I suoi film più famosi includono Out of the Past (1947), Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (19 1957), I Vichinghi (1958), Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), Gli eroi di Telemark (1965) e Tough Guys (1986).