Direction: George Seaton

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


36 Hours

1965 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast James Garner · Eva Marie Saint · Rod Taylor · Werner Peters

Plot In this psychological war-drama an Army Major -from the American intelligence- is captured by the Germans during World War II -on the eve of the D-Day-. The Nazis attempt to...

6.9

513 votes

6.9

513 votes

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Maureen O'Hara · John Payne · Edmund Gwenn · Gene Lockhart

Plot Six year old Susan has doubts childhood's most enduring miracle Santa Clause. Her mother told her the "secret" about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn't expect to receive...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast William Holden · Lilli Palmer · Hugh Griffith · Klaus Kinski

Plot A former American citizen, now living in Sweden, is blackmailed into spying for the Allies during World War II. Reluctant at first, his relationship with a beautiful German agent causes...

6.9

500 votes

6.9

500 votes

The Country Girl

1954 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Bing Crosby · Grace Kelly · William Holden · Anthony Ross

Plot Washed up singer/actor Frank Elgin has a chance to make a come-back when director Bernie Dodd offers him the leading role in his new musical. Frank however is very insecure,...

6.7

701 votes

6.7

701 votes

The Teacher's Pet

1958 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Clark Gable · Doris Day · Gig Young · Mamie Van Doren

Plot James Gannon (Clark Gable), the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks, and...

6.5

367 votes

6.5

367 votes

The Hook

1963 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Kirk Douglas · Robert Walker Jr. · Nick Adams · Nehemiah Persoff

Plot Only slightly murky around the edges of character delineation, this wartime drama by George Seaton focuses on three American soldiers on board a neutral Finnish vessel during the Korean War....

6.3

223 votes

6.3

223 votes

Apartment for Peggy

1948 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Jeanne Crain · William Holden · Edmund Gwenn · Gene Lockhart

Plot Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic...

6.3

40 votes

6.3

40 votes

The Proud and Profane

1956 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast William Holden · Deborah Kerr · Thelma Ritter · Dewey Martin

Plot In this war romance, set during WW II, a widow falls for a Marine colonel.

6.1

54 votes

6.1

54 votes

Airport

1970 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Burt Lancaster · Dean Martin · Jean Seberg · Jacqueline Bisset

Plot Arthur Haley's bestselling novel brought to the screen. A midwestern U.S. hub airport struggles to remain open despite the worst snowstorm in 25 years, angry homeowners from a nearby housing...

5.8

3K votes

5.8

3K votes

The Big Lift

1950 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Montgomery Clift · Paul Douglas · Cornell Borchers · Bruni Löbel

Plot In 1948, the Soviet Union blockades the Allied sectors of Berlin to bring the entire city under their control. A semi-documentary about the resulting Berlin Airlift gives way to stories...

5.7

271 votes

5.7

271 votes

Showdown

1973 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Rock Hudson · Dean Martin · Susan Clark · Donald Moffat

Plot Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.

5.4

302 votes

5.4

302 votes

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast George Peppard · Mary Tyler Moore · Don Stroud · Susan Saint James

Plot new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

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Where Do We Go from Here?

1945 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Gregory Ratoff · George Seaton

Cast Fred MacMurray · Joan Leslie · June Haver · Gene Sheldon

Plot Fred MacMurray stars as Bill Morgan, a young American who is eager to join the military and fight for his country during World War II, but his 4F status prevents...

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Little Boy Lost

1953 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Bing Crosby · Claude Dauphin · Christian Fourcade · Gabrielle Dorziat

Plot A war correspondent who was stationed in Paris during WW II married a French girl who was murdered by the Nazis. After the war he returns to to try to...

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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton · John M. Stahl

Cast Betty Grable · Dick Haymes · Anne Revere · Allyn Joslyn

Plot In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she...

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Not rated

Anything Can Happen

1952 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

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For Heaven's Sake

1950 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Clifton Webb · Joan Bennett · Robert Cummings · Edmund Gwenn

Plot Two angels, Charles and Arthur, are sent down to retrieve a young girl who has selected the couple she wishes to be borne to but who are so involved in...

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The Pleasure of His Company

1961 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Fred Astaire · Debbie Reynolds · Lilli Palmer · Tab Hunter

Plot Jessica Poole, is marrying Napa Valley cattle rancher, Roger Henderson, and hopes her peripatetic father, "Pogo" Poole, whom she hasn't seen for years, comes to the wedding.

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Diamond Horseshoe

1945 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Betty Grable · Dick Haymes · Phil Silvers · William Gaxton

Plot Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad's chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes between Dad...

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Chicken Every Sunday

1949 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Dan Dailey · Celeste Holm · Colleen Towsend · Alan Young

Plot Tucson, Arizona, circa 1910: Emily Hefferan wants a divorce. In flashback, she recalls twenty years of marriage to Jim Hefferan, who sinks every cent of each new windfall in harebrained...

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Not rated