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1. A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
directed by Volker Schlöndorff
featuring Holly Hunter, Richard WidmarkGathering of Old Men was based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, who'd previously written The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Like Pittman, ... More
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2. Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
directed by Burt Kennedy
featuring Angie Dickinson, Richard Widmark, Willie NelsonThe made-for-TV Once Upon a Texas Train offers us the once-in-a-lifetime teaming of Richard Widmark, Willie Nelson and Angie Dickinson. Nelson plays ... More
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3. Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
directed by Henry Hathaway
featuring Dean Stockwell, Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Gene Lockhart, Cecil KellawayThis full-blooded saga of the 19th century whaling industry stars Lionel Barrymore as tough old salt Captain Bering Joy and Dean Stockwell as his ... More
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4. The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
directed by John Sturges
featuring Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry SilvaAlthough reformed and a town marshal Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) has one thing more to do before he can settle down and marry Peggy Carter (Patricia ... More
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5. Saint Joan (1957)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, John GielgudAfter an extensive talent search, producer-director Otto Preminger selected a 17-year-old unknown from Iowa, Jean Seberg, to play Joan of Arc, a role ... More
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6. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
directed by Roy Ward Baker
featuring Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne CagneySex symbol Marilyn Monroe went dramatic in 1952's Don't Bother to Knock. Monroe plays Nell Forbes, a beautiful but suicidal young woman, recently ... More
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7. Madigan (1968)
directed by Don Siegel
featuring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James WhitmoreIt's a seemingly peaceful spring morning in New York City -- graduation day at the Police Academy -- and Police Commissioner Anthony X. Russell ... More
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8. Pickup on South Street (1953)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard KileySamuel Fuller scarcely used Dwight Taylor's source material, a languid courtroom romance, in crafting this pugnacious potboiler. Pickup on South ... More
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9. Coma (1978)
directed by Michael Crichton
featuring Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard WidmarkA feisty, feminist intern uncovers a medical conspiracy in this icy thriller about mysterious goings-on at Boston Memorial Hospital. When her best ... More
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10. The Sell Out (1976)
directed by Peter Collinson
featuring Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker, Vladek SheybalIn this action-packed spy drama, a retired CIA agent reluctantly returns to espionage at the request of his treacherous student, who messed up and ... More
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11. Rollercoaster (1977)
directed by James Goldstone
featuring George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry GuardinoList of all editionsRollercoaster was a by-product of the brief "Sensurround" craze of the 1970s. Nutsoid Timothy Bottoms sabotages an amusement-park roller coaster, ... More
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12. Hanky Panky (1982)
directed by Sidney Poitier
featuring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark, Robert ProskyList of all editionsGene Wilder stars as Michael Jordon, an architect on the run from false murder charges, who hooks up with Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner), the sister of ... More
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13. Broken Lance (1954)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Katy JuradoList of all editionsIn this Western with curiously Shakespearean undertones, Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) is a ranch owner who has tried to raise his sons to carry on ... More
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14. Hell and High Water (1954)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene EvansList of all editionsHell and High Water brings an intriguing Cold War slant to a standard submarine melodrama. Richard Widmark plays a soldier-of-fortune sub commander ... More
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15. The Frogmen (1951)
directed by Lloyd Bacon
featuring Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter, Warren StevensList of all editionsIn this World War II drama, Richard Widmark plays Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence, a strict navy commander assigned to replace the popular senior officer of ... More
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16. Yellow Sky (1948)
directed by William Wellman
featuring Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John RussellList of all editionsWilliam Wellman's westerns always seemed a little claustrophobic, but in Yellow Sky the director's technique works to the film's advantage. Outlaw ... More
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17. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Paul WinfieldList of all editionsSoured on America by his experiences as a POW in Vietnam, General Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster) hopes that his government will someday tell the ... More
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18. Warlock (1959)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores MichaelsList of all editionsWarlock offers us a mean-spirited, mercenary Henry Fonda and an honest, peaceloving Richard Widmark. A Wyatt Earp-like frontier marshal, Fonda agrees ... More
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19. The Cobweb (1955)
directed by Vincente Minnelli
featuring Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian GishList of all editionsWilliam Gibson's novel The Cobweb was brought to the screen by MGM with an impressive, hand-picked cast. Richard Widmark plays the head of a posh ... More
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20. Flight from Ashiya (1964)
directed by Michael Anderson
featuring Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker, Shirley KnightList of all editionsFeaturing an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal ... More
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21. Two Rode Together (1961)
directed by John Ford
featuring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy DevineList of all editionsOne of director John Ford's least characteristic films, it derives from the latter part of his career, when the director's belief in the myth of the ... More
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22. Destination Gobi (1953)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Casey Adams, Murvyn Vye, Darryl HickmanList of all editionsAn offbeat blend of World War II drama and "Arabian Nights" escapism, Destination Gobi is all the more odd in that it is allegedly based on fact. ... More
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23. The Domino Principle (1977)
directed by Stanley Kramer
featuring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward AlbertList of all editionsStanley Kramer directed this paranoid thriller involving a murderer who is inexplicably released from prison by a mysterious organization. Gene ... More
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24. Bear Island (1980)
directed by Don Sharp
featuring Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Barbara ParkinsUp on Bear Island -- somewhere off the northeast American coast -- a U.S. meteorological team discovers German submarines stashed with gold. Though ... More
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25. The Way West (1967)
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
featuring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Jack ElamList of all editionsSenator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enlists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settlers from ... More







