José Ferrer — Actor (17)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Greatest Story Ever Told
other title: La più grande storia mai raccontata / A Maior História de Todos os Tempos
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
I Accuse! (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Accuse!
director: José Ferrer actor: José Ferrer / Anton Walbrook
other title: L'affare Dreyfus / L'Affaire Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
Crosscurrent (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Crosscurrent
director: Jerry Thorpe actor: Robert Hooks / Jeremy Slate
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shipping tycoon. The trail leads to a drug dealer, a shady physician and a nervous police captain
The Fifth Musketeer (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Fifth Musketeer
director: Ken Annakin actor: Beau Bridges / Sylvia Kristel
other title: Den femte musketer / Das Geheimnis der eisernen Maske
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king...
Enter Laughing (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Enter Laughing
director: Carl Reiner actor: Reni Santoni / José Ferrer
A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production directed by broken-down ham Marlowe.
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cervantes
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.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Fame (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fame
director: Marc Daniels actor: Richard Benjamin / José Ferrer
A waiter becomes a sudden overnight success as a playwright, and then begins negotiations with an Italian movie director to turn his play into a film. The results are unexpected.
Order to Kill (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
El clan de los inmorales
other title: La Testa del Serpente / Mörder-Roulette
An action drama about an assassin who is ordered to kill an old friend and the repercussions when he refuses. At the same time, although it has nothing to do with the plot, there seems to be a relentless undercurrent of sadism and masochism with a homosexual aura.