Vincent Sherman — Director (21)
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In Our Time (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
In Our Time
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Ida Lupino / Paul Henreid …
other title: Bombe su Varsavia
It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see the sights though out the city. He wishes to marry, but his family is against plain Jennifer. When she tries to leave, he catches her at the train station and they are married. To be self sufficient, they modernize the family farm with tractors and increase production, but then Germany starts the war.
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Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cervantes
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Horst Buchholz / Gina Lollobrigida …
other title: Cervantes - Der Abenteurer des Königs / Les Aventures Extraordinaires de Cervantes …
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
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Flight from Destiny (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Flight from Destiny
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Geraldine Fitzgerald / Thomas Mitchell …
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.
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The Unfaithful (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Unfaithful
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Ann Sheridan / Lew Ayres …
other title: Le donne erano sole / Ehebruch …
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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Nora Prentiss (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nora Prentiss
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Ann Sheridan / Kent Smith …
other title: Smarrimento / La sentencia …
Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.
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Lone Star (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lone Star
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Clark Gable / Ava Gardner …
other title: Stella solitaria / Estrela do Destino …
Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
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The Young Philadelphians (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Young Philadelphians
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Paul Newman / Barbara Rush …
other title: I segreti di Filadelfia / O Moço de Filadélfia …
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.