Direction: George Sidney

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


Scaramouche

1952 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Stewart Granger · Eleanor Parker · Janet Leigh · Mel Ferrer

Plot In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

7.5

4K votes

7.5

4K votes

The Three Musketeers

1948 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Gene Kelly · Lana Turner · June Allyson · Frank Morgan

Plot Gene Kelly heads up George Sidney's star-studded version of the classic Alexandre Dumas tale of adventure and espionage. In this wry, tongue-in-cheek retelling, the country swain D'Artagnan (Kelly) survives his...

7.0

13K votes

7.0

13K votes

Anchors Aweigh

1945 · Movie · 139 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Gene Kelly · Frank Sinatra · Kathryn Grayson · José Iturbi

Plot Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra teamed up for their first of three musical comedies in this frothy confection of sailors on leave in Hollywood, with gawky, shy young Sinatra tagging...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Jeanne Eagels

1957 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

6.5

69 votes

6.5

69 votes

Ziegfeld Follies

1945 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli · Lemuel Ayers · Roy Del Ruth · Robert Lewis

Cast Fred Astaire · William Powell · Judy Garland · Lucille Ball

Plot The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

6.4

313 votes

6.4

313 votes

Pal Joey

1957 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Frank Sinatra · Rita Hayworth · Kim Novak · Barbara Nichols

Plot Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl ("She used to be 'Vera...with the Vanishing Veils'") and now...

6.4

533 votes

6.4

533 votes

Young Bess

1953 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Jean Simmons · Stewart Granger · Deborah Kerr · Charles Laughton

Plot Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she has an unhappy love for admiral Thomas...

6.4

372 votes

6.4

372 votes

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Tyrone Power · Kim Novak · Victoria Shaw · James Whitmore

Plot The era of the big bands, grand ballrooms, and casino nightlife comes alive in The Eddy Duchin Story, a musical biography of the talented pianist and bandleader who set New...

6.4

257 votes

6.4

257 votes

Kiss Me Kate

1953 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Howard Keel · Ann Miller · Keenan Wynn

Plot Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course,...

6.4

242 votes

6.4

242 votes

Show Boat

1951 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Ava Gardner · Howard Keel · Joe E. Brown

Plot The story, based on Edna Ferber's famous novel about life on a Mississippi show boat, tells parallel love stories of two doomed marriages. Magnolia (Kathryn Grayson), the sheltered daughter of...

6.4

451 votes

6.4

451 votes

Who Was That Lady

1960 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Tony Curtis · Dean Martin · Janet Leigh · James Whitmore

Plot Real-life husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh star as David and Ann Wilson. David is a university professor who is kissing one of his students when Ann walks...

6.2

254 votes

6.2

254 votes

Half a Sixpence

1967 · Movie · 143 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George Sidney

Cast Tommy Steele · Julia Foster · Cyril Ritchard · Penelope Horner

Plot Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile, has a sudden abrupt change of life when his wealthy grandfather dies and leaves him a pile of...

6.1

40 votes

6.1

40 votes

The Harvey Girls

1946 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Judy Garland · John Hodiak · Ray Bolger · Angela Lansbury

Plot A frothy musical about the romantic misadventures of the Harvey girls, waitresses employed by the Old West Harvey Restaurant chain. Their ladylike behavior had a civilizing effect on their wild...

6.0

112 votes

6.0

112 votes

Bye Bye Birdie

1963 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Janet Leigh · Ann-Margret · Dick Van Dyke · Bobby Rydell

Plot Conrad Birdie is an Elvis Presley-type rock 'n' roll star who is drafted into the Army, much to the horror of his broke agent, Albert Peterson. In an attempt to...

5.9

259 votes

5.9

259 votes

Annie Get Your Gun

1950 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Betty Hutton · Howard Keel · Louis Calhern · J. Carrol Naish

Plot Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who was raised 'Doin' What Comes Naturally'. Frank Butler, the star sharpshooter in 'Colonel Buffalo Bill''s show, however, knows full well that's not how...

5.8

68 votes

5.8

68 votes

Bathing Beauty

1944 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

5.8

922 votes

5.8

922 votes

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Richard Whorf · Vincente Minnelli · George Sidney

Cast Judy Garland · June Allyson · Frank Sinatra · Van Johnson

Plot Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous:...

5.5

165 votes

5.5

165 votes

The Red Danube

1949 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Walter Pidgeon · Ethel Barrymore · Peter Lawford · Angela Lansbury

Plot Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael 'Hooky' Nicobar is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the...

5.4

42 votes

5.4

42 votes

Jupiter's Darling

1954 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

5.4

87 votes

5.4

87 votes

Pepe

1960 · Movie · 142 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" · Dan Dailey · Shirley Jones · Vicki Trickett

Plot The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood star Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the...

5.1

286 votes

5.1

286 votes