Movies by Ray Collins
As part of the cast:
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: In the 1960s (2009)
Cast: Frank Zappa, Ray Collins, Jimmy Carl Black …
Through performance clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the likes of Jimmy Carl Black and Art Tripp, this documentary explores the life and works of the enigmatic Frank Zappa…
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Touch of Evil (1958)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Narcotics detective Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) sees his honeymoon cut short when a car crossing the U.S.-Mexico border explodes before his eyes. Vargas forsakes his bride (Janet Leigh) to…
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The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Cast: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark …
Directed by: Richard Quine
Howard Teichman and George S. Kaufman pillory big business and big businessmen in this adaptation of their Broadway play in which a minority stockholder, Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday),…
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The Desperate Hours (1955)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: William Wyler
In this classic William Wyler thriller, times get desperate indeed when three escaped convicts -- Glen, his brother Hal and Sam -- break into a home in a Midwestern suburb and take a family hostage.
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Texas Lady (1955)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins …
Directed by: Tim Whelan
When her father dies, Prudence Webb (Claudette Colbert) moves to the remote western town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to take over the newspaper publishing business her father owned. But it…
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Bad for Each Other / The Glass Wall (1953)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster …
Directed by: Irving Rapper, Maxwell Shane
Charlton Heston stars as a doctor torn between his high-society benefactress and his working-class roots in Bad for Each Other, and Vittorio Gassman stars as a European refugee on the run to…
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You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Gary Cooper, Jane Greer …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway, Lewis Seiler
Based on a World War II-era magazine article that originally ran in The New Yorker, this slapstick comedy stars Gary Cooper as first-time Navy commander Lt. John Harkness, a well-intentioned…
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The Racket (1951)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott …
Directed by: John Cromwell
Scheming to put a crooked district attorney on the bench, a big-time crime syndicate moves into town and installs resident underworld boss Nick Scanlon (Robert Ryan) as its front man -- but…
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Summer Stock (1950)
Cast: Ray Collins, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly …
Directed by: Charles Walters
Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) thinks she's doing her sister, Abigail (Gloria DeHaven), a favor by allowing her troupe of summer stock actors to use her barn as a theater. But when Jane…
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Francis the Talking Mule / Francis Goes to the Races (1950)
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Mickey Rooney, Chill Wills …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
In Francis the Talking Mule, the loquacious pack animal turns World War II Army grunt Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) into an unlikely -- and seemingly lunatic -- hero, while in Francis…
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The Heiress (1949)
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson …
Directed by: William Wyler
Dull and plain Catherine (Olivia de Havilland) lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper (Ralph Richardson), in 1840s New York. Her days are empty -- filled with little more than…
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The Man from Colorado (1949)
Cast: Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew …
Directed by: Henry Levin
Henry Levin's tale of a man on the brink stars Glenn Ford as Owen Devereaux, a former Civil War soldier forever scarred by his experiences on the battlefield. Unable to quiet his…
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The Fountainhead (1949)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: King Vidor
Gary Cooper stoically portrays uncompromising architect Howard Roark, a man obedient solely to his own individuality and unfettered expression, in this adaptation of Ayn Rand's…
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Hideout (1949)
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Ray Collins …
Directed by: Philip Ford
Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park --…
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A Double Life (1947)
Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien …
Directed by: George Cukor
Ronald Colman portrays a veteran stage actor who, while playing Othello, falls victim to the actor's malady of mixing roles with reality -- a dangerous affliction in this case, as he…
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Cast: Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: Irving Reis
In this screwball comedy, love-struck teenager Susan (Shirley Temple) sneaks into the apartment of playboy artist Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), where she's tracked down by her sister,…
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The Red Stallion (1947)
Cast: Robert Paige, Noreen Nash, Ted Donaldson …
Directed by: Lesley Selander
Young Joel Curtis (Ted Donaldson) raises orphaned foal Red under the loving eye of his Grandma Aggie (Jane Darwell). But when Aggie is forced to sell her ranch, Joel trains Red to become a…
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews …
Directed by: William Wyler
Winning seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), this classic drama follows three World War II veterans -- Homer (Harold Russell), Al (Fredric March) and Fred (Dana Andrews) -- as they…
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Badman's Territory (1946)
Cast: Randolph Scott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ann Richards …
Directed by: Tim Whelan
Law and order gives way to lawlessness in this 1940s Western that finds the Dalton Gang, the James Gang and other infamous ne'er-do-wells cavorting in a "no-man's land" territory…
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Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Cast: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish …
Directed by: John Farrow
Nominated for Best Score at the 1942 Academy Awards, this wartime film tells the story of an unassuming Norwegian fisherman, Erik Toresen (Paul Muni), who leads his neighbors in a rebellion…
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Orson Welles's adaptation of the Booth Tarkington novel follows two upper-class Indianapolis families -- one whose glory is in decline, and another whose prosperity is only beginning --…
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The Big Street (1942)
Cast: Lucille Ball, Ray Collins, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Irving Reis
Shy busboy "Little Pinks" (Henry Fonda) has a crush on haughty nightclub chanteuse Gloria (Lucille Ball), who doesn't even know he exists. When her jealous boyfriend (Barton MacLane)…
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Orson Welles reinvented movies at the age of 26 with this audacious biography of newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane, which, in essence, was a thinly veiled portrait of publishing magnate…