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
Direction Jesse Hibbs
Cast John Payne · Mari Blanchard · Dan Duryea · Joyce Mackenzie
5.4
89 votes
5.4
89 votes
Hidden Fear
1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction André De Toth
Cast John Payne · Alexander Knox · Conrad Nagel · Natalie Norwick
5.4
46 votes
5.4
46 votes