Mickey Rooney
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Captains Courageous (1937)
 
- Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney… 
- Classic 'boys own' adventure from the pages of Rudyard Kipling, sees Freddie Bartholomew falling off an ocean liner for more rugged sea–faring…
 
Boys Town (1938) 
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney 
- Bittersweet weepie in which Spencer Tracy won an Oscar as a priest who develops a school for delinquents with a knee–high Mickey Rooney as his…
 
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) 
- Dir. George B. Seitz
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland… 
- Mickey Rooney stars in this early teenage rom–com as a ruddy–faced youth who becomes entangled with three different girls (Garland,…
 
National Velvet (1944)
 
- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney 
- Ever–exciting family classic, with 12 year–old budding equestrian Elizabeth Taylor, taking her horse Velvet all the way to the Grand…
 
Atomic Kid, The (1955) 
- Dir. Leslie Martinson
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss 
- Mickey Rooney becomes radioactive after bumbling into a nuclear test–site. Minor comedy, the first credit for Blake Edwards (as writer).
 
Platinum High School (1960) 
- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, Dan Duryea… 
- Mickey Rooney overheats in investigating his son's death at a military academy. Casting quirks includes singer Conway Twitty.
 
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
 
- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney… 
- Anthony Quinn puts on an astonishing performance in this outstanding drama about a once promising but now washed–up boxer who struggles to see…
 
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) 
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar… 
- Spencer Tracy leads a countless cast of cameos for a slapstick epic centering around a frantic search for buried bank loot. Your attention might…
 
Secret Invasion, The (1964) 
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney… 
- Expedient actioner is a rare, unsensational Roger Corman flick about British intelligence using criminals behind enemy lines in WW2 Yugoslavia.
 
Pulp (1972)
 
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander… 
- After completing the phenomenal GET CARTER Caine and dir. Hodges reteamed for this lightweight, yet highly watchable comedy thriller.
Caine plays…
 
Evil Roy Slade (1972) 
- Dir. Jerry Paris
Feat. John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Henry Gibson… 
- Wacky western spoof made its way onto screens after originally flopping as TV pilot. John Astin (ADDAM'S FAMILY) plays the titular villain on…
 
Pete's Dragon (1977) 
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Jim Dale… 
- Young orphan Pete (Sean Marchall) bonds with animated green dragon Elliot in this lesser–Disney live–action movie.
Sentimental songs…
 
Domino Principle, The (1977) 
- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark… 
- A thoroughly minor entry in the 1970s cycle of 'conspiracy thrillers', with Hackman playing an ex–Army marksman who is, sprung from prison by…
 
Black Stallion, The (1979)
 
- Dir. Carroll Ballard
Feat. Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr… 
- A young boy is saved from a shipwreck by a magnificent black horse that he eventually enters in a prestigious racing championship. A stylish and…
 
Arabian Adventure (1979) 
- Dir. Kevin Conner
Feat. Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Mickey Rooney… 
- Sumptuous Arabic fantasy set around a treasure hunt for the mystical Rose of Elil. Good f/x and a great British cast make for smooth entertainment.
 
Bill (1981)
 
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Dennis Quaid 
- Top–end telemovie with Mickey Rooney as a mentally retarded man struggling to find his place in the world after spending much of his life…
 
Erik the Viking (1990) 
- Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt 
- A swashbuckling comic fantasy from the Monty Python stable about a Nordic warrior who develops a conscience, and so leads his unruly band of…
 
Adventures of the Black Stallion, The (TV Series) (1990) 
- Feat. Mickey Rooney
 
- Fine televisation of Walter Farley’s famous thoroughbred novels, chronicling the learning curve of a 15–year–old jockey and his…
 
That's Entertainment III (1994) 
- Feat. June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne…
 
- Starlets of the golden age recall their heyday and bring fresh insight to this third showcase of infectious musical highlights.
 
Night at the Museum (2006) 
- Dir. Shawn Levy
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke… 
- Rambuctious creature comedy starring Ben Stiller as a 'desperate dad' who takes the graveyard shift as a night guard for the Natural History Museum,…
 
Godfathers Of Ganja (Square Grouper) (2011) 
- Dir. Billy Corben
Feat. Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mickey Rooney 
- Colourful portrait of the pot–smuggler's paradise that was 1970's Miami, populated with redneck pirates, a ganja–smoking church, and the…
 
Night at the Museum 3:Secret of the Tomb (2014) 
- Dir. Shawn Levy
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson… 
- Concluding chapter in the trilogy has museum guard Stiller trying to decipher why the exhibits are behaving so erratically.