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Ava Gardner

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Ghost on the Loose (1943)
Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Leo Gorcey
At the 'Ed Wood' end of the horror–comedy canon, this has Lugosi haunting the suburban house of some newlyweds. Also stars screen…
Killers, TheKillers, The (1946) Recommended
Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner
Textbook film noir has insurance investigator Edmund O'Brien auditing the curious death of prize–fighter Burt Lancaster, in a series of…
Show BoatShow Boat (1951)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel…
Lavish technicolor adaptation of the 1920 Hammerstein stage musical in which an aspiring actor goes from working a Mississippi river–boat to…
Pandora and the Flying DutchmanPandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Dir. Albert Lewin
Feat. Ava Gardner, James Mason, Nigel Patrick…
Ava Gardner stars as the ravishing siren of a small Spanish town who has never fallen for anyone until the arrival of the mysterious James Mason, the…
Snows of Kilimanjaro, TheSnows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward
One of the more convincing attempts to adapt Ernest Hemingway for the screen, this follows the deathbed reverie of an American writer (Peck) from his…
MogamboMogambo (1953)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
Clark Gable squeezes in wooing both Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly between bouts of elephant shooting in the African jungle.
Knights of the Round TableKnights of the Round Table (1953)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer…
Sumptuous retelling of the legends of Camelot was MGM's first Cinemascope production. Tayloris excellent as Lancelot while Ava Gardner is inspired…
Barefoot Contessa, TheBarefoot Contessa, The (1954)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner
Humphrey Bogart plays a cynical film director who recalls the life of a Spanish beauty whom he helped make a Hollywood star. Hailed a 'trash…
On the BeachOn the Beach (1959)
Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire…
50's cold war paranoia piece set in post–WW2 Melbourne, the only place in the world yet untouched by creeping radiation. Based on Nevil Shute's…
55 Days at Peking55 Days at Peking (1963)
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Charlton Heston, David Niven, Ava Gardner
Set in the turmoil of 1900 China, during the Boxer Rebellion, this splashy Hollywood epic succeeds on the strength of its stylish visuals and…
Night of the Iguana, TheNight of the Iguana, The (1964)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon…
Tennessee Williams–scripted brew of melodrama, old–style religion and sexual repression sees defrocked priest/alcoholic Richard Burton…
Bible, TheBible, The (1966)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, John Huston…
A sincere, if not entirely successful, attempt to transpose the Old Testament to the screen – from Adam to Isaac. Appropriately grand and…
MayerlingMayerling (1968)
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason…
Austrian Crown–Prince Omar Sharif neglects the business of running the 19th Century Hapsburg empire, to have a secretive and ill–fated…
Ballad of Tam-Lin, TheBallad of Tam-Lin, The (The Devil's Widow) (1970)
Dir. Roddy McDowall
Feat. Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Cyril Cusack…
The only film that prolific acting great Roddy McDowall ever directed is this British folk horror based on the Celtic legend Tam Lin. Legendary…
Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanLife and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner…
Huston's surreal Western stars Paul Newman as Roy Bean, the eccentric hanging 'judge' of American folklore.
EarthquakeEarthquake (1975)
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene…
The earth moves for Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Green, Richard Roundtree, Genevieve Bujold and the rest of LA in this 70s Disaster opus. Good…
Cassandra Crossing, TheCassandra Crossing, The (1977)
Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner…
A few too many disasters – train crashes, plagues, terrorists etc. – make for an overcooked yet still entertaining actioner. An…
Priest Of LovePriest Of Love (1981)
Dir. Christopher Miles
Feat. Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner…
Ian McKellen stars as D.H Lawrence in this biopic, chronicling the author's tempestuous relationship with his wife Frieda (Suzman), and his battle…

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