80 FILMS of STEVE BRODIE (1919 - 1992)
by milam_ogden | created - 25 Nov 2015 | updated - 25 Nov 2015 | PublicGod smiled and danced in the streets on this date in 1919 when Steve Brodie was born in El Dorado, KS.
Brodie got the bug for acting by performing in summer stock He hooked up with MGM in 1944 and his career was lauched.
During a career that spanned 44 years, Steve appeared in 80 feature films plus 88 television series. 89% of his film appearances occurred in the 40s and 50s.
Brodie was a versatile performer who appeared a many genres:
dramas (42); westerns (21); crime/film noir (21); romance (18) and adventure (16).
His IMDb ratings are: Mean = 6.3; Median = 6.2 and
Mode = 6.5 (7)
Lowest IMDb rating = 1.9 Frankenstein Island (1981)
Highest IMDb rating = 8.1 Out of the Past (1947)
Brodie extended his career through TV series in the 50s and 60s. He had reoccurring roles on: Lassie, Gunsmoke, Rawhide and Bonanza. Three of these were westerns.
I always enjoyed Brodie perform; he could be very serious, funny, loving and devious, all in the same movie.
Steve passed away on January 9th, 1992 in West Hills, CA.
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1. Ladies Courageous (1944)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, War
The story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, a unit of female pilots during WW II who flew bombers from the factories to their final destinations.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Loretta Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Diana Barrymore, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 151
2. Follow the Boys (1944)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were ... See full summary »
Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, John Rawlins | Stars: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 499
3. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Passed | 138 min | Drama, History, War
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock
Votes: 6,386
a very good World War II movie
4. This Man's Navy (1945)
100 min | Drama, Adventure
Ned Trumpet, the chief pilot of a Navy blimp, is given to weaving accounts of the fighting prowess of his non-existent son. His friendship with widow Maude Weaver and her son Jess in effect sets him up with a real family.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason, Jan Clayton
Votes: 272
5. The Clock (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1945, during a 48-hour leave, a soldier accidentally meets a girl at Pennsylvania Station and spends his leave with her, eventually falling in love with the lovely New Yorker.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 4,009 | Gross: $2.78M
6. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 626
7. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Passed | 140 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
Directors: George Sidney, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, José Iturbi
Votes: 9,337
8. The Crimson Canary (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, John Litel, Steven Geray
Votes: 100
9. A Walk in the Sun (1945)
Approved | 117 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland
Votes: 4,048
10. Young Widow (1946)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A grieving war widow meets a young Lieutenant but spurns him for trying too hard to gain her affection. Will she give him a second chance when they meet again?
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Faith Domergue, Marie Wilson
Votes: 338
11. Badman's Territory (1946)
Passed | 97 min | Western
Sheriff Mark Rowley and his brother John find themselves in an annexed area of Indian Territory which is home to notorious outlaws like Jesse James and Sam Bass.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ann Richards, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Ray Collins
Votes: 846 | Gross: $4.00M
a mediocre western
12. Sunset Pass (1946)
Passed | 64 min | Western
A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he is rescued and reformed by his sister, and an undercover agent for the express company.
Director: William Berke | Stars: James Warren, Nan Leslie, John Laurenz, Jane Greer
Votes: 142
13. Criminal Court (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Steve and his girlfriend are implicated in a murder, but they are innocent! Can they convince the authorities of it in time? Tom Conway and Martha O'Driscoll. He's running for public office. ..what they all must do to get out of it.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll, June Clayworth, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 528
14. The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
Passed | 61 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
The Falcon rescues Louisa Braganza from kidnappers who want her father's secret formula for making diamonds. Her father's murder is pinned on the Falcon and, when he and she flee to Florida, another murder seems to confirm his guilt.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward Brophy, Robert Warwick
Votes: 520
15. Trail Street (1947)
Approved | 84 min | Western
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 816
an adequate western
16. Code of the West (1947)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Knowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in time to save Banker Stockton and his money from Carter's men. When Stockton then lends the ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: James Warren, Debra Alden, John Laurenz, Steve Brodie
Votes: 131
17. Desperate (1947)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 2,570
a classic film noir movie, one of Brodie's first starring roles
18. Thunder Mountain (1947)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
"Thunder Mountain" is the first of Tim Holt's 29 postwar westerns spread over the five year period from June, 1947 to June, 1952. While the film has one Zane Grey title, it has more ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Tim Holt, Martha Hyer, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie
Votes: 164
19. Crossfire (1947)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 9,554 | Gross: $1.30M
an excellent film noir classic
20. Out of the Past (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 40,504
one of the best film noir movies ever made
21. The Arizona Ranger (1948)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Western
Bob Morgan returns home but alienates his father by not staying at his ranch. Instead he becomes the head of the new Arizona Rangers. Matters get worse between father and son when when his ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin
Votes: 188
22. Guns of Hate (1948)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Ben Jason has found a lost gold mine. When Morgan learns this from Wyatt, he and his henchman Rocky chase down Jason and kill him. Banning and sidekick Rafferty arrive on the scene only to ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie
Votes: 175
23. Return of the Bad Men (1948)
Approved | 90 min | Western
When part of Oklahoma Territory becomes officially part of the U.S., Vance Cordrell is forced to deal with some of the most infamous outlaws of the Old West.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 900
24. Station West (1948)
Approved | 97 min | Western
After two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Tom Powers
Votes: 1,498
a very good noir western
25. Bodyguard (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, June Clayworth
Votes: 1,156
26. Rose of the Yukon (1949)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Major Geoffrey Barnett, U. S. Army Intelligence Service, is sent to Alaska, to apprehend a deserter, Tom Clark, who was presumed to be dead as a member of a small force wiped out on Attu in... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Steve Brodie, Myrna Dell, William Wright, Emory Parnell
Votes: 22
27. Brothers in the Saddle (1949)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
Bad seed Steve Taylor is pulled out of a saloon by his brother Tim after Steve kills cheating poker player Hoyt Parker in self defense. Steve, who's been financing his gambling addiction ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Virginia Cox
Votes: 150
28. Rustlers (1949)
Approved | 61 min | Western
A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any further rustling, marks the currency that rancher Frank Abbott turns over to the gang to ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer, Steve Brodie
Votes: 175
29. I Cheated the Law (1949)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A lawyer, John Campbell (Tom Conway) defends gangster Frank Bricolle (Steve Brodie), on a murder charge and gets him acquitted. Campbell later finds out that Bricolle was really guilty, but... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Tom Conway, Steve Brodie, Robert Osterloh, Barbara Billingsley
Votes: 12
30. Home of the Brave (1949)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, War
During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Douglas Dick, Steve Brodie, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 783
31. Massacre River (1949)
Approved | 78 min | Western
Two cavalry officers clash over the colonel's daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews, Cathy Downs
Votes: 280
32. Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
This modern tale borrows from an old story in establishing Langan, who works on a ship that docks in San Francisco, as a descendant of the Count of Monte Cristo. Crooked Lawyer Brodie sets ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie, Bobby Jordan
Votes: 211
33. The Big Wheel (1949)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A brash young midget car race driver lives in the shadow of his famous father, a drunken womanizer, who was killed in an accident years earlier.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Michael O'Shea, Mary Hatcher
Votes: 627
34. Tough Assignment (1949)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Western
In order to investigate a modern-day cattle rustling operation, a newspaper reporter and his girlfriend infiltrate the gang.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie, Marc Lawrence
Votes: 128
35. The Great Plane Robbery (1950)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When an airplane lands in Los Angeles after sending a radio request for police and medical aid, one of the passengers, matronly Mrs. Judd, tells Police Inspector Bruce what happened: After ... See full synopsis »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton, Steve Brodie, Lynne Roberts
36. Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A well-planned robbery goes awry, with tough cop Cordell in pursuit.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 2,959
a very good film noir movie
37. It's a Small World (1950)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
Harry Musk is one in a million. Adult, pint-sized Harry longs to be part of the big world.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Paul Dale, Lorraine Miller, Will Geer, Nina Koshetz
Votes: 173
38. Winchester '73 (1950)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Drama, Western
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally
Votes: 21,760
an excellent western directed by Anthony Mann
39. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond
Votes: 2,411
another good film noir movie
40. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands
Votes: 398
41. The Steel Helmet (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Drama, War
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards
Votes: 4,705
very good war flick from Sam Fuller
42. The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure
In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche and Major Nicolet to Normandy in search of the members of a group of rebels. A Masked ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Geraghty | Stars: George Montgomery, Paula Corday, Berry Kroeger, William Conrad
Votes: 190
43. M (1951)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler
Votes: 2,338
44. Only the Valiant (1951)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Western