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  • Curse Of The Fly
  • Curse Of The Fly review by from Wolverhampton England
    Rated - 5.0 stars great B movie fun 10 July 2006
    ...George Baker with a slipping Canadian accent Brian Donlevy as the mad scientist grandson of the original creator of teleport technology and subsequently the B movie monster ...   Read customer review
  • The Glass Key
  • The Glass Key review by A customer from Preston
    Rated - 4.0 stars An action-packed gathering of really good actors 5 December 2008
    ... But he soon warmed up. Which is just as well, given the lively performances of Brian Donlevy, William Bendix and others, with no holds barred in the action. Even Veronica L...   Read customer review
  • Canyon Passage
  • Canyon Passage review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3.5 stars Fine convincing western 20 June 2010
    ...ving with relatives on a homestead on traditional Indian land. His best friend, Brian Donlevy is now an addicted gambler who runs the town safe deposit and is stealing from ...   Read customer review

Brian Donlevy - filmography


  • Curse Of The Fly on DVD (1965)
    Starring: George Baker,  Carole Gray,  Yvette Rees
    Director: Don Sharp
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The third installment of the science fiction series that began with the classic 'The Fly' (1958). The film's plot again revolves around the Delambre family, although this time it is the original scientist's son, Henri Delambre (Brian Donlevy), who becomes obsessed with transporter experiments to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 123 members
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  • Gamera The Invincible (1965)
    Starring: Dick O'Neill,  Diane Findlay,  John Baragrey
    Director: Sandy Howard,  Noriaki Yuasa
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A firefight between U.S. and an unknown enemy results in an atomic explosion over the Arctic which unleashes the giant flying turtle Gamera. On a rampage in Japan, it leaves a path of destruction while seeking out hydro-electric sustenance. However, this fire-eating (and breathing) behemoth shows a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 7 members
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  • The Errand Boy (1961)
    Starring: Jerry Lewis,  Brian Donlevy
    Director: Jerry Lewis
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The second of Jerry Lewis' directorial endeavors, The Errand Boy, like its predecessor The Bellboy, is essentially a series of spot gags, some hilarious, others only moderately amusing. The gossamer-thin plot finds Morty Tashman (Lewis) being hired by the CEO of Paramutuel Pictures (Brian Donlevy) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 218 members
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  • Cowboy on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Glenn Ford,  Dick York,  Victor Manuel Mendoza
    Director: Delmer Daves
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After losing all his money in a high-stakes poker game, cattleman Tom Reece (Glenn Ford) signs over a piece of his business to hotel clerk Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) in exchange for a thousand dollar loan. Frank has long dreamed of being a cowboy, and also sees the deal with Tom as a chance to win ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 186 members
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  • The Big Combo on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Cornel Wilde,  Richard Conte,  Brian Donlevy
    Director: Joseph H Lewis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gangster head Mr. Brown (Richard Brown) has a passionate relationship with a society woman (Jean Wallace), but detective Leonard Diamond (Cornell Wilde) is obsessed with both destroying Brown's criminal empire and winning the girl. The two men battle it out in this classic film noir thriller. Also ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 117 members
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  • Impact (1949)
    Starring: Brian Donlevy,  Ella Raines,  Charles Coburn
    Director: Arthur Lubin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    No-nonsense San Francisco industrial whiz Walter Williams's two-timing wife and her lover plot to do her husband in, but Williams survives the attack and the lover is burned beyond recognition while driving Williams's car. Williams retreats to idyllic Larkspur in Idaho, where he recuperates and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 28 members
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  • The Virginian on DVD (1946)
    Starring: Joel McCrea,  Sonny Tufts,  Barbara Britton
    Director: Stuart Gilmore
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Western starring Joel McCrea and Sonny Tufts as two cowboys and friends 'The Virginian' and Steve Andrews. When Molly Wood (Barbara Britton), a pretty young schoolteacher from the East Coast, arrives in the small Western frontier town of Medicine Bow, the friends become rivals for her affections - ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 107 members
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  • Canyon Passage on DVD (1946)
    Starring: Ward Bond,  Dana Andrews,  Patricia Roc
    Director: Jacques Tourneur
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dana Andrews -- in one of the best performances of his career -- plays Logan Stuart, a bold, ambitious general store and freight company owner based in the mining settlement of Jacksonville, OR, in 1856. He and his best friend, local banker and express company owner George Camrose (Brian Donlevy), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 68 members
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  • Hangmen Also Die (1943)
    Starring: Dennis O'Keefe,  Walter Brennan,  Brian Donlevy
    Director: Fritz Lang
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Classic war drama set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. The film depicts an Eastern Europe populated by spies, traitors and revolutionaries - a deadly funhouse of political intrigue in which every personal encounter brings with it the threat of betrayal. Pursued by the Germans after the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 199 members
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  • The Glass Key on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Veronica lake,  Veronica Lake,  Alan Ladd
    Director: Stuart Heisler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Definitive '40's Ladd/Lake noir, based on Dashiell Hammett book of the same name. Fairly formulaic detective/political drama for the times, said to be the inspiration behind not only Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' (1961) but also for the Cohen Brothers' 'Miller's Crossing' (1990). Local politician Paul ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 426 members
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  • Beau Geste (1939)
    Starring: Gary Cooper,  Ray Milland,  Robert Preston
    Director: William A. Wellman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 49 members
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  • In Old Chicago on DVD (1937)
    Starring: Don Ameche,  Tyrone Power,  Sidney Blackmer
    Director: Henry King
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Based on the novel by Niven Busch, Tyrone Power stars in this classic drama, detailing the events that led up to the great fire in Chicago towards the end of the 19th century.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 112 members
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Brian Donlevy facts

5 most recent films

Curse Of The Fly - 2.5 stars
Gamera The Invincible - 2.5 stars
The Errand Boy - 3.0 stars
Never So Few - 3.0 stars
Cowboy - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Big Combo - 3.5 stars
The Great McGinty - 3.5 stars
The Glass Key - 3.5 stars
Canyon Passage - 3.0 stars
Hangmen Also Die - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Gamera The Invincible - 2.5 stars
Impact - 3.0 stars
Beau Geste - 3.5 stars
The Virginian - 2.5 stars
Curse Of The Fly - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Andy Devine - 2 times - show films
Albert Dekker - 2 times - show films
Susan Hayward - 2 times - show films
George Baker - 1 times - show films
Anna Kashfi - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Val Guest - 2 times - show films
Fritz Lang - 1 times - show films
Noriaki Yuasa - 1 times - show films
Henry King - 1 times - show films
John Sturges - 1 times - show films