Fredric March — Actor (43)

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Middle of the Night (1959)
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Delbert Mann actor: Kim Novak / Glenda Farrell …
other title: Nel mezzo della notte / Mitten in der Nacht …
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.

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Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Man on a Tightrope
Elia Kazan actor: Fredric March / Terry Moore …
other title: Salto mortale / Os Saltimbancos …
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.

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… tick… tick… tick… (1970)
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Ralph Nelson actor: Jim Brown / George Kennedy …
other title: Tick... tick... tick... esplode la violenza / Tick… Tick… Tick et la violence explosa …
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

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The Wild Party (1929)
The Wild Party
Dorothy Arzner actor: Clara Bow / Fredric March …
other title: L'allegra brigata / La loca orgía …
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.

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The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
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Curt Oertel / Richard Lyford … actor: Fredric March
other title: Il titano, storia di Michelangelo / The Titan
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career as he achieves lasting fame. The documentary includes detailed looks at some of the artist's most renowned creations. In 1950 the film was re-edited and new footage shot by Robert J. Flaherty. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

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Laughter (1930)
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Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast actor: Nancy Carroll / Fredric March …
other title: Falsa personalidad / Laughter (film)
Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions of her longtime friend, the volatile sculptor Ralph Le Saint. When pianist Paul Lockridge arrives from Paris, he begs Peggy to run away with him to France, where they can share adventure and a full life -- but complications arise for Peggy when Gibson's attractive daughter visits.

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Nothing Sacred (1937)
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William A. Wellman actor: Carole Lombard / Fredric March …
other title: Nulla sul serio / Nada é Sagrado …
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

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Hombre (1967)
Hombre
Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Fredric March …
other title: De Kaldte Ham Hombre / Um Homem …
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

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Inherit the Wind (1960)
Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer actor: Spencer Tracy / Fredric March …
other title: ...e l'uomo creò Satana / O Vento será a tua Herança …
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rouben Mamoulian actor: Fredric March / Miriam Hopkins …
other title: Il dottor Jekyll / Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde …
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

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The Sign of the Cross (1932)
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Cecil B. DeMille actor: Fredric March / Elissa Landi …
other title: Il segno della croce / Im Zeichen des Kreuzes …
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

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The 400 Million (1939)
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Joris Ivens / John Fernhout actor: Fredric March / Morris Carnovsky …
other title: I 400 milioni / Les 400 Millions
Joris Ivens’s wartime documentary of China’s resistance to the Japanese invasion, cross-cutting civilian exodus and bombing with the Nationalist state’s mobilization—schools, industry, dispersed war production, foreign relief—and guerrilla fighting. Framing an ancient nation of “400 million,” it contrasts tradition with modernization and closes on the unresolved question of victory.

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A Star Is Born (1937)
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William A. Wellman actor: Andy Devine / Andy Devine …
other title: È nata una stella / Nasce Uma Estrela …
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler actor: Dana Andrews / Fredric March …
other title: I migliori anni della nostra vita / De Bedste År …
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

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I Married a Witch (1942)
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René Clair actor: Fredric March / Veronica Lake …
other title: Ho sposato una strega / Casei-me com uma Feiticeira …
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.

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The Iceman Cometh (1973)
The Iceman Cometh
other title: Le marchand de glace est passé / El repartidor de hielo
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.

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An Act of Murder (1948)
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Michael Gordon actor: Fredric March / Edmond O'Brien …
other title: Il delitto del giudice / Le droit de tuer …
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.