The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Lewis Milestone

Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) is reunited with his childhood friend Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) and her husband Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.


Edge of Darkness (1943)

Lewis Milestone

Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Walter Huston star in this World War II drama about an idyllic Norwegian village that finally revolts against the brutality of the occupying Nazi army.


The Red Pony

Lewis Milestone

Martin Scorsese Presents REPUBLIC REDISCOVERED—over 20 rarely seen films from the storied Republic Pictures library, restored and remastered by Paramount and personally curated by Martin Scorsese. In The Red Pony Robert Mitchum is a ranch hand who helps his employer’s son cope with the death of the pony he raised. John Steinbeck adapted his own novella for this 1949 feature, Republic’s most expensive film up to that time. The original score is by Aaron Copland, which he also arranged and published as an orchestral suite.


Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Lewis Milestone

Oscar-winner Marlon Brando ("Streetcar Named Desire," "On The Waterfront," "The Godfather") takes to the high seas in this Academy Award-winning true story. Based upon a real 1759 mutiny, Brando leads the crew of the HMS Bounty in a mutiny against the sadistic Captain Bligh, portrayed by Oscar-nominee Trevor Howard ("Ghandi," "Superman"). Directed by the great Lewis Milestone ("All Quiet On the Western Front"). Nominated for Best Picture, it received three Oscars, including Best Color Cinematography, Score, and Song.


Pork Chop Hill

Lewis Milestone

Set during the Korean War, "Pork Chop Hill" illustrates true heroism in war, when soldiers in the field fight the real battle while diplomats and UN officials attempt democracy as their troups are bleeding and dying. Gregory Peck leads a 135-man unit on the attack of the Chinese-held Pork Chop Hill. When reinforcements finally arrive, only 25 of Peck's men survive. Well known as one of the best depictions of life in the crossfire, with an uncanny "you are there" feeling.


Ocean's 11 (1960)

Lewis Milestone

The famous "Rat Pack" is never hipper or funnier than in this, the ultimate Las Vegas movie -- quoted, copied and paid homage to in every movie since that's set in the glamourous desert oasis. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peter Lawford star as ex-paratroopers who band together to rob five casinos simultaneously. The caper goes off without a hitch but when one dies of a heart attack, the police seal off the city and the boys must think of a way to get out the loot. Co-starring Angie Dickinson ("Police Woman," "Dressed to Kill").


Halls of Montezuma

Lewis Milestone

Richard Widmark leads an all-star cast of leathernecks (Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone, and Jack Webb) into battle on a heavily-fortified enemy island. Their objective is a Japanese rocket sit in the island's interior, and the combat-packed story follows the squad from beachhead to battle, as they pick their way trough enemy-infested jungles. Along the way, Widmark is transformed from a former school teacher into a combat-wizened leader, and his disparate squad of men is forged into a cohesive fighting unit. Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front, Two Arabian Nights).


Les Miserables (1952)

Lewis Milestone

Based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Les Miserables is the epic story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who was persecuted for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family. While imprisoned Valjean meets his future nemesis, the fanatical Inspector Javert. After serving his time, Valjean attempts to forge a new life as a good citizen, but the obsessive Javert can't let him go and pursues Valjean throughout the years to come.