Robert Mitchum
Actor
Films to Rent
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, Robert Walker
- True life WW2 story about the first American air raids on Japan with Spencer Tracy and Robert Mitchum in his leading debut.
- Out of the Past (1947)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas
- Superbly crafted pulp, details the ominous voyage of doomed hero Robert Mitchum as he recalls the convoluted intrigues, involving femme fatale Jane…
- Pursued (1947)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Dame Judith Anderson…
- This moody western is one of the best Mitchum performances, in a film famous for it's unusual (at the time) use of Freudian psychology. A nightmarish…
- Crossfire (1947)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan…
- Controversial Best Picture nominee, with Robert Mitchum investigating an anti–Semitic murder committed amongst American soldiers recently…
- Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum
- Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
- Big Steal, The (w/ Illegal) (1949-1955)
- Dir. Don Siegel, Lewis Allen
Feat. Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Jane Greer…
- On the run after being framed for a payroll robbery, GI Robert Mitchum evades William Bendix, teaming up with Jane Greer enroute to Mexico. Exciting…
- Where Danger Lives (w/ Tension) (1949-1950)
- Dir. John Farrow, John Berry
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains…
- Tautly directed crime of passion, with secret lovers Mitchum and Domergue making a beeline for the Mexican border after killing her millionaire…
- Racket, The (1951)
- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott…
- An incorruptible police captain's attempts to clean up the streets of his town leads to confrontation with the local mob boss. Minor noir, previously…
- Lusty Men, The (1952)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy
- A nicely close–to–the–ground take on the life of the rodeo rider – and one of Wim Wenders' favourite films – this…
- Angel Face (1952)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
- Jean Simmons is a woman possessed in this quietly unconventional film noir, playing a take–no–prisoners femme fatale who systematically…
- River of No Return (1954)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum
- A Western adventure set aboard a river raft in which the frayed temperaments of Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum endure the perils of raging water…
- Track of the Cat (1954)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Tab Hunter…
- Claustrophobic allegorical western finds a feuding family snowbound and under siege from a less than benevolent panther.
Certainly something of a…
- Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
- Not As A Stranger (1955)
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra…
- Undemanding medical drama notable for being Kramer's directorial debut and for its abundance of big stars in small roles.
Mitchum plays against…
- Man with the Gun (1955)
- Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe…
- Brawny western with Mitchum typically taciturn as a mercenary hired by frightened citizens to vanquish a pack of murderous gunfighters.
- Enemy Below, The (1957)
- Dir. Dick Powell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, Theodore Bikel…
- Naval thriller with Mitchum as a U.S. destroyer captain caught in a cat–and–mouse battle with German U–boat commander Jurgens he…
- Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
- Kerr and Mitchum play a nun and Marine sergeant respectively, who are stranded on a desert island during WWII – the island happens to also be…
- Fire Down Below (1957)
- Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon…
- Adventure drama set in the Caribbean, with Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum playing U.S. expatriates who eke out a meager subsistence transporting…
- Thunder Road (1958)
- Dir. Arthur Ripley
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon…
- Effective, gritty road movie about a mountain man moonshiner at war with both authorities and big–city competitors.
An unusually personal…
- Hunters, The (1958)
- Dir. Dick Powell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan
- Robert Mitchum portrays an aging fighter pilot in the Korean War who falls for the wife of a fellow squadron member in this aviation–romance.
- Grass Is Greener, The (1960)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum…
- The wife of an English Earl falls in love with an American millionaire tourist. Songs by Noel Coward.
- Sundowners, The (1960)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov…
- Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr play a devoted couple in 1920s Australia who come to a crossroads over their gypsy lifestyle. Affectionate saga about…
- Cape Fear (1962)
- Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
- The original chiller that inspired the recent remake, complete with Bernard Herrmann's bombastic score. Robert Mitchum plays the ex–con…
- Longest Day, The (1962)
- Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Feat. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum…
- One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
- Two For The Seesaw (1962)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shirley Maclaine, Edmon Ryan…
- 'Odd couple' comedy set in NYC, where a Nebraskan lawyer (Mitchum) moves to start life anew and hits the romantic playground in the company of kooky…
- List 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…
- What a Way to Go! (1964)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum…
- Stacked, big–budget comedy has fun at the expense of a cursed Shirley MacLaine: she plays a wealthy widow whose $200 million fortune has been…
- El Dorado (1966)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…
- A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
- Secret Ceremony (1968)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum…
- Farrow resembles Taylor's dead daughter, Taylor resembles Farrow's dead mother, and their meeting has strange results. Originally an excellent…
- Anzio (1968)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy…
- Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk lead an international cast for this ropey war epic – an Italian–American co–production about…
- Five Card Stud (1968)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens
- Western set in small–town Colorado where players from an ill–fated game of poker start to go missing, and murder is suspected. From the…
- Villa Rides (1968)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom…
- Violent western set during the Mexican revolution, with Robert Mitchum playing a corrupt Texas gunrunner and pilot who joins Pancho Villa (Yul…
- Young Billy Young (1969)
- Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jnr…
- Serviceable western has Mitchum hunting for the man who killed his son. Pic drifts along a little too amiably at times though the name cast to their…
- Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles
- The love triangle is given a sweeping, old–fashioned spin by David Lean, set on the rugged Irish coast during WW1.
- Friends of Eddie Coyle, The (1973)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan…
- A superlative, cold–hearted, downright unforgiving crime classic of the 70s, with Robert Mitchum (never better) as an aging Boston gunrunner…
- Yakuza, The (1975)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura
- Mitchum challenges the sword and secrets of the Japanese Mafia in this accomplished actioner written by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne.
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
- Dir. Dick Richards
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland…
- With a nailbitten Robert Mitchum as a weathered Marlowe, this complex Raymond Chandler story is an impressive homage to '40s film noirs.
- Last 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.…
- Big Sleep, The (1977)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Oliver Reed, Robert Mitchum, Joan Collins…
- Having switched the setting of Chandler's classic Marlowe mystery to the U.K, it's still a hard act to follow after the magnificent performance of…
- Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent…
- Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
- Maria's Lovers (1984)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum…
- An embittered war veteran (Savage) experiences girl trouble upon returning from Vietnam. With a steamy Nastassja Kinski as the film's obscure object…
- North and South (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley…
- Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
- Scrooged (1988)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard…
- Bill Murray is hilariously mean–spirited as a yuppie incarnation of Charles Dicken’s ‘Scrooge’ who eventually gets a change of attitude…
- War and Remembrance (Mini-Series) (1988)
- Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner…
- Sequel to THE WINDS OF WAR follows trials and tribulations of the Henry and the Jastrow families amid the events after the USA's entry into World War…
- Brotherhood Of The Rose (Mini-Series) (1989)
- Feat. Robert Mitchum, David Morse, Peter Strauss…
- Mini–series from author David Morrell about two orphans raised to be super–soldier CIA operatives who become embroiled in an…