Shirley Jones
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1. Oklahoma! (1955)
G | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 14,062
2. Carousel (1956)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick
Votes: 6,800
3. April Love (1957)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 782
4. Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife,... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lederer | Stars: James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Roger Smith, Cara Williams
Votes: 365
5. Bobbikins (1959)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Shirley Jones, Max Bygraves, Billie Whitelaw, Barbara Shelley
Votes: 188
6. Elmer Gantry (1960)
Approved | 146 min | Drama
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger
Votes: 12,815 | Gross: $11.34M
7. Pepe (1960)
Unrated | 180 min | Comedy, Musical
The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood director Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
Votes: 1,146 | Gross: $9.60M
8. Two Rode Together (1961)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Western
A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal
Votes: 6,950
9. The Music Man (1962)
G | 151 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.
Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 19,162 | Gross: $14.95M
10. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eddie thinks it is time for his father to remarry. However, in his opinion his father's taste in women leaves much to be desired. He believes the girl next door would be a far better choice...
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens
Votes: 3,326
11. A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 580
12. Dark Purpose (1964)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' ... See full summary »
Directors: George Marshall, Vittorio Sala | Stars: Shirley Jones, Rossano Brazzi, George Sanders, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 191
13. Bedtime Story (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Two scam artists preying on women for their money clash in a Mediterranean hot spot. Will the cultured, high-class con artist come out on top, or will the rough small-change scammer rise to win the wager?
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Dody Goodman
Votes: 2,352 | Gross: $6.54M
14. Fluffy (1965)
92 min | Comedy
Fluffy the lion is the main attraction in this comedy. He is the subject of an ambitious experiment done by Daniel Potter (TONY RANDALL), a scientist trying to prove that even a wild animal... See full summary »
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Tony Randall, Shirley Jones, Edward Andrews, Howard Morris
Votes: 337
15. The Secret of My Success (1965)
Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Horror
Fast climbing Arthur Tate rose to his fame, wealth and respectability quickly from a beginning as a naive constable His rise was also due to 3 women: dressmaker Violet Lawson, Lily, the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Honor Blackman, James Booth
Votes: 312
16.
Premiere (1968)
Episode:
Out of the Blue
(1968)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama
Aliens from an overcrowded planet are sent to Earth to see if there is suitable for colonization. They meet a friendly physics professor who tries to explain the strange customs of human beings.
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Shirley Jones, John McMartin, Carl Ballantine, Marvin Kaplan
17. El golfo (1969)
94 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Vicente Escrivá | Stars: Raphael, Shirley Jones, Héctor Suárez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 104
18. Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Over the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Lynn Carlin, Carrie Snodgress
Votes: 221
19. The Happy Ending (1969)
R | 117 min | Drama
A middle-aged woman walks out on her husband and family in an desperate attempt to find herself.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 1,258
20. The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
GP | 103 min | Western
An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon
Votes: 5,079 | Gross: $0.11M
21. But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy
An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-minded women descend upon him.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Herschel Bernardi, Shirley Jones, Brandon Cruz, Nanette Fabray
Votes: 104
22. The Girls of Huntington House (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Shirley Jones, Mercedes McCambridge, Pamela Sue Martin, William Windom
Votes: 146
23. The Family Nobody Wanted (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants, and soon they find themselves with a family of more than a dozen kids.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Shirley Jones, James Olson, Katherine Helmond, Woodrow Parfrey
Votes: 41
24. Winner Take All (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
An average American housewife who is addicted to gambling gradually destroys her "ideal" suburban life and that of her family.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Shirley Jones, Laurence Luckinbill, Sam Groom, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 114
25. The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A newspaper reporter is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Shirley Jones, Stephen Boyd, Lynn Carlin, James Darren
Votes: 63
26. Yesterday's Child (1977 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
A young couple's three-year-old daughter is kidnapped and no trace is ever found of her. Fourteen years later, a young woman claiming to be that girl shows up at the parents' house.
Directors: Corey Allen, Bob Rosenbaum, Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Shirley Jones, Ross Martin, Claude Akins, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Votes: 45
27. Evening in Byzantium (1978)
240 min | Drama
Terrorists invade the Cannes Film Festival.
Stars: Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert, Vince Edwards, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 104
28. Who'll Save Our Children? (1978 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A childless couple provide shelter for a pair of homeless children. When they try to adopt them the natural parents appear leading to the inevitable court battle.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Shirley Jones, Len Cariou, Cassie Yates, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 41
29. A Last Cry for Help (1979 TV Movie)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality--and a home life constrained by her parents' pressures on and expectations for her... See full summary »
Director: Hal Sitowitz | Stars: Linda Purl, Shirley Jones, Tony Lo Bianco, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 64
30. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure
An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle
Votes: 5,868
31. The Children of an Lac (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale, portrayed by (Shirley Jones) as well as a compassionate Vietnamese woman, ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Shirley Jones, Ina Balin, Beulah Quo, Alan Fudge
Votes: 109
32. Inmates: A Love Story (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a revision of his judgment. Meanwhile he has... See full summary »
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Kate Jackson, Perry King, Pamela Reed, Paul Koslo
Votes: 75
33.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Adventures of Pollyanna
(1982)
Unrated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Pollyanna's Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but she joins a secret club, spying on a new woman in town, only to learn of her desire to shield her retarded son. Pollyanna helps the town accept the boy and his mother.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Shirley Jones, Patsy Kensit, Edward Winter, Beverly Archer
Votes: 36
34. Betsy (1984)
22 min | Short
A pre-operative transsexual defies social barriers to announce to her boss and mother her intentions of marrying her lover Maurice.
Director: Bashar Shbib | Stars: Claude Blanchard, John Bryan, Jennifer Clark, Darrel Ecklund
35. Tank (1984)
PG | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier
Votes: 4,681 | Gross: $14.13M
36. There Were Times, Dear (1985 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Bob and Susanne Millard deal with the onset of Bob's Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Nancy Malone | Stars: Shirley Jones, Len Cariou, Cindy Eilbacher, Dana Elcar
Votes: 29
37. Charlie (1990 TV Movie)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Failed series pilot about a recent widow who finds her world turned upside down when she has to take over her husband's bail bonds business.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Shirley Jones, Ned Eisenberg, Melody Rogers, Jennifer Bassey
Votes: 14
38. Gideon (1998)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gideon Dobbs is a young, simple-minded man who checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their lust for life. Through his innocence he changes their lives and teaches them that each day is a precious gift.
Director: Claudia Hoover | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Charlton Heston, Carroll O'Connor, Shirley Jones
Votes: 1,288
39. The Adventures of Cinderella's Daughter (2000)
G | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A young girl yearns to be like every other teenager, and with the help of her fairy Godbrother, just might her wish.
Director: Scott Zakarin | Stars: Stan Lee, Brendon Ford, Shirley Jones, Joe Lando
Votes: 93
40. Ping! (2000)
PG | 93 min | Comedy
Ping is a chihuahua rescued from the pound by nearsighted Ethel, who thinks he's a cat. When a pair of bumbling thieves try to break into Ethel's house to steal the money they think she has stashed away, only Ping can foil their plans.
Director: Chris Baugh | Stars: Judge Reinhold, Clint Howard, Shirley Jones, Lou Ferrigno
Votes: 314
41. Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000 Video)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
A reporter investigates a series of murders, dubbed the Spring Break Massacre, which leads to further mayhem.
Director: John Blanchard | Stars: Aimee Graham, Chris Palermo, Kim Greist, Harley Cross
Votes: 11,497
42. Manna from Heaven (2002)
PG | 119 min | Comedy
What happens when you get a "gift from god" (a financial windfall), but, many years later, find out it was just a loan -- due immediately....
Directors: Gabrielle Burton, Maria Burton | Stars: Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Louise Fletcher, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 495 | Gross: $0.51M
43. Raising Genius (2004)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The boy is obsessed with a cheerleader named Lacy, who lives across the street from.
Directors: Linda Voorhees, Bess Wiley | Stars: Justin Long, Wendie Malick, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Root
Votes: 470
44. Dog's Best Friend (1997 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Wiley Thompson is a boy of New York and hates the country life. But he has no choice when his dad has to go abroad to his work. He has th stay at this grandpa's farm. At his new school he ... See full synopsis »
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Richard Mulligan, Shirley Jones, Bobcat Goldthwait, Adam Zolotin
Votes: 100
45. Grandma's Boy (2006)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A thirty-five-year-old video game tester has to move in with his grandma and her two old lady roommates.
Director: Nicholaus Goossen | Stars: Allen Covert, Linda Cardellini, Shirley Jones, Peter Dante
Votes: 88,523 | Gross: $6.09M
46. Hidden Places (2006 TV Movie)
G | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A drama about a young widow who finds a guardian angel in the form of a hobo who comes to her rural community looking for work.
Director: Yelena Lanskaya | Stars: Sydney Penny, Jason Gedrick, Shirley Jones, Logan Arens
Votes: 602
47. The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park (2006)
105 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A dark secret is held by a small desert town. When two men arrive to receive a mysterious inheritance, they discover not only more about their pasts but their present ties to an ancient ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Coppola | Stars: Fort Atkinson, Lynda Carter, Stephanie Dees, Holgie Forrester
Votes: 168
48. Christmas Is Here Again (2007 Video)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag he crushes the holiday spirit- and the world's children forget about Christmas. Now, an orphan and her friends embark on a polar adventure to try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas.
Directors: Robert Zappia, Darrell Van Citters | Stars: Jay Leno, Edward Asner, Kathy Bates, Madison Davenport
Votes: 380
49. Generic Thriller (2009)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
The writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Sublett | Stars: Chloe Bronzan, Daniel Hart Donoghue, Lance Gardner, Rosemary Griggs
Votes: 79
50. Family Dinner (2009 Video)
5 min | Short, Comedy
The dysfunctional O'Connell family is forced to sit down to a weekly dinner w/a reality producer in a desperate bid for fame and attention from a bored mom. With big name guest stars, who's next?
Director: Lauralee Bell | Stars: Lauralee Bell, Dan Cortese, Zach Cumer, Makaela Johnson
Votes: 14
51. Bruce the Challenge (2016)
Adventure
Bruce lee is put to a challenge from the champ of the day.
Director: Mike Dahl | Stars: Nik Catello, Zack Cornejo, Meri David, Marty Ingels
Votes: 32
52. Venice Heat (2011 TV Movie)
22 min | Comedy, Crime
A squad of dysfunctional beach cops serve and protect the land of fruits and nuts...Venice Beach, Ca.
Director: Scott White | Stars: T.J. Hoban, Greg Cipes, Jennifer Lyons, Korrina Rico
Votes: 12
53. Carnal Innocence (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 93 min | Mystery
World famous violinist Caroline Waverly returns to her home town of Innocence to retreat from the world. But a serial slayer is stalking the streets of Innocence, and Caroline may be a prime target for murder.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Gabrielle Anwar, Colin Egglesfield, Andrew W. Walker, Jud Tylor
Votes: 1,008
54. Family Weekend (2013)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
When her family misses her jump roping competition, a 16-year-old girl and her siblings hold their parents hostage, hoping to correct their unsatisfying behavior.
Director: Benjamin Epps | Stars: Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Modine, Olesya Rulin, Joey King
Votes: 7,151
55. A Strange Brand of Happy (2013)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy
An aimless bachelor loses his job and finds himself chasing the same girl as his manipulative ex-boss.
Director: Brad Wise | Stars: Joe Boyd, Rebecca St. James, Shirley Jones, Marty Ingels
Votes: 164
56. Forgiven This Gun4hire (2021)
95 min | Western
A Stranger is called upon to save the sleepy little town of Forgiven.
Director: Mike Dahl | Stars: Shirley Jones, Michael Monteiro, Richard Pryor Jr., Larry Wilcox
Votes: 24
57. Zombie Night (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Zombies come out at night and two families must survive until morning.
Director: John Gulager | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Daryl Hannah, Alan Ruck, Rachel Fox
Votes: 1,965
58. Johnny Blue
108 min | Drama, Music | Announced
'Johnny Blue' is the story of two teenage boys from different backgrounds that find friendship through music and the love of playing the guitar. Johnny is an exceptional guitarist and ... See full summary »
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