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The Best Linda Darnell Movies
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List of the best Linda Darnell movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Linda Darnell's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Linda Darnell movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Linda Darnell movies will be at the top of the list. Linda Darnell has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Linda Darnell movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Linda Darnell films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Linda Darnell role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Linda Darnell performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
This list below has everything from City Without Men to Blood and Sand.
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1Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern- Released: 1949
- Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Deborah Bishop, Lora Mae Hollingsway and Rita Phipps are three friends who all receive letters from another friend, Addie Ross, telling them that she is about to leave town with one of their ...more
2Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone- Released: 1940
- Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Tired of Governor Quintero's (J. Edward Bromberg) exploitation of poor Californians, Don Diego (Tyrone Power) decides to fight back and assumes the identity of Zorro. A masked hero with a sword, ...more![Blood and Sand]()
3Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth- Released: 1941
- Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
Brash young Spanish peasant Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) aspires to follow his dead father's footsteps into the bullring, despite his mother's fears. Bidding his childhood sweetheart Carmen (Linda ...more![Fallen Angel]()
4Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell- Released: 1945
- Directed by: Otto Preminger
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews) wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella (Linda Darnell), he ...more![Hangover Square]()
5Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders- Released: 1945
- Directed by: John Brahm
When composer George Harvey Bone (Laird Cregar) wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton ...more![Star Dust]()
6Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young- Released: 1940
- Directed by: Walter Lang
The paths of two aspiring actors meet when Amalgamated Pictures talent scout Thomas Brooke (Roland Young) sets out on a cross-country quest to find the next big Hollywood star. Brooke's mission leads ...more![Dakota Incident]()
7Linda Darnell, Ward Bond, Dale Robertson- Released: 1956
- Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
Dakota Incident is a 1956 Western produced by Republic Pictures. The film stars Dale Robertson and Linda Darnell.![No Way Out]()
8Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Robbers Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks (Sidney Poitier), the hospital's only black doctor. The ...more![Centennial Summer]()
9Jeanne Crain, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell- Released: 1946
- Directed by: Otto Preminger
Centennial Summer is a 1946 musical film directed by Otto Preminger. The musical, that stars Jeanne Crain and Cornel Wilde, is based on a novel by Albert E. Idell. It was produced in response to the ...more![My Darling Clementine]()
10Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature- Released: 1946
- Directed by: John Ford
In the middle of a long cattle drive, Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find their cattle stolen, and one of the brothers ...more![Two Flags West]()
11Linda Darnell, Joseph Cotten, Jeff Chandler- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Robert Wise
Two Flags West is a 1950 Western drama set during the American Civil War, directed by Robert Wise and starring Joseph Cotten, Jeff Chandler, Linda Darnell, and Cornell Wilde. The opening credits ...more![Brigham Young]()
12Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger- Released: 1940
- Directed by: Henry Hathaway
After the murder of their founder, Joseph Smith (Vincent Price), members of the Mormon Church flee to the West in search of a place to practice their religion in peace. Leading the way is Brigham ...more![Unfaithfully Yours]()
13Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee- Released: 1948
- Directed by: Preston Sturges
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter (Rex Harrison) casually asked his staid brother-in-law August (Rudy Vallee) to look out for his young wife, Daphne ...more![The 13th Letter]()
14Charles Boyer, Linda Darnell, Michael Rennie- Released: 1951
- Directed by: Otto Preminger
When Dr. Pearson (Michael Rennie) comes to a quiet Quebec town to set up his medical practice, he attracts the notice of Cora (Constance Smith), whose husband, Paul (Charles Boyer), is the town's ...more![Forever Amber]()
15Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene- Released: 1947
- Directed by: Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl
Left at a farmer's doorstep during the English Civil War, Amber St. Clair (Linda Darnell) -- a girl of noble birth -- grows up in a small village under the puritanical eye of her guardian. Wanting ...more- 16George Sanders, Linda Darnell, Edward Everett Horton
- Released: 1944
- Directed by: Douglas Sirk
Summer Storm is film directed by Douglas Sirk released on July 14, 1944. ![It Happened Tomorrow]()
17Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie- Released: 1944
- Directed by: René Clair
Reporter Larry Stevens (Dick Powell) is always on the hunt for the latest scoop, but he never seems to be quick enough. Wishing he could know future stories, Stevens comes across an old man (John ...more![Anna and the King of Siam]()
18Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell- Released: 1946
- Directed by: John Cromwell
When young British teacher Anna Owens (Irene Dunne) arrives in Bangkok to tutor the family of King Mongkut (Rex Harrison), she finds that she is not well prepared for her exotic new surroundings. ...more![Slattery's Hurricane]()
19Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake- Released: 1949
- Directed by: Andre de Toth
In Miami, former Navy pilot Will Slattery (Richard Widmark) flies a small commercial plane for candy manufacturer R. J. Milne, unaware that Milne is a drug smuggler on the side. Will's girlfriend, ...more
20Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, John Laurie- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Stuart Heisler
Saturday Island is a 1952 British romantic war film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray and John Laurie, Lloyd Lamble and Peter Butterworth.![Second Chance]()
21Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, Jack Palance- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Rudolph Maté
After accidentally killing a man in the ring, boxer Rush Lambert (Robert Mitchum) needs to escape from his old life and regain his composure. Meanwhile, singer Clare Sinclair (Linda Darnell) is on ...more![Buffalo Bill]()
22Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell- Released: 1944
- Directed by: William A. Wellman
This Western loosely reimagines the life of legend William "Buffalo Bill" F. Cody (Joel McCrea), covering everything from his friendship with the Cheyenne to his rise to fame after journalist Ned ...more![Blackbeard the Pirate]()
23Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Robert Maynard (Keith Andes) is out to prove that privateer Sir Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher) is a pirate, and goes undercover on another pirate ship in hopes of getting details of Morgan's crimes. ...more![Night Without Sleep]()
24Linda Darnell, Gary Merrill- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Night Without Sleep is a 1952 film directed by Roy Ward Baker.![City Without Men]()
25Linda Darnell, Margaret Hamilton, Edgar Buchanan- Released: 1943
- Directed by: Sidney Salkow
City Without Men is a 1943 film directed by Sidney Salkow.
