Cast: Gordon MacRae

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


Oklahoma!

1955 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Gordon MacRae · Shirley Jones · Charlotte Greenwood · Rod Steiger

Plot Set in the times of the early 1900s', the musical is partially about the Indian Territory becoming the state of Oklahoma. Curly is a stubborn cowboy who had trouble admitting...

6.3

466 votes

6.3

466 votes

Backfire

1950 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast Virginia Mayo · Gordon MacRae · Edmond O'Brien · Dane Clark

Plot Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans' hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connally, with whom he intended to buy a ranch, has disappeared under circumstance...

6.2

71 votes

6.2

71 votes

The Best Things in Life Are Free

1956 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Gordon MacRae · Dan Dailey · Ernest Borgnine · Sheree North

Plot One of the very best of the musical biopics (of the De Sylva/Henderson/Brown songwriting team in the jazz age). Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form...

5.9

31 votes

5.9

31 votes

Carousel

1956 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Gordon MacRae · Shirley Jones · Cameron Mitchell · Barbara Ruick

Plot Billy is sent down "from above" for one day to try and make amends for mistakes he made in life. Billy worked at the carnival running the carousel, which is...

5.9

208 votes

5.9

208 votes

The West Point Story

1950 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast James Cagney · Virginia Mayo · Doris Day · Gordon MacRae

Plot Broadway director Bix Bixby, down on his luck (thanks to gambling), is reluctantly persuaded to go to West Point military academy (with Eve, his gorgeous assistant and on-and-off love) to...

5.6

29 votes

5.6

29 votes

On Moonlight Bay

1951 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Doris Day · Gordon MacRae · Jack Smith · Leon Ames

Plot The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has...

5.5

25 votes

5.5

25 votes

Tea for Two

1950 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Doris Day · Gordon MacRae · S.Z. Sakall · Patrice Wymore

Plot In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter (Doris Day) bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins,...

5.5

139 votes

5.5

139 votes

Return of the Frontiersman

1950 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Gordon MacRae · Julie London · Rory Calhoun · Jack Holt

Plot In Laramie, Wyoming, a sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the real killer.

4.8

24 votes

4.8

24 votes

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1953 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Doris Day · Gordon MacRae · Leon Ames · Rosemary DeCamp

Plot The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield's boyfriend, William Sherman, returns from the Army after W.W.I. Bill & Marjorie's on-again, off-again provide...

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Starlift

1951 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Doris Day · Gordon MacRae · Virginia Mayo · Gene Nelson

Plot Air Force fliers Rick Williams and Mike Nolan attempt to meet film star Nell Wayne, with whom Rick shares a hometown but not much else. Fellow film stars Doris Day...

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Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)

1950 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Richard Goode · Fielder Cook · Buzz Kulik · Earl Eby

Cast Ken Carpenter · Jay Jackson · Otto Kruger · Gordon MacRae

Plot TV Series (1950-1959). 352 episodes. Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars. Initially, the show was a 30-minute weekly show but when it moved to NBC in August 1954, the show...

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Three Sailors and a Girl

1953 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Jane Powell · Gordon MacRae · Gene Nelson · Sam Levene

Plot Three navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. When they meet the show's female star attraction, they're sold. Have they become...

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About Face

1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Gordon MacRae · Eddie Bracken · Dick Wesson · Virginia Gibson

Plot Biff Roberts, Tony Williams and Dave Crouse are upper classmen at Southern Military Institute (fictional school based on real school---Virginia Military Instute---in original play and film), and just three months...

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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

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Look for the Silver Lining

1949 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast June Haver · Ray Bolger · Gordon MacRae · Charles Ruggles

Plot This biopic chronicles the vaudeville-to-Broadway story of 1920s' star Marilyn Miller (June Haver). From her start on the boards in Finley, Ohio, Marilyn sings and dances her way to Broadway...

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The Pilot

1980 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Cliff Robertson

Cast Cliff Robertson · Diane Baker · Frank Converse · Milo O'Shea

Plot Our Pilot, Mike Hagan is a great pilot, careful, thoughtful and uses his knowledge of flying to see trouble and avoid it. But his biggest trouble is he is an...

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The Desert Song

1953 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Gordon MacRae · Steve Cochran · Raymond Massey

Plot Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a...

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Zero to Sixty

1978 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast Darren McGavin · Sylvia Miles · Joan Collins · Denise Nickerson

Plot A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.

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