Cinema - The ultimate Richard Widmark
(1914-2008)
When the Legends Die
The Street with no Name
Night and The City
Cheyenne Autumn
Backlash Coma
The Bedford incident
Yellow Sky
Time Limit
Alvarez Kelly Cold Sassy Tree
Pickup on South Street
Two Rode Together
No Way Out
Panic in the Street Hell and High Water Madigan
Who dares Wins
Halls of Montezuma
Saint Joan
Down to the Sea in Ships Garden of Evil
Broken Lance
Against All Odds
Warlock TheLaw and Jake Wade
Kiss of Death
Take the High Ground
Alamo True Colours
Judgment in Nuremberg
Don’t Bother to Knock
Road House
A Gathering of Old Men
Murder on the Orient Express The Long Ships
Death of a Gunfighter
The Way West
How The West was Won
The Trap
The Cobweb
Twilight’s Last Gleaming Nuclear Countdown
The Tunnel of Love The Secret Ways
Hanky Panky My Pal Gus Rollercoaster
« He remains one of the favorite actors of the movie buff, as much for his uncommon and paradoxical charm as for his electrifying personality. Moreover, Widmark has many times crossed the path of great moviemakers and he even managed to insufflate some vigour to mediocre directors. He is the perfect embodiment of America torn apart by McCarthyism and the Cold War, tottering between brutal primitivism (No Way Out) and humanism (The Cobweb), between anti-communism (primary in Pickup on South Street or more ambiguous in The Bedford Incident) and a generous Democracy (Twilight Last Gleaming Nuclear Countdown) . He will forever embody the face of a schizophrenic America."
This comment, made by Christian Viviani about the actor Richard Widmark in the excellent article (« Richard Widmark – Udo and his shadow ») he wrote in the movie magazine POSITIF (july-august 1995) perfectly summarizes Widmark’s immense contribution not only to the american cinema, but to cinema in general.
