Cast: John Payne

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


The Razor's Edge

1946 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

Direction Edmund Goulding

Cast Tyrone Power · Gene Tierney · John Payne · Anne Baxter

Plot Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929,...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

Dodsworth

1936 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction William Wyler

Cast Walter Huston · Ruth Chatterton · Mary Astor · David Niven

Plot Sam Dodsworth (Walter Huston) sells his automobile company at great profit. But his success has come at the expense his dutiful wife, Fran (Ruth Chatterton). She persuades him to take...

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

Remember the Day

1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Claudette Colbert · John Payne · Shepperd Strudwick · Ann E. Todd

Plot Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell (Claudette Colbert), waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts (Shepperd Strudwick), recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the...

7.1

83 votes

7.1

83 votes

99 River Street

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Payne · Evelyn Keyes · Brad Dexter · Frank Faylen

Plot Having lost his heavyweight championship match, boxer Ernie Driscoll now drives a taxi for a living and earns the scorn of his nagging wife, Pauline, who blames him for her...

7.1

426 votes

7.1

426 votes

Silver Lode

1954 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Payne · Lizabeth Scott · Dan Duryea · Dolores Moran

Plot Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarthy, an old acquaintance who, as a US...

7.0

724 votes

7.0

724 votes

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Maureen O'Hara · John Payne · Edmund Gwenn · Gene Lockhart

Plot Six year old Susan has doubts childhood's most enduring miracle Santa Clause. Her mother told her the "secret" about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn't expect to receive...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Kansas City Confidential

1952 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Payne · Preston Foster · Lee Van Cleef · Coleen Gray

Plot Phil Karlson's low budget, B-grade film noir, opens on a Kansas City armored-car robbery perpetrated by cynical, corrupt ex-policeman Timothy Foster. He devises an outrageous scheme: he will recruit three...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Slightly Scarlet

1956 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Payne · Rhonda Fleming · Arlene Dahl · Kent Taylor

Plot Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison in custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" political candidate Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol Caspar, sees this...

6.7

416 votes

6.7

416 votes

Columbo: Forgotten Lady (TV)

1975 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Harvey Hart

Cast Peter Falk · Janet Leigh · Maurice Evans · Sam Jaffe

Plot A faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi.

6.6

278 votes

6.6

278 votes

Rebel in Town

1956 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker

Cast John Payne · Ruth Roman · J. Carrol Naish · Ben Cooper

Plot Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing...

6.5

58 votes

6.5

58 votes

Tennessee's Partner

1955 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Payne · Ronald Reagan · Rhonda Fleming · Coleen Gray

Plot A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from...

6.5

239 votes

6.5

239 votes

The Crooked Way

1949 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey

Cast John Payne · Sonny Tufts · Ellen Drew · Rhys Williams

Plot A World War II veteran, suffering from amnesia but otherwise healthy, is released from a veteran's hospital, decides to return to Los Angeles to see if he can regain his...

6.2

68 votes

6.2

68 votes

The Boss

1956 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Byron Haskin

Cast John Payne · William Bishop · Gloria McGehee · Doe Avedon

Plot A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.

6.0

24 votes

6.0

24 votes

Hell's Island

1955 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Payne · Mary Murphy · Francis L. Sullivan · Eduardo Noriega

Plot Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.

5.9

36 votes

5.9

36 votes

The Saxon Charm

1948 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Claude Binyon

Cast Robert Montgomery · Susan Hayward · John Payne · Audrey Totter

Plot Successful novelist Eric Busch has written his first play and becomes involved with parasitic theatrical producer Matt Saxon. The association nearly ruins his entire life including his marriage. Montgomery gives...

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

Sun Valley Serenade

1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast Sonja Henie · John Payne · Glenn Miller · Milton Berle

Plot When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits,...

5.8

33 votes

5.8

33 votes

The Dolly Sisters

1945 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Irving Cummings

Cast Betty Grable · John Payne · June Haver · S.Z. Sakall

Plot In 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take to cafe dancing. In 1912 they're still at it, but to pay Uncle's...

5.7

39 votes

5.7

39 votes

Week-End in Havana

1941 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Alice Faye · Carmen Miranda · John Payne · Cesar Romero

Plot A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waivers from...

5.6

34 votes

5.6

34 votes

Rails Into Laramie

1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

5.4

89 votes

5.4

89 votes

Hidden Fear

1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

5.4

46 votes

5.4

46 votes