Movies starring Robert Duvall

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

129 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

"A great movie adaptation of a great book" are the words I have read time and again in reviews of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and I am not going to disagree. But the majority of those reviews seem to have been written by those wh...

Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)

126 mins     Comedy, Drama, War      

There is a very simple way to explain "Captain Newman, M.D." and that is to call it a forerunner to that great TV series "M*A*S*H". It has that same mix of humour and drama so that you are amused but often moved by the storie...

The Roarer (1967)

75 mins     TV Movie, Western      

It's interesting when considering "The Roarer", which was originally episode 8 of "Cimarron Strip", as whilst the synopsis tells what happens it doesn't really tell you what it is about. So on one hand there is the obvious st...

Bullitt (1968)

114 mins     Action , Crime, Mystery      

Have we, as a movie loving population, become so spoilt by what cinema has to offer now that it is getting increasingly harder to be impressed by those older movies which some hold in high regard. I say this because I reckon ...

True Grit (1969)

128 mins     Adventure , Drama, Western      

Great movies are those whose individual components all work from the acting, the story, cinematography, soundtrack and so on but more importantly they work together. That is the reason why "True Grit" starring John Wayne is a...

MASH (1970)

116 mins     Comedy, Drama, War      

"M*A*S*H" was one of those TV series which you could watch over and over again and never grow tired of seeing the same old episode. It always had great writing and comedy along with a touch of emotion which drew us into the l...

Lawman (1971)

69 mins     Western      

Lawman (1971) Burt Lancaster who rides alone in to town to arrest some men who accidentally killed another only to find corruption preventing him...

Joe Kidd (1972)

88 mins     Western      

If you looks at Clint Eastwood's impressive list of westerns "Joe Kidd" would end up down in the bottom half. Not because it's a terrible movie as "Joe Kidd" features a solid storyline, solid action, solid performances from a...

The Godfather (1972)

175 mins     Crime, Drama      

"The Godfather" is for me, and to be honest many, the greatest movie ever made, it is the movie that if I was told I could only watch one movie for the rest of my life I would chose. The reason is that it is the most complete...

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

91 mins     Western      

I've watched at least two other westerns which feature the famous robbery of the First National Bank in Northfield, one from 1939 and one from 1980 and where as I loved the 1939 western the later one was just average. Now "Th...

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

200 mins     Crime, Drama      

Rule of thumb, sequels tend to suck, but there are the rare exceptions and probably the best exception is the stunning "The Godfather: Part II" a movie which is almost the equal of "The Godfather". And how did Francis Ford Co...

Breakout (1975)

96 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

"Breakout" is one of those movies which technically isn't very good but it's still entertaining thanks to plenty of daftness. Ironically the daftness is part of the reason why "Breakout" isn't very good because it jars with t...

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

135 mins     Adventure , Drama, Thriller, War      

It's 1943 and we have Germans and Brits we can only be talking about another war movie and what is this Michael Caine as a German Paratrooper, now that's just wrong! You can't have Michael Caine, someone who epitomises being ...

The Greatest (1977)

101 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

I would take a guess that if there are any teenagers out there who have heard of Muhammad Ali but only heard that he was a boxing great now ravaged by Parkinson's Disease "The Greatest" might be interesting. But for those who...

Apocalypse Now (1979)

153 mins     Drama, War      

Apocalypse Now: Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning foray into the Vietnam War with Martin Sheen as Captain Willard and Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz...

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)

100 mins     Adventure , Crime, Thriller      

Now "The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper" is purely speculative as it picks up the story with Cooper parachuting out of the plane and landing in the forest where he had already stashed items such as a jeep to get away in. Meanwhile we...

Tender Mercies (1983)

92 mins     Drama, Musical      

In a career which has covered 6 decades Robert Duvall has been nominated for seven Academy Awards but has only ever won one which was for "Tender Mercies". Amusingly this is a movie which several directors passed on, didn't g...

The Natural (1984)

134 mins     Drama, Sport      

The Natural (1984) Robert Redford stars as Roy Hobbs a baseball player who shows up for his shot at the big time 16 years after disappearing when he was a hot young talent...

Lonesome Dove (1989)

384 mins     Adventure , Drama, Western      

Originally released as a mini-series of 4 episodes "Lonesome Dove" can be watched as a movie, at almost 6 and a half hours a very long movie but trust me if you think you can watch it a bit at a time you probably wont because...

Days of Thunder (1990)

107 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller      

There you have it "Top Gun 2", oops sorry wrong movie, or is it. There are so many similarities between "Days of Thunder" and "Top Gun" that you could be forgiven for thinking that you have just watched a remake of it, but on...