Dana Andrews Filmography
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1. Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Western
In between romantic bouts with a widow, the Cisco Kid corrals a gang of bad guys led by a crooked judge; the gang are driving people off their land and blaming it on the Kid.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Dana Andrews, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 107
Sergeant Dunn
2. Sailor's Lady (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy
Sailor (Hall) is going to marry his girlfriend (Kelly) when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Jon Hall, Joan Davis, Dana Andrews
Votes: 103
Scrappy Wilson
3. Kit Carson (1940)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Western
Indian fighter, trapper and frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train of settlers from Fort Bridger, along the Oregon Trail through Shoshone territory, to California which plans to secede from Mexico.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber
Votes: 621
Captain John C. Fremont
4. The Westerner (1940)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Western
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone
Votes: 6,797
Hod Johnson
5. Tobacco Road (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Charley Grapewin, Gene Tierney, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy
Votes: 2,571
Captain Tim
6. Belle Starr (1941)
Approved | 87 min | Western
At the end of the Civil War, an embittered Southern belle joins forces with a Confederate guerrilla leader to raid Union towns.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 992
Maj. Thomas Crail
7. Swamp Water (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer.
Directors: Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel | Stars: Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews
Votes: 2,110
Ben
8. Ball of Fire (1941)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers
Votes: 14,053
Joe Lilac
9. Berlin Correspondent (1942)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In 1941, a U.S. radio correspondent (Dana Andrews as Bill Roberts) in Berlin broadcasts sensitive information about the Nazis, prompting the Gestapo to investigate these leaks and how they pass the censors.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Virginia Gilmore, Dana Andrews, Mona Maris, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 513
Bill Roberts
10. Crash Dive (1943)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason
Votes: 1,749
Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors
11. The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Western
When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 24,951 | Gross: $1.64M
Donald Martin
12. The North Star (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the German invasion of June 1941.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,791
Kolya Simonov
13. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,007
Ghost of US sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
14. Up in Arms (1944)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Musical
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore, Constance Dowling
Votes: 1,123
Joe
15. The Purple Heart (1944)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, History, War
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger, Kevin O'Shea
Votes: 1,076
Capt. Harvey Ross
16. Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford
Votes: 1,549
Lt. Cmdr. Edward Moulton
17. Laura (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price
Votes: 51,404 | Gross: $4.36M
Det. Lt. Mark McPherson
18. State Fair (1945)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Each member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 4,495
Pat Gilbert
19. Fallen Angel (1945)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford
Votes: 6,512
Eric Stanton
20. 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: 4,080
Sgt. Bill Tyne
21. Canyon Passage (1946)
Passed | 92 min | Western
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc
Votes: 2,652
Logan Stuart
22. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Approved | 170 min | Drama, Romance, War
Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Teresa Wright
Votes: 70,532 | Gross: $23.65M
Fred Derry
23. Boomerang! (1947)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams
Votes: 5,058
State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey
24. Night Song (1947)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Music
When a beautiful socialite falls in love with an embittered composer who is blind, she feigns blindness herself in order to get closer to him.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore, Hoagy Carmichael
Votes: 677
Dan Evans
25. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A commercial artist having an affair with a married attorney becomes involved with a returning soldier and must choose between the two.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick
Votes: 3,035
Dan O'Mara
26. The Iron Curtain (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Biography, Crime, History
The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger
Votes: 1,106
Igor Gouzenko
27. Deep Waters (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
The friendship between a fisherman and an orphan boy disturbs others because of the dangers at sea.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 384
Hod Stillwell
28. No Minor Vices (1948)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy
Perry Ashwell is a self-satisfied child psychologist who takes his colleagues and wife somewhat for granted. So confident is he of his position that he introduces rich attractive painter ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, Louis Jourdan, Jane Wyatt
Votes: 268
Perry Ashwell
29. The Forbidden Street (1949)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Dana Andrews, Maureen O'Hara, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton
Votes: 574
Henry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale
30. Sword in the Desert (1949)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler
Votes: 319
Mike Dillon
31. My Foolish Heart (1949)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Romance
After being visited by an old friend, a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Lois Wheeler
Votes: 1,296
Walt Dreiser
32. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed
Votes: 9,954
Det. Mark Dixon
33. Edge of Doom (1950)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mentally unbalanced young man kills a priest. One of the priest's colleagues sets out to find the killer.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith
Votes: 930
Father Thomas Roth
34. Sealed Cargo (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn
Votes: 978
Pat Bannon
35. The Frogmen (1951)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, War
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 1,540
Jake Flannigan
36. I Want You (1951)
Passed | 102 min | Drama
In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow
Votes: 613
Martin Greer
37. Assignment: Paris (1952)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold war intrigue in France and Hungary.
Directors: Robert Parrish, Phil Karlson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders, Audrey Totter
Votes: 685
Jimmy Race
38. Elephant Walk (1954)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama
The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch, Abraham Sofaer
Votes: 2,730
Dick Carver
39. Duel in the Jungle (1954)
97 min | Adventure
In Rhodesia, the accidental death of a diamond broker raises suspicions with his American insurer, which sends a claims investigator to clarify the matter.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, David Farrar, Patrick Barr
Votes: 348
Scott Walters
40. Three Hours to Kill (1954)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Framed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 914
Jim Guthrie
41. Smoke Signal (1955)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Drama, Western
A suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort flee Indians along a dangerous river.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason, William Talman
Votes: 526
Brett Halliday
42. Strange Lady in Town (1955)
Approved | 112 min | Western
Greer Garson plays a female doctor who plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Lois Smith
Votes: 599
Dr. Rourke O'Brien
43. Comanche (1956)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Western
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon
Votes: 711
Jim Read
44. While the City Sleeps (1956)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir