The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) Read More »
Tag Archives: William Holden
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean, William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
This movie deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Read More »
Arizona (1940) Wesley Ruggles, Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine Read More »
Dear Wife (1949) Richard Haydn, William Holden, Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe
Teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law Read More »
Young and Willing (1943) Edward H. Griffith, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists’ films during the war years Read More »
Submarine Command (1951) John Farrow, William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Read More »
The Devils Brigade (1968) Andrew V. McLaglen, William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
During World War II, a special fighting unit is formed that combines a crack Canadian Army unit and a conglomeration of U.S. Army misfits who had previously served time in military jails. Read More »
Paris When It Sizzles (1964) Richard Quine, William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Grégoire Aslan
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Read More »
Escape From Fort Bravo (1953) John Sturges, William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe
A ruthless Union captain is renowned throughout his prison fort as the toughest soldier in the business Read More »
Father Is a Bachelor (1950) Abby Berlin, Norman Foster, William Holden, Coleen Gray, Mary Jane Saunders
William Holden plays a drifter who comes to a small town and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living without parents. Read More »
Rachel and the Stranger (1948) Norman Foster, Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum, Adventure, Western
David Harvey is a widower with a young son, Davey. They live on an isolated Ohio farm during the pioneer days. Read More »
S.O.B. (1981) Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Comedy, Drama
Felix Farmer is an extremely successful Hollywood producer, whose movies for Capitol Pictures have never lost money,… until now Read More »
Weary River (1929) Frank Lloyd, Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Drama, Romance
Jerry Larabee (Richard Barthelmess)is a gangster who can play piano and sing, mostly to entertain his girl Alice (Betty Compson), who is quite visibly thrilled by his crooning. Read More »
The Key (1958) Carol Reed, William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Drama, Romance, War
Not well equipped with weaponry, the tugs are sitting ducks for enemy fire. As such, the crew working the tugs have precarious lives, many with deep seated emotional problems. Read More »
Stalag 17 (1953) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Drama, War
One night in 1944 in a German POW camp housing American airmen, two prisoners try to escape the compound and are quickly discovered and shot dead. Read More »