini as he evolves from sideshow performer to celebrated illusionist. The film touches on Houdini's crusade against fraudulent spiritualists and…
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Money from Home (1953)
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar …
Directed by: George Marshall
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are at it again in this madcap comedy featuring a debt-ridden gambler (Martin) who tries to get his hapless veterinarian cousin (Lewis) to fix a horse race. But…
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Off Limits (1953)
Cast: Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell …
Directed by: George Marshall
Trainer Wally Hogan (Bob Hope) ditches the boxing ring for an army fling to look after his drafted prizefighter but is left holding the laces when the boxer is discharged -- until boot camper…
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The Savage (1952)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen …
Directed by: George Marshall
As the sole survivor of another tribe's raid on a wagon train, a white youth (Charlton Heston) is raised by Sioux Indians, growing into a brave fighter with the name War Bonnet. Years…
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Fancy Pants (1950)
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot …
Directed by: George Marshall
This vintage slapstick yarn follows down-on-his-luck thespian Arthur Tyler (Bob Hope), who's hired as a butler but is so incompetent that his employer lets him go. He quickly books…
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My Friend Irma / My Friend Irma Goes West (1949)
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, John Lund …
Directed by: George Marshall, Hal Walker
In My Friend Irma, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in their film debut as juice stand operators who hit big time thanks to Martin's golden vocalizing. In the sequel, Marie Wilson…
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The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Cast: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe …
Directed by: George Marshall
This tuneful comedy is based loosely on the life of irrepressible silent-movie star Pearl White (played to the hilt by Betty Hutton). The film follows White from her humble beginnings as a…
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Monsieur Beaucaire / Where There's Life: Double Feature (1946)
Cast: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix …
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield, George Marshall
Another Bob Hope double feature! In Monsieur Beaucaire, a barber (Hope) impersonating a French nobleman is set to marry a Spanish princess to prevent a war … but he really wants to…
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My Favorite Blonde / Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Cast: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard …
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield, George Marshall
Bob Hope pops up alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars in this pair of Paramount comedies. In My Favorite Blonde (1942), a good-natured entertainer (Hope) finds himself caught up…
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James Stewart: Pot O' Gold/Made for Each Other (1941)
Cast: James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Charles Coburn …
Directed by: John Cromwell, George Marshall
Before Alfred Hitchcock cast Jimmy Stewart in suspense thrillers such as Vertigo and Rear Window, the actor made these two classic romantic comedies. In Pot O' Gold, Stewart plays Jimmy…
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Pot o' Gold (1941)
Cast: James Stewart, Charles Winninger, Paulette Goddard …
Directed by: George Marshall
To promote their bandleader buddy, Jimmy Haskel (James Stewart) and his sweetheart, Molly McCorkle (Paulette Goddard), devise a can't-miss gimmick to keep radio listeners tuned in. James…
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Texas (1941)
Cast: William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor …
Directed by: George Marshall
Dan (William Holden) and Tod (Glenn Ford), a gritty pair of drifters just out of the Confederate Army at the end of the Civil War, travel from Kansas to Texas together in search of adventure…
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The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Paul Lukas …
Directed by: George Marshall
Bob Hope plays Larry Lawrence, a New York City detective who stows away in a trunk that ends up on a boat en route to an island castle, which Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) has recently…
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When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Cast: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy …
Directed by: George Marshall
Meet the Daltons (Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Erwin and Mary Gordon), a proud Kansas ranching family whose land is being targeted by corrupt and powerful developers for a…
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Destry Rides Again (1939)
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer …
Directed by: George Marshall
Jimmy Stewart stars as Tom Destry, a tough lawman who doesn't like guns. And that could pose a problem when a saloon owner and a corrupt mayor plan to rob the local cowpokes blind, with…
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W.C. Fields Comedy Collection: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Cast: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy …
Directed by: George Marshall
Larson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) runs a circus badly, of course, and get into all kinds of mischief with Edgar Bergen (and his puppet, Charlie McCarthy). A hilarious ping-pong game --with an…
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The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Ritz Bros, Zorina …
Directed by: George Marshall
A big-time Hollywood producer named Oliver Merlin (Adolphe Menjou) can't "buy common sense," so he asks sincere and sweet Hazel Dawes (Andrea Leeds) to tell him the truth about his…
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Will Rogers Collection: Life Begins at Forty (1935)
Cast: Will Rogers, Richard Cromwell, George Barbier …
Directed by: George Marshall
While trying to help a wrongly accused young man, small-town newspaper editor Kenesaw Clark (Will Rogers) uncovers corruption involving a local bigwig in this comedy. Convinced that Lee…
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Will Rogers Collection: In Old Kentucky (1935)
Cast: Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie …
Directed by: George Marshall
Wry country comedian Will Rogers stars as a horse trainer who gets caught up in a long-standing family feud in this comedy set in the Bluegrass State. When things heat up between the sparring…
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365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Cast: Alice Faye, James Dunn, Frank Mitchell …
Directed by: George Marshall
A would-be Hollywood starlet (Alice Faye) stumbles headlong into a scam pulled by her acting teacher, who casts her in his latest production. Little does she know that the picture is meant to…