Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With Delbert Mann
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Visiting... with Huell Howser (1993–2011)
Documentary
Huell Howser visits the many diverse neighborhoods of Southern California to meet the amazing people living there who embody the spirit of the Southland.
Stars: Huell Howser, Byron Matson, David Hockney, Kathleen Brown
Votes: 37
2. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
3. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
4.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act
(1998)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Oscar nominations for evil roles typecast Angela Lansbury early on.
Director: John Griffin | Stars: Bea Arthur, Tom Bosley, Carol Channing, John Frankenheimer
Votes: 135
5.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Plot to Kill Stalin
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Eli Wallach, Oscar Homolka, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 33
6.
Sunday Showcase (1959–1961)
Episode:
What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1
(1959)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of an unscrupulous Hollywood promoter.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Larry Blyden, Norman Fell, John Forsythe
Votes: 68
7.
Sunday Showcase (1959–1961)
Episode:
What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2
(1959)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Sammy's irresistible rise to Hollywood success continues.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Larry Blyden, Norman Fell, John Forsythe
Votes: 33
8.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Marty
(1953)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama
Marty Pilletti is a 36 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothers and sisters are all married and his dear mother - along with several other of her friends - is always asking ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand, Esther Minciotti, Joe Mantell
Votes: 358
9.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Deborah Kerr: Getting to Know Her
(2000)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Peter Graves, Rudy Behlmer, Eric Braun, Anne Hutton
Votes: 106
10. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 113
11. The First Woman President (1974 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography
This acclaimed television drama from 1974 tells the story of Edith Wilson, second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. It deals specifically with how after his severe stroke in 1919, she ... See full summary »
Directors: Delbert Mann, Sam Gary | Stars: Fletcher Allen, Edward Ansara, Michael Ansara, Richard Basehart
Votes: 11
12. Hollywood Greats (1977– )
40 min | Documentary, History
Documentary series profiling various Hollywood stars of yesteryear and more recent times.
Stars: Barry Norman, Jonathan Ross, David Thomson, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 178
13. Marty (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli
Votes: 27,054
14. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,087
15. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
16. Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern (2005)
Documentary
A documentary on Hollywood screenwriter Stewart Stern, who walked away from the industry in his prime.
Director: Jon Steven Ward | Stars: Gilbert Cates, Sally Field, Dennis Hopper, Delbert Mann
Votes: 31
17. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 154
18. Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama, Family, History
A recently blinded man becomes one of the first American users of a seeing eye dog and must fight to remove the legal barriers impeding its use.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Arthur Hill, Glynnis O'Connor
Votes: 243
19. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
20.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
The Petrified Forest
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Paul Hartman
Votes: 108
21.
E! True Hollywood Story (1996– )
Episode:
Rock Hudson
(1999)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography
The documentary profiled Hollywood actor and star, Rock Hudson, and his personal life. He was the first Hollywood celebrity to die of AIDS.
Stars: Martin Baum, Marilyn Beck, Stockton Briggle, Warren Burton
Votes: 10
22. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 285
23. Separate Tables (1958)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster
Votes: 8,605 | Gross: $7.40M
24. A Girl Named Sooner (1975 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
A young girl in the hills of Indiana, who had been abandoned by her family and raised by a bootlegging old woman, is taken by the authorities and made the ward of a childless couple.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Crenna, Don Murray, Anne Francis
Votes: 303
25. Geschundenes Zelluloid - Das Schicksal des Kinoklassikers 'Im Westen nichts Neues' (1984 TV Movie)
33 min | Documentary
Director: Hans Beller | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Christian Wolff, Fritz Lucke, Géza von Cziffra
Votes: 7
26.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Ernest Borgnine: Hollywood's Uncommon Character
(2000)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: J.C. Begley | Stars: Cris Borgnine, Ernest Borgnine, Nancee Borgnine, Tova Borgnine
Votes: 99
27. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
28. The Outsider (1961)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, War
Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 935
29. All the Way Home (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sally Field, William Hurt, Ned Beatty, Ellen Corby
Votes: 107
30. Dear Heart (1964)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Family
Bubbly, middle-aged Evie Jackson has been single and alone for quite some time. When she attends a postmasters' convention at a New York City hotel, she meets rakish greeting card salesman Harry Mork and falls in love.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Angela Lansbury, Michael Anderson Jr.
Votes: 1,843
31. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Approved | 124 min | Drama
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 839
32. Rita (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Biography
Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth. Born Margarita Cansino, she studied dancing from the age of 5 and was soon part of the family's night club act. By age 18 she was married and ... See full summary »
Director: Elaina Archer | Stars: Kim Basinger, Robert Board, Eduardo Cansino, Elisa Cansino
Votes: 227
33. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, War
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm
Votes: 10,547
34. Lover Come Back (1961)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams
Votes: 8,771 | Gross: $16.94M
35. Middle of the Night (1959)
Approved | 118 min | Drama
A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Kim Novak, Glenda Farrell, Jan Norris, Lee Grant
Votes: 1,508
36. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 105
37. The Man Without a Country (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, an American officer who renounces his country during his court-martial is sentenced to sail the seas on American warships without ever setting foot on American soil again or getting news of America.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss, Robert Ryan
Votes: 225
38. Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Stars: Noël Coward, Bing Crosby, Barry Sullivan, Raymond Bailey
Votes: 86
39. To Find My Son (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy and ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Thomas, Molly Cheek, Julie Cobb, Steve Kanaly
Votes: 119
40. Birch Interval (1976)
PG | 104 min | Drama
An eleven-year-old girl goes through extreme culture shock when she leaves the city and moves in with her Amish cousins.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Eddie Albert, Rip Torn, Ann Wedgeworth, Susan McClung
Votes: 65
41.
A Death in California (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1985)
Drama
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Sam Elliott, Alexis Smith, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 7
42. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 204
43. CBS Playhouse (1967–1970)
90 min | Drama
An anthology series of well regarded screenplays. Presenting twelve shows over it's run it showcased many up and coming actors and garnered it's share of Emmy nominations.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Paulene Myers, Mildred Trares, Melvyn Douglas
Votes: 56
44. Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.
Directors: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter | Stars: Grace Kelly, Richard Kiley, Jean Dalrymple, Rita Gam
Votes: 147
45. Brontë (1983)
88 min | Drama
Julie Harris performs her one-woman show based on the life of Charlotte Brontë.
Director: Delbert Mann | Star: Julie Harris
Votes: 17
46. Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the C.I.A., who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured, and imprisoned.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Lee Majors, Noah Beery Jr., Nehemiah Persoff, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 135
47. The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1997–2021)
Biography, History
After two decades and 874 in-depth oral history interviews, The Archive of American Television will be the foundation of The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. The Interviews houses... See full summary »
Stars: Karen Herman, Adrienne Faillace, Stephen J. Abramson, Jenni Matz
Votes: 26
48. The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, History
The curse of the legendary blue Hope Diamond on all its owners is dramatized from the gem's discovery in 17th Century India until its donation to the Smithsonian Institute.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Jim Boles, Elaine Bolton, Christopher Cary, Robert Clary
Votes: 23
49.
A Death in California (1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1985)
Drama
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Sam Elliott, Alexis Smith, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 7
50. The Bachelor Party (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Drama
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Don Murray, E.G. Marshall, Nancy Marchand, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 861