Cast: Phyllis Thaxter
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Phyllis Thaxter. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 31
Act of Violence
1949 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Van Heflin · Robert Ryan · Janet Leigh · Mary Astor
Synopsis War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something that happened in a German POW camp, and when a...
7.2
450 votes
7.2
450 votes
No Man of Her Own
1950 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Mitchell Leisen
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · John Lund · Jane Cowl · Phyllis Thaxter
Synopsis Helen Ferguson (Stanwyck) is a pregnant girl who assumes a new identity and whose past catches up with her in blackmail and murder.
7.2
519 votes
7.2
519 votes
The Breaking Point
1950 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast John Garfield · Patricia Neal · Phyllis Thaxter · Juano Hernández
6.9
377 votes
6.9
377 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Deadly (TV)
1957 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Don Taylor
Cast Phyllis Thaxter · Lee Philips · Craig Stevens · Frank Gerstle
6.8
79 votes
6.8
79 votes
Superman: The Movie
1978 · Movie · 143 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Christopher Reeve · Marlon Brando · Gene Hackman · Margot Kidder
Synopsis Chronicles the origins of Superman - rocketed from the dying planet Krypton by his scientist father Jor-El, Kal-El arrives on Earth and is taken in by the Kents. After his adopted father dies, Kal-El (named Clark) discovers his origins and...
6.7
79K votes
6.7
79K votes
Come Fill the Cup
1951 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast James Cagney · Phyllis Thaxter · Raymond Massey · James Gleason
Synopsis Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics. His boss enlists his help to sober...
6.6
48 votes
6.6
48 votes
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Elia Kazan
Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Robert Walker · Melvyn Douglas
Synopsis Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as a husband and wife on America's frontier; cattlemen in a "sea of grass". The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracized from the community. Meanwhile, the farmers watch...
6.6
687 votes
6.6
687 votes
Springfield Rifle
1952 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction André De Toth
Cast Gary Cooper · Phyllis Thaxter · David Brian · Paul Kelly
Synopsis Major Lex Kearney, dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, has actually volunteered to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort.
6.5
917 votes
6.5
917 votes
Alfred Hitchcock presents: Malice Domestic (TV)
1957 · Movie · 24 min. · United States
Direction John Meredyth Lucas
Cast Ralph Meeker · Phyllis Thaxter · Ralph Clanton · Vinton Hayworth
Synopsis Marital discord between writer Carl Borden and his wife Annette intensifies when poison is found in his food.
6.4
23 votes
6.4
23 votes
Man of Bronze (Jim Thorpe - All American)
1951 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Burt Lancaster · Charles Bickford · Steve Cochran · Phyllis Thaxter
Synopsis True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. After his medals are stripped on a technicality and his dream of coaching is shattered, Thorpe's life begins to...
6.4
147 votes
6.4
147 votes
Operation Secret
1952 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Cornel Wilde · Steve Cochran · Phyllis Thaxter · Karl Malden
Synopsis While under attack by German forces, a French army unit discovers there is a traitor in their midst, feeding the Germans information.
6.4
70 votes
6.4
70 votes
The Twilight Zone: Young Man's Fancy (TV)
1962 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm
Cast Phyllis Thaxter · Alex Nicol · Wallace Rooney · Helen Brown
Synopsis Newlywed Alex Walker finds himself being pulled back to his childhood and back to his widowed mother in the house where he grew up.
6.3
61 votes
6.3
61 votes
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Robert Wise
Cast Robert Mitchum · Barbara Bel Geddes · Robert Preston · Walter Brennan
Synopsis When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun. But as the new man comes to realise the unlawful nature of his buddy's business and the way the homesteaders...
6.3
425 votes
6.3
425 votes
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
1944 · Movie · 138 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Spencer Tracy · Van Johnson · Robert Walker · Robert Mitchum
Synopsis This is the story of the famed raid over Tokyo in April 1942 led by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle. The film concentrates on Lt. Ted Lawson the commander of a B25, the 'Ruptured Duck', and its crew. Having accepted the...
6.3
574 votes
6.3
574 votes
Women's Prison
1955 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Ida Lupino · Jan Sterling · Cleo Moore · Audrey Totter
Synopsis A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
5.9
34 votes
5.9
34 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Never Again (TV)
1956 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevens
Cast Phyllis Thaxter · Louise Allbritton · Warren Stevens · Jack Mullaney
Synopsis Karen Stewart has once again broken her promise not to drink anymore, and now she is in a strange bed, injured, with no memory of what happened the night before.
5.9
74 votes
5.9
74 votes
Alfred Hitchcock presents: Fog Closing In (TV)
1956 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Herschel Daugherty
Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Phyllis Thaxter · Paul Langton · George Grizzard
Synopsis When her husband goes away on a business trip, Mary Summers is all alone in her house--and gripped with a nameless fear. Then an escaped mental patient breaks in.
5.7
23 votes
5.7
23 votes
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Ginger Rogers · Lana Turner · Walter Pidgeon · Van Johnson
Synopsis Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one...
5.7
42 votes
5.7
42 votes
Living in a Big Way
1947 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Gene Kelly · Marie McDonald · Charles Winninger · Phyllis Thaxter
Synopsis Leo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she...
5.4
32 votes
5.4
32 votes
The World of Henry Orient
1964 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction George Roy Hill
Cast Peter Sellers · Paula Prentiss · Angela Lansbury · Tom Bosley
Synopsis In New York City, adolescent friends Gil and Val follow pianist Henry Orient all over town, while he tries to seduce Stella, a married woman. When Val's parents arrive for Christmas holidays, the two girls are forced to grow up...
5.4
495 votes
5.4
495 votes