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Robert Preston - filmography
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Victor/Victoria
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Blake Edwards
Director: Blake Edwards
Certificate: 
On the verge of starvation in 1930s Paris, erstwhile entertainer Victoria (Julie Andrews) is rescued by gay cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston). What she needs to succeed, opines Toddy, is a gimmick. What if she becomes a male impersonator? Better still: what if she becomes a male impersonator,..read more »
 
69%
from 1,600 member
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Semi-Tough
(1977)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh
Director: Michael Ritchie
Certificate: 
SEMI-TOUGH is an easygoing satire about two football stars who contend for the same woman, who just happens to be the coach's daughter. The film contains numerous parodies of the self-improvement craze of the 1970s.
51%
from 9 members
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Junior Bonner
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Barbara Leigh, Joe Don Baker, Ida Lupino
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Certificate: 
Sam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), who returns home to Arizona to reconcile with the family he hasn't seen in years. Bonner is shocked to see that the solid family he was hoping to come ..read more »
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from 399 members
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The Music Man
(1962)
Starring: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
Director: Morton DaCosta
Certificate:
An energetic con artist convinces the citizens of a small turn-of-the-century community to form a boy's band - which he plans to lead. This classic Hollywood musical features such hits as "76 Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," and many more.
68%
from 53 members
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The Music Man
(1962)
Starring: Hermione Gingold, Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford
Director: Morton Da Costa
Certificate: 
Professor Harold Hill (Robert Preston), a con-man, arrives in a small town in Iowa and convinces the local townsfolk that what they need is a uniformed marching band. He is the leader, teaching his pupils via the 'Think System' which involves thinking of a tune in order to play it. Ray Heindorf ..read more »
70%
from 448 members
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The Best of the Badmen
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Robert Preston
Director: William D Russell
Certificate:
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 »
62%
from 20 members
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The Sundowners
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, Robert Preston
Director: George Templeton
Certificate:
Technicolor Western starring Robert Sterling and Robert Preston. When peaceful Texas ranchers James Cloud (Preston) and his younger brother Jeff (John Drew Barrymore) become caught up in the crossfire of a range war between cattle baron John Gall (John Litel) and a group of smaller ranchers, their ..read more »
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from 53 members
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Tulsa
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Ed Begley, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Chill Wills
Director: Stuart Heisler
Certificate:
Drama starring Susan Hayward as the daughter of a traditional cattle owner who builds an oil empire. When her father dies in an oil well blast, Cherokee Lansing (Hayward) becomes determined to seek revenge. However, while she fights for her property and stages wildcat drilling she forgets about all ..read more »
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from 87 members
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Blood On The Moon
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Clifton Young, Robert Mitchum, Tom Tyler
Director: Robert Wise
Certificate:
Jim Gray (Mitchum) has been summoned by his old friend Tate Rilling (Robert Preston), who needs another set of muscle to help in a dispute with his neighbour, John Lufton (Tom Tully). But Tate's got bigger plans than just settling a simple feud: he plans to drive Lufton off his land and doesn't ..read more »
61%
from 36 members
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Reap The Wild Wind
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Raymond Massey, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
Key West in 1940 plays host to a thriving salvage business based on the many wrecks of ships found in the vicinity. Always first on the scene is King Cutler (Raymond Massey), arousing the suspicions of ship owner Loxi Claiborne (Paulette Goddard). Loxi's suitor, Captain Jack Stuart (John Wayne), is ..read more »
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from 227 members
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This Gun For Hire
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Veronica lake
Director: Frank Tuttle
Certificate:
Classic '40s noir starring Veronica Lake. A hit man, called Raven (Alan Ladd), is double-crossed by nightclub owner Willard Gates (Laird Cregar) who acts as a middleman for a traitorous industrialist Alvin Brewster (Tully Marshall). Traveling to Los Angeles to kill his way to the top of his ..read more »
71%
from 464 members
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Beau Geste
(1939)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston
Director: William A. Wellman
Certificate:
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
70%
from 49 members
Currently unavailable
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Robert Preston facts
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...kinpah's tributes to the 'Old West', this time he is aided by Steve McQueen and Robert Preston.
Here we see the Rodeo Show hitting JR (Jnr) Bonner's (McQueen) Home Town an...
