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James Garner

Performer with 11 reviewed and 5 watchlist titles.

16 Results
  1. 1950s
    • performer
      Toward the Unknown 1956
      Because William Holden performed.
      Drama, History, Romance, War
    • performer
      Sayonara 1957D+: 2 stars (out of 5)

      Brando plays a General’s son who throws away a promising career in the Air Force to marry the star Japanese performer of all-female production company in this well produced but underwhelming melodrama.

      Apr 8, 2012
      Drama, Romance
    • performer
      Up Periscope 1959
      Because Warren Oates performed.
      Action, Drama, Romance, War
  2. 1960s
    • performer
      The Great Escape 1963B+: 4 stars (out of 5)

      A group of Allied prisoners attempts to escape from a Luftwaffe P.O.W. camp during World War II.

      May 6, 2008
      Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
    • performer
      The Thrill of It All 1963F: 1 star (out of 5)

      Day plays a housewife whose world is turned upside down after she becomes the popular spokesperson for the Happy Soap Company, much to the chagrin of her husband Garner.

      Jan 29, 2012
      Comedy, Romance
    • performer
      Move Over, Darling 1963D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)

      Surprisingly unfunny remake of My Favorite Wife with Day in the Irene Dunne role and Garner in the Cary Grant role.

      Apr 7, 2012
      Comedy, Romance
    • performer
      The Americanization of Emily 1964B+: 4 stars (out of 5)

      The Americanization of Emily is a nearly great satire that, unfortunately, stumbles at the finish.

      Apr 12, 2009
      Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
    • performer
      Mister Buddwing 1966D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)

      You’d be forgiven if you thought the lost look on Garner’s face was acting, seeing as how he plays an apparent amnesiac trying to piece together his identity, but in reality he’s just as confused by the film’s script as the rest of us.

      Jan 26, 2012
      Drama
    • performer
      Grand Prix 1966
      Because John Frankenheimer directed.
      Drama, Sport
    • performer
      Hour of the Gun 1967C+: 3 stars (out of 5)

      Hour of the Gun picks up more or less where director John Sturges’ earlier film, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves off, but it’s not really a sequel, per-se.

      Nov 8, 2008
      Drama, Western
    • performer
      Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

      On his way to Australia, a stranger (James Garner) cleans up a wild-west mining town and woos the mayor’s daughter.

      Jan 27, 2008
      Comedy, Western
    • performer
      Marlowe 1969C+: 3 stars (out of 5)

      Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe (James Garner) investigates the disappearance of a young girl’s brother and an attempt to blackmail a television star.

      Dec 7, 2008
      Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  3. 1980s
    • performer
      HealtH 1980
      Because Robert Altman directed.
      Comedy
    • performer
      Victor/Victoria 1982C-: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

      In 1930’s Paris, Victoria, played by Andrews, is a soprano struggling to earn enough to eat until she meets Toddy, played by Preston, a gay, and recently unemployed, cabaret singer. Toddy cooks up a scheme and soon Victoria becomes Victor, the greatest female impersonator in all of Paris. But things get complicated when Chicago mobster King Marchand, played by Garner, falls for Victor/Victoria, and vice-versa.

      Feb 23, 2012
      Comedy, Music, Romance
    • performer
      Tank 1984B-: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

      Career NCO James Garner finds himself caught in an escalating war of wills with a venal small-town sheriff—a war that can only be settled with 30 tons of rolling steel.

      Jun 7, 2025
      Action, Comedy, Drama
  4. 1990s
    • performer
      Maverick 1994
      Because James Coburn performed.
      Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
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