Biography: Robert Rossen |
American screenwriter, director, and producer Robert Rossen, born Robert Rosen, was raised by Russian-Jewish immigrants in the often violent ghettos of the Lower East Side in New York. As a young man he was briefly a professional boxer before... more
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Cast: Warren Beatty
Tags: Psychological Drama Drama
Length: 114min
Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty) is a Korean War veteran who becomes an occupational therapist in a private mental hospital that cares for wealthy, schizophrenic clientele. He slowly begins to fall for Lilith Arthur (Jean Seberg), a patient who is...
Cast: Jackie Gleason George C. Scott Paul Newman Piper Laurie
Tags: Psychological Drama Drama Sports Drama
Length: 134min
As The Hustler's "Fast" Eddie Felson, Paul Newman created a classic antihero, charismatic but fundamentally flawed, and nobody's role model. A pool player from Oakland, CA, as good as anyone who ever picked up a cue, Eddie has an Achilles' heel:...
Cast: Rita Hayworth Gary Cooper Van Heflin Tab Hunter
Tags: War Drama Action War Drama
Length: 123min
Gary Cooper stars in one of his final roles in They Came To Cordura, Robert Rossen's moody study of the thin dividing line between heroism and cowardice. Cooper plays Major Thomas Thorn, a U.S. Army officer in the expedition into Mexico against Pancho...
Cast: James Mason Joan Fontaine Dorothy Dandridge Harry Belafonte Darryl F. Zanuck
Tags: Crime Drama Political Drama
Length: 119min
Political intrigue and romantic gamesmanship send an already torrid Caribbean community to the boiling point in this drama. Maxwell Fleury (James Mason) and David Boyeur (Harry Belafonte) are two men running for political office in a...
Cast: Fredric March Richard Burton
Tags: Biopic Historical Epic Epic
Length: 135min
The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because...
Cast: Shelley Winters Vittorio Gassman
Length: 94min
Unable to find work in Hollywood due to the Blacklist, director Robert Rossen filmed his 1954 production Mambo in Italy. Silvana Mangano stars as Silvia, who hopes someday to become a famous dancer. In the meantime, Silvia is torn between two lovers:...
Cast: Anthony Quinn
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 106min
Mel Ferrer and Anthony Quinn are perfectly cast in The Brave Bulls. Ferrer plays a star matador who is the idol of the crowds, an image carefully cultivated by Quinn, his manager. The matador is unbeatable until the woman he loves (Miroslava) perishes...
Cast: Broderick Crawford
Tags: Political Satire Political Drama Drama Film a Clef
Length: 109min
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men is a roman à clef inspired by the career of Louisiana governor Huey Long. Broderick Crawford won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Willie Stark, a backwoods...
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 104min
This riveting 1947 drama, regarded by many as the greatest boxing movie of all time, centers on a former pugilist who looks back on his life in and out of the ring and realizes that self-respect is a more important prize than winning. John Garfield is...
Tags: Crime Thriller Crime Police Detective Film Film Noir
Length: 95min
Three years after song-and-dance man Dick Powell reshaped his nice-guy image by playing hard-boiled gumshoe Phillip Marlowe in Murder My Sweet, he returned to film noir with this crime-based thriller. Johnny O'Clock (Dick Powell) and his partner Pete...
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