Kirk's top five performances?

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Maddyclassicfilms — 11 years ago(January 29, 2015 12:20 PM)

Kirk is a superb actor but in which five films do you think he gives his best performances?
For me it's the following.
1-
Champion
2-
Detective Story
3-
Paths Of Glory
4-
The Bad and the Beautiful
5-
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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JohnD61 — 11 years ago(March 11, 2015 02:48 AM)

1. Lust for Life (Should have been his Oscar winner)
2. Lonely Are the Brave
3. Paths of Glory
4. Champion
5. Ace in the Hole

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shepardjessica-1 — 10 years ago(April 16, 2015 05:05 PM)

Lonely Are The Brave
Ace In The Hole
Champion5b4
Lust For Life
Spartacus

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suicidea — 10 years ago(April 19, 2015 01:53 PM)

Lonely Are The Brave
Detective Story
Paths of Glory
Ace in The Hole
Lust for Life
Actually I don't think he was even mediocre in any movie.
Never be complete.

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rj-27 — 10 years ago(May 07, 2015 10:02 AM)

My picks:

1. Spartacus
2. Paths of Glory
3. There Was a Cr2000ooked Man
4. The Vikings
5. Lust for Life
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bruce-129 — 10 years ago(August 06, 2015 03:41 AM)

The only ones I really have seen are "Paths of Glory" and "Spartacus". both real classics.
"Spartacus" was easy to love, but POG took a long time for me to watch. Kirk is really
lucky to have been in two such classic great movies, and he was so great in them.

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xfranco_uk — 10 years ago(August 15, 2015 09:14 PM)

Love Kirk's films!
The Vikings
Spartacus
Last Train From Gun Hill
Ace In The Hole
The Last Sunset
(Out of the Past, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea..)

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bruce-129 — 10 years ago(August 16, 2015 02:56 AM)

I love the movies not the actors.
My problem with movies like the Viking and some of the Westerns
is that back in the 60's the historical movies were just really bad
jokes. They were like people playing dressup. Today is a little
better, like the new Vikings series was not bad, though a little violent,
but at least it looks real and is a bit more informed by history.

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mrmathexpert — 10 years ago(November 01, 2015 12:01 AM)

You can't dismiss Spartacus. He made the film.

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fanaticita — 10 years ago(January 13, 2016 01:31 PM)

I watched Young Man With A Horn (1950)last night and was totally blown away by Kirk's performance. It's a must see!!! Supposedly a film based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke, the musician and composer.

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suicidea — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 06:41 AM)

I agree, Young Man With A Horn is an amazing movie. A bit depressing at times, but still wonderful.
Never be complete.

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shepardjessica-1 — 9 years ago(September 14, 2016 12:41 PM)

1. Ace In The Hole
2. Lonely Are The Brave
3. Lust For Life
4. Champion
5. Detective Story

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Lava-Rocks — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 09:02 PM)

1. Paths of Glory
2. Ace in the Hole
3. Lust for Life
4. Spartacus
   After that, it gets hard. There were so many good movies.

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Leveticus — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 05:03 AM)

Champion
Young Man with a Horn
Ace in the Hole
Spartacus
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Honorable mention
: Detective Story

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hobnob53 — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 09:09 AM)

Only five, Maddy? Talk about doing the impossible! Okay.
Ace in the Hole
Paths of Glory
Lust for Life
Seven Days in May
Lonely Are the Brave

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DarthBill — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 03:21 PM)

"The Bad & The Beautiful" should definitely be in the top 5. It's not often than acto2000r does such a great job of combining charisma with cruelty.

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rudeboymurray — 5 years ago(May 06, 2020 12:05 AM)

1. Ace in the Hole (1951)
2. Paths of Glory (1957)
3. Champion (1949)
4. Lonely are the Brave (1962)
5. Out of the Past (1947)

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Filmbuff29 — 3 years ago(March 26, 2023 04:56 AM)

Paths of Glory
Ace in the Hole
Detective Story
Seven Days in May
The Bad and the Beautiful