The best George J. Lewis’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best George J. Lewis’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about George J. Lewis.
Casablanca
8.5/10
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Shane
7.6/10
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Appointment with Danger
6.5/10
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
Tap Roots
6.5/10
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist (Ward Bond) and a Native American gentleman (Boris Karloff). The abolitionist's daughter (Susan Hayward) is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher (Van Heflin) when her fiance (Whitfield Connor), a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister (Julie London). The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
Red Morning
5.9/10
A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.
A Cry in the Night
6/10
A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
No Hands on the Clock
6/10
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
The Bandits of Corsica
5.3/10
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
Hell on Frisco Bay
6.4/10
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.
The Falcon's Brother
6.4/10
A gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Lazy River
5.3/10
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
The Iron Mistress
6.2/10
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
One Touch of Venus
6.6/10
Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. The problems begin, however, when Venus falls in love with him.
One Way Street
6.5/10
After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.
Docks of New Orleans
5.7/10
Detective Charlie Chan springs into action when top officials of a New Orleans chemical company begin dropping like flies.
The Headline Woman
5.8/10
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the reporter eventually finds himself falling in love and trying to find the real killer.
Back Door to Heaven
5.9/10
The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".
Call Her Savage
7/10
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage fails and she learns the errors of her ways.
Devil's Canyon
5.4/10
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
Saddle Legion
6.1/10
A cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.
