Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

November 28, 1923 · 102 years old

Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American actress. Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her c…

Known For

20 titles
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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 · 2h 10m · Movie

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman see the value of his own life.

8.6
2
In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

1950 · 1h 34m · Movie

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

7.9
3
The Big Heat

The Big Heat

1953 · 1h 29m · Movie

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

7.9
4
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 · 1h 58m · Movie

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

7.8
5
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 · 2h 32m · Movie

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

6.5
6
Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

1955 · 2h 25m · Movie

In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.

7.0
7
Crossfire

Crossfire

1947 · 1h 26m · Movie

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?

7.2
8
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952 · 1h 50m · Movie

After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

7.5
9
Human Desire

Human Desire

1954 · 1h 31m · Movie

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.

7.1
10
The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was

1956 · 1h 43m · Movie

In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.

7.4
11
Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947 · 1h 26m · Movie

Nick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.

6.9
12
Macao

Macao

1952 · 1h 21m · Movie

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

6.6
13
Without Love

Without Love

1945 · 1h 51m · Movie

In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.

6.6
14
The Cobweb

The Cobweb

1955 · 2h 14m · Movie

At a private psychiatric clinic, the daily dramas and interactions between the doctors, nurses, administrators, benefactors and patients are accentuated by the personal and family crises of these individuals.

6.3
15
A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

1949 · 1h 24m · Movie

Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.

6.0
16
Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope

1953 · 1h 45m · Movie

A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.

7.2
17
Naked Alibi

Naked Alibi

1954 · 1h 26m · Movie

A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.

6.5
18
Blood and Lace

Blood and Lace

1971 · 1h 27m · Movie

After her prostitute mother is murdered, a teenage girl is sent to a remote orphanage run by a mysterious woman and her handyman, both whom she comes to suspect are hiding dark secrets.

5.4
19
It Happened in Brooklyn

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947 · 1h 44m · Movie

Soldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.

6.5
20
The Loners

The Loners

1972 · 1h 19m · Movie

On his motorcycle Stein, a half-blood Indian, tries to stay out of the hands of the police, who are chasing him for accidentally killing a cop. Together with his friend Alan and a beautiful but desperate girl Stein will get involv...

5.0