Cast: Denis O'Dea

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Denis O'Dea. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Mogambo

1953 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Clark Gable · Ava Gardner · Grace Kelly · Donald Sinden

Synopsis Clark Gable reprises his role as veteran big-game trapper and guide Vic Marswell in John Ford's remake of RED DUST, the actor's 1932 hit directed by Victor Fleming. After a brief fling with Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner), an adventurer temporarily...

7.2

9K votes

7.2

9K votes

The Fallen Idol

1948 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Carol Reed

Cast Ralph Richardson · Michèle Morgan · Sonia Dresdel · Jack Hawkins

Synopsis An eight-year-old ambassador’s son, left in the care of manservant Baines and his suspicious wife, witnesses what he believes to be a murder.

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Odd Man Out

1947 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Carol Reed

Cast James Mason · Robert Newton · Cyril Cusack · F.J. McCormick

Synopsis Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother, planning a hold-up that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue its activities. During the hold-up, things go...

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7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Niagara

1953 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Marilyn Monroe · Joseph Cotten · Jean Peters · Denis O'Dea

Synopsis George and Rose Loomis are honeymooning at a Niagara Falls motel. She plots with Ted Patrick to do him in, but all does not go smoothly. For one thing, after Loomis is reported missing Polly Cutler spies him at the...

7.0

5K votes

7.0

5K votes

The Story of Esther Costello

1957 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Miller

Cast Joan Crawford · Rossano Brazzi · Heather Sears · Lee Patterson

Synopsis Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as...

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

Under Capricorn

1949 · Movie · 117 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Joseph Cotten · Michael Wilding · Margaret Leighton

Synopsis In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict Sam Flusky, who wants to do...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Captain Lightfoot

1955 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

6.2

533 votes

6.2

533 votes

6.2

157 votes

Treasure Island

1950 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Byron Haskin

Cast Bobby Driscoll · Robert Newton · Basil Sydney · Walter Fitzgerald

Synopsis Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

Sea Devils

1953 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Yvonne De Carlo · Rock Hudson · Maxwell Reed · Denis O'Dea

Synopsis Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love...

6.0

366 votes

6.0

366 votes

Esther and the King

1960 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Joan Collins · Richard Egan · Denis O'Dea · Sergio Fantoni

Synopsis After the King’s wife is murdered, Esther, a Jewish woman, comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The king has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred against the Jews by his evil minister...

5.8

207 votes

5.8

207 votes

Landfall

1949 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Michel Dennison · Patricia Plunkett · Kathleen Harrison · Denis O'Dea

Synopsis Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. He sinks what he believes is a German submarine, but which later proves to be British. He is charged with neglect and volunteers for a perilous...

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The Mark of Cain

1947 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Desmond Hurst

Cast Eric Portman · Sally Gray · Patrick Holt · Dermot Walsh

Synopsis An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one.

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Not rated

The Long Dark Hall

1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

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Never Take No for an Answer

1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Maurice Cloche · Ralph Smart

Cast Vittorio Manunta · Denis O'Dea · Guido Celano · Nerio Bernardi

Synopsis Little Pepino (Marco Della Cava) hopes to cure his dying donkey. The boy is convinced that he can save his pet if only he can bring it to the crypt of St. Francis of Assisi.

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Marry Me

1949 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Derek Bond · Susan Shaw · Patrick Holt · Carol Marsh

Synopsis The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent...

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Not rated

The Bad Lord Byron

1949 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David MacDonald

Cast Dennis Price · Mai Zetterling · Joan Greenwood · Linden Travers

Synopsis Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged on his death between being on the one hand a poet and soldier, or on the other a seducer and libertine. Amongst the witnesses called are...

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Not rated