Movies by Actor - Van Johnson (89 [Missing: 18]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Dr. Gillespie's New AssistantDr. Gillespie's health is failing, and the hospital is urging him to get a new assistant that he doesn't want. So, he poses a stumper in class to discourage all the bright young students; unfortunately, he gets three smart-alecky you | 1942 | Willis Goldbeck | Comedy,Drama,Mystery | 6.2 (186 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
For the Common Defense!NA | 1942 | | Crime,Drama,Short | | | Not Available |
Murder in the Big HouseA Death Row inmate vows to reveal damaging information about corrupt politicians on the day of his electric chair execution but he is found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation by a local reporter. | 1942 | B. Reeves Eason | Action,Adventure,Crime | 6.3 (251 votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
War Against Mrs. HadleyA Washington official courts a society matron who is trying to ignore the effects of World War II. | 1942 | Harold S. Bucquet | Drama | 6.6 (394 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal CaseWhen Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Now the guy's ex-fiancee wants to marry a soldier, and she goes to Gillespie for advice about Roy. Meanwhile, Red | 1943 | Willis Goldbeck | Crime,Drama,Mystery | 6.0 (299 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Guy Named Joe, AA dead World War II bomber pilot named Pete Sandidge, becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's | 1943 | Victor Fleming | Drama,Fantasy,Romance | 7.0 (2.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Human Comedy, TheTeenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war. | 1943 | Clarence Brown | Comedy,Drama,Family | 7.0 (2.1K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
Pilot #5In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the maj | 1943 | George Sidney | Drama,Romance,War | 6.1 (341 votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
Between Two WomenRed's still being chased by his rich society girlfriend, and while he's dodging her proposals of marriage, he takes the time to cure a nightclub singer of her inability to eat ("neuro-psychological self-starvation"), and to operate o | 1945 | Willis Goldbeck | Drama | 5.9 (169 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Thirty Seconds Over TokyoIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland. | 1944 | Mervyn LeRoy | Drama,History,War | 7.2 (5.8K votes) | 138 | 20220414 |
3 Men in WhiteAt Blair Hospital, physician Dr. Leonard Gillespie must choose an assistant from among his two brightest interns, Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams and Dr. Lee Wong How. | 1944 | Willis Goldbeck | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.0 (245 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Two Girls and a SailorMusical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirer | 1944 | Richard Thorpe | Comedy,Drama,Music | 6.6 (849 votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
White Cliffs of Dover, TheSusan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British ge | 1944 | Clarence Brown | Drama,Romance,War | 7.1 (1.6K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
Thrill of a RomanceA swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting. | 1945 | Richard Thorpe | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.5 (777 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Week-end at the WaldorfThe misadventures of a group of diverse guests at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan. | 1945 | Robert Z. Leonard | Comedy,Drama,Music | 6.6 (1.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
Easy to WedTo prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoon's slandered daughter. | 1946 | Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick | Comedy,Romance | 6.1 (790 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
No Leave, No LoveThe men are coming home from war and Slinky decides his hero buddy Michael should first appear on a radio program. The good-natured and talented sergeant meets radio singer Susan where he finds love in-between songs. | 1946 | Charles Martin | Comedy,Musical | 5.8 (194 votes) | 119 | 20240810 |
Till the Clouds Roll ByBiography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met | 1946 | Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney | Biography,Musical | 6.4 (2.4K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
High BarbareeVan Johnson is a navy pilot in WWII, who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors of the mission and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, Van Johnson recants his life's | 1947 | Jack Conway | Action,Drama,Romance | 6.3 (400 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Romance of Rosy Ridge, TheIn post-Civil War Missouri, friends, relatives and neighbors find it difficult to live harmoniously together knowing that some of them fought on opposing sides during the war. | 1947 | Roy Rowland | Romance,Western | 6.9 (586 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Bride Goes Wild, TheMcGrath publishes children's book and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers, but Greg, who is Uncle Bump, drinks too much and hasn't started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing Greg does is | 1948 | Norman Taurog | Comedy,Romance | 6.3 (424 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Command DecisionArmy generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost. | 1948 | Sam Wood | Action,Drama,War | 7.3 (2K votes) | 112 | 20220731 |
Command DecisionArmy generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost. | 1948 | Sam Wood | Action,Drama,War | 7.3 (2K votes) | 112 | 20220731 |
State of the UnionAn industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels. | 1948 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 7.3 (3.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
BattlegroundTrue tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. | 1949 | William A. Wellman | Action,Drama,History | 7.5 (7.1K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
In the Good Old SummertimeIn turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail. | 1949 | Robert Z. Leonard | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 7.2 (3.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Mother is a FreshmanIn order to afford her daughter's college tuition, a woman enrolls herself at the same school aided by a rare large bursary but they both fall in love with the same cute English professor. | 1949 | Lloyd Bacon | Comedy,Romance | 6.3 (405 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Scene of the CrimeWhile his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies. | 1949 | Roy Rowland | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 6.6 (1.2K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Big Hangover, TheA law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light. | 1950 | Norman Krasna | Comedy | 5.9 (493 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Duchess of IdahoEllen Hallet is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but too timid to do anything about it. Her roommate Chris devises a plan to help her: she follows Morrison on his trip to Sun Valley, Idaho and plays the overattentive | 1950 | Robert Z. Leonard | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.5 (567 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Grounds for MarriageOpera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett. | 1951 | Robert Z. Leonard | Comedy,Musical,Mystery | 6.0 (223 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Go for Broke!The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II. | 1951 | Robert Pirosh | Drama,History,War | 6.7 (1.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
It's a Big Country - An American AnthologyThe story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. The parables represent a broad cross-section of the Amer | 1951 | Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor | Comedy,Drama | 6.1 (592 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Three Guys Named MikeA stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. After the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most | 1951 | Charles Walters | Comedy,Romance | 6.2 (738 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Too Young to KissEric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When sh | 1951 | Robert Z. Leonard | Comedy,Romance | 6.2 (535 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
InvitationAlways believing she had a happy marriage, a young wife's trust in her husband is shaken when she discovers that her father had paid him to marry her. | 1952 | Gottfried Reinhardt | Drama,Romance | 6.8 (557 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Plymouth AdventureTrials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts. | 1952 | Clarence Brown | Adventure,Drama,History | 6.2 (1.7K votes) | 105 | 20240622 |
Washington StoryJoe Gresham is a hard-working but reticent congressman from Massachusetts. Reporter Alice Kingsley arrives in Washington, DC hired by Gilbert Nunnally, a tabloid columnist and cynic who wants Alice to uncover a ripe political scandal | 1952 | Robert Pirosh | Drama,Romance | 6.3 (240 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
When in RomeAn American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest. | 1952 | Clarence Brown | Comedy,Crime,Drama | 6.7 (282 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Confidentially ConnieTexas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds | 1953 | Edward Buzzell | Comedy,Family | 5.7 (292 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
Easy to LoveAn Aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves. | 1953 | Charles Walters | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.3 (649 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Remains to Be SeenJody Revere (June Allyson) is a band singer working in New York City. Waldo Williams (Van Johnson) is the manager of a fancy apartment house where a murder is committed. The victim is Allyson's wealthy uncle, and since she can't acco | 1953 | Don Weis | Comedy,Crime,Music | 6.1 (220 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
BrigadoonTwo Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the p | 1954 | Vincente Minnelli | Fantasy,Musical,Romance | 6.8 (8.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Caine Mutiny, TheWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny. | 1954 | Edward Dmytryk | Drama,War | 7.7 (27.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
Last Time I Saw ParisAn American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief. | 1954 | Richard Brooks | Drama,Romance | 6.2 (3.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Men of the Fighting LadyA famous writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dang | 1954 | Andrew Marton | Drama,War | 6.3 (577 votes) | 79 | 20220419 |
Siege at Red River, TheCavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians. | 1954 | Rudolph Maté | Western | 5.8 (551 votes) | 86 | 20230619 |
Siege at Red River, TheCavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians. | 1954 | Rudolph Maté | Western | 5.8 (551 votes) | 86 | 20230619 |
End of the Affair, TheIn WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man. | 1955 | Edward Dmytryk | Drama,Romance | 6.6 (1.5K votes) | 105 | 20240609 |
23 Paces to Baker StreetA blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion. | 1956 | Henry Hathaway | Crime,Mystery,Thriller | 7.0 (2.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Bottom of the Bottle, TheIn the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty. | 1956 | Henry Hathaway | Drama | 6.5 (281 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Bottom of the Bottle, TheIn the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty. | 1956 | Henry Hathaway | Drama | 6.5 (281 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Miracle in the RainWartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York. | 1956 | Rudolph Maté | Drama,Fantasy,Romance | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 108 | 20220723 |
SlanderIn an effort to improve the circulation of his notorious scandal magazine, unscrupulous owner, editor and publisher H. R. Manley spares nobody. | 1957 | Roy Rowland | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 6.4 (451 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Action of the TigerCarson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner. | 1957 | Terence Young | Action,Crime,Drama | 5.1 (415 votes) | 93 | 20231223 |
Kelly and MeNA | 1956 | | Comedy,Drama,Music | | | Not Available |
Pied Piper of Hamelin, TheOverwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal. | 1957 | Bretaigne Windust | Family,Fantasy,Musical | 5.8 (494 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Pied Piper of Hamelin, TheOverwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal. | 1957 | Bretaigne Windust | Family,Fantasy,Musical | 5.8 (494 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
The Last BlitzkriegNA | 1959 | | Drama,War | | | Not Available |
The Last BlitzkriegNA | 1959 | | Drama,War | | | Not Available |
Web of Evidence [Beyond This Place]A British-American returns to Britain after 20 years to discover that his father has been jailed since WW2 for a murder that took place in murky circumstances. | 1959 | Jack Cardiff | Crime,Mystery,Thriller | 6.3 (240 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Subway in the Sky1959. Drama. Directed by Muriel Box. Starring Hildegard Knef, Katherine Kath and Van Johnson. A military doctor is falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Can he prove his innocence? | 1959 | Muriel Box | Crime,Drama | 5.7 (143 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Enemy General, TheAn American OSS agent and the French underground attempt to rescue a Nazi general, who is awaiting execution by the Germans, and help him escape to London. | 1960 | George Sherman | Adventure,Drama,Romance | 5.5 (139 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
Wives and LoversA struggling author and his wife suddenly become wealthy and move to the suburbs. Divorced neighbor and "companion" aid marital misconstrual which almost culminates in a divorce. | 1963 | John Rich | Comedy,Romance | 5.9 (256 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
The Doomsday FlightNA | 1966 | | Crime,Thriller | | | Not Available |
Divorce American StyleDick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems. | 1967 | Bud Yorkin | Comedy | 6.3 (1.5K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Where Angels Go Trouble FollowsAn old-line Mother Superior is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls of St. Francis Academy on a bus trip across the United States. | 1968 | James Neilson | Comedy | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Yours Mine and OursA widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family. | 1968 | Melville Shavelson | Comedy,Family | 7.2 (8.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Eagles Over London [La battaglia d'Inghilterra]In World war 2, a German undercover unit infiltrates British lines during the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1939. The film revolves around their successes and failures in disrupting R.A.F. operations during the Battle of Britain. | 1969 | Enzo G. Castellari | Action,Drama,War | 5.7 (577 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Company of KillersA gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered. | 1970 | Jerry Thorpe | Crime,Drama,Thriller | 5.7 (82 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Wheeler and MurdochNA | 1972 | | Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
L'occhio del ragnoPaul, a former boxer gets caught after a jewel robbery. Two of his accomplices escape with the loot. With the help of Kreuger and Gloria, Paul plans to escape and get his hands on the jewels. | 1971 | Roberto Bianchi Montero | Crime,Drama | 4.9 (94 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Call Her MomNA | 1972 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
Man in the MiddleNA | 1972 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
Girl on the Late, Late Show, TheA television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded. He discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders. | 1974 | Gary Nelson | Drama,Thriller | 6.0 (69 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
Getting MarriedNA | 1978 | | Comedy,Romance | | | Not Available |
SuperdomeNA | 1978 | | Crime,Drama,Sport | | | Not Available |
Kidnapping of the President, TheBased on the novel by Charles Templeton, a secret service chief leads a game of cat and mouse when a gang of third-world terrorists kidnap the President. | 1980 | George Mendeluk | Thriller | 5.4 (497 votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Taxi KillerNA | 1988 | | Action,Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
Flight from Paradise [Fuga dal paradiso]In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe, two teenagers were living in an artificial paradise, maintained by electronic means, an | 1990 | Ettore Pasculli | Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi | 5.7 (64 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red OneNA | 1990 | | Action,Thriller | | | Not Available |
From Corleone to Brooklyn [Da Corleone a Brooklyn]Italian mobster, Michele Barresi heads for the safer climate of Brooklyn after his chief rival is gunned down in the small Sicilian town of Corleone. Commissioner Berni learns of his involvement so Barresi takes out a contract on the | 1979 | Umberto Lenzi | Crime,Thriller | 6.5 (389 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Down There in the JungleNA | 1988 | | Adventure,Drama | | | Not Available |
Down There in the JungleNA | 1988 | | Adventure,Drama | | | Not Available |
Killer Crocodile aka Coccodrillo assassinoA group of environmentalists arrives at a faraway tropical delta where toxic waste is being dumped. However the water also hides a giant crocodile. The corrupt local officials don't help much either. | 1989 | Fabrizio De Angelis | Adventure,Horror,Sci-Fi | 4.7 (1.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Clowning AroundNA | 1992 | | Adventure,Comedy,Drama | | | Not Available |
PersonalitiesNA | 1942 | | Short | | | Not Available |
American in ParisNA | 1964 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
The President of LoveNA | 1984 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |