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
Direction Walter Lang
Cast William Powell · Annabella · Helen Westley · Henry Stephenson
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...
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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...
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