List of the best Tony Curtis movies: Some Like It Hot(1959), The Defiant Ones(1958), The Great Impostor(1960), The Boston Strangler(1968), Mister Cory(1957), Houdini(1953), Six Bridges to Cross(1955), The Rat Race(1960), Sex and the Single Girl(1964), The Square Jungle(1955), 40 Pounds of Trouble(1963), No Room for the Groom(1952) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1959
120 Minutes
Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon Marilyn Monroe George Raft Pat O'Brien Joe E. Brown Nehemiah Persoff Joan Shawlee Billy Gray George E. Stone Dave Barry
musician friend sexy woman millionaire mobster playful hilarious wild chicago train florida beach hotel nightclub deception sex friendship wealth escape love
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
Drama
USA
1958
97 Minutes
John "Joker" Jackson
Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Theodore Bikel Charles McGraw Cara Williams Lon Chaney King Donovan Claude Akins Larry Dobkin Whit Bissell Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
criminal prisoner sheriff captain landowner brash endearing spirited deep south household friendship racism chain gangs outlaws escape discovery sacrifice 1950s
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr.
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
116 Minutes
Tony Curtis Henry Fonda George Kennedy Mike Kellin Hurd Hatfield Murray Hamilton Jeff Corey Sally Kellerman William Marshall George Voskovec Leora Dana
murderer rapist police detective victim wife survivor brutal dark tense raw boston police station crime scene serial murders police work interrogation capture forced confession pursuit fall
A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.
Drama
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Cory
Tony Curtis Martha Hyer Charles Bickford Kathryn Grant William Reynolds Russ Morgan Henry Daniell Willis Bouchey Joan Banks Louise Lorimer Harry Landers
A street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.
Biography, Drama
USA
1953
106 Minutes
Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Torin Thatcher Ian Wolfe Sig Ruman Angela Clarke
magician wife assistant mother tender suspenseful thrilling stage coney island detroit love entertainment magic ambition occult harry houdini love rise 1920s
From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Jerry Florea
Tony Curtis Julie Adams George Nader Jay C. Flippen Kendall Clark Sal Mineo Jan Merlin Richard Castle Bill Murphy Kenny Roberts
delinquent police officer gang member wife girlfriend henchman gripping gutsy moving boston market courtroom police station jail warehouse father figure friendship crime trust investigation
The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Pete Hammond Jr.
Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Jack Oakie Kay Medford Don Rickles Joe Bushkin Sam Butera Gerry Mulligan Marjorie Bennett Hal K. Dawson Norman Fell
musician dancer thug endearing lighthearted new york city apartment bar poverty romance struggle music city life love pursuit sacrifice 1960s
An aspiring musician who arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Comedy
USA
1964
114 Minutes
Bob Weston
Tony Curtis Natalie Wood Henry Fonda Lauren Bacall Mel Ferrer Fran Jeffries Leslie Parrish Edward Everett Horton Larry Storch Stubby Kaye Otto Kruger
journalist psychologist neighbor wife womanizer lighthearted charming office apartment club car affair seduction psychology impersonation suicide sex love rise 1960s
A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
Drama
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Tony Curtis Pat Crowley Ernest Borgnine Paul Kelly Jim Backus Leigh Snowden John Day David Janssen John Marley Barney Phillips Joseph Vitale
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1963
106 Minutes
Steve McCluskey
Tony Curtis Suzanne Pleshette Claire Wilcox Phil Silvers
Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.
Comedy
USA
1952
82 Minutes
Alvah Morrell
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Spring Byington Don DeFore Jack Kelly Lillian Bronson Paul McVey Stephen Chase Lee Acker Frank Sully James Parnell
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1964
117 Minutes
George Wellington Tracy
Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Pat Boone Joanna Barnes Ellen Burstyn Laura Devon Martin Gabel Roger C. Carmel
Womanizing Charlie is shot by an angry husband and falls in the sea. He arrives home after his memorial as a cute, amnesic woman. His old friend helps her/him.
Drama
Italy|West Germany
1981
100 Minutes
Chester Masterson
One long decade after the assassination of her husband, a reclusive queen comes face-to-face with the deceased's doppelgänger and anarchist poet, and strikes a three-day pact; however, fate has other plans. What is the mystery of Oberwald?
Action
USA
1954
85 Minutes
Johnny Dark
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Don Taylor Paul Kelly Ilka Chase Sidney Blackmer
Automobile engineer, Johnny Dark, designs a radical new car. When the owner refuses to sponsor the car in a Canada to Mexico Sports-car race, Johnny, with the aid of the owner's ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Joe Maxwell
Tony Curtis Gloria DeHaven Gene Nelson Corinne Calvet Paul Gilbert Mara Corday Allison Hayes Myrna Hansen Christiane Martel Ann Codee Arthur E. Gould-Porter
Three sailors on leave (Joe, Al and Davy) head for Paris with one thing on their minds. Joe pursues chanteuse Colette D'Avril who proves to be more than she appears; Davy is pursued by sexy... See full summary »
Comedy
UK|France|Italy
1969
125 Minutes
Chester Schofield
Sam Itzkovitch Tony Curtis Susan Hampshire Terry-Thomas Eric Sykes Gert Froebe Peer Schmidt Peter Cook Dudley Moore Walter Chiari Lando Buzzanca
industrialist race car driver gambler army officer escaped convict lord charming playful rousing monte carlo, monaco country road countryside house europe car racing gambling treasure love interest deception chase
An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
Comedy
USA
1967
97 Minutes
Carlo Cofield
Tony Curtis Claudia Cardinale Sharon Tate Robert Webber Joanna Barnes David Draper Mort Sahl Edgar Bergen Ann Elder Chester Yorton Marc London
new yorker beautiful woman free spirit surfer boyfriend relaxing amusing venice, calif. los angeles pool beach malibu, calif. love triangle vacation beach culture affair romance bodybuilding love adventure
Carlo goes on a vacation to Southern California where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture while getting entangled in two beach-side romances.
Romance
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Tony Curtis Piper Laurie Susan Cabot William Reynolds Hugh O'Brian Victor Jory Morris Ankrum Philip Van Zandt Leon Belasco Palmer Lee Barbara Knudson
Kashma Baba, the son of the famed Baghdad thief Ali Baba is a cadet in a medieval Persian military academy where he runs afoul of his rival Hussein, the evil Caliph's son.
Drama, War
USA
1954
90 Minutes
Burke
Tony Curtis Frank Lovejoy Mary Murphy Eduard Franz Skip Homeier John Doucette Alan Wells
marine planter daughter enemy sergeant major intense gripping thrilling pacific ocean island jungle world war ii espionage survival courage daunting task quest rescue underdog
In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.
Comedy
UK
1966
100 Minutes
NIck Johnson
Tony Curtis Rosanna Schiaffino Zsa Zsa Gabor Nancy Kwan Fenella Fielding Anna Quayle Warren Mitchell Mischa Auer Noel Purcell Alan Gifford Joseph Fürst
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
Crime, Drama
Israel|USA
1975
109 Minutes
Tony Curtis Anjanette Comer Michael Callan Warren Berlinger Gianni Russo Vic Tayback Mary Wilcox Milton Berle Jack Ackerman Louis Guss Vaughn Meader
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.
Comedy
USA
1989
84 Minutes
J.P. Shelldrake
Tony Curtis Stanley Sheff Deborah Foreman Patrick Macnee Billy Barty Tommy Sledge Dean Jacobsen Fred Holiday Bob Pickett S.D. Nemeth
A movie mogul in search of a tax shelter screens a space parody about a young woman, a mad scientist and a space monster.
Horror
USA
1978
105 Minutes
Harry Erskine
Tony Curtis Susan Strasberg Michael Ansara Stella Stevens Jon Cedar Ann Sothern Burgess Meredith Paul Mantee Jeanette Nolan Lurene Tuttle Ann Newman-Mantee
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Drama
USA
1982
91 Minutes
Ernie Stoddard
Tony Curtis Carol Lynley Jennifer Chase
Millionaire gets involved in a real-estate scam.
Horror
USA
1996
97 Minutes
Aziru, Dr. Mohassid
Tony Curtis Greg Wrangler Leslie Hardy
A mummy returns from the dead and becomes obsessed with a woman which he thinks is the reincarnation of his dead lover.
Drama
USA
1980
105 Minutes
David O. Selznick
Tony Curtis Bill Macy Harold Gould Sharon Gless George Furth Edward Winter Barrie Youngfellow Carrie Nye Clive Revill Gwen Humble Morgan Brittany
Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother - played by a young Robert de Niro.
Drama
1952
82 Minutes
Paul Callan
A gold digger (Jan Sterling) and a newswoman (Mona Freeman) follow a deaf boxer's (Tony Curtis) fight to regain his hearing and win the title.
Comedy
1960
115 Minutes
David Wilson
Tony Curtis Dean Martin Janet Leigh James Whitmore John McIntire Barbara Nichols Larry Keating Larry Storch
impostor professor writer spy wife student amusing quirky madcap university laboratory restaurant secret headquarters empire state building espionage infidelity husband/wife relationship impersonation deception fbi
After his wife (Janet Leigh) catches him kissing a pretty coed, a chemistry professor (Tony Curtis) asks his buddy (Dean Martin) to help him come up with a clever cover story.
Romance
1964
88 Minutes
Terry Williams
Tony Curtis Christine Kaufmann Larry Storch Marty Ingels Jacques Aubuchon Sarah Marshall Marcel Dalio Jules Munshin
A tippling French poodle movie star resents the American jazz musician (Tony Curtis) his mistress (Christine Kaufmann) marries.
Comedy
1977
88 Minutes
Giacomo, Casanova
Tony Curtis Marisa Berenson Hugh Griffith Sylva Koscina Britt Ekland Marisa Mell Umberto Orsini Andréa Ferréol Victor Spinetti Jeanie Bell Olivia Pascal
womanizer doppelganger naked person sex addict caliph amusing playful passionate palace bedroom venice hedonism new love impotence sexual conquests conquest sex forbidden love 1700s
Hiding his impotence, the legendary Italian lover (Tony Curtis) hires a look-alike to uphold his reputation.
Drama, Romance, Action, War
1982
90 Minutes
Col. Iago
Tony Curtis Joanna Pettet Nadiuska Max H. Boulois Ramiro Oliveros Gerard Barray Mario De Barros Tony Fuentes Fernando Sancho Andres Resino Tom Hernandez
Comedy
1965
102 Minutes
Bernard Lawrence
Tony Curtis Jerry Lewis Thelma Ritter Dany Saval Suzanna Leigh Lomax Study Christiane Schmidtmer
journalist stewardess housekeeper friend guest girlfriend amusing madcap sultry paris apartment romantic dilemma scam deception schemes mistaken identity rivalry wretched excess escape 1960s
Faster jets and a loud rival (Jerry Lewis) upset a U.S. newsman's (Tony Curtis) rotating involvement with three pretty flight attendants in Paris.
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Executive Producer
Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Martin Milner Barbara Nichols Susan Harrison Sam Levene Jeff Donnell
writer publicist pretty woman sister guitarist uneasy tense new york city shady dealings romance morality siblings newspapers quest fall 1950s
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
Adventure, Action
USA
1958
114 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Ernest Borgnine James Donald Alexander Knox Frank Thring Maxine Audley Eileen Way Edric Connor Dandy Nichols
king prince princess slave half brother viking thrilling intense brutal castle boat rivalry power struggle feud love triangle kidnapping mistaken identity discovery love rivalry
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1963
126 Minutes
Gregory Peck Tony Curtis Bobby Darin Angie Dickinson Eddie Albert James Gregory Bethel Leslie Robert Duvall
psychiatrist captain war hero soldier commander mental patient playful emotional endearing sad mental institution psychiatrist's office post-traumatic stress disorder world war ii guilt psychiatry affair suicide transformation sacrifice
In 1944, an Army doctor is in charge of a neuropsychiatric ward at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona, and he must deal with a variety of tough cases.
Drama, War
USA
1958
109 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Tony Curtis Natalie Wood Leora Dana Karl Swenson Ann Codee Eddie Ryder Jackie Berthe Marie Isnard
soldier military officer love interest mother melodramatic france village beach battlefield love triangle interracial relationship marriage racism world war ii love transformation 1940s
Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
Action
USA
1991
87 Minutes
Marietta Copella
David Heavener Tony Curtis Isaac Hayes Robert Reed Andrew Robinson Jenilee Harrison Michael Gregory Don Stroud
John Bloodstone is a cop who is put on suspension after he uses a blow torch to stop a group of hostage takers. Bloodstone's next assignment begins when his boss, Commissioner Garth, calls ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1970
113 Minutes
Brian Keith Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine Suzanne Pleshette Ivan Dixon Bradford Dillman Tom Ewell Don Ameche Arthur O'Connell John Fiedler
officer sergeant colonel sheriff bartender playful amusing american south small town military base jail military life small-town life feud public relations rivalry 1970s
An Army sergeant's (Brian Keith) buddies rescue him with a tank after a Southern sheriff (Ernest Borgnine) puts him in jail.
Adventure
1975
103 Minutes
Fernand Mondego
Richard Chamberlain Tony Curtis Trevor Howard Louis Jourdan Donald Pleasence Kate Nelligan Angelo Infanti Taryn Power Harold Bromley Carlo Puri Alessio Orano
sailor captain fiancée rival prosecutor prisoner thrilling gutsy france italy mediterranean island paris vengeance false accusations seafaring treasure new identity revenge underdog 1820s
A framed French sailor (Richard Chamberlain) manages to escape from a prison, finds treasure and re-enters society to seek revenge.
Documentary
Canada
2009
135 Minutes
Hugh Hefner James Caan Tony Curtis George Lucas Bill Maher Tim Hauser Dorothy Donegan
A look at the battles Hugh Hefner fought over the years against the U.S. government, the religious right, and militant feminists.
Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Tino Orsini
Burt Lancaster Gina Lollobrigida Tony Curtis Katy Jurado Thomas Gomez Johnny Puleo Minor Watson Jean-Pierre Kérien Gerard Landry Sidney James
trapeze artist acrobat woman ex-lover intense touching paris circus love triangle acrobatics seduction second chance mentorship love transformation rivalry 1950s
A crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.
Comedy
UK
1985
110 Minutes
The Senator
Gary Busey Theresa Russell Tony Curtis Michael Emil Will Sampson Patrick Kilpatrick Ian O'Connell George Holmes
physicist starlet baseball player senator native american witty creative brash engaging new york city bar street elevator hotel postwar america fame politics sex atomic age identity
Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1982
81 Minutes
Dr. Clavius
Keir Dullea Suzanna Love Tony Curtis Vera Miles Ryan Seitz Percy Rodrigues Paul Willson Eve Brent
After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months. Her doctors want to try a new procedure on her: to regain her consciousness, they stimulate her brain with neural patterns of a woman ... See full summary »
Romance, Other
1992
96 Minutes
Alexander Yardley
Diane Cannon Kris Kristofferson Tony Curtis Richard Roundtree Kelly Cinnante Gene Lythgow Vivian Bonnell Jimmy Workman
A producer's (Tony Curtis) live TV show puts a forest-ranger hero (Kris Kristofferson) in the home of a famous hostess (Dyan Cannon), who can't even cook.
Comedy
1994
96 Minutes
Lucky Bergstrom
Brian Bloom Kathy Ireland Tony Curtis Wallace Merck Alex Van Mark Joy Michael W. Helms Joe Cortese
Nuns and nudists cross paths with a trucker (Brian Bloom) hijacked by a beauty (Kathy Ireland) on the run from a mobster (Tony Curtis).
Adventure
1989
96 Minutes
Archimedes Porter
Joe Lara Kim Crosby Tony Curtis Jan-Michael Vincent Joe Seneca Peter Sherayko Oliver Muirhead Joel Carlson
The ape man (Joe Lara) flies to New York, where cabby Jane (Kim Crosby) and her father (Tony Curtis) help him rescue Cheetah from a madman.
Action, Drama, History
USA
1960
184 Minutes
Antoninus
Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Tony Curtis Charles Laughton Peter Ustinov John Gavin Nina Foch Herbert Lom John Dall Charles McGraw
gladiator slave rebel sexy woman inspiring engaging rome rebellion freedom showdown murder hand-to-hand combat suicide escape rise revenge 1st century b.c.
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
Musical
1982
97 Minutes
Joey DeLeon
Lesley Ann Warren Rita Moreno Dianne Kay Tony Curtis Barry Primus Kip Gilman Howard Morris Hamilton Camp Floyd Levine Doug Dirkson
Broadway dance veterans (Lesley Ann Warren, Rita Moreno) and a newcomer (Dianne Kay) meet as Las Vegas chorus girls.
Western
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Kit Dalton
Audie Murphy Brian Donlevy Marguerite Chapman Scott Brady Tony Curtis Richard Arlen Richard Long James Best John Kellogg Dewey Martin Richard Egan
outlaw murderer confederate soldier robber orphan tense fiery lawrence, kan. wild west saloon jesse james old west american civil war war crime rivalry revenge discovery 1860s
Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.