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Tony Curtis

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HoudiniHoudini (1953)
Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher
Drama exploring the life of magician and illusionist Harry Houdini, with then husband–and–wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh playing…
TrapezeTrapeze (1956)
Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida
Surprisingly well–realised drama, which sets a love–triangle (Lancaster, Curtis, Lollobrigida) in the world of European circus…
Sweet Smell of SuccessSweet Smell of Success (1957) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster
New York–style cynicism reaches its apogee in this bitter pill from the 50s, with press agent Tony Curtis playing self–degrading lapdog…
Kings Go ForthKings Go Forth (1958)
Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood
Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis are comrades in arms who fight over Natalie Wood, but her mixed heritage arouses their bigotry instead.
Vikings, TheVikings, The (1958)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine
Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine sport their Nordic apparel to conduct a brutal dispute over the throne of Northumbria. Elegant…
Defiant Ones, TheDefiant Ones, The (1958)
Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
Operation PetticoatOperation Petticoat (1959)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Cary Grant, Tony Curtis
Submarine Capt. Cary Grant and First Mate Tony Curtis excel in this seaborne comedy.
Some Like It HotSome Like It Hot (1959) Aro Favourite
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
One of the great comedies, in which Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women and join an all–girl travelling jazz band in order to escape the…
Great Impostor, TheGreat Impostor, The (1961)
Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Tony Curtis, Karl Malden, Edmond O'Brien
Tony Curtis bluffs his way though society in this comic caper based on the true story of Ferdinand Demara who successfully passed himself off as a…
Taras BulbaTaras Bulba (1962)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann
Violent epic in which Cossack leader Yul Brynner battles the Poles in 16th Century Ukraine while wayward son Tony Curtis falls in love with one of…
40 Pounds of Trouble40 Pounds of Trouble (Forty Pounds of Trouble) (1962)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette, Phil Silvers
Tony Curtis plays a harangued casino manager dodging outstanding alimony payments while caring for an abandoned six–year–old girl.…
List Of Adrian Messenger, TheList Of Adrian Messenger, The (1963)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis
An intelligence officer is on the trail of a psychopath intent on working his bloody way through a seemingly unrelated list of…
Fall of the Roman EmpireFall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, James Mason
Monumental event is given a proportionate treatment with sets reputed to be the largest ever built and a literate script to boot.
Great Race, TheGreat Race, The (1965) Recommended
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood
Near–classic comedy set around the first New York–to–Paris car race in the early 20th century, with a cast of greats and bag of…
Boeing, BoeingBoeing, Boeing (1965)
Dir. John Rich
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter
Comedy with Tony Curtis playing a philanderer who is secretly engaged to three different air stewardesses, and Jerry Lewis as the surprise house…
Boston Strangler, TheBoston Strangler, The (1968)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Undeniably fascinating but somewhat static docudrama about placid 1960s serial–killer Albert De Salvo (Tony Curtis), who underwent…
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody CameSuppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970)
Dir. Hy Averback
Feat. Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette
Tensions rise to boiling point between an Army base and a neighbouring redneck town in this off–beat satire.
Persuaders, The (TV Series)Persuaders, The (TV Series) (1971)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny. DVD 'Box…
Count of Monte Cristo, The Count of Monte Cristo, The (1975)
Dir. David Greene
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Trevor Howard, Tony Curtis
This made for television retelling of Alexandre Dumas' timeless tale of epic revenge is a highly watchable, though dated effort, with Chamberlain…
Last Tycoon, TheLast Tycoon, The (1976)
Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Tony Curtis
Star–studded attempt to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished last novel, itself based on the life of early Hollywood mogul Irving Thalberg.…
Vegas (TV Series)Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)
Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
Mirror Crack'd, TheMirror Crack'd, The (1980)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis
Pleasant fun, this Agatha Christie whodunit concerns a quartet of 50s movie stars – played by four real movie stars – embroiled in…
Little Miss MarkerLittle Miss Marker (1980)
Dir. Walter Bernstein
Feat. Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis
Comedy set in the 30's, following a gloomy, cantankerous bookie (Walter Matthau) running a gambling operation, who finds himself with a 6–year…
Portrait Of A ShowgirlPortrait Of A Showgirl (1982)
Dir. Steven Hilliard Stern
Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Curtis, Rita Moreno
Chintz melodrama concerning three Las Vegas showgirls involved in a Caesar's Palace revue. Possibly the drabbest portrait of Sin City imaginable…
InsignificanceInsignificance (1985)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell
Curious chamber piece intriguingly posits Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Albert Einstein as characters who meet in a hotel room in…
Naked in New YorkNaked in New York (1994)
Dir. Dan Algrant
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio
Insecure playwright Eric Stoltz copes with the varying successes of his own career, girlfriend Mary–Louise Parker and college pal Ralph…
Celluloid Closet, TheCelluloid Closet, The (1996) Recommended
Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Stewart Stern, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg
Fascinating doco revises the history of mainstream cinema from a gay and lesbian perspective, with an eye for discreet and…

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