Ava Gardner Movies

Genres: Drama    Romance   

Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey, Cybill Shepherd, Ava Gardner, ...

I really enjoyed the movie. I had only seen small parts of the original
movie which I did not like. This remake was much better. The emotional
performance that Don Johnson gave was outstanding! I feel that all the
cast members fit their parts except Judith Ivey. I'm not sure who could
have done it better, but she just did not seem to fit. Cybil Shepeard
and Don Johnson stole th...

Genres: Comedy    Crime    Thriller   

Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck, ...

I first saw this in the theater with my dad, at the age of 13, when it
was first released - he was a huge fan of classic movies and usually
suffered through the stuff he took me to. Not this one - we were both
in hysterics, and I'd have to say I owe my huge love of classic
Hollywood (and global) cinema to this film. CITIZEN KANE it may not be
but no matter - I dug the humor...

Genres: Drama    Horror    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, José Ferrer, ...

Minor SpoilersAlison Parker (Cristina Raines) is a successful top model, living with
the lawyer Michael Lerman (Chris Sarandon) in his apartment. She tried
to commit suicide twice in the past: the first time, when she was a
teenager and saw her father cheating her mother with two women in her
home, and then when Michael's wife died. Since then, she left Christ
and the Catho...

Genres: Drama    Thriller    Action   

Starring: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson, Lionel Stander, ...

Disaster epics like "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" from
20th Century Fox led almost everyone else to try their hand at it, since,
for a time, disaster at the movies meant box office gold. This entry was
Italy's answer to the genre and, though it is far-fetched and occasionally
ridiculous, it is a thrilling and tense movie. Loren toplines as a divorcee
and...

Genres: Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon, Skip Ward, ...

First, you must understand the nature of Night of the Iguana. The story
centers on Shannon (Burton), a life-long preacher caught in a
philosophical
crisis. His humanity clashes with his theology and leaves havoc in its
wake.
Removed from his position in a quiet Texas community after an affair with
an
underage girl, he takes a job in Puerto Vallarta as the tour guide for...

Genres: Drama    History    War   

Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, ...

This movie fits comfortably in the epic category of the 1950s-1960s -
historically based with exotic locales. Thus, we had Dr. Zhivago, Ben Hur,
War and Peace, Lawrence of Arabia, Le Cid, Julius Caesar, Nicholas and
Alexandra, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Taras Bulba, The Robe, Bridge on the
River Kwai, A Man for All Seasons, The Sand Pebbles, Cleopatra, Spartacus,
Samson and De...

Genres: Drama   

Starring: Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, ...

THE SUN ALSO RISES was 20th Century Fox's big-budget 'prestige' film
for 1957, based on one of Hemingway's best-known novels, shot on
location in Paris and Mexico (substituting for Spain), and starring the
studio's long-reigning superstar, Tyrone Power, surrounded by some of
the screen's most legendary actors (Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, Mel
Ferrer, and Ed...

Genres: Drama    Crime    Mystery    Romance   

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, ...

Scouting talent for an upcoming film to be shot in Italy, a trio from
Hollywood (writer/director Bogart, producer Stevens and publicist O'Brien)
travel to Spain to scope renowned local dancing sensation Maria Vargas
(Gardner). Immediately, they are struck by her beauty and presence. In fact,
Gardner has a profound effect on every man she meets...though the effect is
as unique a...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Drama   

Starring: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford, Stanley Baker, ...

The Arthur legend gets a grand production here, good photography and
rousing battle scenes. The leads kind of go through the motions in
their roles though, some of the supporting players really carry this
film.Robert Taylor was never comfortable in those 'iron jockstrap' movies as
he called them. But he was the most dutiful employee MGM had and like
Errol Flynn with westerns, T...

Genres: Drama    Adventure    Romance   

Starring: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Philip Stainton, ...

"Mogambo" is a remake of "Red Dust" (1932) and is not as good, nor as
funny,
but it's still not bad at all. Poor Clark Gable must choose between Ava
Gardner and Grace Kelly. With both actresses at the height of their
beauty
this is a tough call - but I would have taken Ava any day. She is
stunning
in this film - sultry, sexy and warm - very different to the flighty s...

Genres: Adventure    Drama    Romance    War   

Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll, ...

Gregory Peck plays Harry Street, a famous American writer, who lies
dangerously ill in a hunting camp at the foot of the highest peak in
Africa, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro... His lovely companion Susan
Hayward, who had arranged this hunting trip in the hopes of winning his
love, takes care of him faithfully and prays for his recover... Peck,
surrounded by vultures in the tree...

Genres: Drama    Fantasy    Mystery    Romance   

Starring: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, ...

This tragic legendary story of the Flying Dutchman is expertly woven
into a wonderful drama about the tale of a beautiful but spoiled
destructive lover, night club singer Pandora Reynolds, the beautiful
femme fatal played by Ava Gardner. Already giving her hand in marriage
to racing car driver Stephen Cameron played by Nigel Patrick she meets
the mystical owner of a strange yac...

Genres: Drama    Musical    Romance   

Starring: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, ...

I strongly disagree with some of the other viewers. 'Showboat' -- the
1951 version -- is not inferior to the earlier, darker Universal
version with Irene Dunne and Allan Jones. The talent used for the
lavish technicolor remake is in itself superior to the cast of the
original--Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Joe E. Brown,
Agnes Moorehead, Robert Sterling -- a...