Movies starring James Stewart

Seventh Heaven (1937)

102 mins     Drama, Romance      

I never realised that those who lived in Paris in 1914 had Pennsylvanian accents, okay so James Stewart doing James Stewart with all the usual "aaaws" is probably better than him trying to deliver an accent but it is one of t...

Vivacious Lady (1938)

90 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Vivacious Lady (1938) James Stewart stars as the professor who marries a singer (Ginger Rogers), something his conservative father disapproves of...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

129 mins     Drama      

1939 was a very impressive year when it came to movies; there was "The Wizard of Oz", "Goodbye Mr. Chips", "Gone With The Wind" and probably one of my favourite movies from that era "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". An extremel...

Destry Rides Again (1939)

94 mins     Comedy, Western      

Destry Rides Again (1939) James Stewart stars as Thomas Jefferson Destry, the pacifist son of a famous lawman who is brought to Bottleneck to bring order like his pappy did....

Made for Each Other (1939)

92 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

"Made for Each Other" is a curious movie partly because whilst it came 7 years before James Stewart starred in "It's a Wonderful Life" it has a similar story of a man who ends up feeling a failure because of money worries and...

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

112 mins     Comedy, Romance      

What can you say about a movie which regularly features in the top half of almost every important top 100 movie list other than it is great. "The Philadelphia Story" is without a doubt a brilliant movie a 5 out of 5 which des...

Pot o' Gold (1941)

86 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

As a fan of James Stewart I always look forward to watching one of his movies I've never seen but on watching "Pot o' Gold" or "The Golden Hour" as it is also known I wished I hadn't. There isn't anything hugely wrong with "P...

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

130 mins     Drama, Thriller      

It's a Wonderful Life: James Stewart stars as George Bailey who thanks to Clarence the angel gets to see what life would be like if he had never been born...

Magic Town (1947)

103 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Magic Town (1947) James Stewart is the pollster who finds the perfect average town which mirrors the nations opinions, but emotions start to get in the way of work when he falls for a local...

Call Northside 777 (1948)

111 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Based on the true story of Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte), "Call Northside 777" stars James Stewart as investigative journalist P.J. McNeal who goes over the case to prove Wiecek innocent....

Rope (1948)

80 mins     Crime, Mystery, Thriller      

Whilst Alfred Hitchcock was best known as the master of suspense he was also an experimental director. "Rope" saw Hitchcock again revisit the idea of a single location movie but he also experiments with long takes which make ...

Harvey (1950)

104 mins     Comedy, Drama, Fantasy      

In "Harvey" James Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd an amiable man who will talk to anyone including the invinsible rabbit which accompanies him everywhere. And it is the invisible rabbit which causes Elwood's sister Veta (Jose...

Winchester '73 (1950)

92 mins     Western      

There has been a lot written about "Winchester '73" over the years, the dark tale, the elements of noir, that it breathed life into a genre which was crying out for more than singing cowboys. But the most important thing that...

Broken Arrow (1950)

93 mins     Drama, Romance, Western      

In 1950 "Broken Arrow" starring James Stewart was released and it made cinematic history. That history was to be the first western to treat native Americans as humans rather than just savages....

The Jackpot (1950)

85 mins     Comedy      

Here's a rule of thumb for you; when you come across a movie from one of cinema's greats and you have never heard of it the chances are it will be an okay but ultimately ordinary movie. That is the case with "The Jackpot" as ...

No Highway in the Sky (1951)

98 mins     Drama, Thriller      

"No Highway in the Sky" is not a very well known movie despite having a cast lead by the big names of James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, and I put it down to it being a bit of a curiosity. It is a curiosity as whilst we have...

Bend of the River (1952)

91 mins     Western      

Bend of the River - James Stewart stars as McLyntock an outlaw looking to start afresh as a farmer but his plagued by his past as he helps lead a bunch of settlers...

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

152 mins     Drama, Family, Romance      

Movie review "The Greatest Show on Earth" - Cecil B. DeMille's ode to the circus starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart....

The Glenn Miller Story (1953)

115 mins     Biography, Musical      

"The Glenn Miller Story" if you couldn't guess is the biopic of legendary big band leader, Glenn Miller, played by James Stewart, who is famed for creating the big band sound with such classics as 'Moonlight Serenade' and 'Pe...

The Naked Spur (1953)

91 mins     Western      

In Anthony Mann's "The Naked Spur" bounty hunter Howard Kemp (James Stewart) along with two accomplices is on the hunt for killer Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) and the beautiful Lina Patch (Janet Leigh). But when they capture...