Jeff Donnell

Portrait of a Stripper (1979)

A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother. ...

Rendezvous Hotel (1979)

A madcap family caters to assorted unpredictable guests availing themselves of the title resort's advertised bliss in this pilot to a prospective series. ...

Murder by Natural Causes (1979)

An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, and the wife's ham-actor lover -- not only an intriguing who- (or whether) dunit, but also a literate, adul ...

Spider-Man (1977)

When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man. ...

A Gift of Terror (1973)

Young woman starts having premonitions of her friends dying. Once her friends begin to die, she starts having premonitions of her own death. ...

Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the femin ...

Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)

A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son. ...

Love Hate Love (1971)

Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance who turns out to be a psychotic who will not let go of Sheila that easily. ...

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Amer ...

The Comic (1969)

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fa ...

Bristle Face (1964)

In the rolling, wooded hills of Tennessee in the 1920s, a 14-year-old orphan, Jace, comes to town with his hound dog and tries to teach him to hunt. Bristle Face is unskilled, but he shows remarkable ability in tracking down foxes. Jace stays with a kindly ...

Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)

Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome th ...

The Iron Maiden (1963)

The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher. The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly ...

Force of Impulse (1961)

A high-school football player is in love with a beautiful blonde classmate from a very wealthy family. He doesn't have the money to take her out, so in his desperation he robs his own father's grocery store. Things go downhill from there. ...

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be w ...

My Man Godfrey (1957)

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself ...

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsec ...

Destination 60,000 (1957)

The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)

Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn every ...

Magnificent Roughnecks (1956)

Two oilmen coax a cook, an oilwoman and a gusher in South America. ...

Massacre Canyon (1954)

A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins. ...

Flight Nurse (1953)

In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines. ...

So This Is Love (1953)

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953. ...

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Upon waking up to the news that the man she'd gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night's events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances. ...

Because You're Mine (1952)

A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp. ...

Skirts Ahoy! (1952)

Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life. ...

Thief of Damascus (1952)

A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan. ...

The First Time (1952)

A married couple welcomes their first child. ...

Three Guys Named Mike (1951)

A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most. ...

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job ...

Redwood Forest Trail (1950)

Forest Ranger and singing cowboy, Rex Allen, attempts to save a camp for underprivileged boys with the help of "Alfalfa " Switzer who plays one of the boys. ...

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation. ...

Big Timber (1950)

A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. But he proves himself successfully conveying an injured workman to the hospital in a careening truck ...

Hoedown (1950)

A movie cowboy scrambles to salvage his career after his latest movie turns out to be a flop. ...

In a Lonely Place (1950)

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts. ...

Easy Living (1949)

A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him. ...

Post Office Investigator (1949)

A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang. ...

Outcasts of the Trail (1949)

Legendary lawman Pat Garrett wins the Fourth of July buckboard race in a small Nevada town against the unscrupulous Fred Smith and pretty Lavinia White. Lavinia blames Garrett for sending her father Ivory White to jail for robbing 100,000 dollars. White, w ...

Stagecoach Kid (1949)

Crooked ranch foreman Thatcher sends his two henchmen, Parnell and Clint, out to murder his boss, wealthy Peter Arnold who has just arrived to retire on his ranch, bringing in tow his daughter, tomboy Jessie, who despises western life and can't wait to run ...

Roughshod (1949)

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, Ma ...

Mr. District Attorney (1947)

An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating. ...

It's Great to Be Young (1946)

Ricky Malone, Spud Winters and some other returning G.I.'s are trying to break into show business by the old summer resort. Terry, a runaway daughter of a big producer who is trying to stifle her show-biz career, hires on as the (dubbed) singer. ...

Singing on the Trail (1946)

In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to t ...

Cowboy Blues (1946)

Starring Ken Curtis and the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots, this musical Western is really Lady for a Day with a switch in gender. Rotund Guy Kibbee is Dusty Nelson, the handyman at the Bar B dude ranch, whose daughter Susan is arriving with h ...

The Unknown (1946)

"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia's I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance. ...

That Texas Jamboree (1946)

With the backing of the Mayor, Brady is running a crooked gambling operation. When Sheriff Curt shuts him down, he reopens when the Mayor charters his place as a private club. When Curt decides to run for Mayor, he is made to shut down the popular Warren m ...

The Phantom Thief (1946)

Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homic ...

Night Editor (1946)

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall. ...

Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946)

The "star" in the title of this low-budget singing Western was Dynamite, a wild stallion captured by cowboy Curt Walker to ride in the Big Rodeo. Unscrupulous John Burton has bet against Curt and does his best to sabotage the event. When lovely Barbara All ...

Tars and Spars (1946)

Howard Young is a coast guardsman who has been on shore duty for three years despite his efforts to be sent into action. His nearest approach to sea duty was on a harbor-moored life raft for 21 days as part of an experiment with a new type of vitamin gum f ...

Song of the Prairie (1945)

Joan Wingate's wealthy father doesn't want his daughter to go into show business. As they vacation in the west she gets a job with Dan Tyler's show and uses Wingate money to keep him afloat. Sandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers they try to ke ...

Over 21 (1945)

A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army. ...

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked ...

The Power of the Whistler (1945)

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets. ...

Eadie Was a Lady (1945)

In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-bu ...

Carolina Blues (1944)

When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes. ...

Dancing in Manhattan (1944)

In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not know that the money represents the spoils of a blackmailer's scheme. ...

3 Is a Family (1944)

Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin ...

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)

Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific. ...

She's a Soldier Too (1944)

Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics. ...

Stars on Parade (1944)

In this musical showcase, two aspiring stars attempt to wow a pair of talent scouts with their stellar abilities. Songs include "My Heart Isn't in It" (Jack Lawrence), "It's Love, Love, Love" (Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer), "When They Ask about Yo ...

Nine Girls (1944)

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer. ...

There's Something About a Soldier (1943)

Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training. ...

Doughboys in Ireland (1943)

According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed ...

A Night to Remember (1942)

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in ...

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar. ...

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, ...