6 Movies Starring Brian Donlevy

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1937-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (363 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Allen Rivkin (story)

Lamar Trotti (story)

Allen Rivkin (screenplay)

Lamar Trotti (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th century).

Wake Island

Wake Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1942-08-11

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(1263 Reviews)

Director:

John Farrow

Cast:

Writer:

W.R. Burnett (screenplay)

Frank Butler (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes everything. Soon the island is attacked and the Marines pull together day by day; but how long can they hold out?

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1943-04-15

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2804 Reviews)

Director:

Fritz Lang

Cast:

Writer:

Bertolt Brecht (adaptation)

Fritz Lang (adaptation)

John Wexley (screenplay)

Fullplot:

On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1947-08-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (4765 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Writer:

Ben Hecht (screenplay)

Charles Lederer (screenplay)

Eleazar Lipsky (story)

Fullplot:

Small-time crook Nick Bianco gets caught in a jewel heist and despite urgings from well-meaning district attorney D'Angelo, refuses to rat on his partners and goes to jail, assured that his wife and children will be taken care of. Learning that his depressed wife has killed herself, Nick informs on his ex-pals and is paroled. Nick remarries, gets a job and begins leading a happy life when he learns one of the men he informed on, psychopathic killer Tommy Udo, has been released from custody and is out for revenge against Nick and his family.

Command Decision

Command Decision

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1476 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Wood

Genres:

WarDrama

Cast:

Writer:

William R. Laidlaw (screenplay)

George Froeschel (screenplay)

William Wister Haines (play)

Fullplot:

General Dennis of the US Force in England in World War II finds that he must order his planes deeper and deeper into Germany to prevent the production of military jet planes that will turn the tide of battle to the Germans. He must fight congressmen, and his own chain of command to win the political battle before he can send his planes out. His problem is complicated by a very narrow window of good weather necessary to allow his effort to be successful. Adapted from a stage play, it attempts to look at the challenges of command in the political arena.

Cowboy

Cowboy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-03-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1643 Reviews)

Director:

Delmer Daves

Genres:

Western

Cast:

Writer:

Frank Harris (book)

Edmund H. North (screenplay)

Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

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