Cast: Van Heflin

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Van Heflin. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Shane

1953 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Alan Ladd · Jean Arthur · Van Heflin · Brandon De Wilde

Synopsis George Stevens' classic Western, adaptated from the Jack Schaefer novel, stars Alan Ladd in the title role. Riding the ranges of Wyoming's Grand Tetons, Shane stops at the farm of homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) just before Ryker (Emile Meyer),...

7.7

11K votes

7.7

11K votes

3:10 to Yuma

1957 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Delmer Daves

Cast Glenn Ford · Van Heflin · Felicia Farr · Leora Dana

Synopsis After outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town, his gang continue to threaten. Small-time rancher Dan Evans is persuaded to take Wade in secret to the nearest town with a railway station to await the train to...

7.5

3K votes

7.5

3K votes

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Milestone

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Van Heflin · Lizabeth Scott · Kirk Douglas

Synopsis In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in fatal events. Years later, Sam returns to find Martha the power behind Iverstown and married to "good boy" Walter O'Neil, now district...

7.4

3K votes

7.4

3K votes

Act of Violence

1949 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Van Heflin · Robert Ryan · Janet Leigh · Mary Astor

Synopsis War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something that happened in a German POW camp, and when a...

7.2

450 votes

7.2

450 votes

The Prowler

1951 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast Van Heflin · Evelyn Keyes · John Maxwell · Katherine Warren

Synopsis Webb Garwood is a cynical policeman who believes that success comes from lucky breaks. Responding to a prowler complaint at the home of Susan Gilvray, he is immediately attracted to her and her wealth. He returns to "check up" on...

7.0

746 votes

7.0

746 votes

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Hedy Lamarr · Robert Young · Ruth Hussey · Charles Coburn

Synopsis A man who lived his life as he was was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman. |

7.0

348 votes

7.0

348 votes

Madame Bovary

1949 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Jennifer Jones · Louis Jourdan · Van Heflin · James Mason

Synopsis French author Gustave Flaubert is on trial for writing the "indecent" novel "Madame Bovary." To prove that he wrote a moral tale, Flaubert narrates the story of beautiful Emma Bovary, an adulteress who destroyed the lives of everyone she came...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The Three Musketeers

1948 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Gene Kelly · Lana Turner · June Allyson · Frank Morgan

Synopsis Gene Kelly heads up George Sidney's star-studded version of the classic Alexandre Dumas tale of adventure and espionage. In this wry, tongue-in-cheek retelling, the country swain D'Artagnan (Kelly) survives his prickly initial encounters with the Musketeers (all three separately challenging...

7.0

13K votes

7.0

13K votes

Patterns

1956 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Fielder Cook

Cast Van Heflin · Ed Begley · Everett Sloane · Beatrice Straight

Synopsis The story of the fierce and corrosive competition that exists in the executive branch of Ramsey & Co., a New York industrial colossus headed by Walter Ramsey, its cold, designing and ruthless chief. It is the saga, too, of Bill...

7.0

133 votes

7.0

133 votes

Johnny Eager

1941 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Robert Taylor · Lana Turner · Edward Arnold · Van Heflin

Synopsis Ruthless hood Johnny Eager is pretending to his parole officer that he has chucked the rackets and is now a full-time taxi driver. In fact he's as deep in as he ever was, and desperately needs official permission to open...

7.0

554 votes

7.0

554 votes

Possessed

1947 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Curtis Bernhardt

Cast Joan Crawford · Raymond Massey · Van Heflin · Geraldine Brooks

Synopsis A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David and the complex story...

6.9

587 votes

6.9

587 votes

East Side, West Side

1949 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

6.8

324 votes

6.8

324 votes

Gunman's Walk

1958 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast Van Heflin · Tab Hunter · Kathryn Grant · James Darren

Synopsis Rancher Lee Hackett is one of the old breed, used to making his own laws and settling things with a gun. He has tried to make his two sons in his own image, and with the elder he has more...

6.7

330 votes

6.7

330 votes

Black Widow

1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Nunnally Johnson

Cast Ginger Rogers · Van Heflin · Gene Tierney · George Raft

Synopsis A young stage hopeful (Peggy Ann Gardner), is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer(Van Heflin).

6.6

192 votes

6.6

192 votes

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (TV)

1991 · Documentary · 46 min. · United States

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Richard Chamberlain · Gary Cooper · Wendell Corey

Synopsis Sally Field hosts this thorough documentary about actress Barbara Stanwyck. Highlights include Bola de fuego, Perdición and Voces de muerte.

6.6

34 votes

6.6

34 votes

Kid Glove Killer

1942 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Van Heflin · Marsha Hunt · Lee Bowman · Samuel S. Hinds

Synopsis First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van Heflin as the head of a city crime lab who solves the murder of the town mayor by analyzing evidence from the crime.

6.6

48 votes

6.6

48 votes

The Raid

1954 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Hugo Fregonese

Cast Van Heflin · Anne Bancroft · Richard Boone · Lee Marvin

Synopsis A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont.

6.6

210 votes

6.6

210 votes

Under Ten Flags

1960 · Movie · 88 min. · Italy

Direction Duilio Coletti

Cast Van Heflin · Charles Laughton · Mylène Demongeot · John Ericson

Synopsis In London in 1941, Adm. Russell struggles to locate and destroy the German raider Atlantis , which has been blowing up Allied warships in the Pacific Ocean. At sea, the Atlantis , led by Cmdr. Reger, is employing its customary...

6.4

310 votes

6.4

310 votes

Green Dolphin Street

1947 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Victor Saville

Cast Lana Turner · Van Heflin · Donna Reed · Richard Hart

Synopsis Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a...

6.4

232 votes

6.4

232 votes

Once a Thief

1965 · Movie · 107 min. · France

6.4

167 votes

6.4

167 votes