Cast: Dick Simmons
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Dick Simmons. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 29
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast John Lund · Brian Donlevy · Audrey Totter · Joan Leslie
Synopsis Kate Quantrill (Audrey Totter), wife of infamous Confederate raider Quantrill (Brian Donlevy), and Sally Maris (Joan Leslie), virginal sister of Kate's ex-lover, saloonkeeper Bitteroot Bill (Reed Hadley). Sally herself falls in love with Lance Horton (John Lund), ostensibly a mine...
7.3
47 votes
7.3
47 votes
I Dream of Jeanie
1952 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Allan Dwan
Cast Ray Middleton · Bill Shirley · Muriel Lawrence · Eileen Christy
Synopsis In 1849 the song Oh, Susannah is a nationwide hit—but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer, despises popular music, especially...
6.9
24 votes
6.9
24 votes
Rogue Cop
1954 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Roy Rowland
Cast Robert Taylor · Janet Leigh · George Raft · Steve Forrest
Synopsis Detective Chris Kelvaney has a brother, Eddie, who also is a policeman. He witnessed a murderer running away from the scene of the crime. Chris has contacts with the gangster Beaumonte, who is willing to pay $15,000 if Eddie withdraws...
6.7
177 votes
6.7
177 votes
The Well
1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Leo C. Popkin · Russell Rouse
Cast Richard Rober · Gwendolyn Laster · Maidie Norman · George Hamilton
Synopsis In a racially mixed American town, a 5-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with...
6.6
52 votes
6.6
52 votes
Dial 1119
1950 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Gerald Mayer
Cast Marshall Thompson · Virginia Field · Andrea King · Sam Levene
Synopsis A former mental patient murders a bus driver, then takes refuge in a bar, where he holds the patrons hostage.
6.4
58 votes
6.4
58 votes
Lady in the Lake
1946 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Robert Montgomery
Cast Robert Montgomery · Audrey Totter · Lloyd Nolan · Tom Tully
Synopsis The camera shows Phillip Marlowe's view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler's book. The detective is hired to find a publisher's wife, who is supposed to have run off to Mexico. But the case soon becomes much...
6.1
702 votes
6.1
702 votes
Above and Beyond
1952 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Melvin Frank · Norman Panama
Cast Robert Taylor · Eleanor Parker · James Whitmore · Larry Keating
Synopsis "Above and Beyond" depicts the events leading up to the use of the first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Colonel Paul Tibbetts is chosen by the Air Force to test the new long-range planes and to...
6.1
130 votes
6.1
130 votes
Duchess of Idaho
1950 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Esther Williams · Van Johnson · John Lund · Paula Raymond
Synopsis Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in, and devises a plan. Chris follows Morrison on his trip...
5.6
22 votes
5.6
22 votes
Battle Circus
1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Richard Brooks
Cast Humphrey Bogart · June Allyson · Keenan Wynn · Robert Keith
Synopsis Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world.
5.5
167 votes
5.5
167 votes
On an Island with You
1948 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Esther Williams · Peter Lawford · Ricardo Montalban · Jimmy Durante
Synopsis A young navy lieutenant is brought in as techninical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her - and been kissed at the end - at a Forces show,...
5.1
44 votes
5.1
44 votes
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Andrew Marton
Cast Van Johnson · Walter Pidgeon · Louis Calhern · Dewey Martin
5.1
28 votes
5.1
28 votes
Thousands Cheer
1943 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction George Sidney
Cast Kathryn Grayson · Gene Kelly · Mary Astor · John Boles
Synopsis Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having...
5.0
31 votes
5.0
31 votes
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Willis Goldbeck
Cast Mickey Rooney · Lewis Stone · Sara Haden · Bonita Granville
Synopsis Poor Andy, all he wants to do is get to town and continue to woo his girl and ask her hand in marriage. Andrew "Andy" Hardy met his sweetheart Kay Wilson in college, but has since served in the military...
5.0
32 votes
5.0
32 votes
Your Favorite Story (TV Series)
1953 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Eddie Davis · Lewis Allen · Leon Benson · Sobey Martin
Cast Adolphe Menjou · Billy Halop · Steve Darrell · John Alvin
Synopsis Your Favorite Story is the title of a TV comedy anthology series that aired from 1953 through 1955. It premiered in December 1954 with the title Your Favorite Playhouse. This program was adapted from the radio show Favorite Story which...
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No Questions Asked
1951 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Harold F. Kress
Cast Barry Sullivan · Arlene Dahl · George Murphy · Jean Hagen
Synopsis Steve Keiver, young lawyer working for an insurance company, hears his boss remark that he'd pay a large sum "no questions asked" for return of stolen property to avoid paying a much larger claim. On his own initiative, Steve arranges...
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Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Fred M. Wilcox
Cast Jeanette MacDonald · José Iturbi · Jane Powell · Edward Arnold
Synopsis It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't there. Louise, an editor for Modern Design Publication, is lying in Dr....
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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction George W. Trendle · Fran Striker · Eddie Dew · Alan Crosland Jr.
Cast Dick Simmons · Paul McGuire · Francis De Sales · Terry Frost
Synopsis Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
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Seven Sweethearts
1942 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Frank Borzage
Cast Kathryn Grayson · Marsha Hunt · Cecilia Parker · Peggy Moran
Synopsis Covering the tulip festival in Little Delft, Michigan, reporter Henry Taggart takes a room at an inn ran by an eccentric old Dutchman, Mr. Van Maaster and his seven daughters. The eldest, Regina, is spoiled and stage-struck while Billie, Victor,...
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Desperate Search
1952 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Joseph H. Lewis
Cast Howard Keel · Jane Greer · Patricia Medina · Keenan Wynn
Synopsis The family and friends of two children lost in the wilderness mount a desperate search to find them.
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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
Synopsis 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 the latest showbiz players or just three more suckers?
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