Best Tyrone Power movies
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TOP 9: Jesse James
Tyrone Power as: Jesse Woodson James
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Release: 1939
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
TOP 8: Rawhide
Tyrone Power as: Tom Owens
Genre: Western
Release: 1951
Not a Rowdy Yates in sight in this western set in a stop over for the California to St Louis mail stagecoach run. The two staff are warned that four dangerous outlaws are in the area, and together with a female stage passenger and her baby they wait patiently for the word to go round that these men have been caught. Can you guess where the outlaws decide to hide out while they plan a large gold robbery? What follows is a film that concentrates on small details (like attempts to slip a warning note to a passing stage, or to reach a hidden gun that the bad guys don't know about) as the captives try anything to get away from the outlaws.
TOP 7: The Black Swan
Tyrone Power as: Jamie Waring
Genre: Action, Adventure
Release: 1942
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of Buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
TOP 6: Blood and Sand
Tyrone Power as: Juan
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Release: 1941
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
TOP 5: The Razor's Edge
Tyrone Power as: Larry Darrell
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1946
A adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
TOP 4: The Kid Stays in the Picture
Tyrone Power as: Himself (archive footage)
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2002
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
TOP 3: The Mark of Zorro
Tyrone Power as: Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western, Romance
Release: 1940
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.
TOP 2: Nightmare Alley
Tyrone Power as: Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Genre: Drama
Release: 1947
Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
TOP 1: Witness for the Prosecution
Tyrone Power as: Leonard Vole
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1957
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.