José Ferrer

All Movies of José Ferrer

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  Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
  The life and films of iconic producer. director, and actor Otto Preminger are depicted through clips from his films and interviews with co-workers.
  Character: Self

   1991

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  The Perfect Tribute
  This is a period piece about how Lincoln came to write the Gettysburg Address. It's fictionalized to show the points of view of both North & South, and unlike most Civil War films, it doesn't take sides. While the opinions of ...
   1991

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  Hired to Kill
  A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary and their job is to free an imprisoned rebel leader.
   1990

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  Samson and Delilah (TV)
  The long haired biblical strongman Samson falls in love with beautiful temptress Delilah in Philistine.
   1984

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  George Washington (TV Miniseries)
  The early life and career of the American General and President through his participation in the Revolutionary War.
   1984

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  Dune
  Political ripples are caused when the Padishah Emperor hands ownership of the planet Arrakis from the House of Harkonnen and to their bitter enemies the Atreides family. Arrakis or ‘Dune’ is a desert planet and source of the a...
  Character: Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV

   1984

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  5.7
  The Evil That Men Do
  Clement Moloch is a doctor but instead of using his skills to heal; he uses them to torture. He works for governments including the U.S. who wants insurgents dealt with. Now several of his victims want him dead and after several a...
  Character: Hector Lomelin (as Jose Ferrer)

   1984

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  Blood Feud (TV Miniseries)
  Blood Feud was a two-part TV drama, originally presented as an "Operation Prime Time" special. Robert_Blake is disturbingly convincing as labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, engaged in a decade-long war of words with attorney (and...
   1983

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  To Be or Not to Be
  A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage which is also a source of de...
   1983

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  6.2
  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
  Early 20th century. Three couples meet for a weekend in the country: an inventor who has created a “spirit-catching ball” and his wife, who has sex problems; a rationalist and pompous philosophy lecturer and his fiancée, much...
  Character: Leopold (as Jose Ferrer)

   1982

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  6.7
  Bloody Birthday
  In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of t...
   1981

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  Evita Peron (TV)
   1981

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  7.6
  Gideon's Trumpet (TV)
  True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
  Character: Abe Fortas

   1980

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  Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)
  TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious...
  Character:  Carlos 1 episode, 1979

   1979

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  6.5
  The Fifth Musketeer
  King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks him up in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Phili...
   1979

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  4.4
  Dracula's Dog
  Russian soldiers accidently unleash the servent of Dracula, as well as his dog, during excavationss of Romania. Together, they set out for America, to find the last descendent of the great Count.
  Character: Inspector Branco

   1978

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  The Return of Captain Nemo (TV)
  Two US Navy divers discover the Nautilus trapped underwater, with Captain Nemo in suspended animation inside for the last century. Once Nemo is revived, the government makes a deal with him to refit his ship with a few modern tech...
   1978

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  6.8
  Fedora
  Billy Wilder's knowing, deliberately old-fashioned homage to a bygone age of filmmaking, it stars William Holden as producer Barry Detweiler. In flashbacks, the producer recalls his efforts to coax aging movie queen Fedora out of ...
   1978

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  4.7
  The Swarm
  Legendarily chintzy "event" producer Irwin Allen (The Towering Inferno) went out with a gargantuan buzz-on with this jaw-droppingly goofy disaster flick. No cliché is left unturned, as a hyperactive strain of hallucinat...
  Character: Dr. Andrews (as Jose Ferrer)

   1978

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  6.4
  The Sentinel
  A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains t...
  Character: Robed Figure

   1977

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  6.6
  Voyage of the Damned
  A boatload of Jewish refugees embark on a freedom journey from Nazi oppression. They are forced to return when they can't get permission to land anywhere.
  Character: Manuel Benitez

   1976

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  5.6
  The Big Bus
  A nuclear powered bus is going Non-stop from New York to Denver and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the Oil lobby. When the driver is injured a washed up, down on his luck, but use...
  Character: Ironman (as Jose Ferrer)

   1976

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  6.0
  Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (TV)
  The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
   1974

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  A Case of Libel (TV)
   1968

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  6.7
  The Greatest Story Ever Told
  George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's ...
  Character: Herod Antipas

   1965

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  6.8
  Ship of Fools
  Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer and Lee Marvin all give mature and passionate performances in this adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's 1962 novel recounting the voyage of a German ship as it leaves Mexico on its way t...
  Character: Siegfried Rieber (as Jose Ferrer)

   1965

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  Cyrano et D'Artagnan
   1964

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  Delay in Marienborn
  At the height of the Cold War, an East German refugee slips aboard an American military train leaving East Berlin. The Russian and East German authorities stop the train and demand that the "criminal" be handed over to t
   1963

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  Nine Hours to Rama
  "Nine hours to Rama" depicts the life of Nathuram Godse the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. How Godse planned the assassination is shown in the film. How he became a Hindu activist who (unfairly) blamed Gandhi for the killin...
   1963

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  9.4
  Lawrence of Arabia
  David Leans masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabi...
  Character: Turkish Bey (as Jose Ferrer)

   1962

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  The Great Man
  Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.
  | Movie director

   1956

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  6.6
  The Cockleshell Heroes
  A British Army Reserve Major must work with a veteran Captain and a group of incorrigible recruits to attempt what is generally regarded as a suicide mission: the covert destruction of an entire German shipyard in occupied France.
  Character: Major Geoffrey Stringer | Movie director

   1955

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  7.2
  The Caine Mutiny
  During the Second World War, onboard a small insignificant ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experianced. A Ship's Captain is removed from his command by his Executive ...
  Character: Lt. Barney Greenwald (as Jose Ferrer)

   1954

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  6.2
  Miss Sadie Thompson
  At a lonely military outpost on American Samoa, sticky heat alternates with torrential rain. A ship quarantine strands here Sadie Thompson, a "breezy dame" who sets the Marines afire... and self-righteous Mr. Davidson, powerful he...
  Character: Alfred Davidson (as Jose Ferrer)

   1953

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  Anything Can Happen
   1952

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  7.1
  Moulin Rouge
  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Though the son of a French count, Henri's legs were badly deformed by a childhood fall, and his pe...
  Character: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec

   1952

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  6.4
  Crisis
  Dr Ferguson is a brain surgeon, on vacation with his wife in a small Spanish-speaking country. This is actually a dictatorship ruled by tyrant Raoul Farrago. As they leave the country, Dr and Madam are arrested and lead to Farrago...
  Character: Raoul Farrago (as Jose Ferrer)

   1950

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  7.5
  Cyrano de Bergerac
  France, 1640: Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up...
  Character: Cyrano de Bergerac

   1950

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  7.0
  Whirlpool
  A woman secretly suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an effort to cure her condition. Soon afterwards, she is found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.
  Character: David Korvo (as Jose Ferrer)

   1949

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  6.2
  Joan of Arc
  In the Fifteenth Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen years old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against...
  Character: The Dauphin (Charles VII, later King of France)

   1948