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Tag Archives: Richard Brooks
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 »
The Happy Ending (1969) Richard Brooks, Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones
The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons) Read More »
The Last Hunt (1956) Richard Brooks, Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan
Set in the early 1880s, this is the story of one of the last buffalo hunts in the Northwest. Read More »
Fever Pitch (1985) Richard Brooks, Ryan O’Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Drama
Investigative sports journalist veteran Steve Taggart is working on his latest story – an inside look at professional gambling. Read More »
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) Richard Brooks, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Drama
Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. Read More »
Elmer Gantry (1960) Richard Brooks, Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Drama
Elmer Gantry is a fast-talking, hard-drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. Read More »
The Blackboard Jungle (1955) Richard Brooks, Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Drama
War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. Read More »
The Catered Affair (1956) Richard Brooks, Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Comedy, Drama, Romance
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Janes parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon.
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Take the High Ground! (1953) Richard Brooks, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Drama, War
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man he is often described as? His fellow instructor, and friend helps him to face the ghosts of his past experiences in Korea. One night in a bar across the border in Juarez, Mexico, Sgt. Ryan meets a lady who begins to turn his life around. Will this be enough to help him deal with the past? Or will he continue to be so hard on his troops?
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