Nicholas Ray
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- They Live By Night (w/ Side Street) (1948-1950)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray, Anthony Mann
Feat. Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell
- Nicholas Ray's terrific, heartfelt tragi–noir fluctuates between high tension and sweet romance, underpinning the fate of criminal lovers…
- In a Lonely Place (1950)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame
- Hot–headed Hollywood writer Humphrey Bogart is suspected of murder by his new girlfriend and old army pal detective. Gutsy psycho–drama…
- On Dangerous Ground (1951)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond…
- Grimly rewarding noir, with real–life tough guy Robert Ryan in one of his best roles.
As a cop helping with a protracted rural manhunt, he…
- 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…
- Johnny Guitar (1953)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden…
- Cowgirls Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge come head to head over the men they love in this wild Western soap opera, brimming with quirky…
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
- James Dean's intense portayal of an alienated youth from a wealthy family opened the eyes of a generation and catapulted him to stardom. One of the…
- Bigger Than Life (1956)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
- Enormously potent, landmark melodrama is also a career high for James Mason: he plays a suburban family man struck down with a rare heart disease,…
- Bitter Victory (1957)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Richard Burton, Curt Jurgens, Ruth Roman…
- Superior war drama is set around a WW2 mission by British commandos in North Africa, trying to retrieve vital papers from a German HQ before…
- True Story of Jesse James, The (1957)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange…
- Remake of the 1939 film Jesse James, but hardly a true story, as it is only loosely based on the notorious outlaw's life and his relationship to…
- Party Girl (1958)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb…
- Delicious Nicholas Ray–directed potboiler finds bum–legged Robert Taylor trying to cut ties with the mob. A slinky Cyd Charisse (tearing…