Dianne FosterFilmography

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silent Six

Synopsis: Police sergeant Dave Wolfe (Skip Homeier) has already ordered Joe Oliver (Dale Van Sickel) to stay away from Dave's sister Susan (Chris Noel). Heading to Joe's apartment for a final showdown, Dave hears a woman's scream and breaks down the door. Several shots later, Joe lies on the floor dead Read More

The Fugitive: Scapegoat

Synopsis: Based on eyewitness testimony, a nasty old man named Justin Briggs (John Anderson) is convicted of the murder of one Eddie Fry--who is not only very much alive, but is actually fugitive Richard Kimble (David Janssen). Now miles away from Briggs' town, Kimble could conceivably keep quiet and avoid Read More

Petticoat Junction: Have Library, Will Travel

Synopsis: Dianne Foster guest stars as attractive librarian Phyllis Marsh, who to bring culture to the folks of Hooterville and Pixley sets up a travelling library in the baggage car of the Hooterville Cannonball. One of Phyllis' most devoted customers is Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan), who has taken quite a Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Betrayed Bride

Synopsis: Middle-aged Nellie Dubois (Jeanette Nolan) became a widow when her husband died during their vacation in Europe. Upon her return to the States, Nellie's family is shocked to find her in the company of a new spouse--a much younger Frenchman named Pierre (Michael Forrest). Convinced that Pierre is Read More

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Actors: Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Martin Balsam, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Carol Burnett

Synopsis: This romantic adult comedy finds psychiatrist Jason Steel (Dean Martin) the leader of a women's group therapy session. Jill St. John, Elizabeth Frazier, Macha Meril, Yoko Tani and Diane Foster all seek the advice of the handsome doctor, while husbands Louis Nye, Jack Soo, Richard Conte, and Martin Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox

Synopsis: Druggist Herbert Simms (Linden Chiles) hopes to change careers and become a TV writer. To this end, he submits his first script to unscrupulous producer Charlie Cory (John Lasell)--who proceeds to steal Simms' story idea and pass it off as his own. The outraged Simms consults his family's Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Playboy Pugilist

Synopsis: Veteran boxing trainer Jimmy West (played by Robert Armstrong of King Kong fame) thinks he's finally found a "golden boy" in the form of young pugilist Davey Carroll (a young, pre-2001 Gary Lockwood). But sports promoter Tod Richards (Mark Roberts) also wants control of Danny, and is willing to Read More

King of the Roaring '20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein

Actors: Dan O'Herlihy, David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Jack Carson, Diana Dors, Mickey Shaughnessy, Mickey Rooney

Synopsis: David Janssen is hardly perfect casting for the role of 1920s gambling king Arnold Rothstein (Rod Steiger or Gene Barry may have been better choices), but the sure-handed direction of Joseph Newman smooths over all the rough spots in this fanciful biopic. Set up in the gambling business by crooked Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Shadow of a Man

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired by Marion Sutter (Dianne Foster), the wife of Virginia-born "officer and gentleman" John Sutter (Kent Smith). John's life has been threatened by Logan Adcock (Mike Kellin), a sadistic town boss who hates all Southerners and has stirred up a lynch mob to do his Read More

Bonanza: The Mill

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Claude Akins

Synopsis: Crippled farmer Tom Edwards (Harry Townes) holds Ben Cartwright responsible for the accident which destroyed the use of his legs. Edwards' bitterness is fueled by his hired hand Ezekial (Claude Akins), who while plying Tom with liquor is also methodically cheating him out of his life savings. It Read More

The Deep Six

Actors: Alan Ladd, William Bendix, James Whitmore, Dianne Foster, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Read More

The Last Hurrah

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine

Synopsis: Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city mayor, loosely based upon the life of Boston politician James Curley. Tracy is Frank Skeffington, the political boss of an Eastern city dominated by Irish-Americans. Read More

Gideon of Scotland Yard

Actors: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray, Cyril Cusack

Synopsis: Director John Ford traveled to England to film this adaptation of the novel by J.J. Maraca, which details a typical day in the busy life of a detective for Scotland Yard. Inspector George Gideon (Jack Hawkins) begins his working day by confronting one of his fellow officers who is believed to be Read More

Monkey on My Back

Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson, Kathy Garver

Synopsis: The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given Read More

The Brothers Rico

Actors: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren

Synopsis: The Rico brothers are mobsters in the employ of syndicate head Sid Kubick. Richard Conte plays the one Rico brother who has forsaken crime. But the other Ricos (James Darren and Paul Picerni) haven't yet seen the light, causing a deep rift in the brothers' family bonds. Conte gets word that his Read More

Night Passage

Actors: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart

Synopsis: Night Passage is so similar in spirit to the successful collaborations between star James Stewart and director Anthony Mann that it comes as a surprise that this film is directed by James Nielson. Stewart plays Grant McLaine, ex-railroad employee and the level-headed brother of firebrand Read More

The Kentuckian

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Walter Matthau

Synopsis: Produced and directed by star Burt Lancaster, The Kentuckian is a leisurely western occasionally punctuated by spurts of startling brutality. The recently widowed Lancaster heads towards Texas with his son Donald McDonald. Most of the folks he meets, notably winsome schoolmarm Diana Lynn Read More

Drive a Crooked Road

Actors: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly, Harry Landers

Synopsis: Auto mechanic and wannabe race-car driver Eddie Shannon (Mickey Rooney) allows himself to be led perilously astray in Drive a Crooked Road. Responding to the come-hither looks of sexy Barbara Mathews (Dianne Foster), Eddie is inveigled into participating in a bank heist. Things then go from bad to Read More

Bad for Each Other

Actors: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Franz

Synopsis: The film Bad For Each Other, together with stars Charlton Heston and Lizabeth Scott and director Irving Rapper, were originally assembled into a package by producer Hal Wallis for Paramount. Shortly thereafter, however, Wallis found it expedient to sell the whole package to Columbia, though the Read More

The Bamboo Prison

Actors: Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Jerome Courtland, E.G. Marshall

Synopsis: American POWs struggle to escape from a North Korean camp. While this is basically a remake of Stalag 17, it does feature interesting scenes of a North Korean brainwashing. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Three Hours to Kill

Actors: Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster, Richard Coogan

Synopsis: Three Hours to Kill is a "message" Western that manages to entertain without preaching. Jim Guthrie (Dana Andrews), unjustly accused of murder, is forced out of town by an angry mob. After several tough years living off the land, Guthrie returns to clear his name. Fearing that Guthrie is out for Read More

The Violent Men

Actors: Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith

Synopsis: Rudolphe Maté directs the western The Violent Men, based on the novel Rough Company by Donald Hamilton. Edward G. Robinson plays Lee Wilkison, the bad-guy owner of Anchor Ranch with a plan to buy out all the smaller ranches to gain control of the valley. Barbara Stanwyck plays his wife Martha, who Read More

The Steel Key

Synopsis: The Steel Key is a little-known British melodrama with some potent talent involved, including actors Terence Morgan and Joan Rice and future Saint director Robert Baker. The "maguffin" in this film is a formula for processed hardened steel. When the formula is stolen, the evidence points to Read More

Isn't Life Wonderful

Actors: Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Donald Wolfit, Peter Asher

Synopsis: No relation to the 1924 D. W. Griffith film of the same name, Isn't Life Wonderful! is a bucolic British comedy which goes for quiet chuckles rather than bellylaughs. Set in a sleepy rural village in the early 1900s, the film centers around the efforts to transform sorry old sot Uncle Willie (Donald Wolfit Read More

The Big Frame

Actors: Mark Stevens, Jean Kent, Garry Marsh, John Bentley, Dianne Foster

Synopsis: The Anglo-American melodrama The Big Frame was released in Britain as Count the Hours. Mark Stevens stars as a Texas-born test pilot who heads to England to marry his wartime sweetheart Jean Kent. At a reunion party with his air force chums, Stevens gets into a boozy brawl with one of the Read More

The Quiet Woman

Synopsis: In this drama, the manager of "The Quiet Woman," a coastal inn, finds herself falling in love with a smuggler. When her husband breaks out of prison, he goes to her and tries to convince her to help him escape. The smuggler then offers to help them leave via the sea, but unfortunately the two are Read More