Van Johnson Archives

A Guy Named Joe (1943)

Rating: ★★★★

Jan 7, 2000Man Becomes Guardian Angel

Classic 1940s afterlife fantasy with Spencer Tracy as a pilot killed in action who is sent back as a guardian angel. This works fantastically well due to a great character arc and a sharp Dalton Trumbo script

Director: Victor Fleming

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, Irene Dunne, Barry Nelson, …

Category: Fantasy

7 January 200015 February 2026 by Roog

Brigadoon (1954)

Rating: ★★

Sep 6, 1999Musical/Timeslipped Village

The film adaptation of a hit musical from Alan Jay Lerner and Fredreick Loewe in which Gene Kelly discovers love in a village that exists outside of time in the Scottish highlands

Director: Vincente Minelli

Actors: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Barry Jones, …

Category: Fantasy

6 September 19998 April 2026 by Roog

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Rating: ★★

Sep 11, 1999Love After Death/Catholicism

One of a spate of miracle films during this period, Catholic nonsense with Jane Wyman and Van Johnson finding love that transcends death

Director: Rudolph Maté

Actors: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Eileen Heckart, William Gargan, …

Category: Fantasy

11 September 19999 December 2022 by Roog

Murder in an Etruscan Cemetery (1982)

Rating: ★

Feb 6, 2024Giallo Film

A giallo film with occult overtones centred around the discovery of an Etruscan tomb. As a series of murders occur, the heroine may be the reincarnation of an ancient high priestess

Director: Sergio Martino

Actors: Elvire Audray, John Saxon, Van Johnson, Claudio Cassinelli, …

Category: Horror

6 February 20241 August 2026 by Roog

Killer Crocodile (1989)

Rating: ★

Oct 19, 2003Giant Crocodile

An Italian exploitation ripoff of Jaws with a group of environmentalists in South America dealing with a killer crocodile that has been made giant size by radioactive waste

Director: Fabrizio De Angelis

Actors: Anthony Crenna, Van Johnson, Thomas Moore

Category: Horror

19 October 20039 June 2026 by Roog