Movies by Robert Ryan
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Sequins (2004)
Cast: Lola Naymark, Robert Ryan, Ariane Ascaride …
Directed by: Eleonore Faucher
After learning she's five months pregnant, 17-year-old Claire (Lola Naymark) leaves her former life behind to give birth in anonymity. An excellent embroiderer, Claire finds work with a…
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Executive Action (1973)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer …
Directed by: David Miller
Based on the novel Rush to Judgment, this chilling drama purports that JFK's assassination was a conspiracy concocted by military and industrial leaders. Burt Lancaster, Will Geer and…
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Lawman (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: Michael Winner
Director Michael Winner's stoic interpretation of a timeless Western motif stars Burt Lancaster as flinty, uncompromising Marshal Jered Maddox. He's out to jail seven cowpunchers…
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
Cast: Emilio Fernandez, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Director Sam Peckinpah's brilliant 1969 Western epic tells the story of a bunch of aging outlaws, led by Pike Bishop (William Holden), whose botched plans to pull off one last job forces…
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Anzio (1968)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
The bloody assault by Allied forces on the beaches of Anzio, Italy, and their four-month march into Rome is detailed in a joint American, Italian and Spanish production filmed largely in…
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A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968)
Cast: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Franco Giraldi
An outlaw with a storied past seeks refuge in Escondido, New Mexico, from other outlaws, bounty hunters, territorial lawmen and anyone else out to take advantage of his occasional paralytic…
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
In this Academy Award-winning World War II action flick from director Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard), a U.S. Army major (Lee Marvin) is handed a near-impossible assignment: Turn a group of…
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Custer of the West (1967)
Cast: Robert Shaw, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter …
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
German expatriate Robert Siodmak (The Killers) directed this well-rounded portrait of a conflicted and fascinating personality, Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Robert Shaw). The story traces…
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Hour of the Gun (1967)
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: John Sturges
Notorious Wild West gunslingers Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday hunt down the vengeful Clanton Brothers in John Sturges' sequel to Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. When the Clantons gun down…
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The Busy Body (1967)
Cast: Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Richard Pryor …
Directed by: William Castle
Emmy Award winner Sid Caesar leads an all-star cast in this classic screwball comedy as George Norton, a blundering mob yes-man charged with retrieving a stash of money that has been sewn…
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The Professionals (1966)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Burt Lancaster provide more star wattage in this film than most Westerns have ever marshaled. Hired to retrieve a kidnapped woman from from an evil bandito, these…
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Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Ken Annakin
In December 1944, Nazi forces launch a well-planned counteroffensive against Allied troops in Belgium. The brilliant strategist behind the attack is German Col. Hessler (Robert Shaw), whose…
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The Longest Day (1962)
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum …
Directed by: Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton …
This Oscar-winning war epic chronicles World War II's harrowing D-Day invasion. Shot on the beaches of Normandy, France, the ambitious film attempts to cover the historic day from all…
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Billy Budd (1962)
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov directs this adaptation of Herman Melville's seafaring novel about young Billy Budd (Terence Stamp), who's forced to serve in the British navy during wartime. The…
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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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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters …
Directed by: Robert Wise
David Burke, a former cop and ex-con, convinces bigoted Southerner Earl Slater to rob a bank with him. Burke also recruits Johnny Ingram, a gambling addict hopelessly in debt. But when Slater…
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Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Cast: Burl Ives, Robert Ryan, Tina Louise …
Directed by: André De Toth
Brutal Army officer Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives) leads a band of violent, renegade cavalrymen running roughshod over the denizens of a far-flung township in this gritty Western directed by…
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Lonelyhearts (1958)
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: Vincent J. Donehue
In order to teach naïve writer Adam White (Montgomery Clift) that life's not always a bowl of cherries, his cynical editor (Robert Ryan) assigns him to the "Miss Lonelyheart"…
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God's Little Acre (1958)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
This rollicking look inside the rural Deep South brings to life the primitive, ribald rustics of Erskine Caldwell's steamy bestselling novel. Both humorous and heartrending, this…
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Men in War (1957)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray star as soldiers who have to fight a personal war in the midst of the Korean conflict. Lt. Benson (Ryan) is trying to get the remnants of his platoon back to…
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The Proud Ones (1956)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter …
Directed by: Robert D. Webb
With the arrival of a rowdy Texas trail herd, a tiny Kansas town is split: While local marshal Cass Silver (Robert Ryan) is convinced that the herd drivers will bring nothing but trouble,…
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House of Bamboo (1955)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Filmed in Japan and featuring stunning photography, Sam Fuller's 1955 crime noir tells the story of Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack), a U.S. army operative sent to Tokyo to investigate…
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Clark Gable Collection: The Tall Men (1955)
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Clark Gable finds adventure and romance during a rugged cattle drive in this picturesque Western. In need of some quick cash after the Civil War, brothers Ben and Clint Allison (Gable and…
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Bad Day at Black Rock (1954)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis …
Directed by: John Sturges
When John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) steps off the train at the backwater hamlet of Black Rock, he inadvertently opens a Pandora's box of fear and suspicion. He's there to deliver…
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About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Cast: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar …
Directed by: Daniel Mann
In this offbeat drama, boardinghouse owner Vivien Leslie (BAFTA-nominated Shirley Booth) recalls -- via flashbacks -- her bittersweet past as a cabaret chanteuse and her long-term affair with…
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Alaska Seas (1954)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Jan Sterling, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Jerry Hopper
Set in 1924 Alaska, director Jerry Hopper's vintage potboiler stars Robert Ryan as Matt Kelly, an opportunistic salmon fisherman who'll do just about anything to make a buck,…
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The Naked Spur (1953)
Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Howard Kemp (James Stewart) is eager to hunt down murderous villain Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) and cash in the $5,000 reward to reclaim the ranch he once owned. While tracking the ominous…
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Appointment in Honduras / Escape to Burma: Double Feature (1953)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Zachary Scott, Barbara Stanwyck …
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur, Allan Dwan
Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford and Ann Sheridan star in this double feature of classic 1950s jungle adventures from RKO. In Appointment in Honduras, Sylvia Sheppard (Sheridan) and a shady…
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Clash by Night (1952)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Barbara Stanwyck stars as world-weary Mae Doyle, who's forced to return to her small fishing village when her big-city dreams fade to black. She soon attracts the attention of two men:…
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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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Horizons West (1952)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Ryan, Julie Adams …
Directed by: Budd Boetticher
Artful director Budd Boetticher combines the action of a Western with the tension of an epic family drama with this tale of the Hammond brothers -- Neal (Rock Hudson) and Dan (Robert Ryan) --…
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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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The Racket (1951)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott …
Directed by: John Cromwell
Scheming to put a crooked district attorney on the bench, a big-time crime syndicate moves into town and installs resident underworld boss Nick Scanlon (Robert Ryan) as its front man -- but…
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The Set-Up (1949)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias …
Directed by: Robert Wise
Robert Wise directs film noir icons Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter in this gripping thriller set in boxing's palooka world. The film tells the story of a down-on-his luck fighter who…
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Caught (1949)
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Max Ophüls
Looking for a means to rise above her station, struggling model Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) marries millionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan) -- a character reportedly based on Howard…
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The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Before there was punk rock, there was The Boy with Green Hair! Dean Stockwell plays a boy (circa 1948) who wakes up one morning to find he's grown a nice shock of chartreuse-colored…
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Act of Violence / Mystery Street (1948)
Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann, John Sturges
Suspense and intrigue abound in this film noir double bill that follows the stories of a World War II veteran whose past catches up with him and a dead prostitute whose remains wash up on a…
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Return of the Bad Men (1948)
Cast: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys …
Directed by: Ray Enright
U.S. Marshal Vance Cordell (Randolph Scott) has his work cut out for him when he's tasked with cleaning up a crime-ridden Oklahoma Territory that's crawling with notoriously bad men…
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Crossfire (1947)
Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Wrapped around a taut whodunit, this groundbreaking, Oscar-nominated film from director Edward Dmytryk explores the topic of anti-Semitism. A jaded homicide detective (Robert Young) must get…