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John Derek

John Derek

American actor, director and photographer (1926-1998)
August 12, 1926 (May 22, 1998)
U.S. 1989. Fantasy comedy by John Derek with Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Don Murray. With the complicity of his young wife, a deceased sexagenarian seeks to be reincarnated into a beautiful Adonis.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1984. Mores drama by John Derek with Bo Derek, Andrea Occhipinti, George Kennedy. In the 1920s, the tribulations of a rich heiress who wants to lose her virginity to a romantic hero.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1981. Adventures by John Derek with Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe. During an expedition in an unexplored region of Africa, an adventurous young woman meets an ape-like man.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 1974. Dramatic comedy by John Derek with Bo Derek, Peter Hooten, Anna Alexiadis. Two teenagers strive to turn a Greek island into a paradise for tourists.

The Confessions of Tom Harris

V.O.: Childish Things
U.S. 1969. Biography by David Nelson, John Derek with Don Murray, David Brian, Linda Evans. An alcoholic, who works as a debt collector for the mafia, changes completely after converting to religion.
U.S. 1966. War drama by John Derek with John Derek, Ursula Andress, Richard Jaeckel. In 1941, in the Philippines, an American detachment harassed by the Japanese must reach Manila.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1964. Crime drama by Marc Lawrence with Ursula Andress, John Derek, Aldo Ray. Wrongly accused of murder, a young man is pursued in the countryside.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1960. Epic by Otto Preminger with Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo. The fictionalized story of the formation of the State of Israel in 1948 and the beginning of the fighting between Jews and Arabs.
Runtime: 212 min.
U.S. 1958. Melodrama by Burt Balaban with John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Allen Rodney. In the Rocky Mountains, gold miners are exploiting a mine despite the disagreement of the local inhabitants.
Runtime: 81 min.

Prisoner of the Volga

V.O.: I Battellieri del Volga
It. 1958. Melodrama by Viktor Tourjansky with John Derek, Dawn Addams, Elsa Martinelli. Imprisoned for having beaten his superior that had abused his wife, a young officer escapes and sets out to take revenge.
Runtime: 95 min.
G.-B. 1957. Drama by Don Chaffey with John Derek, Milly Vitale, Freda Jackson. A young girl falls into the world of prostitution.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1957. Western by Gerd Oswald with John Derek, Nick Adams, Carolyn Craig. A rancher tries to bring his younger brother, who has just served a prison sentence for murder, back on the right track.
Runtime: 75 min.

La Belle et le Corsaire

V.O.: Il Corsaro della Mezzaluna
It. 1957. Adventures by Giuseppe Maria Scotese with John Derek, Gianna Maria Canale, Ingeborg Schoener. The feats of an Italian nobleman who becomes a privateer after being ruined.
Runtime: 77 min.
U.S. 1956. Biblical drama by Cecil B. DeMille with Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter. Moses, revolted by the servile condition of his Israelite brothers, undertakes to bring them out of Egypt.
Runtime: 219 min.
U.S. 1955. Biography by Philip Dunne with Richard Burton, John Derek, Charles Bickford. The career of a famous nineteenth century Shakespearean actor.
U.S. 1955. Western by Nicholas Ray with James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek. An ex-bandit turned sheriff sets out to re-educate a young deviant.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Alvin Gauzer with Paul Douglas, John Derek, Cesar Romero. A young Protestant pastor becomes a boxer in order to raise money for a children's hospital for polio victims.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1954. Western by William Witney with John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis. The struggle between a young man and his uncle for the possession of a ranch.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1954. Adventures by Don Weis with John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Thomas Gomez. An adventurous young barber offers his protection to a runaway princess.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1953. War drama by Fred F. Sears with John Hodiak, John Derek, Maureen O'Sullivan. The feats of arms of two American pilots during the Korean War.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by Joseph Kane with John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan. Two coast guards' friendship is disturbed as they love the same young girl.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1952. War drama by John H. Auer with John Derek, Mona Freeman, Ward Bond. Two student pilots become friends and fall in love with the same woman.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1952. Crime drama by Phil Karlson with Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek. While investigating a crime, a journalist discovers that the culprit is his boss.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1952. Adventures by Sidney Salkow with John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda. A Dutch prince fights against his brother, the king, who is allied with the Spaniards.
U.S. 1951. Adventures by Phil Karlson with John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance. To avenge the murder of his father, a young man pretends to be the ghost of Monte Cristo.
Runtime: 81 min.
U.S. 1951. Psychological drama by Henry Levin with Lee J. Cobb, John Derek, Jody Lawrance. A lawyer defends a man accused of a murder, of which his son is guilty.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1950. Adventures by Gordon Douglas with John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready. Robin Hood's son stands up against John Without Land who oppresses the English.
Runtime: 79 min.
U.S. 1949. Drama by Nicholas Ray with Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready. The unhappy childhood of a murderer in the working class areas of New York.
Runtime: 100 min.

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