Movie Database

Movies by Actor - Van Johnson (89 [Missing: 18])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
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 you1942Willis GoldbeckComedy,Drama,Mystery6.2 (186 votes)8720211228
For the Common Defense!NA1942 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.1942B. Reeves EasonAction,Adventure,Crime6.3 (251 votes)5920211228
War Against Mrs. HadleyA Washington official courts a society matron who is trying to ignore the effects of World War II.1942Harold S. BucquetDrama6.6 (394 votes)8620211228
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, Red1943Willis GoldbeckCrime,Drama,Mystery6.0 (299 votes)8920211228
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 1943Victor FlemingDrama,Fantasy,Romance7.0 (2.5K votes)12020211228
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.1943Clarence BrownComedy,Drama,Family7.0 (2.1K votes)11720211228
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 maj1943George SidneyDrama,Romance,War6.1 (341 votes)7120211228
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 o1945Willis GoldbeckDrama5.9 (169 votes)8320211228
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.1944Mervyn LeRoyDrama,History,War7.2 (5.8K votes)13820220414
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.1944Willis GoldbeckComedy,Drama,Romance6.0 (245 votes)8520211228
Two Girls and a SailorMusical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirer1944Richard ThorpeComedy,Drama,Music6.6 (849 votes)12420211228
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 ge1944Clarence BrownDrama,Romance,War7.1 (1.6K votes)12620211228
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.1945Richard ThorpeComedy,Musical,Romance6.5 (777 votes)10520211228
Week-end at the WaldorfThe misadventures of a group of diverse guests at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan.1945Robert Z. LeonardComedy,Drama,Music6.6 (1.2K votes)13020211228
Easy to WedTo prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoon's slandered daughter.1946Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward SedgwickComedy,Romance6.1 (790 votes)10620211228
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.1946Charles MartinComedy,Musical5.8 (194 votes)11920240810
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 met1946Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George SidneyBiography,Musical6.4 (2.4K votes)13220211228
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's1947Jack ConwayAction,Drama,Romance6.3 (400 votes)9120211228
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.1947Roy RowlandRomance,Western6.9 (586 votes)10520211228
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 1948Norman TaurogComedy,Romance6.3 (424 votes)9820211228
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.1948Sam WoodAction,Drama,War7.3 (2K votes)11220220731
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.1948Sam WoodAction,Drama,War7.3 (2K votes)11220220731
State of the UnionAn industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.1948Frank CapraComedy,Drama7.3 (3.8K votes)12420211228
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 1944.1949William A. WellmanAction,Drama,History7.5 (7.1K votes)11820211228
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.1949Robert Z. LeonardComedy,Musical,Romance7.2 (3.8K votes)10220211228
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.1949Lloyd BaconComedy,Romance6.3 (405 votes)8120211228
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.1949Roy RowlandCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.6 (1.2K votes)9420211228
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.1950Norman KrasnaComedy5.9 (493 votes)8220211228
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 1950Robert Z. LeonardComedy,Musical,Romance6.5 (567 votes)9820211228
Grounds for MarriageOpera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.1951Robert Z. LeonardComedy,Musical,Mystery6.0 (223 votes)9020211228
Go for Broke!The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.1951Robert PiroshDrama,History,War6.7 (1.4K votes)9220211228
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 Amer1951Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles VidorComedy,Drama6.1 (592 votes)8920211228
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 most1951Charles WaltersComedy,Romance6.2 (738 votes)9020211228
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 sh1951Robert Z. LeonardComedy,Romance6.2 (535 votes)9120211228
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.1952Gottfried ReinhardtDrama,Romance6.8 (557 votes)8420211228
Plymouth AdventureTrials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.1952Clarence BrownAdventure,Drama,History6.2 (1.7K votes)10520240622
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 scandal1952Robert PiroshDrama,Romance6.3 (240 votes)8120211228
When in RomeAn American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.1952Clarence BrownComedy,Crime,Drama6.7 (282 votes)7820211228
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 1953Edward BuzzellComedy,Family5.7 (292 votes)7420211228
Easy to LoveAn Aquatic performer tries to attract the man she loves.1953Charles WaltersComedy,Musical,Romance6.3 (649 votes)9620211228
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 acco1953Don WeisComedy,Crime,Music6.1 (220 votes)8820211228
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 p1954Vincente MinnelliFantasy,Musical,Romance6.8 (8.2K votes)10820211228
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.1954Edward DmytrykDrama,War7.7 (27.1K votes)12420211228
Last Time I Saw ParisAn American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.1954Richard BrooksDrama,Romance6.2 (3.7K votes)11620211228
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 dang1954Andrew MartonDrama,War6.3 (577 votes)7920220419
Siege at Red River, TheCavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians.1954Rudolph MatéWestern5.8 (551 votes)8620230619
Siege at Red River, TheCavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians.1954Rudolph MatéWestern5.8 (551 votes)8620230619
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.1955Edward DmytrykDrama,Romance6.6 (1.5K votes)10520240609
23 Paces to Baker StreetA blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.1956Henry HathawayCrime,Mystery,Thriller7.0 (2.1K votes)10320211228
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.1956Henry HathawayDrama6.5 (281 votes)8820211228
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.1956Henry HathawayDrama6.5 (281 votes)8820211228
Miracle in the RainWartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.1956Rudolph MatéDrama,Fantasy,Romance7.1 (1.3K votes)10820220723
SlanderIn an effort to improve the circulation of his notorious scandal magazine, unscrupulous owner, editor and publisher H. R. Manley spares nobody.1957Roy RowlandCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.4 (451 votes)8120211228
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.1957Terence YoungAction,Crime,Drama5.1 (415 votes)9320231223
Kelly and MeNA1956 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.1957Bretaigne WindustFamily,Fantasy,Musical5.8 (494 votes)8920211228
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.1957Bretaigne WindustFamily,Fantasy,Musical5.8 (494 votes)8920211228
The Last BlitzkriegNA1959 Drama,War Not Available
The Last BlitzkriegNA1959 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.1959Jack CardiffCrime,Mystery,Thriller6.3 (240 votes)9020211228
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?1959Muriel BoxCrime,Drama5.7 (143 votes)8720211228
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.1960George ShermanAdventure,Drama,Romance5.5 (139 votes)7420211228
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.1963John RichComedy,Romance5.9 (256 votes)10320211228
The Doomsday FlightNA1966 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.1967Bud YorkinComedy6.3 (1.5K votes)10920211228
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.1968James NeilsonComedy6.4 (1.5K votes)9320211228
Yours Mine and OursA widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.1968Melville ShavelsonComedy,Family7.2 (8.6K votes)11120211228
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.1969Enzo G. CastellariAction,Drama,War5.7 (577 votes)10020211228
Company of KillersA gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.1970Jerry ThorpeCrime,Drama,Thriller5.7 (82 votes)8420211228
Wheeler and MurdochNA1972 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.1971Roberto Bianchi MonteroCrime,Drama4.9 (94 votes)9420211228
Call Her MomNA1972 Comedy Not Available
Man in the MiddleNA1972 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.1974Gary NelsonDrama,Thriller6.0 (69 votes)7320211228
Getting MarriedNA1978 Comedy,Romance Not Available
SuperdomeNA1978 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.1980George MendelukThriller5.4 (497 votes)11420211228
Taxi KillerNA1988 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, an1990Ettore PasculliAction,Adventure,Sci-Fi5.7 (64 votes)11220211228
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red OneNA1990 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 the1979Umberto LenziCrime,Thriller6.5 (389 votes)9520211228
Down There in the JungleNA1988 Adventure,Drama Not Available
Down There in the JungleNA1988 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.1989Fabrizio De AngelisAdventure,Horror,Sci-Fi4.7 (1.3K votes)9020211228
Clowning AroundNA1992 Adventure,Comedy,Drama Not Available
PersonalitiesNA1942 Short Not Available
American in ParisNA1964 Comedy Not Available
The President of LoveNA1984 Comedy Not Available