Otto Preminger

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara

After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

Dir. Billy Wilder · With William Holden, Robert Strauss, Don Taylor

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Bert Freed

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun

The story follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a diminutive creative who resides in a place called Middle-Earth before he is compelled to go on a quest to find a treasure buried deep in the heart of the Lonely Mountain.

Dir. Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass · With Orson Bean, John Huston, Hans Conried

A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle at all costs.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Gene Tierney, José Ferrer, Richard Conte