List of the best Richard Basehart movies: Decision Before Dawn(1951), He Walked by Night(1948), The Extra Day(1956), Passport to China(1961), Time Limit(1957), Fourteen Hours(1951), The Great Bank Hoax(1977), The Bounty Man(1972), Il bidone(1955), The Black Book(1949), Repeat Performance(1947), The Good Die Young(1954) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War
USA|West Germany
1951
119 Minutes
Lt. Dick Rennick
Richard Basehart Gary Merrill Oskar Werner Hildegarde Neff Dominique Blanchar O.E. Hasse Hans Christian Blech Helene Thimig Robert Freitag George Tyne
lieutenant colonel prisoner of war spy soldier brash thrilling tense germany prison camp bavaria espionage gestapo world war ii military intelligence cooperation betrayal sacrifice adventure rise
As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners to spy behind German lines.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Roy Martin, Roy Morgan
Richard Basehart Scott Brady Roy Roberts Whit Bissell Jack Webb James Cardwell Robert Bice Reed Hadley John McGuire Lyle Latell
thief sergeant police chief forensic expert informant gripping suspenseful dark los angeles street police station sewer crime justice violence pursuit escape rivalry 1940s
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Drama
UK
1956
83 Minutes
Joe Blake
Richard Basehart Simone Simon George Baker Josephine Griffin Colin Gordon Laurence Naismith Charles Victor Sidney James Joan Hickson David Hannaford Olga Lindo
assistant director extra artist movie star socialite playful crafty amusing london movie set dressing room film industry filmmaking work love interest rise to stardom private life underdog quest
The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot.
Adventure
UK
1961
75 Minutes
Don Benton
combat pilot travel agent old woman gripping gutsy china missing persons flying quest discovery 1950s
A pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there, but when he lands he discovers that the girl has a surprise for him--she wants him to fill his plane with ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Richard Widmark Richard Basehart Dolores Michaels June Lockhart Carl Benton Reid Martin Balsam Rip Torn Alan Dexter Yale Wexler Joe Di Reda
colonel major soldier prisoner of war lieutenant captain suspenseful tense gripping court north korea new york city treason court-martial korean war cover-up justice mystery sacrifice discovery
During the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Paul Douglas Richard Basehart Barbara Bel Geddes Debra Paget Agnes Moorehead Robert Keith Howard da Silva Jeffrey Hunter Martin Gabel Grace Kelly Frank Faylen
young man cop psychiatrist girlfriend mother father gritty tense new york city skyscraper hotel office suicide dysfunction depression divorce family rescue fall 1950s
An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours.
Comedy
UK
1977
89 Minutes
Burgess Meredith Richard Basehart Ned Beatty Charlene Dallas Paul Sand Michael Murphy Constance Forslund Arthur Godfrey
bank employee boss neighbor reverend sheriff amusing playful bank small town embezzlement small-town life money greed deception wretched excess temptation 1970s
William Topaz McGonagall, the world's greateset poet. Unfortunately the whole of the rest of the world disagreed. His talent made him a sort of Victorian Chris Evans but without the cash.
Western
USA
1972
73 Minutes
Angus Keough
A serial killer murders a businessman's wife, then blackmails the man into procuring young girls for him to murder. The businessman hires a gang of renegade motor-cyclists to kidnap girls for him.
Drama
1955
100 Minutes
Broderick Crawford Richard Basehart Franco Fabrizi Giulietta Masina Sue Ellen Blake Irene Cefaro Alberto De Amicis Lorella De Luca
victim daughter con man emotional nightclub men money aging pursuit
Tired of impersonating priests, three small-time swindlers (Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi) go their separate ways.
Adventure
1949
89 Minutes
Bob Cummings Richard Basehart Arlene Dahl Richard Hart Arnold Moss Jess Barker Norman Lloyd Wade Crosby William Challee Georgette Windsor Charles McGraw
marquis de lafayette robespierre secret agent political dissidents ex-lover villager thrilling fascinating paris countryside palace hideout france french revolution political intrigue rebellion historical events search assumed identity adventure
An enemy (Robert Cummings) of Robespierre (Richard Basehart) steals the secret book listing his candidates for the guillotine.
Drama
USA
1947
91 Minutes
William Williams
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Crime, Drama
UK
1954
100 Minutes
Joe Halsey
Laurence Harvey Gloria Grahame Richard Basehart Joan Collins Stanley Baker Margaret Leighton
boxer veteran sergeant playboy gentleman tense spirited rousing gripping london crime robbery deception adventure pursuit fall 1950s
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Action
1971
78 Minutes
Schiller
Doug McClure Chuck Connors Richard Basehart Rene Auberjonois Max Baer Don Knight Tom Skerritt Greg Mullavey Barry Brown Paul Koslo Karl Swenson
A U.S. major (Doug McClure) and his Allied buddies build a glider to escape from a Nazi's (Richard Basehart) castle prison.
Adventure
USA
1963
108 Minutes
Ah Min
Yul Brynner George Chakiris Shirley Anne Field Richard Basehart Brad Dexter Barry Morse Armando Silvestre Leo Gordon Angela Dorian Rudy Solari Ford Rainey
mayan king son warlord indian chief fiancée brutal wild gripping mexico american south forest village native americans war love triangle exploration mayan culture escape rivalry revenge
On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam.
Drama
USA
1958
146 Minutes
Ivan Karamazov
Yul Brynner Maria Schell Lee J. Cobb Claire Bloom Richard Basehart Albert Salmi William Shatner Judith Evelyn Edgar Stehli Harry Townes Miko Oscard
father son mistress fiancée brother half brother tense fiery brooding profound russia family home family feud inheritance adultery murder competition rivalry quest 1870s
Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.
Horror
USA
1977
98 Minutes
Sayer of the Law
Burt Lancaster Michael York Barbara Carrera Nigel Davenport Richard Basehart Nick Cravat Fumio Demura Bob Ozman Gary Baxley John Gillespie David S. Cass Sr.
english gentleman doctor manservant creature assistant creepy tense outlandish island laboratory compound beach medical experiments romance shipwreck fear mutation investigation escape metamorphosis
A shipwrecked survivor discovers a remote island owned by a crazed scientist who is carrying out sinister experiments on the island's inhabitants.
Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Mounts Hatfield
Farley Granger Joan Evans Charles Bickford Raymond Massey Richard Basehart Gigi Perreau Aline MacMahon Marshall Thompson
young man young girl father rival brother love interest dark gripping tense kentucky west virginia woods house church feud family hostages romance murder hatfields vs. mccoys
The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »
Comedy
West Germany|USA
1979
130 Minutes
Vladimir Skrapinov
Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Jack Warden Melvyn Douglas Richard Dysart Richard Basehart James Noble David Clennon
gardener wealthy man socialite wife president witty endearing offbeat washington, d.c. household garden estate politics high society wealth mistaken identity television discovery 1970s
A simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.
Drama
USA
1953
97 Minutes
George Healey
Clifton Webb Barbara Stanwyck Robert Wagner Audrey Dalton Thelma Ritter Brian Aherne Richard Basehart Allyn Joslyn James Todd William Johnstone Charles B. Fitzsimons
husband wife captain son daughter socialite melodramatic moving sad cruise ship shipwreck failed romance divorce family dysfunction illegitimate child hms titanic escape love 1910s
An unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the ill-fated ship.
Sci-Fi
1971
100 Minutes
The President
Stuart Whitman Robert Wagner Rosemary Forsyth Robert Colbert Susana Miranda Burr DeBenning Richard Basehart Joseph Cotten James Darren Paul Stewart
A 21st-century admiral (Stuart Whitman) helms the colony of Pacifica, the first underwater city on Earth.