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1. The African Queen (1951)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore BikelAfter years of wooing director John Huston via good reviews, film critic James Agee was given a chance to write the screenplay for a Huston picture. ... More
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2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Gladys GeorgeAfter two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, ... More
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3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLaneJohn Huston's 1948 treasure-hunt classic begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his ... More
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4. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
directed by John Huston
featuring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira CaineThe Man Who Would Be King opens with author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) working in his study. His solitude is broken by the arrival of a ... More
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5. The Bible - In the Beginning (1966)
directed by John Huston
featuring Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen BoydThe Bible was intended by producer Dino De Laurentiis as the first in a series of films which would eventually cover the Old and New Testament in ... More
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6. Victory (1981)
directed by John Huston
featuring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Pelé, Werner RothJohn Huston directed this exciting World War II action film, which culminates in a rousing soccer game. In a German prisoner of war camp, Major Karl ... More
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7. The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
directed by John Huston
featuring Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, John Dierkes, Royal Dano, Arthur HunnicuttThe backstory of The Red Badge of Courage involves the toppling of MGM's old Louis B. Mayer regime in favor of Dore Schary and his young Turks. It is ... More
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8. The Unforgiven (1960)
directed by John Huston
featuring Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Charles Bickford, Lillian GishOne of Hollywood's most famous and acclaimed directors, John Huston guides this western with an unerring hand -- the cast of notable stars is no ... More
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9. Moby Dick (1956)
directed by John Huston
featuring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews, Orson Welles, Seamus KellyPrevious film versions of Moby Dick insisted upon including such imbecilities as romantic subplots and happy endings. John Huston's 1956 Moby Dick ... More
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10. The Night of the Iguana (1964)
directed by John Huston
featuring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon, James WardFilmed on location in Mexico by John Huston, Night of the Iguana stars Richard Burton as Rev. Shannon, an alcoholic defrocked minister, who scratches ... More
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11. Key Largo (1948)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Monte Blue, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas GomezList of all editionsRichard Brooks and John Huston's screenplay for Huston's Key Largo eschews the lofty blank verse of Maxwell Anderson's original play, concentrating ... More
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12. The Dead (1987)
directed by John Huston
featuring Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Rachel Dowling, Cathleen Delaney, Helena CarrollList of all editionsThe final film of legendary director John Huston was based on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta ... More
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13. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
directed by John Huston
featuring Alfred G. Bosnos, Barbara J. Longo, Dolores Clark, Fred Brookfield, Karen Carr, Lee Meza, Margo Epper, Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Anthony Perkins, Jacqueline Bisset, Ned Beatty, John Huston, Tab HunterList of all editionsPaul Newman plays the title role in John Huston's surreal, revisionist western as the infamous Texas hanging judge. Upon arriving in the tiny West ... More
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14. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
directed by John Huston
featuring Deborah Kerr, Robert MitchumList of all editionsA two-person character study directed by John Huston, Heaven Knows Mr. Allison stars Robert Mitchum as a World War II Marine sergeant and Deborah ... More
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15. Beat the Devil (1953)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter LorreList of all editionsHumphrey Bogart stars as one of five disreputable adventurers who are trying to get uranium out of East Africa. Bogart's associates include pompous ... More
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16. Annie (1981)
directed by John Huston
featuring Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Ann Reinking, Bernadette PetersList of all editionsThis family classic is adapted from the Broadway musical, which was based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. During the Great Depression in New ... More
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17. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
directed by John Huston
featuring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Sam JaffeList of all editionsThe Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime -- or, as director John Huston and scripter Ben Maddow put it, "a left ... More
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18. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
directed by John Huston
featuring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, William Hickey, Robert LoggiaList of all editionsRichard Condon's delicious black comedy was lovingly translated to the screen by legendary director John Huston in one of his last movies. The ... More
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19. Moulin Rouge (1952)
directed by John Huston
featuring José Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Christopher Lee, Katherine KathList of all editionsMoulin Rouge is the story of 19th century French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, portrayed by José Ferrer. The film records his frustration over ... More
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20. Fat City (1972)
directed by John Huston
featuring Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas ColasantoList of all editionsWith a screenplay adapted by Leonard Gardner from his own novel, John Huston's drama examines the meager hopes and resigned dreams of small-time ... More
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21. Across the Pacific (1942)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Charles Halton, Victor Sen Yung, Keye LukeList of all editionsA lively espionage drama that reunited the stars and director of the previous year's The Maltese Falcon, Across the Pacific was originally envisioned ... More
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22. Wise Blood (1979)
directed by John Huston
featuring Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy WrightList of all editionsSet in the Deep South during the postwar era, Wise Blood stars Brad Dourif as an aimless veteran, who decides to become a Bible-thumping preacher ... More
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23. Under the Volcano (1984)
directed by John Huston
featuring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy JuradoList of all editionsA strange, hallucinatory adaptation of the Malcolm Lowry novel of the same name, John Huston's bleak drama is set during the Mexican "Day of the Dead ... More
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24. The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
directed by John Huston
featuring John Wayne, Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, So Yamamura, Norman ThomsonList of all editionsJohn Wayne's only collaboration with director John Huston turned out to be a major career misstep for both men. Barbarian and the Geisha is the true ... More
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25. The Misfits (1961)
directed by John Huston
featuring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli WallachList of all editionsThe final film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer Arthur Miller and director John Huston. ... More







