6 Best Donald MacBride Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 22, 2026

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Donald MacBride built a reliable Hollywood career as the perpetually exasperated authority figure, memorably playing flustered hotel managers, cops and bosses. The Egg and I moves a city couple to a ramshackle chicken farm, Love Crazy has a husband faking insanity to stop a divorce, The Killers pieces together a man’s past, and The Seven Year Itch infatuates a married man with his upstairs neighbour. High Sierra and Animal Crackers round out the list.

The Seven Year Itch (1955) 01

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Donald MacBride features in this comedy about a married man left alone for the summer who becomes infatuated with his beautiful neighbour.

Directed by Billy Wilder · 1h 45m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Brew, Darkroom, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Egg and I (1947) 02

The Egg and I (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Donald MacBride appears in this comedy about a city couple whose move to a ramshackle chicken farm tests their marriage and their patience with rural life.

Directed by Chester Erskine · 1h 48m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Killers (1946) 03

The Killers (1946)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Ava Gardner appears as an insurance investigator uncovers the doomed romance behind a former boxer's murder by hitmen.

Directed by Robert Siodmak · 1h 43m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Love Crazy (1941) 04

Love Crazy (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Donald MacBride features in this screwball comedy about a husband who fakes insanity to prevent his wife from divorcing him over a series of comic misunderstandings.

Directed by Jack Conway · 1h 39m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, TCM, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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High Sierra (1941) 05

High Sierra (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.1

An ageing gangster fresh out of prison plans one last big heist at a mountain resort.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Animal Crackers (1930) 06

Animal Crackers (1930)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Donald MacBride features in this Marx Brothers comedy about a chaotic society party thrown into further disarray by the arrival of a boisterous explorer.

Directed by Victor Heerman · 1h 38m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.