Ann Sothern — Actor (17)
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April Showers (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
April Showers
director: James V. Kern actor: Jack Carson / Ann Sothern …
other title: Olvida tus pesares / Cavalcade d'avril
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
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Cry 'Havoc' (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cry 'Havoc'
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Margaret Sullavan / Ann Sothern …
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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The Outsider (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Outsider
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Darren McGavin / Sean Garrison …
Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect in an attractive woman's death. This NBC TV movie served as a pilot for the later series.
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Crazy Mama (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Crazy Mama
director: Jonathan Demme actor: Cloris Leachman / Stuart Whitman …
other title: Verrückte Mama / Tres mujeres peligrosas
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.
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Shadow on the Wall (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Shadow on the Wall
director: Pat Jackson actor: Ann Sothern / Zachary Scott …
other title: Drohende Schatten
Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.
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Broadway Nights (1927) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Broadway Nights
director: Joseph C. Boyle actor: Louis John Bartels / Lois Wilson …
other title: Fay et Fanchette
Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered lost.)
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The Best Man (1964) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Best Man
director: Franklin J. Schaffner actor: Henry Fonda / Cliff Robertson …
other title: L'amaro sapore del potere / Que Vença O Melhor …
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
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Brother Orchid (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Brother Orchid
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Edward G. Robinson / Ann Sothern …
other title: Il vendicatore / Orchid, der Gangsterbruder …
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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Golden Needles (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Golden Needles
director: Robert Clouse actor: Joe Don Baker / Elizabeth Ashley …
other title: I sette aghi d'oro / Das Geheimnis der 7 goldenen Nadeln …
An ancient Asian statue with the power to grant health and long life via secret acupuncture points is being pursued by a wealthy criminal, but his plans are put in peril when a slovenly detective is tasked with protecting the relic.