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Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward


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  • Smash-Up
  • Smash-Up review by from Belfast
    Rated - 3.0 stars Stunning Susan 7 November 2005
    ...Susan Hayward delivers a powerful performance as the alcoholic wife of a singer whose career is on the up. Hayward carries this movie and it is worth watching for her alone...   Read customer review
  • Canyon Passage
  • Canyon Passage review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3.5 stars Fine convincing western 20 June 2010
    ...his clients to pay off his heavy losses. He is in engaged to marry the spirited Susan Hayward, but she seems to have eyes for Andrews. Andrews has one serious enemy, Ward Bo...   Read customer review

Susan Hayward - filmography


  • Valley Of The Dolls (1967)
    Starring: Barbara Parkins,  Patty Duke,  Susan Hayward
    Director: Mark Robson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A double dose, or is that over-dose, of the dolls. Mark Robson's VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is an inarguably high mark of modish Hollywood camp, torn from the deliciously pulpy eponymous novel by Jacqueline Susann. Three ambitious young women from different walks of life suffer through the show business ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 819 members
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  • The Honey Pot on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Rex Harrison,  Susan Hayward,  Cliff Robertson
    Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This updated version of VOLPONE stars comic charmer Rex Harrison as Cecil Fox, a sly, wealthy man who pretends to be dying in order to test the love of his former mistresses. But a household full of greed and jealousy leads to trouble, as Cecil Fox soon finds out when he gets in over his head and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 32 members
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  • I Want To Live on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Susan Hayward,  Simon Oakland,  Virginia Vincent
    Director: Robert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The electrifying Oscar-winning performance by Susan Hayward forms the foundation for the film noir classic I WANT TO LIVE! Hayward plays Barbara Graham, the real-life occasional prostitute and full-time con artist and perjurer who was charged with a murder she claimed she didn't commit and became ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 265 members
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  • The Conqueror on DVD (1956)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Susan Hayward,  Pedro Armendáriz
    Director: Dick Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    John Wayne plays Mongol chieftain Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan. The Mongolian warlord must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father, however the battle pales in comparison with Temujin's home life. He must attempt to woo the heart the heart of the red-haired Tartar prisoner ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 246 members
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  • Demetrius And The Gladiators on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Victor Mature,  Susan Hayward,  Michael Rennie
    Director: Delmer Daves
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Emperor Caligula has two things on his mind: gladiatorial displays and gaining possession of the robe which fell from Jesus on the cross and is now in the hands of Demetrius (Victor Mature). Caligula and Messalina, young wife of the Emperor's uncle Claudius, work together to get the robe away from ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 313 members
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  • Garden Of Evil (1954)
    Starring: Gary Cooper,  Susan Hayward,  Richard Widmark
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark and Cameron Mitchell portray three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, en route to California to prospect for gold. Stopping over in a tiny Mexican village, the three men are hired by Susan Hayward to rescue her husband, who is trapped in a gold mine ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 142 members
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  • The President's Lady (1953)
    Starring: Whitfield Connor,  Fay Bainter,  Carl Betz
    Director: Henry Levin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 2 members
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  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  Susan Hayward,  Ava Gardner
    Director: Henry King
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Ernest Hemingway could never come to terms with Hollywood's preoccupation with The Happy Ending: he accepted the money for the screen rights to his short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro, but he could never bring himself to watch it. Gregory Peck plays a character based, in decidedly unflattering ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 209 members
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  • David And Bathsheba on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  James Robertson Justice,  Susan Hayward
    Director: Henry King
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    DAVID AND BATHSHEBA brings to life what is possibly the most dramatic story in the Old Testament. Gregory Peck stars as King David, a devout servant of God who is having serious marital difficulties with his wife Michal. Recently returned home from the wars with the Ark of the Covenant in tow, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 48 members
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  • Tulsa on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Susan Hayward,  Robert Preston,  Ed Begley
    Director: Stuart Heisler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In the midst of the oil boom with what began as a crusade to fight developers takes a turn as the daughter of a cattle owner hits a rich vein of rich oil and builds the oil empire that threatens the livelihoods of long-established cattle ranchers and their way of life. She must decide between her ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 81 members
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  • My Foolish Heart (1949)
    Starring: Dana Andrews,  Susan Hayward
    Director: Mark Robson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 6 members
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  • House of Strangers (1949)
    Starring: Edward G. Robinson,  Susan Hayward,  Richard Conte
    Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A ruthless banker uses his four sons in any way necessary to build his empire in HOUSE OF STRANGERS. However, when the favorite goes to prison for his father's sins, the other three stage a coup and drive the older man to his death, prompting the incarcerated brother to swear an oath of vengeance ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 11 members
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  • Deadline At Dawn on DVD (1946)
    Starring: Susan Hayward,  Paul Lukas,  Bill Williams
    Director: Harold Clurman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A sailor on shore leave finds himself suddenly richer after drinking too much and passing out. Retracing his steps, he finds a woman's body but was he the murderer? Helped by a dance-hall hostess and a cabbie, he has just a few hours to track down the real culprit.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 10 members
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  • Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
    Starring: Ingrid Bergman,  Warner Baxter,  Susan Hayward
    Director: Gregory Ratoff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoppard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie even more. At the same time, Emilie falls in love with Adam. The boys grow up, but Adam insists that Emilie stay on as part of the family. Her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 57% from 5 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 68% from 44 members
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  • The Fighting Seabees on DVD
    Starring: John Wayne,  Susan Hayward,  Dennis O'Keefe
    Director: Edward Ludwig
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The Pacific, 1942. Construction boss Wedge Donovan hits out at the law which prevents his workers from being armed, therefore, becoming easy prey for the Japanese. With the help of Washington he sets up an armed engineering outfit- a Construction Battalion (or Seabee). Bullheaded and impatient, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 429 members
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Susan Hayward facts

5 most recent films

Valley Of The Dolls - 2.5 stars
The Honey Pot - 3.0 stars
I Want To Live - 3.5 stars
The Conqueror - 3.0 stars
Demetrius And The Gladiators - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

I Want To Live - 3.5 stars
The Fighting Seabees - 3.0 stars
Canyon Passage - 3.0 stars
Demetrius And The Gladiators - 3.0 stars
The Conqueror - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The President's Lady - 0.5 stars
They Won't Believe Me - 2.0 stars
My Foolish Heart - 2.0 stars
Deadline At Dawn - 2.5 stars
Adam Had Four Sons - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gregory Peck - 3 times - show films
Robert Preston - 2 times - show films
John Wayne - 2 times - show films
Dana Andrews - 2 times - show films
Brian Donlevy - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Henry King - 3 times - show films
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 2 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 2 times - show films
Mark Robson - 2 times - show films
Stuart Heisler - 2 times - show films