6 Movies Starring John Gavin

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-09-15

Languages:

English, German, Russian

Countries:

USA, West Germany

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1816 Reviews)

Director:

Douglas Sirk

Cast:

Writer:

Orin Jannings (screenplay)

Erich Maria Remarque (novel)

Fullplot:

In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in Germany, he finds his home bombed. While hopelessly searching for his parents, he meets lovely Elizabeth Kruse, daughter of a political prisoner; together they try to wrest sanity and survival from a world full of hatred.

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-04-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (10176 Reviews)

Director:

Douglas Sirk

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Eleanore Griffin (screenplay)

Allan Scott (screenplay)

Fannie Hurst (novel)

Fullplot:

Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter, though Annie's little girl Sarah Jane, is by far the worse. Neurotic and obnoxious, Sarah Jane doesn't like being black; since she's light-skinned (her father was practically white), she spends the rest of the film passing as white, much to her mother's heartache and shame. Lora, meanwhile, virtually ignores her own daughter in a single-minded quest for stardom.

Midnight Lace

Midnight Lace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2713 Reviews)

Director:

David Miller

Cast:

Writer:

Ivan Goff (screenplay)

Ben Roberts (screenplay)

Janet Green (play)

Fullplot:

In London, the American futile housewife Katherine "Kit" Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony "Tony" Preston. In a foggy day, while walking in a park, Kit is threatened by a voice that tells that she will be murdered by the end of the month. On the next day, Kit receives a phone call from the stalker and she goes with Tony to the Scotland Yard, but Inspector Byrnes believes that Kit is making-up the story to get more attention from Tony. Kit welcomes her Aunt Bea but only she receives the phone calls. Would Kit be losing her mind?

Psycho

Psycho

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (376318 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Joseph Stefano (screenplay)

Robert Bloch (novel)

Fullplot:

Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.

Romanoff and Juliet

Romanoff and Juliet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-06-08

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (274 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Ustinov

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

In this "Romeo and Juliet" inspired Cold War satire starring, written and directed by Peter Ustinov, a tiny European country named Concordia holds the casting vote in a crucial United Nations vote. Its wily President attempts to play both ends against the middle by setting up the son of the Soviet ambassador with the daughter of the US ambassador.

Pedro Pèramo

Pedro Pèramo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-08-01

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (178 Reviews)

Director:

Carlos Velo

Cast:

Writer:

Manuel Barbachano Ponce (screenplay)

Carlos Fuentes (screenplay)

Juan Rulfo (novel)

Carlos Velo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes the search of a son for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution and the early 1900s as its basis. Stereotypical (or archetypal) figures from early Mexican cinema appear from time to time, and the violence of the revolutionary period is not glossed over. As the son searches for the father, scenes of the father and his earthy way of living are screened.

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