Search results for "Kirk Douglas"
Lana Turner… a Daughter’s Memoir

Lana Turner… a Daughter’s Memoir

Lana Turner… a Daughter’s Memoir
IMDb: 7.1
86

A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM’s most popular leading ladies

Diamonds

Diamonds

Diamonds
IMDb: 5.4
91

Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Once Is Not Enough

Once Is Not Enough

Once Is Not Enough
IMDb: 4.6
121

An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide

Along the Great Divide
IMDb: 6.8
88

US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose…

Genre: Western
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
IMDb: 7.2
92

Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed to his talented son Michael, it became obvious to everyone that the…

Catch Me a Spy

Catch Me a Spy

Catch Me a Spy
IMDb: 5.3
94

While on vacation, a woman’s husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and trade in exchange for…

The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood
IMDb: 6.1
96

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his…

Draw!

Draw!

Draw!
IMDb: 6.2
98

In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
IMDb: 7.7
86

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the…

Genre: Documentary
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?
IMDb: 6.9
175

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves
IMDb: 6.9
122

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra
IMDb: 6.4
173

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conniving wife Christine and…

Genre: Drama
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen
IMDb: 7.3
180

In many ways it was the perfect match: Ernest Hemingway whose heroes personified his definition of courage – “grace under pressure” – and Gary Cooper, the man who often portrayed…

Genre: Documentary
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
IMDb: 7.2
122

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Genre: Western
Carmine Street Guitars

Carmine Street Guitars

Carmine Street Guitars
IMDb: 7
86

Five days in the life of fabled Greenwich Village guitar store Carmine Street Guitars.

Genre: Documentary
Greedy

Greedy

Greedy
IMDb: 6.3
113

Meet the McTeagues. They’ve come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle’s will… only he’s not dead yet!

Genre: Comedy
Oscar

Oscar

Oscar
IMDb: 6.5
109

Angelo “Snaps” Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making…

Genre: Comedy
Posse

Posse

Posse
IMDb: 6.5
92

A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.

Genre: Western
The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown
IMDb: 6.7
103

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese…

Saturn 3

Saturn 3

Saturn 3
IMDb: 5.2
95

In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also…

The Villain

The Villain

The Villain
IMDb: 5.3
89

Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming….

Genre: Comedy, Western
There Was a Crooked Man…

There Was a Crooked Man…

There Was a Crooked Man…
IMDb: 6.9
123

Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a…

Genre: Western
The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World
IMDb: 6.1
128

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse…

Genre: Adventure
The Way West

The Way West

The Way West
IMDb: 6.2
122

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly…

The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger
IMDb: 6.9
99

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May
IMDb: 7.9
118

A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Vikings

The Vikings

The Vikings
IMDb: 7.1
111

Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

Lust for Life

Lust for Life

Lust for Life
IMDb: 7.4
122

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo,…

Genre: Drama
The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter
IMDb: 6.4
88

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief’s daughter

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star
IMDb: 6.9
89

Man Without a Star is a 1955 western film starring Kirk Douglas as a wanderer who gets dragged into a range war. It was based on the novel of the…

Genre: Western
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful
IMDb: 7.8
118

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer,…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole
IMDb: 8.1
111

A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly…

Genre: Drama
I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone
IMDb: 7
97

Bootleggers on the lamb Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark
IMDb: 6.5
131

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.

Genre: Action, War
The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River
IMDb: 7.3
104

Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father’s farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands…

A Gunfight

A Gunfight

A Gunfight
IMDb: 6.4
89

Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Tenneray comes up with the idea to stage a duel to the death in a…

Genre: Western
The Big Sky

The Big Sky

The Big Sky
IMDb: 7
140

Kirk Douglas stars as the determined leader of a band of Tennessee fur trappers who set out to explore the uncharted Missouri river in 1830 and find them selves battling…

The Hook

The Hook

The Hook
IMDb: 6.5
98

Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they’re ordered to execute an enemy soldier.

Genre: War
The Lies Boys Tell

The Lies Boys Tell

The Lies Boys Tell
IMDb: 5.9
90

Ed Reece, an old travelling salesman, decides to end his days in the place in which he was born. Therefore he convinces his elder son to acompany him on his…

Mousey

Mousey

Mousey
IMDb: 6
85

A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.

Genre: Action, Drama