Bitten with the bug, he made a 1943 film debut as a villain in Hoppy Serves a Writ, the first of 18 film roles that year. A natural for Westerns and war films, Mitchum earned raves and his first and only Oscar nomination for The Story of G.I. Joe (1945).
He played a career-defining, film noir antihero in Out of the Past (1947), and despite a notorious 1948 jail stint for marijuana possession, his star continued to rise with films such as Night of the Hunter, Thunder Road, The Sundowners (1960), Cape Fear, Ryan's Daughter, Farewell, My Lovely and TV's The Winds of War miniseries. He died July 1, 1997.
AddThe Night of the HunterBogus "preacher" Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) learns that cellmate Ben Harper (Peter Graves) has stashed a passel of stolen loot on his property. After the demented Powell is released, he charms Ben's widow (Shelley Winters) into getting hitched, and in time, only Ben's kids stand between Powell... Read More
AddOut of the PastJacques Tourneur directs this definitive noir classic (remade in 1984 as Against All Odds with Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward) about a trio to reckon with -- troubled private investigator Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum), drop-dead beauty Kathie (Jane Greer) and moneyed mobster Whit Sterling (Kirk... Read More
AddThe Friends of Eddie CoyleCrime may pay, but it doesn't necessarily pay well -- at least not for small-time hood Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum), who's about to be hauled off to jail for gunrunning, leaving behind a wife and kids but not a penny to his name. Desperate to salvage his freedom, Coyle begins serving two... Read More
Add AllThe Winds of WarRobert Mitchum stars as naval commander Victor Henry in this epic series (based on Herman Wouk's book) set during World War II. It's the late 1930s, and the seeds of war are being sown: Hitler leads Germany's expansion in Europe, Mussolini fights to establish fascism in Italy, and the Japanese exert... Read More
Add AllWar and Remembrance: Vol. 1Author Herman Wouk's sprawling World War II opus became a landmark television series starring Robert Mitchum as Captain "Pug" Henry, head of an illustrious American naval family. Co-starring Polly Bergen (as "Pug's" wife), Hart Bochner and Jane Seymour as Natalie Jastrow, the film encompasses... Read More
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