Richard Widmark
32 titles
Filmography
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No Way Out
(1950)A psychotic racist, holding a black intern responsible for his brother's death, incites a group of hoodlums to riot. He stirs up a witchhunt and is determined to spill blood.

Panic in the Streets
(1950)Filmed entirely on location in New Orleans, Panic in the Streets stars Richard Widmark as Dr. Clinton Reed, a physician from the U.S. Health Service who must race against time to stop a plague. The carrier was an illegal alien, murdered by criminals Jack Palance and Zero Mostel. When local officials note the strange condition of the corpse, they fear that the germs will spread to epidemic proportions, and thus summon Reed to wrest control of the situation. At first facing opposition from rule-bound police captain Paul Douglas, Widmark is finally able to work hand-in-glove with Douglas in tracking down Palance and Mostel, who have themselves become plague carriers.

Warlock
(1959)After getting rid of outlaws in a small town, a gunslinger is challenged by one of the men who helped him.

Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)Pilot Jed Towers has his eye on the beautiful Nell Forbes, a babysitter, while staying at a hotel in New York City. However, he soon discovers that his new crush is deranged and dangerous.

The Last Wagon
(1956)When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

Pickup on South Street
(1953)A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and soon becomes the target of a communist spy ring.

Cheyenne Autumn
(1964)John Ford's last Western masterpiece chronicles the struggle by Cheyenne Indians to migrate homeward across the Great Plains in 1878.

Time Limit
(1957)During the Korean Conflict, an Army Colonel investigates what appears to be an open and shut treason case against a Major accused of collaborating with the enemy but as details emerge, there is more to the story than first thought

Halls of Montezuma
(1951)A Marine platoon leader is determined to keep alive the seven men who have survived under his command, even though they have only twenty-four hours to take out a Japanese rocket command that threatens to devastate the Allied Forces.

The Frogmen
(1951)The u.S. Navy's underwater demolition team is assigned to destroy the submarine base on a japanese-Held island.

The Bedford Incident
(1965)A reporter aboard a U.S. destroyer witnesses the captain's pursuit of a Soviet sub near Greenland.

Run for the Sun
(1956)An author and a magazine writer crash in the Mexican jungle and find themselves the subject of a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

The Trap
(1959)A lowlife thug, Ralph Anderson (Richard Widmark), returns home in an attempt to hide his mob boss from the law. Ralph’s father, who is the town’s sheriff, is killed by the mob boss’ minions while they await rescue. This galvanizes Ralph who then sets out to bring the mob boss and his men to justice.

Destination Gobi
(1953)A group of navy servicemen sent to the Gobi Desert to take weather measurements during World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongolian nomads when their ship comes under attack from the Japanese. The Mongolian chieftain agrees, but only under the condition the men supply him with enough saddles for his horses, about sixty. With no other options, the group agrees, and the confused Pentagon is forced to deliver a truckload to saddles to the middle of the Gobi desert, to the delight of the native people.
The Cobweb
(1955)Step inside "the Castle," a large private psychiatric facility. Here, Dr. Stewart McIver (Richard Widmark) devotes night and day to his profession while neglecting his pining, voluptuous wife (Gloria Grahame). A colleague (Charles Boyer) with a fondness for booze and a pretty face seeks to comfort the wife. Now add Lauren Bacall, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant and subplots of love, life and derangement and you have the entanglements of The Cobweb. Some critics gleefully skewered the film's labored storyline about patient involvement in the choice of library draperies, but pay no heed. With its top cast and Vincente Minnelli's command of color and melodrama, this film is popcorn for fans of soaps.

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)A look at the life of Marilyn Monroe, from orphaned child to Hollywood superstar and icon, despite crushing loneliness, breakdowns, and heartbreak.

To the Devil a Daughter
(1976)Father Michael Rainer, an excommunicated priest who heads a satanic cult called “The Children of the Lord” which hides its dark purpose of rearing innocent children in the ways of Satan, behind a front as a closed Catholic convent.

Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)During the trial of four German jurists accused of legalizing Nazi atrocities, Judge Dan Haywood must make the most harrowing decision of his career.

The Law and Jake Wade
(1958)Western involving an outlaw who forces his reformed co-hort to lead him to some buried loot.

The Alamo
(1960)Hollywood heavyweights John Wayne and Richard Widmark star in this historically inaccurate tale of how a handful of Texans defended their mission against a 7,000-strong Mexican army. The climactic battle scenes are stunning.