Movies by Kirk Douglas
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Cast: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Craig McCall
In this fitting documentary tribute, director Craig McCall toasts the legendary career of Oscar-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff, best known for his groundbreaking work on big-screen…
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Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget (2009)
Cast: Kirk Douglas
Directed by: Jeff Kanew
Neither age nor the lingering effects of a stroke can stop silver-screen legend Kirk Douglas, who takes the stage and delivers a powerful one-man performance in which he reflects on his…
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TV Graffiti (2007)
Cast: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dick Powell, Dan Dailey …
See how the sitcom started in this collection hailing the early days of TV comedy, featuring five rare shows from the 1950s. Included are Hattie McDaniel in the never-aired "Beulah" and an…
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A Father ... a Son ... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas
Directed by: Lee Grant
Aiming her camera lens at Oscar winners Kirk and Michael Douglas, Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Lee Grant captures an extraordinary portrait of a father and son whose lives have…
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Illusion (2004)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Michael A. Goorjian, Michael Goorjian …
Directed by: Michael A. Goorjian
With his deceased former editor as his projectionist, dying filmmaker Donald Baines (Kirk Douglas) spends a fantastical night watching movies that depict various stages in his estranged…
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It Runs in the Family (2003)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Rory Culkin …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
The Gromberg family is one of the most powerful families in New York City -- but hidden beneath a veneer of perfection is a wealth of dysfunction. Three generations of Douglas thespians star…
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Frank Sinatra Memorial (1999)
Cast: Ed McMahon, Tommy Sands, Tony Bennett …
Celebrities who knew Frank Sinatra (and even those who didn't) discuss his legacy, from his crooning to his acting career to his personal life. Sinatra is eulogized by Tony Curtis, Faye…
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Directors: John Frankenheimer (1999)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Kirk Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson …
During his long career, director John Frankenheimer made some of the most acclaimed thrillers of the last 50 years, including The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz, Seven Days in May,…
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Diamonds (1999)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Corbin Allred …
Directed by: John Asher
Widower and one-time prizefighter Harry Agensky (Kirk Douglas) is desperate to retire. Short on cash, Harry persuades his son, Lance (Dan Aykroyd), and teenage grandson (Corbin Allred) to…
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1995)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Dan Aykroyd, Kirk Douglas and John Lithgow star in this frightening collection from HBO's popular series, which features the episodes "And All Through the House," "Yellow" and "You, Murderer."
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Greedy (1994)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis …
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Meet the McTeagues -- a hilariously funny, highly dysfunctional clan who all want a piece of their wealthy uncle's will. The only trouble is that he's not dead yet! Things quickly…
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The Lies Boys Tell (1994)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson, Marley Shelton …
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
This moving drama catches Ed Reece (Kirk Douglas), a salesman who's spent his life on the road, at the twilight of his life. Ed's past choices have left his family by the wayside,…
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The Secret (1992)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Boxleitner, Brock Peters …
Directed by: Karen Arthur
On the surface, it seems as if Mike Dunsmore (Kirk Douglas) has it all. He has a loving family, has built a successful business and is running for political office. But nobody knows his…
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Oscar (1991)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: John Landis
Big-time gangster Snaps Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) promises his dying father, Eduardo (Kirk Douglas), that he'll go straight. Easier said than done, as Snaps encounters far too many…
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World's Greatest Movie Challenge (1988)
Cast: Gale Russell, Frank Sinatra, Joseph Cotton …
Test your knowledge of classic movies with this challenging trivia game, which features a variety of famous scenes starring hundreds of silver-screen legends like Joseph Cotton, Frank…
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Inherit the Wind (1988)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin …
Directed by: David Greene
Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards star in this Emmy-winning television remake of the 1960 film classic, a dramatization of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial involving a high school teacher charged…
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell …
Directed by: Jeff Kanew
When a young convict breaks out of an Alabama prison and tries to reunite with his wife and son, a truant officer named Marzack sets out after him. Kirk Douglas plays the wily and determined…
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Cast: Steve Martin, Humphrey Bogart, Rachel Ward …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Gumshoe Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) takes on the case of a missing cheese maker/scientist when the man's shapely daughter, Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward), hires the detective to…
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The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson …
Directed by: George Miller, George T. Miller, George T. Miller …
After his father's death, young cowboy Jim tries to earn money so he can keep his father's farm going. He gets a job breaking wild horses and falls in love with his boss's…
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Remembrance of Love (1982)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Pam Dawber, Robert Clary …
Directed by: Jack Smight
Widower and Auschwitz survivor Joe Rabin (Kirk Douglas, in a rare TV role) reluctantly joins his daughter, Marcy (Pam Dawber), on a trip to the 1981 World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in…
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Saturn 3 (1980)
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain) changes direction here with a three-character sci-fi thriller set in the rings of Saturn. Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett play environmental…
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The Final Countdown (1980)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: Don Taylor
What if a 1980s American aircraft carrier (with its modern firepower) time-warped back to Pacific waters just outside Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? That's the intriguing premise behind…
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Home Movies (1980)
Cast: Nancy Allen, Mary Davenport, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Struggling to find his identity, Denis Byrd (Keith Gordon) enlists in a course called Star Therapy, led by an eccentric professor named Dr. Tuttle (Kirk Douglas) who encourages his students…
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The Villain (1979)
Cast: Ann-Margret, Kirk Douglas, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Hal Needham
When Miss Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) goes to pick up a large sum of money from her father, the greedy Avery Simpson decides he wants that money and hires a clumsy old cowboy, Cactus Jack…
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The Fury (1978)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Two years after the debut of Carrie, director Brian De Palma delivers another bloody tale of psychic teenagers. When telekinetic teens Robin (Andrew Stevens, son of Stella) and Gillian (Amy…
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Rain of Fire (1977)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli …
Directed by: Alberto De Martino
Despite doomsday warnings from throngs of locals, wealthy industrialist Robert Caine (Kirk Douglas) makes the controversial decision to build a nuclear power plant near a sacred cave in the…
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Posse (1975)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins …
Directed by: Kirk Douglas
Taking on triple duties as producer, director and star, Kirk Douglas plays a flinty federal marshal with big political aspirations -- and capturing notorious bandit Jack Strawhorn (Bruce…
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Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen …
Directed by: Guy Green
Upon returning home to New York City and learning that her washed-up movie-producer father (Kirk Douglas) has married into money with little regard for romance, January Wayne (Deborah Raffin)…
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The Master Touch (1972)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan …
Directed by: Michele Lupo
Wallace (Kirk Douglas) is a career criminal freshly released from the pen. To his wife's dismay, Wallace embarks on an audacious safecracking job immediately after returning home. Also…
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Once Upon a Wheel (1971)
Cast: Mario Andretti, Mario Andrelli, Paul Newman …
Directed by: David Winters
Actor and racing enthusiast Paul Newman hosts this fast-paced, award-winning glimpse into the early days of race-car driving. Celebrity friends such as Kirk Douglas, Dick Smothers and James…
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There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, John Randolph …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kirk Douglas stars in this classic Western about amiable convict Paris Pitman, who's hidden a half million in stolen loot. Now, he just needs to persuade his prison cronies to escape and…
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The Arrangement (1969)
Cast: Richard Boone, Hume Cronyn, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Wealthy advertising executive Eddie Anderson (Kirk Douglas) is trapped in an unhappy marriage and a mind-numbing career and slipping deeper and deeper into a midlife crisis. Trying to find…
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The Brotherhood (1968)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
It might be best to view this 1968 Martin Ritt-directed movie about the Cosa Nostra as a slightly less effective precursor to Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy. Kirk Douglas is…
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The War Wagon (1967)
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
John Wayne teams with Kirk Douglas in this horse opera about an impenetrable stagecoach chock-full of gold bullion. The Duke plays a disenfranchised rancher planning to swipe the gold from a…
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The Way West (1967)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Sally Field …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
When Sen. William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) quits politics to create a utopia out West in 1843, he hires seasoned scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead the wagon train, but…
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Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Gert Fröbe …
Directed by: Rene Clement
World War II is nearly over, but the Germans wage one last effort at destruction in Paris. But the French Resistance won't let them win -- not when Allied victory is so close at hand.…
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Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner …
Directed by: Melville Shavelson
After a brilliant career with the U.S. army, WWII hero and Jewish American Mickey Marcus (Kirk Douglas) is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab…
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In Harm's Way (1965)
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal …
Directed by: Otto Preminger
This World War II epic focuses on the effect the Pearl Harbor attack had on military lives. After a failed counterstrike on the Japanese, Capt. Torrey gets shore duty, finds love with a…
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The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
In 1942, Norwegian resistance fighters discover that the Nazis are using a local factory to produce the heavy water required for atomic weapons, and underground leader Knut Straud (Richard…
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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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Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau …
Directed by: David Miller
In this modern-day Western, Jack Burns purposely lands in jail to spring a friend but discovers that he doesn't want to be sprung. Burns then busts out alone, with the town sheriff…
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Town Without Pity (1961)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütting, Christine Kaufmann …
Directed by: Gottfried Reinhardt
Four American soldiers are accused of raping a girl from a German village near their base, and Maj. Steve Garrett is assigned the unenviable task of defending them in this tense courtroom drama.
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The Last Sunset (1961)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Pursued by flinty lawman Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson), philosophical fugitive outlaw Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas) drops in on old flame Belle (Dorothy Malone). O'Malley finds her…
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Spartacus (1960)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick directed this epic saga based on ancient events, chronicling the birth of a vagabond slave-army led by an ex-gladiator named Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) that threatens the…
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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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Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones …
Directed by: John Sturges
After his wife is killed, U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) is so filled with rage and resentment that he's ready to put his life on the line to exact revenge. But in doing so…
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The Vikings (1958)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
One of the largest-grossing films of the 1950s, The Vikings is slam-bang action from start to finish, with Kirk Douglas and Ernest Borgnine as a couple of Norsemen who rape and pillage the…
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Paths of Glory (1957)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, Wayne Morris …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Col. Dax leads a weary regiment of French army soldiers during World War I. When French generals order the regiment to carry out what amounts to a suicide mission against German fire, some of…
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming …
Directed by: John Sturges
This classic Western about the unusual friendship between Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) is as good it gets. When Wyatt puts an end to the cattle-rustling…
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Lust for Life (1956)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
Director Vincente Minnelli paints a dramatic portrait of tormented artistic genius Vincent van Gogh in this fictionalized biography. Kirk Douglas delivers a fittingly combustible performance…
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The Indian Fighter (1955)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Elsa Martinelli …
Directed by: André De Toth
Johnny Hawks (Kirk Douglas), a cocky cowboy notorious throughout the Oregon territories (he's known as "The Indian Fighter"), is summoned by Capt. Trask (Walter Abel), commander of the…
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Kirk Douglas stars as Ned Land and James Mason as Captain Nemo in this Walt Disney live-action adaptation of the classic Jules Verne underwater adventure. Sent to investigate a rash of…
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Ulysses (1954)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Mario Camerini
Ulysses is the valiant hero doomed to a perilous journey home following his triumph in the Trojan War. Antinoos is the suitor who takes advantage of Ulysses's absence and sets out to win…
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The Golden Blade / The Last Sunset (1953)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans …
Directed by: Nathan Juran, Robert Aldrich
Rock Hudson's all-American good looks stand up equally well on foreign shores as the star travels to Arabia for The Golden Blade and then heads south of the border to Mexico in The Last…
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The Big Trees (1952)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore …
Directed by: Felix Feist
Ruthless timber baron Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) and his crew leave Wisconsin to earn a fortune clearing the redwood forests of Northern California. But once they arrive, the loggers are…
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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Charismatic but ruthless film producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) needs a blockbuster after producing three consecutive flops and falling out of favor with the studio. To help him make a…
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Detective Story (1951)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix …
Directed by: William Wyler
This gritty urban drama chronicles a day in the lives of detectives at a Manhattan police precinct, including James McLeod (Kirk Douglas), a cop who sees everything in black-and-white terms.…
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Ace in the Hole (1951)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Fired from a number of big-city papers, reporter Charles Tatum tries to re-establish himself in New Mexico. When a local store owner is trapped in a cave-in, Tatum turns the victim's…
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The Jack Benny Show: Vol. 3 (1950)
Cast: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc …
Comedian Jack Benny -- America's favorite violin-playing skinflint -- was a staple of vaudeville, radio and the movies. But he was never seen to better effect than on his television…
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In this 1949 black-and-white classic, which won Joseph L. Mankiewicz an Academy Award for Best Director, three married women (Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern) vacationing on the…
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Champion (1949)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Midge Kelly (Kirk Douglas) is a talented boxer but a horrible person. He rises to the top of his sport, but fame and wealth quickly seduce him, and he revels in the glory of being a star.…
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Young Man with a Horn (1949)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Thanks to a devoted mentor, young, idealistic Rick Martin proves to be a musician of the highest caliber. But his life hits a sour note when his troubled marriage, penchant for the bottle and…
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My Dear Secretary (1948)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Charles Martin
Best-selling novelist and ladies' man Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) expects his new secretary, Stephanie (Laraine Day), to be his next conquest. But Stephanie -- an aspiring writer --…
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I Walk Alone (1948)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Frankie Madison (Burt Lancaster), just out of prison, expects to pick up his bootlegging racket right where he left off. Unfortunately, his former partner, Noll Turner (Kirk Douglas), now a…
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Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: Dudley Nichols
Eugene O'Neill's play comes to life through Rosalind Russell's portrayal of Lavinia Mannon, the daughter of war veteran Ezra Mannon (Raymond Massey). In post-Civil War New…
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Out of the Past (1947)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer …
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur directs this definitive noir classic (remade in 1984 as Against All Odds) about a trio to reckon with -- troubled private investigator Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum), drop-dead…
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Lewis Milestone
After nearly two decades away, Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) returns to his hometown, sending its preeminent couple -- Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) and her spouse, Walter O'Neil (Kirk…
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers / Kirk Douglas on Film: Double Feature (1946)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin …
Directed by: Lewis Milestone, Ted Newsom
Kirk Douglas makes his screen debut in the 1946 film noir classic The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, playing the weak, alcoholic husband of a powerful heiress (Barbara Stanwyck). The doomed…
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Posse (1975)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins …
Directed by: Kirk Douglas
Taking on triple duties as producer, director and star, Kirk Douglas plays a flinty federal marshal with big political aspirations -- and capturing notorious bandit Jack Strawhorn (Bruce…