TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Robert Mitchum.
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Birthdate: August 6, 1917
Death date: July 1, 1997
Robert Mitchum
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1940s
2.4265
34
1950s
2.3381
25
1960s
2.1999
21
1970s
2.1031
12
1980s
1.6484
7
1990s
1.8106
7
2000s
1.0062
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.3311
2.3311
Robert Mitchum Movie Rankings
1
3.5409While incarcerated with condemned killer Ben Harper (Peter Graves), fake preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) discovers Ben has $10,000 worth of stolen money hidden in a place only his family knows about. ...more about Night of the Hunter
DVD from $6.62
(12 sellers)
2
3.3104Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is a private eye that is hired by the dying General Sternwood, a rich and prominent man, to watch his young troubled daughter the girl that has fallen in with the wrong crowd. ...more about Big Sleep
DVD from $12.47
(11 sellers)
3
3.1977Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. ...more about Out of the Past
DVD from $12.71
(11 sellers)
4
3.1273
Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. ...more about Cape Fear
DVD from $5.49
(12 sellers)
5
3.0351
The title river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others. ...more about River of No Return
DVD from $31.37
(11 sellers)
6
3.0260
Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation. ...more about Longest Day
DVD from $7.26
(13 sellers)
7
3.0243
When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. ...more about Angel Face
DVD from $12.71
(12 sellers)
8
2.9569
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. ...more about Story of G.I. Joe
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $21.99
(3 sellers)
9
2.9379
The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the novel of the same name. Stunned by Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America needed a victory - badly. ...more about Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
- Not Available on DVD
10
2.8816
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. ...more about Cape Fear
DVD from $8.89
(14 sellers)
11
2.8661
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. ...more about Wonderful Country
- Not Available on DVD
12
2.8592
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. ...more about Sundowners
Actor Awards
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
DVD from $8.68
(14 sellers)
13
2.8409
The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood at even numbers each waiting for the other to begin a renewed offensive. ...more about Midway
DVD from $5.95
(11 sellers)
14
2.8070
William Blake finds himself lost after he arrives in an unfamiliar town discovering the job he was promised has been filled. While there, he kills a man in a fight and flees to the wilderness where he meets an Indian that promises to guide him through the woods. ...more about Dead Man
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
15
2.8031
During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort discovers a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. ...more about Enemy Below
Actor Awards
- Laurel Awards - Top Male Action Star
DVD from $9.27
(12 sellers)
16
2.7871
Marine Corporal Allison is ship-wrecked on a Pacific island during world war II. The only other person on the island is a Nun, sister Angela. ...more about Heaven Knows
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
DVD from $9.99
(9 sellers)
17
2.7845
Wyatt Earp and his brothers move to Tombstone, Arizona hoping to live quiet peaceful lives, but they discover the town is over run by outlaws. Together with Doc. Holiday the boys try to run "The Cowboys" out of town, eventually leading up to the shootout at the O.K. Corral. ...more about Tombstone
DVD from $10.98
(15 sellers)
18
2.7839
Homicide Capt. Finlay finds evidence that one or more of a group of demobilized soldiers is involved in the death of Joseph Samuels. ...more about Crossfire
DVD from $5.99
(11 sellers)
19
2.7596
Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely otherwise. Philip Marlowe is asked by the elderly (and near death) General Sternwood to investigate an attempt at blackmail on one of his daughters. ...more about Big Sleep
DVD from $7.99
(10 sellers)
20
2.6540
Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn't really appreciate the Christmas spirit. ...more about Scrooged
DVD from $4.94
(15 sellers)
21
2.6323
Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. ...more about Anzio
DVD from $3.95
(11 sellers)
23
2.5419
When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. He signs on as a hired hand with a local ranch, where he befriends fellow ranch hand Wes and his wife Louise. ...more about Lusty Men
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.4078
When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun. ...more about Blood on the Moon
- Not Available on DVD
25
2.4071
Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. ...more about Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.3915
This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the original - _Murder, My Sweet (1944)_ (qv), which tended to avoid some of the sleazier parts of the plot - but still concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's ...more about Farewell
- Not Available on DVD
27
2.3851
One of the first films to portray a more realistic picture of war and flying. This film reminds me a little of "The Bridges at Toko-Ri", and is also set in Korea. ...more about Hunters
DVD from $6.88
(12 sellers)
28
2.3638
As usual with most of the RKO films from this era "presented" by RKO-owner Howard Hughes, the PCA number is usually 500-1000 digits lower than the one from other studios being released at the time, indicating it was released a year or more after it was ...more about She Couldn't Say No
- Not Available on DVD
29
2.3287
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, really a commercial spy. He unmasks her but lets her go, which gets him fired. ...more about Holiday Affair
- Not Available on DVD
31
2.3223
This documentary brilliantly encompasses famed photographer/ filmmaker Bruce Weber's myriad passions and fantasies, his almost Peter Pan-like relationship to those objects of desire the rest of us experience in the glossy magazines or on Houston ...more about Chop Suey
- Not Available on DVD
32
2.2934
Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of names before leaving on a trip. When his plane is blown out of the sky, the matter becomes more serious. As his friend checks into the list, each seems to have died in mysterious circumstances. ...more about List of Adrian Messenger
- Not Available on DVD
33
2.2869
After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging. ...more about 5 Card Stud
DVD from $3.66
(10 sellers)
35
2.2526
Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidently meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Soon the local Inspector General (El Gato) is involved. Fiske races across Mexico, pursued by Jane and Duke, trailed by the real Capt. Blake. ...more about Big Steal
- Not Available on DVD
36
2.2451
While Curt Bridges tracks down the panther that killed his brother Arthur, his family argues and bickers over whether younger brother Harold should marry a much-despised neighbor girl. ...more about Track of the Cat
DVD from $4.86
(11 sellers)
37
2.2373
In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. ...more about Red Pony
DVD from $7.10
(9 sellers)
38
2.2313
Three former GIs have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. ...more about Till the End of Time
- Not Available on DVD
39
2.1838
Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help Jason. ...more about El Dorado
DVD from $3.66
(12 sellers)
40
2.1241
Lovely Nancy seems like the ideal bride to fiancée John Willis... until, just before the ceremony, Willis is approached by Harry Blair, claiming to be Nancy's former husband. ...more about Locket
- Not Available on DVD
41
2.0830
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison. ...more about Thunder Road
DVD from $6.62
(11 sellers)
42
2.0590
Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. ...more about Home from the Hill
Actor Awards
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
43
2.0547
Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands. The men selected come from different walks of life but have toughness in common. ...more about Gung Ho!
DVD from $4.26
(10 sellers)
44
2.0442
In 1941 an American journalist in Greece is given a secret list of collaborators. He is helped by the Greek resistance as he is pursued across the country by the Nazis. ...more about Angry Hills
- Not Available on DVD
45
2.0120
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. ...more about That Championship Season
DVD from $9.99
(8 sellers)
47
2.0045
Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his #7000 in yellowbacks and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. ...more about Nevada
DVD from $6.39
(10 sellers)
49
1.9908
Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. ...more about West of the Pecos
DVD from $6.39
(10 sellers)
50
1.9803
Nick Ferraro, deported crime boss, needs to re-enter the USA. His plan involves "honest" gambler Dan Milner, who's subjected to a series of "misfortunes," then bribed to take a trip to Mexico. ...more about His Kind of Woman
DVD from $28.99
(12 sellers)
52
1.9255
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. ...more about Fire Down Below
DVD from $5.11
(2 sellers)
53
1.9072
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. ...more about Man with the Gun
- Not Available on DVD
54
1.8277
Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. ...more about Two for the Seesaw
- Not Available on DVD
55
1.8163
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. ...more about Grass Is Greener
DVD from $9.99
(8 sellers)
57
1.7337
One night at the hospital, young doctor Jeff Cameron meets Margo, who's brought in after a suicide attempt. He quickly falls for her and they become romanticly involved, but it turns out that Margo is married. ...more about Where Danger Lives
- Not Available on DVD
60
1.6972
Wartime drama about an idealistic young UN official (Ann Blyth) who finds out about the horrors of war when she falls in love with Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum), the officer in charge of evacuating citizens from Korea. ...more about One Minute to Zero
- Not Available on DVD
61
1.6724
Missouri 1843: ex-senator Tudlock and scout Summers lead a trek of settlers to Oregon, through more than 2500 kilometers of mostly Indian territory. Tadlock drives his people mercilessly. ...more about Way West
- Not Available on DVD
62
1.6675
A sultry night club singer, a man who has also traveled to many exotic ports and a salesman meet aboard ship on the 45-mile trip from Hong Kong to Macao. ...more about Macao
DVD from $12.71
(12 sellers)
63
1.5569
Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian question while being criticized by all factions, which takes a turn when his wife begins having an affair with a PLO chief. ...more about Ambassador
- Not Available on DVD
66
1.5145
Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Her seclusion is made difficult by Cappy Gordon, a mob strongman out to kill her unless she runs off with him. ...more about Second Chance
- Not Available on DVD
67
1.4963
Ellen Burton arrives in Africa to join Dr. Mary as her nurse, bringing modern medicine to the native peoples. Lonni Douglas, an animal wrangler and fortune hunter, agrees to take her upriver, despite his misgivings about her suitability for Africa. ...more about White Witch Doctor
- Not Available on DVD
68
1.3971
Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments. ...more about Mr. North
DVD from $6.62
(11 sellers)
69
1.3378
Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and Fire Marshal Marc Marshall is called in to investigate. ...more about Backfire!
- Not Available on DVD
70
1.2250
Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. ...more about Good Guys and the Bad Guys
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
71
1.0397
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. ...more about Racket
DVD from $28.99
(12 sellers)
72
0.9497
A series of mysterious murders have happened in Montevideo, a small city in California. A policeman's wife is running away from her husband, trying to divorce him. The policeman tries to reconcile and begins to follow her... ...more about Midnight Ride
- Not Available on DVD
73
0.9451
A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all. ...more about Agency
DVD from $1.99
(4 sellers)
74
0.8227
World War I seems far away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy goes horseback riding on the beach with the young English officer. ...more about Ryan's Daughter
DVD from $18.99
(10 sellers)
75
0.6118
A yacht captain, Jack Lynch, is accused of murdering his boss and raping the victim's wife, Christina Ford. Nothing is how it first appears. Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to help prove his innocence. ...more about Woman of Desire
- Not Available on DVD
77
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. ...more about Amsterdam Kill
- Not Available on DVD
78
American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexican revolution. ...more about Bandido
- Not Available on DVD
79
Mark Jackson has a scheme to get Adams' land. His gang robs Adams' fiancé of her jewels, robs Hoppy of his cattle money, and then gives that money to Adams to buy back the jewels in exchange for a deed to his land. ...more about Bar 20
- Not Available on DVD
80
The Rangers are after Hadley and his men and have planted Johnny Revere into his gang to warn them of his raids. But Hadley realizes he has a spy in his group and gets Trigger Dolan to join the Rangers. ...more about Beyond the Last Frontier
- Not Available on DVD
81
Hoppy, California and Johnny are Texas Rangers trying to end a scheme which smuggles Mexicans into the United States to become essentially slaves in a silver mine owned by Orestes Krebs. The three are captured, sentenced to hang, and then escape. ...more about Border Patrol
- Not Available on DVD
82
Hoppy and his pals use their reward money to buy a half interest in the Whitlock ranch. After Wildcat Kelly cons California into buying a well drilling rig, they strike water instead of oil. ...more about Colt Comrades
- Not Available on DVD
83
Shortly after WWII, flashbacks tell the story of Marise, her husband Paul, and Jean, who was imprisoned with Paul in a German camp. ...more about Desire Me
- Not Available on DVD
85
Before he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to Hoppy and his two pals. When the three arrive they find a fake posing as Lawton. ...more about False Colors
- Not Available on DVD
87
Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his employer's life. ...more about Foreign Intrigue
- Not Available on DVD
88
Two unsuccesful vaudeville entertainers decide to search for gold during the Californian goldrush in 1849. They come to a town where no woman lives. The dewellers of this town promise them a lot of gold, when they bring some women to them. ...more about Girl Rush
- Not Available on DVD
89
After serving a prison term for killing his wife, a man is paroled and returns to his home town. He tries to re-establish his relationship with his now-grown son, who was a child when the incident happened--and who witnessed his father kill his mother. ...more about Going Home
- Not Available on DVD
90
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. ...more about Hoppy Serves a Writ
- Not Available on DVD
92
Rancher Blaze Barker (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele (Tex Ritter). ...more about Lone Star Trail
- Not Available on DVD
94
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. ...more about Minesweeper
- Not Available on DVD
96
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ...more about My Forbidden Past
- Not Available on DVD
97
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to escape the results of her actions, she too falls victim to deception. ...more about Nightkill
- Not Available on DVD
99
