Paul Newman

Cars 3 (2017)

As: Doc Hudson (voice)

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on ...

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Brian Fee

Stars: Owen Wilson | Chris Cooper | Armie Hammer | Bonnie Hunt | Cristela Alonzo

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)

As: Himself

The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman's Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man's ...

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: Nate Adams | Adam Carolla

Stars: Robert Redford | Tom Cruise | Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Mario Andretti

The Meerkats (2008)

As: Himself (Narrator)

A coming of age story following a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert; and an inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. Shot using ground-breaking techniques, this dramatised documentary is a one-of-a-kind presentation from The Weinstein Company and the BBC, featuring narration by Paul Newman.

Runtime: 83 min.

Directed by: James Honeyborne

Stars: Paul Newman | Guillaume Canet

Dale (2007)

As: Narrator

Archival race footage, outtakes, home videos and interviews Dale Earnhardt's friends, family, and competitors are used in this documentary on the racing legend who won seven NASCAR championships before his death in 2001 at the Daytona 500.

Runtime: 1 min.

Stars: Paul Newman | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt

Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)

As: Doc Hudson (voice)

Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight, and as everyone races home Mater is left alone primed for a good old-fashioned scare.

Runtime: 7 min.

Directed by: Dan Scanlon | John Lasseter

Stars: Cheech Marin | Owen Wilson | Bonnie Hunt | Paul Newman | Larry the Cable Guy

Cars (2006)

As: Doc Hudson (voice)

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: John Lasseter

Stars: Owen Wilson | Bonnie Hunt | Tony Shalhoub | Paul Newman | Larry the Cable Guy

IMAX - Roving Mars (2006)

As: Himself (Introduction)

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.

Runtime: 40 min.

Directed by: George Butler

Stars: Paul Newman | Steve Squyres | Rob Manning | Charles Elachi | Wayne Lee

All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006)

As: Himself

A retrospective on the 1969 classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," its impact on the careers of the filmmakers and cast, and how the film made a distinct impact on the Western genre.

Runtime: 36 min.

Directed by: Constantine Nasr

Stars: Robert Redford | Paul Newman | Katharine Ross | William Goldman | Burt Bacharach

James Dean: Forever Young (2005)

As: Himself (archive footage)

Documentary of the brief but memorable career of the now iconic James Dean. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film focuses much attention on his early work for television, and utilizes a variety of archival footage in order to tell the story of the young man who gained immortality with only three feature films to his credit.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Michael J. Sheridan

Stars: Martin Sheen | Elizabeth Taylor | Marilyn Monroe | Corey Allen | James Dean

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)

As: Dave Scott

Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this documentary. Using newsreel footage, rare NASA photographs, and digitally animated re-creations, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon examines the Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 which put astronauts on the moon.

Runtime: 40 min.

Directed by: Mark Cowen

Stars: Morgan Freeman | Tom Hanks | Scott Glenn | Bill Paxton | Paul Newman

Our Town (2003)

As: Stage Manager

Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years ...

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: James Naughton

Stars: Jayne Atkinson | Paul Newman | Reathel Bean | Wendy Barrie-Wilson | John Braden

Road to Perdition (2002)

As: John Rooney

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Sam Mendes

Stars: Tom Hanks | Liam Aiken | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Paul Newman | Tyler Hoechlin

Where the Money is (2000)

As: Henry

Henry Manning (Paul Newman) has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), has a plan of her own.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Marek Kanievska

Stars: Dermot Mulroney | Paul Newman | Susan Barnes | Linda Fiorentino | Anne Pitoniak

Message in a Bottle (1999)

As: Dodge Blake

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: Luis Mandoki

Stars: Robin Wright | Kevin Costner | John Savage | Illeana Douglas | Paul Newman

Twilight (1998)

As: Harry Ross

A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Robert Benton

Stars: Stockard Channing | Susan Sarandon | Paul Newman | Reese Witherspoon | Gene Hackman

Super Speedway (1997)

As: Narrator (voice)

We follow the Newman-Haas (Andretti) racing team through the process of building, testing, and racing for a season. This includes extensive race speed on-track footage, including some pre-race footage with a full squad of cars. From time to time, we check in with a small shop building/restoring one of the first roadsters Mario Andretti raced; the finale includes him taking it for a spin.

Runtime: 50 min.

Directed by: Stephen Low

Stars: Paul Newman | Mario Andretti | Michael Andretti | Jeff Andretti | Christian Fittipaldi

Nobody's Fool (1994)

As: Sully Sullivan

Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Robert Benton

Stars: Bruce Willis | Dylan Walsh | Jessica Tandy | Melanie Griffith | Paul Newman

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

As: Sidney J. Mussburger

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Joel Coen

Stars: Tim Robbins | Charles Durning | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Paul Newman | John Mahoney

La Classe Américaine (1993)

As: Dave (Archive Footage)

George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "Crappy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the narration of what is arguably the greatest story ever told.

Runtime: 70 min.

Directed by: Dominique Mezerette | Michel Hazanavicius

Stars: Elvis Presley | Robert Redford | Paul Newman | John Wayne | Dustin Hoffman

Mr & Mrs Bridge (1990)

As: Walter Bridge

It's about a five member family. The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family. The mother is at home, she tries to hold together the family, while Mr. Bridge works as a lawyer. The children have just grown up, and the complications are derived from that they have a more modern view of life.

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: James Ivory

Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Margaret Welsh | Saundra McClain | John Bell

Blaze (1989)

As: Gov. Earl K. Long

This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this to attack his controversial political program, which included civil rights for blacks in the 1950's.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Ron Shelton

Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn | Gailard Sartain | Lolita Davidovich | Paul Newman | Jerry Hardin

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

As: Gen. Leslie R. Groves

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Roland Joffé

Stars: John Cusack | Dwight Schultz | Bonnie Bedelia | Paul Newman | Laura Dern

The Color of Money (1986)

As: Fast Eddie Felson

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with ...

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Stars: John Turturro | Tom Cruise | Paul Newman | Helen Shaver | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Harry & Son (1984)

As: Harry Keach

Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Paul Newman

Stars: Morgan Freeman | Ellen Barkin | Paul Newman | Ossie Davis | Robby Benson

The Verdict (1982)

As: Frank Galvin

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, he suddenly realizes that perhaps after all the case should go to court; to punish ...

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Charlotte Rampling | Jack Warden | Paul Newman | James Mason | Milo O'Shea

Absence of Malice (1981)

As: Michael Colin Gallagher

A prosecutor leaks a false story that liquor warehouse owner Michael Gallagher is involved in the murder of a union head, and as newspaper reporter Megan Carter picks up the story and attempts to find the real truth, Gallagher's life begins to unravel.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Sydney Pollack

Stars: Sally Field | Bob Balaban | Paul Newman | Luther Adler | Melinda Dillon

Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)

As: Murphy

From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Daniel Petrie

Stars: Danny Aiello | Rachel Ticotin | Paul Newman | Ken Wahl | Ed Asner

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

As: Hank Anderson

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: James Goldstone

Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Paul Newman | Jacqueline Bisset | William Holden | James Franciscus

Quintet (1979)

As: Essex

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Fernando Rey | Paul Newman | Bibi Andersson | Vittorio Gassman | Brigitte Fossey

Slap Shot (1977)

As: Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Stars: Lindsay Crouse | Paul Newman | Jennifer Warren | Strother Martin | Michael Ontkean

Silent Movie (1976)

As: Himself

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them. The film contains only one word of dialogue, spoken by an unlikely source.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Mel Brooks

Stars: Dom DeLuise | Mel Brooks | Marty Feldman | Harold Gould | Sid Caesar

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

As: The Star (William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody)

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Robert Altman

Stars: Harvey Keitel | Kevin McCarthy | Paul Newman | Joel Grey | Allan F. Nicholls

The Drowning Pool (1975)

As: Harper

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Stars: Paul Newman | Gail Strickland | Joanne Woodward | Anthony Franciosa | Murray Hamilton

The Towering Inferno (1974)

As: Doug Roberts

At the opening party of a colossal - but poorly constructed - office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Runtime: 165 min.

Directed by: John Guillermin

Stars: Faye Dunaway | Paul Newman | William Holden | Steve McQueen | Fred Astaire

The Sting (1973)

As: Henry Gondorff

Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Stars: Robert Redford | Charles Durning | Paul Newman | Robert Shaw | Ray Walston

The MacKintosh Man (1973)

As: Rearden

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: John Huston

Stars: Ian Bannen | Paul Newman | Dominique Sanda | James Mason | Harry Andrews

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

As: Judge Roy Bean

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: John Huston

Stars: Ned Beatty | Matt Clark | Paul Newman | Jacqueline Bisset | Anthony Perkins

Pocket Money (1972)

As: Jim Kane

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Stars: Paul Newman | Strother Martin | Lee Marvin | Wayne Rogers | Héctor Elizondo

The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972)

As: Narrator

The life of man is poor and nasty. A few plants give temporary relief: marijuana, alcohol, and opium. After a history of opium, including the 19th-century Opium Wars, we learn of the discovery of heroin; the rest of the film examines heroin trade and addiction in the U.S. Two tons a year enter the U.S., with only 100 pounds interdicted. Most is used in New York City. Interviews with customs ...

Runtime: 22 min.

Directed by: William Templeton

Stars: Paul Newman

WUSA (1971)

As: Rheinhardt

Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady friend, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbour and troubled idealist who becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden ...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Anthony Perkins | Laurence Harvey | Bruce Cabot

Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)

As: Hank Stamper

Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. ...

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Paul Newman

Stars: Paul Newman | Michael Sarrazin | Richard Jaeckel | Henry Fonda | Lee Remick

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

As: Butch Cassidy

In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Stars: Robert Redford | Paul Newman | Strother Martin | Katharine Ross | Henry Jones

Winning (1969)

As: Frank Capua

Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: James Goldstone

Stars: Paul Newman | Robert Wagner | Joanne Woodward | Richard Thomas | David Sheiner

The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)

As: Pvt. Harry Frigg

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Jack Smight

Stars: Tom Bosley | Paul Newman | Sylva Koscina | Andrew Duggan | John Williams

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

As: Luke Jackson

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn ...

Runtime: 126 min.

Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg

Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | George Kennedy | Paul Newman | Luke Askew | Morgan Woodward

Hombre (1967)

As: John Russell

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Stars: Paul Newman | Cameron Mitchell | Diane Cilento | Fredric March | Richard Boone

Torn Curtain (1966)

As: Michael Armstrong

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

Runtime: 128 min.

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Stars: Julie Andrews | Paul Newman | Günter Strack | Ludwig Donath | Hansjörg Felmy

Harper (1966)

As: Lew Harper

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Jack Smight

Stars: Janet Leigh | Paul Newman | Lauren Bacall | Julie Harris | Arthur Hill

A Year Towards Tomorrow (1966)

As: Narrator

Documentary about the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program.

Runtime: 25 min.

Directed by: Edmond Levy

Stars: Paul Newman

Lady L (1965)

As: Armand Denis

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Peter Ustinov

Stars: Paul Newman | Sophia Loren | David Niven | Peter Ustinov | Romain Gary

The Outrage (1964)

As: Juan Carrasco

Transposing Akira Kurosawa's classic "Rashomon" to the American Southwest in the 1870s, this remake begins as three travelers at a dilapidated railroad station discuss the recent trial of the notorious Mexican outlaw Carasco. We go on to see four different versions of how the bandit came to murder a wealthy Southerner and rape his wife, each allocating guilt and innocence differently.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Stars: William Shatner | Claire Bloom | Paul Newman | Laurence Harvey | Edward G. Robinson

What a Way to Go! (1964)

As: Larry Flint

This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she's crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: J. Lee Thompson

Stars: Shirley MacLaine | Paul Newman | Robert Mitchum | Gene Kelly | Dean Martin

The Prize (1963)

As: Andrew Craig

For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American physicist who comes to Stockholm with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also gives him an assistant during his stay, Miss Andersson. Craig ...

Runtime: 134 min.

Directed by: Mark Robson

Stars: Micheline Presle | Diane Baker | Paul Newman | Elke Sommer | Edward G. Robinson

A New Kind of Love (1963)

As: Steve Sherman

The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Samantha Blake (Joanne Woodward) is a high-priced call girl, who is to be interviewed by Steve Sherman (Paul Newman), a journalist looking for insights on the profession.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Melville Shavelson

Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Thelma Ritter | George Tobias | Eva Gabor

Hud (1963)

As: Hud Bannon

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to ...

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Stars: Paul Newman | Whit Bissell | Patricia Neal | Melvyn Douglas | Brandon De Wilde

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

As: Chance Wayne

Gigolo and drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town as the accompaniment of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom 'Boss' Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Richard Brooks

Stars: Rip Torn | Shirley Knight | Paul Newman | Geraldine Page | Ed Begley

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)

As: The Battler

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the ...

Runtime: 145 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Stars: Diane Baker | Richard Beymer | Fred Clark | Dan Dailey | Corinne Calvet

Paris Blues (1961)

As: Ram Bowen

Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, who are vacationing in France, Ram and Eddie must decide whether they should move back to America with them, or stay in Paris for the freedom it allows them. ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Sidney Poitier | Diahann Carroll | Louis Armstrong

The Hustler (1961)

As: Eddie Felson

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

Runtime: 134 min.

Directed by: Robert Rossen

Stars: Paul Newman | George C. Scott | Piper Laurie | Jackie Gleason | Myron McCormick

From the Terrace (1960)

As: David Alfred Eaton

Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.

Runtime: 149 min.

Directed by: Mark Robson

Stars: Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward | Ted de Corsia | Ina Balin | Elizabeth Allen

Exodus (1960)

As: Ari Ben Canaan

The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part deals with declaring independence and the resulting warring.

Runtime: 208 min.

Directed by: Otto Preminger

Stars: Paul Newman | Ralph Richardson | Peter Lawford | Lee J. Cobb | Eva Marie Saint

The Young Philadelphians (1959)

As: Anthony Judson Lawrence

Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Vincent Sherman

Stars: Paul Newman | Brian Keith | Alexis Smith | Barbara Rush | Diane Brewster

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)

As: Harry Bannerman

Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite who becomes involved in various shenanigans with his wife Grace Oglethorpe, leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Leo McCarey

Stars: Paul Newman | Joan Collins | Joanne Woodward | Jack Carson | Dwayne Hickman

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

As: Brick

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Richard Brooks

Stars: Paul Newman | Elizabeth Taylor | Burl Ives | Judith Anderson | Jack Carson

The Left Handed Gun (1958)

As: Billy The Kid

When a crooked sheriff murder his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Arthur Penn

Stars: Paul Newman | James Congdon | John Dehner | Hurd Hatfield | Lita Milan

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

As: Ben Quick

Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs of him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, ...

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Martin Ritt

Stars: Paul Newman | Richard Anderson | Joanne Woodward | Orson Welles | Lee Remick

Until They Sail (1957)

As: Capt. Jack Harding

Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Robert Wise

Stars: Paul Newman | Piper Laurie | Joan Fontaine | Jean Simmons | Sandra Dee

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

As: Larry Maddux

The 1920's and 30's career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival, through her speak-easy and chorus-girl days, to her stardom on Broadway in Ziegfeld's "Show Boat". Her involvement with Larry Maddux, a gin-runner and con-man, and Russell Wade, a prominent, married New York lawyer, and her decline thanks to these failed romances and alcohol are punctuated by ...

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Stars: Paul Newman | Gene Evans | Richard Carlson | Ann Blyth | Alan King

The Rack (1956)

As: Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

Captain Edward Hall returns to the USA after two years in a prison camp in the korean war. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Arnold Laven

Stars: Paul Newman | Walter Pidgeon | Edmond O'Brien | Wendell Corey | Anne Francis

Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)

As: Henry "Author" Wiggen

A pitcher on a major-league baseball team finds out that his catcher is desperately trying to hide something, he is dying of a terminal disease and he doesn't want the owner to find out and fire him.

Runtime: 57 min.

Directed by: Daniel Petrie

Stars: Paul Newman | Georgann Johnson | George Peppard | Rudy Bond | Albert Salmi

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

As: Rocky

Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into trouble. When he gets out after many years he has decided to start a new life. However, he is immediately drafted to the army, but even they can't keep him in line and he goes AWOL. Rocky discovers boxing as a way of earning quick money, and is discovered as a new talent.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Robert Wise

Stars: Paul Newman | Eileen Heckart | Everett Sloane | Sal Mineo | Pier Angeli

The Silver Chalice (1954)

As: Basil

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.

Runtime: 142 min.

Directed by: Victor Saville

Stars: Jack Palance | Paul Newman | Virginia Mayo | Walter Hampden | Pier Angeli