Howard Hawks
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
- Scarface (1932)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley
- The most potent ganster flick of the '30s caused great controversy over its violent content when first released, still makes an impact today.…
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Barrymore, Carole Lombard
- Cracking good comedy staged aboard a luxury express–train, where egomaniac theatre producer John Barrymore attempts to win back…
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
- Definitive screwball comedy, has paleatologist Cary Grant and tiger–owning Katharine Hepburn striking sparks.
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth
- Quintessential Hawks fare in which men are men and women have to be equally tough. At a South American outpost, mail pilot Cary Grant becomes…
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
- Fast and furious comic masterpiece with Cary Grant in superb form as a conniving newspaper editor whose ex–wife happens to be his star…
- Sergeant York (1941)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Gary Cooper
- A wartime classic about a real–life pacifist turned WW1 hero. Gary Cooper won an Oscar for his vivid portrayal.
- Outlaw, The (1943)
- Dir. Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell…
- Off–beat retelling of the legend of Billy the Kid with Jane Russell's cleavage outraging the censors of the day. Now a tame curiosity.
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart
- In the upper–bracket of Bogart films, this first time match–up with Lauren Bacall still sets the screen alight. Adapted from the…
- Big Sleep, The (1946)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- This adaptation of Raymond Chandler's mystery novel has perhaps become the greatest film noir of all time. Humphrey Bogart as detective Marlowe falls…
- Red River (1948)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
- Another contender for the best of the west. John Wayne is in prime mode as a tyrannical rancher whose adopted son is determined to prove his…