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the 40 FILMS of GLORIA GRAHAME (1923 - 1981)

by milam_ogden • Created 9 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
God is sad today because Gloria Grahame died in 1981 on this date of stomach cancer in New York City. She is one of iconic actresses of the film noir genre.

Her film career began in 1944 and concluded in 1981. She appeared in 44 feature films.

Her most popular genres included: film noir, drama, romance, and crime.

8.6 Highest rated IMDb - It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
4.3 Lowest rated IMDb - Chandler (1971)

Mode = 6.8 (4)
Mean = 6.4
Meadian = 6.7
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  • Gloria Grahame and Philip Dorn in Blonde Fever (1944)

    1. Blonde Fever

    19441h 9mApproved
    5.5 (488)
    Peter owns a small but upscale café on the road between Reno and Lake Tahoe in Nevada. He is a heavy gambler and his marriage is rocky. Into is life come a waitress named Sally.
    DirectorRichard WhorfStarsPhilip DornMary AstorFelix Bressart
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Lucille Ball in Without Love (1945)

    2. Without Love

    19451h 51mApproved43Metascore
    6.6 (2.8K)
    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.
    DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnLucille Ball
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    3. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (531K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
    highest rated IMDb for Grahame
  • Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, and Peter Lawford in It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)

    4. It Happened in Brooklyn

    19471h 44mApproved
    6.5 (1.2K)
    Soldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.
    DirectorRichard WhorfStarsFrank SinatraKathryn GraysonPeter Lawford
  • Robert Mitchum, Robert Young, Gloria Grahame, Sam Levene, and Robert Ryan in Crossfire (1947)

    5. Crossfire

    19471h 26mApproved
    7.3 (10K)
    A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRobert YoungRobert MitchumRobert Ryan
    an excellent film noir classic
  • Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Asta Jr. in Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    6. Song of the Thin Man

    19471h 26mApproved60Metascore
    6.9 (6K)
    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.
    DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyKeenan Wynn
  • Virginia O'Brien and Red Skelton in Merton of the Movies (1947)

    7. Merton of the Movies

    19471h 22mApproved
    6.3 (536)
    A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
    DirectorRobert AltonStarsRed SkeltonVirginia O'BrienGloria Grahame
  • Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Victor Jory, and Bill Williams in A Woman's Secret (1949)

    8. A Woman's Secret

    19491h 24mApproved
    6.0 (2.1K)
    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.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsMaureen O'HaraMelvyn DouglasGloria Grahame
  • Gloria Grahame, Jeff Donnell, John Ireland, and Robert Sterling in Roughshod (1949)

    9. Roughshod

    19491h 28mApproved
    6.6 (837)
    Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.
    DirectorMark RobsonStarsRobert SterlingGloria GrahameClaude Jarman Jr.
  • Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)

    10. In a Lonely Place

    19501h 34mApproved
    7.9 (38K)
    A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsHumphrey BogartGloria GrahameFrank Lovejoy
    Grahame's best film performance in my opinion
  • Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, and Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

    11. The Greatest Show on Earth

    19522h 32mApproved76Metascore
    6.5 (17K)
    The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsJames StewartCharlton HestonBetty Hutton
  • Robert Mitchum in Macao (1952)

    12. Macao

    19521h 21mApproved
    6.6 (4.1K)
    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?
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsRobert MitchumJane RussellWilliam Bendix
    a mediocre film noir
  • Joan Crawford in Sudden Fear (1952)

    13. Sudden Fear

    19521h 50mApproved
    7.5 (8.2K)
    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.
    DirectorDavid MillerStarsJoan CrawfordJack PalanceGloria Grahame
    a good film noir classic
  • Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

    14. The Bad and the Beautiful

    19521h 58mApproved86Metascore
    7.7 (17K)
    An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter Pidgeon
  • Gloria Grahame in The Glass Wall (1953)

    15. The Glass Wall

    19531h 22mApproved
    6.8 (1.5K)
    Peter is a refugee who wants to make a better life for himself in America, but he doesn't have the proper papers. Desperate for entry, he jumps ship and flees to New York to search for a World War II veteran whom he helped during the war.
    DirectorMaxwell ShaneStarsVittorio GassmanGloria GrahameAnn Robinson
    an okay film noir
  • Cameron Mitchell and Terry Moore in Man on a Tightrope (1953)

    16. Man on a Tightrope

    19531h 45mApproved
    7.2 (2K)
    A Czech circus owner and clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the Iron Curtain.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsFredric MarchTerry MooreGloria Grahame
  • Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat (1953)

    17. The Big Heat

    19531h 29mApproved
    7.9 (31K)
    Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsGlenn FordGloria GrahameJocelyn Brando
    another great film noir performance by Grahame
  • Turhan Bey, Gloria Grahame, and Cesar Romero in Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)

    18. Prisoners of the Casbah

    19531h 18mApproved
    4.7 (171)
    A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I Divorce You" three times.
    DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGloria GrahameCesar RomeroTurhan Bey
  • Richard Basehart and Gloria Grahame in The Good Die Young (1954)

    19. The Good Die Young

    19541h 40mApproved
    6.7 (1.6K)
    In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsLaurence HarveyGloria GrahameRichard Basehart
  • Gloria Grahame in Human Desire (1954)

    20. Human Desire

    19541h 31mApproved
    7.1 (7K)
    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.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsGlenn FordGloria GrahameBroderick Crawford
    another great performance by Grahame
  • Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, and Gene Barry in Naked Alibi (1954)

    21. Naked Alibi

    19541h 26mApproved
    6.5 (1.9K)
    A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.
    DirectorJerry HopperStarsSterling HaydenGloria GrahameGene Barry
    a good film noir classic
  • Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish, Richard Widmark, and Gloria Grahame in The Cobweb (1955)

    22. The Cobweb

    19552h 14mApproved
    6.3 (2.3K)
    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.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsRichard WidmarkLauren BacallCharles Boyer
    a mediocre film noir
  • Not as a Stranger (1955)

    23. Not as a Stranger

    19552h 15mApproved55Metascore
    6.7 (2.8K)
    Intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, an ego-driven aspiring physician comes to grips with his own imperfections.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsOlivia de HavillandFrank SinatraRobert Mitchum
  • Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)

    24. Oklahoma!

    19552h 25mG74Metascore
    7.0 (15K)
    In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene Nelson
  • The Man Who Never Was (1956)

    25. The Man Who Never Was

    19561h 43mApproved
    7.4 (6.1K)
    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.
    DirectorRonald NeameStarsClifton WebbGloria GrahameRobert Flemyng

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