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Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 [1] – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio, and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942).
They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western film co-written and directed by Robert Rossen and starring Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. It was based on a 1958 novel by Glendon Swarthout.
3:10 to Yuma is a 1957 American Western film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.Based on a 1953 short story of the same name by Elmore Leonard, the plot concerns an impoverished rancher who takes on the risky job of escorting a notorious outlaw to justice.
The Prowler is a 1951 American film noir thriller film directed by Joseph Losey that stars Van Heflin and Evelyn Keyes. [1] [2] [3] The film was produced by Sam Spiegel (as S.P. Eagle) and was written by Dalton Trumbo. [4] Because Trumbo was blacklisted at the time, the screenplay was credited to his friend, screenwriter Hugo Butler, as a front ...
Johnny Eager is a 1941 American film noir directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Robert Taylor, Lana Turner and Van Heflin. Heflin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [2] The film was one of many spoofed in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
Van Heflin as D. O. Guerrero, failed contractor, and bomber on TGA Flight 2 (Heflin's final theatrical film role) Maureen Stapleton as Inez Guerrero, wife of D.O. Guerrero; Barry Nelson as Anson Harris, captain on TGA Flight 2; Dana Wynter as Cindy, Bakersfeld's wife; Lloyd Nolan as Harry Standish, head of the U.S. Customs Service at the airport
Ric Hardman wrote the original script and it was adapted by Frank S. Nugent. Van Heflin signed to star in August 1957. [1] Rudolph Mate was originally meant to be the director but he dropped out (he would be replaced by Phil Karlson). Tab Hunter was borrowed from Warner Bros. [2] Columbia contractee James Darren was assigned to a support role.
Seventh in line, Van Heflin, is the marshal, Curley, played in the original by 7 th-billed George Bancroft. The eighth alphabetical position is taken by Slim Pickens as the coach driver, Buck, initially portrayed by third-billed Andy Devine , while ninth place falls to Stefanie Powers as the pregnant Army wife, Lucy Mallory, played in 1939 by ...