Greatest 27 Biography Movies Hits from 1960

The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising. Get info on Spartacus / IMDB / YouTube

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Find out about Inherit the Wind / IMDB / YouTube

The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions. Explore Testament of Orpheus / IMDB / YouTube

A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. Bull Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal. Info on The Gallant Hours / IMDB / YouTube

The rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter. Details on Murder, Inc. / IMDB / YouTube

When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan. Info on Hell to Eternity / IMDB / YouTube

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career. Look into Sunrise at Campobello / IMDB / YouTube

Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era. Explore The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond / IMDB / YouTube

A chronicle of Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it. More about The Trials of Oscar Wilde / IMDB / YouTube

During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army. Explore Hannibal / IMDB / YouTube

The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Sir Dirk Bogarde), whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences. See more about Song Without End / IMDB / YouTube

Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred . See more about Esther and the King / IMDB / YouTube

Between 1906-1909, NYPD Lieutenant Joe Petrosino heads the 'Italian Squad' and tries to stamp out organized crime from the city, often times amid assassination attempts by the Mafia. See more about Pay or Die! / IMDB / YouTube

The story of rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun's career, from the 1920s until the late 1950s. Read about I Aim at the Stars / IMDB / YouTube

Charles Arthur Floyd finds work on an oil rig after serving time for armed robbery; but when he becomes involved with a married woman, her husband swears revenge. Floyd's boss doesn't know that his new employee was a jailbird. Info on Pretty Boy Floyd / IMDB / YouTube