6 Best Dan Duryea Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 18, 2026

Drama intense

Dan Duryea brought a sniveling, menacing charm to Hollywood’s golden age, becoming one of film noir’s most memorable and reliably slimy villains. In Scarlet Street (1945): A meek clerk’s infatuation with a manipulative woman drags him into fraud, murder, and ruin. Equally memorable is The Little Foxes (1941): A ruthless Southern matriarch schemes against her own greedy brothers to seize control of the family fortune.

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) 01

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Survivors of a plane crash in the Sahara desert attempt an audacious plan to rebuild their aircraft from the wreckage.

Criss Cross (1949) 02

Criss Cross (1949)

IMDb ★ 7.1

An armored car guard's obsession with his ex-wife draws him into a dangerous heist orchestrated by her new husband.

Scarlet Street (1945) 03

Scarlet Street (1945)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A meek clerk's infatuation with a manipulative woman drags him into fraud, murder, and ruin.

The Woman in the Window (1944) 04

The Woman in the Window (1944)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A mild-mannered professor's chance encounter with a mysterious woman spirals into murder and blackmail.

Sahara (1943) 05

Sahara (1943)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A small group of Allied soldiers stranded in the desert makes a desperate stand against a much larger German force.

The Little Foxes (1941) 06

The Little Foxes (1941)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A ruthless Southern matriarch schemes against her own greedy brothers to seize control of the family fortune.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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