In this Fritz Lang-directed film, Gary Cooper plays the mild-mannered Alvah Jesper, a professor of physics at a leading university, who is drafted by the OSS to enter Switzerland, and then Italy, just prior to the end of World War II.
Cloak and Dagger (1946): Fritz Lang’s WWII Thriller, Starring Gary Cooper and Lili Palmer (Strangers in Paradise)
September 14, 2012 by
Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The (1955): Preminger Directs, Gary Cooper Stars
August 24, 2012 by
One of Preminger’s few dull films, “The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell” stars Gary Cooper, who’s miscast in the title role.
Distant Drums (1951): Raoul Walsh’s Actioner, Starring Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb
April 30, 2012 by
In “Distant rums, “ directed by Raoul Walsh, Gary Cooper plays Captain Quincy Wyatt, an experienced Indian fighter, who leads a small force deep into the Florida Everglades to put down a Seminole uprising.
Beau Geste (1939): William Wellman’s Oscar-Nominated Adventure, Starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish
March 26, 2012 by
William Wellman’s is the second of three movie versions of P.C. Wren’s adventure novel “Beau Geste,” made as silent in 1926, with Ronald Colman in the Gary Cooper part.
City Streets (1931): Mamoulian’s Urban Crime Drama, Starring the Young Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney
March 22, 2012 by
Based on an original screenplay from Dashiell Hammett, this urban crime drama features the very young and gorgeous Gary Cooper in one of his best performances to date (before he became star).
