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Macao (1952) Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix
A sultry night club singer, a man who has also traveled to many exotic ports and a salesman meet aboard ship on the 45-mile trip from Hong Kong to Macao. Read More »
Knock on Any Door (1949) Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him. Read More »
Bitter Victory (1957) Nicholas Ray, Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman
In North Africa during World War II, Major David Brand is assigned to lead a British commando raid into German-held Benghazi Read More »
King of Kings (1961) Nicholas Ray, Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield
The story of the life of Jesus Christ from his birth in Bethlehem to his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Read More »
The True Story of Jesse James (1957) Nicholas Ray, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange
The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill’s raiders, his career of banditry with his brother Frank Read More »
Johnny Guitar (1954) Nicholas Ray, Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Drama, Western
Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. Read More »
The Lusty Men (1952) Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Action, Drama, Sport, Western
When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. Read More »
Party Girl (1958) Nicholas Ray, Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. He has never realized that there is a downside to his success, until he meets the dancer Vicki Gayle. She makes him decide to get a better reputation. But mob king Rico Angelo *insists* that he continues his services.
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In a Lonely Place (1950) Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Film-Noir, Mystery, Drama
When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper – Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance – becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama, fueled by powerhouse performances. An uncompromising tale of two people desperate to love yet struggling with their demons and each other, this is one of the greatest films of the 1950s, and a benchmark in the career of the classic Hollywood auteur Nicholas Ray.
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