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  • 42nd Street
  • 42nd Street review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4 stars The quintessential Depression-era musical 8 April 2006
    ...génue must take her place. The film also served as a springboard to stardom for Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Ginger Rogers. While it is corny, silly and melodramatic, has ...  
  • Murder, My Sweet. Farewell, My Lovely
  • Murder, My Sweet. Farewell, My Lovely review by from London, England
    Rated - 4 stars You shouldn't kiss a girl when you're wearing that gun. 23 March 2007
    ...ed as Farewell My Lovely; this a good adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel. Dick Powell's transisiton from light comedy crooner to Marlowe produces a version which is ...  

Dick Powell - filmography


  • The Hunters on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Robert Wagner
    Director: Dick Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This classic war film features the talents of Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner. Mitchum is Major Cleve Saville and Wagner is Lt. Ed Pell, two pilots with differing demeanours. Mitchum is more reserved, while Wagner is cockier. Amidst the drama of war, romance rears its head, giving the soldiers ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 235 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 213 members
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  • Gold Diggers Of 1935 (1935)
    Starring: Dick Powell,  Adolphe Menjou,  Gloria Stuart
    Director: Busby Berkeley
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. Prentiss, who is backing the show wants her daughter Ann to marry the millionaire T. Mosely Thorpe, but Ann falls in love with Dick Curtis, while Dick's girl friend marries Ann's brother Humbolt. But the ..read more »
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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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 17 members
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  • 42nd Street on DVD (1933)
    Starring: Warner Baxter,  Ruby Keeler,  Dick Powell
    Director: Lloyd Bacon
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Splashy Hollywood does splashy Broadway in this behind-the-scenes of a show musical. The leading lady is, as many times before, suddenly unavailable and the understudy chorus line girl is thrust into the limelight. Last minute preparations for opening night with the new star turn the entire ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 721 members
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  • Enemy Below on DVD
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Curt Jurgens,  David Hedison
    Director: Dick Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. As both men try to outthink and outmanoeuvre each other, the chase becomes a deadly game in which any mistake can bring instant defeat and death. ..read more »
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Dick Powell facts

5 most recent films

The Hunters - 3.0 stars
The Conqueror - 3.0 stars
Murder, My Sweet. Farewell, My Lovely - 3.5 stars
Christmas in July - 3.0 stars
On The Avenue - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Murder, My Sweet. Farewell, My Lovely - 3.5 stars
Sink The Bismarck! - 3.5 stars
Enemy Below - 3.5 stars
42nd Street - 3.5 stars
Christmas in July - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Gold Diggers of 1937 - 1.5 stars
A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2.5 stars
Gold Diggers Of 1935 - 2.5 stars
On The Avenue - 3.0 stars
Gold Diggers of 1933 - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert Mitchum - 3 times - show films
Ruby Keeler - 3 times - show films
James Cagney - 2 times - show films
Curt Jurgens - 2 times - show films
Joan Blondell - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lloyd Bacon - 3 times - show films
Lewis Gilbert - 1 times - show films
Busby Berkeley - 1 times - show films
Max Reinhardt - 1 times - show films
Edward Dmytryk - 1 times - show films