Direction: Walter Lang

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


The King and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I)

1956 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Deborah Kerr · Yul Brynner · Rita Moreno · Martin Benson

Plot Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. She threatens to leave when the...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Sitting Pretty

1948 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Robert Young · Maureen O'Hara · Clifton Webb · Richard Haydn

Plot Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and...

7.0

499 votes

7.0

499 votes

Desk Set

1957 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Gig Young · Joan Blondell

Plot The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner, who's been ordered to keep his real purpose secret: computerizing...

6.5

790 votes

6.5

790 votes

The Baroness and the Butler

1938 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

6.3

26 votes

6.3

26 votes

State Fair

1945 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Jeanne Crain · Dana Andrews · Dick Haymes · Vivian Blaine

Plot Farm family Frake, with discontented daughter Margy, head for the Iowa State Fair. On the first day, both Margy and brother Wayne meet attractive new flames; so does father's prize...

6.3

88 votes

6.3

88 votes

There´s No Business Like Show Business

1954 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Ethel Merman · Dan Dailey · Donald O´Connor · Marilyn Monroe

Plot Marilyn Monroe and an all-star cast are featured in Irving Berlin's tuneful depiction of the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. The talented Donahue family has plenty of...

6.1

712 votes

6.1

712 votes

Can-Can

1960 · Movie · 131 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Frank Sinatra · Shirley MacLaine · Maurice Chevalier · Louis Jourdan

Plot 1896, Montmartre: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Nevertheless Simone has it performed every day in her night club. Her employees use their...

6.0

199 votes

6.0

199 votes

Cheaper by the Dozen

1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Clifton Webb · Jeanne Crain · Myrna Loy · Betty Lynn

Plot "Cheaper By the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in...

5.9

222 votes

5.9

222 votes

The Little Princess

1939 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Shirley Temple · Richard Greene · Anita Louise · Ian Hunter

Plot Based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s popular children’s book and stage play, THE LITTLE PRINCESS features one of Shirley Temple’s most memorable performances and her first Technicolor appearance. Temple stars as...

5.9

529 votes

5.9

529 votes

On the Riviera

1951 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Danny Kaye · Gene Tierney · Corinne Calvet · Marcel Dalio

Plot Jack Martin (Danny Kaye), an American entertainer working cabarets on the French Riviera, does an impersonation of philandering industrialist Henri Duran (Kaye, again) so convincingly that even Duran's beautiful wife...

5.9

80 votes

5.9

80 votes

Mother Wore Tights

1947 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Betty Grable · Dan Dailey · Mona Freeman · Connie Marshall

Plot In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank...

5.8

33 votes

5.8

33 votes

The Blue Bird

1940 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Shirley Temple · Spring Byington · Nigel Bruce · Eddie Collins

Plot A poignant story of a selfish young German girl's search for happiness, Blue Bird is a classic Shirley Temple film with a storybook Hansel and Gretel feel. This restored and...

5.8

102 votes

5.8

102 votes

The Jackpot

1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast James Stewart · Barbara Hale · James Gleason · Fred Clark

Plot Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the...

5.6

34 votes

5.6

34 votes

Week-End in Havana

1941 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Alice Faye · Carmen Miranda · John Payne · Cesar Romero

Plot A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waivers from...

5.6

34 votes

5.6

34 votes

Love Before Breakfast

1936 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Carole Lombard · Preston Foster · Cesar Romero · Janet Beecher

Plot Kay Colby (Carole Lombard) is a Park Avenue beauty with two suitors: Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero), who she's engaged to, and Scott Miller (Preston Foster). To clear his way, Scott...

5.6

36 votes

5.6

36 votes

Call Me Madam

1953 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Ethel Merman · Donald O´Connor · Vera-Ellen · George Sanders

Plot Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.

5.5

29 votes

5.5

29 votes

With a Song in My Heart

1952 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Susan Hayward · Rory Calhoun · David Wayne · Thelma Ritter

Plot Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane's popularity soars, and she leaves...

5.5

47 votes

5.5

47 votes

But Not for Me

1959 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Clark Gable · Carroll Baker · Lilli Palmer · Lee J. Cobb

Plot Russ Ward, after 30 years of producing Broadway plays, is ready to quit. His secretary, Ellie Brown, on being given notice, tells him she loves him. Russ proceeds to turn...

5.3

33 votes

5.3

33 votes

The College Hero

1927 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Robert Agnew · Pauline Garon · Ben Turpin · Rex Lease

Plot Bob and Jim start out at college as rivals, but soon become great friends. When Bob takes pretty Vivian Saunders to the prom, Jim is disappointed--he wanted to take her--but...

Not rated

Not rated

You're My Everything

1949 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Dan Dailey · Anne Baxter · Anne Revere · Stanley Ridges

Plot In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on...

Not rated

Not rated