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Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer, film director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He gained fame in the late 1920s as a maverick film producer, making big budget and often...
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The Racket

The Racket is an Academy Award-nominated 1928 American crime film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. The film was produced by Howard Hughes and written by Bartlett Cormack and...

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  • Jun 30, 1928

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  • 84 min (50 hs )

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Scarface

Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American gangster film, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, George Raft, Vince...

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  • 1932

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  • 93 min (56 hs )

Two Arabian Knights

Two Arabian Knights is a 1927 American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd and Mary Astor. A silent film, Two Arabian Knights was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The plot centers on two...

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  • Sep 23, 1927

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  • 92 min (55 hs )

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The Conqueror

The Conqueror is a 1956 CinemaScope epic film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Other performers included Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz. The picture was directed by actor...

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  • 1956

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Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

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Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels is a 1930 American epic war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and was written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of...

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  • 1930

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Runtime:

  • 127 min (76.2 hs )

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Macao

Macao (1952) is a black-and-white film noir adventure film directed by Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish it. The drama features Robert Mitchum,...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 30, 1952

Runtime:

  • 81 min (49 hs )

Vendetta

Vendetta is a 1950 film based on the 1840 novella Colomba by Prosper Mérimée, about a young Corsican girl who pushes her brother to kill to avenge their father's murder. The film, produced by Howard Hughes as a vehicle for his latest discovery,...

Initial release date:

  • 1950

Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

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His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman is a black-and-white 1951 comedy drama film noir starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. The film features supporting roles by Vincent Price, Raymond Burr, and Charles McGraw. The movie was directed officially by John Farrow and...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 29, 1951

Runtime:

  • 120 min (72 hs )

The French Line

The French Line is a 1954 musical film made by RKO, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard Hughes as executive producer. The screenplay was by Mary Loos and Richard Sale, based on a story by Matty Kemp and Isabel Dawn....

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  • 1954

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Runtime:

  • 102 min (61.2 hs )

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The Las Vegas Story

The Las Vegas Story is a 1952 suspense film noir directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Robert Sparks and Howard Hughes with Samuel Bischoff as the executive producer. The screenplay was by Paul Jarrico, Earl Felton, and Harry Essex from a...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 30, 1952

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Runtime:

  • 88 min (53 hs )

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The Front Page

The Front Page is an Academy Award-nominated 1931 American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. Based on a Broadway play of the same name, the film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett...

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  • 1931

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

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Second Chance

Second Chance is an American color film noir, directed by Rudolph Maté and released in 1953. The picture, shot on location in Mexico in 3-Dimension, features Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, and Linda Darnell. The story tells of Russ Lambert (Robert...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 18, 1953

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Runtime:

  • 82 min (49 hs )

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Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot is a 1957 Cold War romantic comedy film starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh. Written by Jules Furthman, the movie went through several directorial changes. Josef von Sternberg directed between December 1949 and February 1950, after that...

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  • 1957

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Runtime:

  • 112 min (67.2 hs )

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One Minute to Zero

One Minute to Zero (1952) is a romantic war film starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth set during the Korean War. Victor Young's score includes the love theme "When I Fall In Love", which became a popular hit song recorded by a variety of artists....

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  • 1952

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  • 105 min (63 hs )

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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring the silent film comic icon Harold Lloyd, and featuring Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Arline Judge, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn...

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The Mating Call

The Mating Call (1928) is a silent movie about a WWI vet who takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. The film was produced by Howard Hughes for his Caddo Corporation, and was originally released by Paramount...

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  • Jul 21, 1928

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Behind the Rising Sun

Behind the Rising Sun is a 1943 American war film based on the 1941 book by the same name. Later-blacklisted Edward Dmytryk directed the film, and it stars Margo, Tom Neal, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Ryan and Gloria Holden.

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  • Aug 1, 1943

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Runtime:

  • 88 min (53 hs )

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Underwater!

Underwater! is a 1955 adventure film directed by John Sturges and starring Jane Russell and Richard Egan. Johnny (Richard Egan) and his wife Theresa (Jane Russell), along with mercenary Dominic Quesada (Gilbert Roland), priest Father Cannon (Robert...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 17, 1955

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  • 99 min (59 hs )

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