The best Walter Huston’s drama movies

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

05/04/1883- 07/04/1950
Today we present the best Walter Huston’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Walter Huston’s movies.
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Dodsworth

Dodsworth
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/09/1936
  • Character: Sam Dodsworth
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

American Madness

American Madness
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/08/1932
  • Character: Thomas Dickson
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None
7.4/10
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.

Rain

Rain
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/10/1932
  • Character: Alfred Davidson
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
8.2/10
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 29/05/1942
  • Character: Jerry Cohan
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
5.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 25/08/1930
  • Character: Abraham Lincoln
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

The Furies

The Furies
7.3/10
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck
6.9/10
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

In This Our Life

In This Our Life
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/05/1942
  • Character: Bartender (uncredited)
A young woman dumps her fiancée and runs off with her sister's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than take the rap herself, she attempts to pin a hit and run accident on the young black clerk who works in Craig's law office.

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun
6.7/10
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 29/04/1943
  • Character: Ambassador Joseph E. Davies
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.

Of Human Hearts

Of Human Hearts
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 11/02/1938
  • Character: Ethan Wilkins
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

The North Star

The North Star
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 04/11/1943
  • Character: Dr. Kurin
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 09/04/1943
  • Character: Dr. Martin Stensgard
The film pivots around the local doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore the occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son, has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/07/1944
  • Character: Ling Tan
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. And heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/06/1949
  • Character: General Ostrovsky
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

All That Money Can Buy

All That Money Can Buy
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaFantasy
  • Release: 17/10/1941
  • Character: Mr. Scratch
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.

Hell Below

Hell Below
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 08/06/1933
  • Character: Lieut. Comdr. T.J. Toler USN
On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. Friction between the two officers becomes intolerable once at sea and after Commander Toler is forced to abandon Tommy's best friend topside while the sub dives to escape enemy planes, Tommy is no longer able to contain his anger.

The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture
6.6/10
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

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