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  • Pete's Dragon
  • Pete's Dragon review by from The Darkest Depths of Wales, Where Dragons may still exist!
    Rated - 3.0 stars It's got a dragon who belong's to Pete! 3 August 2004
    ...only much good for family viewing if nothing else about, Kid's should love it. Mickey Rooney plays the same character he has done all his life (and we critisise Hugh Grant ...   Read customer review
  • Breakfast At Tiffany's
  • Breakfast At Tiffany's review by A customer from Southwick Sussex
    Rated - 2.0 stars Dated and wooden 20 March 2006
    ...product of an era when film stars were chosen on looks not acting ability. And Mickey Rooney as an oriental how cringe making. The story could have been far more interesti...   Read customer review
  • The Fox And The Hound
  • The Fox And The Hound review by A customer from NEWCASTLE
    Rated - 5.0 stars FOX AND THE HOUND! 27 June 2004
    ... become best friends. but nature hasn't intended them that way. they grow uP{as Mickey Rooney & Kirt Russel}. this story of friendship, conflict and the way nature intends i...   Read customer review

Mickey Rooney - filmography


  • A Christmas Too Many on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Clint Howard,  Mickey Rooney,  Gary Coleman
    Director: Stephen Wallis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A Christmas Too Many is a comedic romp that examines relationships of the "perfect" Christmas family. When Oscar winning actress Lana Myers decides to invite her estranged family back home to California for the holidays...everything goes incredibly and inexplicably wrong!
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 88 members
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  • Lilith on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tina Krause,  Jacqueline Hickel,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: Mark Vadik
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All hell breaks loose when sultry Sister Katherine supervises her curvaceous female students on a college retreat. Bunking down deep within the woods, the ladies do research for a bizarre assignment on pagan rituals and deities. While the Sister battles vividly erotic fantasies and gory childhood ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 32% from 86 members
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  • The Happy Elf on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Harry Connick Jr.,  Carol Kane,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: John Rice
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Eubie is no ordinary elf. Unlike the rest of Santa's helpers, Eubie believes that the holiday spirit is an unstoppable force, capable of warming even the coldest hearts. Putting this theory to the test, the buoyant and cheerful elf descends upon the depressing town of Bluesville. Just from looking ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 94 members
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  • Babe - Pig In The City - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Micheline Presle,  James Cromwell,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this sequel to the Academy Award -winning hit, everyone's favorite hero, Babe, sets off on a journey that takes him to a far away storybook city where he encounters an incredible assortment of animal friends and learns how a kind and steady heart can heal a sorry world.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 16 members
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  • Babe - Pig In The City on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Micheline Presle,  James Cromwell,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this sequel to the Academy Award -winning hit, everyone's favorite hero, Babe, sets off on a journey that takes him to a far away storybook city where he encounters an incredible assortment of animal friends and learns how a kind and steady heart can heal a sorry world.
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 2,323 members
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  • Erik The Viking on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Terry Jones,  John Cleese,  Tim Robbins
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,466 member
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  • Bill (1981)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Dennis Quaid,  Largo Woodruff
    Director: Anthony Page
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Bill a retarded man ventures out into the world for the first time. Having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city Institution. He is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love for the first time in his life.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 16 members
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  • The Black Stallion on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Kelly Reno,  Teri Garr,  Hoyt Axton
    Director: Carroll Ballard
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This beautifully mounted adaptation of Walter Farley's story for children tells the tale of Alec (Kelly Reno), a young boy touring the world with his adventurous salesman father (Hoyt Axton). While travelling back to the United States by ship, Alec discovers a wild, beautiful Arabian stallion being ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,144 member
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  • Pete's Dragon on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Helen Reddy,  Mickey Rooney,  Sean Marshall
    Director: Don Chaffey
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This heartwarming musical blends live action, animation, and music to highlight the story of Pete (Sean Marshall), a young boy who is befriended by a delightful dragon named Elliot (voiced by Charlie Callas). The film features charming performances from Mickey Rooney, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Shelley ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,872 members
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  • Find The Lady on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Peter Cook,  Dick Emery,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: John Trent
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When two hoodlums are hired to grab their hirer's niece everything goes wrong. The wrong lady is kidnapped and the intended victim is busy arranging her own kidnapping....
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 58 members
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  • Evil Roy Slade (1972)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Dick Shawn,  Henry Gibson
    Director: Jerry Paris
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and ego-maniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him.
    5 stars out of 5 100% from 4 members
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  • Pulp on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Giulio Donnini,  Luciano Pigozzi,  Al Lettieri
    Director: Mike Hodges
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pulp fiction writer Mickey King (Michael Caine) gets mixed up with gangsters and murder on the island of Malta in this parody of private eye mysteries. It all begins when movie legend Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney) hires King to ghostwrite an autobiography about his colourful life, now he's dying ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 178 members
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  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1970)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Fred Astaire
    Director: Arthur Rankin Jr.,  Jules Bass
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The original TV classic, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" has been a holiday viewing tradition for over 35 years and stars the vocal talents of the legendary Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney. This heartwarming tale explains how Kris Kringle becomes the world's most famous gift giver, Santa Claus. It ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 245 members
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  • Ambush Bay on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Hugh O'Brian,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: Ron Winston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    With a stellar cast that includes Mickey Rooney and Hugh O'Brian, AMBUSH BAY is a gritty World War II drama. The island of Siarago is the destination for a group of marines hoping to locate a woman with vital information on the invasion of the Philippines. But they walk into a deadly trap as they ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 37 members
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  • Requiem For Heavyweight on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Anthony Quinn,  Jackie Gleason,  Mickey Rooney
    Director: Ralph Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This big-screen adaptation of Rod Serling's landmark television drama is about an aging boxer whose controlling manager leads him to consider throwing fights instead of retiring. Packing a wallop, primarily as an in-depth character study, this drama is packed with real-life boxers and star power. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 81 members
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  • Breakfast At Tiffany's on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Audrey Hepburn,  George Peppard,  Martin Balsam
    Director: Blake Edwards
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Blake Edwards's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of Holly Golightly. The free-spirited gamine darts about New York, feted by wealthy men drawn to her megawatt charm and elegance, hoping that the party will never end. After "shopping" in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 37,124 members
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  • Baby Face Nelson (1957)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Carolyn Jones,  Cedric Hardwicke
    Director: Don Siegel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Fittingly directed by Illinois native and bad-guy filmmaker Don Siegel, this action-packed film stars Mickey Rooney as the unflinching, trigger-happy member of the infamous Dillinger gang that besieged the Midwest circa 1933. Rooney is Lester Baby Face Nelson Gillis and Carolyn Jones his gun moll, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • The Bold And The Brave on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Wendell Corey,  Mickey Rooney,  Don Taylor
    Director: Lewis R. Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BOLD AND THE BRAVE traces the destinies of three American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Wendell Corey is top-billed as an idealistic soul who doesn't believe in killing. Don Taylor portrays a religious bigot, who can't see anything in terms other than Good and Evil. The most ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 12 members
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  • Quicksand on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Jeanne Cagney,  Barbara Bates
    Director: Irving Pichel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Mickey Rooney stars opposite the inimitable Peter Lorre in this gem of a noir. Rooney plays a mechanic named Dan, a naive young man who fancies himself something of a ladies man. He begins his descent into the world of crime when he falls for a blonde named Vera (Jeanne Cagney), whom he promises an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 56 members
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  • National Velvet (1945)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Elizabeth Taylor,  Anne Revere
    Director: Clarence Brown
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    NATIONAL VELVET is the poignant family story that made a young Elizabeth Taylor a star. Taylor excels as Velvet Brown, a 1920s working-class girl whose dreams of owning her own horse become a reality when she wins Pie, a wild and unruly horse, in a raffle. With the help of Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney),..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 613 members
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  • Babes in Arms (1939)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Judy Garland
    Director: Busby Berkeley
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Mickey Moran, son of an old vaudeville-team puts on his own show to avoid being sent with other vaudevillians' children to a work farm, but that isn't that easy.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8 members
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  • Boys Town on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Spencer Tracy,  Mickey Rooney,  Henry Hull
    Director: Norman Taurog
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for his portrayal of Father Flanagan, who opens Boys Town and dedicates himself to helping juvenile delinquents go straight. Mickey Rooney plays one of the tougher kids, figuring out early on that Flanagan is nobody's fool.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 236 members
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  • Love Finds Andy Hardy on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney,  Lewis Stone,  Fay Holden
    Director: George B Seitz
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Andy's girlfriend Polly is planning to spend Christmas at her grandmother's, which puts a kink in his plans to take her to the country club Christmas party. He agrees (for a fee) to pretend to be the boyfriend of his buddy Beezy's girl Cynthia to discourage other suitors (Beezy is also leaving for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 62 members
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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
    Starring: James Cagney,  Mickey Rooney,  Gary Cooper
    Director: Max Reinhardt
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A film adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of foolish mortals, squabbling fairies and mismatched lovers. Most of the play takes place deep in the forest, where a quartet of human lovers have fled: Hermia and Demetrius, happily in love, do not wish to be split up by the law of their land. Hot on their ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 24 members
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  • The Big Chance (1933)
    Starring: Mickey Rooney
    Director: Albert Herman,  Albert Herman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gritty boxing drama about an ambitious young boxer, Arthur Wilson (Mickey Rooney) who ignores the advice of his rugged trainer and makes a poor choice of associates. He goes up against a veteran boxer after gangsters have put in the fix only to decide to go for the win against the odds and his life...read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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Mickey Rooney facts

5 most recent films

A Christmas Too Many - 2.5 stars
Lilith - 1.5 stars
The Happy Elf - 2.5 stars
Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure - 3.0 stars
Babe - Pig In The City - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Simpsons - Season 7 - 4.0 stars
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Captains Courageous - 3.5 stars
Boys Town - 3.5 stars
National Velvet - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Baby Face Nelson - 3 stars
The Big Chance - 2.0 stars
Babe - Pig In The City - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Love Laughs At Andy Hardy - 2.0 stars
Ambush Bay - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jeff Bennett - 3 times - show films
Judy Garland - 3 times - show films
Spencer Tracy - 3 times - show films
Scott Wolf - 3 times - show films
Bill Fagerbakke - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Bill Brown - 5 times - show films
Wesley Archer - 5 times - show films
Susie Dietter - 5 times - show films
Stephen Wallis - 3 times - show films