Movies by Richard Quine
As part of the cast:
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Command Decision (1949)
Cast: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson …
Directed by: Sam Wood
Bent on destroying Germany's fighter plane factories during World War II, U.S. Brig. Gen. Casey Dennis (Clark Gable) sends bomber squadrons on dangerous suicide missions, convinced that…
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Babes on Broadway (1941)
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter …
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland reunite in this vibrant musical directed by Busby Berkeley. Thwarted in their attempts to break into the big time, showbiz wannabes Tommy Williams (Rooney) and…
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Jane Eyre (1934)
Cast: Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer …
Directed by: Christy Cabanne
Colin Clive stars in the first all-talking version of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, one of the great romantic melodramas of all time. Raised in an orphanage and trained as a teacher,…
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Swashbuckler meets slapstick in this hilarious take on Anthony Hope's classic tale, which stars the inimitable Peter Sellers in the dual roles of the would-be king of Ruritania and the…
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A Talent for Loving (1969)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Cesar Romero, Caroline Munro …
Directed by: Richard Quine
This Western spoof stars Richard Widmark as an American gambler who wins the deed to a Mexican ranch from a cunning outlaw (Topol). At the ranch, the gambler discovers that his new lands have…
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Hotel (1967)
Cast: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Excellent performances from a star-studded cast elevate director Richard Quine's colorful drama set in New Orleans's French Quarter. With his high-class hotel in severe financial…
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How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Claire Trevor …
Directed by: Richard Quine
After impetuously wedding a beauty he just met, a cartoonist fantasizes about getting out of the hasty marriage by plotting his wife's murder in his sketchbook. But will life imitate art…
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Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Cast: William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Gregoire Aslan …
Directed by: Richard Quine
A screenwriter living in Paris has squandered months he should have been spending completing his latest project. Now, he has just two days to finish. His secretary brainstorms a potpourri of…
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Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Natalie Wood stars as Helen Gurley Brown in this farce loosely based on Brown's book of the same name. Trying to land an interview with the noted psychologist, unscrupulous journalist…
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The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Cast: Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire …
Directed by: Richard Quine
After moving to London, American diplomat William (Jack Lemmon) begins an exhilarating romance with his sexy landlady, Carlye (Kim Novak). When he learns the police suspects Carlye of killing…
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The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Cast: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Forbidden love takes center stage in this romantic movie starring William Holden as Robert Lomax, an American traveler visiting Hong Kong who meets and quickly grows smitten with a local…
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Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Architect Larry Coe (Kirk Douglas) and his neighbor, Maggie (Kim Novak), have fallen head over heels in love. Unfortunately, they're both married to other people. So, they indulge in…
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It Happened to Jane (1959)
Cast: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Single mother and fishmonger Jane Osgood (Doris Day) may be in over her head when she receives a large order from the Marshall Town Country Club for lobsters. Unfortunately, she fails to…
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Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon …
Directed by: Richard Quine
The same year they co-starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, James Stewart and Kim Novak teamed up for this popular screen version of a hit Broadway comedy. Novak is a witch in Greenwich…
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Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Fueled by his feelings for a pretty World War II-era nurse (Kathryn Grant), the mischievous Pvt. Hogan (Jack Lemmon) plots to throw a "mad ball" for love-starved nurses and soldiers at a…
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The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Cast: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Howard Teichman and George S. Kaufman pillory big business and big businessmen in this adaptation of their Broadway play in which a minority stockholder, Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday),…
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My Sister Eileen (1955)
Cast: Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Actress Eileen Sherwood (Janet Leigh) and her sister Ruth (Betty Garrett) plan to take Manhattan by storm once they arrive. But Ruth's dreams are immediately quashed when her new boss,…
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Pushover (1954)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Police detective Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) is assigned the not-unpleasant task of striking up a friendship with Lona McLane (Kim Novak), the girlfriend of a man suspected of engineering…
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Life Returns (1935)
Cast: Lois Wilson, Valerie Hobson, Onslow Stevens …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Determined to reverse death, oddball scientist Dr. John Kendrick (Onslow Stevens) continues working through personal hardships -- including his wife's passing -- hanging on to the belief…