Kirk Douglas

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Dir. Billy Wilder · With Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.

Dir. Jacques Tourneur · With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

Dir. David Miller · With Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas

A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.

Dir. Anthony Mann · With Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson

A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

Dir. John Sturges · With Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Earl Holliman

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

Dir. Vincente Minnelli · With Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon

Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.

Dir. René Clément · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Dir. John Sturges · With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Jo Van Fleet

When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress, who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian, a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.

Dir. Brian De Palma · With Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

Dir. Vincente Minnelli · With Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

Dir. William Wyler · With Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.

Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott

Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.

Dir. George T. Miller · With Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Terence Donovan

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

Dir. Burt Kennedy · With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.

Dir. Mario Camerini · With Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.

Dir. John Landis · With Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Vincent Spano

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

Dir. Mark Robson · With Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.

Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Dir. Don Taylor · With Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

Dir. King Vidor · With Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.

Dir. Jeff Kanew · With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning