5 Movies Starring Colleen Dewhurst

The Cowboys

The Cowboys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-01-13

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (9561 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Rydell

Cast:

Writer:

William Dale Jennings (novel)

Irving Ravetch (screenplay)

Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay)

William Dale Jennings (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ice Castles

Ice Castles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-12-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2267 Reviews)

Director:

Donald Wrye

Cast:

Writer:

Donald Wrye (screenplay)

Gary L. Baim (screenplay)

Gary L. Baim (story)

Fullplot:

A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those who love her can she prove to the world -- and herself -- that she still has the potential to realize her dreams.

Tribute

Tribute

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-12-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (460 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Clark

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Bernard Slade (play)

Bernard Slade (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.

Anne of Avonlea

Anne of Avonlea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-05-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, USA, UK

Runtime:

230 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (5866 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, (jumping to a wrong conclusion, she and Diana chased down Rachel Lynde's cow, thinking it was Dolly) & immediately sold it to John Blythe. [When she realizes her fault, Anne & Marilla do a special visit to Rachel Lynde & her longtime husband, Thomas. During this visit, Thomas Lynde dies & Rachel Lynde became a widow!] and wins (to her chagrin) Rolling's Reliable baking soda (that was forged by Diana) company's writing contest. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, and refuses Gilbert Blythe's marriage proposal; which sends her to teach Kingsport Ladies' College, an exclusive all girl students' school, where she meets opposition from the principal, Miss Katherine Brooke, and the Pringle clan (one of whom is the rich, handsome bachelor). But while Anne won the numerous conflicts & battles, and the friends she makes, she returns to Avonlea.

Dying Young

Dying Young

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-06-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (10948 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Marti Leimbach (novel)

Richard Friedenberg (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.

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