Arthur Kennedy
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Filmography
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The Naked Dawn
(1955)After robbing a train, a cynical bandit meets a poor farmer and his wife. The farmer plans to steal his cash, but the wife wants to run away with him.

Nine Guests for a Crime
(1977)During their annual vacation on a small Mediterranean Island, the members of a bourgeois family are stalked one by one by a mysterious killer.

Impulse
(1954)The life of a world-weary and married estate agent spirals out of control when his nightclub singer mistress convinces him he killed a jewel thief.

Cyclone
(1978)After their plane crashes into the ocean, a group of survivors board a small boat, where they face grim realities when their food supply runs out.

Murder She Said
(1961)When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.

Rancho Notorious
(1952)Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) is pushed to revenge when his fiancée is killed during a general store robbery. Intent on punishing those responsible, Vern manages to find one of the thieves, who is mortally wounded. In his dying words, the man gives Vern a clue to finding the others. Continuing his quest, Vern travels to the hideout -- a ranch operated by Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich), a former saloon singer. By fooling an outlaw (Mel Ferrer), Vern makes his way into their inner circle.

Rome, Armed to the Teeth
(1976)The Dirty Harry of Rome’s police force obsessively pursues a psychopathic crime lord and his dangerous gang through the city’s crime-infested streets.

The Man from Laramie
(1955)A man sets out to avenge his brother's death and runs up against a gang selling weapons to an Apache tribe.

Day of the Evil Gun
(1968)Returning home after disappearing three years ago, former gunslinger Lorn Warfield (Glenn Ford) finds that an Apache raiding party has kidnapped his wife and children. Though he has renounced violence, he now takes up his gun and joins forces with his neighbor, Owen Forbes (Arthur Kennedy). Complicating matters, Forbes is engaged to Warfield's wife, who believed her husband was dead. As they pursue the Apaches, the two men are joined by an Indian trader, Jimmy Noble (Dean Jagger).

The Window
(1949)Nine-year-old Tommy Woodry has a history of making things up, but he insists he really saw this: a murder in his own apartment building! No one believes Tommy's story. No one except the killers. From its taut pursuits to its sinister sense of danger lurking behind any apartment door, The Window is a minor gem of film noir. Bobby Driscoll, playing perhaps the genre's youngest protagonist, received an honorary Oscar for his portrayal of the imperiled boy. Noted cinematographer Ted Tetzlaff (Notorious) directs, ramping up the tension in this film based on a story by Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window).

Champion
(1949)A boxer pushes friends and family aside during his single-minded quest to win the middleweight title, his only way out of the poverty of the Depression.

The Lusty Men
(1952)Benched by an injury, a retired rodeo champ agrees to mentor an aspiring rider while eyeing his chagrined wife, who objects to the dangerous sport.

Elmer Gantry
(1960)A charming conman pretends to be a preacher and romances a roadside revivalist. Will his charade collapse when an ex-lover shows up to settle a score?

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
(1974)A cop seeks two hippies suspected of Manson family-like murders in the English countryside. Unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead.

Red Mountain
(1951)Confederate soldier, Brett Sherwood (Alan Ladd), is en route to join Captain Quantrill’s bandits. Along the way he rescues a man accused of a killing he had been responsible for. Things become complicated when the man’s fiancé discovers the truth and Brett finds out Quantrill is not what he appears to be.

Signs of Life
(1989)The magical little fishing village of Easthasset, Maine is the scene of this tender drama about life. In a 24-hour period, the townspeople learn that every ending is a new beginning and that there is some magical method to the madness of daily life.

The Antichrist
(1974)A hypnosis session, intended to heal a paralyzed young woman, unwittingly welcomes the devil when it awakens memories of her past life as a witch.

Murieta
(1965)The murder of his wife by racist bandits turns a Mexican gold prospector into a Robin Hood vigilante who terrorizes California with a gang of raiders.

Too Late for Tears
(1949)Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with cash and is determined to hold onto it, even if it means murder.

Air Force
(1943)The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.