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Robert Ryan - what members say
review by from Plymouth, UK
Peckinpah classic 14 June 2004
review by A customer from Yorkshire
Fort Bliss was a long time ago wasn't it. 27 September 2005
review by A customer from London, UK
a must see movie 17 August 2005
Robert Ryan - filmography
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The Iceman Cometh
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan
Director: John Frankenheimer
Certificate: 
Produced as part of the American Film Theater series, which produced films of classic plays with top-shelf actors and directors, this adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's THE ICEMAN COMETH is infused with director Frankenheimer's (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE EXORCIST) trademark kinetic style. Set in 1912, ..read more »
 
56%
from 303 members
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The Outfit
(1973)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black
Director: John Flynn
Certificate: 
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death in this drama based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall) is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother. ..read more »
72%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Lawman
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate: 
While in a neighbouring town, some drunken locals from Sheriff Maddox' domain accidentally kill a man. So the stern, unbending Maddox (Burt Lancaster) goes there to arrest the missing men, a task that proves much harder than he expected, thanks to his rude and arrogant manner. The residents quickly ..read more »
63%
from 427 members
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The Wild Bunch
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West--widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William ..read more »
70%
from 6,912 members
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The Wild Bunch - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William ..read more »
73%
from 436 members
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Anzio
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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Classic World War II story of the Allied landing at Anzio Beach in Italy, the first and most costly battle of the Italian Campaign. Robert Mitchum stars as an American news correspondent covering the landing, under fire, of British and American troops. Based on a novel by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas.
60%
from 843 members
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The Dirty Dozen
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
Director: Robert Aldrich
Certificate:
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Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom...if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass. Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad of Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker and more in the all-time ..read more »
72%
from 5,651 members
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Hour Of The Gun
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan
Director: John Sturges
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Marshall Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshall's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
63%
from 143 members
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The Professionals
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan
Director: Richard Brooks
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A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of ..read more »
68%
from 1,351 member
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The Professionals - Blu-ray
(1966)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan
Director: Richard Brooks
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A wealthy rancher, Frank Carter (Ralph Bellamy), hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) who is being held captive by Captain Rasa (Jack Palance), one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries, in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of ..read more »
71%
from 141 members
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The Longest Day
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, ..read more »
73%
from 6,142 members
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Billy Budd
(1962)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas
Director: Peter Ustinov
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Adapted from the last book written by Herman Melville, an allegory of good vs. evil, with innocence standing by as the helpless victim. A naive young man is pressed into the service of the British Navy at the very end of the 18th century. He views first hand the cruelty and extreme brutality of the ..read more »
60%
from 15 members
Currently unavailable
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Odds Against Tomorrow
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Richard Bright, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Director: Robert Wise
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A classic noir thriller, produced and directed by ROBERT WISE (West Side Story), ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW stars HARRY BELAFONTE (Carmen Jones), ED BEGLEY (Sweet Bird of Youth) and ROBERT RYAN (The Dirty Dozen).
Dave Burke (BEGLEY ) is an embittered ex – policeman whose career was shattered when he ..read more »
69%
from 131 members
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Day Of The Outlaw
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise
Director: Andre De Toth
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Robert Ryan and Burl Ives star in DAY OF THE OUTLAW, a gritty western that pits feuding farmers and ranchers against a common enemy--a group of bloodthirsty outlaws who want to take over a small, snow-covered town. The outlaws are led by Jack Bruhn (Ives), a man who strikes a hard bargain with the ..read more »
66%
from 54 members
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Escape To Burma
(1955)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar
Director: Allan Dwan
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A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. The bereaved father wants Brecan's head, no questions asked, but Captain Cardigan of the colonial police hopes to find him first for a fair trial. Meanwhile, Brecan finds refuge on the teak plantation ..read more »
50%
from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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The Tall Men
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
Director: Raoul Walsh
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Clark Gable and Jane Russell star in this rugged widescreen western, exquisitely photographed by Leo Tover and directed by veteran action expert Raoul A. Walsh. Gable plays Ben Allison, who with his brother Clint (Cameron Mitchell) journeys to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy ..read more »
60%
from 91 members
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On Dangerous Ground
(1952)
Starring: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
Director: Nicholos Ray
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Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate the murder of a young girl in the winter countryside. There he meets Mary Malden, whom he finds attractive and independent. However, Mary's brother is chief suspect in the killing. And Mary ..read more »
75%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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The Best of the Badmen
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Robert Preston
Director: William D Russell
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In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a gang of vanquished Confederate veterans known as the Quantrill Raiders are roaming the West branded as outlaws by the new Yankee government. The gang includes the Younger and James brothers, and has refused to lay down their arms after the Civil War ..read more »
60%
from 15 members
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The Racket
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott
Director: John Cromwell
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Mobster Nick Scanlon (Robert Ryan) has bribed several local government and law-enforcement officials to make it easy for him to carry out his rackets; and those that can’t be bought, are ruthlessly rubbed out. But the arrival of a new police captain, the maverick, incorruptible Tom McQuigg (Robert ..read more »
65%
from 40 members
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Born To Be Bad
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
Director: Nicholas Ray
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When Christabel (Joan Fontaine) comes to live with her cousin Donna Foster (Joan Leslie) she fools everyone with her sugary exterior. But soon the calculating, rapacious Christabel begins to sow seeds of discontent between Donna and her wealthy fiancé Curtis (Zachary Scott) by convincing Curtis ..read more »
55%
from 11 members
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The Set Up
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Trotter, George Tobias
Director: Robert Wise
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Journeyman boxer Stoker Thompson (Robert Ryan) thinks that he has one last good fight in him in order to get a payout and retire from the ring. His wife Julie (Audrey Trotter) pleads for him to quit whilst his manager Tiny (George Tobias) is so convinced that his man is going to lose that he has ..read more »
72%
from 53 members
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Caught
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes
Director: Max Ophuls
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After a long career in Europe making costume dramas like MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO, Max Ophuls came to Hollywood. In CAUGHT, he attempted an American-style film noir with a heavy soap opera influence. Taken from a novel, WILD CALENDAR by Libbie Block, the script is by Arthur Laurents, most famous as ..read more »
68%
from 199 members
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Crossfire
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Robert Young, Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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Years of police work have taught Detective Finlay that where there's crime, there's motive. But he finds no usual motive when investigating the beating death of a man. The man was killed because he was a Jew. "Hate," Finlay says, "is like a gun."
Robert Young portrays Finlay, Robert Mitchum is a ..read more »
68%
from 387 members
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The Boy With Green Hair
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale
Director: Joseph Losey
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Peter Frye, a war orphan whose parents have been killed in an air raid, wakes up one morning to find his hair has turned green. He meets with bitter prejudice and hatred from his fellow citizens, yet continues to express a belief that came to him in a vision: all wars must stop. An interesting ..read more »
58%
from 98 members
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The Complete Story Of World War 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: rbbert ryan (narr), Rbbert Ryan
Director: Robert Ryan
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The most comprehensive World War 1 documentary series ever made recalls the causes conduct, and aftermath of "The War to End All Wars". Along with the social, political, and economic fabric of the times, the roles of key figures are analyzed in depth. Produced during the Golden Age of CBS TV ..read more »
53%
from 42 members
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Robert Ryan facts
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...blaze of glory.
The film features mesmeric performances from William Holden, Robert Ryan and Ernest Borgnine, who look like they've spent years growing old in the saddl...
