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Broderick Crawford

William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American actor. He is best known for his portayal of Willie Stark in the film All the King's Men (1949), which earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Often cast in tough-guy roles, he later achieved recognition for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the crime t... more

William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American actor. He is best known for his portayal of Willie Stark in the film All the King's Men (1949), which earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Often cast in tough-guy roles, he later achieved recognition for his starring role as Dan Mathews in the crime television series Highway Patrol (1955–1959).

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All the King's Men
(1949)
Drama
All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Robert Rossen
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge
7.5
97%
N/A
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Born Yesterday
(1950)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
George Cukor
Cast:
Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto
7.6
97%
N/A
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A Little Romance
(1979)
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
A young American girl and a young French boy meet in Paris and fall in love, with the assistance of an old man and his stories.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
George Roy Hill
Cast:
Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Laurence Olivier, Sally Kellerman, Arthur Hill
7.5
71%
52
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Beau Geste
(1939)
Adventure, Drama, War
Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Ray Milland star along with Robert Preston in the epic adventure Beau Geste. When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
William A. Wellman
Cast:
Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward
7.8
100%
N/A
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Human Desire
(1954)
Drama, Romance
Jeff Warren, a Korean War vet just returning to his railroad engineer's job, boards at the home of co-worker Alec Simmons and is charmed by Alec's beautiful daughter. He becomes attracted immediately to Vicki Buckley, the sultry wife of brutish railroad supervisor Carl Buckley, an alcoholic wife beater with a hair-trigger temper and pe...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Fritz Lang
Cast:
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case
7.1
59%
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The Swindlers
(1955)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ageing small time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements things go badly for Augusto.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Federico Fellini
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Richard Basehart, Xenia Valderi
7.6
100%
N/A
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The Fastest Gun Alive
(1956)
Drama, Western
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Russell Rouse
Cast:
Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, Russ Tamblyn, Allyn Joslyn
7.1
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Black Angel
(1946)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Roy William Neill
Cast:
Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling
7.0
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N/A
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Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Comedy, Crime
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Cast:
Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn
7.4
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The Mob
(1951)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Robert Parrish
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett
7.1
80%
N/A
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Not as a Stranger
(1955)
Drama, Romance
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows...
Runtime:
135 min
6.8
N/A
N/A
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Scandal Sheet
(1952)
Thriller
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Phil Karlson
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek, Rosemary DeCamp, Henry O'Neill
7.4
100%
N/A
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Seven Sinners
(1940)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Beautiful chanteuse 'Bijou' (Marlene Dietrich) cascades through Malaysia's ports of call eventually landing in a handsome lieutenant's lap. As Bijou 'drifts through the standards', the fleet's Admiral reckons the US Navy "already has enough destroyers". A Marlene classic with songs by Frederick Hollander and a young and promising John ...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Tay Garnett
Cast:
Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, Anna Lee
6.9
N/A
N/A
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The Time of Your Life
(1948)
Comedy, Drama
Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her...
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
H.C. Potter
Cast:
James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris, Jeanne Cagney, Broderick Crawford
6.4
N/A
N/A
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The Black Cat
(1941)
Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
Albert S. Rogell
Cast:
Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Anne Gwynne
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Harlequin
(1980)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, whose young son is terminally ill with leukaemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represent...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Simon Wincer
Cast:
Robert Powell, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan, Broderick Crawford, Gus Mercurio
6.3
N/A
N/A
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The Real Glory
(1939)
Action, War
In the wake of the Spanish-American war, military doctor Bill Canavan (Cooper) arrives at a war-torn Filipino outpost. Infested with cholera and under attack from a vicious local Moro chieftain, the troops are terrified and their commanding officer has all but given up hope. Outnumbered and out of supplies, Canavan decides to trade his...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Cast:
Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Reginald Owen, Broderick Crawford
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Down Three Dark Streets
(1954)
Thriller
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Arnold Laven
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan, Max Showalter
6.8
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N/A
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Convicted
(1950)
Action, Crime
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Henry Levin
Cast:
Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone, Carl Benton Reid
6.8
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N/A
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Lone Star
(1952)
Action, Adventure, History, Western
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Cast:
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Big House, U.S.A.
(1955)
Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
Howard W. Koch
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman, Lon Chaney Jr.
6.6
N/A
N/A
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New York Confidential
(1955)
Crime, Drama
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Russell Rouse
Cast:
Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, J. Carrol Naish
7.1
N/A
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When the Daltons Rode
(1940)
Western
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. ...
Runtime:
81 min
Cast:
Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft, Broderick Crawford
6.6
N/A
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Last of the Comanches
(1953)
Action, Adventure, Western
It's 1876 and all the Indians are at peace except the Comanches lead by Black Cloud. When Black Cloud wipes out a town, only six soldiers are left and they head for the nearest fort. In the desert they are reinforced by members of a stagecoach and find some water at a deserted mission. Pinned down by Black Cloud they send an Indian boy...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
André De Toth
Cast:
Lloyd Bridges, Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, Johnny Stewart, Mickey Shaughnessy
6.4
N/A
N/A
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Drama, History
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
Runtime:
112 min
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Eternally Yours
(1939)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has h...
Runtime:
95 min
5.8
N/A
N/A
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The Oscar
(1966)
Drama
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Russell Rouse
Cast:
Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten
5.1
18%
N/A
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The Texican
(1966)
Western
Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was killed in a gunfight with another man. Knowning his brother never carried a gun he heads north to find his brother's killer. After battling bounty hunters he arrives in Rimrock, a town controlled by Luke Starr. Starr is the man he wants but ...
Runtime:
86 min
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Liar's Moon
(1982)
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Matt Dillion In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. Over her father's strenuous objections, she spends time with Jack. At summer's end, Jack and Ginny elope to Louisian...
Runtime:
106 min
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Woman Chases Man
(1937)
Comedy, Romance
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
Runtime:
71 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Proof of the Man
(1977)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Runtime:
132 min
7.0
N/A
N/A
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The Decks Ran Red
(1958)
Adventure, Crime, Drama
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
Runtime:
84 min
6.2
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Slightly Honorable
(1939)
Comedy, Mystery
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Runtime:
85 min
6.2
N/A
N/A
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A Kiss in the Dark
(1949)
Comedy
Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Delmer Daves
Cast:
David Niven, Jane Wyman, Victor Moore, Wayne Morris, Broderick Crawford
6.0
N/A
N/A
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The Challenge
(1970)
Drama, TV Movie, War
All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an isolated island.
Runtime:
74 min
Director:
George McCowan
Cast:
Darren McGavin, Broderick Crawford, Mako, James Whitmore, Paul Lukas
7.2
N/A
N/A
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The Last Posse
(1953)
Western
A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.
Runtime:
73 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Stop, You're Killing Me
(1952)
Comedy
A gangster and his wife attempt to go straight. Comedy. Remake of the 1938 film "A Slight Case of Murder".
Runtime:
86 min
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Goliath and the Dragon
(1960)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast:
Mark Forest, Broderick Crawford, Gaby André
5.3
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N/A
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Night Unto Night
(1949)
Drama, Romance
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband. Ronald Reagan and Hollywood-debuting Viveca Lindfors star in an eerie drama steeped in religious faith and s...
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Don Siegel
Cast:
Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp
5.4
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Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
(1977)
Action, Drama, TV Movie
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Robert Butler
Cast:
David Janssen, Don Meredith, Christopher George, Ray Milland, Lynda Day George
5.5
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