RichardWidmark A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) by Kim R. Holston, RichardWidmark Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1990 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26480-1, ISBN: 0-313-26480-5
"This bio-bibliography is the first book to examine the life and career of one of Hollywood's most durable leading men, Richard Widmark. Though never considered in the same star category as Burt Lancaster or Gregory Peck, his era, Widmark nonetheless established himself as a dependable and popular leading man in westerns, dramas, adventures, gangster and war films, and by 1984, he had appeared in 62 full-length films. From his earliest d ..."
"They don't make detective thrillers like this anymore. Madigan is a gem from the '60s, anticipating the more popular French Connection and Dirty Harry with its gritty urban realism. However, this film has a wonderful poetry and sense of camaraderie, thanks to Abraham Polonsky's writing and Don Siegel's inspired direction. Richard Widmark plays a hardbitten New York cop who must redeem himself after losing his gun to a psychotic thug ( ..."
"Richard Widmark never had better exercise for his Cagney-like bouncing-ball energy than Night and the City, a classic film noir about a hustler's meteoric flame-out. Although acknowledged as one of the great noir pictures, it's actually set and shot in London, which gives an exotic, displaced novelty to the usual noir universe. Widmark's performance as Harry Fabian is a jibbering, wheedling, giggling tour de force, as Harry schemes his ..."
"Superhero" John Wayne stars and directs this extraordinary chronicle of one of the most famous battles in American history, The Alamo (1960/162 min.)-followed by another Hollywood heavyweight, Burt Lancaster, who stars and makes his directorial debut in part two of the double feature, The Kentuckian (1949/103 min.). Color/NR.NOTE: No aspect ratio is designated in the options line because even though both films are widescreen versions, t ..."
"Robert Evans became head of production at a major Hollywood studio at age 24. Took a studio from worst to first. And brought to the screen a phenomenal string of hits that includes Chinatown and The Godfather. He lived fast. Lived large. Lost it all. Then rose to prominence again. And now the inside-Hollywood story is revealed by ROBERT EVANS in this dazzling show-all movie that's narrated by Evans in his inimitable showman's style!Runn ..."
"Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner team up to blend their unique brands of comedy in this romantic, Hitchcock-style thriller. Wilder plays Michael Jordon, an innocent bystander-turned-victim-turned-hero. Kate Hellman (Radner) falls in love with him while looking for her brother’s murderers. Together they’re caught in a world of international intrigue, suspense and murder. Ransom (Richard Widmark), a ruthless adversary, is intent on eliminati ..."
"The Swarm was one of many 1970s disaster epics masterminded by producer Irwin Allen. Unfortunately, it comes from the tail end of the public's fascination with the genre, a fact not unreasonably attributed at the time to this also being Allen's first full-length directorial debut. In retrospect, it's perhaps understandable that the threat of killer bees was never going to seem as spectacular as The Towering Inferno or The Poseidon Adven ..."
"This is a by-the-numbers tale of political chicanery and fallen idealism, but it works because of several strong performances. James Spader and John Cusack play law-school pals whose college idealism quickly falls away once they reach the real world. Playing against type, Spader is the straight arrow who goes on to work for the Justice Department. Cusack is the slippery conniver who parlays a job as an aide to an aging senator (Richard ..."
"Als John Wayne 1960 Alamo inszenierte, konnte er von all dem profitieren, was er in vielen Jahren unter der Regie von John Ford (Ringo, Der Teufelshauptmann, Der schwarze Falke), Howard Hawks (Rio Bravo, Red River) und anderen Hollywood-Größen gelernt hatte. Sein Regiedebüt war ein lange von ihm gehegtes Wunschprojekt, und so geriet Alamo zu einem breiten und unverhohlen patriotischen Epos. Im Freiheitskampf der Texaner 1836 kämpfen 18 ..."
"Der amerikanische Bürgerkrieg ist für Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) nur solange interessant, wie er daran verdienen kann. Mehr als 2000 Rinder bringt er mit ein paar Helfern bis nach Virginia zu den Unionstruppen. Sein Gewinn: 40.000 Dollar. Doppelt soviel Geld und die Liebe einer schönen Frau bieten die Konföderierten. Ein verlockendes Angebot für Alvarez Kelly, aber keine leichte Aufgabe. Denn er soll den Yankees die schwerbewachte H ..."
"Zehn Fälle. Jetzt sogar zwölf. Warum landen junge, gesunde Patienten, die nur wegen kleiner Eingriffe ins Boston Memorial Hospital gekommen sind, plötzlich als Koma-Patienten auf der Intensivstation? Das will Dr. Susan Wheeler herausfinden. Dafür klettert sie durch Lüftungsschächte und versteckt sich zwischen den Toten in der Leichenhalle. Dabei kommt sie dem unheimlichen Jefferson-Institut auf die Spur, und schließlich kann sie auch ih ..."
"James Woods bekommt nicht oft die Rolle des romantischen Helden -- und er kriegt ganz sicher nicht die Frau in diesem schön anzusehenden, wenn auch zum Teil nichtigen Remake von Goldenes Gift, einem von Jacques Tourneur inszenierten Klassiker der schwarzen Serie. Er spielt den wilden, gelegentlich völlig außer Kontrolle geratenden Liebhaber von Rachel Ward, die er zumindest zeitweise an den Ex-Footballstar Jeff Bridges verliert. Woods g ..."
"Thrills abound in this high-speed suspense yarn as Timothy Bottoms, a determined terrorist, begins to turn America's amusement parks into battlefields. The tension mounts as affable safety inspector George Segal attempts to track down the saboteur who as targeted the country's most popular rollercoaster, and its riders, for senseless destruction. The edge-of-the-seat excitement mounts as the battle of wits between Segal and Bottoms buil ..."
"The completely innocent, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run."
"Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemp ..."