Movies starring Cornel Wilde

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

110 mins     Drama, Thriller      

In a way you could say that "Leave Her to Heaven" was the "Fatal Attraction" of it's day. It's focus is on a jealous woman who will stop at nothing to get her way, to remove any temptations and distractions from her husbands ...

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

86 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

Picture the scene, a studio boss has become aware that they have languishing in a warehouse an expensive castle set and demand that they come up with a movie to utilize them. With Errol Flynn's excellent "The Adventures of Ro...

Shockproof (1949)

79 mins     Crime, Drama      

I've mentioned before that I don't go wild for film-noir especially as I feel the term has become too generic to become a catch all for all black & white crime dramas. But once in a while I come across one of these movies whi...

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

152 mins     Drama, Family, Romance      

Movie review "The Greatest Show on Earth" - Cecil B. DeMille's ode to the circus starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart....

Sons of the Musketeers (1952)

81 mins     Action , Adventure      

Watched as a worthy sequel to Dumas' Musketeer story "Sons of the Musketeers", or "At Sword's Point" as it is also known, is not that good, oh there is a fun storyline about the children of the Musketeers taking over as prote...

Star of India (1954)

92 mins     Adventure , Romance      

"Star of India" is a stereotypical 1950s swashbuckler with Cornel Wilde playing a sword wielding hero, Wilde's wife Jean Wallace stars alongside him, Herbert Lom plays yet another bad guy and of course there is sword action, ...

Edge of Eternity (1959)

80 mins     Crime, Drama      

There is a lot of beauty in "Edge of Eternity"; Victoria Shaw is gorgeous whilst the views of the Grand Canyon are both beautiful and breathe taking. But in truth get beyond the beauty and Don Siegel's crime story surrounding...

Beach Red (1967)

105 mins     Drama, War      

I am sure if I had been a twenty something at the end of the 60s "Beach Red" would have impressed with its drama of American Marines landing on a Japanese Island and advancing against attack. But I wasn't and having watched t...