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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

December 9, 1916 (107 years old)
U.S. 2002. Dramatic comedy by Fred Schepisi with Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas. The ups and downs of a wealthy Jewish New York lawyer who has difficulty communicating with his two sons and his elderly father.
U.S. 1999. Mores comedy by John Asher with Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Corbin Allred. An octogenarian ex-boxer convinces his son and grandson to help him find the diamonds he hid in Reno sixty years ago.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Lies Boys Tell

V.O.: Take Me Home Again
U.S. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Tom McLoughlin with Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson, Eileen Brennan.
U.S. 1994. Satire by Jonathan Lynn with Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1992. Psychological drama by Karen Arthur with Kirk Douglas, Bruce Boxleitner, Jesse R. Tendler. A shopkeeper decides to help his grandson who suffers from dyslexia like him.
Runtime: 120 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1988. Social drama by David Greene with Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin. In 1925, a teacher is prosecuted for teaching Darwin's theory in class.
U.S. 1987. Melodrama by Larry Peerce with Mia Sara, Kirk Douglas, Claire Bloom. Now a movie star, a young biracial woman carefully hides her origins.
Runtime: 234 min.
U.S. 1986. Comedy by Jeff Kanew with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning. After thirty years in prison, two old men decide to attack a train.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1985. Psychological drama by Michael Tuchner with Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dorothy McGuire. Admitted to a clinic for the elderly after the death of his wife, an old man comes into conflict with a tyrannical director.
Runtime: 100 min.
Can. 1984. Western by Steven Hilliard Stern with Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo. An ex-sheriff turned drunk is called back into service to face off with an aging outlaw.
U.S. 1983. Crime drama by Jeff Kanew with John Schneider, Kirk Douglas, Lee Purcell. An eventful pursuit takes place between a prison escapee and a tenacious police officer.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1982. Drama by Jack Smight with Kirk Douglas, Pam Dawber, Chana Eden. A New York widower has emotional problems during a trip to Israel.
Runtime: 100 min.
Aust. 1982. Adventures by George T. Miller with Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas, Sigrid Thornton. A young mountain man employed by a horse breeder turns out to be a skilled trainer.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1980. Science-fiction by Stanley Donen with Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1980. Fantasy by Don Taylor with Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1979. Satire by Brian De Palma with Kirk Douglas, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1978. Fantasy by Brian De Palma with Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes. A former secret agent searches for his son who was kidnapped by an intelligence agency that wants to use his telepathic powers.
Runtime: 118 min.

The Chosen

V.O.: Holocaust 2000
It. 1977. Fantasy by Alberto de Martino with Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli. An industrialist discovers with horror that his son is the Antichrist announced by the Apocalypse.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1976. Drama by Boris Sagal with Kirk Douglas, Timothy Bottoms, Anne Baxter. Various incidents occur as two directors vie for control of a major bank.
Runtime: 390 min.
U.S. 1976. Drama by Marvin J. Chomsky with Burt Lancaster, Helen Hayes, Helmut Berger. An Israeli commando team goes to Uganda to rescue the passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists.
Runtime: 119 min.
U.S. 1975. Western by Kirk Douglas with Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins. A U.S. marshal who wants to become a senator relies on the capture of a train robber to help his election campaign.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1974. Sentimental drama by Guy Green with Deborah Raffin, Kirk Douglas, David Janssen. A film producer’s daughter falls in love with a novelist who is her father's age.
Runtime: 121 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Daniel Petrie with Kirk Douglas, Jean Seberg, John Vernon. After his wife abandons him, a shy teacher tries to reclaim his son by any means necessary.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1973. Adventures by Kirk Douglas with Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Lesley-Anne Down. In 1840, in Mexico, an expedition goes in search of a treasure buried at the bottom of a canyon.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Master Touch

V.O.: Un Uomo da rispettare
It. 1972. Crime drama by Michele Lupo with Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan. Upon his release from prison, a safecracker sets out to rob a major insurance company.
U.S. 1971. Adventures by Kevin Billington with Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar. A man fights against shipwreckers who have taken over a lighthouse.
Runtime: 122 min.
G.-B. 1970. Police comedy by Dick Clement with Marlène Jobert, Kirk Douglas, Tom Courtenay. A spy and his new wife have crazy adventures.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1970. Western by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn. A prisoner takes advantage of a new prison warden's liberal approach to set up an escape plan.
Runtime: 126 min.
U.S. 1970. Western by Lamont Johnson with Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander. In a village near the Mexican border, two famous sharpshooters come to confront each other.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1969. Psychological drama by Elia Kazan with Kirk Douglas, Deborah Kerr, Faye Dunaway. After attempting suicide, an advertising executive refuses to return to work.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 1968. Crime drama by David Lowell Rich with Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina, Eli Wallach. A former police officer is hired to serve as a bodyguard for a woman accused of murder.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1968. Mores drama by Martin Ritt with Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irène Papas. Two brothers involved in the affairs of a crime syndicate come into conflict with each other.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1967. Western by Burt Kennedy with John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker. A former rancher organizes an attack on an armored wagon loaded with gold belonging to a rich prospector with whom he has a score to settle.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1967. Western by Andrew V. McLaglen with Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark. In 1843, at the urging of a senator, a group of Missouri pioneers migrate to the fertile plains of Oregon.
Runtime: 122 min.

Is Paris Burning?

V.O.: Paris brûle-t-il?
Fr. 1966. War drama by René Clément with Gert Fröbe, Orson Welles, Bruno Cremer. At the beginning of August 1944, the new commander of Paris receives orders from Hitler to destroy the City of Light.
Runtime: 165 min.
U.S. 1966. Biography by Melville Shavelson with Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner. In 1947, an American officer of Jewish origin, David Marcus, joins the Israeli movement in Palestine.
Runtime: 144 min.
G.-B. 1965. War drama by Anthony Mann with Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson. Norwegian commandos sabotage a factory working for the Nazis.
Runtime: 131 min.
U.S. 1965. War drama by Otto Preminger with John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas. The sentimental problems and warlike exploits of naval officers during the Pacific War.
Runtime: 165 min.
U.S. 1963. Social drama by John Frankenheimer with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March. Unhappy with the signing of a treaty with the USSR, the head of the Pentagon takes the lead in a military plot to depose the President of the United States.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1963. Comedy by Michael Gordon with Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Thelma Ritter. A rich widow hires a lawyer to get each of her three daughters to marry the husband she has chosen for them.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1963. Police comedy by John Huston with Kirk Douglas, George C. Scott, Dana Wynter. A detective is looking for a maniacal and clever criminal.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by Vincente Minnelli with Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse. After receiving psychiatric treatment, an actor goes to Rome to shoot a film.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1962. Drama by George Seaton with Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker, Nick Adams. American soldiers cannot bring themselves to kill a Korean prisoner.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1962. Western by David Miller with Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands. A cowboy escapes from jail and stands up to the police.
Runtime: 107 in.
U.S. 1961. Drama by Gottfried Reinhardt with Kirk Douglas, E.G. Marshall, Robert Blake. Four American soldiers stationed in Germany are court-martialed for rape.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1960. Epic by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons. In 73 BC, the gladiator Spartacus became the leader of a revolt against the Romans.
Runtime: 189 min.
U.S. 1960. Mores comedy by Richard Quine with Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Barbara Rush. An architect living in the suburbs with his family has a love affair with a neighbor neglected by her husband.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1960. Western by Robert Aldrich with Kirk Douglas, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone. An outlaw goes into the service of a rancher whose wife he once loved.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1959. Dramatic comedy by Guy Hamilton with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier. In 1777, an American pastor is led to take up arms following an act of injustice by a British general.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1959. Western by John Sturges with Kirk Douglas, Earl Holliman, Anthony Quinn. A law enforcement officer travels to Gun Hill to search for his wife's killers.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1958. Adventures by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh. Unbeknown to him, a Viking chief?s main adversary is his half-brother.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1957. Satire by H. C. Potter with Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart. A newspaper editor strives to prevent the appointment of a general to an important position.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1957. War drama by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Meeker. During World War I, three soldiers are court-martialed for fleeing from the enemy.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1957. Western by John Sturges with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming. The sheriff of Dodge City teams up with a former dentist-turned-adventurer to fight a gang of killers.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1956. Biography by Vincente Minnelli with Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald. The highlights of painter Vincent Van Gogh?s life.
Runtime: 123 min.
U.S. 1955. Western by André de Toth with Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau. Two adventurers try to take over a gold mine operated by Native Americans.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1955. Western by King Vidor with Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, William Campbell. Two friends are embroiled in a quarrel between cattle breeders.
Runtime: 89 min.

Ulysses

V.O.: Ulisse
It. 1954. Adventures by Mario Camerini with Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn. Ulysses, king of Ithaca, has various adventures while trying to return home after the Trojan War.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1954. Drama by Henry Hathaway with Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland. The romantic and professional life of a tough, ambitious racing driver.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1954. Science-fiction by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre. In the middle of the nineteenth century, a scientist and two companions are taken aboard a mysterious submersible.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1953. Sketches by Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli with James Mason, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas. Three passengers of an ocean liner relive their personal drama through their thoughts.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1953. Psychological drama by Edward Dmytryk with Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart. A Jewish juggler, a survivor of the death camps, is unable to acclimatize in Israel.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1953. Drama by Anatole Litvak with Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Fernand Ledoux. At the time of the liberation of Paris, an American soldier falls in love with a French person
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1952. Psychological drama by Vincente Minnelli with Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell. A bankrupt producer calls on the stars he launched.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1952. Western by Howard Hawks with Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt. Fur traders take in the daughter of an native leader, hoping to deal with his community.
Runtime: 140 min.
U.S. 1952. Adventures by Felix E. Feist with Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore. In 1900, a community of Quakers, in California, objects to unscrupulous loggers cutting down thousand-year-old redwood trees.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1951. Social drama by Billy Wilder with Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Ray Teal. A journalist's desire to make a sensational report causes the death of a man.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 1951. Western by Raoul Walsh with Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan. A police officer saves an old man accused of murder from being lynched.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1951. Crime drama by William Wyler with Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix. An uncompromising detective goes after an abortion doctor.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1950. Psychological drama by Irving Rapper with Gertrude Lawrence, Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas. A young crippled and shy girl falls in love with her brother's friend.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1950. Psychological drama by Michael Curtiz with Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael. After experiencing fame, a trumpeter falls apart but finally finds his stability.
U.S. 1949. Psychological drama by Mark Robson with Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy. To reach the championship, a boxer spares no one and backs down at nothing.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1948. Drama by John M. Stahl with Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Anne Baxter. The emotional and political tribulations of an aspiring senator.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1948. Comedy by Charles Martin with Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Helen Walker. A secretary who marries her employer, a writer, becomes his literary rival.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by Byron Haskin with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott. After his release from prison, a criminal settles accounts with an old friend.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1947. Crime drama by Jacques Tourneur with Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer, Robert Mitchum. A private investigator with a checkered past has a run-in with a gangster.
Runtime: 97 min.

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