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Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

American actor (1914-2008)
December 26, 1914 (March 24, 2008)
U.S. 1989. Mores drama by Joan Tewkesbury with Faye Dunaway, Richard Widmark, Neil Patrick Harris. The old owner of a village grocery store causes quite a stir around him when he decides to marry a young city girl.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1987. Western by Burt Kennedy with Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy. The humble leader of a gang of train robbers must fight against opponents with ruthless methods.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1987. Social drama by Volker Schlöndorff with Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter. Uniting to protect the murderer of a racist white man, eighteen old Black men regain their dignity.
U.S. 1985. Crime drama by Douglas Hickox with Richard Widmark, Keith Carradine, Kathleen Quinlan. A police officer is determined to find the perpetrator of the massacre of three children and their mother.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1984. Thriller by Taylor Hackford with Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods. A former football player agrees to travel to Mexico to search for a racketeer's fugitive mistress.
Runtime: 121 min.
G.-B. 1982. Crime drama by Ian Sharp with Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark. A British secret service officer infiltrates a pacifist organization that is covering up terrorist activities.
Runtime: 125 min.
U.S. 1982. Police comedy by Sidney Poitier with Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark. Finding himself unwittingly mixed up in a murder plot, a naive architect manages to escape death, thanks to the help of an unknown woman.
Runtime: 105 min.

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U.S. 1982. Sketches by Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom with Peter Riegert, Ann Dusenberry, Robby Benson. Three stories that parody popular film genres.
Runtime: 89 min.
Runtime: 145 min.
U.S. 1980. Social drama by Jerry Thorpe with Richard Widmark, Ned Beatty, Ossie Davis.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 180 min.
Can. 1979. Adventures by Don Sharp with Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark.
Runtime: 113 min.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1978. Crime drama by Michael Crichton with Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark. When her friend falls into a coma after a minor operation, a surgeon begins a personal investigation.
Runtime: 113 min.
All. 1977. Drama by Robert Aldrich with Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning, Richard Widmark. A former general seizes a nuclear missile launch base and blackmails the U.S. government.
Runtime: 144 min.
G.-B. 1976. Fantasy by Peter Sykes with Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski. A novelist specializing in the occult is called to the rescue of a teenage girl under the influence of a demonic excommunicated priest.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1976. Crime drama by Stanley Kramer with Gene Hackman, Richard Widmark, Candice Bergen. A mysterious organization breaks a prisoner out of prison to use him as a hitman.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1975. Spy drama by Peter Collinson with Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt. The violent struggle of an ex-CIA agent in Jerusalem and a former collaborator who turned out to be a double agent.
U.S. 1975. Western by Vincent McEveety with Richard Widmark, Barbara Rush, Robert Conrad. A former pistolero takes up arms again to defend the town where he has settled against an attack by the Dalton brothers.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Sidney Lumet with Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam. Detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American industrialist on board a luxury train immobilized by a snowstorm.
Runtime: 127 min.
U.S. 1973. Crime drama by Dean Hargrove with Richard Widmark, John Larch, Rae Allen. A New York City police officer struggles to stop a former colleague from committing murder.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1973. Crime drama by Boris Sagal with Richard Widmark, Damien Thomas, Peter Vaughan. In Portugal, a New York police officer has a prisoner taken from him that he was supposed to bring back to the United States.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by Boris Sagal with Richard Widmark, Rossano Brazzi, Raf Vallone. A New York cop travels to Naples to bring back a gangster who has offered to testify in an organized crime investigation.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by Jack Smight with Richard Widmark, George Cole, David Bauer. A New York police officer helps Scotland Yard catch an American gangster operating in England.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by Alex March with Richard Widmark, Ronny Cox, Tony Lo Bianco. An experienced police officer is forced to accept a rookie as a partner in his investigations.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by David Lowell Rich with Richard Widmark, Henry Darrow, Beth Brickell. A New York police officer who has retired to the West is forced to investigate a murder case.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by Jack Smight with Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Marlene Warfield. A police officer searches for a young Black thief who a racketeer has vowed to kill.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1971. Drama by Buzz Kulik with Richard Widmark, James Farentino, Robert Young. The press secretary to the president of the United States investigates the disappearance of a senior official.
U.S. 1971. Psychological drama by Stuart Millar with Frederic Forrest, Richard Widmark, Luana Anders. A young Native American boy, separated from his family, attracts the attention of a horse breeder who makes him a rodeo star.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1970. Crime drama by Richard Quine with Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda. In Kentucky in 1932, a government inspector tries to get his hands on a large supply of moonshine.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1969. Western by Richard Quine with Richard Widmark, Geneviève Page, Chaim Topol. Dispute between an American man and a Mexican man over the possession of a piece of land.
U.S. 1968. Crime drama by Don Siegel with Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino. A New York City police officer searches for a murderer who stole his gun.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1968. Western by Robert Totten, Donald Siegel with Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor. The leaders of a small western town want to get rid of a sheriff with violent methods.
Runtime: 94 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.
U.S. 1966. Western by Edward Dmytryk with William Holden, Richard Widmark, Patrick O'Neal. During the civil war, a herd of horned cattle is the occasion of fights between the two camps.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 1965. Psychological drama by James B. Harris with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Eric Portman. A destroyer leader on patrol in the Atlantic almost starts a war.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1964. Adventures by Jack Cardiff with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Beba Loncar. A Viking chieftain and a Moorish sheik team up to find a legendary and enormous golden bell.
Runtime: 126 min.
U.S. 1964. Drama by Michael Anderson with George Chakiris, Richard Widmark, Yul Brynner. Aviators in charge of a bailout reminisce about previous experiences.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1964. Western by John Ford with Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Ricardo Montalban. The U.S. Cavalry wants to prevent Cheyenne escapees from a reservation from reaching their homeland.
Runtime: 154 min.
U.S. 1961. Social drama by Stanley Kramer with Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell. The fictionalized story of a trial brought by Americans against Nazi leaders.
Runtime: 189 min.
U.S. 1961. Western by John Ford with James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones. The army asks a sheriff to go and buy back white prisoners from the Comanches.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1961. Spy drama by Phil Karlson with Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Senta Berger. An American is tasked with bringing in an anti-communist leader from Hungary.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1960. History by John Wayne with John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey. Americans surrounded in a Texas fort desperately resist a Mexican army.
Runtime: 193 min.
U.S. 1959. Crime drama by Norman Panama with Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise. A gang leader tries to flee to Mexico.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1959. Western by Edward Dmytryk with Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Anthony Quinn. A skilled gunslinger is imposing his law on a western town.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1958. Comedy by Gene Kelly with Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gia Scala. A man believes he is the father of a child his wife wants to adopt.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1958. Western by John Sturges with Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens. An ex-bandit turned sheriff has to face a former accomplice.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1957. Drama by Karl Malden with Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels. A colonel is assigned to investigate a prisoner of war accused of collaborating with the communists.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1956. Drama by Otto Preminger with Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd. The life of Joan of Arc, as seen by the playwright George Bernard Shaw.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1956. Melodrama by Roy Boulting with Richard Widmark, Jane Greer, Trevor Howard. A journalist and a novelist are taken prisoner by Nazis in Mexico.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1955. Western by John Sturges with Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, John McIntire. A man and a woman search for the survivors of a massacre.
U.S. 1955. Psychological drama by Vincente Minnelli with Richard Widmark, Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall. In a clinic for the mentally ill there is great tension between the staff and the patients.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1955. Crime drama by Mark Robson with Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Patrick. A sergeant attempts to steal the gold bars he is assigned to escort.
U.S. 1955. Western by Delmer Daves with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner. In 1875, in Arizona, a young pioneer accused of murder leads to safety those of his family who survived a massive attack by Apache warriors.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1954. Western by Henry Hathaway with Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark. In Mexico, a woman hires four adventurers to help her save her husband, who is buried in an abandoned gold mine.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1953. War drama by Richard Brooks with Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Russ Tamblyn. A drill sergeant makes himself unpopular with the men he trains.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1953. Crime drama by Samuel Fuller with Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter. While stealing a wallet, a pickpocket gets involved in an espionage case.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by Samuel Fuller with Richard Widmark, Victor Francen, Bella Darvi. Scientists arm a submarine that must locate a secret enemy base.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1953. Western by Edward Dmytryk with Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner. A powerful rancher rules his domain as a despot and alienates the affection of his sons.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1953. War drama by Robert Wise with Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Casey Adams. The perilous escape of eight American sailors pursued by Japanese soldiers in the Gobi Desert.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1952. Drama by Joseph M. Newman with Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter. While being the only survivor of a disaster where his companions perished, the leader of a fire team is suspected of criminal activities.
U.S. 1952. Dramatic comedy by Robert Parrish with Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru, George Winslow. A divorced businessperson finds a new mother for his young son.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1952. Thriller by Roy Ward Baker with Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft. An unbalanced babysitter threatens to kill a child.
Runtime: 76 min.
U.S. 1951. War drama by Lloyd Bacon with Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill. The new commander of a combat swimmer section manages to gain the trust of his men.
U.S. 1950. Social drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell. A racist gangster holds a Black doctor responsible for his brother's death.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1950. Thriller by Elia Kazan with Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes. To avoid an epidemic, the murderer of a man with a contagious disease is sought.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1950. War drama by Lewis Milestone with Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, Jack Palance. American soldiers are charged with capturing Japanese, from whom information is sought.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1950. Mores drama by Jules Dassin with Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom. An adventurer dreams of organizing wrestling matches in London while another man has a monopoly on them.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1949. Drama by André de Toth with Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake. In the course of his work to track hurricanes, a naval officer relives his love affairs.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1949. Adventures by Henry Hathaway with Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell. On his grandfather's boat, a young boy is introduced to whaling.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1948. Crime drama by William Keighley with Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Barbara Lawrence. In order to thwart a group of gangsters, a police officer infiltrates the group.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1948. Western by William A. Wellman with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark. Outlaws take refuge in an abandoned town where an elderly gold prospector and his granddaughter live.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1948. Drama by Jean Negulesco with Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark. Jealousy and revenge between the owner of a cabaret and his manager.
U.S. 1946. Crime drama by Henry Hathaway with Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy. A gangster becomes a snitch to help his family and confronts his former accomplices.
Runtime: 99 min.

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