The best Donald Curtis’s movies

Donald Curtis

Donald Curtis

27/02/1915- 22/05/1997
Today we present the best Donald Curtis’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 Donald Curtis’s movies.
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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
7.9/10
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

Spellbound

Spellbound
7.5/10
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

Night Passage

Night Passage
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/07/1957
  • Character: Jubilee
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
6.3/10
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.

7th Cavalry

7th Cavalry
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/12/1956
  • Character: Lt. Bob Fitch
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.

Phffft

Phffft
6.6/10
Robert and Nina Tracy were once a happy couple, but eight years of marriage has taken a toll on their relationship. They decide to call it quits and get a divorce. In their ensuing freedom, they are excited to dive back into the world of dating. Nina has a date with a suave actor, and Robert meets a blonde bombshell. However, when their dalliances get complicated, they quickly realize that single life might not be what they bargained for.

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/12/1955
  • Character: Howard Hoffer
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

It Came from Beneath the Sea

It Came from Beneath the Sea
5.9/10
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.

In Old California

In Old California
6.3/10
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 07/12/1945
  • Character: Lt. (J.G.) 'Shorty' Long
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

Bataan

Bataan
6.9/10
During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police
6.4/10
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent
6/10
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove
6.2/10
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.

The Son of Monte Cristo

The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2/10
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.

Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance
6.5/10
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X
6.4/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 29/07/1948
  • Character: Paul Faber
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/10/1943
  • Character: Joe Peterson
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/10/1940
  • Character: West Point Football Player (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
6.6/10
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov, this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia; where, it so happens, is found polarite, antidote to the plague. But Ming will use all his forces to keep our heroes from thwarting his plans of conquest.

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