The best Burt Mustin’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Burt Mustin’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Burt Mustin.
Detective Story
7.5/10
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
The Cincinnati Kid
7.2/10
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
The Killers
7/10
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
Home from the Hill
7.4/10
Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and other masculine pursuits, under the watchful eye of Rafe, Hunnicutt's loyal employee. But Theron's new lifestyle leads him into a love-affair with a local girl, and thence to his learning things about his parents that were previously hidden from him.
The Desperate Hours
7.5/10
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
The Lusty Men
7.3/10
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
6.3/10
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Storm Center
6.6/10
Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.
The Sellout
6.6/10
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
Vicki
6.5/10
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
Witness to Murder
6.6/10
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Talk About a Stranger
6.2/10
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Edge of Hell
5.7/10
In this heart-warming drama, a beggar and his performing dog, Flip, struggle to eke out a living upon the cruel streets. He is hired to perform at a rich kid's birthday party. There, the beggar is offered $500 for his beloved dog. He refuses and again hits the streets. Soon he becomes so impoverished that he can no longer provide food for his four-legged friend; he sells him for $20. The beggar is then beaten and robbed. Later he learns that Flip died. The man soon follows the dog to heaven where they begin performing for God.
Prince of Players
6.7/10
Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
Tiger by the Tail
5.6/10
Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.
One Girl's Confession
6.4/10
Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison.
