The Black Rose (1950)
Adventure | History | Romance | War
A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cécile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cyborg 2087 / Man from Tomorrow (1966)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Earth's civilization of the future sends a cyborg back to the 1960s to change the future.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Wendell Corey, Warren Stevens, Eduard Franz, Harry Carey Jr.
Director: Franklin Adreon
Third Man on the Mountain / Banner in the Sky (1959)
Adventure | Drama | Family
Based on a true story, here is the thrilling, critically acclaimed account of Rudi Matt, a young kitchen worker who is determined to conquer the Citadel — the jagged, snow-capped peak that claimed his father's life. Encouraged by both a famed English climber and the youth's devoted girlfriend, Rudi goes through a grueling training period before he is ready to face the incredible dangers of the killer mountain.
Starring: Michael Rennie, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, James Donald, Herbert Lom, Laurence Naismith
Director: Ken Annakin
Les Miserables (1952)
Drama | History | Romance
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney
Director: Lewis Milestone
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.
Starring: Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Michael Rennie, Joan Caulfield
Director: Jean Negulesco
Désirée (1954)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte as seen through the eyes of a woman who spurned him when he was impoverished and then fell in love with him as he rose to power but was unrequited in her passion as he married Josephine.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Cameron Mitchell, Michael Rennie
Director: Henry Koster
The Robe (1953)
Drama | History
One of the best Biblical epics of all time, based on a best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. It tells the story of a Roman, played by Burton, who was in charge of the Crucifixion of Christ and who later is converted to Christianity. The first movie to be filmed in CinemaScope.
Four Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor–Richard Burton. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Costume Design, Best (Color) Art Direction-Set Decoration.
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger
Director: Henry Koster
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The Day The Earth Stood Still depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves–or else. After being shot at by military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C. hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world's leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he has come to warn them about. Losing patience, Klaatu slips into the human world, adapting a false identity and living at a boarding house where he meets a smart woman with a conscience and her inquisitive son. Both mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message and the government's witch hunt for the alien.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Nea, Hugh Marlowe
Director: Robert Wise
