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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers review by from Northern Ireland

Underrated Film Noir 1 August 2005
...s), who have known each other from childhood. Her real childhood sweetheart (Van Heflin) who was Stanwyck's nemesis and whom she had once tried to elope with returns t... Read customer review

3:10 To Yuma review by from Manchester

Get Shorty Goes West 16 May 2004
...sing your enemy, before a final, low-key action climax. The story is simple: Van Heflin is Dan Evans, a tired, hard-working farmer who inadvertantly gets mixed up with... Read customer review

Shane review by Northernsky from halifax, West Yorks

Well let him come 22 July 2007
...ft and William Holden respectively - weren’t available. Alan Ladd as Shane and Van Heflin as Joe Starrett ,as well as Jean Arthur as Starretts wife Marian were chosen fr... Read customer review

Van Heflin - filmography

The Greatest Story Ever Told on DVD (1965)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Pat Boone, John Wayne
Director: George Stevens
Certificate:
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George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, ..read more »

64% from 669 members

They Came To Cordura on DVD (1959)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin
Director: Robert Rossen
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In 1916, as U.S. soldiers waged war against Pancho Villa's Mexican troops, Army Major Thomas Thorn (Gary Cooper) is assigned to lead five soldiers and a traitorous female prisoner (Rita Hayworth) to safety in the Texas town of Cordura. This seemingly simple task becomes increasingly complex , ..read more »

54% from 110 members

3:10 To Yuma on DVD (1957)
Starring: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr
Director: Delmer Daves
Certificate:
When stubborn farmer, Dan Evans (Ven Heflin), attempts to bring wanted criminal, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the authorities in Yuma and collect the reward, he's in for quite a challenge. Desperate, the captive criminal offers the poor farmer $10,000 to set him free. While waiting for the train, the ..read more »

70% from 965 members

Patterns (1956)
Starring: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley
Director: Fielder Cook
Certificate:
"The Twilight Zone" was still three years away when Rod Serling wrote "Patterns", the prescient tale of Machiavellian goings-on at a large corporation. Serling's later masterpieces harken back to many of these plot elements, including a well placed twist at the end.

59% from 27 members
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Battle Cry on DVD (1954)
Starring: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman
Director: Raoul Walsh
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Non-stop action characterises this World War II epic with an all-star cast. The heroic exploits of a Marine battalion are followed from basic training through the bloody invasion of Aaipan. Newsreel and 'Speedy Gonzales' cartoon are a part of this Leon Uris novel brought to the big screen. Academy ..read more »

52% from 219 members

Shane on DVD (1953)
Starring: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Director: George Stevens
Certificate:
The simple story of a Wyoming range war is elevated to near-mythical status in producer/director George Stevens' Western classic Shane. Alan Ladd plays the title character, a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family. Patriarch ..read more »

73% from 2,910 members

Tomahawk (1951)
Starring: Van Heflin, Alex Nicol, Preston Foster
Director: George Sherman
Certificate:
In 1866 the U.S. Government and the leaders of the Sioux Nations met to negotiate a passage through Indian territory, when gold is discovered in the mountains of Montana. Unable to reach an agreement, the U.S. Cavalry defy the peace treaty and build a fort to protect their new road. Van Heflin ..read more »

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Possessed (1947)
Starring: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Certificate:
A nurse marries her employer and kills another man...

68% from 216 members
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Elizabeth Scott
Director: Lewis Milestone
Certificate:
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STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS: Barbara Stanwyck is the eponymous character of this classic noir, a woman of wealth and position in her small community, and the wife of local district attorney, Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), a self-loathing alcoholic whom she holds in contempt. When her old friend Sam ..read more »

63% from 330 members
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Van Heflin facts

5 most recent films

The Greatest Story Ever Told - 3.0 stars
They Came To Cordura - 2.5 stars
3:10 To Yuma - 3.5 stars
Patterns - 3.0 stars
Battle Cry - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Shane - 3.5 stars
3:10 To Yuma - 3.5 stars
Possessed - 3.5 stars
The Greatest Story Ever Told - 3.0 stars
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Tomahawk - 3 stars
Patterns - 3.0 stars
Battle Cry - 2.5 stars
They Came To Cordura - 2.5 stars
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Wayne - 2 times - show films
Max von Sydow - 2 times - show films
Judith Anderson - 2 times - show films
David McCallum - 2 times - show films
Dorothy McGuire - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

George Stevens - 3 times - show films
Lewis Milestone - 2 times - show films
Fielder Cook - 1 times - show films
Robert Rossen - 1 times - show films
William K. Howard - 1 times - show films