6 Best Harry Hayden Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 9, 2026

Harry Hayden brought a mild, bureaucratic presence to Hollywood’s golden age and was frequently cast as a clerk, judge or small-town businessman. Out of the Past shatters a detective’s attempt to escape his past, The Killers unravels a doomed boxer’s calm acceptance of death, The Blue Dahlia makes a returning veteran the prime suspect, and Intruder in the Dust defends a wrongly accused Black farmer. Saps at Sea and Marked Woman round out the list.

Out of the Past (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A private detective's attempt to leave his shady past behind is shattered when it visits him in a small town.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur · 1h 37m

Where to watch

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

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Intruder in the Dust (1949)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Harry Hayden is in this Faulkner adaptation about a proud Black farmer wrongly accused of murder who is defended by a young boy and his skeptical uncle.

Directed by Clarence Brown · 1h 27m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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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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The Blue Dahlia (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Alan Ladd stars as a returning war veteran who becomes the prime suspect in his unfaithful wife's murder.

Directed by George Marshall · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Saps at Sea (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Harry Hayden is in this Laurel and Hardy comedy where two exhausted friends set sail on a fishing boat for a relaxing holiday, only to stumble onto an escaped convict.

Directed by Gordon Douglas · 0h 57m · Rated G

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Marked Woman (1937)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Frank Faylen appears in this Bette Davis crime drama about a group of nightclub hostesses who risk everything to testify against a ruthless crime boss.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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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.

6 Best Harry Hayden Movies

Out of the Past (1947)

Intruder in the Dust (1949)

The Killers (1946)

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Saps at Sea (1940)

Marked Woman (1937)

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