 1984 1956  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns, Donald Pleasence, Carol Wolveridge, Ernest Clark, Patrick Allen, Michael Ripper, Ronan O'Casey, Ewen Solon, Kenneth Griffith, John Vernon, Walter Gotell
This story is based on George Orwell's novel about the future under a totalitarian government whose ruler, Big Brother, forbids individuality. Winston Smith (Edmond O'Brien) is a worker for the state who falls in love with another worker, Julia (Jan Sterling). Romance is forbidden, and Julia and Winston get help from fellow worker General O'Connor (Michael Redgrave) in a plot to overthrow Big Brother. Unbeknownst to Winston and Julia, O'Connor is a member of the Government and informs on them. They are captured and sent to rehabilitation centers where, under pressure, they betray each other. The story reflects Cold War thinking of the era. Remade in 1984.
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The Admiral Was a Lady 1950  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands, Steve Brodie, Richard Erdman, Hillary Brooke, Richard Lane, Garry Owen, Fred Essler, Lurene Tuttle, Warren Douglas, Marvelle Andre, Ralph Dunn, Phil Harron
Problems of entering the stage of readjustment to civilian life for many World War II servicemen is evidenced in this story about unemployed ex-sailors who plan to evade work indefinitely and meet regularly at a social club. When an ex-WAVE, Jean Madison/"The Admiral" (Wanda Hendrix), enters the club looking for a lost boyfriend, she immediately catches the eye of Jimmy (Edmond O'Brien) but shuns him because of his deadbeat lifestyle. To win her love, Jimmy enters a boxing contest to win $100, and the chase begins.
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday 1943  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher, Harry Davenport, Grant Mitchell, Frieda Inescort, Elisabeth Risdon, Jonathan Hale, Esther Dale, Vido Rich, Mila Rich, Christopher Severn, John F. Hamilton, Gus Schilling
Ruth (Deanna Durbin) is a missionary during World War II who poses as Mrs. Holliday, the wife of shipping magnate Commodore Thomas Holliday (Harry Davenport) who was lost at sea, in her effort to sneak Chinese war orphans into the United States. While hiding the orphans in the Holliday's home, Ruth falls in love with the grandson, Tom (Edmond O'Brien). After confessing her plot to steal the orphans, Tom helps to protect Ruth and the orphans. It turns out that Commodore Holliday was not lost at sea, and he returns home, but all ends happily.
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Another Part of the Forest 1948 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Edmond O'Brien, Ann Blyth, Florence Eldridge, John Dall, Dona Drake, Betsy Blair, Fritz Leiber, Whit Bissell, Virginia Farmer, Don Beddoe, Wilton Graff, Smoki Whitfield, Libby Taylor
Marcus Hubbard (Fredric March) is a vicious man living in the Deep South who profited from the Civil War. He is also a mean father and husband. Then, one of Marcus' sons, Ben (Edmond O'Brien), finds out that his father was responsible for the death of Confederate troops and threatens to blow the whistle. This film begins 20 years before the Lillian Hellman book and movie, "The Little Foxes," which carried on the story of the Hubbard family.
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Backfire 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Ed Begley, Monte Blue, John Ridgely, Ida Moore, Richard Rober, Frances Robinson, Sheila MacRae, David Hoffman, Leonard Strong, Charles Lane
Ex-GI Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) is searching for his war buddy, Steve (Edmond O'Brien), who is on the run because of a bum murder rap. With his Army nurse friend Julie Benson (Virginia Mayo) in tow, Bob intends to clear his friend, but the real murderer is now on the trail of Bob and Julie who are now added to the hit list.
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The Barefoot Contessa 1954 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Rossano Brazzi, Valentina Cortese, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Franco Interlenghi, Bessie Love, Mari Aldon, Diana Decker, Bill Fraser, Alberto Rabagliati, Enzo Staiola
Through flashbacks from her graveside, friends (Humphrey Bogart and Edmond O'Brien) tell the story of film star Maria Vargus (Ava Gardner) and her rise and fall. Edmond O'Brien won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
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The Big Land 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Anthony Caruso, Julie Bishop, John Qualen, David Ladd, Don Castle, George J. Lewis, James Anderson, Jack Wrather Jr., Don Kelly, Charles Watts, John Doucette, Henry Rowland
Cattlemen and farmers make an uneasy truce as both see the railroad as a new means for profit.
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The Bigamist 1953 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Kenneth Tobey, Jane Darwell, Peggy Maley, John Maxwell, Lillian Fontaine, Mac Williams, James Todd, James Young, Donald Kerr, Bess Flowers, John Brown
A lonely traveling salesman (Edmond O'Brien) has a sterile relationship with his wife (Joan Fontaine). While visiting Los Angeles on a business trip, he meets a woman (Ida Lupino) who works in a sleazy restaurant, and ends up marrying her. His dual life is revealed when his frequent trips from his San Francisco home are questioned when he and wife # one are in the process of adoption.
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Birdman of Alcatraz 1962  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Edmond O'Brien, Telly Savalas, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Hugh Marlowe, Graham Denton, James Westerfield, Whit Bissell, Raymond Greenleaf, Lewis Charles, Robert Burton, William Hansen
This story is based on the life of Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) who becomes obsessed with birds during his 53 years of imprisonment on Alcatraz. After rescuing a sparrow that flies into his cell, Stroud, despite his third-grade education, becomes a world-renowned ornithologist and gains a new purpose in life while serving his life sentence. Telly Savalas plays the talkative prisoner in the next cell, and Thelma Ritter takes on the role of Stroud's controlling mother. Excellent performances by Lancaster, Savalas, and Ritter earned Academy Award nominations.
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A Cry in the Night 1956 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr, Richard Anderson, Irene Hervey, Anthony Caruso, Alan Ladd
Raymond Burr is very good as Harold Lofus, a voyeur whose obsession accelerates to kidnapping young Liz Taggart (Natalie Wood), the daughter of police Captain Dan Taggart (Edmond O'Brien).
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D-Day the Sixth of June 1956 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter, Edmond O'Brien, John Williams, Jerry Paris, Robert Gist, Richard Wyler, Ross Elliott, Alex Finlayson, Dabbs Greer, Barry Coe, Thomas Browne Henry, Queenie Leonard, Boyd "Red" Morgan
Professional as well as personal problems overtake British Colonel Wynter (Richard Todd) and American Captain Parker (Robert Taylor) as they await the Normandy invasion. Through flashbacks, Wynter and Parker remember their romantic involvements with Valerie (Dana Wynter). Later, Wynter and Parker are part of the D-Day landings during which only one of them survives and will be able to go home to Valerie.
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D.O.A. 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Henry Hart, Neville Brand, Jess Kirkpatrick, Laurette Luez, Frank Gerstle, Lawrence Dobkin, Cay Forrester, Frank Jaquet, Carol Hughes
This good, tense mystery starts with Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking into the police station to report his own murder. He had gone to San Francisco for a week on the town before his marriage. But, he gets poisoned, and the doctor says he has but a week to live and no known antidote exists. He sets out to discover who did it and why. Remade in 1969 as "Color Me Dead" and again in 1988.
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A Double Life 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins, Philip Loeb, Millard Mitchell, Joe Sawyer, Whit Bissell, Charles La Torre
Shakespearean actor Tony John (Ronald Colman) imitates his roles off-stage. In this case, while playing Othello, he murders a waitress (Shelley Winters). Finally, completely insane, he almost murders Desdemona (Signe Hasso) on stage. Colman won a Best Actor Oscar for this powerful performance.
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Fantastic Voyage 1966 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, James Brolin, Barry Coe, Jean Del Val, Ken Scott, Shelby Grant, Brendan Fitzgerald, Brendon Boone, Christopher Riordan
In order to perform delicate brain surgery on brilliant scientist Jan Benes (Jean Del Val), a team of doctors (Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, and Donald Pleasence) must travel inside their patient's body. The medical team is shrunk into microscopic figures, and they ride in a miniature submarine as they enter the bloodstream and encounter chilling obstacles. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Special Visual Effects, and it was nominated for three others.
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Fighter Squadron 1948 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney, Tom D'Andrea, Henry Hull, Rock Hudson, James Holden, Walter Reed, Shepperd Strudwick, Arthur Space, Jack Larson, Bill McLean, Mickey McCardle, John McGuire, Frank Marlowe
Major Ed Hardin (Edmond O'Brien) is a World War II fighter pilot who leads his group of daring men on their missions in the European theater. The film marks Rock Hudson's film debut.
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The Girl Can't Help It 1956 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Platters, Barry Gordon, Ray Anthony, Richard Collier, Alex Frazer, Milton Frome
Gangster Marty Murdock (Edmond O'Brien) hires press agent Tom Miller (Tom Ewell) to promote Marty's girlfriend Jerri Jordan (Jayne Mansfield) as a singer. Jerri happens to be a dumb-blonde and has no singing talent. Jerri tells Tom that the only career she wants is that of wife and mother, and they fall in love. After more than a few problems, Tom puts Marty on the stage, and he performs his own song, "Rock Around the Rock Pile," and becomes a singing sensation. Fats Domino, The Platters, and Little Richard provide memorable moments.
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The Great Impostor 1960  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Tony Curtis, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill, Joan Blackman, Raymond Massey, Robert Middleton, Jeanette Nolan, Sue Ane Langdon
The humorous, as well as the serious, side of the exploits of impostor Ferdinand Demara (Tony Curtis) is depicted in this story of a man who successfully posed in many different roles during his lifetime. 3 User Reviews
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The Greatest Show on Earth 1952  N/R, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart, Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, John Ridgely, Edmond O'Brien, Dorothy Lamour, Lawrence Tierney, John Kellogg
This film walked away with the Academy Award for Best Picture. It contains all the glitter of the Big Top presented through a number of stories interwoven into the circus world. In one of them, James Stewart plays a man who finds safety while on the lam by disguising himself in clown make-up. Other tales involve Charlton Heston and Betty Hutton, whose egos must be overcome to attain love. Look for Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as spectators in the grandstand. The film was also won an Academy Award for Best Writing and was nominated for three others, including Best Director.
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The Hitch-Hiker 1953 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, Jose Torvay, Sam Hayes, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacio, Rodney Bell, Martin Garralaga, Larry Hudson, Wade Crosby, Ed Hinton, Gordon Barnes
As Roy and Gilbert (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) head off on a fishing trip, they make a big mistake: they pick up a hitchhiker, Emmett (William Talman), a sadistic, psychotic killer. Emmett takes the pair hostage and forces them to cross the desert and enter Mexico, playing a cat and mouse game with them on the way. A good film noir directed by the 1930s and 1940s star, Ida Lupino.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Marshal, Walter Hampden, Harry Davenport, George Zucco, Fritz Leiber, Katharine Alexander, Etienne Girardot, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell, Helene Whitney
The bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, deformed hunchback Quasimodo (Charles Laughton), falls in love with beautiful gypsy Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara) when the Chief Justice of Paris Jean Frollo (Cedric Hardwicke) sends him to abduct her. The abduction plan fails when Captain of the Guard Phoebus (Alan Marshal) saves her, and Quasimodo is sentenced to a flogging. Now, Esmeralda is the only one willing to bring water to Quasimodo while he is being held captive in the public square. But, more problems develop, and Quasimodo's love for Esmeralda will end in tragedy. A great movie.
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Jigsaw 1972 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Man on the Move
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Richard Kiley, James Wainwright, Vera Miles, Andrew Duggan, Edmond O'Brien, Marsha Hunt, Irene Dailey, Gene Andrusco, Milton Selzer, Elliott Street, Ken Lynch, Pamela Rodgers, Jenifer Shaw, Claudia Bryar, Felton Perry
This was the pilot for a crime series in which a detective Lt. Frank Dain (James Wainwright) is on the run after being framed in the murder case of a diplomat. Dain's problems begin when he awakens in the hospital after he was found unconscious in the apartment of the murder victim. Dane specializes in missing person cases and uses his expertise as he sets out in search of the answers to the crime and to clear his name.
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Julius Caesar 1953 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O'Brien, George Macready, Michael Pate, Richard Hale, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, William Cottrell, Tom Powers, Ian Wolfe
This rendition of Shakespeare's play is excellent. Marlon Brando's performance as Mark Anthony is powerful, and James Mason's portrayal of Brutus is just as good. The film received an Oscar for Art Direction/Set Decoration and had four other nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Brando).
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The Killers 1946 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, William Conrad, Virginia Christine, John Miljan, Donald MacBride, Vince Barnett, Charles McGraw, Charles D. Brown, Jack Lambert, Queenie Smith, Jeff Corey
Ernest Hemmingway's story is the springboard for this tale about killers Al and Max (Charles McGraw and William Conrad) who murder an aging prizefighter Ole "Swede" Anderson (Burt Lancaster). Insurance investigator Jim Rearden (Edmond O'Brien) looks for "Swede's" beneficiary, and, in a series of flashbacks, he connects "Swede" to an unsolved robbery. It was "Swede" and his ex-girlfriend Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner) who conspired to take the goods, double-cross crime boss Big Jim Colfax (Albert Dekker), and then take off on their own. And, no, they do not live happily ever after.
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The Last Voyage 1960 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George Sanders, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Jack Kruschen, Joel Marston, George Furness, Richard Norris, Robert Martin, Bill Wilson, Tammy Marihugh, Andrew Hughes
Luxury liner S.S. Claridon has been successfully sailing for 38 years until this voyage when an explosion in the boiler room threatens to sink the ship. At first, Captain Robert Adams (George Sanders) does not want his ship evacuated, but the situation worsens, and the passengers are told to abandon ship. However, not everyone is able to get to safety. In the midst of the impending tragedy, passenger Cliff Henderson (Robert Stack) struggles against all odds to save his wife Laurie (Dorothy Malone) who is trapped under the wreckage in their cabin.
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 The Longest Day 1962 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernard Wicki
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curd Jurgens, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert, Richard Todd, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Edmond O'Brien
The sixth of June, 1944–D-Day–is relived in this saga about the Allied invasion of Europe via the beaches at Normandy. This war film is based on Cornelius Ryan's book "The Longest Day" that he compiled through interviews with D-Day survivors. The story is told through the eyes of all participants including the German high command, the French Resistance, and the Allied side of the invasion. A great epic that was nominated for Best Picture and won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Special Effects.
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The Love God? 1969  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nat Hiken
Cast: Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Edmond O'Brien, James Gregory, Maureen Arthur, Maggie Peterson, Jesslyn Fax, Jacques Aubuchon, Marjorie Bennett, Jim Boles, Ruth McDevitt, Roy Stuart
Bird-watching magazine editor Abner (Don Knotts) loses his publication to Osborn (Edmond O'Brien). Osborn turns the magazine into a girlie format, and Abner, still the editor, becomes a national sex symbol and playboy. He finally yearns for the simple life he left behind. Silly.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Jeanette Nolan, John Carradine, John Qualen, Ken Murray, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle
This film begins with Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) arriving at the frontier town of Shinbone to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). The visit peaks the interest of reporter Maxwell Scott (Carleton Young), and Stoddard tells the story of what took place years before when Stoddard was a young lawyer and was attacked by Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) because of Stoddard's desire for statehood. Stoddard was left for dead, but Doniphon found him, took him to Shinbone, and helped him find a job. Later, Valance challenged Stoddard to a gun fight, which ended with Valance dead. By story's end, it is learned that it is Doniphon, not Stoddard, who killed Liberty Valance. But when asked if the truth will be published, the reporter replies, "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." A John Ford classic.
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Moon Pilot 1962 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval, Tommy Kirk, Bob Sweeney, Kent Smith, Simon Scott, Bert Remsen, Nancy Kulp, Sarah Selby, Dick Whittinghill, Bob Hastings
In this comedic science-fiction tale from Disney, astronaut Captain Richmond Talbot (Tom Tryon) volunteers to make the first trip to the moon. The mission is hush-hush, and Talbot is being carefully watched by security agents. He meets Lyrae (Dany Saval) who says she is from another planet and that she has come to provide a special coating to safeguard his rocket. When the rocket is launched, Talbot finds that Lyrae is a stowaway, and the two soar off happily on their way to the moon.
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The Outsider 1967 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Darren McGavin, Anna Hagan, Edmond O'Brien, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight, Ann Sothern, Audrey Totter, Ossie Davis, Joseph Wiseman, Nancy Malone, Mario Alcalde, Madame Spivy, Kent McCord
Detective David Ross (Darren McGavin) is a private-eye/ex-con hired by a theatrical manager to investigate possible embezzlement in this pilot for a TV series that followed the movie. Ross investigates the suspect, and, when she is found dead in his office, Ross becomes the prime suspect.
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Parachute Battalion 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Cast: Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly, Richard Cromwell, Robert Barrat, Erville Alderson, Edward Fielding, Selmer Jackson, Grant Withers, Walter Sande, Kathryn Sheldon, Eddie Dunn
In this Hollywood propaganda film just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Army trainees–Donald Morse (Robert Preston), Bill Burke (Edmond O'Brien), and Jeff Hollis (Buddy Ebsen)–are training for the parachute corps at Fort Benning, Georgia. While concentrating on parachute practice, they still make use of their free time, and Donald and Bill find themselves competing for the affections of beautiful Kit Richards (Nancy Kelly) whose father just happens to be tough MSgt. Bill "Thunderhead" Richards (Harry Carey).
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Pete Kelly's Blues 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Jack Webb
Cast: Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Jayne Mansfield, Ella Fitzgerald, Martin Milner, John Dennis, Than Wyenn, Herbert Ellis, Mort Marshall, "Snub" Pollard
Set in Kansas City during Prohibition, this film recreates the jazz age and all the elements that made up the Roaring 20s. World War I veteran Pete Kelly (Jack Webb) plays his trumpet and performs with his jazz band while romancing socialite Ivy Conrad (Janet Leigh). But, life is not easy in the days of Prohibition, and Pete endures frequent confrontations with mob boss Fran McCarg (Edmond O'Brien)–culminating in a shootout at the nightclub. The music makes this film well worth watching, and the many songs include Ella Fitzgerald performing "Hard-Hearted Hannah" and Peggy Lee singing "He Needs Me." Lee received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role of mob mistress Rose Hopkins.
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The Rack 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Lee Marvin, Anne Francis, Cloris Leachman, Robert Burton, Robert F. Simon, Trevor Bardette, Adam Williams, James Best, Fay Roope, Barry Atwater, Charles Evans
Adapted from Rod Serling's teleplay, this compelling drama is about an Army court-martial of Captain Edward W. Hall Jr. (Paul Newman) who was brainwashed into collaborating with the enemy while spending two years in a North Korea prison camp.
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The Redhead and the Cowboy 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rhonda Fleming, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Reed, Morris Ankrum, Edith Evanson, Ralph Byrd, Ray Teal, Douglas Spencer, King Donovan, Perry Ivins, Janine Perreau, Tom Moore, Iron Eyes Cody, Don Dunning
Set during the Civil War, this is the story of a Confederate courier, Candace Bronson (Rhonda Fleming), who falls for a Union officer Gil Kyle (Glenn Ford). Kyle gets involved in the politics of the area and, as a result, is framed for murder. Candace is his only alibi, but she has left the area, and Kyle sets out on a desperate mission to find her. 1 User Review
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Seven Days in May 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, Andrew Duggan, Hugh Marlowe, Whit Bissell, George Macready, Helen Kleeb, Bart Burns, Richard Anderson, John Houseman, Malcolm Atterbury
Gen. James M. Scott (Burt Lancaster) leads a military conspiracy to take over the United States government. Some military officers are upset about a recent arms treaty signed by President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March). This story shows how strong the laws of America are to maintain order in the Democracy. An Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor was received by Edmond O'Brien for his role as Sen. Raymond Clark.
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Stopover Tokyo 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard L. Breen
Cast: Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Ken Scott, Reiko Oyama, Larry Keating, Sarah Selby, Solly Nakamura, H. Okhawa, K.J. Seijto, Demmei Suzuki, Yuki Kaneko
Intelligence agent Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is assigned to protect an American ambassador (Larry Keating) in Japan. But the ambassador refuses to cooperate because he doesn't believe that his life is in danger. That makes it much easier for crazed Communist spy George Underwood (Edmond O'Brien) to plant his bomb in the embassy. Fannon works to find and neutralize the bomb. He succeeds, and all are saved. But, at the same time, his new girlfriend Tina (Joan Collins) says she cannot live in his dangerous world and walks out on him.
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The Turning Point 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Don Porter, Neville Brand, Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Howard Freeman
Crime committee chairman John Conroy (Edmund O'Brien) clashes with reporter Jerry McKibbon (William Holden) over methods of fighting the syndicate.
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Up Periscope 1959 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford, William Leslie, Richard Bakalyan, Edd Byrnes, Sean Garrison
Navy frogman Lt. Ken Braden (James Garner) is on a mission to sneak onto a little Japanese-held island and steal a secret code book. But to get there he must travel on a submarine commanded by a captain (Edmond O'Brien) that he just can't seem to get along with. Average World War II fare.
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The Web 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Maria Palmer, John Abbott, Fritz Leiber, Howland Chamberlin, Tito Vuolo, Wilton Graff
Caught in a double cross, bodyguard Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) fights for his life and a way out of his predicament.
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White Heat 1949 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, John Archer, Steve Cochran, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, Ford Rainey, G. Pat Collins, Paul Guilfoyle, Sid Melton
In this great gangster film, mobster Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) is psychologically dependent on his evil mother (Margaret Wycherly). Nevertheless, he is determined to make it to "the top of the world, Ma." So, Cody and his gang rob a train, kill people, and make off with the loot. But, they leave clues behind, and Cody ends up in jail on a trumped up charge. Now, the feds send an undercover agent Hank Fallon, a.k.a. "Vic" (Edmund O'Brien), to the jail. He befriends Cody and infiltrates Cody's gang. Cody's mother is killed, Cody breaks out of jail with "Vic," and reunites with his gang for a chase scene through a chemical factory ending with Cody crying out to his deceased mother.
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 The Wild Bunch 1969 R, 145 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Strother Martin, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Jaime Sanchez, L.Q. Jones, Emilio Fernandez, Albert Dekker, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Paul Harper, Jorge Russek
In 1913, Pancho Villa was the leader of a revolutionary army that the U.S. was warily aiding. This story is about a group of outlaws whose leader Pike Bishop (William Holden) boldly hijacks an ammunition train loaded with supplies for Gen. Mapache (Emilio Fernandez), and Bishop's ex-partner Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) is in hot pursuit. A Sam Peckinpah classic that has it all.
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1. 1984 (1956)
2. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
3. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
4. Another Part of the Forest (1948)
5. Backfire (1950)
6. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
7. The Big Land (1957)
8. The Bigamist (1953)
9. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
10. A Cry in the Night (1956)
11. D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
12. D.O.A. (1950)
13. A Double Life (1947)
14. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
15. Fighter Squadron (1948)
16. The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
17. The Great Impostor (1960)
18. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
19. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
20. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
21. Jigsaw (1972)
aka: Man on the Move
22. Julius Caesar (1953)
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
23. The Killers (1946)
aka: Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
24. The Last Voyage (1960)
25. The Longest Day (1962)
26. The Love God? (1969)
27. Lucky Luciano (1974)
28. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
29. Moon Pilot (1962)
30. The Outsider (1967)
31. Parachute Battalion (1941)
32. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
33. The Rack (1956)
34. The Redhead and the Cowboy (1950)
35. Seven Days in May (1964)
36. Stopover Tokyo (1957)
37. The Turning Point (1952)
38. Up Periscope (1959)
39. The Web (1947)
40. White Heat (1949)
41. The Wild Bunch (1969)
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