The 300 Spartans 1962  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Lion of Sparta
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Donald Houston, Anna Synodinou, Kieron Moore, John Crawford, Laurence Naismith, Robert Brown, Ivan Triesault
The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. was an important battle that changed the direction of civilization in that time period. This is a colorful adventure film that tells the story of how 300 Spartans, led by King Leodinas (Richard Egan), held off thousands of invading Persian soldiers at the mountain pass while the remainder of Greece's leadership debated whether or not to send soldiers.
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The Amsterdam Kill 1977  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Bradford Dillman, Richard Egan, Leslie Nielsen, Keye Luke, George Cheung, Chang Sing, Stephen Leung, Billy Chan, Lam Ching-Ying
Quinlan (Robert Mitchum), a retired agent for the D.E.A., is called back to duty and assigned the mission of breaking up a heroin pipeline that stretches from Amsterdam to Hong Kong.
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The Big Cube 1969 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tito Davison
Cast: Lana Turner, George Chakiris, Richard Egan, Dan O'Herlihy, Karin Mossberg, Pamela Rodgers, Carlos East, Augusto Benedico, Victor Junco, Norma Herrera, Pedro Galvan, Regina Thorne
Adriana (Lana Turner) inherits a fortune after her husband Charles (Dan O'Herlihy) dies, but her stepdaughter Lisa (Karin Mossberg) plots to steal the inheritance. Hippy Lisa is romantically involved with medical student Johnny Allen (George Chakiris) who sells LSD on the side. They lace Adriana's sleeping pills with LSD to the extent that she ends up committed to an asylum. Then, Broadway playwright Frederick Lansdale (Richard Egan) steps in and tries to rescue Adriana. Will he accomplish his goal in time, or will Lisa and Johnny succeed in taking Adriana's money?
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Bright Victory 1951   N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Julie Adams, Minor Watson, Jim Backus, Richard Egan, Murray Hamilton
Arthur Kennedy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Larry Nevins–a World War II veteran who must adapt to a life of blindness, the result of his war injuries. 1 User Review
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| | One of my Top 10 All-time Favorites | OldFilmFan 01/28/2007 | | This film has some of the best character development in multiple characters I've ever seen in the movies. A story of moral courage, compassion, triumph over handicap, and hope for all who face the loss of a faculty -- this film is a must for young minds and old. Brilliant from start to finish. |
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The Damned Don't Cry 1950  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith, Morris Ankrum, Richard Egan, Eddie Marr, Hugh Sanders, Selena Royle, Jacqueline deWit
Tough broad Ethel Whitehead (Joan Crawford) leaves husband Roy (Richard Egan) and becomes involved with gangster Nick Prenta (Steve Cochran). When Nick is gunned down, Ethel returns to her husband's home in order to escape Nick's killer (David Brian).
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Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Charles Evans, Harry Cording, George Eldredge, Julie Newmar, Woody Strode
In this sequel to "The Robe," the slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) has possession of Christ's robe. Demetrius tries to hide the robe, but the emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) sends his Praetorian guards to find it because he believes that the owner will be given eternal life. Demetrius ends up in the Coliseum where the highlight of this film is the action sequences of the gladiators.
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The Devil Makes Three 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Marton
Cast: Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli, Richard Rober, Richard Egan, Claus Clausen, Wilfried Seyferth, Margot Hielscher, Annie Rosar, Otto Gebuhr
A former soldier, Captain Jeff Eliot (Gene Kelly), returns to Germany after the war to visit the family who saved his life and finds the parents have died, and their daughter, Willie (Pier Angeli), has fallen on hard times.
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Esther and the King 1960  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Sergio Fantoni, Rik Battaglia, Renato Baldini, Gabriele Tinti, Daniela Rocca, Robert Buchanan, Folco Lulli
This is a weary, biblical tale set in fourth century B.C. Persia and tells the story of the Persian King (Richard Egan), his dealing with the Persian hatred of the Jews, and of Jewish woman Esther (Joan Collins) who was to become his bride. Director Walsh must have been tiring of his trade, or of the subject matter, since there is no conviction in the players.
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Flame of Araby 1951  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed, Susan Cabot, Lon Chaney Jr., Buddy Baer, Richard Egan, Royal Dano, Dewey Martin, Neville Brand
Tunisian princess Tanya (Maureen O'Hara), trying to escape an arranged marriage, offers herself as the prize in a horse race in which she hopes Tamerlane (Jeff Chandler) will win–riding his black stallion to victory. 1 User Review
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| | Very Good as stated | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | |
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Hollywood Story 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Castle
Cast: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, Paul Cavanagh, Houseley Stevenson, Francis X. Bushman, Joel McCrea
A movie director was murdered 20 years ago. Now, Larry O'Brien (Richard Conte) comes to Hollywood to make a movie about the crime and uncovers the real story behind the murder.
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The Hunters 1958 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Robert Wagner, Mai Britt, Lee Philips, John Gabriel, Stacy Harris, Victor Sen Yung, John Doucette, Ralph Manza
A Korean War jet pilot falls in love with the wife of a cohort who crashed behind enemy lines. Now, his mission is to rescue the downed pilot.
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Kansas Raiders 1950 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis, Richard Arlen, Richard Long, Dewey Martin, Richard Egan, James Best
Jessie James (Audie Murphy) and his gang team up with Rebel forces to fight the Yankees during the Civil War.
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 Love Me Tender 1956 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock, Bruce Bennett, James Drury, L.Q. Jones
This film represents Elvis Presley's first starring role. The story takes place in Texas just after the Civil War and has a plot of brothers fighting for the same girl.
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One Minute to Zero 1952 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw, Margaret Sheridan, Richard Egan, Eduard Franz, Robert Osterloh, Robert Gist, Roy Roberts
Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum) is overseeing the evacuation of Americans from Korea when he falls in love with United Nations worker Linda Day (Ann Blyth).
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Pollyanna 1960  N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Family
Director: David Swift
Cast: Jane Wyman, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Hayley Mills, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou, Donald Crisp, Agnes Moorehead, Kevin Corcoran, James Drury
In this Disney remake of the 1920 film, Hayley Mills plays the role of a young orphan who goes to live with her Aunt Polly (Jane Wyman) and brings happiness to all she touches. Remade (for TV as "Polly") in 1989 and again in 2003.
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Jorja Curtright, Michael Pate, Alan Reed, Eddie Firestone, Jean Willes, Margia Dean
Jane Russell stars in the title role of a saloon singer during World War II who ends up in Hawaii where she learns that there must be a better life–it is back home in Mississippi, and Mamie bids aloha to the islands.
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Seven Cities of Gold 1955 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno, Eduardo Noriega, Leslie Bradley, John Doucette, Jack Mower, Kathleen Crowley
Set in the 18th century, this is the story of the Spanish expedition with Father Junipero Serra (Michael Rennie) who searched for "cities of gold" and converted natives to Christianity in old California.
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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue 1957 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis
District attorney William Keating (Richard Egan) looks into the murder of longshoreman Solly Pitts (Mickey Shaughnessy) and finds Mob leader Al Dahlke (Walter Matthau) is behind most of the crime on the N.Y.C. docks.
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A Summer Place 1959 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue, Constance Ford, Beulah Bondi, Jack Richardson, Ann Doran, Marshall Bradford
Beautiful photography helps make this film adaptation of Sloan Wilson's novel a success. The plot contrasts the middle-aged adultery of Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) and Sylvia Hunter (Dorothy McGuire) with the teenage love affair involving their children Molly Jorgensen (Sandra Dee) and Johnny Hunter (Troy Donahue).
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These Thousand Hills 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Patricia Owens, Stuart Whitman, Albert Dekker, Harold J. Stone, Royal Dano, Jean Willes, Douglas Fowley, Fuzzy Knight, Robert Adler
Cowboy "Lat" Evans (Don Murray) borrows money from dancehall girl Callie (Lee Remick), buys a ranch, moves up in society, and turns his back on past friends–including Callie. But when he is finally faced with choices between ambition and friends, "Lat" steps up and protects Callie from land baron Jehu (Richard Egan) when he physically beats her.
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Untamed 1955 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Hope Emerson, Henry O'Neill, Brad Dexter, Philip Van Zandt
Set during the Boer War, this is the story of Katie O'Neill's (Susan Hayward) trek to Africa to be with her husband where she encounters a warring nation.
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The View from Pompey's Head 1955 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Dunne
Cast: Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell, Sidney Blackmer, Jerry Paris, Marjorie Rambeau, Bess Flowers, Ruby Goodwin, Howard Wendell, Dayton Lummis
A NYC lawyer (Richard Egan) returns to his Southern hometown on a case and renews an aquaintanence with a woman (Dana Wynter) out of his past and views the prejudices that still exist there.
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Violent Saturday 1955 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Margaret Hayes, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, J. Carrol Naish, Sylvia Sidney, Billy Chapin
In this tension-filled drama, bank robbers plan to rob a small-town bank but run into problems from neighboring Amish farmers.
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The Voice in the Mirror 1958 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Richard Egan, Julie London, Arthur O'Connell, Walter Matthau, Troy Donahue, Ann Doran, Mae Clarke, Harry Bartell, Max Showalter, Hugh Sanders
This film explores the tragedy inherent in alcoholism as Jim Burton (Richard Egan) tries to rise from adversity with the help of his patient wife, Ellen (Julie London).
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| 1. The 300 Spartans (1962)
aka: Lion of Sparta
2. The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
3. The Big Cube (1969)
4. Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
5. Bright Victory (1951)
6. The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
7. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
8. The Destructors (1968)
9. The Devil Makes Three (1952)
10. Esther and the King (1960)
11. Flame of Araby (1951)
12. The Glory Brigade (1953)
13. Hollywood Story (1951)
14. The Hunters (1958)
15. Kansas Raiders (1950)
16. The Kid from Left Field (1953)
17. Love Me Tender (1956)
18. One Minute to Zero (1952)
19. Pollyanna (1960)
20. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
21. Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
22. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
23. A Summer Place (1959)
24. These Thousand Hills (1959)
25. Untamed (1955)
26. The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
27. Violent Saturday (1955)
28. The Voice in the Mirror (1958)
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