Robert Mitchum

The Flapper

Salise Hughes

Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish

The buoyant energy of a modern woman who bobs her hair and dances to jazz is too often objectified and repressed by a figure like that of Robert Mitchum from Night of the Hunter.

Showbiz Goes to War

Gayle Gibson Sedawie, Norman Sedawie

Bud Abbott, Larry Adler

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

A tribute to actress Lillian Gish, a pioneer in American cinema whose long and distinguished career began in the early silent era.

Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter

Robert Gitt

Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum

An assembled compilation of footage from rushes, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes moments featuring Charles Laughton directing The Night of the Hunter, the seminal 1955 work considered one of the greatest movies of all time.

The Night of the Hunter

Charles Laughton

Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Out of the Past

Jacques Tourneur

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer

Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

La Classe américaine

Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mezerette

Christine Delaroche, Évelyne Grandjean

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)

Tombstone

George P. Cosmatos

Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

The Longest Day

Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Cape Fear

J. Lee Thompson

Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.

Marilyn

Henry Koster, Harold Medford

Rock Hudson, Marilyn Monroe

This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films, including wardrobe tests and clips from her last, uncompleted project, "Something's Got To Give". Hosted and narrated by Rock Hudson.

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Frank Martin

John Huston, Robert Mitchum

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter

Marilyn Monroe, Shelley Winters

Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.

Dead Man

Jim Jarmusch

Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer

A fatally wounded white man is found by an outcast Native American who prepares him for the afterlife.

El Dorado

Howard Hawks

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Grégory Monro

James Stewart, Robert Mitchum

With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like. Behind his legendary nonchalance, Robert Mitchum is the figure of the bad boy, the kind-hearted hooligan who anyone would like to have for accomplice. What is the legacy left by these two big myths of the Hollywood cinema and in which way they fed the American dream?