The best Jocelyn Brando’s movies

Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn Brando

18/11/1919- 27/11/2005
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The Chase

The Chase
7.1/10
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/09/1981
  • Character: Barbara Bennett
In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, her callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina becomes even more pronounced. Christina leaves home and takes her first acting role, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.

The Big Heat

The Big Heat
7.9/10
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow
6.7/10
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/04/1979
  • Character: Mrs. Hemmings
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

Nightfall

Nightfall
7.1/10
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Movie Movie

Movie Movie
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/11/1978
  • Character: Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/02/1955
  • Character: Corinne Michaels
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
4.8/10
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.

The Ugly American

The Ugly American
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 02/04/1963
  • Character: Emma Atkins
An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?

A Question of Love

A Question of Love
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 26/11/1978
  • Character: Mrs. Hunnicutt
A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.

Bus Riley's Back in Town

Bus Riley's Back in Town
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/03/1965
  • Character: Mrs. Riley
Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship. The only problem is she has married in the mean time. Searching for fulfilment in his life, Bus decides to get a job with his gay friend who is a mortician. When the mortician makes a pass at him, Bus quickly gets out.

China Venture

China Venture
5.5/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 07/09/1953
  • Character: Lt. Ellen Wilkins
American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Step Down to Terror

Step Down to Terror
6.1/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/09/1958
  • Character: Lily Kirby
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...

The Explosive Generation

The Explosive Generation
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/10/1961
  • Character: Mrs. Ryker
Peter Gifford is a likable, dedicated schoolteacher that teaches a senior life skills class. When student Janet Sommers brings up the topic of sex and dating, he asks students to write questions on the topic, and will cover them in the next class. The parents get wind of what Gifford is about to do, notify the principal, and he warns Peter not to read the questions in class. Gifford decides to go against this and is suspended. The whole student body protests, and the administration gets worried on what to do.

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