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1. Exodus (1960)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. CobbProduced and directed by Otto Preminger, Exodus is a 212-minute screen adaptation of the best-selling novel by Leon Uris. The film is concerned with ... More
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2. Laura (1944)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith AndersonThis adaptation of Vera Caspary's suspense novel was begun by director Rouben Mamoulien and cinematographer Lucien Ballard, but thanks to a complex ... More
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3. In Harm's Way (1965)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Dana Andrews, Paula PrentissIn Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network ... More
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4. River of No Return (1954)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn VyeDirector Otto Preminger's only western, River of No Return is set in Canada during the 19th century Gold Rush. Farmer Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) is ... More
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5. Carmen Jones (1954)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Olga James, Pearl Bailey, Diahann CarrollIn 1943, Oscar Hammerstein Jr. took Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, rewrote the lyrics, changed the characters from 19th century Spaniards to World War ... More
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6. The Cardinal (1963)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, Dorothy Gish, Romy Schneider, John Huston, Maggie McNamara, Raf ValloneTom Tryon plays the title role in this Otto Preminger version of the Henry Morton Robinson novel. In his matriculation from Monsignor to the College ... More
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7. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noël Coward, Martita HuntBased on the mystery novel by Marryam Modell (using the pseudonym Evelyn Piper), Bunny Lake Is Missing is a bizarre study in motherhood, kindness, ... More
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8. 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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9. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Karl Malden, Tom TullyDana Andrews is brutal metropolitan police detective Dixon, who despises all criminals because his father had been one. When the cops pick up two-bit ... More
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10. Whirlpool (1949)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil, Eduard FranzIn this compelling and unusual psychological melodrama Ann Sutton (Gene Tierney), a woman tormented by her secret kleptomania seeks help from a ... More
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11. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Joan Crawford, Art Baker, Dana Andrews, Griff Barnett, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, John Davidson, Martha StewartList of all editionsDaisy Kenyon stars Joan Crawford as the eponymous heroine, a Manhattan commercial artist. Daisy is torn between two men: a handsome, married attorney ... More
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12. Fallen Angel (1945)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford, Anne RevereList of all editionsOtto Preminger directed this stylish film noir exercise, intended as a follow-up to his surprise hit Laura. Kicked off a bus traveling cross-country ... More
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13. Skidoo (1968)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark, Michael ConstantineList of all editionsProducer and director Otto Preminger reportedly experimented with LSD in the late 60's, which inspired him to make this notorious comedy in which ... More
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14. Angel Face (1953)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Leon AmesList of all editionsJean Simmons' fascinating interpretation of an uncharacteristic role is the main drawing card of Otto Preminger's Angel Face. The daughter of Charles ... More
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15. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Dawn AddamsList of all editionsThis is the story of a chaste young TV-commercial actress (Maggie McNamara) who is romanced by a playboy architect (William Holden). Despite all ... More
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16. Bonjour Tristesse (1957)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne, Jean Kent, Roland CulverList of all editionsFrancoise Sagan's bittersweet novel Bonjour Tristesse is given a sumptuous Riviera-filmed screen treatment. David Niven plays a wealthy playboy, the ... More
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17. Advise and Consent (1962)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Gene TierneyList of all editionsThe first of Allen Drury "all names changed to protect the guilty" political novels, Advise and Consent was brought to the screen by producer ... More
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18. The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavinList of all editionsWhen Otto Preminger was willing to release his drug-addiction drama Man With the Golden Arm without the sanction of a Production Code seal, it proved ... More
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19. Such Good Friends (1971)
directed by Otto Preminger
List of all editionsBased upon the novel by Lois Gould and adapted (under the pseudonym Esther Dale) by Elaine May, Such Good Friends focuses on Julie Messinger (played ... More
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20. Hurry Sundown (1967)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll, Faye Dunaway, Robert HooksList of all editionsOtto Preminger directed this star-studded adaptation of K.B. Gliden's novel about racial prejudice and emotional unrest in the Deep South. Henry ... More
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21. In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Eugene Pallette, Mary Nash, Stanley PragerList of all editionsIn this wartime comedy, a spoiled socialite attempts to endure army life after marrying a lieutenant. The constant traveling and inadequate quarters ... More
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22. Rosebud (1975)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman, Claude Dauphin, John V. LindsayList of all editionsBased on a novel by Joan Hemingway and Paul Bonnecarrere, Rosebud opens with five young women vacationing aboard a luxurious yacht called the Rosebud ... More
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23. The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth MontgomeryList of all editionsIn this 1955 Otto Preminger film, Gary Cooper stars as World War I hero Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. The film recounts Mitchell's efforts to ... More
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24. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, George C. Scott, Eve Arden, Kathryn GrantList of all editionsBased on the best-selling novel by Robert Traver (the pseudonym for Michigan Supreme Court justice John D. Voelker), Anatomy of a Murder stars James ... More
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25. Forever Amber (1947)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Jane Ball, Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Edmund Breon, Leo G. Carroll, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Robert Coote, Jessica TandyList of all editionsThey said it couldn't be done, but they did it: Kathleen Winsor's "notorious", bestselling bodice-ripper Forever Amber actually made it to the screen ... More






