Cast: Dan Dailey

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


The Mortal Storm

1940 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Margaret Sullavan · James Stewart · Robert Young · Frank Morgan

Plot University professor Victor Roth leads a contented life with family and friends in the south German Alps of 1933. This changes quickly and dramatically once Adolf Hitler comes to power....

7.3

768 votes

7.3

768 votes

It's Always Fair Weather

1955 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Donen · Gene Kelly

Cast Gene Kelly · Cyd Charisse · Dan Dailey · Dolores Gray

Plot Ted, Doug, and Angie are three ex-G.I.s who vow to meet again at a New York bar on October 11, 1955. They all show up on the appointed day, but...

7.1

885 votes

7.1

885 votes

The Wings of Eagles

1957 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Dan Dailey · Ward Bond

Plot A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K 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

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

1977 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Larry Cohen

Cast Broderick Crawford · James Wainwright · Michael Parks · José Ferrer

Plot The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had...

6.6

21 votes

6.6

21 votes

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Dan Dailey · Corinne Calvet · Colleen Towsend · William Demarest

Plot When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in...

6.3

241 votes

6.3

241 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

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

1951 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Michael Gordon

Cast Susan Hayward · Dan Dailey · George Sanders · Sam Jaffe

Plot A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the...

6.1

30 votes

6.1

30 votes

There´s No Business Like Show Business

1954 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Ethel Merman · Dan Dailey · Donald O´Connor · Marilyn Monroe

Plot Marilyn Monroe and an all-star cast are featured in Irving Berlin's tuneful depiction of the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. The talented Donahue family has plenty of...

6.1

712 votes

6.1

712 votes

What Price Glory

1952 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast James Cagney · Corinne Calvet · Dan Dailey · William Demarest

Plot James Cagney signed on to play Captain Flagg in 20th Century Fox's 1952 remake of the 1926 classic What Price Glory after being told that the old property was being...

6.0

507 votes

6.0

507 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

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

1962 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

5.8

127 votes

5.8

127 votes

Mother Wore Tights

1947 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Betty Grable · Dan Dailey · Mona Freeman · Connie Marshall

Plot In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank...

5.8

33 votes

5.8

33 votes

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Roy Rowland

Cast Dan Dailey · Cyd Charisse · Agnes Moorehead · Lili Darvas

Plot Chuck Redwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with...

5.7

66 votes

5.7

66 votes

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Sale

Cast Dan Dailey · Anne Baxter · Rory Calhoun · Walter Brennan

Plot In 1876 Dawson wants to prevent a train from getting to Tomahawk CO on time, to keep it from competing with his stage coach line. Kit, who must get the...

5.3

96 votes

5.3

96 votes

Pepe

1960 · Movie · 142 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" · Dan Dailey · Shirley Jones · Vicki Trickett

Plot The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood star Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the...

5.1

286 votes

5.1

286 votes

This Is the Army

1943 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast George Murphy · Joan Leslie · George Tobias · Ronald Reagan

Plot In WW I dancer Jerry Jones (George Murphy) stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his...

4.2

33 votes

4.2

33 votes

The Girl Next Door

1953 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Richard Sale

Cast Dan Dailey · June Haver · Dennis Day · Billy Gray

Plot Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie...

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Not rated

The Captain Is a Lady

1940 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Robert B. Sinclair

Cast Charles Coburn · Beulah Bondi · Virginia Grey · Helen Broderick

Plot Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the...

Not rated

Not rated

Give My Regards to Broadway

1948 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast Dan Dailey · Charles Winninger · Nancy Guild · Charles Ruggles

Plot The Norwick family has had a successful run on the vaudeville circuit, but now some of the family wants out. Mom is ready to retire on the family's farm, and...

Not rated

Not rated