Direction: Garson Kanin

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Garson Kanin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


My Favorite Wife

1940 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Irene Dunne · Cary Grant · Randolph Scott · Gail Patrick

Synopsis Ellen Arden arrives 7 years after being given up for dead in a shipwreck, to find her husband Nick just remarried to Bianca. The overjoyed Nick awkwardly tries to break the news gently to Bianca. But before he can do...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

Bachelor Mother

1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Ginger Rogers · David Niven · Charles Coburn · Frank Albertson

Synopsis Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

6.6

322 votes

6.6

322 votes

The Great Man Votes

1939 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast John Barrymore · Peter Holden · Virginia Weidler · Katharine Alexander

Synopsis In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his...

6.1

29 votes

6.1

29 votes

Next Time I Marry

1938 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Lucille Ball · James Ellison · Lee Bowman · Granville Bates

Synopsis Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project,...

5.7

21 votes

5.7

21 votes

Tom Dick and Harry

1941 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Ginger Rogers · George Murphy · Alan Marshal · Burgess Meredith

Synopsis Ginger Rogers, a telephone operator, is pursued by George Murphy (a down-to earth fellow), Alan Marshal (a rich man) and Burgess Meredith (a noncomformist). She dreams what life would be life married to each of them.

5.5

69 votes

5.5

69 votes

They Knew What They Wanted

1940 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Carole Lombard · Charles Laughton · William Gargan · Harry Carey

Synopsis Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe (William Gargan), instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry Amy (Carole Lombard), a waitress in a San Francisco restaurant....

5.3

74 votes

5.3

74 votes

A Man to Remember

1938 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Anne Shirley · Edward Ellis · Lee Bowman · William Henry

Synopsis On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

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The True Glory

1945 · Documentary · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Garson Kanin · Carol Reed

Synopsis A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great...

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Where It's At

1969 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast David Janssen · Rosemary Forsyth · Robert Drivas · Brenda Vaccaro

Synopsis A 'Sixties Generation' comedy about an offbeat father-son relationship. Dad runs a Las Vegas hotel-casino and his son is a college student with a different set of moral and ethical standards. When they meet in Vegas, they immediately clash in...

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Salute to France

1944 · Movie · 34 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin · Jean Renoir

Cast Claude Dauphin · Burgess Meredith · Philip Bourneuf

Synopsis Three soldiers, an American, a Brit and a Frenchman, work to promote solidarity between their different military forces during World War II.

Not rated

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Some Kind of a Nut

1969 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Garson Kanin

Cast Dick Van Dyke · Angie Dickinson · Rosemary Forsyth · Zohra Lampert

Synopsis In this comedy-satire on conformity, Dick Van Dyke plays a Manhattan bank teller who grows a beard when he develops a rash from a bee sting. He is promptly fired from his job while his co-workers stand behind him.

Not rated

Not rated