Cast: Arthur Kennedy

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Arthur Kennedy. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Lawrence of Arabia

1962 · Movie · 222 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Lean

Cast Peter O'Toole · Omar Sharif · Alec Guinness · Jack Hawkins

Synopsis While working on the staff of the British Intelligence in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent to a mission to establish contact with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of the Arab revolt and ally of the British against...

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8.0

46K votes

8.0

46K votes

High Sierra

1941 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Ida Lupino · Alan Curtis · Arthur Kennedy

Synopsis Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle is broken out of prison by an old associate who wants him to help with an upcoming robbery. When the robbery goes wrong and a man is shot and killed Earle is forced to go on...

7.7

5K votes

7.7

5K votes

Elmer Gantry

1960 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Burt Lancaster · Jean Simmons · Shirley Jones · Arthur Kennedy

Synopsis Elmer Gantry is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire and...

7.6

3K votes

7.6

3K votes

Bend of the River

1952 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast James Stewart · Arthur Kennedy · Rock Hudson · Julie Adams

Synopsis Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory. They establish a settlement outside of Portland and as winter nears, it is necessary for McLyntock and...

7.6

8K votes

7.6

8K votes

The Man from Laramie

1955 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast James Stewart · Arthur Kennedy · Donald Crisp · Aline MacMahon

Synopsis Mysterious Will Lockhart delivers supplies to storekeeper Barbara Waggoman at Coronado, an isolated town in Apache country. Before long, he's tangled with Dave Waggoman, vicious son of autocratic rancher Alec and cousin of sweet Barbara. But he sticks around town,...

7.5

4K votes

7.5

4K votes

Some Came Running

1958 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Frank Sinatra · Dean Martin · Shirley MacLaine · Martha Hyer

Synopsis Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French, a local teacher. But the more flamboyant Ginny has followed him to Parkton, where he also meets gambler...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

Rancho Notorious

1952 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Marlene Dietrich · Arthur Kennedy · Mel Ferrer · Gloria Henry

Synopsis A western based on the story "Gunsight Whitman" by Silvia Richards. Vern Haskell, a nice rancher, seeks out to avenge his fiancé's death when she is killed during a robbery. His revenge leads him to Chuck-a-luck, Altar Keane's ranch set...

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K votes

They Died with their Boots On

1941 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Arthur Kennedy · Charley Grapewin

Synopsis They Died with their Boots On (1941) follows the legendary General George Armstrong Custer, from his rebellious West Point days to his rise during the Civil War and eventual command in the Indian Wars. The film portrays his passionate marriage...

7.3

16K votes

7.3

16K votes

Champion

1949 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Kirk Douglas · Marilyn Maxwell · Arthur Kennedy · Paul Stewart

Synopsis An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Actor--Kirk Douglas, Best Screenplay. Academy...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The Lusty Men

1952 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Ray

Cast Robert Mitchum · Susan Hayward · Arthur Kennedy · Arthur Hunnicutt

Synopsis When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes and his wife...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 · Movie · 160 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Richard Widmark · Carroll Baker · Karl Malden · Sal Mineo

Synopsis Cheyenne Indians flee their squalid Oklahoma reservation and return to their traditional homeland along the Yellowstone River in Wyoming. A U.S. cavalry officer gets the call to return the tribe to the reservations but begins to question his mission after...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

The Desperate Hours

1955 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Wyler

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Fredric March · Arthur Kennedy · Martha Scott

Synopsis After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house in a well-to-do suburb of Indianapolis in which to hide out. The home belongs to the Hilliard family, Dan and Ellie...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

City for Conquest

1940 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast James Cagney · Ann Sheridan · Anthony Quinn · Frank Craven

Synopsis Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan his former girlfriend, Peggy. While Danny is realizing success in the ring, he is blinded by acid on the boxing gloves of his opponent during a...

7.0

313 votes

7.0

313 votes

The Window

1949 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Ted Tetzlaff

Cast Barbara Hale · Bobby Driscoll · Arthur Kennedy · Paul Stewart

Synopsis Young Tommy Woodry gets used to telling fantastic but harmless lies to his family and friends because he's bored. They get used to it. That's unfortunate for Tommy, because almost no one will believe him when he says his neighbours...

Max

6.9

658 votes

6.9

658 votes

Too Late for Tears

1949 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Byron Haskin

Cast Lizabeth Scott · Don DeFore · Dan Duryea · Arthur Kennedy

Synopsis One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a satchel of money, meant for somebody else, into Jane and Alan Palmer's back seat. Alan wants to turn it over to the police, but Jane, with luxury within her...

6.9

274 votes

6.9

274 votes

Peyton Place

1957 · Movie · 162 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Lana Turner · Lee Philips · Lloyd Nolan · Arthur Kennedy

Synopsis A story set in a small New England village whose peaceful facade hides love and passion, scandal and hypocrisy. Allison, a beautiful high school student and aspiring writer, struggles to grow up under the thumb of her emotionally crippled single...

6.8

765 votes

6.8

765 votes

Crashout

1955 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast William Bendix · Arthur Kennedy · Luther Adler · William Talman

Synopsis The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.

6.8

58 votes

6.8

58 votes

Boomerang!

1947 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Elia Kazan

Cast Dana Andrews · Jane Wyatt · Lee J. Cobb · Arthur Kennedy

Synopsis This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John...

6.7

626 votes

6.7

626 votes

Nevada Smith

1966 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Fantastic Voyage

1966 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Richard Fleischer

Cast Stephen Boyd · Raquel Welch · Donald Pleasence · Edmond O'Brien

Synopsis Scientist Jan Benes defects to the West but an assassination attempt leaves him a coma. Agent Charles Grant is recruited by the top-secret organization Combined Miniaturized Deterrence Forces. He learns that he is to be part of a crew aboard...

6.6

4K votes

6.6

4K votes