The best Richard Boone’s drama movies

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

18/06/1917- 10/01/1981
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The Robe

The Robe
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 16/09/1953
  • Character: Pontius Pilate
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.

The Shootist

The Shootist
7.6/10
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Brooks' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

The Big Knife

The Big Knife
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/10/1955
  • Character: Narrator (Voice)
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
6.9/10
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

The Kremlin Letter

The Kremlin Letter
6.2/10
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China gets the atomic bomb.

The Arrangement

The Arrangement
6.3/10
Eddie is a very rich man who has everything he wants; money, family, success. But a car crash is all that needs to make him reconsider the life he leads. Searching for the happiness he lost, he remembers his one time lover, Gwen. Meanwhile his wife conspires to take his fortune.

Winter Kills

Winter Kills
6.2/10
19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that have been handed to him. As he progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the real trails from the dead ends, and increasingly dangerous as unknown parties try to stop Nick from uncovering the truth.

Dragnet

Dragnet
6.6/10
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
5.7/10
Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.

The Night of the Following Day

The Night of the Following Day
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/02/1969
  • Character: Leer
A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma
6.6/10
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.

Kangaroo

Kangaroo
5.6/10
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.

Lizzie

Lizzie
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/04/1957
  • Character: Dr. Neal Wright
A psychiatrist (Richard Boone) treats a woman (Eleanor Parker) of three faces: neurotic Elizabeth, wanton Lizzie, charming Beth.

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight
6.8/10
A newly blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and hatches a plot to murder her and frame his friend for it.

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/04/1957
  • Character: Artie Ravidge
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.

The Bushido Blade

The Bushido Blade
5.3/10
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

Vicki

Vicki
6.5/10
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope
7.2/10
Elia Kazan's 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him. The cast also includes Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Boone and Adolphe Menjou.

Kona Coast

Kona Coast
4.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/05/1968
  • Character: Capt. Sam Moran
Sam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party of a wealthy young playboy, he seeks the truth about the murder. Convinced the playboy is guilty, he enlists the help of his friend Kittibelle, who runs an alcohol abuse treatment center. Sam runs into a wall of silence obviously built by hush money and islanders fearful of reprisals from the rich and powerful family. The determined dad fights to uncover the information that will land the murderer in jail as he avenges the death of his daughter.

Robbers' Roost

Robbers' Roost
5.9/10
Jim "Tex" Wall (George Montgomery), searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays (Richard Boone). Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman (Peter Graves), have been hired as ranch hands by "Bull" Herrick (Bruce Bennett), a cripple who owns a large cattle ranch and wants to get his large herd to market. He theorizes that the two gangs will be kept busy watching each other and neither will rustle his cattle. Helen (Sylvia Findley) has little faith in her brother's contrived plan, and hates and distrusts both groups. She begins to soften toward Jim, but abruptly changes when she sees a reward poster which says he has killed two men.

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