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Jane Russell - news / articles

Silver screen pin-up Jane Russell dead at 89 - 1 March 2011
-Movie icon and 1950s pin-up Jane Russell has died at the age of 89.- -The actress passed away from respiratory problems in her Santa Maria, California home on Monday (28Feb11).- - Born in Bemidji, Minnesota in 1921, Russell started out as a receptionist and model in

Jane Russell - what members say

The Outlaw review by A customer from London, England

A film about Jane Russell's breasts...? 24 May 2005
...ll I'd heard about it was that it was almost pornographic and basically starred Jane Russell bursting out of her top. I was surprised (and relieved) to find that it was ... Read customer review

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes review by from Oxford, UK

Go Girls! 15 December 2004
...gh she herself had many doubts about it, she is really a very talented actress. Jane Russell is wonderful too, it's a great double act. ... Read customer review

Jane Russell - filmography

Johnny Reno on DVD (1966)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney Jr.
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Certificate:
A lone U.S. Marshall must defend an accused outlaw from the ire of a lynch mob.

40% from 40 members

The Tall Men on DVD (1955)
Starring: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
Director: Raoul Walsh
Certificate:
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 »

61% from 95 members

Hot Blood on DVD (1955)
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Jane Russell, Luther Adler
Director: Nicholas Ray
Certificate:
A musical in which a gypsy woman who marries men and takes their money meets her match when she is set up with a brother of a gypsy king, who has not intention of getting married.

48% from 34 members

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on DVD (1953)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Director: Howard Hawks
Certificate:
Follow Loreli and Dorothy, two girls from Little Rock as they travel to France and find themselves falling for a millionaire.

71% from 3,974 members

Montana Belle (1952)
Starring: George Brent, Forrest Tucker, Jane Russell
Director: Allan Dwan
Certificate:
Belle Starr (Jane Russell), having fallen out with the Dalton gang, creates her own successful gang of outlaws. She hides out in a gambling saloon, disguised as a chanteuse and showgirl but makes the mistake of falling for the saloon owner and the Dalton gang is riding into town...

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Road to Bali - Bob Hope 100th Anniversary on DVD (1952)
Starring: Ralph Moody, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope
Director: Hal Walker
Certificate:
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29 May 2003 marked an important date in American comedy--the 100th birthday of legendary comedian Bob Hope. This anniversary collection celebrates Hope and his unmistakable brand of humour with a presentation of his 1952 film ROAD TO BALI, co-starring crooner Bing Crosby. The only color road ..read more »

63% from 481 members

Son Of Paleface on DVD (1952)
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
Director: Frank Tashlin
Certificate:
Sequel to Bob Hope's comedic masterpiece THE PALEFACE in which he teams up with Roy Rogers to recover his inheritance of gold, stolen by Junior, the neighborhood bandit. Songs included are 'Am I In Love' and 'Buttons and Bows'.

71% from 315 members

Macao on DVD (1952)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Certificate:
Jane Russell stars as a nightclub singer caught up with wanderer Mitchum in this story of intrigue set in the Far East.

34% from 5 members

Double Dynamite on DVD (1951)
Starring: Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra
Director: Irving Cummings
Certificate:
A mild comedy which centres on a bank clerk who wins on the horses and then worries that the money might be seen as the proceeds from a robbery.

55% from 8 members

His Kind of Woman on DVD (1951)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price
Director: John Farrow
Certificate:
A deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.

64% from 78 members

The Paleface on DVD (1948)
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Certificate:
Someone is selling guns to the Indians and in order to find the culprit Calamity Jane and a secret agent go undercover posing as man and wife.

70% from 464 members

The Outlaw on DVD (1943)
Starring: Jane Russell, Jack Beutel, Thomas Mitchell
Director: Howard Hughes
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Perhaps Hollywood's greatest success du scandal of the 1940s, this odd psychological Western became a box office hit largely thanks to the costuming of leading lady Jane Russell (or, more accurately, its relative absence). Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel) and Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) are close ..read more »

50% from 238 members

The Final Days Documentary - Marilyn Monroe on DVD
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Richard Widmark
Director: Howard Hawks, Joshua Logan, Jean Negulesco
Certificate:
In depth documentary focusing on Marilyn Monroe's final days.

65% from 249 members

Jane Russell facts

5 most recent films

Johnny Reno - 2.0 stars
The Tall Men - 3.0 stars
Hot Blood - 2.5 stars
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - 3.5 stars
Montana Belle - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Son Of Paleface - 3.5 stars
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - 3.5 stars
The Paleface - 3.5 stars
The Final Days Documentary - Marilyn Monroe - 3.5 stars
His Kind of Woman - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Montana Belle - 3 stars
Macao - 1.5 stars
Johnny Reno - 2.0 stars
Hot Blood - 2.5 stars
Double Dynamite - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bob Hope - 5 times - show films
Ralph Moody - 3 times - show films
Dorothy Lamour - 3 times - show films
Dean Martin - 3 times - show films
Peter Coe - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Hal Walker - 3 times - show films
Howard Hughes - 2 times - show films
Howard Hawks - 2 times - show films
Nicholas Ray - 1 times - show films
Irving Cummings - 1 times - show films