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  • Il Bidone
  • Il Bidone review by from Kilmarnock
    Rated - 4 stars Under-rated gangster movie from Fellini 2 April 2005
    ... find redemption? He can certainly recognise the idealism and hope portrayed by Richard Basehart as his co-conspirator, Carlo, a man who aspires to be an artist. But Augusto ca...  
  • La Strada
  • La Strada review by TristanWhite from London, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Slow starter but improves considerably as the film goes on 23 September 2005
    ...elop - and were it not for encouragement from 'Il Matto' (the 'Fool', played by Richard Basehart) it would have ended even earlier. We never really warm entirely to Quinn's cha...  
  • He Walked by Night
  • He Walked by Night review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars Only The Names Have Been Changed 21 June 2007
    ...Richard Basehart plays a clever loner thief and cop killer who is tracked down by the LA police. The film, a semi-documentary noir based on an actual case, was the inspiration ...  

Richard Basehart - filmography


  • Being There on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Shirley MacLaine,  Jack Warden
    Director: Hal Ashby
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    BEING THERE is based on Jerzy Kosinski's short comic novel about a simpleton, Chance (Peter Sellers), raised in isolation whose only education came from watching TV. When he's forced out of the house where he worked as a gardener by the death of the wealthy recluse who raised him from infancy, he's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,509 members
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  • Mansion Of The Doomed (1977)
    Starring: Lance Henriksen,  Richard Basehart,  Gloria Grahame
    Director: Michael Pataki
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    World-reknowed eye surgeon Dr. Chaney (Richard Basehart), blames himself for a car accident that left his daughter Cathy blind. Now he will stop at nothing to get her eyesight back. Thus he begins a series of kidnappings in which he extracts his victim's eyes in hopes of successfully transplanting ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 30% from 11 members
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  • William Shatner (1970)
    Starring: Vince Edwards,  Richard Basehart,  William Shatner
    Director: Paul Stanley
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This DVD 2-Pack includes MIND MELD, a conversation between William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy about their Star Trek days covering the original crew, past colleagues, the fans, behind the scenes stories, and the legacy of the show, and SPPLAT ATTACK, a reality based shoot 'em which fuses the final ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 60% from 2 members
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  • He Walked by Night (1948)
    Starring: Jack Webb,  Charles Lang,  Whit Bissell
    Director: Alfred Werker
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A burglar becomes a cold-blooded cop killer and is hunted down on the streets of Los Angeles. The men in blue manage to track their suspect down into the bowels of the city--the labyrinth sewer system. Noir veteran Anthony Mann, though uncredited, co-directed the film. Well-done and supposedly an ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 37% from 7 members
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Richard Basehart facts

5 most recent films

Bix: 'Ain't None Of Them Play Like Him Yet' - 3 stars
Being There - 3.5 stars
Being There - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Island Of Dr Moreau - 3.0 stars
Mansion Of The Doomed - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

La Strada - 4.0 stars
Being There - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Fixed Bayonets - 3.5 stars
Being There - 3.5 stars
Il Bidone - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Bix: 'Ain't None Of Them Play Like Him Yet' - 3 stars
Mansion Of The Doomed - 2.0 stars
He Walked by Night - 2.0 stars
William Shatner - 2.5 stars
Kings of the Sun - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gloria Grahame - 2 times - show films
Jack Warden - 2 times - show films
Giulietta Masina - 2 times - show films
Shirley MacLaine - 2 times - show films
Richard Dysart - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Federico Fellini - 2 times - show films
Hal Ashby - 2 times - show films
Paul Stanley - 1 times - show films
Don Taylor - 1 times - show films
J Lee Thompson - 1 times - show films