Cast: Lana Turner

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


The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Lana Turner · Kirk Douglas · Walter Pidgeon · Dick Powell

Plot An egotistical producer, Jonathan Shields (Douglas), determined to prove himself the finest filmmaker of all, gladly steps all over those who helped him when he was starting out. Told from...

8.1

13K votes

8.1

13K votes

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Lana Turner · John Garfield · Cecil Kellaway · Hume Cronyn

Plot Set during the Depression, this story concerns an older man and his attractive young wife, who take on drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) as an employee at their roadside cafe....

7.6

17K votes

7.6

17K votes

Imitation of Life

1959 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Lana Turner · John Gavin · Susan Kohner · Sandra Dee

Plot Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter, though Annie's little...

7.6

8K votes

7.6

8K votes

They Won't Forget

1937 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Claude Rains · Gloria Dickson · Edward Norris · Otto Kruger

Plot A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his...

7.4

294 votes

7.4

294 votes

The Three Musketeers

1948 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

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

Plot 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...

7.0

13K votes

7.0

13K votes

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Spencer Tracy · Ingrid Bergman · Lana Turner · Donald Crisp

Plot Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone. Experiments reveal his evil side, named Hyde. Experience teaches him how evil Hyde can be: he kills Ivy who earlier expressed...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Johnny Eager

1941 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

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

Plot 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...

7.0

554 votes

7.0

554 votes

Peyton Place

1957 · Movie · 162 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Lana Turner · Lee Philips · Lloyd Nolan · Arthur Kennedy

Plot A story set in a small New England village whose peaceful facade hides love and passion, scandal and hypocrisy. Allison, a beautiful high school student and aspiring writer, struggles to...

6.8

765 votes

6.8

765 votes

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Plot Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

Homecoming

1948 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Clark Gable · Lana Turner · Anne Baxter · John Hodiak

Plot Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On...

6.6

51 votes

6.6

51 votes

Madame X

1966 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction David Lowell Rich

Cast Lana Turner · John Forsythe · Ricardo Montalban · Burgess Meredith

Plot A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume...

6.6

383 votes

6.6

383 votes

The Great Garrick

1937 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

6.4

28 votes

6.4

28 votes

Green Dolphin Street

1947 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Victor Saville

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

Plot 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...

6.4

232 votes

6.4

232 votes

A Life of Her Own

1950 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

6.4

64 votes

6.4

64 votes

Portrait in Black

1960 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Michael Gordon

Cast Lana Turner · Anthony Quinn · Richard Basehart · Sandra Dee

Plot Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn are lovers who murder Lana's cruel, but wealthy husband, played by Lloyd Nolan. Since Quinn is her husband's physician, the murder is easily committed, but...

6.3

284 votes

6.3

284 votes

Ziegfeld Girl

1941 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast James Stewart · Judy Garland · Hedy Lamarr · Lana Turner

Plot Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer...

6.2

133 votes

6.2

133 votes

The Sea Chase

1955 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction John Farrow

Cast John Wayne · Lana Turner · David Farrar · Lyle Bettger

Plot As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.

6.1

540 votes

6.1

540 votes

Honky Tonk

1941 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Clark Gable · Lana Turner · Frank Morgan · Claire Trevor

Plot When gambler Candy Johnson comes to the small-town Yellow Creek he has set his mind on the narrow path to live an honest life. He falls in love with young...

6.1

162 votes

6.1

162 votes

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV)

1995 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Peter Coyote · Robert Altman · Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Fred Astaire

Plot Documentary based on the first anniversary of the most important exporter of films in the world as it is Hollywood, this story is told by actors and actresses as well...

6.0

26 votes

6.0

26 votes

Another Time, Another Place

1958 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Allen

Cast Lana Turner · Barry Sullivan · Glynis Johns · Sean Connery

Plot Sean Connery (in one of his earliest leading roles) plays a World War II BBC newsman torn between two women, played by Lana Turner as the glamorous reporter Connery falls...

5.8

157 votes

5.8

157 votes