Richard Widmark — Actor (19)
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Death of a Gunfighter (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Death of a Gunfighter
director: Robert Totten / Alan Smithee … actor: Richard Widmark / Lena Horne …
other title: Ultima notte a Cottonwood / A morte de um pistoleiro …
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town, on hiring him, had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.
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The Sell Out (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Sell Out
director: Peter Collinson actor: Oliver Reed / Richard Widmark …
other title: La spia senza domani / Espía sin mañana (Mañana no amanecerá)
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.
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A Talent for Loving (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Talent for Loving
director: Richard Quine actor: Richard Widmark / Chaim Topol …
other title: Sacré Far West / Talento por amor …
This Western spoof stars Richard Widmark as an American gambler who wins the deed to a Mexican ranch from a cunning outlaw. At the ranch, the gambler discovers that his new lands have entangled him in an ancient Aztec curse. The ranch's patriarch tries to persuade the newcomer to marry his daughter and explains that the family's women are doomed to be especially fierce and prolific in their romantic encounters.
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Red Skies of Montana (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Red Skies of Montana
director: Joseph M. Newman actor: Richard Widmark / Constance Smith …
other title: Duello nella foresta / Die Feuerspringer von Montana …
When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.
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The Secret Ways (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Secret Ways
director: Phil Karlson actor: Richard Widmark / Sonja Ziemann …
other title: Le vie segrete / Farlig flugt …
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.
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The Law and Jake Wade (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Law and Jake Wade
director: John Sturges actor: Robert Taylor / Richard Widmark …
other title: Sfida nella città morta / Duelo na Cidade Fantasma …
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.
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Slattery's Hurricane (1949) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Slattery's Hurricane
director: André de Toth actor: Richard Widmark / Linda Darnell …
other title: Furia dei Tropici / Sturmflug …
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.
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Hell and High Water (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hell and High Water
director: Samuel Fuller actor: Richard Widmark / Bella Darvi …
other title: Operazione mistero / O Demónio dos Mares …
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
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The Trap (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Trap
director: Norman Panama actor: Richard Widmark / Lee J. Cobb …
other title: L'agguato / Die Falle von Tula …
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
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Time Limit (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Time Limit
director: Karl Malden actor: Richard Widmark / Richard Basehart …
other title: Il fronte del silenzio / Når mænd bryder sammen …
Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing Edwards to move the case to court martial, Edwards becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence.
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The Long Ships (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Long Ships
director: Jack Cardiff actor: Richard Widmark / Sidney Poitier …
other title: Le lunghe navi / Røde Orm og Langskibet …
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.
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Backlash (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Backlash
director: John Sturges actor: Richard Widmark / Donna Reed …
other title: La frustata / Punidos Pelo Próprio Sangue …
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.
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Road House (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Road House
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Ida Lupino / Cornel Wilde …
other title: I quattro rivali / Com o Amor Nasceu o Ódio …
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
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Against All Odds (1984) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Against All Odds
director: Taylor Hackford actor: Jeff Bridges / Rachel Ward …
other title: Due vite in gioco / Farlig impuls …
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
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Madigan (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Madigan
director: Don Siegel actor: Richard Widmark / Henry Fonda …
other title: Squadra omicidi, sparate a vista! / Skyd uden varsel …
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Twilight's Last Gleaming
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Burt Lancaster / Roscoe Lee Browne …
other title: Ultimi bagliori di un crepuscolo / Raketbase 3 …
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.