Movies starring Robert Preston

North West Mounted Police (1940)

126 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

There is no denying that Cecil B. DeMille made some epic movies and what he did with colour when many movies were still in black & white is astonishing. But sometimes DeMille tried too hard or to be more precise he tried to t...

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

123 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

I've only watched a few Cecil B. DeMille movies so far but one thing is becoming apparent to me, he doesn't do small and "Reap the Wild Wind" is certainly not small. It is the first thing which grabs you when you watch as thi...

Blood on the Moon (1948)

88 mins     Western      

There is a very interesting scene in "Blood on the Moon" it features the meeting of Jim and Amy when he is riding though the middle of nowhere and she takes a shot at him. Unaware that he is being shot at by a woman he sneaks...

Whispering Smith (1948)

88 mins     Western      

Nearly but not quite is the feeling I got right from the get go as I watched "Whispering Smith", the Alan Ladd western from 1948. By that I mean that there is something about "Whispering Smith" which screams western classic b...

Tulsa (1949)

90 mins     Action , Drama, Romance      

Movie Review - Tulsa (1949) Susan Hayward stars as Cherokee, the daughter of a rancher who ends up in the oil business and becoming changed by the wealth which comes her way...

Thunder in the Dust (1950)

83 mins     Western      

Thunder in the Dust (1950) (aka: The Sundowners) Robert Preston & Robert Sterling star as brothers one good, the other bad and that causes moral conflict...

Best of the Badmen (1951)

84 mins     Western      

"Best of the Badmen" is the sort of cliche western which as a western fan you watch for what it is but it leaves no lasting impression. Now what that means is that we have another western which whilst serving up characters wi...

The Last Frontier (1955)

98 mins     Western      

When it comes to Anthony Mann's westerns most of his best known are those which star James Stewart but Mann did also make westerns with other actors such as "The Last Frontier" starring Victor Mature. And "The Last Frontier" ...

Victor Victoria (1982)

132 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

It's very easy to miss the point of "Victor Victoria" as you can get wrapped up in the whole sexual side of it with Julie Andrews playing a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a female impersonator. You can get side...

September Gun (1983)

92 mins     Comedy, TV Movie, Western      

Within minutes of "September Gun" starting it becomes apparent that this made for TV western relies on its stars and for a while it works. Watching Robert Preston playing a long in the tooth, semi cantankerous gun slinger wit...