shainablue1 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hey since it is his week, anyone want to post your favorite Robert Mitchum film and why? Any ones you have just discovered or look forward to this week? Must sees? My favorite is Cape Fear, very dark and very sexy if you ask me. I know people have a lot to say about Mitchums' shape and drinking but I still thought he was very attractive in this film.So, which of his films are your favorite? Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Out of the past (great noir) & Night of the hunter (it's a shame Charles Laughton never directed another movie) vallo Link to post Share on other sites
alonelychord Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I'm with you vallo...Out of the Past is an awesome film and so it The Night of the Hunter. I also really like The Big Steal and Rachel and the Stranger. Does anyone know why they're showing all the Mitchum movies in a single week instead of spread across the entire month like usual? Is it because of Halloween or something? Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 alonelychord, They squeezed Mitchum into one week to make way for Alfred Hitchcock ,some Val Lewton flims and Sidney Pollack as quest host.and Abbott &Costello and yes Halloween all day on the 31st. vallo Link to post Share on other sites
gregpeckfan1 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 1. Night of the Hunter 2. Cape Fear 3. Holiday Affair Do any of you think it is creepy in Night of the Hunter, how he says "Chillllllllllldren". Very creepy. I did not find the movie that scary, but how he just says that, sends chills up my spine. It is such a brilliant movie! Link to post Share on other sites
vallo13 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Sorry, it's Sidney Lumet not Pollack vallo Link to post Share on other sites
harlow1085 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 shainabluegirl, I thought I was the only one who thought Robert Mitchum was sexy in "Cape Fear!" That was the first film of his I ever saw, and after seeing "Out of the Past," "Rachel and the Stranger," "Angel Face," etc., it is still my favorite. Carrie, aka harlow1085 Link to post Share on other sites
anfo Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I thank TCM for the week of Mitchum. I was in love with him as a child in the 50's and I guess I still am. What a wonderful trip down memory lane. One movie of his that does not appear is Not AS A Stranger with Olivia DeHavilland and Frank Sinatra. It has been a favorite for years. I have about decided it was destroyed or there are "Rights" issues. Thanks again. TCM, it was a great week. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Two of my very favorite Robert Mitchum performances are in "Home from the Hill" and "The Sundowners". By the way anfo, the movie "Not as a Stranger" is available on VHS at amazom.com Link to post Share on other sites
kenwal34 Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 HEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISON and CAPE FEAR. Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyweekes70 Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Today, it would be The Enemy Below and Crossfire. Tomorrow, who knows? Link to post Share on other sites
accomp88 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Rachel and the Stranger Link to post Share on other sites
shainablue1 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Gosh all these movies are awesome- Rachel and the Stranger, is it me or does he usually play dark brooding bad boy characters? Always a bit lovabIe though. I love it! I know someone said that they were surprised someone else thought he was sexy in Cape Fear- I know he is the villian, but just like "Dracula" the villian sometimes IS handsome and sexy. Makes you feel a little guilty for liking him!! Haha. Great movies, all of them- he certainly deserved his week!! Link to post Share on other sites
Erin1010 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I totally agree with you guys who mentioned his sex appeal in Cape Fear. For those of us married to a "good" guy, drooling over a "bad" boy once in a while is a great escape! Link to post Share on other sites
Twyla Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Funny how no one has yet mentioned either of my two favorite Mitchum flicks: El Dorado (1966) w/John Wayne and Five-Card Stud (1968) w/Dean Martin Link to post Share on other sites
classicsfan1119 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Robert Mitchum's body of work is so extensive that it's impossible to come up with just one of his films to call my "favorite". I agree with many already posted in this thread, and a few more also come to mind. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Cape Fear Rachel & the Stranger The Enemy Below Home From the Hill The Sundowner's Night of the Hunter The Lusty Men The Grass is Greener Ryan's Daughter The Story of G.I. Joe ....are all favorites of mine. He was also excellent in two TV series: The Winds of War, and War & Remembrance. Link to post Share on other sites
deeanddaisy666 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 He was also good in the made-for-television version of The Big Sleep. Link to post Share on other sites
feaito Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Loved "Out of the Past", "Rachel and the Stranger" and "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison". Link to post Share on other sites
Melly Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 El Dorado with John Wayne, basically a remake of Rio Bravo, but I like this version better and it is simply because of Robert Mitchum. The Night of the Hunter, makes me shiver every time I even think about that movie... **shivers** Link to post Share on other sites
classicsfan1119 Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 For Robert Mitchum's fans, I'd like to recommend a movie...which will be on TCM on Saturday November 5 at 6:15 PM, Eastern. It's "Thunder Road"...and not one of Mitchum's best movies, but not his worst, either....and certainly worth watching just to see Robert's son, James, who is cast as his younger brother in this film. James really is the "spittin' image" of his dad. Robert also sang the Title Song for this movie...another good example of his fine singing voice. ML Link to post Share on other sites
bggalaxy Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Mine, which most probably never watch is, She Couldn't Say No Link to post Share on other sites
jackie Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I haven't seen nearly enough Mitchum films but so far Out of the Past. He's incredible in that. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave02720 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 "Thunder Road" is great, but I'd have to say "Night of the Hunter" ... Link to post Share on other sites
neilelmhr Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I was disappointed they didn't include NOT AS A STRANGER ('55) among the Mitchum films with that wonderful all-star cast and Bob Mitchum as the dedicated doctor who doesn't become a human being until he makes a fatal error. Nobody seems much aware of NOT AS A STRANGER. Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Charles Bickford, Lon Chaney, Jr., Harry Morgan, Lee Marvin and a slew of well-known character actors/actresses. Mitchum and de Havilland had some wonderful scenes together during some heated arguments. It was Stanley Kramer's first directorial job and a big box-office success. Neil Link to post Share on other sites
helenwheels Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 He was a sexy, sexy man, but I prefer my Mitchum as a decent person--not in those scary Night of the Hunter/Cape Fear roles. Even when he's kind of on the wrong side of the law as long as he's not evil, I can take it. He's just so frightening as a pure villian. Like that little blurb that Polly Bergen does when she talks about the slapping scene in Cape Fear. It truly sounds brutal. There's just some people I prefer to see as villians but not Mitch. That said, I like Thunder Road, Rachel & the Stranger, She Couldn't Say No (in which he had great chemistry with Jean Simmons), The Sundowners, Out of the Past---there's just so many I can't think of them all. Link to post Share on other sites
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