 Against All Odds 1984  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Swoosie Kurtz, Dorian Harewood, Saul Rubinek, Pat Corley, Bill McKinney, Allen Williams, Tamara Stafford, Jon St. Elwood, Sam Scarber
Based on the 1947 film "Out of the Past," a love triangle develops when a gambling man, Jake Wise (James Woods), hires injured football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) to track down his missing girlfriend, Jessie (Rachel Ward), in Mexico. Once Terry finds Jessie in Cozumel, he falls in love with her. But, there is more to Jessie than meets the eye, and there's also a lot of plot out there besides the obvious.
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 The Alamo 1960   N/R, 161 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: John Wayne
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Frankie Avalon, Richard Boone, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle, Joan O'Brien, Joseph Calleia, Carlos Arruza, Veda Ann Borg, John Dierkes
John Wayne directed and starred (as Davy Crockett) in this major production about the famous battle of Texas' independence in 1836 against an attack by the Mexican army at a small fort near San Antonio. Great musical score by Dimitri Tiomkin, and the final attack is a real spectacle. Several Oscar nominations were received with one winner: Best Sound. Nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Chill Wills). 1 User Review
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| | Mt. Everest of western epics | crocketteer 02/22/2008 | Mighty and glorious in the old style of vast Hollywood epics, directed by the Paul Bunyan of the genre himself, John "Duke" Wayne.
After being schooled by master directors Walsh, Wellman, Hathaway, De Mille, Von Sternberg, Hawks and Ford - the actor put his self on the line, by producing and directing, as well as heading the cast - to release the immortal story of the doomed patriots, awaiting reinforcements that never came, as they battled the Army of Mexico and meglomaniacal dictator Santa Anna.
Though padded out with unneccesary subplots and occasional historical inaccuracies - it rises to the levels of greatness with a heartfelt soundtrack, sumptous cinematography, and vivid battle action that ranks among the best, in historic recreations. Later versions of the story - lack the folkloric essence of Manifest Destiny, that Wayne infused in his version. Mocked upon its release, it has been justly rewarded with continuous sales in the VHS / DVD market worldwide, and is now getting the respect it deserves.
Recent remake of story is morose and lacking in spirit and vigor. Though Wayne's panoramic release was never made for tiny TV screens, it is getting it's due - when seen on a large plasma screen - and eventually will be given the DVD release it deserves. Ghost riders of the West salute you, John Wayne. |
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Alvarez Kelly 1966 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Victoria Shaw, Arthur Franz, Harry Carey Jr., Richard Rust, Don "Red" Barry
During the Civil War, Confederate forces kidnap Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) and recruit him to rustle cattle that are badly needed to feed Southern families.
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Backlash 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire, Barton MacLane, Harry Morgan, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Jack Lambert, Roy Roberts
Jim Slater (Richard Widmark) is searching for the truth about what happened to his father during and after an Apache raid in post-Civil War Arizona. He runs across Karyl (Donna Reed) who is on a similar mission after her husband was killed in the same raid. They join forces, and, to Jim's regret, his father is the thief he was accused of being and had sold out his fellow thieves. John McIntire does his usual good job, this time in the role of Jim's father. Other than that, this expensive film, though beautifully shot, is not at the level of Sturges' other Western sagas such as "Bad Day at Black Rock" and "Gunfight at O.K. Corral".
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The Bedford Incident 1965 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James B. Harris
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, Eric Portman, Michael Kane, Donald Sutherland, Phil Brown
This is a story about U.S./Soviet Cold War relationships. United States Navy Captain Eric Finlander becomes obsessed with the mission of his destroyer. While stalking a Russian submarine, he accidentally fires a nuclear weapon.
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Broken Lance 1954 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katy Jurado, Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brian, Earl Holliman, Jean Peters, Eduard Franz, E.G. Marshall, Carl Benton Reid
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) runs a tight ship for his sons (Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brien, and Earl Holliman) and wife (Katy Jurado). By 1890, he is faced with pollution as the industrial era is changing the environment. Devereaux allows his employees to resort to violence as a solution.
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Cheyenne Autumn 1964 N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, John Carradine, Harry Carey Jr., Dolores del Rio, Arthur Kennedy, Patrick Wayne, Victor Jory
Based on a true event, this is the insightful story of man's inhumanity to man. A group of Cheyenne Indians decided to leave the government reservation and return to their Wyoming home. Many problems stood in their way; this is the story of their struggle.
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The Cobweb 1955  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant, Tommy Rettig, Fay Wray
The cobweb is a mental institution in this film about relationships between various staff members. Susan Strasberg and John Kerr make their screen debuts in this movie.
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Coma 1978 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Tom Selleck, Ed Harris, Charles Siebert
This suspenseful tale, first presented in Robin Cook's novel, explores the possibilities of scientists gone berserk. In this case, too many patients reach a comatose state during surgery leading to the discovery of illegal medical experiments.
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The Domino Principle 1977  R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach, Jay Novello, Ken Swofford, Neva Patterson, Ted Gehring
Hired assassin Roy Tucker (Gene Hackman) is sent out to kill prominent people, but when he decides he has had enough, he becomes the target.
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Don't Bother to Knock 1952 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Jim Backus, Verna Felton, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr., Willis Bouchey
Nell (Marilyn Monroe) is a psychotic woman who becomes unhinged while hired as a babysitter for guests at a hotel.
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Flight from Ashiya 1964 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker, Shirley Knight, Joe Di Reda, Mitsuhiro Sugiyama, Andrew Hughes, E.S. Ince
As three pilots try to rescue the crew of a sunken ship, the pilots' unsuccessful pasts are shown through flashbacks to earlier rescue attempts.
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The Frogmen 1951 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter, Warren Stevens, Robert Wagner, Harvey Lembeck, Robert Rockwell, Henry Slate, Robert Adler, Robert Patten, Fay Roope
LCdr. John Lawrence (Richard Widmark) commands a Navy Underwater Demolition Team whose members are resentful of him. But, their opinions change after he risks his life to neutralize a live torpedo. The Film received Academy Award nominations for Best Story and Cinematography.
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Garden of Evil 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Romance
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Victor Manuel Mendoza, Fernando Wagner, Antonio Bribiesca, Manuel Donde, Arturo Soto Rangel, Salvador Terroba
When Leah Fuller (Susan Hayward) hires Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark), and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) to help free her husband John (Hugh Marlow) from a mine, they find themselves trapped in the same mine by warring Indians.
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A Gathering of Old Men 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder on the Bayou
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca, Woody Strode, Julius Harris, Will Patton, Adam Storke, Dave Petitjean, Rosanna Carter, Tiger Haynes, Papa John Creach, Walter Breaux, Joe "Flash" Riley, Danny Barker
This is an excellent drama depicting social mores of rural Louisiana. When a White racist is shot, plantation manager Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter) gathers together a group of 18 elderly Black men to keep vigilantes away from the chief suspect, Black sharecropper Mathu (Louis Gossett Jr.). Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) does confront them, and the men courageously step forward as a unit and claim responsibility for the act.
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Halls of Montezuma 1950 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Reginald Gardiner, Richard Boone, Philip Ahn, Skip Homeier, Jack Webb, Bert Freed
U.S. Marine struggles in the Pacific theater of World War II are enacted in this tense war film.
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Hanky Panky 1982 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Prosky, Josef Sommer, Johnny Sekka, Jay O. Sanders, Sam Gray, Larry Bryggman, Pat Corley, James Tolkan
Chicago architect Michael Jordon (Gene Wilder) takes a cab ride with a stranger, Janet (Kathleen Quinlan), who just happens to be on the run from Ransom (Richard Widmark). She is carrying a mysterious package that Ransom wants. Michael tries to help Janet, but she is killed by Ransom, and Michael becomes the prime suspect. Now, Michael teams up with Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) who helps him locate Janet's package. The search ends in the Grand Canyon where the real showdown takes place.
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Hell and High Water 1954 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, David Wayne, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Loo, Peter Scott, Henry Kulky, Harry Carter, Robert Adler, Rollin Moriyama, Leslie Bradley
In this Cold War era film, Prof. Montel (Victor Francen) and his daughter Denise (Bella Darvi) worry that the U.S. government is not capable of handling a nuclear threat. The solution is to hire ex-Navy Captain Adam Jones (Richard Widmark) to command a submarine as the means of looking for evidence that the Communists are planning to launch a nuclear missile aimed at North Korea and then blame the U.S. for the action. Special effects are impressive–especially when Jones must deal with a Communist Chinese submarine that his own submarine is no match for, and the subs run silent and deep.
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 How the West Was Won 1962  N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Spencer Tracy, Agnes Moorehead, Lee J. Cobb, Carolyn Jones, Carol Baker, Robert Preston, Richard Widmark
This stirring epic of the settling of the West uses the Preston family (Debbie Reynolds, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Malden, and Carol Baker) as its core for telling the trials and exhilarations of the move West. From farming to mining to fighting outlaws, this film is memorable. Dozens of movie stars add to the pleasure, as do the photography and musical score. The film won three Oscars and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.
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 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961  N/R, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, William Shatner, Ed Binns, Werner Klemperer, Torben Meyer, Kenneth MacKenna
This classic film about the Nazi war crimes as they were presented at the trial at Nuremberg is spellbinding from start to finish. Spencer Tracy plays the compassionate, yet intelligent, American judge, Maximilian Schell excels as the defense attorney, and Burt Lancaster plays the role of the German judge on trial who chose to give in to Nazi threats. Academy Awards were received for Best Actor (Maximilian Schell) and Best Writing; the film was nominated for nine others, including. Best Actor (Spencer Tracy), Director, Supporting Actress (Judy Garland), and Supporting Actor (Montgomery Clift). 1 User Review
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| | Prettry much as "important" as it thinks it is | 1fatts 04/05/2007 | Be wary of "important" movies. The cast and crew, the critics and pundits can become so wrapped in the aura of the message that needs to be imparted to a waiting world that the human story is lost and we find ourselves being barraged by sanctimonious monologues or, worse, symbolism piled on symbolism to express the truth that words cannot express. (Honestly, did anyone really understand the last ten minutes of 2001?)
But this movie is better than that. It doesn't escape it all, I suppose, but the center of the thing is the consideration of what is evil and what is decency, played out on a stage of characters who give it humanity.
I have considered -- rather often, actually -- what has traveled best in this film in the last forty-five years and what has traveled less well. It is the underplaying that still holds us, the messages not spoken but shown on faces and in motions. Maximilian Schell's defense attorney is all words and logic, which, at its best moments, serve as a counterpoint to the quiet humanity which the destroyed reflect and the innocent portray. It was an Academy Award well deserved. I don't think Tracy ever did better work. Montgomery Clift's short scene is among the most moving ever filmed. Dietrich, Garland, so many others do such fine work.
Richard Widmark, on the other hand, is too theatrical, as is Burt Lancaster, Werner Klemperer and too many others. It is the writing and the direction, but most of all, it is the strain of taking on the issue.. It was 1961, and Hollywood was finally putting on film the question of the guilt of the Holocaust. It WAS important. The writing was honest enough to cast shadows of complicity over Western big business, Cold War Political Fears, the growing willingness of a war-weary world to turn a blind eye to last year's injustice and the suffering of those too unimportant to be represented. The responsibility, the scope of all that, and, no doubt, the pride of all that led to too much Hollywood is the writing and direction.
Yet, on the whole, "Judgment" remembers to focus on the people and not the speeches, and that rescues the film and redeems it. It is still, even after nearly half a century, shocking, complex and deeply thought provoking.
And, yes, it is important. How important? I don't think anyone should be allowed to graduate high school without having seen this film and discussed it with a knowledgeable, sensitive adult -- not only as a "Holocaust" discussion, but as the starting point for the question of why good people allow evil into the world and what, if anything, moral people can do to stand against it. |
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Kiss of Death 1947 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Taylor Holmes, Mildred Dunnock, Howard Smith, Millard Mitchell, Anthony Ross
Richard Widmark made his film debut as a psychopath, Tommy Udo, in this gangster film that is gripping at times but has become somewhat dated. This is the one where Udo pushes the old woman in a wheelchair down the stairs.
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The Last Wagon 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tommy Rettig, Stephanie Griffin, Ray Stricklyn, Nick Adams, Carl Benton Reid, Douglas Kennedy, George Mathews, James Drury, Ken Clark
Orphans survive an attack on their wagon train by Apaches and must now rely on accused killer Comanche Todd (Richard Widmark) to lead them to safety.
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The Law and Jake Wade 1958 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva, DeForest Kelley, Burt Douglas, Eddie Firestone, Richard H. Cutting, Roy Engel, Rory Mallison, Al Ferguson, Reginald Simpson
This is a fast-paced, good Western, pitting Marshal Jake Wade(Robert Taylor) against outlaw gang-leader Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark). Jake had been a member of Clint's gang, but after a heist he ran with the money and buried it. Now, Jake aids in getting Clint out of jail–only to be kidnapped and forced to lead them to the hidden loot. 1 User Review
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| | The Epitome of a ''Lost Gem'' | SamG 03/15/2007 | | Anyone who ever held some guilt (or perhaps not) over a falling out/'abandoning' of a long-time/personally important friendship/relationship and/or has never fully resolved some feelings of hurt from actually being 'abandoned'/forgotten about by someone they considered a true friend should check this awesome, complex and underrated film out. |
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The Long Ships 1963 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino, Oskar Homolka, Colin Blakely, Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd, Beba Loncar, Clifford Evans
Vikings and Moors clash in the search for the mystical Golden Bell containing a fortune in gold.
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Madigan 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore, Michael Dunn, Susan Clark, Steve Ihnat, Don Stroud, Sheree North
Detective Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark) and Detective Rocco Bornaro (Harry Guardino) track down a psychopath who has stolen Madigan's service revolver and is using it on his victims. This excellent film spawned a TV series.
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend 1987 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Celeste Holm, Joshua Logan, Sheree North, Susan Strasberg, Don Murray
This documentary depicts the human side of ill-fated movie star Marilyn Monroe who killed herself in the early 1960s. Richard Widmark narrates.
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 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 PG, 127 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Jacqueline Bisset, Lauren Bacall, Wendy Hiller, Martin Balsam, Richard Widmark, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Rachel Roberts, Colin Blakely
Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) investigates a murder that takes place on a train trip from Calais to Istanbul. This is an exciting movie with an exceptional cast of characters. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. There were five other nominations, including Best Actor (Albert Finney).
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National Lampoon Goes to the Movies 1981  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Director: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom
Cast: Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Riegert, Elisha Cook Jr., Robert Culp, Dick Miller, Ann Dusenberry, Teresa Ganzel, Olympia Dukakis, Titos Vandis, Joe Spinell, Fred Willard
Three short stories that spoof personal growth, soap operas, and police stories are provided in this extremely weak offering. It's not clear how some of the stars were talked into participating; some are shown in the above credits.
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 Night and the City 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Googie Withers, Gene Tierney, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Charles Farrell, Mike Mazurki, James Hayter, Edward Chapman
Fight promoter Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) unsuccessfully tries to stay ahead of his debtors by hustling in the wrestling world.
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No Way Out 1950 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier, Stephen McNally, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Harry Lauter, Stanley Ridges, Will Wright, Jack Kruschen, Mildred Joanne Smith, Harry Bellaver, Dots Johnson, Robert Adler, Ray Teal
Revenge based on racial prejudice is the name of the game in this movie that marks Sidney Poitier's film debut. Poitier plays medical intern Dr. Luther Brooks who is blamed for the death of Ray Biddle's (Richard Widmark) brother George (Harry Bellaver). The Biddle brothers are shot during a robbery and taken to a county hospital. The Biddles are racists, and when Brooks arrives to treat Ray, he refuses treatment because Brooks is Black. George dies while under Brooks' care, and Ray blames Brooks. He calls on his gang to cause violence in the Black neighborhoods, but the Blacks fight back. Ray escapes from the hospital with Brooks as his hostage and plans to kill him. But, Ray's girlfriend Edie steps in and thwarts his plans.
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O. Henry's Full House 1952 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
Cast: Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jean Peters, Fred Allen, Oscar Levant, Jeanne Crain
John Steinbeck narrated this film consisting of five of O. Henry's classic short stories: "The Clarion Call," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Gift of the Magi," The Cop and the Anthem," and "The Last Leaf."
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Once Upon a Texas Train 1988 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Guns
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Angie Dickinson, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Kevin McCarthy, Dub Taylor, Stuart Whitman
Fresh out of prison, John Henry Lee (Willy Nelson) gathers his old-timers' gang for one last heist–a repeat of the train robbery that landed him in jail. Texas Ranger Oren Hayes (Richard Widmark)–who caught John the last time–and his old-timer sidekicks follow in hot pursuit, but so is a tough gang of young outlaws.
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Panic in the Streets 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, Dan Riss, Tommy Cook, Tommy Rettig, Alex Minotis, Lewis Charles
This Oscar winner (Best Writing/Story) is set in New Orleans where Blackie (Jack Palance) and Fitch (Zero Mostel), unknowingly, are carriers of a deadly virus after they murder an illegal alien. Now, police race against time to track them down.
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Pickup on South Street 1953 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Milburn Stone, George E. Stone, Parley Baer, Henry Slate
The small-time crime of pickpocketing leads to espionage involvement for Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) who unwittingly has stolen government secrets. Thelma Ritter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Red Skies of Montana 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone, Warren Stevens, James Griffith, Joe Sawyer, Richard Crenna, Ralph Reed, Charles Bronson
Forest firefighters lose their lives in the line of duty, and their leader, Cliff Mason (Richard Widmark), tries to remember if he must take the blame for the tragedy.
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 Road House 1948 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, O.Z. Whitehead, Robert Karnes, George Beranger, Ian MacDonald, Grandon Rhodes, Marion Marshall, Heinie Conklin, Kathleen O'Malley, Robert Foulk, Ray Teal, Clancy Cooper
Against the advice of Pete Morgan (Cornel Wilde) who manages his roadhouse/bowling alley, owner Jefty Robbins (Richard Widmark) is attracted to and hires sexy torch singer Lily (Ida Lupino) to perform. When Lily and Pete fall for each other, Jefty's jealousy takes over, and hatred leads to all-out efforts to destroy Pete and Lily.
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Rollercoaster 1977 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt, Dorothy Tristan, Craig Wasson, William Prince
When a crazed extortionist (Timothy Bottoms) sets out to blow up famous amusement parks as part of his plan to blackmail park owners, the suspense begins. This story examines the psychological aspects of hunters and the hunted.
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Saint Joan 1957 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, John Gielgud, Felix Aylmer, Archie Duncan, Harry Andrews, Finlay Currie, Barry Jones
Jean Seberg became a star following her role of St. Joan in this film for which a nationwide search had ensued for an actress to play the young martyr, Joan of Arch.
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The Sell Out 1976 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker, Vladek Sheybal, Ori Levy, Assi Dayan, Shmuel Rodensky, Peter Frye
Retired CIA Agent Sam Lucas (Richard Widmark) lives the quiet life in Israel until a former protege, Gabriel (Oliver Reed), asks for help: he had defected to the Soviets but now wants out. The chase is on when both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. order the capture of Gabriel.
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The Street with No Name 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Lawrence, Ed Begley, Donald Buka, Joseph Pevney, John McIntire, Walter Greaza, Howard Smith, Billy Mauch, Sam Edwards
FBI Agent Gene Cordell (Mark Stevens) goes undercover and infiltrates a gang led by Alec Stiles (Richard Widmark). But, Styles gets word of the mole activity and plots to get even. Remade in 1955 as "House of Bamboo."
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The Swarm 1978 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Lee Grant, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda
Killer bees attack Houston citizens in this film that was a waste of good actors and would be a waste of your time if you watched it.
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Time Limit 1957 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karl Malden
Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Carl Benton Reid, Martin Balsam, Rip Torn, Alan Dexter, Yale Wexler, Joe Di Reda, Khigh Dhiegh, Manning Ross, James Douglas, Kenneth Alton, Jack Webster
Adapted from Henry Denker's play, this is a tense drama about the trial of Army Major Harry Cargill (Richard Basehart) who is accused of committing treason while he was a POW during the Korean War. Colonel William Edwards (Richard Widmark) investigates the charges, becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence, and represents him as his lawyer. As the facts are revealed during the court martial, it is learned that Cargill did reveal secrets to the North Koreans, but he did it to save the lives of his fellow POWs. Now, the moral question is whether or not Cargill is a traitor in spite of his good intentions.
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To the Devil a Daughter 1976 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Sykes
Cast: Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe, Nastassja Kinski, Eva Maria Meineke, Anthony Valentine, Derek Francis, Isabella Telezynska
Good scenery and special effects are the saving grace of this Hammer Film. Father Rayner (Christopher Lee) is an ex-priest and is now the head of a Satanic cult. He intends to sacrifice young Catherine (Nastassja Kinski), whose father had sold her soul to guarantee his own safety. But now the father has second thoughts and asks occult expert John Verney (Richard Widmark) to save the day.
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The Trap 1959 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman, Lorne Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Peter Baldwin, Richard Shannon, Carl Milletaire, Walter Coy
Ralph (Richard Widmark) is the son of a slain sheriff in a California town. Ralph had been the henchman for a crime boss (Lee J. Cobb), but now he is determined to avenge his father's death.
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True Colors 1991 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs, Mandy Patinkin, Richard Widmark, Dina Merrill, Philip Bosco, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Brad Sullivan, Antonia Rey
The apparent void of political morality in the 1980s is shown through the lives of two college classmates (John Cusack and James Spader). Each comes from a different background and each has separate means and aims in life.
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Tunnel of Love 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Doodles Weaver, Elizabeth Wilson, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Williams, Vikki Dougan, Esquire Trio, Sid Melton, Cosmo Sardo, Donald Kerr, Howard Negley
There are really funny things that happen during the adoption process, and a married couple, Isolde and Augie Poole (Doris Day and Richard Widmark), encounter more than their share when they register with the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. When the agency sends out Estelle Novick (Gia Scala) to interview Isolde and Augie, their neighbor Dick (Gig Young) hits on her, and Estelle decides that Augie is not a good candidate for fatherhood. Augie decides to change Estelle's mind by taking her out to dinner. Matters get out of hand, and Augie wakes up in a motel room with a hangover. Nine months later, the agency tells Augie and Isolde that they have a baby for them. The baby bears a striking resemblance to Augie. Is there more to this than meets the eye?
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Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 R, 146 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Winfield, Burt Young, Joseph Cotten, Vera Miles, Richard Jaeckel, Leif Erickson
As his anti-Vietnam War statement, a deranged U.S. Air Force officer, Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster), takes over a nuclear missile base and blackmails U.S. government officials.
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Two Rode Together 1961 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, Harry Carey Jr., John McIntire, Paul Birch, Willis Bouchey, Henry Brandon, Olive Carey, Ken Curtis
Army Lieutenant Jim Gary (Richard Widmark) and U.S. Marshal Guthrie McCabe (James Stewart) join forces to rescue White settlers who, years before, had been captured by Comanche Indians.
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Warlock 1959 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Richard Arlen, Regis Toomey, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford, Tom Drake, DeForest Kelley
Warlock is a Western town undergoing a metamorphosis from unlawful to peaceful existence. Threatened by a gang of horse thieves, a gunslinger (Henry Fonda) is hired to protect the town residents.
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The Way West 1967 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Jack Elam, Michael Witney, Katherine Justice, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum
A.B. Guthrie Jr. wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which this film is based. It depicts the 1840s' journey of Missouri farmers, led by Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas), trekking along the Oregon Trail to resettle farther west. This was Sally Field's first feature film, and she stands out in her debut.
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Yellow Sky 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan, James Barton, Charles Kemper, Jay Silverheels, Robert Adler
Outlaws arrive in an Arizona ghost town and are confronted by a woman (Anne Baxter) living there alone with just her prospecting grandfather for company. They have hit gold, don't plan on giving it up easily to the robbers, and the battle begins.
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| 1. Against All Odds (1984)
2. The Alamo (1960)
3. Alvarez Kelly (1966)
4. Backlash (1956)
5. Bear Island (1980)
6. The Bedford Incident (1965)
7. Broken Lance (1954)
8. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
9. The Cobweb (1955)
10. Coma (1978)
11. The Domino Principle (1977)
12. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
13. Flight from Ashiya (1964)
14. The Frogmen (1951)
15. Garden of Evil (1954)
16. A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
aka: Murder on the Bayou
17. Halls of Montezuma (1950)
18. Hanky Panky (1982)
19. Hell and High Water (1954)
20. How the West Was Won (1962)
21. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
22. Kiss of Death (1947)
23. The Last Wagon (1956)
24. The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
25. The Long Ships (1963)
26. Madigan (1968)
27. Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)
28. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
29. National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1981)
aka: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
30. Night and the City (1950)
31. No Way Out (1950)
32. O. Henry's Full House (1952)
33. Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
aka: Texas Guns
34. Panic in the Streets (1950)
35. Pickup on South Street (1953)
36. Red Skies of Montana (1952)
37. Road House (1948)
38. Rollercoaster (1977)
39. Saint Joan (1957)
40. The Sell Out (1976)
41. The Street with No Name (1948)
42. The Swarm (1978)
43. Time Limit (1957)
44. To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
45. The Trap (1959)
46. True Colors (1991)
47. Tunnel of Love (1958)
48. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
49. Two Rode Together (1961)
50. Warlock (1959)
51. The Way West (1967)
52. Who Dares Wins (1982)
aka: The Final Option
53. Yellow Sky (1948)
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