Cast: John Derek
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Derek. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 33
All the King's Men
1949 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Robert Rossen
Cast Broderick Crawford · Mercedes McCambridge · John Ireland · Joanne Dru
Synopsis All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the spotlight. Along the way, he loses his initial innocence, and becomes just as corrupt as those who he assaulted...
7.4
3K votes
7.4
3K votes
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast Humphrey Bogart · John Derek · George Macready · Allene Roberts
Synopsis Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him. After he lost his paycheck gambling, hoping to buy his wife some...
7.3
2K votes
7.3
2K votes
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Movie · 219 min. · United States
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Charlton Heston · Yul Brynner · Anne Baxter · Edward G. Robinson
Synopsis To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, condemning all first-born Hebrew males, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought...
7.3
17K votes
7.3
17K votes
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Broderick Crawford · Donna Reed · John Derek · Rosemary DeCamp
Synopsis A newspaper man takes over an ailing New York daily newspaper and revives it as a scandal sheet by staging a number of publicity stunts. The man's wife, whom he left penniless years ago, resurfaces and threatens to blackmail him....
7.1
441 votes
7.1
441 votes
Exodus
1960 · Movie · 200 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Paul Newman · Eva Marie Saint · Ralph Richardson · Peter Lawford
Synopsis The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. Following World War II, the life of the Jewish nation is uncertain. The United Nations is contemplating taking a vote on creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Until then, many...
6.7
4K votes
6.7
4K votes
Run for Cover
1955 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast James Cagney · Viveca Lindfors · John Derek · Jean Hersholt
Synopsis Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the...
6.7
691 votes
6.7
691 votes
I'll Be Seeing You
1944 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle · George Cukor
Cast Ginger Rogers · Joseph Cotten · Shirley Temple · Spring Byington
Synopsis Ginger Rogers is a convict released from state penitentiary for a Christmas leave. On the train, she meets Sergeant Joseph Cotton who has been released from a mental hospital and she invites him home for dinner.
6.6
260 votes
6.6
260 votes
Omar Khayyam
1957 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Cornel Wilde · Michael Rennie · Debra Paget · John Derek
Synopsis Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this...
5.3
31 votes
5.3
31 votes
The Outcast
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction William Witney
Cast John Derek · Joan Evans · Jim Davis · Catherine McLeod
Synopsis Jet Cosgrave returns home to claim the ranch that was stolen from him, after his father's death.
5.2
64 votes
5.2
64 votes
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Fred F. Sears
Cast John Hodiak · John Derek · David Brian · María Elena Marqués
Synopsis Four outlaws have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stole and was buried by a partner somewhere in the town. While hunting, the Indians attack, and...
4.9
51 votes
4.9
51 votes
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Don Weis
Cast John Derek · Elaine Stewart · Thomas Gomez · Amanda Blake
Synopsis In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Caliph into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din, a rival prince known far and...
4.9
100 votes
4.9
100 votes
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast John Derek · Diana Lynn · George Macready · Alan Hale
Synopsis When King John imposes oppressive taxes and cruel treatment upon the local population in medieval England, the son of legendary bandit Robin Hood reforms his father's "Merry Men" to once more rise against the king.
4.8
21 votes
4.8
21 votes
Mask of the Avenger
1951 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast John Derek · Anthony Quinn · Jody Lawrance · Arnold Moss
Synopsis France is ruled by Napoleon, but he has become a puppet of his bastard brother La Roche. Lady Cristina leads a group of patriots who want to restore the freedom.
4.6
31 votes
4.6
31 votes
Prince of Pirates
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Salkow
Cast John Derek · Barbara Rush · Carla Balenda · Whitfield Connor
Synopsis In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders...
4.5
27 votes
4.5
27 votes
Thunderbirds
1952 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction John H. Auer
Cast John Derek · Mona Freeman · Gene Evans · Eileen Christy
Synopsis An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II.
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Frontier Circus (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Samuel A. Peeples · William Witney · John English · Sydney Pollack
Cast Chill Wills · John Derek · Richard Jaeckel · Roy Barcroft
Synopsis A one-ring circus travels through the American West in the 1880's.
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The Family Secret
1951 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Henry Levin
Cast John Derek · Lee J. Cobb · Jody Lawrance · Erin O'Brien-Moore
Synopsis The movie it's about a young man that supposedly kills his best friend in self defense. He claims the friend was drunk and starting attacking him so he had to defend himself and accidentally kills him. John Derek plays the...
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Once Before I Die
1965 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction John Derek
Cast Ursula Andress · John Derek · Richard Jaeckel · Ron Ely
Synopsis WW-II 1941: Shortly after Pearl Harbor the Japanese attack the Philippine islands. A group of Polo playing soldiers and their families are surprised far off in the countryside. Lt. Bailey leads them back to Manila, but the streets are jammed...
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Prince of Players
1955 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Philip Dunne
Cast Richard Burton · Maggie McNamara · John Derek · Raymond Massey
Synopsis A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President Lincoln by Edwin's brother, John Wilkes Booth. In the film,...
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