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Delmer Daves
Writer 1904 - 1977

Delmer Daves

San Francisco, California, USA

Delmer Daves was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

20 titles
Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain

Delmer Daves 1963 1h 58m 7.0

Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia.

Rome Adventure

Rome Adventure

Delmer Daves 1962 1h 59m

A beautiful American schoolteacher vacationing in Rome is courted by two men. Released in 1962, starring Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue, Rossano Brazzi and Angie Dickinson.

A Summer Place

A Summer Place

Delmer Daves 1959 2h 10m 7.0

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

Leo McCarey 1957 1h 51m 7.0

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon

Delmer Daves 1956 1h 39m 7.5

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

Jubal

Jubal

Delmer Daves 1956 1h 40m 6.8

A new foreman rejects the sexual advances of a frustrated rancher's wife, which leads to conflicts that could get him killed.

White Feather

White Feather

Robert D. Webb 1955 1h 42m 5.5

The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surveyor befriends the chief's son and falls for the chief's daughter.

Drum Beat

Drum Beat

Delmer Daves 1954 1h 51m 5.0

In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

Delmer Daves 1951 1h 40m 5.0

An island Princess falls for a visiting Frenchman, but her people are against it.

The Red House

The Red House

Delmer Daves 1947 1h 40m 6.5

A teenaged girl and her boyfriend suspect there's mysterious secrets being kept at her secluded home in the woods.

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

Delmer Daves 1947 1h 46m 8.0

Bogart is Vincent Parry, a prison escapee framed for murder who emerges from plastic surgery with a new face. Bacall is Irene Jansen, his lone ally.

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

Frank Borzage 1943 2h 12m 5.0

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo

Delmer Daves 1943 2h 15m 6.0

During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier

William A. Seiter 1942 1h 37m 6.0

In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.

Love Affair

Love Affair

Leo McCarey 1939 1h 28m 7.0

French playboy Michel Marnet and American Terry McKay fall in love aboard ship. They arrange to reunite 6 months later, after Michel has had a chance to earn a decent living.

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

Archie Mayo 1936 1h 22m 7.6

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

Stranded

Stranded

Frank Borzage 1935 1h 12m 8.0

A 1935 melodrama, set in San Francisco, starring Kay Francis as a travelers' aid worker who becomes involved with her clients' personal lives.

Flirtation Walk

Flirtation Walk

Frank Borzage 1934 1h 37m

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.

Dames

Dames

Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright 1934 1h 31m

A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show.

So This Is College

So This Is College

Sam Wood 1929 1h 38m 6.0

Biff and Eddie are best of friends. College seniors, roommates and best friends until a freshman a flapper named Babs enters the picture. Eddie and Biff are competing for Babs. Their rivalry even threatens the team's big Stanford game.

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