Phyllis Thaxter
9 titles
Filmography
9 results

Springfield Rifle
(1952)A Union officer in the United States Civil War goes undercover β pretending to be court-martialed β to uncover who is stealing army horses and selling them to the South.

The Breaking Point
(1950)Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "witch hysteria" of 1692. THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH offers an accurate portrayal of the Salem witch trials, with real characters and original transcripts woven into the dialogue. The film is a powerful, moving story about three loving sisters accused of witchcraft.

Operation Secret
(1952)A secret HUNT for the man of MYSTERY four nations HAD to find! Based loosely on the true story of story of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ortiz, an American World War II veteran who also served in the French foreign legion. With such a sterling record, it comes as a shock when Ortiz is accused of the murder of a French resistance leader. Believed killed in action himself, a trial begins against Ortiz. As the courtroom drama draws to a close, however, Ortiz bursts into the courtroom and identifies the real killer, clearing his name and preserving his reputation.

No Man of Her Own
(1950)A pregnant wanderer is involved in a train crash and assumes a dead girl's identity. When she is blackmailed by a man who discovers her true identity, she decides to kill him. Based on a novel by William Irish.

Jim Thorpe β All-American
(1951)A legendary athlete rises from poverty on a Native American reservation to break Olympic records in 1912, only to later be stripped of his medals.

The Sea of Grass
(1947)Jim Brewton owns a cattle empire . When his wife Lutie's brief infidelity is uncovered, they must struggle to persevere as Jim raises their daughter and Lutie's son.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(1944)After the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle devises a plan for a daring raid to strike Japan.

The World of Henry Orient
(1964)While trying to seduce a married woman (Paula Prentiss), egotistical concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is interrupted by two precocious schoolgirls, Valerie (Tippy Walker) and Marian (Merrie Spaeth). At first he thinks nothing of it, but as he sees them more often, he becomes convinced they're spies for his lover's husband. The girls, meanwhile, have found out who he is, and Valerie insists she's in love. She starts a scrapbook, which her mother finds and, of course, misconstrues.