Category Archives: Richard Widmark
The Street With No Name (1948)
Another great role for Richard Widmark This film begins with a pseudo-documentary style as a narrator recounts various methods in which the FBI solves crime, and this is a lead-in to the meat of the story of The Street With … Continue reading
Filed under Film Noir, Richard Widmark
Road House (1948)
“If you like the sound of gravel.” Jefty (Richard Widmark) owns a Road House in a small town. It’s managed by childhood friend, Pete Morgan (Cornell Wilde). Jefty, who has a reputation with the ladies, brings home a sultry singer, … Continue reading
Filed under Film Noir, Richard Widmark
Don’t Bother to Knock (1952)
“You’re a gal with a lot of variations.” In Don’t Bother to Knock, when an affluent society couple staying in a large New York hotel mention to bellhop, Eddie (Elisha Cook Jr.) that they need a babysitter for their daughter, … Continue reading
Filed under Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark
Night and the City (1950)
“Harry’s an artist without an art.” Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is a small-time hustler in London. Harry has big ideas, but one scheme after another fails. Loyal girlfriend, Mary Bristol (Gene Tierney) always bails him out like the true co-dependent … Continue reading
Filed under Film Noir, Richard Widmark
