Cast: Donna Reed

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


It's a Wonderful Life

1946 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast James Stewart · Donna Reed · Lionel Barrymore · Thomas Mitchell

Plot A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasnt his fault. In Christmas carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give...

8.2

52K votes

8.2

52K votes

From Here to Eternity

1953 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Burt Lancaster · Montgomery Clift · Deborah Kerr · Frank Sinatra

Plot When Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is transferred to Hawaii, Captain Holmes (Philip Ober) finds out about Prewitt’s boxing abilities and tries to coax him to join the team. Prewitt refuses,...

7.8

21K votes

7.8

21K votes

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Albert Lewin

Cast Hurd Hatfield · George Sanders · Donna Reed · Angela Lansbury

Plot Innocent young Dorian Gray has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after, under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton, he jilts his fiancee, leading to her suicide....

7.2

3K votes

7.2

3K votes

Scandal Sheet

1952 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast Broderick Crawford · Donna Reed · John Derek · Rosemary DeCamp

Plot A newspaper man takes over an ailing New York daily newspaper and revives it as a scandal sheet by staging a number of publicity stunts. The man's wife, whom he...

7.1

441 votes

7.1

441 votes

They Were Expendable

1945 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Robert Montgomery · John Wayne · Donna Reed · Ward Bond

Plot In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the members of a PT boat squadron patrol Philippine waters and attack Japanese ships. The PT boat initially had little...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Barry Nelson · Donna Reed

Plot Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams...

6.6

359 votes

6.6

359 votes

Backlash

1956 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Richard Widmark · Donna Reed · William Campbell · John McIntire

Plot Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared...

6.4

609 votes

6.4

609 votes

Green Dolphin Street

1947 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Victor Saville

Cast Lana Turner · Van Heflin · Donna Reed · Richard Hart

Plot Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall...

6.4

232 votes

6.4

232 votes

Eyes in the Night

1942 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Edward Arnold · Ann Harding · Donna Reed · Stephen McNally

Plot Blind detective Duncan Maclain is visited by old friend Norma Lawry, looking for help in getting rid of one of her old beaus, who is courting Norma's 17-year old step-daughter....

6.4

48 votes

6.4

48 votes

Ransom!

1956 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Alex Segal

Cast Glenn Ford · Donna Reed · Leslie Nielsen · Juano Hernández

Plot The Stannard's son is kidnapped for ransom. Plot centres around Ford's (the father) efforts to find him.

6.3

183 votes

6.3

183 votes

The Human Comedy

1943 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Mickey Rooney · Frank Morgan · James Craig · Marsha Hunt

Plot Recently-deceased Matthew Macauley looks down upon his family in small-town Ithaca, where eldest son Marcus has departed to await deployment for combat in the Second World War. This leaves middle...

6.2

143 votes

6.2

143 votes

The Benny Goodman Story

1956 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Valentine Davies

Cast Steve Allen · Donna Reed · Berta Gersten · Barry Truex

Plot Bio of swing band leader 'Benny Goodman' from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Not exactly historically accurate, but great music. Also, guest appearances...

6.2

96 votes

6.2

96 votes

Babes on Broadway

1941 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Busby Berkeley

Cast Mickey Rooney · Judy Garland · Fay Bainter · Virginia Weidler

Plot After four months of floundering attempts to get into a Broadway show, Tommy Williams grasps the opportunity to produce a charity show to take city orphans on a trip to...

6.1

74 votes

6.1

74 votes

Gun Fury

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

6.1

459 votes

6.1

459 votes

Hangman's Knot

1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Roy Huggins

Cast Randolph Scott · Donna Reed · Claude Jarman Jr. · Frank Faylen

Plot In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry. They kill the soldiers and capture the gold only to learn the war ended...

6.0

168 votes

6.0

168 votes

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Elizabeth Taylor · Van Johnson · Walter Pidgeon · Donna Reed

Plot Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and Stripes" when he met Marion and Helen. He...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

The Far Horizons

1955 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Fred MacMurray · Charlton Heston · Donna Reed · Barbara Hale

Plot After the United States acquired Louisiana from France, explorers Meriwether Lewis (MacMurray) and William Clark (Heston) lead an expedition to survey the territory where no white man has ever gone...

6.0

529 votes

6.0

529 votes

Chicago Deadline

1949 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Allen

Cast Alan Ladd · Donna Reed · June Havoc · Irene Hervey

Plot On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but...

6.0

52 votes

6.0

52 votes

Three Hours to Kill

1954 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker

Cast Dana Andrews · Donna Reed · Dianne Foster · Stephen Elliott

Plot After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In flashback we learn how he was framed for murder but...

5.9

101 votes

5.9

101 votes

The Whole Truth

1958 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Guillermin

Cast Stewart Granger · Donna Reed · George Sanders · Gianna Maria Canale

Plot Movie producer Max Poulton is having an on again, off again affair with Gina Bertini, the temperamental leading lady in his latest movie which is filming in the French Riviera....

5.8

24 votes

5.8

24 votes