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Nicholas Ray
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Filmography
Nicholas Ray - what members say
review by A customer from South, London
It goes up to six stars. 5 March 2004
review by from London
What Ripley should be 29 February 2004
review by A customer from Manchester, England
Gender and genre bender 25 May 2005
Nicholas Ray - filmography
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Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Wim Wenders, Gerry Bamman, Nicholas Ray
Director: Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
Certificate: 
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Director Nicholas Ray is diagnosed with cancer and is determined to complete his final film before his untimely demise. Wim Wenders follows his quest and in this moving film charts the death of a rare talent. The film features an outstanding soundtrack which adds to the impact.
 
60%
from 122 members
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The American Friend
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Nicholas Ray
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
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Wim Wenders' mines Dennis Hopper's real-life experience as a painter and collector in this existential take on the American gangster film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel featuring the notoriously sociopathic Tom Ripley. Hopper stars as the eponymous American, currently a middleman selling the ..read more »
63%
from 1,627 member
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55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
Director: Nicholas Ray
Certificate: 
The courage and leadership of U.S. Marine (Charlton Heston) and British Ambassador (David Niven) are the only hope against insurmountable odds, while a beautiful Russian Countess (Ava Gardner) must choose between freedom and commitment.
60%
from 49 members
Currently unavailable
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Johnny Guitar
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden
Director: Nicholas Ray
Certificate: 
Strong-willed saloon-casino owner Vienna squares off against her nemesis, the shrieking Emma Small, who wrongly blames Vienna for her brother's death.
70%
from 885 members
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King of Kings
(1961)
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield
Director: Nicholas Ray
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When the Romans under General Pompey conquer Judea in 63 BC, an era of despair and fear begins for the Jewish people. In the trials and persecutions that the Jews suffer under the Romans and under King Herod, they take hope in the promise that the Messiah someday would come. In the reign of ..read more »
44%
from 37 members
Currently unavailable
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The True Story Of Jesse James
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Agnes Moorehead, Hope Lange
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Actually, this retelling of the life of outlaw Jesse James is only as true as its predecessor, the highly fanciful 1939 Tyrone Power-Henry Fonda starrer Jesse James. Generous chunks of stock footage from the earlier film are reused here, albeit reframed to accommodate the CinemaScope process. ..read more »
59%
from 49 members
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Bigger than Life
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
Director: Nicholas Ray
Certificate: 
Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone ..read more »
70%
from 376 members
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Hot Blood
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Jane Russell, Luther Adler
Director: Nicholas Ray
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A musical in which a gypsy woman who marries men and takes their money meets her match when she is set up with a brother of a gypsy king, who has not intention of getting married.
49%
from 33 members
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Rebel Without A Cause
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Director: Nicholas Ray
Certificate:
The age-old theme of teenage violence and delinquency is given distinctive insight by the well-cast Dean-Wood-Mineo trio. Perhaps the best teen-age drama of the 1950s. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Sal Mineo, Best Supporting Actress--Natalie Wood, Best Motion Picture Story.
67%
from 7,776 members
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In A Lonely Place
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hatcheck girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect. His record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor ..read more »
71%
from 2,110 members
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Born To Be Bad
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
Director: Nicholas Ray
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When Christabel (Joan Fontaine) comes to live with her cousin Donna Foster (Joan Leslie) she fools everyone with her sugary exterior. But soon the calculating, rapacious Christabel begins to sow seeds of discontent between Donna and her wealthy fiancé Curtis (Zachary Scott) by convincing Curtis ..read more »
55%
from 11 members
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Knock On Any Door
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George McReady
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him. After he lost his paycheck gambling, hoping to buy his wife some jewellery, she announced she was pregnant, Later he finds her dead from suicide. When he turns ..read more »
61%
from 49 members
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Nicholas Ray facts
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...ywood screenwriter with a mean temper, who gets caught up in a moider. Director Nicholas Ray said of his protagonist 'Every man has within him the seed of his own destructi...
