The best Richard Anderson’s drama movies

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

08/08/1926- 31/08/2017
Today we present the best Richard Anderson’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Richard Anderson’s movies.
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Gettysburg

Gettysburg
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 08/10/1993
  • Character: Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory
8.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 25/10/1957
  • Character: Maj. Saint-Auban
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 26/01/1970
  • Character: Captain John B. Earle
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

Compulsion

Compulsion
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/04/1959
  • Character: Max Steiner
Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 03/04/1958
  • Character: Alan Stewart
Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben Quick might make a good husband for Clara to bring some new blood into the family.

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 12/02/1964
  • Character: Col. Murdock
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool
6.4/10
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives
4.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/02/1971
  • Character: Dist. Atty. Douglas
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze.

The People Against O'Hara

The People Against O'Hara
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1951
  • Character: Jeff Chapman
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

The Astronaut

The Astronaut
6.5/10
An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and government funding decide to cover up the accident by employing an exact double for the lost astronaut. The ruse begins to unravel when the wife of the lost astronaut realizes she is living with a different man. Although angered by the deception, the woman has fallen in love with the replacement and plans to keep the secret. They both have a change of heart and decide to reveal the secret when they discover a new Mars mission is underway.

The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield
6.1/10
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, whom he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 21/06/1963
  • Character: Col. Ralph Josten
Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before.

The Pearl

The Pearl
7.4/10
A poor Mexican diver discovers a valuable pearl in the ocean, but it brings his family only trouble

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves
6.8/10
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm!
6.4/10
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

Perry Mason Returns

Perry Mason Returns
7.2/10
When his former secretary (Barbara Hale) is accused of a murder, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) gives up a judgeship to defend her.

Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/02/1951
  • Character: Jim Boland
Screen legend and Academy Award-winner Bette Davis ("All About Eve," "Dark Victory") stars with Emmy-nominee Barry Sullivan ("Rich Man, Poor Man") in this compelling look at why people drift apart in marriage and seek divorce, with all its consequences.

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break
6.3/10
When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.

Play It as It Lays

Play It as It Lays
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/10/1972
  • Character: Les Goodwin
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
6.7/10
A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under OSI's nose. OSO demands one million dollars in gold and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and lure them out into the open. Meanwhile, Steve accompanies Dr. Erica Bergner, who is testing a new method of brain transferal in order to find out where Cameron is being kept.

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