Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | The Hollywood Collection

A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films, and the actor himself.
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For nearly a century, Hollywood has captivated and influenced generation after generation of moviegoers. Its magic has left an indelible imprint on every culture with a movie projector. Originally broadcast on PBS, HBO/Cinemax, TNT, A&E, Lifetime, and Bravo, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of biographies and cinema retrospectives ever compiled, a spectacular treasury of 32 revealing biographies of Hollywood’s most beloved stars. These biographies, some narrated by the stars themselves, include interviews with friends, family members and colleagues, as well as clips from their most memorable films, and in some cases, rare home movies.
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[@raylotfi]

He was 10 times more impressive than John Wayne.

[@voicegirl555]

He died 23 years ago today and left a hole in films that can never never be filled. There was no one like him on the screen and never will be. What an actor he was! What a man he was! Never won a Oscar! Good! So many GREAT actors have never won Oscars. He is class company. Thank you Mitch for all the joy you gave and continue to give in the films you left behind.

[@beaudare4717]

I had the great pleasure of working with Robert Mitchum as an actor, near the end of his career and he was a joy to behold. Calm, thoughtful and a complete natural. A real genuine human being. They don't make leading men like him anymore..

[@julieclayton-west624]

My mother’s all time favourite movie star. I understand why. What a man and what a life.

[@salanzaldi4551]

Too bad cigarettes did him in!

[@s.v.2796]

His Night of the Hunter is still, to my mind, one of them most frightening and best done terror movies to this day. What modern directors try to do with props, Mitchum did with sheer presence.

[@lisamontefiore3047]

I loved Robert Mitchum's style of acting. He was "cool" long before that word came into vogue.

[@danielmay1278]

Someone once said how intelligent he was, but when you have nothing to back it up with, no one takes that side of you seriously. Most underrated actor ever, a face which held so many secrets.

[@judyroland2959]

My first love❤. I was 12, and saw him in a movie, and said to my mom, I Love that man’. 😂. She said, you cant know you love him, yr only 12 yrs old. I said, well- i do. And have ever since, even tho he’s not here, im still’ in Love’ with him. What a ‘man’.. he had it all!

[@wesmcgee1648]

My dad had a drink with Mitchum in the early 50s. Dad was sitting in a bar in Bossier City, Louisiana when Mitch walked in. A couple of drunks recognized him and started some s#$t. Mitchum knocked out both of them and bought dad a drink. I think Cape Fear was his best performance.

[@Hutzjohn]

I love the movies Mitchum made...what an exceptional actor he was....No one will ever equal him in "Cape Fear"!

[@jadezee6316]

Mitchum was the most believable actor who ever played a menacing role...plenty of heavy weights considered him the best actor around...including laughton....john Houston.. diNero and clint eastwood.......no one who has ever seen CAPE FEAR or NIGHT OF THE HUNTER has forgotten the great actor...fine singer and poet...Robert Mitchum....

[@mochawitch]

What a guy. He

[@leica_sl2]

For me "The Night of the Hunter " just terrified me when i first saw it, great movie.

[@siameseblue4824]

He and John Wayne together was pure perfection!

[@GraveyardPoet]

Robert Mitchum is realistic, subtle, and understated in Friends of Eddie Coyle, perhaps my favorite of his performances (another favorite is Track of the Cat).

[@jomama5186]

I always thought he was awesome. Great man and actor.

[@judyfrost175]

Very handsome & talented actor. My dad had " Robert Mitchum eyes". He grew up poor during the depression, too. ( He died on July 1st, (1956,) same day as Mitchum.July 1)

[@pamelarossell7027]

He and Deborah Kerr had that chemistry on film. They were life long friends. RIP

[@shuffleslunuffle]

Worked with Bob in the early 90's (3yrs on African Skies)). What a gas! Coming back from a set, Bob was in the passenger seat , he reached over and turned off the radio. Then we sang 'House of the Rising Sun' together. "Hey Bob ya want to go to the Hotel Bar and have one?" Thanks, anyway. A martuni and a doobie, in my room and I'm good".