The best Dayton Lummis’s movies

Dayton Lummis

Dayton Lummis

08/08/1903- 23/03/1988
Today we present the best Dayton Lummis’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Dayton Lummis’s movies.
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Spartacus

Spartacus
7.9/10
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 04/06/1953
  • Character: Messala
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man
7.4/10
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny
7.7/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 23/06/1954
  • Character: Uncle Lloyd (uncredited)
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/07/1960
  • Character: Eddington
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story
7.3/10
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

All I Desire

All I Desire
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 03/07/1953
  • Character: Colonel Underwood
In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.

Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer
6.3/10
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.

The Cobweb

The Cobweb
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/06/1955
  • Character: Dr. Tim Carmody (Uncredited)
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.

The Spoilers

The Spoilers
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 20/09/1955
  • Character: Wheaton
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.

Mooncussers

Mooncussers
7.6/10
A young boy discovers the existence of a group called the Mooncussers - a gang of pirates that work at night and sends out false homing signals to ships at sea. The ships then crash on the shore, where they are looted by the gang.

Over-Exposed

Over-Exposed
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/04/1956
  • Character: Horace Sutherland
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.

The Flight That Disappeared

The Flight That Disappeared
5.7/10
A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.

The Yellow Mountain

The Yellow Mountain
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 16/11/1954
  • Character: Geraghty
A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.

Bitter Heritage

Bitter Heritage
7.5/10
A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love interest is Elizabeth Montgomery.

Man in the Dark

Man in the Dark
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 09/04/1953
  • Character: Dr. Marston
A prisoner undergoes experimental brain surgery in order to get early parole. He released but has no memories. Things get dangerous when a group of thugs go after him in search of loot he hid before his amnesia.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast
4.7/10
  • Genre: HorrorRomance
  • Release: 01/03/1962
  • Character: Roderick, Count of Sardi
A low-budget re-telling of the classic fairy tale.

The First Texan

The First Texan
6.1/10
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.

Sudden Danger

Sudden Danger
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/12/1955
  • Character: Raymond Wilkins
Det Andy Doyle (Bill Elliott) suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son, Wallace (Tom Drake) who is blind and he pursues him until he gets to the truth..

Princess of the Nile

Princess of the Nile
6.2/10
Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.

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