The best Martha Hyer’s drama movies

Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

10/08/1924- 31/05/2014
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Sabrina

Sabrina
7.6/10
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

Houseboat

Houseboat
6.6/10
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

The Chase

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

So Big

So Big
6.7/10
After the death of her father and the loss of his fortune, Selina takes a job teaching school in the Dutch community of New Holland. She stays with the Pools and teaches young Roelf piano. He has a crush on her, but it is Pervus she marries. Dirk is their only child. After a few years Pervus dies. With a young child and only the farm, Selina begins her quest to grow high quality vegetables. She wants more for Dirk and guides his life until he graduates from college as an architect. As her vegetable label prospers, she sees Paula control Dirk's life as he moves away from creating and into sales, which is not where he wants to go.

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/04/1964
  • Character: Jennie Denton
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 14/02/1957
  • Character: Mary Hess
Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950.

Some Came Running

Some Came Running
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 18/12/1958
  • Character: Gwen French
Hard-drinking novelist Dave Hirsh returns home after being gone for years. His brother wants Dave to settle down, and introduces him to English teacher Gwen French. Moody Dave resents his brother, and spends his days hanging out with Bama Dillert, a professional gambler who parties late into the night. Torn between the admiring Gwen and Ginny Morehead, an easy woman who loves him, Dave grows increasingly angry.

Born to Kill

Born to Kill
7.2/10
Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.

The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 09/10/1959
  • Character: Barbara Lamont
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.

The Locket

The Locket
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/12/1946
  • Character: bridesmaid (uncredited)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

Roughshod

Roughshod
6.6/10
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.

House of 1,000 Dolls

House of 1,000 Dolls
4.9/10
When a vacationing couple in Tangiers run into an old friend there, they discover that he is searching for his missing girlfriend who has been kidnapped by an international gang of white slavers. Nader investigates but before he can come up with anything, his friend is murdered. Meanwhile, nightclub magician Price and his mentalist partner continue their nefarious activities--they hypnotize and kidnap young women for the white slavers, and spirit them to the "House of 1000 Dolls." Written by phillindholm

Ice Palace

Ice Palace
6.1/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 02/01/1960
  • Character: Dorothy Wendt Kennedy
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy (Richard Burton) and rugged activist leader Thor Storm (Robert Ryan), two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle for statehood.

Mister Cory

Mister Cory
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/02/1957
  • Character: Abby Vollard
An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.

A Girl Named Tamiko

A Girl Named Tamiko
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/12/1962
  • Character: Fay Wilson
A photographer (Laurence Harvey) based in Tokyo, who's in love with local beauty Tamiko (France Nuyen), begins to court an embassy official (Martha Hyer) so she can help him gain entry into the United States. Drama.

The Big Fisherman

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

Cry Vengeance

Cry Vengeance
6.4/10
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.

Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars
5.4/10
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world

The Judge Steps Out

The Judge Steps Out
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/12/1947
  • Character: Catherine Bailey Struthers III
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 13/07/1948
  • Character: Helen Adams
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

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