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Judgment at Nuremberg

(1961)

Drama, History, War

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S...

Runtime:

179 min

Director:

Stanley Kramer

Cast:

Spencer Tracy, Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark

8.2

92%

60

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Murder on the Orient Express

(1974)

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset

7.3

90%

63

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How the West Was Won

(1962)

Western

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Runtime:

162 min

Director:

John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway, Richard Thorpe

Cast:

Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden

7.1

86%

56

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Night and the City

(1950)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. His latest ploy, promoting an aging Greek wrestler, goes awry when the wrestler dies and everyone points the finger at Harry. Hiding out in a ri...

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Jules Dassin

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan

7.9

79%

N/A

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Coma

(1978)

Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. The young doctor suspects there is more to this than meets the eye.

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Michael Crichton

Cast:

Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Richard Widmark, Rip Torn

6.9

81%

60

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Pickup on South Street

(1953)

Crime, Thriller

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringle...

Runtime:

80 min

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

7.8

90%

N/A

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The Alamo

(1960)

Western

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Runtime:

167 min

Director:

John Wayne

Cast:

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne

6.8

52%

N/A

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Kiss of Death

(1947)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark

7.4

88%

N/A

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Don't Bother to Knock

(1952)

Drama, Thriller

Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises that the woman is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Runtime:

76 min

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney

6.9

100%

N/A

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Panic in the Streets

(1950)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associat...

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Elia Kazan

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel

7.4

95%

N/A

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Against All Odds

(1984)

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives.

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer

5.9

64%

42

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The Bedford Incident

(1965)

Action, Drama, Thriller, War

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

James B. Harris

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Eric Portman, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam

7.4

85%

N/A

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Yellow Sky

(1948)

Crime, Western

In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

William A. Wellman

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Harry Morgan, Robert Arthur

7.4

N/A

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Warlock

(1959)

Western

A band of murderous cowboys have imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. When the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend Tom Morgan and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establ...

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels

7.3

N/A

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Rollercoaster

(1977)

Action, Thriller

The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a hard time to the cops after they give him UV marked money. He then wants revenge and plac...

Runtime:

119 min

Director:

James Goldstone

Cast:

George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg

6.3

53%

N/A

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No Way Out

(1950)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn t...

Runtime:

106 min

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier, Mildred Joanne Smith

7.5

83%

N/A

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Two Rode Together

(1961)

Western

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine

6.8

N/A

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True Colors

(1991)

Drama

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Herbert Ross

Cast:

John Cusack, James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, Imogen Stubbs, Richard Widmark

6.3

47%

43

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Cheyenne Autumn

(1964)

Western

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.

Runtime:

154 min

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores del Río

6.8

70%

N/A

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Madigan

(1968)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and co...

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Don Siegel

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Richard Widmark, Inger Stevens, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino

6.5

90%

N/A

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O. Henry's Full House

(1952)

Drama

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call"...

Runtime:

117 min

Director:

Howard Hawks, Jean Negulesco, Henry Koster, Henry Hathaway, Henry King

Cast:

Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, John Steinbeck, Fred Allen, Charles Laughton

7.2

N/A

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Broken Lance

(1954)

Western

Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Cast:

Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado

7.0

80%

N/A

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Who Dares Wins

(1982)

Action, Thriller

When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close en...

Runtime:

125 min

Director:

Ian Sharp

Cast:

Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Edward Woodward, Robert Webber

6.4

N/A

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The Street with No Name

(1948)

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic ...

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

William Keighley

Cast:

Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Lawrence, Ed Begley

7.1

N/A

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The Last Wagon

(1956)

Western

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Delmer Daves

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tom Rettig, Stephane Griffin

7.0

N/A

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Road House

(1948)

Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Jean Negulesco

Cast:

Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, O. Z. Whitehead

7.3

100%

N/A

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Garden of Evil

(1954)

Western

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell

6.8

N/A

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Halls of Montezuma

(1951)

Action, Adventure, Drama, War

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the e...

Runtime:

113 min

6.7

83%

N/A

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Twilight's Last Gleaming

(1977)

Thriller

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.

Runtime:

146 min

6.9

88%

N/A

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To the Devil a Daughter

(1976)

Horror

An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Peter Sykes

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe

5.9

38%

N/A

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The Law and Jake Wade

(1958)

Action, Western

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the pro...

Runtime:

86 min

Director:

John Sturges

Cast:

Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Robert Middleton, DeForest Kelley, Henry Silva

6.8

N/A

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Alvarez Kelly

(1966)

Action, War, Western

In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.

Runtime:

106 min

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Cast:

William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Victoria Shaw

6.4

N/A

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The Long Ships

(1964)

Adventure, Drama

Rolfe—a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate—tells other sailors of the mythical 'The Mother of Voices', a mammoth bell made of gold and as tall as three men, but he adds enough incorrect details to throw them off the proper trail. However, the leader of a group of ambitious Moors sees through Rolfe's story, and ...

Runtime:

126 min

Director:

Jack Cardiff

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino, Oskar Homolka

6.2

50%

N/A

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Hell and High Water

(1954)

Action, War

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans

6.2

N/A

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Hanky Panky

(1982)

Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The complete innocent, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run.

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Cast:

Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark, Robert Prosky

5.6

40%

N/A

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The Way West

(1967)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Western

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who does...

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Andrew McLaglen

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field

6.2

N/A

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Bear Island

(1979)

Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller

A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate

Runtime:

118 min

Director:

Don Sharp

Cast:

Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Barbara Parkins

5.9

N/A

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Backlash

(1956)

Western

Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed...

Runtime:

84 min

Director:

John Sturges

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire, Barton MacLane

6.6

N/A

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Time Limit

(1957)

Drama, Mystery, War

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing Edwards to move this case to court martial, Edwards becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Karl Malden

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Martin Balsam

7.3

N/A

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The Domino Principle

(1977)

Drama, Thriller

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Stanley Kramer

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert

5.7

N/A

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