The best Howard McNear’s drama movies

Howard McNear

Howard McNear

27/01/1905- 03/01/1969
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Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder
8/10
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
6/10
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream
6.5/10
When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their 'adopted' children—Holly, Ariadne, and the twins—start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.

The Big Circus

The Big Circus
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/07/1959
  • Character: Mr. Lomax
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.

My Blood Runs Cold

My Blood Runs Cold
5.5/10
Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling her Barbara. Later, at the Merriday beach house, Julie's Aunt Sarah tells Julie that her great great grandmother was named Barbara, and furthermore, that ancestress had an illegitimate child fathered by one Benjamin Gunther.

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6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/11/1959
  • Character: Editor
A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

Affair in Reno

Affair in Reno
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/02/1957
  • Character: James T. James
The story of a PR man hired by a millionaire to go to Reno to prevent his daughter from marrying an opportunistic gambler.

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