Movies by Ava Gardner
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Regina (1982)
Cast: Anna Karina, Ava Gardner, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Jean-Yves Prate
Legendary actors Ava Gardner and Anthony Quinn star in this unforgettable story of a family coming to grips with its turbulent past. Gardner is a resentful, unfulfilled mother; Quinn is a…
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Priest of Love (1981)
Cast: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner …
Directed by: Christopher Miles
This sensitive biography chronicles the turbulent late career of volatile author D.H. Lawrence, who travels with his wife, Frieda, to America, then Mexico and finally Italy, seeking a quiet…
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The Kidnapping of the President / Deathrow Gameshow (1980)
Cast: William Shatner, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner …
Directed by: George Mendeluk, Mark Pirro
William Shatner stars in the first half of this vintage double feature. Portraying a heroic Secret Service agent, Shatner races against the clock to rescue the president (Hal Holbrook) from…
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The Sentinel (1977)
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Michael Winner
Model Alison Parker gets a great deal on a Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment -- but there's just one catch: It's also the gateway to Hell, and she's on the invite list.…
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The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen …
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Boasting a sprawling disaster-movie cast (including Martin Sheen, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster and O.J. Simpson), The Cassandra Crossing is like Murder on the Orient Express -- on steroids!…
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Earthquake (1974)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Academy Award winners Charlton Heston and George Kennedy star in this 1974 box office blockbuster. When a massive earthquake hits Los Angeles, construction engineer Stewart Graff (Heston)…
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Cast: Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: John Huston
John Huston brings to life the legendary hanging judge of the Old West, Roy Bean (Paul Newman). The film is a comic take on Bean, who was judge, jury and executioner for most crimes committed…
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Tam Lin (1970)
Cast: Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis …
Directed by: Roddy McDowall
Actor Roddy McDowall helms his first -- and last -- feature with this supernatural tale of sorcery and jealousy, a story based on the Celtic legend of Tam Lin that also shows up in the poems…
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Mayerling (1968)
Cast: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason …
Directed by: Terence Young
Hollywood royalty Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve co-star as real-life aristocrats and lovers Archduke Rudolf and Baroness Maria Vetsera in this sumptuous historical romance set in…
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The Bible... In the Beginning (1966)
Cast: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris …
Directed by: John Huston
Filmmaker John Huston directs this elaborate, star-studded epic inspired by the first 22 chapters of the book of Genesis. Tales include Abraham's sacrifice, the creation of Noah's…
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Seven Days in May (1964)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Military aide Martin Casey (Kirk Douglas) stumbles across a plot by his boss (Burt Lancaster) to overthrow the U.S. president (Fredric March), who has just negotiated a controversial peace…
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The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Cast: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr …
Directed by: John Huston
Working as a tour guide in Mexico, the defrocked alcoholic Rev. Shannon (Richard Burton) steers a group of visiting American teachers to Maxine Faulk's (Ava Gardner) rundown hotel, where…
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55 Days at Peking (1963)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton …
Set in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, Chinese nationals, angry at the presence of foreigners on their soil, have attacked a group of embassies. Maj. Matt Lewis (Charlton Heston)…
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On the Beach (1959)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire …
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
In this 1959 doomsday classic, a U.S. submarine led by Capt. Dwight Towers surfaces near Melbourne, where the passengers learn that nuclear war has wiped out most of humanity. And it…
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The Sun Also Rises (1957)
Cast: Mel Ferrer, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn …
Directed by: Henry King
Unable to satisfy the libido of winsome Lady Brett Ashley (Ava Gardner), American expatriate Jake Barnes (Tyrone Power) -- a veteran of the world's first Great War -- must accept her…
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Knights of the Round Table (1954)
Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Starring Robert Taylor, this drama recounts the efforts of Sir Lancelot to save Camelot from King Arthur's (Mel Ferrer) destructive son, Modred. Lancelot was expelled from the Round…
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The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Movie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), in a sequence of flashbacks, ponders the life of ravishing Tinseltown star Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner). A flamenco dancer at a two-bit cabaret…
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Mogambo (1953)
Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly …
Directed by: John Ford
Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly scored Oscar nominations for their performances as rivals vying for Clark Gable's affections in director John Ford's classic yarn that deftly blends…
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The Band Wagon (1953)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Washed-up movie star Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) tries to revive his career on Broadway in this classic musical comedy. Hunter and his talented cohorts encounter all kinds of problems as they…
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner …
Directed by: Henry King
While globe-trotting journalist Harry Street (Gregory Peck) lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite, his wealthy wife (Susan Hayward) keeps vigil. As she sits by his side, Street…
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Show Boat (1951)
Cast: Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel …
Directed by: George Sidney
Married entertainers (Ava Gardner and Robert Sterling) are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom because of the wife's mixed blood. The captain's daughter (Kathryn Grayson)…
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Cast: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick …
Directed by: Albert Lewin
Dutch Hendrick van der Zee (James Mason), a dashing and mysterious yachtsman, docks in a tiny Spanish seaport, where he romances American beauty Pandora Reynolds (Ava Gardner), a dead ringer…
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East Side, West Side (1949)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin …
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Jessie Bourne (Barbara Stanwyck) discovers that her husband, Brandon (James Mason), is having an affair with a model (Ava Gardner). Finding solace in sympathetic pal Mark (Van Heflin), Jessie…
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One Touch of Venus (1948)
Cast: Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes …
Directed by: William A. Seiter
Silver screen icon Ava Gardner stars in this charming romantic comedy as a statue of the Roman goddess of love, Anatolian Venus, who is magically brought to life by a harmless kiss from a…
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Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan …
Directed by: William Beaudine
When the East Side Kids -- Glimpy (Huntz Hall), Mugs (Leo Gorcey), Danny (Bobby Jordan) and Scruno (Ernest Morrison) -- go to spruce up a fixer-upper for Glimpy's newlywed sister (Ava…
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The East Side Kids Double Feature: Ghosts on the Loose / Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey …
Directed by: William Beaudine, Phil Rosen
Horror film icon Bela Lugosi shares the screen with the lovable East Side Kids in these two creepy comedies. In Ghosts on the Loose, the Kids discover a Nazi hideout, and in Spooks Run Wild,…