Orson Welles — Actor (104)
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The Battle of Neretva (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bitka na Neretvi
director: Veljko Bulajić actor: Yul Brynner / Franco Nero …
other title: La battaglia della Neretva / Die Schlacht an der Neretva …
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
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The Southern Star (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Southern Star
director: Sidney Hayers actor: George Segal / Ursula Andress …
other title: A Estrela do Sul / Der Stern des Südens …
Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and Ursula Andress is visually stunning as the lady in the proceedings. Orson Welles has a small role.
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Butterfly (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Butterfly
director: Matt Cimber actor: Stacy Keach / Pia Zadora …
other title: Butterfly - Il sapore del peccato / Butterfly - Der blonde Schmetterling …
Jess Tyler lives a quiet life next to an abandoned mining factory by himself in the desert. His life is turned upside down when a sexually provocative young woman comes to visit him and tells him she's his daughter. Jess finds it hard to adapt to his newfound parenting role, as a mutual attraction grows between them.
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The Double McGuffin (1979) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Double McGuffin
director: Joe Camp actor: Ernest Borgnine / George Kennedy …
other title: Sechs kleine Detektive / Doppio intrigo
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuses to believe them. Later they discover both were part of an assassination plot. Now they have to figure out how to stop the plot and put the bad guys in jail.
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Twelve Plus One (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
12 + 1
director: Nicolas Gessner actor: Sharon Tate / Vittorio Gassman …
other title: Una su 13 / Zwölf plus eins …
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
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Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Get to Know Your Rabbit
director: Brian De Palma actor: Tom Smothers / John Astin …
other title: Impara a conoscere il tuo coniglio / Beeman, el magnífico …
A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
director: Michael Winner actor: Oliver Reed / Orson Welles …
other title: Qu'arrivera-t-il après ?
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He finds, however, that it's not so easy to escape the past.
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Waterloo (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Waterloo
director: Sergey Bondarchuk actor: Rod Steiger / Christopher Plummer …
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
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Tut: The Boy King (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Tut: The Boy King
director: Sid Smith actor: Orson Welles
Review the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 with archival photographs and reviews the highlights of the treasure trove with anecdotal stories and conjecture about the Boy King's life and death.
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Prince of Foxes (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Prince of Foxes
director: Henry King actor: Tyrone Power / Orson Welles …
other title: Il principe delle volpi / In den Klauen des Borgia …
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea Orsini, his sister's lover and nearly as unscrupulous as himself. En route, Orsini meets Camilla Verano, wife of the count of Citta' del Monte, and sentiment threatens to turn him against his deadly master, whom no one betrays twice...
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The Black Rose (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Black Rose
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Tyrone Power / Orson Welles …
other title: La rosa nera / Die schwarze Rose …
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
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Too Much Johnson (2013) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Too Much Johnson
director: Orson Welles actor: Joseph Cotten / Virginia Nicolson …
other title: Troppo Johnson
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.
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Three Cases of Murder (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Three Cases of Murder
director: David Eady / George More O'Ferrall … actor: Orson Welles / John Gregson …
other title: Tre casi di omicidio / Mord ohne Mörder …
An atmospheric British omnibus film presenting three tales of murder and the supernatural. In “In the Picture,” a museum attendant is drawn into the eerie world within a painting. In “You Killed Elizabeth,” two lifelong friends become suspects when the woman they both love is murdered. In “Lord Mountdrago,” a disgraced politician seeks revenge on a powerful statesman by exploiting his dreams. Linked by a recurring figure, the film blends psychological horror, mystery, and fantasy across its three interconnected stories.