Donald Kerr

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The Big Country (1958)

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Jean Simmons  •  Carroll Baker  •  Charlton Heston

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Jean Simmons  •  Carroll Baker  •  Charlton Heston

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Nancy Guild  •  Arthur Franz

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Nancy Guild  •  Arthur Franz

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by police, a slinky adventuress, an Egyptian high priest, and the mummy himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marie Windsor  •  Michael Ansara

When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by police, a slinky adventuress, an Egyptian high priest, and the mummy himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Marie Windsor  •  Michael Ansara

All the King's Men (1949)

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Rossen
CAST:  Broderick Crawford  •  John Ireland  •  Joanne Dru  •  John Derek

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Rossen
CAST:  Broderick Crawford  •  John Ireland  •  Joanne Dru  •  John Derek

Bombshell (1933)

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  Lee Tracy  •  Frank Morgan  •  Franchot Tone

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Jean Harlow  •  Lee Tracy  •  Frank Morgan  •  Franchot Tone

Cat People (1942)

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Serbian fashion designer Irena Dubrovna and American marine engineer Oliver Reed meet in Central Park, fall in love, and marry after a brief courtship; but Irena won't consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Simone Simon  •  Kent Smith  •  Tom Conway  •  Jane Randolph

Serbian fashion designer Irena Dubrovna and American marine engineer Oliver Reed meet in Central Park, fall in love, and marry after a brief courtship; but Irena won't consummate the union for fear that she will turn into a panther compelled to kill her lover, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Simone Simon  •  Kent Smith  •  Tom Conway  •  Jane Randolph

Desperate (1947)

An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Steve Brodie  •  Audrey Long  •  Raymond Burr  •  Douglas Fowley

An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Steve Brodie  •  Audrey Long  •  Raymond Burr  •  Douglas Fowley

Detective Story (1951)

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Eleanor Parker  •  William Bendix  •  Cathy O'Donnell

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Eleanor Parker  •  William Bendix  •  Cathy O'Donnell

He Walked by Night (1949)

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Richard Basehart  •  Scott Brady  •  Roy Roberts  •  Whit Bissell

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Richard Basehart  •  Scott Brady  •  Roy Roberts  •  Whit Bissell

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

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Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  James Stewart  •  Claude Rains  •  Edward Arnold

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  James Stewart  •  Claude Rains  •  Edward Arnold

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Claire Trevor  •  Anne Shirley  •  Miles Mander

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Claire Trevor  •  Anne Shirley  •  Miles Mander

Night Editor (1946)

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Janis Carter  •  Jeff Donnell  •  Coulter Irwin

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Janis Carter  •  Jeff Donnell  •  Coulter Irwin

Nocturne (1946)

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  George Raft  •  Lynn Bari  •  Virginia Huston  •  Joseph Pevney

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  George Raft  •  Lynn Bari  •  Virginia Huston  •  Joseph Pevney

Notorious (1946)

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In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Claude Rains  •  Louis Calhern

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Claude Rains  •  Louis Calhern

Party Girl (1958)

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Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Cyd Charisse  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  John Ireland

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Cyd Charisse  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  John Ireland

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Webb
CAST:  Jack Webb  •  Janet Leigh  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Peggy Lee

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Webb
CAST:  Jack Webb  •  Janet Leigh  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Peggy Lee

Ride the High Country (1962)

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Peckinpah
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Joel McCrea  •  Mariette Hartley  •  Ron Starr

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Peckinpah
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Joel McCrea  •  Mariette Hartley  •  Ron Starr

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Ingster
CAST:  Peter Lorre  •  John McGuire  •  Margaret Tallichet  •  Charles Waldron

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Ingster
CAST:  Peter Lorre  •  John McGuire  •  Margaret Tallichet  •  Charles Waldron

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Myrna Loy  •  Dana Andrews  •  Teresa Wright

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Myrna Loy  •  Dana Andrews  •  Teresa Wright

The Big Heat (1953)

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Gloria Grahame  •  Jocelyn Brando  •  Alexander Scourby

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Gloria Grahame  •  Jocelyn Brando  •  Alexander Scourby
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