29 Helen Hayes Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Third Man on the Mountain is an adventure drama film which revolves around Rudi, whose father was a mountaineer. He learns that his father had died in his attempt to conquer the Motterhorn Mountain. Therefore, he decides to fulfill his father’s dream and makes it his mission to climb and conquer the mountain.

Crime without Passion is a crime drama film which which tells the story of Lee Grant, a lawyer who is dating a woman named Katy Costello. However, he ends up shooting her accidentally after finding out that she is cheating on him. Now, he is in need of an alibi to cover up his crime. 

Despite the fact that the last Tsar of Russia and his family were executed in 1918, rumors continued to persist that the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the Tsar's youngest daughter, somehow survived. Anna, an ailing woman resembling Anastasia, is brought to the attention of former White Russian General Bounine, who is now running a successful nightclub. Bouvine soon comes to know that Anna claimed to be Anastasia while being treated in a mental asylum. However, when Bounin approaches her, she refuses to tell him anything.

Airport is a disaster suspense drama film which revolves around the manager of the Lincoln International Airport, who is trying his best to keep the airport open despite the fact that there is a snowstorm. Meanwhile a suicide bomber is planning to blow up an airliner in flight.

During the First World War, Frederick Henry, an ambulance driver working for the Italian forces, and Catherine Barkley, a Red Cross nurse, fall in love with one another. Despite all the chaos and fighting, they are determined to stay together, and not let their romance die.

During the 1930s, a French air-mail company from South America is owned by Riviere who insists on continuing the night fights, though the heavy rains, fog and darkness over treacherous Andes peaks make it risky for the pilots. But when a young boy in Rio-de-Janeiro needs an urgent medical delivery of polio serum, the perilous night flight is the only available lifesaver. 

The White Sister is a romantic drama film, which revolves around Angela, daughter of an Italian prince who falls for a soldier named Giovanni. However, Giovanni leaves for war and doesn’t return for a long time. Thinking that he has been killed in battle, Angela decides to become a nun.

Main Street to Broadway is a musical romance film which tells the story of a playwright going through bad times, who meets a country girl, who is returning home after giving up her aspirations of becoming an actress. Hoping to find inspiration from her, he decides to follow her to her small town.  

Alonzo Hawk is a corrupt property developer who has purchased several blocks of land in the downtown district, hoping to build a gigantic shopping mall. However, the problem is that an elderly widow refuses to sell the one remaining lot that is required for him to proceed with his project. Thus, he resorts to all sorts of schemes to get her land. The widow eventually finds help in a man named Herbie.