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Richard Widmark - what members say
review by JamesMc from London
She can act, too 31 July 2005
review by JohnWK from Gloucestershire
Guilty! (of being a good film) 30 March 2006
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Gritty 19 July 2005
Richard Widmark - filmography
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Once Upon A Texas Train
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Willie Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Richard Widmark
Director: Burt Kennedy
Certificate: 
John Henry, a man with a mission after rotting in prison for twenty years, for trying to rob the Texas train is released. It takes him just three hours to clean out the vault of a bank and set about re-forming his old gang. This time the elderly outlaws plan to get the railroad heist right....
 
52%
from 123 members
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Against All Odds
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods
Director: Taylor Hackford
Certificate: 
Action, adventure and romance are the key elements in this story of an ex-football player hired to find the erstwhile lover of a powerful man. The quest takes him to the jungles of Mexico where he not only finds the woman and falls in love with her, but becomes involved in murder....
51%
from 713 members
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Who Dares Wins - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Judy Davis, Lewis Collins, Judy Davis
Director: Ian Sharp
Certificate: 
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This political thriller offers an action-packed look at the methods and tactics of the famed British anti-terrorist squad, the Special Air Service (SAS). When a band of desperate terrorists takes over the American ambassador's home in London, their violence sets into motion a chain of events that ..read more »
66%
from 253 members
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Who Dares Wins
(1982)
Starring: Judy Davis, Lewis Collins, Judy Davis
Director: Ian Sharp
Certificate:
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When a British government undercover agent is assassinated, a radical anti-nuclear group is held responsible. SAS agent Skellen is called upon to infiltrate the group and put an end to their terrorist activities. However, the group raids the American embassy and Skellen, from within the residence, ..read more »
67%
from 1,157 member
Not currently released
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Hanky Panky
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Gilda Radner, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner
Director: Sidney Poitier
Certificate:
A woman looking for her brother's murderers and an innocent bystander, turned hero, are caught in a world of intrigue, suspense and murder on a wild ride from the Grand Canyon to New York city.
56%
from 275 members
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The Swarm
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Michael Caine, Olivia De Havilland, Richard Chamberlain
Director: Irwin Allen
Certificate: 
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A star-studded scare film, THE SWARM features 22 million African killer bees crossing the border into the United States. As the city of Houston becomes abuzz with fear, the bees spread havoc, death, but no honey, upon a cast that features Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard ..read more »
49%
from 674 members
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
(1977)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning
Director: Robert Aldrich
Certificate:
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 ..read more »
67%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Sell Out
(1976)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt
Director: Peter Collinson
Certificate:
The KGB and CIA decide to eliminate any former agents that could be embarrassing for them but a former CIA agent avoids elimination and calls in a favour from his former mentor.
60%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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Death of a Gunfighter
(1969)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor
Director: Robert Totten, Don Siegel
Certificate: 
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the ..read more »
60%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Madigan
(1968)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino
Director: Don Siegel
Certificate:
It's a seemingly peaceful spring morning in New York City -- graduation day at the Police Academy -- and Police Commissioner Anthony X. Russell (Henry Fonda) is looking forward to giving a speech to the new officers. But all isn't well: Russell's been given apparently incontrovertible evidence that ..read more »
58%
from 109 members
Currently unavailable
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Alvarez Kelly
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: William Holden, Victoria Shaw, Janice Rule
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Certificate: 
William Holden (NETWORK, SUNSET BOULEVARD) stars in this rugged Western--based on an actual incident--as a Mexican-Irish rancher who sells his herd to the Union army during the Civil War. An eye-patch-wearing Confederate colonel (Richard Widmark) tries to buy the cattle, but apolitical Kelly doesn'..read more »
58%
from 224 members
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The Bedford Incident
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur
Director: James B. Harris
Certificate:
At the peak of Cold War tensions, a U.S. naval ship discovers a Soviet submarine in the North Atlantic and proceeds to scrutinize its every move. As the crew's Captain Findlander pushes forward intensely, relations between members become strained and a battle of wits ensues. Sidney Poitier plays an ..read more »
54%
from 615 members
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Cheyenne Autumn
(1964)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
Director: John Ford
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This last Western from director John Ford ranks as one of his most ambitious and moving works. Ford outfits his Trail-of-Tears-like saga with a strong cast, stunning cinematography by long-time collaborator William Clothier and a stirring Alex North score. To play the Cheyenne nation desperately ..read more »
53%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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The Long Ships
(1963)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier
Director: Jack Cardiff
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After stealing the Norse king's funeral ship and his beautiful daughter, Gerda (Beba Loncar), Viking brothers Rolfe (Richard Widmark) and Orm (Russ Tamblyn) set off in search of a fabled solid gold bell. During the course of their journey, they encounter a massive storm, a mutinous crew, and troops ..read more »
54%
from 33 members
Currently unavailable
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Judgement At Nuremberg
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark
Director: Stanley Kramer
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"Judgment at Nuremberg" explores the post-World War II war crimes committed by the Third Reich through a series of trials held in 1948 Nuremberg, Germany. Judge Dan Haywood is oversees the trials of four German judges -specifically Dr. Ernst Janning and Emil Hahn - accused of knowingly sentencing ..read more »
74%
from 1,143 member
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Two Rode Together
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones
Director: John Ford
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The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. However, just two captives are released; and ..read more »
61%
from 307 members
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Warlock
(1959)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Certificate:
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The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisdell, a famous gunman, to act as Marshal. Various townspeople, concerned by the illegality of Blaisdell's position, induce one of the thugs, who has reformed, to accept the post of Sheriff in rivalry to the ..read more »
66%
from 293 members
Currently unavailable
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Saint Joan
(1957)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, John Gieldgud
Director: Otto Preminger
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Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch.
52%
from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Run for the Sun
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer
Director: Roy Boulting
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Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane ..read more »
54%
from 49 members
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The Last Wagon
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner
Director: Delmer Daves
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After cold-bloodedly shooting down the three men responsible for the death of his wife, Widmark is captured, chained up, and thrown into a wagon heading eastward. Soon afterward, the wagon train is attacked by Indians; the only survivors are Widmark and a group of orphaned children. Freed from his ..read more »
69%
from 52 members
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Hell And High Water
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen
Director: Samuel Fuller
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Hired by a secret group of scientists and ex-military men, retired submarine commander Adam Jones (Widmark) takes to the helm again on a mission to investigate a possible communist nuclear base on an island in the Arctic. But danger lurks in the deep for Jones' crew, and the closer they get to ..read more »
59%
from 67 members
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Broken Lance
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Certificate:
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water. When questioned about the raid, to spare his father, his son, Joe takes responsibility and is sentenced to three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke, and so when Joe is released, he plans his revenge.
62%
from 173 members
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Garden Of Evil
(1954)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark
Director: Henry Hathaway
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Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell portray three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, en route to California to prospect for gold. Stopping over in a tiny Mexican village, the three men are hired by Susan Hayward to rescue her husband, who is trapped in a gold mine ..read more »
54%
from 142 members
Not currently released
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Pickup on South Street
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter
Director: Samuel Fuller
Certificate:
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This film noir classic plays on America's paranoia about a Communist takeover in the 1950s. Dwelling in a neon-lit nightscape are: a pickpocket, Skip McCoy; an abused dame, Candy; a seen-it-all stoolie, Moe; Joey, Candy's violent boyfriend and Communist plotter; shifty G-Men; cynical cops; and a ..read more »
71%
from 799 members
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The Halls Of Montezuma
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Robert Wagner
Director: Lewis Milestone
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Once again returning to the genre to which he was perhaps best-suited, director Lewis Milestone traces the fate of a Marine platoon during WWII. The film stars Richard Widmark as the no-nonsense Lt. Carl Anderson, an officer charged with the responibility of leading his unit on a scouting mission ..read more »
59%
from 509 members
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Night And The City
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom
Director: Jules Dassin
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In NIGHT AND THE CITY, director Jules Dassin brilliantly fuses two styles of filmmaking, crossing the expressionist lighting and framing of film noir with the almost documentary location shooting he used for THE NAKED CITY (1948). Dassin treats NIGHT AND THE CITY’s central London locations as ..read more »
73%
from 965 members
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Panic In The Streets
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes
Director: Elia Kazan
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Winner of the 1950 Academy Award for writing (Best Motion Picture Story) and directed by Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront, Street Car Named Desire), PANIC IN THE STREETS is a gripping and powerful crime story that builds relentlessly from beginning to its shattering end.
What begins as a simple ..read more »
64%
from 336 members
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Yellow Sky
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark
Director: William A. Wellman, John Schlesinger
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William Wellman deftly directed this wide-open Western packed with suspense and set in the Wild West during 1867. Gregory Peck plays Stretch, the leader of a gang of saddletramps who are robbing banks across the frontier. In their travels they come across an abandoned town strangely inhabited by ..read more »
64%
from 145 members
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Kiss Of Death
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Victor Mature
Director: Henry Hathaway
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A two bit thief (Mature) puts his family in untold danger when the district attorney convinces him to squeal on a fellow inmate at Sing Sing: the homicidal psychopath will stop at nothing to gain revenge. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Richard Widmark, Best Original Story.
71%
from 427 members
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Richard Widmark facts
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...n early dramatic role for Marilyn, playing a babysitter with serious problems. Richard Widmark falls for her charms but changes his mind when he realises she's nuts.
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