Movies starring Mickey Rooney

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

98 mins Drama, Family

I remember as a young boy being given a book with the story of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in it, I only read a couple of pages as it didn't appeal to me. And to be honest I expected to feel the same when I sat down to watch the...

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)

93 mins Comedy, Romance

During the 30s and 40s Mickey Rooney made a name for himself playing Andy Hardy in a string of movies in fact at 16 movies it could be seen as quite a franchise. I've only seen a couple of these Andy Hardy movies and whilst e...

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)

102 mins Drama, Romance, War

"The Bridges at Toko-Ri" is not a war movie and it is not an anti-war movie either, which may sound rather stupid when we have a story about the Korean War. But the reason I say this is that at the centre of the movie is pilo...

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

105 mins Comedy, War

Thank you Jack Lemmon for being such a quick talking comic genius for it is your talent which can turn just another day in to something special. I say that because having started my day with "Operation Mad Ball" it raised my ...

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

115 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance

Movie review "Breakfast at Tiffany's" � Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard cement their places in cinema's history as Holly Golightly and Paul Varjack who fall in love....

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)

94 mins Drama, Thriller

On a flight to Athens engine trouble causes pilot Jamie Faulkner (Lex Barker) to land his plane in Beirut where he learns that it will take 24 hours to fix and so the crew as well as the passengers must spend the next day in ...

Ambush Bay (1966)

109 mins Drama, War

If I had a pound for every war movie which features marines on a mission, well I might not be a millionaire but I would be a heck of a lot richer than I am now. That you see is the problem which "Ambush Bay" has as whilst it ...

The Manipulator (1971)

85 mins Horror, Thriller

I reckon making "The Manipulator" must have been a very scary experience on several levels for Mickey Rooney. On one hand he must have wondered what the hell had happened to his career if he had to appear in such strange, exp...

That's Entertainment! (1974)

135 mins Musical

I've always had a thing for musicals and to be honest I didn't know why as if someone took me to the theatre to watch a show I wouldn't be bothered about it and growing up musicals were not what the family watched on the box....

Pete's Dragon (1977)

128 mins Adventure , Family, Fantasy

Pete's Dragon: Pete (Sean Marshall) and his pink haired dragon Elliott have runaway and arrived in Passamaquoddy where Nora and her father Lampie help him...

Arabian Adventure (1979)

98 mins Adventure , Fantasy

Imagine the scene; the bosses of a studio are walking through an old storage warehouse when they stumble across the sets and props from an old 1940s Arabian adventure movie. Seduced by the nostalgia of the movies they watched...

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

83 mins Adventure , Animation, Drama

I wonder when the bigwigs over at Disney decided to make "The Fox and the Hound" that they placed being adorable at the top of the list of must haves because that is what this is with almost a feel of classic Disney with youn...

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)

98 mins Drama, Family, TV Movie

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) Mickey Rooney stars as retired cop Mike who bargains with an arch angel after he dies to get a few more days to keep a promise to his grandson...

Home for Christmas (1990)

96 mins Drama, Family, TV Movie

Movies don't have to be brilliant to be enjoyable, they can still be entertaining even when they are predictable and corny. And that is the case of "Home for Christmas" as it's not a good movie; in fact there is a list as lon...

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

113 mins Family, Musical

It's interesting really because the first "That's Entertainment" was spectacular with its journey through the big production numbers from MGM musicals with stars of the past providing the titbits of information which made it ...

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

97 mins Adventure , Comedy, Drama

I enjoyed "Babe" when it came out in the mid 90s but I wasn't a major fan and that may be of importance as I wonder whether if I had been a huge fan I would have enjoyed the sequel "Babe: Pig in the City" more. Oh there are s...

The First of May (1999)

111 mins Drama, Family

I guess I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I sat down to watch "The First of May" because a movie which seems to have charmed many did little for me. It is a simple enough movie as we have a young boy who doesn't feel w...

Night at the Museum (2006)

105 mins Action , Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A while ago I had the pleasure of doing an online movie survey where I had to watch a movie trailer for a soon to be released movie, the movie in question was "Night at the Museum" and after completing the survey I was adaman...

A Christmas Too Many (2007)

94 mins Comedy

A Christmas Too Many - a movie star invites her family for Christmas but it only leads to complete chaos and arguments....

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

98 mins Adventure , Comedy, Family

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) when the Tablet of Ahkmenrah starts to lose its power, Larry and his museum friends end up in England on a quest to find the Pharaoh who knows the secret of the Tablet...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Mickey Rooney as one of the principle cast members.