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1. Rear Window (1954)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond BurrLaid up with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to his tiny, sweltering courtyard apartment. To pass the time ... More
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2. Loving You (1957)
directed by Hal Kanter
featuring Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James GleasonLoving You was the most autobiographical of all Elvis Presley's movies, and, not coincidentally, features the most naturalistic, easygoing ... More
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3. The Rainmaker (1956)
directed by Joseph Anthony
featuring Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl HollimanN. Richard Nash's play The Rainmaker has always attracted the most flamboyant of performers, and this 1956 film version is no exception. Burt ... More
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4. The Astro-Zombies (1967)
directed by Ted V. Mikels
featuring Wendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom Pace, Joan Patrick, Rafael CamposThis laughably-bad mess stars ubiquitous "Z"-movie journeyman John Carradine as Dr. DeMarco, a loony scientist whose original concept to build a ... More
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5. The Furies (1950)
directed by Anthony Mann
featuring Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert RolandBarbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston give standout performances in this dark, psychological western, which Martin Scorsese has compared to the work of ... More
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6. The Big Knife (1955)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Rod Steiger, Shelley WintersRobert Aldrich's screen adaptation of Clifford Odets' stage play reflects the quandary of the writer's later career; the golden boy of the Group ... More
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7. No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
directed by Rudolph Maté
featuring Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors, Natalie Wood, John McIntireRudolph Mate directs this sentimental melodrama about a ridiculously self-sacrificing wife based on the book by Ruth Southard and starring a 12-year ... More
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8. The Wild North (1952)
directed by Andrew Marton
featuring Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse, Morgan FarleyFilmed on location in Canada, The Wild North stars Stewart Granger as renegade trapper Jules Vincent. Forced to kill in self-defence, Vincent hides ... More
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9. Holiday Affair (1949)
directed by Don Hartman
featuring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Griff Barnett, Esther DaleA disarming little trifle, Holiday Affair has in the years since its original release become a Yuletide perennial on television. War widow Janet ... More
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10. My Man and I (1952)
directed by William Wellman
featuring Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Robert BurtonWhile Shelley Winters is top-billed, Ricardo Montalban is the real star of My Man and I. Montalban plays Mexican transient farmer Chu-Chu Ramirez, ... More
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11. The Bold and the Brave (1956)
directed by Lewis R. Foster
featuring Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney, Don Taylor, Nicole Maurey, John SmithBold and the Brave traces the destinies of three American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Wendell Corey is top-billed as an ... More
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12. Desert Fury (1947)
directed by Lewis Allen
featuring Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Mary Astor, John Hodiak, Wendell CoreyDesert Fury is a rarety for the 1940s, a Technicolor "film noir." Set in a Nevada gambling town, the story concerns the various misadventures, ... More
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13. Harriet Craig (1950)
directed by Vincent Sherman
featuring Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson, Allyn Joslyn, William BishopHarriet Craig is the third film version of George Kelly's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Craig's Wife. Joan Crawford stars as the title character, a ... More
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14. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
directed by Norman Taurog
featuring Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Fernando LamasList of all editionsRich, Young and Pretty succinctly describes Jane Powell, the heroine of this frothy MGM musical. Vacationing in Paris with her father, Jim Stauton ... More
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15. The Great Missouri Raid (1950)
directed by Gordon M. Douglas
featuring Wendell Corey, MacDonald Carey, Ward Bond, Ellen Drew, Bruce BennettThe Great Missouri Raid stars Wendell Corey and MacDonald Carey as famed Kansas outlaws Frank and Jesse James. Once more, the James Boys are depicted ... More
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16. The Search (1948)
directed by Fred Zinnemann
featuring Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotna, Ewart G. Morrison, Ivan Jandl, Mary Patton, Wendell CoreyList of all editionsAlthough Montgomery Clift shot this film following Red River (1948), it was released six months earlier and the combined success of both immediately ... More
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17. The Rack (1956)
directed by Arnold Laven
featuring Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Anne FrancisList of all editionsThe Korean conflict of the early '50s saw widespread use of psychological torture by the North Korean communists on enemy prisoners of war. That ... More
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18. Carbine Williams (1952)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul StewartList of all editionsThe tougher postwar screen image of James Stewart is given a good workout in the fact-based Carbine Williams. In 1952, the world at large knew Marsh ... More
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19. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
directed by Anatole Litvak
featuring Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Sr., Harold VermilyeaList of all editionsWhen Lucille Fletcher took on the challenge of expanding her classic 30-minute radio suspenser Sorry, Wrong Number into an 89-minute feature film, ... More
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20. The Killer Is Loose (1956)
directed by Budd Boetticher
featuring Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale, Jr., Michael PateList of all editionsIn this thriller, "Foggy" (Wendell Corey) is a bank teller who got his nickname for the thick spectacles he must wear. Foggy is also an inside man ... More
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21. Any Number Can Play (1949)
directed by Mervyn LeRoy
featuring Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter, Frank Morgan, Mary AstorList of all editionsIn this light drama, Clark Gable once again played his stock-in-trade role of a rogue with a heart of gold. Charlie King (Gable) runs a casino, but, ... More
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22. Alias Jesse James (1959)
directed by John Farrow, Norman Z. McLeod
featuring Gene Autry, Jay Silverheels, Roy Rogers, Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Jim Davis, Gloria TalbottList of all editionsBob Hope plays a 19th-century insurance agent whose miserable sales record prompts his boss to send him out West, where he can (supposedly) do little ... More







