Brian Donlevy

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Brian Donlevy  (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972) was an Ulster-born American film actor, noted for playing tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best known films are Beau Geste (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom stated that "any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".

Most Popular Brian Donlevy Trailers

Total trailers found: 103

Two Years Before the Mast Trailer (1946)

22 November 1946

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships.

Damaged Hearts Trailer (1924)

21 February 1924

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies.

Slaughter Trail Trailer (1951)

15 October 1951

Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones.

Another Face Trailer (1935)

20 December 1935

The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face.

School for Wives Trailer (1925)

05 April 1925

School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Trailer (1982)

21 May 1982

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident.

Heaven Only Knows Trailer (1947)

12 September 1947

Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his frontier community with brawn and bullets.

Born Reckless Trailer (1937)

25 June 1937

Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day.

Jesse James Trailer (1939)

14 January 1939

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Billy the Kid Trailer (1941)

30 May 1941

Billy "The Kid" Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who postpones his life of crime when he is befriended and hired by peaceful cattle rancher Eric Keating.

Hold Back the Dawn Trailer (1941)

26 September 1941

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise.

The Trouble with Women Trailer (1947)

25 June 1947

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating.

Battle of Broadway Trailer (1938)

22 April 1938

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl.

Kiss of Death Trailer (1947)

27 August 1947

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

The Quatermass Xperiment Trailer (1955)

26 September 1955

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field.

Quatermass 2 Trailer (1957)

17 June 1957

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space.

The Glass Key Trailer (1942)

08 September 1942

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Two Yanks in Trinidad Trailer (1942)

26 March 1942

The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim.

When the Daltons Rode Trailer (1940)

23 August 1940

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company.

Nightmare Trailer (1942)

10 November 1942

An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.

Never So Few Trailer (1959)

07 December 1959

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Brigham Young Trailer (1940)

27 September 1940

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City.

Woman They Almost Lynched Trailer (1953)

20 March 1953

Led by its female mayor, a neutral town on the Arkansas-Missouri border during the Civil War attempts to stay peaceful.

Cowboy Trailer (1958)

23 January 1958

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit.

Hoodlum Empire Trailer (1952)

15 April 1952

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime.

Twenty Years After Trailer (1944)

01 January 1944

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood Trailer (1987)

26 June 1987

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

Canyon Passage Trailer (1946)

17 July 1946

In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.

Beau Geste Trailer (1939)

24 July 1939

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff.

The Big Combo Trailer (1955)

13 February 1955

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Curse of the Fly Trailer (1965)

01 May 1965

The son of the inventor of a matter-transporter, which turned him into a monster when he tried to transport himself along with a tiny housefly, continues to pursue his father's experiment, while his own two sons attempt to extricate him, themselves and the family name from further disaster and scandal.

The Virginian Trailer (1946)

05 May 1946

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her.

Five Golden Dragons Trailer (1967)

03 August 1967

While travelling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell accidentally stumbles into the middle of criminal negotiations between a mean gang, the Five Golden Dragons and the local mobsters.

South of Tahiti Trailer (1941)

17 October 1941

Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love with the the daughter of the tribe's leader, heiress to the throne after the death of her brother, who is as savage as her pet leopard.

Command Decision Trailer (1948)

23 December 1948

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

The Errand Boy Trailer (1961)

28 November 1961

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr.

Waco Trailer (1966)

01 September 1966

Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly, who died trying to bring law-and-order to Emporia, Wyoming.

Allegheny Uprising Trailer (1939)

10 November 1939

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface.

Barbary Coast Trailer (1935)

13 October 1935

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s.

The Great McGinty Trailer (1940)

01 August 1940

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud.

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Trailer (1965)

14 July 1965

When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.

Wake Island Trailer (1942)

11 August 1942

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

Gentlemen of the Press Trailer (1929)

04 May 1929

A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.

Crack-Up Trailer (1936)

14 December 1936

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

Arizona Bushwhackers Trailer (1968)

01 March 1968

During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities.

Rogue's Gallery Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Trailer (1987)

13 March 1987

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

Juke Box Rhythm Trailer (1959)

01 August 1959

An European princess visiting America helps a record producer organize a big concert.

Strike Me Pink Trailer (1936)

24 January 1936

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

Kansas Raiders Trailer (1950)

15 November 1950

Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.

I Wanted Wings Trailer (1941)

26 March 1941

Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic.

Midnight Taxi Trailer (1937)

04 April 1937

A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.

Hostile Guns Trailer (1967)

01 July 1967

US Marshal Gid McCool leads a wagon train of convicted felons to Huntsville prison. The only female among the crooks is the dancehall girl Laura Mannon, McCool's former flame.

Our Hearts Were Growing Up Trailer (1946)

14 June 1946

Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.

Destry Rides Again Trailer (1939)

30 November 1939

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

This Is My Affair Trailer (1937)

28 May 1937

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Gammera the Invincible Trailer (1966)

15 December 1966

An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.

Stand by for Action Trailer (1942)

31 December 1942

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht.

The Great Man's Lady Trailer (1941)

31 October 1941

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'.

The Big Parade of Comedy Trailer (1964)

02 September 1964

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.