Movies by Robert Montgomery
As part of the cast:
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Breakdown / Eye Witness (1950)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer …
Directed by: Robert Montgomery, Edmond Angelo
Two men -- heavyweight champion contender Terry Williams (William Bishop) and Sam Baxter (Michael Ripper), the wartime buddy of attorney Adam Heyward (Robert Montgomery) -- deal with unfair…
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The Secret Land (1948)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin …
This Oscar-winning documentary chronicles Navy Adm. Richard Byrd's perilous 1946-47 Antarctic expedition. Goals for "Operation Highjump" included exploring unmapped territory and…
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Lady in the Lake (1947)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Robert Montgomery
In this inventively filmed detective story, Robert Montgomery (who also directs) plays Philip Marlowe and solves an entire mystery from the camera's point of view; when Marlowe takes a…
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They Were Expendable (1945)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed …
Directed by: John Ford, Robert Montgomery
During the bleak days following Pearl Harbor, Navy lieutenants John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) persuade the brass to let them send untried plywood boats against…
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains …
Directed by: Alexander Hall
Boxer Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) crashes his plane just before a championship fight in this classic fantasy that won Best Story and Screenplay Oscars. Waking in heaven, Joe finds that…
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Cast: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
No less than Alfred Hitchcock takes a turn at the helm of this decidedly romantic comedy starring Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard as the titular couple, David and Ann Smith. After three…
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Night Flight (1933)
Cast: John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable …
Directed by: Clarence Brown
When polio erupts in Rio de Janeiro, French air-mail pilots must risk their lives to fly through the Andes and retrieve a much-needed serum in Santiago. Famous brothers John and Lionel…
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The Big House (1930)
Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone …
Directed by: George W. Hill
Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery star in this tense drama that put the prison genre on the map. When playboy Kent Marlowe (Montgomery) gets 10 years for killing two pedestrians while…
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The Divorcée (1930)
Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel …
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard
Based on a novel by Ursula Parrott, this steamy melodrama stars Norma Shearer in an Oscar-winning performance as Jerry Martin, a carefree socialite who grows weary of her philandering…
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The Sins of the Children (1930)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Elliott Nugent, Leila Hyams …
Although Adolf Wagenkampf (Louis Mann) is on the verge of closing an important business deal, he drops everything and moves to the desert to help his ailing son Ludwig (Francis X. Bushman) in…
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The Divorcee / A Free Soul (1930)
Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel …
Directed by: Clarence Brown
Norma Shearer is at the top of her game in this double-dip of pre-code Hollywood hits. The Divorcee earned Shearer the 1930 Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a New York City party girl…
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The Gallant Hours (1960)
Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Weaver, Ward Costello …
Directed by: Robert Montgomery
This absorbing film dramatizes five critical weeks in 1942 when Adm. William Halsey (James Cagney) led the U.S. Navy in a daring campaign against the Japanese that culminated in the American…
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Breakdown / Eye Witness (1950)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer …
Directed by: Robert Montgomery, Edmond Angelo
Two men -- heavyweight champion contender Terry Williams (William Bishop) and Sam Baxter (Michael Ripper), the wartime buddy of attorney Adam Heyward (Robert Montgomery) -- deal with unfair…
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Lady in the Lake (1947)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Robert Montgomery
In this inventively filmed detective story, Robert Montgomery (who also directs) plays Philip Marlowe and solves an entire mystery from the camera's point of view; when Marlowe takes a…
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They Were Expendable (1945)
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed …
Directed by: John Ford, Robert Montgomery
During the bleak days following Pearl Harbor, Navy lieutenants John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) persuade the brass to let them send untried plywood boats against…