Search results for "Nicholas Ray"
Lightning Over Water (1980)

Lightning Over Water (1980)

Lightning Over Water (1980)
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91

Director ‘Nicholas Ray’ is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies…

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Genre: Documentary
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
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94

Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce conservation laws. He soon finds himself pitted against Cottonmouth, the leader of…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Bitter Victory (1957)

Bitter Victory (1957)

Bitter Victory (1957)
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102

During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the…

Genre: Drama, War
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
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92

Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang…

Genre: Western
Bigger Than Life (1956)

Bigger Than Life (1956)

Bigger Than Life (1956)
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95

A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

Genre: Drama
Run for Cover (1955)

Run for Cover (1955)

Run for Cover (1955)
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93

An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

Genre: Drama, Western
Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Androcles and the Lion (1952)
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98

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as…

Genre: Comedy
The Lusty Men (1952)

The Lusty Men (1952)

The Lusty Men (1952)
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113

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt’s wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.

Genre: Drama, Western
On Dangerous Ground (1951)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)
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82

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Born to Be Bad (1950)

Born to Be Bad (1950)

Born to Be Bad (1950)
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94

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She’ll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of…

Genre: Drama
Knock on Any Door (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)
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100

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Woman’s Secret (1949)

A Woman’s Secret (1949)

A Woman’s Secret (1949)
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84

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to…

Genre: Drama, Mystery