The best James Griffith’s drama movies

James Griffith

James Griffith

13/02/1916- 17/09/1993
We present our ranking of the best James Griffith’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about James Griffith.
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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.

The Killing

The Killing
7.9/10
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter
8/10
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaRomance
  • Release: 24/12/1949
  • Character: Crowley's Floorwalker (uncredited)
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/10/1950
  • Character: Charlie, Bartender (uncredited)
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

Dragnet

Dragnet
6.6/10
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

Lorna

Lorna
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/09/1964
  • Character: The Man of God
Lorna has been married to Jim for a year, but still hasn't been satisfied sexually. While Jim is working at the salt mine, she is raped by an escaped convict, but falls in lust with him. Meanwhile Jim's buddies are giving him a hard time about Lorna's supposed infidelity, not realizing how close to the mark they really are. Trouble starts when Jim gets home early from work because it's their anniversary.

Blonde Ice

Blonde Ice
6/10
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.

Count Three and Pray

Count Three and Pray
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 01/10/1955
  • Character: Swallow
A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.

Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/02/1951
  • Character: Arthur
Screen legend and Academy Award-winner Bette Davis ("All About Eve," "Dark Victory") stars with Emmy-nominee Barry Sullivan ("Rich Man, Poor Man") in this compelling look at why people drift apart in marriage and seek divorce, with all its consequences.

Flood!

Flood!
5.3/10
Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.

Seven Alone

Seven Alone
5.6/10
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.

The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/10/1951
  • Character: Joplin's Agent (Uncredited)
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Eight Iron Men

Eight Iron Men
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/12/1952
  • Character: Pvt. Ferguson
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.

The Shanghai Story

The Shanghai Story
5.8/10
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.

Double Deal

Double Deal
6/10
An oil engineer (Richard Denning) surrounded by foul play helps an heiress (Marie Windsor) bring in a well.

Bright Leaf

Bright Leaf
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/06/1950
  • Character: Ellery (uncredited)
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

The Big Fisherman

The Big Fisherman
5.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/08/1959
  • Character: Beggar
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.

I Cover the Underworld

I Cover the Underworld
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/05/1955
  • Character: Smiley Di Angelo
Gunner O'Hara is about to be released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, and receives a visit from his twin brother John, a divinity student soon to be ordained as a priest. Aware that Gunner plans to resume his criminal career, John decides to stop him.

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll
6/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 11/11/1949
  • Character: Joe, a Reporter
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

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