Movies by Richard Widmark
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True Colors (1991)
Cast: John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
In this absorbing morality play, two law-school roommates fulfill their ambitions by taking different paths, as one accepts a job at the Department of Justice, while the other enters the…
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Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
Cast: Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
John Henry Lee (Willie Nelson) has been in prison for 20 years, and his first order of business upon being released is to regroup his band of outlaws for one more job. But do his boys still…
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A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
Racial intolerance grows as thick as Spanish moss on a Louisiana bayou tree in this tale adapted from Ernest J. Gaines's novel. After a tenant farmer is killed, black sharecropper Mathu…
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
Cast: Joan Bennett, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor …
Directed by: David Heeley
Spencer Tracy was a true Hollywood legend who starred in dozens of films, including such classics as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. In this tribute…
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Against All Odds (1984)
Cast: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Ex-football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) has been hired to track down Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward), the mistress of sleazy Los Angeles nightclub owner Jake Wise (James Woods). It's…
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Hanky Panky (1982)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan …
Directed by: Sidney Poitier
While searching for her brother's killers and being pursued by a dangerous foe (Richard Widmark), Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) and Michael Jordan (Gene Wilder) embark on a harried…
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)
Cast: Peter Riegert, Diane Lane, Candy Clark …
Directed by: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom
Fortified with the outrageous humor that made classics out of Animal House and Vacation, National Lampoon's trilogy of hilarious spoofs pokes fun at everything from marital strife to…
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The Final Option (1982)
Cast: Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Ian Sharp
Inspired by the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in London, this exciting actioner stars Lewis Collins as SAS officer Peter Skellen, who infiltrates a terrorist organization intent on using…
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Coma (1978)
Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley …
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton's second feature film follows Dr. Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold), a resident whose best friend winds up on life support after undergoing a routine procedure. When…
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The Swarm (1978)
Cast: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Entomologist Brad Crane (Michael Caine) and his crack team of scientists attempt to intervene when swarms of voracious killer bees begin attacking a number of cities in Texas, and an army…
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Rollercoaster (1977)
Cast: George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms …
Directed by: James Goldstone
This high-speed 1970s suspense yarn stars Timothy Bottoms as a terrorist determined to turn America's amusement parks into battlefields. The tension builds to an explosive climax as an…
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
When he's framed and sent to prison under false pretenses, a vengeful U.S. Air Force general mounts his escape with two willing accomplices, takes over an ill-guarded missile silo and…
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Honor Blackman …
Directed by: Peter Sykes
A heretic priest (Christopher Lee) plots to use a teenage nun (Nastassja Kinski) in a depraved sexual pact with the forces of darkness. But when an American occult novelist (Richard Widmark)…
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The Sell-Out (1976)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt …
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Retired CIA operative Sam Lucas (Richard Widmark) discovers that he's been involuntarily reactivated. He reluctantly returns to espionage at the urging of his protégé and…
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Investigator Hercule Poirot is aboard the Orient Express when a fellow passenger, Samuel Ratchett, is found murdered. Widely despised, Rachett had many enemies, so Poirot must sift through an…
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Directed by John Ford (1971)
Cast: Orson Welles, James Stewart, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
The life of distinguished American filmmaker John Ford is brought to the screen through a series of interviews with the legendary director himself, clips from some of his most well-known…
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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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Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor …
Directed by: Alan Smithee, Don Siegel
When longtime marshal Frank Patch (Richard Widmark) kills a man in self-defense, the modern-minded residents of Cottonwood Springs use the incident as an excuse to oust their old-school…
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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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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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Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Cast: William Holden, Richard Widmark
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Debonair Mexican cattle rancher Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) drives his herd near Richmond, Va., planning to sell the beef to the Union Army besieging the Confederates in the city. Trouble…
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The Bedford Incident (1965)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur …
Directed by: James B. Harris
At the peak of Cold War tensions, a U.S. naval ship discovers a Soviet submarine in the North Atlantic and scrutinizes its every move. As the ship's commander, Capt. Findlander (Richard…
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Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden …
Directed by: John Ford
Director John Ford's last Western chronicles the 1878 migration of a band of Cheyenne, who -- in defiance of the U.S. government -- leave their barren Oklahoma reservation to return to…
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The Long Ships (1964)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Rosanna Schiaffino …
Directed by: Jack Cardiff
Based on the book by Frank Bengtsson, this 1964 film tells the tale of Viking brothers Rolf (Richard Widmark) and Orm (Russ Tamblyn), who are hunting for a mythical golden bell. For this,…
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Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Yul Brynner, George Chakiris and Richard Widmark star as a trio of Air Force pilots sent to rescue survivors of a sinking Japanese cargo ship during a vicious storm. On their way to the site,…
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How the West Was Won (1962)
Cast: Carroll Baker, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck …
Directed by: John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway …
A film so epic, it demanded the talents of three directors, including the master of Westerns, John Ford. You'll follow three generations of the adventurous Prescott family, who risk life…
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
This Academy Award-winning film by Stanley Kramer stars Spencer Tracy as American judge Dan Haywood, who's chosen to guide a 1948 tribunal that's trying Germans suspected of…
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The Alamo (1960)
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey …
Directed by: John Wayne
Texas's pivotal battle for independence from Mexico comes blazingly to life courtesy of John Wayne (who also directs) as Davy Crockett. Col. William Travis (Laurence Harvey) and famous…
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Warlock (1959)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
The mining town of Warlock hires a gunfighter named Clay (Henry Fonda) and his sidekick (Anthony Quinn) to clean up the streets and restore order, but the townsfolk have second thoughts about…
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The Tunnel of Love (1958)
Cast: Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young …
Directed by: Gene Kelly
Doris Day and Richard Widmark play Isolde and Augie Poole, childless suburbanites who after years of trying to conceive, decide to adopt a child in this Gene Kelly-helmed comedy. A pretty…
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The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens …
Directed by: John Sturges
Just before he marries Peggy Carter (Patricia Owens), robber-turned-marshal Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) must settle a score by springing his ex-partner Clint (Richard Widmark) from a hanging.…
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Time Limit (1957)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels …
Directed by: Karl Malden
Richard Widmark stars in this court drama as Col. William Edwards, a military lawyer assigned to defend Korean War POW Maj. Cargill (Richard Basehart) of treason. But as commanding officers…
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The Last Wagon (1956)
Cast: Susan Kohner, Felicia Farr, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Seeking vengeance for his wife's untimely death, grieving widower Comanche Todd (Richard Widmark) hunts down her killers and ushers them into an early grave, a crime for which he's…
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Run for the Sun (1956)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer …
Directed by: Roy Boulting
Richard Connell's famed story gets an action-packed treatment with star Richard Widmark as American writer Mike Latimer, who falls for journalist Katy Connors (Jane Greer) and…
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Broken Lance (1954)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Rancher Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) rears his four sons with tough love in this Western that rings of Shakespeare's "King Lear." After years of living under their dad's rule, Ben…
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Hell and High Water (1954)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
At the height of the Cold War, sub commander Adam Jones (Richard Widmark) is recruited to crack a communist plot to start World War III. He and his crew travel to an island near Japan, where…
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Pickup on South Street (1953)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
A routine subway ride turns out to be anything but when Candy (Jean Peters) is mugged by a man named Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark), who's in search of valuable microfilm that Candy is…
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Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft …
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
After Lyn (Anne Bancroft) dumps him, Jed (Richard Widmark) sulks until he spots gorgeous Nell Forbes (Marilyn Monroe), who recently moved to New York City. But Jed soon realizes that Nell…
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O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Cast: Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco …
Top movie talents lend their gifts to this 1952 anthology of O. Henry short-story adaptations, introduced and narrated by Nobel laureate John Steinbeck. "The Gift of the Magi," "The Clarion…
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The Frogmen (1951)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill …
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Richard Widmark heads the star-studded cast (which includes Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews and Gary Merrill) in this fast-paced World War II adventure film from director Lloyd Bacon. Widmark…
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Panic in the Streets (1950)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
A medical official races against time to stop a deadly epidemic from spreading across the United States in this taut drama. Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Clinton Reed (Richard Widmark) frantically scours New…
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Halls of Montezuma (1950)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner …
Directed by: Lewis Milestone
Assigned to the Pacific, Marine lieutenant Anderson (Richard Widmark) and his men must thwart a Japanese rocket-launching facility in this World War II epic. Ex-schoolteacher Anderson uses…
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Night and the City (1950)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers …
Directed by: Jules Dassin
Shot in London, Jules Dassin's film noir centers on grifter Harry (Richard Widmark), who schemes to take over wrestling promoter Kristo's (Herbert Lom) racket. Harry pits…
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No Way Out (1950)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
When rabid bigot Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother Johnny (Dick Paxton) are admitted with gunshot wounds to the county hospital's prison ward, they balk at being treated by…
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The Street with No Name (1948)
Cast: Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: William Keighley
A furious crime boss seeks revenge on an undercover FBI agent in this noir crime drama. Assigned to infiltrate a gang, Agent Cordell (Mark Stevens) gains the confidence of gang leader Stiles…
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Yellow Sky (1948)
Cast: Anne Baxter, Gregory Peck, James Barton …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
When a gang of outlaws led by James "Stretch" Dawson (Gregory Peck) rolls into an abandoned frontier town, the only residents they find are an old man (James Barton) and his granddaughter…
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Road House (1948)
Cast: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm …
Directed by: Jean Negulesco
Director Jean Negulesco's film noir drama stars Ida Lupino as Lily Stevens, a sultry chanteuse from Chicago who sparks an intense rivalry between nightclub owner Jefty Robbins (Richard…
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Kiss of Death (1947)
Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Richard Widmark nabbed an Oscar nod for his memorable debut role as a sadistic mobster in this classic crime noir. Caught red-handed during a heist, two-bit hood Nick Bianco (Victor Mature,…