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.
Titles found: 17
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...
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
Direction Douglas Sirk
Cast Rock Hudson · Barbara Rush · Jeff Morrow · Kathleen Ryan
6.2
533 votes
6.2
533 votes
The Plough and the Stars
1936 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Preston Foster · Barry Fitzgerald · Denis O'Dea
6.2
157 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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The Long Dark Hall
1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Reginald Beck
Cast Rex Harrison · Lilli Palmer · Henrietta Barry · Denis O'Dea
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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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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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