Movies by Walter Pidgeon

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart

Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

A Girl with Ideas

A Girl with Ideas

A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.

She's Dangerous

She's Dangerous

A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.

House on Greenapple Road

House on Greenapple Road

A promiscuous housewife has been murdered and hardboiled detective Dan August has to find the motive...and the body.

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

This adaptation of the classic 1944 film musical explores the lives of the close-knit Smith family -- mother, father, grandfather, and five children -- who live in St. Louis in the year 1903.

Two Colonels

Two Colonels

In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.

Bride of the Regiment

Bride of the Regiment

As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess Anna-Marie are told that the Austrians are marching on the town to quell an Italian uprising. The bride and relatives induce the count to flee to his castle, but Tangy, a silhouette cutter, brings word from the revolutionary committee asking him to return; the count goes, asking Tangy to pose as the count and protect Anna-Marie.

The Gorilla

The Gorilla

A series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by an ape. (lost film)

Melody of Love

Melody of Love

Historically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie, the production suffered from having a tight shooting schedule. Carl Laemmle was only able to rent the Fox Movietone sound-on-film recording system for one week, having to be filmed at night while the Fox Studio was closed down for the evenings.

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Kitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts and romantic conquests as she visits a resort with her sister.

The Vatican Affair

The Vatican Affair

A blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Viennese Nights

Viennese Nights

In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa instead marries the wealthier officer Franz von Renner, in an attempt at social climbing.

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes

The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friendship with Effie, a young pregnant girl. As the townsfolk theorize that Mark is the baby's father, Effie - already troubled because of her impending motherhood - commits suicide, and circulating rumors lead the authorities to think Mark killed her. The innocent writer must fight to clear his name.

You Lie So Deep, My Love

You Lie So Deep, My Love

A disturbed man wants his girlfriend's love and his wife's money, and will stop at nothing to get them, even murder.

Man-Proof

Man-Proof

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.