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Kansas City Confidential on DVD (1952)
Starring: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster
Director: Phil Karlson
Certificate:
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KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL is a hard-hitting film noir starring John Payne as Joe Rolfe, an ex-con who's trying to go straight with a job as a deliveryman for a florist company. Unfortunately, a gang of thugs (the sinister trio of Jack Elam, Neville Brand, and Lee Van Cleef) led by a criminal ..read more »

59% from 105 members

The Big Night on DVD (1951)
Starring: John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring
Director: Joseph Losey
Certificate:
A teenager comes of age while seeking revenge on the man who beat up his father.

55% from 27 members

Tomahawk (1951)
Starring: Van Heflin, Alex Nicol, Preston Foster
Director: George Sherman
Certificate:
In 1866 the U.S. Government and the leaders of the Sioux Nations met to negotiate a passage through Indian territory, when gold is discovered in the mountains of Montana. Unable to reach an agreement, the U.S. Cavalry defy the peace treaty and build a fort to protect their new road. Van Heflin ..read more »

20% from 1 member
Not currently released

The Ghost And Mrs Muir - Gene Tierney Co... on DVD (1947)
Starring: Preston Foster, Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison
Director: William A. Wellman, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Ford
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz's bittersweet, sparkling romance between a young widow and a sea captain's ghost weaves a magical tale of immortal love. Determined to live her life the way she wants, newly widowed Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) declines her straitlaced in-laws' demand that she live with them and ..read more »

72% from 1,107 member

The Harvey Girls on DVD (1946)
Starring: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
Director: George Sidney
Certificate:
On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a " Harvey House " restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. When Susan and her bashful suitor find romance ..read more »

68% from 207 members

Leave Her to Heaven - Gene Tierney Colle... on DVD (1946)
Starring: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, Cornel Wilde
Director: John M. Stahl, William A. Wellman, John Ford
Certificate:
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Gene Tierney stars as a father-fixated girl who picks a husband because of his resemblance to Daddy, and is then consumed with possessive, destructive jealousy.

67% from 469 members

Thunderhead - Son of Flicka on DVD (1945)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson
Director: Louis King
Certificate:
The touching tale of a boy and his horse.

67% from 68 members

Laura - Gene Tierney Collection (1944)
Starring: Preston Foster, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Director: William A. Wellman, Otto Preminger, John Ford
Certificate:
Nominated for five Academy Awards, this stylish mystery thriller twists and turns with new suspects, new evidence and unexpected revelations. A wealthy, acid-tongued journalist (Clifford Webb) becomes entranced with a beautiful young career woman named Laura (Gene Tierney). But entrancement leads ..read more »

72% from 805 members
Not currently released

Guadalcanal Diary on DVD (1943)
Starring: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix
Director: Lewis Seiler
Certificate:
Wartime account of the Marine invasion of the Solomon Islands during WWII. Clearly intended to bolster home-front morale, but the better-than-average cast of tough guys and the proximity of the release to the events themselves give the action an added urgency.

56% from 87 members

My Friend Flicka on DVD (1943)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Jeff Corey
Director: Harold Schuster
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A young boy is determined to befriend and tame a wild horse in this screen version of Mary O'Hara's novel. Despite the fact that his chosen horse comes from bad blood ten-year old Ken decides he must tame it, to prove himself as a person. A family classic for all ages.

56% from 366 members

Thunder Birds - Gene Tierney Collection on DVD (1942)
Starring: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, Clifton Webb
Director: William A. Wellman, John Ford, Otto Preminger
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This drama from 1942 was directed by Oscar-winner William A. Wellman, and features stunning aerial photography, that was highly advanced for the time. John Sutton stars as Peter Stackhouse, a British aviophobe who is nonetheless determined to become a pilot. Stackhouse's resolution comes from his ..read more »

52% from 58 members

American Empire on DVD (1942)
Starring: Richard Dixs, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster
Director: William McGann
Certificate:
Dan Taylor and Paxton Bryce join forces to build up a cattle empire. Along the way, however, they must battle against rustlers, the weather and each other.

38% from 16 members

Tobacco Road - Gene Tierney Collection on DVD (1941)
Starring: Charley Grapewin, Preston Foster, Clifton Webb
Director: William A. Wellman, John Ford, Otto Preminger
Certificate:
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming; subplots involve the affairs and marriages of son ..read more »

59% from 87 members

Annie Oakley on DVD (1935)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas
Director: George Stevens
Certificate:
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Barbara Stanwyk stars in this rip-roaring biopic of the sharpest shooter in the Old West. Annie Oakley is just a gal from the Ohio backwoods but her skill with the six-shooters wins her a place in Buffalo Bill’s legendary Wild West show. She’s shown the ropes by fellow gunslinger Toby Walker (..read more »

56% from 15 members

The Informer on DVD (1935)
Starring: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster
Director: John Ford
Certificate:
Powerful John Ford drama set in 1922 Dublin, where Gypo Nolan - desperate to save himself and lover Katie, who's resorting to prostitution to eke out a living - betrays former rebel comrade Frankie to the British authorities. And so begins a long dark night of the soul...

68% from 120 members

Last Days Of Pompei on DVD (1935)
Starring: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone
Director: Ernest B. Shoedsack
Certificate:
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.

27% from 7 members

I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Starring: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Certificate:
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Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.

81% from 122 members
Currently unavailable

Gene Tierney Collection (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, Clifton Webb
Director: William A. Wellman, John Ford, William A. Well
Certificate:
Features the Gene Tierney films THUNDER BIRDS, TOBACCO ROAD, LAURA, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN, and THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR.

70% from 416 members

John Ford Director's Collection (4 discs) on DVD
Starring: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster
Director: John Ford
Certificate:
Features the John Ford films THE INFORMER, THE FUGITIVE (1947), MARY OF SCOTLAND, and WAGONMASTER.

63% from 127 members

Preston Foster facts

5 most recent films

Kansas City Confidential - 3.0 stars
The Big Night - 3.0 stars
Tomahawk - 1.0 stars
The Ghost And Mrs Muir - Gene Tierney Collection - 3.5 stars
The Harvey Girls - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - 4.0 stars
The Ghost And Mrs Muir - Gene Tierney Collection - 3.5 stars
Laura - Gene Tierney Collection - 3.5 stars
Gene Tierney Collection - 3.5 stars
The Harvey Girls - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Tomahawk - 1.0 stars
Last Days Of Pompei - 1.5 stars
American Empire - 2.0 stars
The Big Night - 3.0 stars
Annie Oakley - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Clifton Webb - 7 times - show films
Jeanne Crain - 7 times - show films
Rex Harrison - 7 times - show films
George Sanders - 7 times - show films
Gene Tierney - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Ford - 9 times - show films
Otto Preminger - 7 times - show films
William A. Wellman - 7 times - show films
Mervyn LeRoy - 2 times - show films
Phil Karlson - 2 times - show films