Movies by Nicholas Ray
As part of the cast:
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James Dean: Sense Memories (2005)
Cast: James Dean, Mark Rydell, Nicholas Ray …
Sharing their memories of actor James Dean -- whose tragic death ended his career at the height of his fame -- celebrity friends and colleagues (including Martin Landau, Eartha Kitt and Eli…
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Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water (1980)
Cast: Nicholas Ray, Craig T. Nelson, Gerry Bamman …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders
This documentary records the last days of Rebel Without a Cause director Nicholas Ray, who was gradually dying of cancer. As his life winds down, Ray looks back at his career and includes his…
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The American Friend (1977)
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Idealistic German art restorer Jonathan Zimmermann is dying from a rare blood disease, so to earn money for the family he will be leaving behind, he accepts an offer from cunning American…
As a director:
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Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water (1980)
Cast: Nicholas Ray, Craig T. Nelson, Gerry Bamman …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders
This documentary records the last days of Rebel Without a Cause director Nicholas Ray, who was gradually dying of cancer. As his life winds down, Ray looks back at his career and includes his…
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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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King of Kings (1961)
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Jeffrey Hunter stars in the titular role in this expansive version of Jesus' story that hews faithfully to the New Testament. A moving Sermon on the Mount, a vixenish Salome dancing for…
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The Savage Innocents (1960)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Mighty Anthony Quinn gives a magnetic performance as Inuk, an Eskimo hunter who gets snarled in cross-cultural lines when, in a gesture of Inuit goodwill, he offers to share his wife with a…
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Bitter Victory (1958)
Cast: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
British army captain Leith (Richard Burton) is handed a mission that may prove to be his most difficult yet: He must partner up with fellow military officer Brand (Curd Jürgens), with…
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The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Robert Wagner stars as Jesse James in director Nicholas Ray's nuanced retelling of the notorious bank robber's life story. Chronicling Jesse's final 18 years, the film sheds…
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Bigger Than Life (1956)
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Affable grade school schoolteacher Ed Avery (James Mason) gets a new lease on life after an experimental drug saves him from a near-fatal illness -- until the medication begins to warp his…
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Rebel Without a Cause: Special Edition (1955)
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
When Jim Stark (James Dean) arrives in a new town with his troubled past firmly in tow, he quickly falls for the girl next door (Natalie Wood) and befriends the vulnerable Plato (Sal Mineo),…
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Run for Cover (1955)
Cast: James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Matt Dow (James Cagney) wins a pardon, but it's not long before trouble finds him again. A local sheriff mistakes Dow and his young friend,…
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Fiery saloon owner Vienna squares off against her archenemy Emma Small, a repressed rancher who wants to bring her down at any cost. Vienna's former lover -- ex-gunslinger Johnny Guitar…
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On Dangerous Ground (1952)
Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
A jaded, bitter detective (Robert Ryan) is on the hunt for a killer, following a trail from the grimy city streets to the snow-blanketed countryside. In an odd psychological twist, he meets…
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Macao (1952)
Cast: William Bendix, Brad Dexter, Thomas Gomez …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Josef Von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg's classic mystery follows a trio of travelers who cross paths on the way to the Asian port city of Macao, then become caught up in a conflict between Chinese cops and…
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Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
They've gotta hate you to love you! John Wayne is a Marine fighter-pilot officer who earns the enmity of his men via his obsession with downing Japanese flyboys in World War II. Actual…
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Just when Hollywood screenwriter Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) sparks up a romance with his neighbor Laurel (Gloria Grahame), the police begin to suspect him of murdering a former lover.…
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They Live by Night / Side Street (1948)
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, Howard Da Silva …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Anthony Mann
Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell share the screen in these two crime capers set in New York City. In They Live By Night (based on Edward Anderson's Thieves Like Us), the pair,…