Rupert Crosse

Rupert Crosse (November 29, 1927 – March 5, 1973) was an American actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Reivers (1969), which made him the first African American nominee in the category.

Marnie (1964)

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Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Tippi Hedren  •  Sean Connery  •  Diane Baker  •  Martin Gabel

Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Tippi Hedren  •  Sean Connery  •  Diane Baker  •  Martin Gabel

Shadows (1960)

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cassavetes
CAST:  Ben Carruthers  •  Lelia Goldoni  •  Hugh Hurd  •  Anthony Ray

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cassavetes
CAST:  Ben Carruthers  •  Lelia Goldoni  •  Hugh Hurd  •  Anthony Ray

Twilight of Honor (1963)

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of murder that he has already confessed to. He asks a retired, legendary lawyer for help.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Sagal
CAST:  Richard Chamberlain  •  Nick Adams  •  Claude Rains  •  Joan Blackman

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of murder that he has already confessed to. He asks a retired, legendary lawyer for help.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Sagal
CAST:  Richard Chamberlain  •  Nick Adams  •  Claude Rains  •  Joan Blackman

The Best Man (1964)

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franklin J. Schaffner
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Cliff Robertson  •  Edie Adams  •  Margaret Leighton

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franklin J. Schaffner
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Cliff Robertson  •  Edie Adams  •  Margaret Leighton

Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Millie Perkins  •  Jack Nicholson  •  Katherine Squire

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Millie Perkins  •  Jack Nicholson  •  Katherine Squire

Wild Seed (1965)

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian G. Hutton
CAST:  Michael Parks  •  Celia Milius  •  Woody Chambliss  •  Ross Elliott

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian G. Hutton
CAST:  Michael Parks  •  Celia Milius  •  Woody Chambliss  •  Ross Elliott

Waterhole #3 (1967)

After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried. He plans to retrieve it, but others are searching for it too.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Carroll O'Connor  •  Margaret Blye  •  Claude Akins

After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried. He plans to retrieve it, but others are searching for it too.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Carroll O'Connor  •  Margaret Blye  •  Claude Akins

Too Late Blues (1961)

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cassavetes
CAST:  Bobby Darin  •  Stella Stevens  •  Everett Chambers  •  Nick Dennis

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cassavetes
CAST:  Bobby Darin  •  Stella Stevens  •  Everett Chambers  •  Nick Dennis

The Reivers (1969)

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Rydell
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Sharon Farrell  •  Michael Constantine  •  Ruth White

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Rydell
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Sharon Farrell  •  Michael Constantine  •  Ruth White