Richard Widmark Archives - Family Friendly Movies

Pickup on South Street

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February 23, 2024May 31, 2025

In Pickup on South Street, a pickpocket unwittingly intercepts microfilm on its way to Communist agents. And they want it back at all costs …

Don’t Bother to Knock

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August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

Don’t Bother to Knock – an excellent drama, where babysitter Marilyn Monroe seduces Richard Widmark … before exposing her psychotic side.

Hanky Panky (1982) starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan

Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner team up to blend their unique brands of comedy in Hanky Panky, a romantic, Hitchcock-style film.

Murder on the Orient Express [1974]

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June 28, 2022February 7, 2024

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Michael York, directed by Sidney Lumet

Synopsis of Murder on the Orient Express

Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating the Murder on the Orient Express.

O. Henry’s Full House

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March 11, 2019January 14, 2024

O. Henry’s Full House (1952) starring Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe

Synopsis of O. Henry’s Full House

O. Henry’s Full House is an anthology of five of O. Henry’s short stories, well-acted and well-directed, that are well worth watching.

Road House

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February 20, 2016April 9, 2021

Editorial review of Road House (1948) courtesy of Amazon.com

Road House has acquired a cult as a prime film noir. Certainly the title location is archetypal, a lounge and bowling alley up toward the Canadian border, and Ida Lupino and Richard Widmark make the most of flavorful roles that would qualify them as exemplary noir denizens even if they hadn’t established that elsewhere.

The Swarm

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January 30, 2016April 17, 2025

The Swarm (1978) by Irwin Allen, starring Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray

Irwin Allen did quite a few disaster movies (The Poseidon Adventure, Airport) that were commercial, if not always critical, successes. The Swarm, in contrast, was a flop both commercially and critically — and a massive waste of some very good acting talent as well.