Audie Murphy Movies

Want to know the best Audie Murphy movies?  How about the worst Audie Murphy movies?  Curious about Audie Murphy box office grosses or which Audie Murphy movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Audie Murphy movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information.

Audie Murphy (1925-1971) was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II.  After the war, Murphy became a movie star. His most famous role was playing himself in 1955’s To Hell and Back.  That movie was based on his 1949 memoirs of the same name. His IMDb page shows 51 acting credits from 1948-1969. This page ranks Audie Murphy movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, documentaries and shorts were not included in the rankings.

Drivel part of the page:  Seems like Audie Murphy has been on our request hotline for a very long time.  So long ago that we can not remember if Dan, Lyle or Laurent requested him first. Well, finally we have finished our Audie Murphy page.  Sadly, when we got to the 1960s….. box office numbers for his movies became very hard to find.  So, 4 of his movies did not make the following table:  Those movies are listed in the “Possibly Interesting Facts” part of the page with their critic audience rating.

Audie Murphy in 1955's To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy in 1955’s To Hell and Back

Audie Murphy Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Audie Murphy Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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Audie Murphy and James Stewart in 1957's Night Passage
Audie Murphy and James Stewart in 1957’s Night Passage

Possibly Interesting Facts About Audie Murphy

1. Audie Leon Murphy was born in Kingston, Texas in 1925.  He was the seventh of twelve children.

2. Audie Murphy became a national hero during World War II as the most decorated combat soldier of the war. Among his 33 awards was the Medal of Honor, the highest award for bravery that a soldier can receive.

3.  When James Cagney saw an article on Audie Murphy in Time Magazine concerning his war heroics….Cagney decided to sign Murphy to a movie contract and brought him to Hollywood.

4.  Audie Murphy disliked the name “Audie” when he was a kid and usually went by his middle name, Leon. In the Army, he discovered that “Leon” was considered synonymous with rednecks, and spent the rest of his life going by “Audie” or “Murph.”.

5. Clint Eastwood versus Audie Murphy?  Yep it almost happened.  Murphy was offered the villain role in 1971’s Dirty Harry.  Sadly he died in a plane crash before filming began.

6. Audie Murphy was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

7. Audie Murphy was married two times.  He had two children.

8. Audie Murphy is one of the few actors/actresses in our database to have made over 30 movies and not have one of their movies nominated for a single Oscar® in any category.  The others?  Jennifer Aniston, Elvis Presley and Abbott & Costello.

9.  Audie Murphy has a wonderful official fan website.  Lots of Murphy stuff can be found at www.audiemurphy.com.

10. Check out Audie Murphy ‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Astute readers will notice that four movies are missing….we were unable to find any box office information on them but here are those nine movies. Listed by the best rated ones according to critics and audiences

  1. 1962’s Six Black Horse  – 62.50% – critic audience rating
  2. 1966’s The Texican –  60.25% – critic audience rating
  3. 1969’s A Time For Dying – 53.00% – critic audience rating
  4. 1965’s Einer spielt falsch – 49.00% – critic audience rating

 

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  1. BRUCE
    AUDIE MURPHY PAGE 2

    1 Clearly Audie’s combat achievements belied his baby face. Bud Bottienger was a close friend of his and directed him in The Cimmaron Kid (1952) and Audie’s ironically named final film A Time for Dying.

    2 Bud Bottienger is quoted in a Murphy biography as suggesting that what helped Audie in combat was that he was psychopathic though not in the fundamental criminal sense. Such a condition can reduce the fear factor and give the person added physical strength thus making him a dangerous opponent.

    3 Episodes that seem to support Bud Bottienger’s claims are reported in the biography and elsewhere:

    (1) Bud said that he and Audie were in a Singapore bar when Murphy got into a fight with a group of other men. Although outnumbered he quickly overcame them and Bud had noticed the apparent absence of fear in Murphy.

    (2) Murphy reportedly owned a dwelling outside a small US town where he stayed with his live-in girlfriend. Shane-like they would periodically travel to town for shopping. On one such occasion a customer in a store made a suggestive remark to the girl.

    (3) He said nothing but went home and returned later with a shotgun. He then chased the offending customer around the town terrorising him, for which Murphy was prosecuted. He may have shot the man in the leg but my memory of the report is imprecise on that point.

    (4) In 1949 Audie married Wanda Hendrix his co-star in Sierra (1950). The marriage did not last long as she claimed in the divorce proceedings that when they argued he would hold a gun on her to subdue her.

    4 All that does not concern me because (a) however he did it Murphy’s service of his country was exceptional (b) whilst against firearms I have no sympathy for the lout who provoked Murphy (c) the trauma that Audie carried back from the war would probably have deepened his existing alleged condition of psychopathy (d) whilst he may have frightened Wanda he did not physically harm her.

    5. I’m more interested in his acting career than his detailed personal life and I love his persona in films.The Michael Caine film’s interpretation of Graham Green’s The Quiet American was more faithful to the book than Murphy’s earlier version.

    6 Also Audie’s portrayal of Alden Pyle the American of the title was regarded by critics as a travesty of Graham Greene’s depiction of the character.

    7 However the posters for the Belfast release of the film were mostly covered with a drawing of bombs and guns exploding all around and of Audie walking through this carnage with clenched fists.

    8 The tagline on the posters was WHEREVER HE WALKED ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. Yhat may not have been Graham Greene’s Alden Pyle but it certainly was Hollywood’s Audie Murphy.

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    1. Hey Bob.
      1. Very interesting information from Bud Bottienger.
      2. He would not be a person to mess around with for sure.
      3. Can you imagine the coverage in today’s social media world if a star did any of these events?
      4. I have seen the Caine version….but not the Audie version of The Quiet American….I will have to check that out.
      5. I like the tagline….seems to fit Audie very well indeed.
      As always…..thanks for sharing this information. It is greatly appreciated.

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      1. 1 In its own way Murphy’s performance as the do-gooder who steals Fowler’s mistress was quite charming. I think that you have to give the film some licence in dealing with the constraints of the time. In 1958 the producers would not have gotten away with conveying criticism of US foreign policy as Greene had done and as the Caine remake did. .

        2 Good though Caine was I opine that MIchael Redgrave’s performance as Thomas Fowler had the edge. However as the Duke said in Rio Bravo when alcoholic Dean Martin asked him if newcomer Ricky Nelson’s draw was as fast as the Dino’s character used to be when he was sober “I sure wouldn’t like to live on the difference!”

        3 Although the official cause of Murphy’s death was accident there was the conspiracy theory at the time that Murphy had gotten involved with elements of gangland and that the plane crash was the consequence of his rubbing them up the wrong way. That would be him all right but the public domain never produced any proof of the theory .

        Best wishes BOB

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        1. Hey Bob.
          1. You are right….if they had filmed the movie the way the book was written….it would never have seen the light of day. Heck the Caine versus got delayed because of 9/11. The studio did not want to release a movie was critical of the USA government in 2001. After things settled down Caine went back to the studio and asked them to release the movie in 2002. Caine of course went on to earn his 6th Oscar nomination.
          2. Your Rio Bravo quote fits in very nicely into the conversation there.
          3. Seems they can make a conspiracy theory out of anything….sadly those mountains have been conspiring to take down lots of planes over the years.

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          1. 1 Thanks for the update about the mountains. After Audie’s great war record it pleases me to think that it was not after all a bunch of thugs that laid him low.

            2 Glad you liked the Wayne quote..You have probably seen my comment to Flora about always trying to work in an anecdote about the Duke. And so I’ve done it again! It’s a bit like Paul Newman always offering Bud a role in any film over which Paul had productions control.

            3 Indeed the analogy is particularly good because whilst the likes of Widmark, Peck etc are my very favourite stars the Duke and Bud are the two most ‘larger than life’ characters that fascinate me.

            4 I’ve often wondered if the Duke like Bob Hope had a team working for him who produced some of his wonderful one-liners. Many of them did not accord with my own social convictions but I have never been able to help laughing at them. For example though I can’t name the films –

            (1) An Indian rides up to him and tries to start a discussion and the Duke drags him off his horse and says “I don’t talk up to the wind.” Unfortunately he had to defend himself against a racist charge here.

            (2) The Duke is standing on the porch of a ranch beside its owner who has been under pressure to sell out to a land baron. The latter rides up with a band of gunmen and indicates that if he doesn’t get a purchase he’ll take over the ranch by force and chase all the hands off it. The Duke responds “You sure take a lot on yourself mister!.

            Best wishes BOB

          2. Hey Bob
            1. Yep those mountains get airplanes and helicopters are a frequent basis.
            2. I have caught that about…when reading you and Flora’s conversations.
            3. You and Flora have lots in common…..I wonder how many Peck and Widmark superfans are out there?
            4. Wayne could have had some help….but I have never read anything like that in the many books I have read on the Duke.
            Great quotes from the Duke.

  2. BRUCE:
    REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE

    1 I doubt if Audie was offered the Forster part of the young soldier Murphy would have been too old in 1967. Forster was just 26 that year: Audie 42

    2 It could have been either:

    (a) The Brando part of Major Penderton. However the Major had an orientation and certain habits that would not have suited the persona that Audie had developed. Also it was the male lead; and I would not envisage Warners offering to Murphy such a role in a big budget picture in the late 60s opposite a then-great star like Liz Taylor.

    (b) Penderton’s commanding officer, a Lt Col played by Brian Keith in a supporting role. This is the most likely role of the three . The Col who was married and was having an affair with Penderton’s wife (Liz ) and Audie may have been reluctant to play an adulterer and therefore he could have turned down the role for that reason. Even his few ‘bad boy’ characters did have a strong moral code in most respects.

    3 Here are a few Cogerson style Possibly Interesting Facts about Reflections in a Golden Eye:

    (1) Monty Clift Liz’s initial proposed leading man could not get insurance because of alcohol and drug addiction problems. Liz put up her own salary as a bond for Warner Bros.

    (2) Monty died before filming commenced and it was reported that the three men in the frame were then Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, and Brando. Liz and Burton had already made 4 films together pre-1967 and 3 new Burton/Taylor films were also being released that year; so they probably thought they’d have a short break from each other. That left Marvin/Brando and Liz, who had co-star approval, reportedly pressed for Brando.

    (3) Liz and Bud were each paid 750,000 dollars (about $5.3 million each in today’s money)
    plus a % of the profits. There were none.

    (4) That marked the end of Liz’s career as a Big Star. She made many more films but as your chart indicates none was a big grosser except the Flintstones nearly 30 years later. But the latter was just a supporting part.

    (5) So ironically the massive hit the year before Reflections, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was the end of Liz Taylor”s box office dominance.

    (6) Brando had a few more flops after 1967 but great things were again just round the corner for him.

    (7) Also John Huston, whose own personal favourite actor was Bogie,nevertheless said in the years following Reflections that Bud’s Major Penderton was the finest performance that he (Huston) had ever gotten out of an actor in his entire career.

    Best wishes

    BOB

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    1. Great commentary on Reflections on a Golden Eye without giving away any spoilers!

      I could not have done it better myself.

      I agree that most likely it was the role played by Brian Keith.

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    2. Hey Bob.
      1. You are right. At that point in his career….no way Huston would have given him either role….actually at that point Audie might have gotten the 4th male role…whoever that would have been.
      2. Sounds like Huston had a very difficult time in the making of that one. It is amazing that legends like Brando, Taylor and Huston made a movie that almost nobody remembers…true movie buffs like us…but the general public….has no idea this movie exists.
      3. Elizabeth Taylor and Clift had a tight bond for sure…so I am not surprised at all that she put her salary as the bond.
      4. Yep…who would have thought that after the massive success of Va Wolfe….that not only would her career go downhill….but pretty much crash and burn.
      5. Interesting that Huston thought Brando’s performance was the best he got out of any actor he worked with…I was not too impressed with the movie. But it has been a while since I watched it.
      As always thanks for the insight….you are better than Wikipedia…lol.

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      1. 1 According to Richard Burton’s diaries the only good thing that came out of Reflections was that the Burtons formed a friendship with Bud. He was a regular guest on their yacht; and Bud accepted an award on her behalf when she was indisposed.

        2. Eye–witnesses claim that on one occasion Bud true to form made a pass at Liz and there was an on-deck fist fight between him and Richard. However the press have scanned the latter’s diaries and whilst there are plenty of references to Bud there is no mention of the fight.

        3. Anyway when Brando died Liz along with George W Bush led the tributes. Bud probably would have welcomed the fact that he still had the good opinion of Liz, a former contemporary great; but I’m not sure how he would have reacted to the second ‘cheer leader’.

        4 Which reminds me I saw Elvis and Nixon It was tremendous and Kevin Spacey WAS Nixon. If you haven’t already seen it I urge you do do so as I think you’d really enjoy it.

        Best wishes BOB

        PS I agree with you that Reflections was ‘dry goods’. Brando was good but I am not qualified to rank his performance. I’ve probably annoyed you enough by telling you about Huston’s appreciation but I can’t resist winding you up some more. Alexander Walker a highly respected film critic over here wrote in his book about great cinema matters that the best performance by an actor that Walker had ever seen was given by the star of Last Tango in Paris in that film. Bet you’re sorry now that in your own pages you gave that film a very respectable gross of around 172 mil ! ! ! [Can’t help you there though under CPI it goes up to 190 mil domestically.] Rubbing salt in the wound: “America’s best actor is Bud – when he wants to be” [Hank Fonda] “He’s given some awful performances; but when he’s on fire he hits the Moon whilst the rest of us never leave Earth.” [Jack Lemmon]

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          2. RE: Last Tango in Paris:

            Brando had no fear in his portrayals. He was willing to do any role.

            It was a great performance from a man who had done some so-so films lately.

            I watched it because it is a famous film and I try to see famous films eve when I am NOT interested in the stars. am interested in Brando.

            I am not sure that I would watch it a second time unless it happened to be on television.

            It is a difficult film to get through if you are not determined to see famous films.

            It is how I got through The Wild Bunch. It is full of actors I admire and I wanted to see it.

        2. Hey Bob.
          1. I have tried to read Burton’s diaries a few times….I think I like reading highlights like this one instead.
          2. I imagine the set of Golden Eye would have been very interesting.
          3. Last Tango In Paris was a huge hit….many people consider it a all-time classic…..but in my two viewings of that movie…I was not so impressed. Danny Peary’s Cult Movie books go into great detail about Brando and his performance in Tango…I really respect his opinion….so I realize that I am missing something….maybe one day I will see the light….lol.
          4. Great quotes on Brando.

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          1. 1 I saw a personal interview with Burton where he gave Brando high praise; but in the few extracts from the diaries that I have seen he kept expressing bitter resentment that he was not perceived in the same light as Bud.

            2 In the same interview he echoed Sir Anthony’s marvel at ‘special people’ among performers and he included Liz as one, saying that she had star power that transcended acting.

            3 A sad case, he used to get up early in the morning and over breakfast start to work through a bottle of vodka. Medical specialists have explained that whereas most people pass out or become sick when they have too much to drink the likes of Burton and Lee Marvin have no built in ‘safety valve’ and can drink indefinitely.

            4 Marvin had a yacht and with a group of fellow actor drunks he would go ocean sailing between movies. They would lie about deck all day just drinking and when nature called Lee couldn’t bother to go below deck but simply threw himself over yacht side and hung on for a few moments.

            5 Oliver Reid appeared drunk on an English TV chat show once and pranced about the stage mooning at the audience. He used to come to the races here in Ireland and a waitress would follow him about with a large tray of drinks which he scoffed one-by-one while he addressed everyone to whom he spoke as “Sausage”. It was almost fitting that when he died of a heart attack he was rolling about a bar room floor.

          2. Hey Bob.
            1. I am sure Burton had to be frustrated when Brando got that 2nd Oscar and Burton still was shutout when it comes to Oscars.
            3. That I’d just crazy that they drank that much…and did not pass out…..their blood alcohol levels had to insanely high.
            4. I can picture Lee Marvin doing that…which is equally crazy.
            5. Oliver Reed was part of that hell raiser British crowd of the 1960s that included….Richard Harris, Burton, Peter O’Toole, Connery and Caine.
            6. Caine tells a story of night with O’Toole….it started on a Saturday night….when he woke up….it was Monday…..he says he is missing an entire Sunday out of his life.
            Thanks for sharing those stories….good stuff.

      2. Reflections in a Golden Eye airs on Turner Classic Movies from time to time. TCM fans know the film well. It is the first film, by the way, that Liz Taylor had a nude scene.

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        1. 1 Her stardom was built around sex.

          2 Burton said later when he got into bed he was broke; when he got out he was worth 1 million dollars

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          1. 🙂 My comment was more a “reflection” of how sex is portrayed in American films vs. European films.

            Non-USA films have more nudity and less violence.

            USA films – vice versa in terms of ratings.

        2. Hey Flora….Thanks for the information on Golden Eye. That was a one and done movie for me. Actually looking at my Brando letterboxd reviews…it is the lowest rated movie in my reviews….getting a dismal 1 of 5 stars.

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          1. I had a problem with what the Julie Harris character did to herself.

            As such, I consider it a one and done film for me too, although I’d give it a higher rating than you.

  3. BRUCE:

    1 Flattered that I head the Murphy medals table. However I had an unfair advantage in that I’ve been around a lot longer than certainly a few and very likely most of the competitors.

    2 So if you repeat the competition how about setting scaled handicaps against longevity.

    3. Also how about a separate medal for say Special Knowledge. I’ve just read Flora’s post about knowing who Peggy Cummins was. Frankly I’m astonished – and impressed. Leaving aside reincarnation I would have bet my shirt that nobody who was not around in the 50s would have got that one. You should at least say “well done Flora!”

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    1. Again Robert, I remind you that I have seen 99% of Gregory Peck’s films and am only 40. I first saw a Gregory Peck film in grade 10.

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      1. That’s virtually all of the 53 films in Bruce’s chart. I can’t beat that and as you know I too am a great Peck fan. Sure you’re not a reincarnation ? !

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        1. Hey Bob…..as my oldest son says to me all the time…”Bring it on old man”…lol. Hope that does not offend….just interested in your tally counts…..even if it destroys my totals. I think when we talk about current performers…the edge goes to me….as I watch everything…I do not like George Clooney but tally count on him is 33….out of 37 movies.

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          1. 1 That’s impressive. If you DID like him I think he’d have to make more movies to keep you happy.

            2 Actually modern movies are my weakness. I don’t know much about them because I’m interested in only selected ones like Elvis and Nixon, Eye in the Sky and (dare I say it?) Clooney’s The Ides of March…My favourite modern actors apart from George are Mike Douglas and Morgan Freeman. Actresses Julia Roberts and S Bullock.

            3 Tell ‘wife of Cogerson’ that The American President is one of my very fav mod films too. I like Martin Sheen who was in it along with Mike D. Sheen when asked about actors praised Clift, Dean and Bud but said “towering above them all is George.” [C Scott]

          2. Hey Bob
            1. He makes enough movies…lol.
            2. Glad to know Elvis and Nixon was good. I really like the guy that plays Elvis….Michael Shannon…the Christopher Walken of this generation.
            3. Interesting about Sheen on George C. Scott….I just watched their Firestarter movie…..Sheen and Scott played the two main bad guys in that one.
            4. I will let WoC know that there is another American President fan out there.

        3. By the way, ‘Bobby” – Robert Roy that is what ‘ll call you now, Bobby:

          I am a big fan of Martin Sheen. He is my hero. I wrote him a long handwritten letter double-sided and he sent me an autographed picture of himself as Bartlett with a person message to me days before my birthday last year.

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          1. FLORA:
            Martin Sheen has one of the most pleasant and intelligent personas that I have ever seen. It was nice of him to pay the personal attention to you that he did. Those guys are usually very busy so you must have really impressed him in some way.

            BOBBY

  4. BRUCE:

    1 Flattered that I head the Murphy medals table. However I had an unfair advantage in that I’ve been around a lot longer than certainly a few and very likely most of the competitors.

    2 So if you repeat the competition how about setting scaled handicapps against longevity.

    3. Also how about a separate medal for say Special Knowledge. I’ve just read Flora’s post about knowing who Peggy Cummins was. Frankly I’m astonished – and impressed. Leaving aside reincarnation I would have bet my shirt that nobody who was not around in the 50s would have got that one. You should at least say “well done Flora!”

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    1. Hey Bob…
      1. This is a friendly game….for years Steve Lensman and I have rarely beaten Flora when it comes to classic movie subjects….I imagine even with “age advantage” Flora will give you a run for the money…..plus she has so many gold medals…she can barely stand up.
      2. Peggy Cummins’ Gun Crazy is a classic film noir movie….her performance is one of the best of the femme fatales…..so I think many people know who she is….when I stumbled across her name doing research (most recently when I was looking up Sean Connery’s Hell Divers)…it generally brings out a smile.

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      1. 1 Gun Crazy was THE film of Peggy’s career; she did nothing of great significance after that ; and made no more movies after, I think, 1962.

        2 She was a lovely girl; but unfortunately the British film industry in those days tended not to promote their stars to the extent that America did their own. The only Brits who made it REALLY big were those who crossed to Hollywood such as Larry O, Stewart Granger and Archie Leech.- and made a series of AMERICAN films

        3 Possibly Sir Sean is the biggest star to have made it massive it in the States through the release of British films (ie Bond) – at least up until the 60s Can u think of any others? Caine for example is in my opinion just a rung below the greats of whom Sir S is undoubtedly one. Sellers – how would u rank him in it all?

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        1. Hey Bob.
          1. I agree her career before and after Gun Crazy was not too impressive…..but she hit a home run with Gun Crazy. I think Trumbo being on the blacklist helped her hit that home run.
          2. Good point about England not promoting their stars.
          3. To me Caine is equal to or even slightly ahead of Connery. Both are icons. 50 years after Alfie and Caine is still known by all generations. Going back to your teenage focus group….if they showed pictures of Caine, Connery and Bud….Caine would be the most known. Granted I am biased because Sir Michael is a favorite.
          4. As for Sellers….great icon too….but his legacy has is wrapped around the Pink Panther movies…which were not his favorite movies at all. He is in the same boat as Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Muni….they put so much into their performances…..nobody has an idea what their personality is all about.

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      2. 1 Again I am truly surprised when I recall that in a survey of US university students that was conducted about 20 years ago about 50% of them did not know who Clark Gable was.

        2 About 2 years ago I attended a focus group of teenagers in which a number of topics were discussed including actors and films. Somebody mentioned Bud [I wonder who ! ] and there were blank faces all around. Suddenly light dawned on the face of a young 18 year old girl and she cried out:”Oh I know who he is – that Godfather guy!”

        3 So it’s great to be among kindred spirits and indeed I often get the feeling that I’ve travelled back in time.

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        1. Hey. Clark Gable and I share the same birthday. I am fond of saying that I was born 75 years after Clark Gable.

          I am a HUGE Clark Gable fan.

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        2. Hey Bob
          1. It is amazing how time diminishes even the greatest of the great.I wonder what the % would be today.
          2. I can not even guess who might have brought up Brando…..lol. You would think with the superhero craze being in full blast these days….that his role in Superman would be right up there with The Godfather.
          3. I know my classic movie watching has greatly increased since doing these pages…..I had seen the known classics…Casablanca, Gone With The Winds and others…but I never really looked to closely at some of these legends….I have over the last 5 years watched many of Bud’s movies….of his 37 movies…I have seen 14 of them since I started this website.
          4. One of my goals is to watch every movie that won an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress…..there are 516 movies…so far I have seen 501 movies…..one of the ones I am missing is Via Zapata….for Quinn’s Best Supporting Actor win. I recently found the movie on DVD at a thrift store….I brought it home put it in the DVD player only to find out it was from another part of the world….so it would not work in my region…..so I still search for that Brando movie.

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          1. BRUCE
            1 Despite his great successes in the 50s I wonder what would have happened to Brando’s legend if he had not made Godpop. He personally opined that but for the latter film his legacy would have gone “down the tubes.”

            2 Apparently Zanuck’s first choice for Zapata was Tyrone Power.

            Best wishes BOB

    2. As Cogerson said, Gun Crazy is a famous film noir and one of my favourite all time.

      My favourite genres are:
      Musicals
      Film Noir
      Westerns
      War Films
      Mysteries
      Suspense

      These are in no order.

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