Gary Cooper Movie Rankings
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 3.3666 out of 4 stars for High Noon
3.3666
On his last day as town Marshall, Will Kane hears a rumor that one of the men he put in jail is on his way to seek his revenge on the lawman. Abandoned by the town's people, Kane is forced to face the gang alone. ... more about High Noon
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $1.93 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 3.1603 out of 4 stars for Sergeant York
3.1603
A hillbilly sharpshooter becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI when he single-handedly attacks and captures a German position using the same strategy as in turkey shoot. ... more about Sergeant York
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $14.87 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 3.1347 out of 4 stars for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
3.1347
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the tuba in the town band. ... more about Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $9.95 
(4 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 3.1316 out of 4 stars for Lives of a Bengal Lancer
3.1316
The 41st Bengal Lancers are stationed on the Northwest Frontier of British India, guarding against Afridi invaders led by wily Mohammed Khan. Experienced (though insubordinate) Lieut. McGregor is joined by two new arrivals, haughty Forsythe and callow Donald Stone...son of the commanding colonel. ... more about Lives of a Bengal Lancer
DVD from $15.99 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.9787 out of 4 stars for Man of the West
2.9787
On his way to hire a schoolteacher, a homesteader is left a hundred miles from anywhere when the train he is on is robbed. ... more about Man of the West
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.9706 out of 4 stars for Pride of the Yankees
2.9706
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. ... more about Pride of the Yankees
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $2.94 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.9679 out of 4 stars for Today We Live
2.9679
The two lovers are living together and are not married as they hesitantly explain to her brother. They had made a promise as children to get married when they grew up, but they "didn't wait. ... more about Today We Live
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.9664 out of 4 stars for Wings
2.9664
Set during World War I, an epic adventure which centers around the close relatioship between Jack Powell and David Armstrong, two young Americans from the same small town who go to France to fly and fight. ... more about Wings
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.9418 out of 4 stars for It
2.9418
Shopgirl Betty Lou has designs on Cyrus Waltham, the handsome owner of the department store where she works. Waltham, though, doesn't even know Betty Lou is around. ... more about It
DVD from $15.49 
(3 sellers)
10
Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.8174 out of 4 stars for Love in the Afternoon
2.8174
Director Billy Wilder salutes his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a middle-aged playboy fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client. ... more about Love in the Afternoon
DVD from $5.79 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.8172 out of 4 stars for Farewell to Arms
2.8172
A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyses Lt. ... more about Farewell to Arms
DVD from $1.98 
(0 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7900 out of 4 stars for Friendly Persuasion
2.7900
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. ... more about Friendly Persuasion
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $9.76 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7727 out of 4 stars for Westerner
2.7727
Cole Hardin just doesn't look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she steps up to the bar. Cole says he can't take it with him as he empties all of his coins on the bar to buy drinks for the jury. ... more about Westerner
DVD from $59.85 
(0 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7570 out of 4 stars for Meet John Doe
2.7570
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe. ... more about Meet John Doe
DVD from $0.99 
(3 sellers)
15
Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7563 out of 4 stars for Beau Geste
2.7563
Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money in the uppercrust household grows tight, Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most treasured jewel the the mighty "Blue Water" sapphire. ... more about Beau Geste
DVD from $13.26 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7496 out of 4 stars for Morocco
2.7496
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. ... more about Morocco
DVD from $15.45 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7267 out of 4 stars for Ball of Fire
2.7267
Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. ... more about Ball of Fire
DVD from $128.00 
(0 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.7000 out of 4 stars for For Whom the Bell Tolls
2.7000
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. ... more about For Whom the Bell Tolls
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $5.95 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.6757 out of 4 stars for If I Had a Million
2.6757
Wealthy John Glidden wants to give his money away to strangers rather than have his relatives fight over it. We see the effect the gifts have on many different sorts of individuals. ... more about If I Had a Million
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.6506 out of 4 stars for Along Came Jones
2.6506
Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad. The real Jarrad is hiding out wounded on the ranch of childhood sweetheart Cherry. ... more about Along Came Jones
DVD from $2.45 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.6391 out of 4 stars for Operator 13
2.6391
Gail Loveless (Marion Davies), a spy known as Operator 13 working for the Union and Federal cause during the Civil War, posing as a Confederate woman named Anne Claybourne, meets and falls in love with Confederate Captain Jack Galliard (Gary Cooper. ... more about Operator 13
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.6217 out of 4 stars for Blowing Wild
2.6217
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Souls at Sea
2.6026
Based on the true story of the William Brown murders, this courtroom potboiler set in 1842 Philadelphia tells the story of Nuggin' Taylor who is tried and convicted for mass murder at sea before evidence arrives that the Queen of England enlisted him to sabotage the slave trade. ... more about Souls at Sea
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.5806 out of 4 stars for Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
2.5806
The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. ... more about Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
DVD from $6.99 
(3 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.5387 out of 4 stars for Unconquered
2.5387
In 1763, felon Abby Hale is sentenced to slavery in America. In Virginia, heroic Capt. Holden buys her, intending to free her, but villain Garth foils this plan, and Abby toils at Dave Bone's tavern. ... more about Unconquered
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.5239 out of 4 stars for Fountainhead
2.5239
Individualistic and idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because his designs fail to fit with existing architectural thinking. ... more about Fountainhead
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.5113 out of 4 stars for Now and Forever
2.5113
Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. ... more about Now and Forever
DVD from $2.83 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.4748 out of 4 stars for One Sunday Afternoon
2.4748
Hugo and Biff were friends until they met Virginia. Biff could think of no one but Virginia, but she would never be happy with a big slow bully. So she married Hugo and Biff married Amy just because his Virginia got married. ... more about One Sunday Afternoon
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.4565 out of 4 stars for Plainsman
2.4565
In this tale that mixes nonstop Western drama and action with an old-fashioned love story, Wild Bill Hickok (Gary Cooper) attempts to stop an Indian uprising fueled by white gun runners. ... more about Plainsman
DVD from $6.98 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.4245 out of 4 stars for Peter Ibbetson
2.4245
Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart. ... more about Peter Ibbetson
DVD from $15.99 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.4078 out of 4 stars for North West Mounted Police
2.4078
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. ... more about North West Mounted Police
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.3652 out of 4 stars for Alice in Wonderland
2.3652
On a boring winter afternoon, Alice dreams, that she's visiting the land behind the mirror. This turns out to be a surrealistic nightmare, with all sorts of strange things happening to her, like changing her size or playing croquet with flamingos. ... more about Alice in Wonderland
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.3591 out of 4 stars for They Came to Cordura
2.3591
After a cavalry charge during the 1916 U.S. "war against Pancho Villa," unheroic awards officer Tom Thorn (who is obsessed with the nature of courage) recommends 4 men for the Medal of Honor. He is ordered back to Cordura with them... ... more about They Came to Cordura
Actor Awards
Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
DVD from $1.99 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.3469 out of 4 stars for Design for Living
2.3469
Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. ... more about Design for Living
DVD from $15.99 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.3432 out of 4 stars for You're in the Navy Now
2.3432
An experimental steam-powered vessel sets off on its maiden voyage with an inexperienced Naval officer at the helm. ... more about You're in the Navy Now
DVD from $5.53 
(6 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.3223 out of 4 stars for Cloak and Dagger
2.3223
Near the end of World War II, the Allies must find out how much the Axis knows about building atomic bombs. The OSS recruits a physicist, Alvah Jesper, to reach his former colleague, Katerin Lodor, now in Switzerland, and bring her out for debriefing. ... more about Cloak and Dagger
DVD from $6.99 
(3 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.2647 out of 4 stars for Task Force
2.2647
After learning the finer points of aerial combat during WWI, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. ... more about Task Force
Not Available on DVD
38
Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.2564 out of 4 stars for Wreck of the Mary Deare
2.2564
In the English Channel John Sands, captain of a small rescue ship, finds the freighter Mary Deare drifting. Although there's only a little fire, the whole crew seems to have left the ship. ... more about Wreck of the Mary Deare
DVD from $31.85 
(5 sellers)
39
Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.1947 out of 4 stars for Adventures of Marco Polo
2.1947
Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. ... more about Adventures of Marco Polo
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.1415 out of 4 stars for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
2.1415
US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him. ... more about Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 2.0501 out of 4 stars for City Streets
2.0501
Nan, a racketeer's daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Despite Nan's prodding, The Kid has no ambitions about joining the rackets and making enough money to support Nan in the lifestyle she's accustomed to. ... more about City Streets
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.9825 out of 4 stars for Distant Drums
1.9825
Army Lietenent Tufts accompanies Scout Quincey Wyatt into the everglades to route the Seminole Indians that are threatening the early settlers in Florida. When the command is forced to run, Wyatt and Seminole Chief Oscala square off in an exciting climax. ... more about Distant Drums
DVD from $6.99 
(2 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.9421 out of 4 stars for General Died at Dawn
1.9421
In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O'Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission, to get arms for the helpless authorities in a province ravaged by warlord General Yang. ... more about General Died at Dawn
DVD from $15.99 
(5 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.8721 out of 4 stars for Desire
1.8721
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to spain, to get the pearls out of France, but getting the pearls, back from him prooves to be difficult without falling in love. ... more about Desire
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.8538 out of 4 stars for Virginian
1.8538
Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a local ranch, and Steve, his best fiend, soon become rivals for her affection. ... more about Virginian
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.8363 out of 4 stars for Vera Cruz
1.8363
Ben Trane and Joe Erin, two rival soldiers of fortune who team to fight for the highest bidder. ... more about Vera Cruz
DVD from $3.91 
(0 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.8173 out of 4 stars for Cowboy and the Lady
1.8173
Poor Mary Smith can't go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father's political career. ... more about Cowboy and the Lady
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.7351 out of 4 stars for Real Glory
1.7351
In 1906 the American army pulls out of Manila leaving a handful of officers to try and get the Philippines Constabulary into shape to protect the native population from ruthless invaders. ... more about Real Glory
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.5715 out of 4 stars for Springfield Rifle
1.5715
Major Lex Kearney, dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, has actually volunteered to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. ... more about Springfield Rifle
DVD from $31.85 
(5 sellers)
50
Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.5068 out of 4 stars for Slippery Pearls
1.5068
Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft of Norma Shearer's jewelry. ... more about Slippery Pearls
DVD from $1.98 
(0 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.3889 out of 4 stars for Hanging Tree
1.3889
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realising that he can exploit his secret. ... more about Hanging Tree
Actor Awards
Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
Not Available on DVD
52
Gary Cooper scores a combined 1.1415 out of 4 stars for Fighting Caravans
1.1415
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. ... more about Fighting Caravans
DVD from $0.99 
(3 sellers)
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Beau Sabreur
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Betrayal
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Bright Leaf
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Once, magnate Major Singleton ran the Royles out of the Kingsmont tobacco country for daring to make lowly cigarettes. Now in 1894, Brant Royle, last of his name, is back. ... more about Bright Leaf
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Devil and the Deep
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Naval commander Charles Storm has made life miserable for his wife Pauline due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive behavior soon drives her to the arms of a handsome lieutenant. ... more about Devil and the Deep
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Doomsday
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Garden of Evil
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Three Americans are headed by ship around the cape to the California gold fields when they are put ashore for several weeks in a sleepy little Mexican village. ... more about Garden of Evil
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64
Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Good Sam
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Half a Bride
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for His Woman
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Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. ... more about His Woman
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for I Take This Woman
0.0001
A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits her, and after trying to make a go of it as a cowboy's wife, they agree to divorce and she returns back east to her family. ... more about I Take This Woman
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for It's a Big Country
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The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. ... more about It's a Big Country
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Lilac Time
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All of those handsome young men in their flying machines are billeted in a field next to the Widow Berthelot's farmhouse in France. Her daughter Jeannine is curious about the young men fighting for England in World War I and their airplanes. ... more about Lilac Time
Not Available on DVD
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Naked Edge
0.0001
George Radcliffe's testimony sends Donald Heath to prison for murder and the theft of over 60,000 pounds. Soon after, Radcliffe invests a large sum of money in an ultimately profitable business venture. ... more about Naked Edge
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Nevada
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Red Hair
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Return to Paradise
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In a "Tales of the South Pacific" short story stretched to novel length, Morgan (Gary Cooper), a drifter and soldier-of-fortune washes up on a Pacific island that is a small dictatorial state under the puritanic rule of Pastor Corbett (Barry Jones), a ... more about Return to Paradise
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Saratoga Trunk
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On the death of her mother, the vivacious Clio Dulaine returns from Paris to her childhood home in New Orleans to seek revenge for the humiliation her mother suffered there from her father's wife's family. ... more about Saratoga Trunk
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84
Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Spoilers
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Starlift
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Story of Dr. Wassell
0.0001
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. ... more about Story of Dr. Wassell
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ten North Frederick
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At her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. ... more about Ten North Frederick
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Texan
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Variety Girl
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Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick ... more about Variety Girl
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Winning of Barbara Worth
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Jefferson Worth finds an orphaned child in the desert and raises her as his daughter, Barbara. When grown, Barbara is beloved by Abe Lee, the foreman of her father's ranch and company. ... more about Winning of Barbara Worth
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Gary Cooper scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Wolf Song
0.0001
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. ... more about Wolf Song
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Birthdate:
May 7, 1901
Death date:
May 13, 1961

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Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1920s
19
total ranking of 1.9507  1.9507
1930s
35
total ranking of 4.0000  4.0000
1940s
17
total ranking of 3.0946  3.0946
1950s
20
total ranking of 2.6474  2.6474
1960s
1
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3.0489
Gary Cooper is ranked overall as 3.0489 of of 4 stars
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