6 Best Mary Field Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 23, 2026

Mary Field brought a warm, dependable presence to Hollywood’s golden age and appeared in dozens of beloved classics across five decades of character work. Out of the Past upends a detective’s peaceful life, Dark Passage uses plastic surgery to clear an escaped convict’s name, Ball of Fire enlists a nightclub singer to help sheltered professors, and You Were Never Lovelier schemes to marry off a nightclub owner’s daughters. Good Girls Go to Paris and There Goes My Heart round out the list.

Dark Passage (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.3

An escaped convict undergoes secret plastic surgery to clear his name for a murder he didn't commit.

Directed by Delmer Daves · 1h 46m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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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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You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Adele Mara is in this Astaire and Hayworth musical about a wealthy hotel owner who schemes to marry off his daughters in strict order of age.

Directed by William A. Seiter · 1h 37m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV

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Ball of Fire (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A group of sheltered professors writing a slang dictionary enlist the help of a streetwise nightclub singer.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 51m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Mary Field appears in this comedy about a working-class waitress who schemes her way toward wealth and sophistication with a ready-made fake past.

Directed by Alexander Hall · 1h 15m · Rated NR

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There Goes My Heart (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Mary Field appears in this comedy about a runaway heiress and a determined newspaper reporter who fall for each other while he chases her story.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Cineverse

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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 Mary Field Movies

Dark Passage (1947)

Out of the Past (1947)

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Ball of Fire (1941)

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

There Goes My Heart (1938)

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