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1. The Longest Day (1962)
directed by Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin
featuring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard ToddThe Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck. Whenever possible, the ... More
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2. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
directed by John Sturges
featuring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter BrennanThis powerfully tense, fast-paced suspense drama also yields a grim social message about racial prejudice. Spencer Tracy is John J. MacReedy, a one ... More
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3. Crossfire (1947)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Paul KellyThis drama was one of the first major-studio efforts to confront anti-Semitism (beating the Oscar-winning Gentleman's Agreement by several months), ... More
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4. The Proud Ones (1956)
directed by Robert D. Webb
featuring Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton, Walter BrennanA small Kansas town braces itself for the arrival of the first Texas trail herd. The marshal (Robert Ryan) expects trouble from the herd drivers, who ... More
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5. House of Bamboo (1955)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad DexterSamuel Fuller directed and cowrote this typically hard-boiled drama set in Japan following World War II. Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack) is given a ... More
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6. The Busybody (1967)
directed by William Castle
featuring Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford, Jan MurrayA nosey housewife (Marguerite Viby) takes on extra responsibilities when her husband (Buster Larsen) hurts his back while reading the Sunday paper. ... More
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7. The Iceman Cometh (1973)
directed by John Frankenheimer
featuring Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Fredric March, Jeff BridgesJohn Frankenheimer's screen version of Eugene O'Neill's 1947 Broadway play The Iceman Cometh is set in 1912 at Harry Hope's dingy waterfront saloon. ... More
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8. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
directed by James H. Hill
featuring Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Luciana Paluzzi, Bill FraserCaptain Nemo and the Underwater City thrusts several "name" actors into the specialized world of Jules Verne. Six 19th-century shipwreck victims are ... More
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9. God's Little Acre (1958)
directed by Anthony Mann, William Keighley
featuring Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Jack LordErskine Caldwell's steamy novel God's Little Acre was given a film adaptation in 1958. A heavily grayed-up Robert Ryan plays Ty Ty Walden, the ... More
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10. Back from Eternity (1956)
directed by John Farrow
featuring Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith AndesDirector John Farrow's Back From Eternity is a virtual scene-for-scene remake of Farrow's 1939 film Five Came Back. The earlier film is the better of ... More
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11. Born to Be Bad (1950)
directed by Nicholas Ray
featuring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel FerrerList of all editionsOne of the most oft-revived of the pre-Technicolor Nicholas Ray efforts, Born to Be Bad offers us the spectacle of Joan Fontaine portraying a ... More
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12. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Telly Savalas, George MontgomeryList of all editionsIn December of 1944, the Allied high command is convinced that German forces in Belgium are in a low state of readiness, and perhaps even about to ... More
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13. I Married a Communist (1949)
directed by Robert Stevenson
featuring Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar, Thomas Gomez, Janis CarterList of all editionsThere's propaganda aplenty in RKO's I Married a Communist, the first of producer Howard R. Hughes's many anti-Red broadsides. Robert Ryan plays ... More
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14. The Naked Spur (1953)
directed by Anthony Mann
featuring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Millard MitchellList of all editionsThe powerhouse combination of star James Stewart and director Anthony Mann score another cinematic bullseye in The Naked Spur. Stewart plays a ... More
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15. Berlin Express (1948)
directed by Jacques Tourneur
featuring Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas, Robert CooteList of all editionsOn a trip from France to Allied-occupied Berlin, a group of travelers -- a mysterious and very secretive European woman (Merle Oberon), an American ... More
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16. The Sky's the Limit (1943)
directed by Edward H. Griffith
featuring Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan, Elizabeth PattersonList of all editionsAfter a four-year absence, Fred Astaire returns to RKO Radio for the Ginger Rogers-less The Sky's the Limit. Astaire plays a war hero who wants to ... More
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17. A Minute to Pray, a Second To Die (1967)
directed by Franco Giraldi
featuring Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Mario BregaList of all editionsClay McCord (Alex Cord) is a former outlaw determined to live the life of a law-abiding citizen. Colby (Arthur Kennedy) is the town marshall who ... More
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18. On Dangerous Ground (1951)
directed by Nicholas Ray
featuring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony RossList of all editionsRobert Ryan plays Jim Wilson, a tough police detective embittered by years of dealing with low-life urban scum, in Nicholas Ray's moving film noir. ... More
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19. Inferno (1953)
directed by Roy Ward Baker
featuring Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Larry Keating, Henry HullBrief and very much to the point, Inferno is a grim, fascinating tale of survival. Breaking his leg on a vacation trip, millionaire Carson (Robert ... More
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20. Best of the Badmen (1950)
directed by William D. Russell
featuring Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston, Walter BrennanList of all editionsThough RKO Radio Pictures was, in 1951, still faithful to the concept of "B" westerns starring Tim Holt, the studio was more than capable of turning ... More
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21. The Racket (1951)
directed by John Cromwell, Nicholas Ray
featuring Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray CollinsThe Racket was based on a play by Bartlett Cormack, first filmed as a silent in 1928. The storyline was updated to include references to Estes ... More
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22. The Set-Up (1949)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace FordList of all editionsAs shown by the clock face that opens and closes the film, The Set-Up takes place within a compact 72 minutes, with the action played out in "real ... More
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23. The Woman on the Beach (1947)
directed by Jean Renoir
featuring Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford, Nan Leslie, Walter SandeList of all editionsA WWII Coast Guard veteran, Lt. Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan), is plagued by nightmares of his combat days. One day, he meets a woman, Peggy Butler ... More
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24. Escape to Burma (1955)
directed by Allan Dwan
featuring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Lisa MontellList of all editionsIn this production from Benedict Bogeaus and RKO Radio, Robert Ryan stars as a fugitive from justice who hides out in the Far Eastern teak plantation ... More
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25. Lonelyhearts (1958)
directed by Vincent J. Donahue
featuring Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Dolores Hart, Maureen StapletonList of all editionsFor his film directorial debut, producer Dore Schary selected a longtime pet property: Miss Lonelyhearts, Nathaniel West's trenchant 1933 novel. ... More







