Tony Curtis
Actor
Houdini (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…
Trapeze (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 Success (1957)
- 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 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, 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, 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 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 Hot (1959)
- 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, 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 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…