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  • Whirlpool
  • Whirlpool review by from London
    Rated - 3 stars Glossy Noir 7 May 2005
    ...r shoplifting but let off due to the intervention of quack hypnotist/astrologer Jose Ferrer. This leads to Tierney becoming the suspect in an intricate howdunit murder mys...  
  • Cyrano De Bergerac
  • Cyrano De Bergerac review by Ankiara from London
    Rated - 4 stars it's worth seeing it 5 November 2004
    ...Jose Ferrer won an Oscar for this and it was one of the first movies in verse.The version of the story of Cyrano and his hughe nose, in love with the beautiful Roxanne may...  

Jose Ferrer - filmography


  • Hired To Kill on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Brian Thompson,  Oliver Reed,  George Kennedy
    Director: Nico Mastorakis,  Peter Rader
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A soldier of fortune must free a jailed rebel leader from a third world island fortress. When he learns he will be traveling incognito as a fashion designer with a bevy of beautiful models, he's less than thrilled - especially upon hearing he's got just a couple of weeks to turn the women into a ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 85 members
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  • Hitler's SS on DVD (1985)
    Starring: David Warner,  Bill Nighy,  Jose Ferrer
    Director: Jim Goddard,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brother against brother in this gripping saga of the rise and fall of the Third Reich, portraying the rise of the Nazi regime through the experience of two ordinary brothers who find themselves on opposite sides during the second world war. Helmut the brilliant but opportunistic student, and Karl, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 96 members
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  • Dune on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Sian Phillips,  Jurgen Prochnow,  Jose Ferrer
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch's baroque rendering of Frank Herbert's detailed, complex, and deliberately paced epic science-fiction novel is a muddled but visually stunning affair. It's 10991, and the desert planet Dune has been taken over by the Harkonnens, oppressive conquerors who desire the precious spice that ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,898 members
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  • The Evil That Men Do on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jose Ferrer,  Theresa Saldana
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Holland (Charles Bronson) is a successful assassin who has retired and is living in the Cayman Islands when he hears that a friend has been killed by a notorious South American political torturer, Dr. Clement Molloch (Joseph Maher). In order to avenge his friend's death he comes out of retirement ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 186 members
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  • Battle Creek Brawl on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Jackie Chan,  Jose Ferrer,  Kristine De Bell
    Director: Robert Clouse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the wild days of the roaring 1920s, BATTLE CREEK BRAWL tells the story of a courageous martial arts expert (Jackie Chan) who almost single-handedly takes on the mob. Machine guns are of no avail against his lightning-quick hands and feet. The film, directed by Robert Clouse (ENTER THE DRAGON)..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 634 members
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  • The Swarm on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Olivia De Havilland,  Richard Chamberlain
    Director: Irwin Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 556 members
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  • The Big Bus on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Joseph Bologna,  Stockard Channing,  John Beck
    Director: James Frawley
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A star-studded cast headlines this outlandish spoof on disaster films in which a gigantic nuclear powered bus--containing a swimming pool, a bowling alley, and a piano bar--and goes out of control and nearly crashes while making a coast-to-coast journey. With a cannibalistic driver (Joseph Bologna) ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 330 members
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  • Ship Of Fools on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Simone Signoret,  Jose Ferrer
    Director: Stanley Kramer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Vivien Leigh and Simone Signoret headline a stellar cast in the acclaimed drama about German exileswho are not allowed to anchor at American ports. In the high class section are several well-to-do people, while below deck are a horde of sugar field workers returning to Spain after a season of work ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 89 members
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  • The Greatest Story Ever Told on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Pat Boone,  John Wayne
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 581 members
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  • Lawrence Of Arabia on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Omar Sharif,  Anthony Quinn
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    David Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 19,397 members
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  • Return to Payton Place (1961)
    Starring: Carol Lynley,  Eleanor Parker,  Mary Astor
    Director: Jose Ferrer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This sequel to the 1957 film "Peyton Place" once again focuses on the residents of the small New England town. Although everything seems picture-perfect, there are actually still many troubles brewing within the village -- some of them exacerbated by Allison MacKenzie's new novel, which reveals ..read more »
    Rate this: 0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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  • Cockleshell Heroes on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Trevor Howard,  Jose Ferrer,  Dora Bryan
    Director: Jose Ferrer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Inspired by a true story, the film follows a group of ten 'canoe-commandos' who are taken, by sub-marine, close to the French coast. They must make a highly dangerous journey through 70 miles of enemy waters to destroy giant German battleships.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,090 member
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  • Moulin Rouge on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Jose Ferrer,  Zsa Zsa Gabor,  Katherine Kath
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Huston's fascinating story of Henry De Toulouse-Lautrec, the French artist whose posters for the Moulin Rouge cafe made him famous overnight. Coping with a handicap, talented painter Lautrec throws himself headlong into the 19th century decadence and over-indulgence of the can-can clubs and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 573 members
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  • Cyrano De Bergerac on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Jose Ferrer,  Mala Powers,  William Prince
    Director: Michael Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Jose Ferrer stars as the poetry-spouting soldier with the oversized nose in this faithful adaptation of Edmond Rostand's romantic tragedy. Using the handsome but inarticulate Christian as a conduit for his feelings, the ugly but eloquent Cyrano pours his heart out to the lovely Roxanne. And she, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,183 member
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  • Whirlpool on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Gene Tierney,  Jose Ferrer,  Richard Conte
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this intriguing 1950 film noir, Gene Tierney plays Ann Sutton, the wife of a succesful psychoanalyst, who is arrested for shoplifting. Scandal is averted due to the intervention of hypnotist David Korvo (Jose Ferrer) but he manipulates Ann as he knows she really is a shoplifter. This ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 344 members
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  • Dune to Watch Now (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 130 minutes
    Sensing that Paul Atreides, the son of Duke Leto, is the Kwizatz Haderach, a super-being, the Spacing Guild, which has a monopoly on inter-planetary travel, asks the Emperor to make sure that Paul dies. The Emperor sends Duke Leto, his family and his army to the water-starved planet Arrakis, known ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 135 members
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  • Cyrano De Bergerac to Watch Now (1950)
    Starring: Jose Ferrer,  Mala Powers,  Michael Gordon
    Director: Michael Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 112 minutes
    France; 1640: Cyrano; the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose; hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxanne; she; in turn; confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception; with tragic results. Much cut ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
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Jose Ferrer facts

5 most recent films

Hired To Kill - 2.0 stars
Hitler's SS - 2.5 stars
Dune - 3.0 stars
Seduced - 1.0 stars
To Be Or Not To Be - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lawrence Of Arabia - 3.5 stars
Columbo - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
The Caine Mutiny - 3.5 stars
Cockleshell Heroes - 3.5 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete First Series - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Return to Payton Place - 0.5 stars
Seduced - 1.0 stars
Hired To Kill - 2.0 stars
Bloody Birthday - 2.0 stars
The Swarm - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Max von Sydow - 5 times - show films
Sean Young - 4 times - show films
Francesca Annis - 4 times - show films
Jurgen Prochnow - 4 times - show films
Sian Phillips - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Lynch - 4 times - show films
Simon Langton - 3 times - show films
John Huston - 3 times - show films
Michael Tuchner - 3 times - show films
Michael Gordon - 2 times - show films