Biography
Elwood Dager Cromwell, known as John Cromwell, was an American film and stage director and actor. His films spanned the early days of sound to 1950s film noir, when his directing career was cut short by the Hollywood blacklist.
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Wedding
1978
as Bishop Martin
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

3 Women
1977
as Mr. Rose
Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

A Matter of Morals
1961
Director
Alan Kennebeck is unable to accept a brief, realistic romance for what it is. Eventually it leads to his complete moral downfall. Triggered by the fac...

The Scavengers
1959
Director
A former smuggler finds his missing wife in Hong Kong. Marion has fallen in with a bad crowd and is involved with narcotics and stolen government bon...

The Goddess
1958
Director
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

Top Secret Affair
1957
as General Daniel A. Grimshaw
A publisher uses her magazine and charm to derail a general on the Washington fast track.

The Racket
1951
Director
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the...

The Company She Keeps
1951
Director
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

Caged
1950
Director
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

Night Song
1948
Director, Producer
A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.

Dead Reckoning
1946
Director
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publ...

Anna and the King of Siam
1946
Director
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

The Enchanted Cottage
1945
Director
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a...

Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Director
Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

Guest in the House
1944
Co-Director
Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother,...

Since You Went Away
1944
Director
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind ...

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Director
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While h...

So Ends Our Night
1941
Director
An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.

Victory
1940
Director
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as John Brown (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his el...

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Director
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his el...

In Name Only
1939
Director
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Made for Each Other
1939
Director
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Algiers
1938
Director
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. ...

The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
Director
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king ...

Banjo on My Knee
1936
Director
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.

To Mary - with Love
1936
Director
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keepin...

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
Director
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfathe...

I Dream Too Much
1935
Director
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, ...

Jalna
1935
Director
A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

Village Tale
1935
Director
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

The Fountain
1934
Director
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von ...

Of Human Bondage
1934
Director
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

This Man Is Mine
1934
Director
The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.

Spitfire
1934
Director
Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a ...

Ann Vickers
1933
as Sad Faced Doughboy (uncredited)
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge...

Ann Vickers
1933
Director
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge...

Double Harness
1933
Director
After tricking him into marriage, a woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.

The Silver Cord
1933
Director
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well a...

Sweepings
1933
Director
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the busine...

The World and the Flesh
1932
Director
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of ...

Rich Man's Folly
1931
Director
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly...

The Vice Squad
1931
Director
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

Unfaithful
1931
Director
In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is.

Scandal Sheet
1931
Director
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.

Tom Sawyer
1930
Director
The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous ad...

For the Defense
1930
Director
William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them o...

The Texan
1930
Director
Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.

Street of Chance
1930
as Imbrie (uncredited)
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Fra...

Street of Chance
1930
Director
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Fra...

The Mighty
1929
as Mr. Jamieson
In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their...

The Mighty
1929
Director
In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their...

The Dance of Life
1929
Director
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save...

Close Harmony
1929
Director
Marjorie, a song-and-dance girl in the stage show of a palatial movie theater, becomes interested in Al West, a warehouse clerk who has put together a...

The Dummy
1929
as Walter Babbing
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the p...