Movies by James Whitmore
As part of the cast:
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Here's to Life! (2000)
Cast: Eric McCormack, James Whitmore, Kim Hunter …
Directed by: Arne Olsen
Retirement-home manager Owen Rinard (Eric McCormack) keeps his elderly charges in line by running a ridiculously tight ship. But when resident Gus Corley (James Whitmore) announces his plans…
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The Relic (1997)
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
A biological mutant goes loose during an opening night gala at Chicago's Museum of Natural History in this chilling monster flick. A cop and two scientists try to unlock the…
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton …
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at Shawshank prison, where he comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his…
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Nuts (1987)
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
When high-class call girl Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) kills a customer in self-defense, her parents (Karl Malden and Maureen Stapleton) attempt to have her declared mentally incompetent…
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The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Cast: James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug …
Directed by: Will Vinton
When Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn catch a ride on a futuristic flying machine bound for the faraway Halley's Comet, they learn about their creator, Mark Twain -- whose life…
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Frank Sinatra, James Whitmore …
Directed by: Brian Hutton
A pickax-wielding serial killer haunts New York City's streets, and it falls to detective Edward Delaney (Frank Sinatra) to stop him in this gritty thriller. Delaney is near retirement…
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The Golden Honeymoon (1980)
Cast: James Whitmore, Teresa Wright, Stephen Elliott …
Directed by: Noel Black
Noel Black helmed this gentle romantic tale based on a short story by Ring Lardner. To celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, Charley Tate (James Whitmore) whisks his wife, Lucy (Teresa…
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The Serpent's Egg (1978)
Cast: David Carradine, Liv Ullmann, Heinz Bennent …
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Shortly before the advent of Nazism in Germany, Jewish trapeze artist Abel (David Carradine) and cabaret performer and prostitute Manuela (Liv Ullmann) seek work at a medical clinic run by…
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Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
Cast: James Whitmore
Directed by: Steve Binder
James Whitmore is the sole actor in this show about Harry S. Truman.
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I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)
Cast: Nick Ramus, Sam Elliott, James Whitmore …
Directed by: Richard T. Heffron
Chief Joseph (Ned Romero) takes a stand against the U.S. government in this drama about the famous Nez Perce leader. Tensions mount when Gen. Howard (James Whitmore) orders the Indian chief…
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Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Cast: James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging …
Directed by: Norman Tokar
Set in the Ozarks during the Depression era, this film adaptation of Wilson Rawls's heartwarming novel tells of Billy Coleman (Stewart Peterson), a poor but inspired boy who works…
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The Harrad Experiment (1973)
Cast: James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Laurie Walters …
Directed by: Ted Post
Several of the steamiest scenes -- most notably a full-frontal view of a young Don Johnson -- have been edited out of this cleaned-up version of the 1973 film about an experimental college…
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble / The Harrad Experiment: Double Feature (1973)
Cast: John Travolta, Don Johnson, Tippi Hedren …
Directed by: Ted Post, Randal Kleiser
Early turns from some of today's biggest stars highlight these two 1970s dramas. In The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, John Travolta plays a young man whose inoperative immune system forces…
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Chato's Land (1971)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore …
Directed by: Michael Winner
Charles Bronson, who played numerous American Indian roles during his career, is the title character here -- an Apache half-breed wrongly accused of murdering a sheriff. Jack Palance leads a…
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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Cast: Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasuka, Toshio Masuda …
Named for the Japanese phrase that signals the start of an attack, Tora! Tora! Tora! tells both the American and Japanese versions of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the…
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Cast: George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
In this third remake of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's hugely influential The Seven Samurai, the seven gunslingers (George Kennedy, Michael Ansara, Joe Don Baker, Bernie…
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Madigan (1968)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark), a feisty detective with a knack for trouble, is chasing down an escaped murderer and the hood who stole Madigan's gun. Keeping tabs on the gritty…
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter …
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Bewildered astronaut George Taylor crash-lands on a strange planet ruled by intelligent apes who use primitive humans for experimentation and sport. Taylor finds himself among the hunted as…
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Waterhole #3 (1967)
Cast: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Margaret Blye …
Directed by: William A. Graham
Gambler Lewton Cole (James Coburn) makes the biggest bet of his life when, armed with nothing but a dubious map and a "borrowed" horse, he sets out to unearth a cache of valuables buried…
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Chuka (1967)
Cast: Rod Taylor, Ernest Borgnine, John Mills …
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
Gordon Douglas's gritty 1967 Western proves war can be hell for both sides in a conflict; in this case, it's American Indians protecting their turf and soldiers assigned to protect…
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 39 (1960)
Cast: James Whitmore, Franchot Tone, Rod Serling …
Creator Rod Serling's long-running, Emmy-winning television series brought science fiction to the masses. Viewers enjoyed the twisted, often-humorous mysteries as well as the show's…
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Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: George Sidney
Part screwball comedy, part political farce, this 1960 film from director George Sidney stars (then) real-life husband and wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh as David and Ann Wilson. When Ann…
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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw …
Directed by: George Sidney
Directed by George Sidney, a veteran of dozens of Golden Age MGM musicals, this glossy biopic of famed pianist Eddy Duchin stars Tyrone Power as the talented ivory tickler who was at the…
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Oklahoma! (1955)
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson …
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
During Oklahoma's freewheeling territorial days, coquettish Laurey Williams (Shirley Jones) falls for good-natured cowboy Curly McLain (Gordon MacRae). Unfortunately, she also provokes…
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Battle Cry (1955)
Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
A richly textured movie (filmed in 1955) about a group of American Marines trained for combat in the Pacific. Van Heflin is their commander who pulls strings to get them a tough combat…
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The Last Frontier (1955)
Cast: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
After their valuable pelts are stolen by Indians, trappers Jed Cooper (Victor Mature), Gus Hideout (James Whitmore) and Mungo (Pat Hogan) join the Cavalry. Jed's mind turns to other…
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Crossroads: Vol. 2 (1955)
Cast: James Whitmore, Philip Ahn, Edmund Lowe …
Directed by: Justus Addiss, Nathan Juran, Erle C. Kenton …
James Whitmore, Michael Landon, Vincent Price and Richard Carlson star in a quartet of episodes from "Crossroads," a 1950s anthology series featuring dramatic and inspirational faith-based…
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Them! (1954)
Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon …
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
The inhabitants of a small Southwestern town feel the fallout when radiation from bomb tests creates giant, mutant ants that descend on their community. Facing human extermination, a team of…
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Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller …
Directed by: George Sidney
It's Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" set to Cole Porter's greatest score. Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel are a divorced, bickering Broadway couple who agree to star in the…
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen …
Directed by: John Huston
Nominated for four Academy Awards and long considered a noir classic, John Huston's heist film follows a band of criminal masterminds (Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern) as…
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Armored Car Robbery / Crime in the Streets (1950)
Cast: James Whitmore, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell …
Directed by: Don Siegel, Richard Fleischer
Crack the case with a pair of film noir classics. In Armored Car Robbery (1950), two police lieutenants (Charles McGraw and James Flavin) play cat-and-mouse with a clever thief planning a…
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Battleground (1949)
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Director William Wellman dedicated this taut war film to "the battered bastards of Bastogne." The film tells the story of a U.S. Army division that's overrun by the Germans during the…