Cast: Ernest Truex

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


His Girl Friday

1940 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Cary Grant · Rosalind Russell · Ralph Bellamy · Gene Lockhart

Synopsis Hildy Johnson has divorced Walter Burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day after. Walter Burns can't let that happen and frames the...

8.0

11K votes

8.0

11K votes

Christmas in July

1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Dick Powell · Ellen Drew · Raymond Walburn · Alexander Carr

Synopsis An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a...

7.1

749 votes

7.1

749 votes

Direction Alvin Ganzer

Cast Steve Cochran · Ernest Truex · Read Morgan · Arlene Martel

Synopsis An old man comes to the same bar every night to peddle his wares. He tells the clients what it is they need before they realize they need it. Moments after telling a washed up major league pitcher he needs...

6.9

194 votes

6.9

194 votes

Bachelor Mother

1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Ginger Rogers · David Niven · Charles Coburn · Frank Albertson

Synopsis Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

6.6

322 votes

6.6

322 votes

Club Havana

1945 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Tom Neal · Margaret Lindsay · Donald Douglas · Lita Barón

Synopsis When a young nightclub singer attempts suicide because of her lover's departure, doctor Neal heals the girl's wounds and reunites her with her estranged boy friend.

6.5

30 votes

6.5

30 votes

6.4

197 votes

Direction Lamont Johnson

Cast Ernest Truex · Russell Collins · John Marley · Hank Patterson

Synopsis An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.

6.4

72 votes

6.4

72 votes

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Gary Cooper · Sigrid Gurie · Basil Rathbone · George Barbier

Synopsis Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of...

5.8

416 votes

5.8

416 votes

Slightly Honorable

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Pat O'Brien · Edward Arnold · Broderick Crawford · Ruth Terry

Synopsis A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

5.7

119 votes

5.7

119 votes

Twilight for the Gods

1958 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Pevney

Cast Rock Hudson · Cyd Charisse · Arthur Kennedy · Leif Erickson

Synopsis Adapted by Ernest Gann from his own novel, Twilight for the Gods bears traces of Gann's earlier The High and the Mighty. This "psychological adventure" stars Rock Hudson as Captain Bell, who crawls into a bottle after being court-martialed and...

5.5

129 votes

5.5

129 votes

All Mine to Give

1957 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Allen Reisner

Cast Glynis Johns · Cameron Mitchell · Rex Thompson · Patty McCormack

Synopsis This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850's. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They...

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Chip Off the Old Block

1944 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Donald O´Connor · Peggy Ryan · Ann Blyth · Helen Vinson

Synopsis The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.

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Unexpected Uncle

1941 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Peter Godfrey

Cast Anne Shirley · James Craig · Charles Coburn · Ernest Truex

Synopsis A feisty retiree plays peacemaker for a young couple.

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Fired Wife

1943 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

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Whistling in the Dark

1933 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Elliott Nugent

Cast Ernest Truex · Una Merkel · Edward Arnold · John Miljan

Synopsis A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to get writer's help in devising the "perfect crime"

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Private Buckaroo

1942 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Edward F. Cline

Cast Harry James · Patty Andrews · Maxene Andrews · Laverne Andrews

Synopsis Harry James is drafted and joining him is the band's lead vocalist Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary for anyone of his skill and fame.

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Swing That Cheer

1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Harold D. Schuster

Cast Tom Brown · Robert Wilcox · Constance Moore · Andy Devine

Synopsis The rivalry between two star players of a college football team.

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Lillian Russell

1940 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Irving Cummings

Cast Alice Faye · Don Ameche · Henry Fonda · Edward Arnold

Synopsis Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.

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Don't Get Personal

1942 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Hugh Herbert · Mischa Auer · Jane Frazee · Anne Gwynne

Synopsis Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air quarreling is real. Two former associates, Jules...

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The Affairs of Martha

1942 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Marsha Hunt · Richard Carlson · Marjorie Main · Virginia Weidler

Synopsis The town gossips are reporting that a household servant in exclusive Rocky Point is writing an expose of the colony. Mrs. Sophia Sommerfield is convinced it can't be either one of her maids, Martha Lindstrom or Mrs. McKessic, although, unknown...

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Not rated