Howard Hawks — Director (32)
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O. Henry's Full House (1952)
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Henry Hathaway / Henry King … actor: Fred Allen / Anne Baxter …
other title: La giostra umana / Páginas da Vida …
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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A Song Is Born (1948)
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Howard Hawks actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo …
other title: Venere e il professore / A Canção Prometida …
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
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The Criminal Code (1931)
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Howard Hawks actor: Walter Huston / Phillips Holmes …
other title: Codice penale / Das Strafgesetzbuch …
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
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Barbary Coast (1935)
Barbary Coast
Howard Hawks actor: Miriam Hopkins / Edward G. Robinson …
other title: La costa dei barbari / Cidade Sem Lei …
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in San Francisco in the 1850s. She falls in love with miner Jim Carmichael and takes his gold dust at the wheel. She goes after him, Chamalis goes after her with intent to harm Carmichael.
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Sergeant York (1941)
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Howard Hawks actor: Gary Cooper / Walter Brennan …
other title: Il sergente York / Sargento York …
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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The Big Sky (1952)
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Howard Hawks actor: Jim Davis / Kirk Douglas …
other title: Il grande cielo / Der weite Himmel …
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
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A Girl in Every Port (1928)
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Howard Hawks actor: Victor McLaglen / Louise Brooks …
other title: Capitan Barbablù / Blaue Jungs – blonde Mädchen …
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come between them?
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Tiger Shark (1932)
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Howard Hawks actor: Edward G. Robinson / Richard Arlen …
other title: Le tigri del pacifico / Tiger-Hai …
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
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I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
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Howard Hawks actor: Cary Grant / Ann Sheridan …
other title: Ero uno sposo di guerra / Fizeram-me Passar por Mulher …
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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Fazil (1928)
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Howard Hawks actor: Charles Farrell / Greta Nissen …
other title: Oasi dell'amore / El príncipe Fazil …
An Arab prince born and raised in the desert and a beautiful Frenchwoman from Paris fall in love and marry, but the tremendous differences in their backgrounds and the cultural differences between their two different societies put strains on their marriage that may well prove irreparable.
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Red Line 7000 (1965)
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Howard Hawks actor: James Caan / Laura Devon …
other title: Linea rossa 7000 / Rote Linie 7000 …
The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.
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Fig Leaves (1926)
Fig Leaves
Howard Hawks actor: George O'Brien / Olive Borden …
other title: Le disgrazie di Adamo / Hojas de parra …
Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. At the prompting of her neighbor, who has secret designs on Adam, Eve secretly becomes a fashion model by day, knowing that her husband would disapprove.
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Red River (1948)
Red River
Howard Hawks actor: John Wayne / Montgomery Clift …
other title: Il fiume rosso / O Rio Vermelho …
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
Man's Favorite Sport?
Howard Hawks actor: Rock Hudson / Paula Prentiss …
other title: Lo sport preferito dall'uomo / O Desporto Favorito dos Homens …
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
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Air Force (1943)
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Howard Hawks actor: John Ridgely / Gig Young …
other title: Arcipelago in fiamme / In die japanische Sonne …
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
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Ball of Fire (1941)
Ball of Fire
Howard Hawks actor: Gary Cooper / Barbara Stanwyck …
other title: Colpo di fulmine / Die merkwürdige Zähmung der Gangsterbraut Sugarpuss …
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.