George Stevens — Director (8)
Giant (1956) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Giant
director: George Stevens actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Rock Hudson
other title: Il gigante / Giganten
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Shane (1953) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Shane
director: George Stevens actor: Alan Ladd / Jean Arthur
other title: Il cavaliere della valle solitaria / Shane, den tavse rytter
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Giant (1956) [Movie]
Giant
director: George Stevens actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Rock Hudson
other title: Il gigante / Giganten
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Vivacious Lady (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Vivacious Lady
director: George Stevens actor: Ginger Rogers / James Stewart
other title: Una donna vivace / Que Papai Não Sabia
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
A Place in the Sun (1951) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Place in the Sun
director: George Stevens actor: Montgomery Clift / Elizabeth Taylor
other title: Un posto al sole / En Plads I Solen
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
The More the Merrier (1943) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The More the Merrier
director: George Stevens actor: Jean Arthur / Joel McCrea
other title: Molta brigata vita beata / Immer mehr, immer fröhlicher
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
Gunga Din (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Gunga Din
director: George Stevens actor: Cary Grant / Victor McLaglen
other title: Aufstand in Sidi Hakim
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
The Talk of the Town (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Talk of the Town
director: George Stevens actor: Cary Grant / Jean Arthur
other title: Un evaso ha bussato alla porta / Zeuge der Anklage
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.