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1Robert Wagner, Virginia Leith, Joanne WoodwardAmoral Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) pursues young heiress Dorie Kingship (Joanne Woodward) in the hopes of getting his hands on the fortune amassed by her father (George Macready). But after Dorie succumbs to Bud's charms and becomes pregnant as a result, he fears she'll be cut off by the family and murders her in a fashion that makes it look as if the poor girl committed suicide. When Bud tries to cozy up with Dorie's grieving sister, Ellen (Virginia Leith), she begins to suspect his intentions.
2The Affair
Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bruce DavisonCourtney Patterson (Natalie Wood) is a beautiful young songwriter who is physically disabled due to polio. Her condition has made her emotionally guarded, but when she meets Marcus Simon (Robert Wagner), a handsome older attorney, she cautiously moves towards romance. Although Courtney remains wary of intimacy, Marcus slowly wins her over. Unfortunately, her family is not supportive of their relationship, providing yet another obstacle that the couple must overcome.
3Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire TrevorThe Mountain is a 1956 dramatic film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner. The supporting cast included Claire Trevor, Richard Arlen, William Demarest, and Anna Kashfi. It is based on La neige en deuil, a 1952 French novel by Henri Troyat, which was inspired by the crash of Air India Flight 245 in 1950.
4Bette Davis, Robert WagnerMadame Sin is a 1972 British thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott and Gordon Jackson. The screenplay was written by Greene and Barry Oringer.
5Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William HoldenThe Towering Inferno, a disaster flick from 1974, weaves a tale of towering terror. The star-studded cast features architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) and fire chief Michael O'Hallorhan (Steve McQueen), who find themselves battling against time and flames in the world's tallest building, a skyscraper in San Francisco. An electrical fault sparks a small fire that rapidly expands into an unstoppable blaze, trapping guests at the opening celebration on the top floor. This film, which won three Academy Awards, is a suspenseful blend of drama and action that keeps viewers on edge till the last frame.More The Towering Inferno
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- #91 of 199 onThe Best Movies Of The '70s, Ranked
- #15 of 138 onThe 100+ Best Disaster Movies Of All Time
6Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert WagnerIn this first film of the beloved comic series, dashing European thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) plans to steal a diamond, but he's not the only one with his eyes on the famous jewel known as the "Pink Panther." His nephew George (Robert Wagner) also aims to make off with the gem, and to frame Charles for the crime. Blundering French police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) intercedes, but finds his career -- and his freedom -- jeopardized.More The Pink Panther- #68 of 703 onThe All-Time Greatest Comedy Films
- #21 of 167 onThe Greatest '60s Movies, Ranked
- #131 of 632 onThe 600+ Funniest Movies Of All Time
7Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne FieldIn World War II, American bomber pilots Capt. Buzz Rickson (Steve McQueen) and 1st Lt. Ed Boland (Robert Wagner) are stationed at a military base in England. Buzz is a hotshot pilot who consistently demonstrates great bravery -- if not outright cockiness -- in air combat. Ed, on the other hand, is more cautious in his approach and looks up to Buzz as the superior pilot. When both pilots fall for the same girl, Daphne Caldwell (Shirley Anne Field), their comradeship begins to fall apart.
8Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Shelley WintersStruggling private eye Lew Harper (Paul Newman) takes a simple missing-person case that quickly spirals into something much more complex. Elaine Sampson (Lauren Bacall), recently paralyzed in a horse-riding accident, wants Harper to find her missing oil baron husband, but her tempestuous teenage stepdaughter Miranda (Pamela Tiffin) thinks Mrs. Sampson knows more than she's letting on. The film is based on Ross Macdonald's 1949 mystery "The Moving Target," featuring private eye Lew Archer.
9Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert WagnerJournalist Maggie Whelan (Susan Blakely) discovers that her married boyfriend, Kevin Harrison (Robert Wagner), heads a company that is involved in illegal arms sales. To stop her from going public, Harrison decides to kill her by bringing down the Concorde she is taking from Paris and Moscow. It is up to pilots Paul Metrand (Alain Delon) and Joe Patroni (George Kennedy) to keep the plane aloft and intact in the face of repeated missile attacks from jets sent by Harrison.
10Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Thelma RitterTitanic is a 1953 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco. Its plot centers on an estranged couple sailing on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, which took place in April 1912.
11Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, George HamiltonAll the Fine Young Cannibals is a 1960 film directed by Michael Anderson, based on the novel by Rosamond Marshall starring Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton, and Pearl Bailey. Hamilton said it "combined Southern Gothic with a biopic of jazzman Chet Baker".
12Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May BrittDuring the Korean War, crusty veteran fighter pilot "Iceman" Saville (Robert Mitchum) takes command of a flight of F-86 Sabre jets. Although Saville is eager to fly the military's new plane, the pilots under his command sap his enthusiasm. On the one hand he must contend with the brash young Ed Pell (Robert Wagner), while on the other he must boost the confidence of nervous Carl Abbott (Lee Philips). The three men bond in the hunt for notorious North Korean ace "Casey Jones" (Leon Lontoc).
13Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert WagnerLieutenant Carl Anderson (Richard Widmark) is a former teacher who leads a band of Marines to an island under Japanese control during World War II, intending to capture enemy soldiers and gain information. When a Japanese soldier reveals a cave where his forces are willing to surrender, the Marines arrive there, only to be ambushed and suffer grave casualties. Now Anderson, having lost much of his original team, must summon up enough courage to attack an important rocket base.
14James Mason, Robert Wagner, Janet LeighAfter the evil King Sligon exiles his family from Scandia, Prince Valiant (Robert Wagner) vows to become a member of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table in order to return his father to the throne. As he travels to Camelot, Valiant discovers the Black Knight, a villain conspiring with Sligon to destroy King Arthur. Under the eye of Sir Gawain (Sterling Hayden), Valiant trains to become a knight, falls for a princess (Janet Leigh) and unmasks the Black Knight.More Prince Valiant- #99 of 119 onThe 100+ Best Medieval Movies
- #19 of 41 onThe Best Movies About Vikings
- #51 of 51 onThe 50+ Best Movies of 1954
15Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick CrawfordOn his family's plantation, Sam Francis Gifford (Robert Wagner) is a pretentious man who's unsympathetic to the less fortunate. But when World War II strikes, Gifford finds his inherited wealth does nothing to improve his rank in his National Guard unit. As the horrors of war and camaraderie with his fellow soldiers affect him, Gifford's attitude begins to shift toward egalitarianism. Still, Gifford's new outlook causes him to clash with the unstable Capt. "Waco" Grimes (Broderick Crawford).
16Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Jeffrey HunterThree young Marines -- Frankie O'Neill (Robert Wagner), Alan Newcombe (Bradford Dillman) and Nico Kantaylis (Jeffrey Hunter) -- have shore leave in San Francisco before being shipped off to fight in World War II. Rattled by the uncertainty of their future, each responds differently to being reunited with loved ones. Frankie hits the bottle; Nico ponders leaving his upper-crust girlfriend; and Nico wonders if he should go through with marrying his pregnant fiancée.
17Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert WagnerEager to impress his boss, musician Private Willie Little (Robert Wagner) presents Marine Corps Band composer John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) with a rejiggered instrument he's dubbed the "sousaphone." When the composer exits the Corps, Little joins Sousa's new band. Sousa wants to play more than just his famed marches, and Little is preoccupied by his performer girlfriend, but when the Spanish-American War starts, both men concentrate on giving all they can to the war effort.
18Audrey Hepburn, Robert WagnerLove Among Thieves is a made-for-television romantic-adventure film produced by the ABC network in 1987. It starred Audrey Hepburn as the Baroness and concert pianist Caroline DuLac, who steals three jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs from a San Francisco museum. The eggs are demanded as ransom for her kidnapped fiancé in Latin America. She boards a plane for the Latin American city of Ladera, as per instructions, and is met by a drifter named Mike Chambers. Caroline first believes that Mike is one of the kidnappers, until a mysterious man in a trench coat tries to kill her and Mike comes to the rescue. They are both captured by a band of Mexican bandits, who also may or may not be part of the scheme. Meanwhile, the couple are pursued by Spicer, a hired thug assigned to retrieve the loot. Love Among Thieves is notable for several reasons. It was the only made-for-TV film in which Hepburn appeared. It was also the last film in which she took a starring role. This was the first Hepburn film since 1981's They All Laughed.
19Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James CoburnIn this dramatization of the Battle of Midway during World War II, U.S. Navy Adm. Chester Nimitz (Henry Fonda) leads an outnumbered unit in the Pacific to break Japanese encryption codes. They soon discover that Adm. Yamamoto (Toshirô Mifune) plans an ambush of the U.S. base on the island of Midway. Capt. Matt Garth (Charlton Heston) helps devise the Navy's strategy, while his pilot son, Tom (Edward Albert), falls in love with a Japanese-American woman who is headed for an internment camp.More Midway- #31 of 264 onThe 200+ Best War Movies Of All Time
- #146 of 199 onThe Best Movies Of The '70s, Ranked
- #162 of 308 onThe 295+ Best Movies For Guys
20Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David WayneAfter landing a job singing on the radio, Jane Froman (Susan Hayward) marries musical accompanist Don Ross (David Wayne). Under Don's management, Jane rises to stardom and is invited to perform for the troops during World War II. En route, her plane goes down, leaving Jane with serious leg injuries. While on the mend, Jane begins a romance with John Burn (Rory Calhoun), a wounded military pilot. She intends to return to singing, but with two men in her heart, life is ever more complicated.
21Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Jeffrey HunterArmy surveyor Josh Tanner (Robert Wagner) befriends a Cheyenne tribe living near Fort Laramie in the 1870s. Unlike neighboring tribes who signed peace treaties and moved to reservations, the Cheyenne remain unbowed. Tanner's friendship with warriors Little Dog (Jeffrey Hunter) and American Horse (Hugh O'Brian) leads to a treaty with Chief Broken Hand (Eduard Franz), but when Tanner falls for the beautiful Appearing Day (Debra Paget), whom American Horse loves, that peace is threatened.
22Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean PetersA patriarchal rancher's empire is threatened by conflict within his family. On the day of his release from prison, the son of a cattle baron swears vengeance on his three half-brothers responsible for dispossessing him of his inheritance and driving his father to a fatal stroke. The ensuing story unfolds in flashback, tracing the sibling rivalries that led to the man's imprisonment.- 23
Danielle Steel's Jewels
Robert Wagner, Annette O'Toole, Jürgen ProchnowDanielle Steel's Jewels is a 1992 drama romance film directed by Roger Young. 
24Christopher Plummer, Robert Wagner, Michael AngaranoMan in the Chair is a 2007 independent film written and directed by Michael Schroeder. The film stars Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, and Robert Wagner.
25Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert RolandJust off the coast of Florida, two fishing operations have become spiteful business rivals. On one side is Mike Petrakis (Gilbert Roland) and on the other is Thomas Rhys (Richard Boone). Mounting tension over territory in the Gulf Coast soon leads to violence. However, when dashing young Tony Petrakis (Robert Wagner) meets the lovely Gwyneth Rhys (Terry Moore), the young lovers quickly forget their fathers' bloody feud and begin a dangerous romance on the high seas.
26Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Joan BlondellDeath at Love House is a 1976 made-for-TV horror film directed by E.W. Swackhamer. Part of the ABC Movie of the Week, the film stars Robert Wagner and Kate Jackson.- 27
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
Robert Wagner, Louise Fletcher, China Anne McClainA Dennis the Menace Christmas is a 2007 direct-to-video movie starring Maxwell Perry Cotton and Robert Wagner, based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham. It is a sequel to Dennis the Menace and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again. The plot is based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Composer Peter Allen was nominated for a Leo Award for his score for the film. 
28I Am the Cheese
Cynthia Nixon, Robert Wagner, Robert MacNaughtonI Am the Cheese is a 1983 American film adaptation of Robert Cormier's 1977 novel of the same name, about a young man's journey to find the truth behind his family.
29Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'BrienU.S. Intelligence Officer Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is dispatched to postwar Tokyo to protect a high-profile American diplomat from possible assassination. The routine assignment takes a hazardous turn for Fannon when he uncovers a deadly plot by double agent George Underwood (Edmond O'Brien) to not only murder the diplomat but also blow up the U.S. Embassy. Now Fannon, his partner and his receptionist, Tina Llewellyn (Joan Collins), must move quickly to thwart Underwood's diabolical plot.
30Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary MerrillNewly-stationed Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence (Richard Widmark) takes over as leader of an elite team of Navy divers aboard a submarine in the Pacific during World War II. Gruff and confrontational, Lawrence isn't popular with the crew, especially after sending a team -- led by Jake Flannigan (Dana Andrews) -- out on a dangerous mission. But when a Japanese torpedo threatens the boat, Lawrence earns the respect of the crew by risking his life to save them.
