Cast: Richard Gaines

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


Double Indemnity

1944 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Fred MacMurray · Barbara Stanwyck · Edward G. Robinson · Tom Powers

Synopsis Double Indemnity (1944) follows Walter Neff, a smooth-talking insurance salesman, who becomes entangled in a dangerous scheme with Phyllis Dietrichson, the seductive wife of one of his clients. The two conspire to murder her husband and stage his death as...

8.4

32K votes

8.4

32K votes

Ace in the Hole

1951 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Kirk Douglas · Jan Sterling · Robert Arthur · Porter Hall

Synopsis A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus. Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck...

8.0

8K votes

8.0

8K votes

Brute Force

1947 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Burt Lancaster · Hume Cronyn · Charles Bickford · Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis At overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, where violence and fear are the norm and the warden has less power than guards and leading prisoners, the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins. Most of all, Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey,...

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7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The More the Merrier

1943 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Jean Arthur · Joel McCrea · Charles Coburn · Richard Gaines

Synopsis It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting...

6.8

620 votes

6.8

620 votes

The Enchanted Cottage

1945 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Dorothy McGuire · Robert Young · Herbert Marshall · Mildred Natwick

Synopsis A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than...

6.6

150 votes

6.6

150 votes

Nobody Lives Forever

1946 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast John Garfield · Geraldine Fitzgerald · Walter Brennan · Faye Emerson

Synopsis Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich young widow, but finds himself falling for her for real, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.

6.6

127 votes

6.6

127 votes

Ride the Pink Horse

1947 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Robert Montgomery

Cast Robert Montgomery · Wanda Hendrix · Andrea King · Thomas Gomez

Synopsis In the bordertown of San Pablo, preparing for an annual 'Mexican Fiesta,' arrives Gagin: tough, mysterious and laconic. His mission: to find the equally mysterious Frank Hugo, evidently for revenge; or is it blackmail? FBI agent Retz is also after...

6.4

259 votes

6.4

259 votes

Love Me or Leave Me

1955 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Charles Vidor

Cast Doris Day · James Cagney · Cameron Mitchell · Robert Keith

Synopsis Jazz Age singing sensation Ruth Etting had looks, ambition and a haunting, smoketinged voice. It took more than that to make her a star. It took Marty 'The Gimp' Snyder, the limping, evil-tempered Chicago hood who propelled Ruth from dingy...

6.4

401 votes

6.4

401 votes

Ransom!

1956 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Alex Segal

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

Synopsis 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

That Wonderful Urge

1948 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Robert B. Sinclair

Cast Tyrone Power · Gene Tierney · Reginald Gardiner · Arleen Whelan

Synopsis An investigative reporter uses a ruse to meet Sara Fowler, a grocery-store heiress he's been writing unflattering things about. He gets her to start talking about herself and finds her down-to-earth and engaging, but before he can publish an honest...

6.1

110 votes

6.1

110 votes

5.9

73 votes

Drum Beat

1954 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Delmer Daves

Cast Alan Ladd · Audrey Dalton · Marisa Pavan · Robert Keith

Synopsis President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in...

5.8

506 votes

5.8

506 votes

5 Steps to Danger

1957 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Henry S. Kesler

Cast Ruth Roman · Sterling Hayden · Werner Klemperer · Richard Gaines

Synopsis When his car breaks down during a trip from Los Angeles to Texas John Emmett meets another motorist, Ann Nicholson, who offers him a lift. He learns that she is running away from her physician, Dr. Simmons, and the police,...

5.7

46 votes

5.7

46 votes

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Don Hartman

Cast Cary Grant · Franchot Tone · Diana Lynn · Betsy Drake

Synopsis Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage.

5.7

362 votes

5.7

362 votes

The Howards of Virginia

1940 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Cary Grant · Martha Scott · Cedric Hardwicke · Alan Marshal

Synopsis Hollywood films about the Revolutionary War almost invariably lost money at the box office, and The Howards of Virginia was no exception, despite the presence of Cary Grant in the lead. Most of the story takes place in the colonial...

5.6

57 votes

5.6

57 votes

Flight to Mars

1951 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Marguerite Chapman · Cameron Mitchell · Arthur Franz · Virginia Huston

Synopsis A newspaper reporter and a bunch of scientists fly a rocket to Mars just to find out that Martians look exactly like us. Mars is running low on one of their natural resources (Corium), and plan to steal the Earth...

5.2

125 votes

5.2

125 votes

Double Exposure

1944 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction William Berke

Cast Chester Morris · Nancy Kelly · Jane Farrar · Phillip Terry

Synopsis A news magazine hires an out-of-town photographer and the antics begin.

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Marry Me Again

1953 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Frank Tashlin

Cast Robert Cummings · Marie Wilson · Ray Walker · Mary Costa

Synopsis A pilot discharged from the Korean War is disappointed to discover that his fiancée has since become independently wealthy thanks to a $1 million inheritance.

Not rated

Not rated

Cass Timberlane

1947 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Spencer Tracy · Lana Turner · Zachary Scott · Tom Drake

Synopsis Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to...

Not rated

Not rated

The Lucky Stiff

1949 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Dorothy Lamour · Brian Donlevy · Claire Trevor · Irene Hervey

Synopsis Semi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. After meeting her at the club, he is present when her boss (and more?) is killed, and she is arrested for the crime. Sentenced to...

Not rated

Not rated