The best Teresa Wright’s movies

Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

27/10/1918- 06/03/2005
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The Exorcist III

The Exorcist III
6.5/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 17/08/1990
  • Character: Penitent (uncredited)
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased serial killer. It eventually leads him to a catatonic patient in a psychiatric hospital who has recently started to speak, claiming he is The Gemini and detailing the murders, but bears a striking resemblance to Father Damien Karras.

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker
7.2/10
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time
7.2/10
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 15/01/1943
  • Character: Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton
A bored teen living in Santa Rosa, California, Charlotte "Charlie" Newton, is frustrated because nothing seems to be happening in her life and that of her family. Then, she receives wonderful news: her uncle (for whom she was named), Charlie Oakley, is arriving for a visit. But Uncle Charlie may not be the man he seems to be.

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 29/08/1941
  • Character: Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the 20th century. Regina Giddons née Hubbard has her daughter under her thumb. Mrs. Giddons is estranged from her husband, who is convalescing in Baltimore and suffers from a terminal illness. But she needs him home, and will manipulate her daughter to help bring him back. She has a sneaky business deal that she's cooking up with her two elder brothers, Oscar and Ben. Oscar has a flighty, unhappy wife and a dishonest worm of a son. Will the daughter have to marry this contemptible cousin? Who will she grow up to be - her mother or her aunt? Or can she escape the fate of both?

Pursued

Pursued
7.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/03/1947
  • Character: Thor
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives
8.1/10
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 14/07/1942
  • Character: Eleanor Twitchell
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver
7.6/10
English middle-class family, The Minivers, experience life in the first months of World War II.

The Men

The Men
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/07/1950
  • Character: Ellen
When Ken (Marlon Brando) is shot in battle, he loses the use of both his legs. In the hospital, he spends his time mired in self-pity, making little effort to respond to treatment. After much encouragement from his devoted fiancée, Ellen (Teresa Wright), he finally consents to let kindly Dr. Brock (Everett Sloane) help him and is determined to be able to stand up on his wedding day. However, he and Ellen begin to question whether they're truly ready to accept the burden of his disability.

The Good Mother

The Good Mother
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 04/11/1988
  • Character: Grandmother Eleanor
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.

Something to Live For

Something to Live For
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/03/1952
  • Character: Edna Miller
Alcoholic actress aided by a married Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair.

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/08/1944
  • Character: Isabel Drury
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.

Enchantment

Enchantment
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/12/1948
  • Character: Lark Ingoldsby
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.

The Elevator

The Elevator
5.4/10
A claustrophobic armed robber flees his latest job and, along with a group of people, gets trapped in a high-rise building's malfunctioning elevator.

Track of the Cat

Track of the Cat
6.4/10
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.

The Actress

The Actress
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 25/09/1953
  • Character: Annie Jones
The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

Roseland

Roseland
6/10
"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding the right dance partner.

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/05/2021
  • Character: Herself
Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the history of cinema.

California Conquest

California Conquest
5.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/07/1952
  • Character: Julie Lawrence
The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.

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