Melvyn Douglas Movie Rankings
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 3.1297 out of 4 stars for Candidate
3.1297
Californian lawyer Bill McKay fights for the little man. His charisma and integrity get him noticed by the Democratic Party machine and he is persuaded to run for the Senate against an apparently unassailable incumbent. ... more about Candidate
DVD from $4.99 
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 3.1126 out of 4 stars for Being There
3.1126
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. ... more about Being There
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $6.49 
(1 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 3.0104 out of 4 stars for Hud
3.0104
Martin Ritt's HUD is an adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel HORSEMAN, PASS BY, successfully transformed into an entertaining and ambitious contemporary Western. Set on a Texas ranch where... ... more about Hud
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $4.33 
(4 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.9816 out of 4 stars for Captains Courageous
2.9816
Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. ... more about Captains Courageous
DVD from $5.79 
(7 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.9671 out of 4 stars for Old Dark House
2.9671
Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. ... more about Old Dark House
DVD from $9.75 
(2 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.9633 out of 4 stars for Ninotchka
2.9633
Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. ... more about Ninotchka
DVD from $3.99 
(6 sellers)
7
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.9149 out of 4 stars for Changeling
2.9149
A man whose family is killed in a road accident retires to a lonely mansion and begins to experience supernatural occurrences linked to the house's mysterious past and its previous owners. ... more about Changeling
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $2.37 
(6 sellers)
8
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.8693 out of 4 stars for Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
2.8693
The Blandings live in New York in a tiny apartment. They decide to move to the country and find that buying and building and living in their own home is simpler said than done. ... more about Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
DVD from $4.99 
(6 sellers)
9
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.6734 out of 4 stars for Two-Faced Woman
2.6734
While at a ski lodge, Larry sees instructor Borg and decides to sign up for private lessons. The next thing he knows, she is Mrs. Blake. When he decides that he is going back to work on his magazine in New York the next day, Karin refuses to go with him. ... more about Two-Faced Woman
Not Available on DVD
10
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.6648 out of 4 stars for Americanization of Emily
2.6648
During the build-up to D-Day in 1944, the British found their island hosting many thousands of American soldiers who were "oversexed, overpaid, and over here". ... more about Americanization of Emily
DVD from $5.79 
(7 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.6635 out of 4 stars for Theodora Goes Wild
2.6635
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. ... more about Theodora Goes Wild
DVD from $15.99 
(2 sellers)
12
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Third Finger
2.6026
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. ... more about Third Finger
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.5798 out of 4 stars for Woman's Face
2.5798
Anna Holm is a blackmailer, who because of a facial scar, despises everyone she encounters. ... more about Woman's Face
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.5326 out of 4 stars for As You Desire Me
2.5326
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man(Tony)shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno. ... more about As You Desire Me
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.5204 out of 4 stars for Toy Wife
2.5204
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.4784 out of 4 stars for Ghost Story
2.4784
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing. ... more about Ghost Story
DVD from $6.54 
(6 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.4656 out of 4 stars for Shining Hour
2.4656
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law. ... more about Shining Hour
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.4291 out of 4 stars for Prestige
2.4291
Based on Harry Hervey's novel, a French officer assigned to run a prison camp in Indochina succumbs to alcoholism, but his wife makes him buck up. ... more about Prestige
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.1689 out of 4 stars for That Uncertain Feeling
2.1689
Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups. ... more about That Uncertain Feeling
DVD from $1.88 
(0 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.1258 out of 4 stars for I Never Sang for My Father
2.1258
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. ... more about I Never Sang for My Father
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Not Available on DVD
22
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 2.0050 out of 4 stars for Twilight's Last Gleaming
2.0050
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War ... more about Twilight's Last Gleaming
Not Available on DVD
23
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 1.9725 out of 4 stars for Vampire Bat
1.9725
When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism. While police inspector Karl remains skeptical, scientist Dr. ... more about Vampire Bat
DVD from $2.64 
(5 sellers)
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 1.7529 out of 4 stars for Seduction of Joe Tynan
1.7529
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. ... more about Seduction of Joe Tynan
Actor Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Not Available on DVD
25
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 1.7351 out of 4 stars for Angel
1.7351
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 1.6894 out of 4 stars for Annie Oakley
1.6894
In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying the hotel with quail...who turns out to be young Annie Oakley. ... more about Annie Oakley
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 1.4611 out of 4 stars for Sea of Grass
1.4611
The highly melodramatic western begins with St. Louis resident Katharine Hepburn marrying New Mexico cattleman Spencer Tracy after a short courtship. ... more about Sea of Grass
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Fast Company
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Joel Sloane is a rare book dealer and part time detective. He finds stolen or lost rare books for the insurance companies and gets a reward for their return. But this is a little different. ... more about Fast Company
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36
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Gorgeous Hussy
0.0001
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both. ... more about Gorgeous Hussy
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Great Sinner
0.0001
A young writer goes to Monte Carlo to write about gambling and gamblers, only to ultimately become a compulsive gambler himself. ... more about Great Sinner
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Guilt of Janet Ames
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Got problems? Need a shrink? Call an alcoholic reporter instead. Janet Ames (Rosalind Russell) is a war widow who deeply resents the five buddies of her husband, whom he died to save, although she only knows their names. ... more about Guilt of Janet Ames
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hot Touch
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hotel
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for I Met Him in Paris
0.0001
Kay Denham is off for a 'fling' in Paris, leaving her staid suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. ... more about I Met Him in Paris
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Mary Burns
0.0001
A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster. The association results in her being tried and sentenced to a long prison term. ... more about Mary Burns
Not Available on DVD
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for My Forbidden Past
0.0001
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... more about My Forbidden Past
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Nagana
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for On the Loose
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for One Is a Lonely Number
0.0001
A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for a time lives with the hope that her husband will come back to her. ... more about One Is a Lonely Number
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Our Wife
0.0001
Jerry Marvin (Melvyn Douglas), a talented musician and composer, wallows in drunken self-pity after he is divorced by his wife Babe (Ellen Drew). ... more about Our Wife
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rapture
0.0001
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for That Certain Age
0.0001
Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. ... more about That Certain Age
Not Available on DVD
60
Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for They All Kissed the Bride
0.0001
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book on some of her tough ways. ... more about They All Kissed the Bride
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for This Thing Called Love
0.0001
Two professional people (Melvyn Douglas, Rosalind Russell) marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months, just to see if they are truly compatible. ... more about This Thing Called Love
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Too Many Husbands
0.0001
It's been a year since Bill Cardew was declared dead by drowning, and his widow Vicky is now married to his old friend and business partner, Henry Lowndes. ... more about Too Many Husbands
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Melvyn Douglas scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Woman's Secret
0.0001
Susan is laying in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up her singing. Marian and Luke found Susan when she was a failure. ... more about Woman's Secret
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Melvyn Douglas
Birthdate:
April 5, 1901
Death date:
August 4, 1981

Melvyn Douglas

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1930s
33
total ranking of 3.0846  3.0846
1940s
17
total ranking of 2.6157  2.6157
1950s
2
No Reviews
1960s
6
total ranking of 2.1593  2.1593
1970s
7
total ranking of 2.5327  2.5327
1980s
3
total ranking of 1.9934  1.9934
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.8129
Melvyn Douglas is ranked overall as 2.8129 of of 4 stars
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