Dennis Morgan
18 titles
Filmography
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Cheyenne
(1947)Dennis Morgan attempts to capture a dangerous outlaw but is hampered by Jane Wyman, the bandit’s double-dealing wife, in this action-packed Western from director Raoul Walsh.

God Is My Co-Pilot
(1945)Wartime history and action entertainment soar in this high-flying and enormously popular World War II-era spirit-lifter based on the bestseller by fighter pilot Col. Robert Jr.
Pretty Baby
(1950)This comedy takes a swipe at radio and television advertising, as a woman rises in the business world after carrying a blanket-wrapped doll in order to get a subway seat. Patsy Douglas (Betsy Drake), an enterprising young lady who always assures herself a seat on the subway by carrying a doll wrapped in baby bunting, eventually must continue the charade when it is assumed that the baby is genuine. Patsy's bosses, advertising executives Sam Morley (Dennis Morgan) and Barry Holmes (Zachary Scott), hope to use Patsy's bundle of joy to land an important client, grouchy baby-food tycoon Cyrus Baxter (Edmund Gwenn). William Frawley (I Love Lucy) also stars.

The Desert Song
(1943)
Raton Pass
(1951)Patricia Neal and Dennis Morgan star in this atypical, melodramatic Western. Newlyweds Marc and Ann each own half of a huge cattle ranch, but ambitious Ann wants the whole thing--and she's not reluctant to hire gunslingers to convince Marc after legal chicanery fails. But Marc rallies the local homesteaders to help him make a stand against his swindling wife.
One Sunday Afternoon
(1948)Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Don DeFore and Alan Hale, Jr. star this musical tale of a man driven by jealousy and a lust for vengeance who learns in the nick of time to appreciate the life he has--One Sunday Afternoon. Small town dentist Biff Grimes (Morgan--Christmas in Connecticut) has devoted his life to avenging himself against Hugo Barnstead (DeFore--The Male Animal), who was instrumental in Grimes' conviction and prison sentence for fraud, then married the woman Grimes has always loved, Amy Lind (Dorothy Malone--The Big Sleep). Although the woman Grimes married, Virginia (Paige--Silk Stalkings), insead of Amy loves him unconditionally, Grimes weaves a plot to destroy Barnstead's life. Now, will Grimes realize that his life has turned out better by marrying Virginia instead of Amy, or will he carry out his plan to destroy Barnstead--and destroy his own life as well?

Cattle Town
(1952)A gunmen sent by the governor of Texas to quell a land dispute finds himself forced to make a choice between upholding the law as he has sworn to do and defending the innocent ranchers of a violent Cattle Town.
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
(1951)
Kitty Foyle
(1940)A young woman (Ginger Rogers) from an impoverished background falls in love with the son of a society family. Social pressures soon threaten the relationship.

Captains of the Clouds
(1942)James Cagney stars in this WWII adventure about mail flyer who joins the Canadian Air Force for fun but finds himself having to prove his worth when he goes to war.

This Woman Is Dangerous
(1952)The stylish leader of a gang of thieves enters a hospital for an eye operation and falls in love with her doctor.

Perfect Strangers
(1950)Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan show they still have plenty of screen chemistry in this engaging blend of romance, comedy and courtroom thriller.

Pearl of the South Pacific
(1955)When outsiders plan to steal a fortune in black pearls from island natives, they get more than they bargained for.
Flight Angels
(1940)Cleared for takeoff: Flight Angels, an aviation programmer steeped in man-woman attitudes of its time. The story is centered on commercial pilots eager to fly higher (during off-hours they're designing a high-altitude plane) and up-in-the-air attendants eager to land a man (exchanges between the femmes in the Stewardess Lounge are exceptionally catty). Virginia Bruce and Jane Wyman portray two of the title's Angels. Dennis Morgan plays the pilot whose eye problems result in him being grounded by his superintendent (Ralph Bellamy) and sent to the classroom to instruct future flight attendants. He refuses to stay grounded, test-piloting his experimental stratospheric aircraft without authorization. Wayne Morris, inspired by his role in the film, became a real-life pilot and went on to become a decorated WWII flight hero.

Rogue's Gallery
(1968)A detective finds himself in trouble when he turns in the direction of a beautiful girl who is trying to commit suicide.

In This Our Life
(1942)Spoiled heiress Stanley Timerlake seduces and steals her sister's husband, driving him to alcoholism and suicide. Returning home, she kills a mother and daughter in a hit-and-run, then blames the crime on an innocent servant while feeling no remorse.

The Return of Doctor X
(1939)In a bizarre but fascinating bit of casting, Humphrey Bogart stars as a vampire in his only horror film role. After a murderous doctor is executed, he is revived with human blood--and soon people with that blood type begin to disappear. When an eager reporter stumbles across a popular actress who was thought to be dead, he can't help noticing that her skin is unnaturally pale and that she keeps her face concealed beneath a long black veil. Suspecting that evil is afoot, he investigates the terrifying world of a psychotic doctor (Bogart) and is drawn into a series of unsolved murders.

The Fighting 69th
(1940)A braggart soldier learns the true meaning of heroism when he joins World War I's all-Irish unit.