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Act of Violence is a 1949 American film noir directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor and Phyllis Thaxter. [3] It was produced by Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
MGM cast him as Athos in The Three Musketeers (1948), a huge success. He was top-billed in Zinnemann's Act of Violence (1949), and supported Jennifer Jones in Madame Bovary (1949). Both movies were acclaimed but lost money. He then made a third film with Stanwyck, East Side, West Side (1950), but he was now billed beneath James Mason. While ...
Act of Violence may also refer to: Act of Violence, a 1956 British TV play Act of Violence, a 1959 Australian remake; Dog Eat Dog, pre-release title An Act of Violence, a 1964 German crime drama film; Act of Violence, a 1979 made-for-television movie starring Elizabeth Montgomery "Act of Violence", an episode of The F.B.I. TV series
With MGM, she appeared in films such as the dramas The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947), the crime-drama Act of Violence (1948), the drama Little Women (1949), the comedy Angels in the Outfield (1951), the romance Scaramouche (1952), and the Western drama The Naked Spur (1953). Leigh was married to actor Tony Curtis from 1951 to 1962.
MGM borrowed him to make Act of Violence (1948) for Fred Zinnemann. He stayed at that studio to make Caught (1949) for Max Ophuls with James Mason. Back at RKO, Ryan had one of his best roles in The Set-Up (1949), directed by Robert Wise, as an over-the-hill boxer who is brutally punished for refusing to take a dive.
Lionel Jay Stander (January 11, 1908 – November 30, 1994) was an American actor, activist, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.He had an extensive career in theatre, film, radio, and television that spanned nearly 70 years, from 1928 until 1994.
Sister Act pulled back the curtain on what it’s like to be a nun — and gave life to a musical film with impact that's lasted 30-plus years. In the 1992 classic, Whoopi Goldberg stars as lounge ...
Lorring was born in Hong Kong.Her family fled Hong Kong in 1941 following the Japanese invasion, traveling by boat to Honolulu, and then landing in San Francisco.Soon after, they moved to Los Angeles and Madeleine (known by her nickname "Dellie") began working as a child actress in radio and film – she was credited as "Dellie Ellis" when she played the title role in the radio program A Date ...