The family of who is “affectionately” known as “Big Daddy” Pollitt convenes Read More »
Tag Archives: Richard Brooks
Deadline – U.S.A. (1952) Richard Brooks, Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter
Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York ‘Day’, finds that the late owner’s heirs Read More »
Take the High Ground! (1953) Richard Brooks, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor Read More »
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Richard Brooks, Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Tuesday Weld
Theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy Read More »
The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Richard Brooks, Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine Read More »
The Professionals (1966) Richard Brooks, Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue Read More »
The Catered Affair (1956) Richard Brooks, Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. Read More »
Flame and the Flesh (1954) Richard Brooks, Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson
American Madeline, a no-better-than-she-has-to-be (and then only when pushed) traveler arrives in Naples. Read More »
Something of Value (1957) Richard Brooks, Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller
Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. Read More »
Battle Circus (1953) Richard Brooks, Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn
Nurse Lt. Ruth McGara is assigned to a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit near the front lines of the Korean War. Read More »
Lord Jim (1965) Richard Brooks, Peter O’Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens
James Burke, after distinguishing himself as a midshipman in the British merchant marine Read More »
Dollars (1971) Richard Brooks, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash Read More »
Crisis (1950) Richard Brooks, Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond
Husband and wife Americans Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Helen Ferguson – he a renowned neurosurgeon Read More »
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) Richard Brooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon
Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. Read More »
In Cold Blood (1967) Richard Brooks, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
In meeting in Kansas, ex-cons Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are breaking several conditions of their respective paroles. Read More »