The best John Drew Barrymore’s movies

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore

04/06/1932- 29/11/2004
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While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps
6.9/10
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer"

The Trojan Horse

The Trojan Horse
5.9/10
Guerra di Troia (AKA: Trojan Horse) is a 1961 historical drama film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starred Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Shadow on the Window

The Shadow on the Window
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/03/1957
  • Character: Jess Reber
Three delinquents murder a prosperous farm owner at an isolated farm house. The one witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage.

Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds
5.8/10
An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II.

Winchester '73

Winchester '73
5.5/10
TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.

Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate
5.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/02/1962
  • Character: Judas / Jesus
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.

The Sundowners

The Sundowners
5.6/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 02/02/1950
  • Character: The Younger Brother - Jeff Cloud
Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west.

Quebec

Quebec
5.3/10
Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.

The Clones

The Clones
4.3/10
A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.

The Cossacks

The Cossacks
6.2/10

High Lonesome

High Lonesome
5.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/09/1950
  • Character: Cooncat
When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in the Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.

High School Confidential!

High School Confidential!
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/05/1958
  • Character: J. I. Coleridge
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

Invasion 1700

Invasion 1700
5.4/10
Set in 18th-century Eastern Europe, the film concerns the star-crossed romance between a Polish military officer and a gorgeous Slavic princess. The princess' vengeful lover cuts a path of death and destruction throughout the land.

Never Love a Stranger

Never Love a Stranger
5.4/10
Orphan turns bad, finds redemption with some help from boyhood pal. This movie is of interest because of the presence of a young Steve McQueen, the leading man being John Drew Barrymore, father of the more famous Drew, and for being based on a novel by Harold Robbins, famous for steamy writing in his day.

The Big Night

The Big Night
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 07/12/1951
  • Character: George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

This Savage Land

This Savage Land
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/07/1969
  • Character: Stacy Daggart
Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harrassed by Confederate marauders.

Rome Against Rome

Rome Against Rome
4.6/10
A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!

Night of the Quarter Moon

Night of the Quarter Moon
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/03/1959
  • Character: Roderic 'Chuck' Nelson
A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-quarter black.

Death on the Fourposter

Death on the Fourposter
5.1/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 17/03/1964
  • Character: Anthony
A group of friends decide to spend a weekend in a castle belonging to Riccardo, a moody and hyper-sensitive young artist. The only other inhabitants of the castle are a mysterious housekeeper, Caterina, and the demented Aldo. The group are joined by two friends: Serena and a young American medium, Anthony. During a seance Anthony predicts a tragedy, then leaves the castle, shocked by his own visions. An hour later, Serena is found strangled to death in bed. The others become gradually more and more diffident and suspicious, especially when another girl is murdered...

A Game of Crime

A Game of Crime
6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 27/09/1964
  • Character: Paolo Morand
In an isolated villa, Davide Lugani lives with his wife, Carlo, his brother, and their secretary Paolo. Wheelchair-bound Carlo is blind and mute, but his abnormal sensitivity allows him to predict events before they happen. Davide dies of a suspected heart attack and Carlo's nurse is shot dead. The police suspect Davide's widow as well as Paolo, who seems to be her lover. Just as the pair are about to be arrested, there is a twist...

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