Melvyn Douglas

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

Dir. Roman Polanski · With Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas

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.

Dir. Hal Ashby · With Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

Dir. Peter Medak · With George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Dir. Ernst Lubitsch · With Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

Dir. Victor Fleming · With Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Dir. H. C. Potter · With Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas

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.

Dir. John Irvin · With Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

Dir. James Whale · With Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton