The best Claude Akins’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Claude Akins’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Claude Akins.
The Killers
7/10
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
From Here to Eternity
7.6/10
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Inherit the Wind
8.1/10
This gripping adaptation of the Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee play examines an issue that still causes great controversy—the role religion should play in the schools.
The Defiant Ones
7.6/10
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
The Devil's Brigade
6.7/10
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick (William Holden) is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown (Cliff Robertson) leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker (Vince Edwards) the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.
Skyjacked
5.7/10
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
The Sea Chase
6.4/10
As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.
Master Ninja
Aging skilled master ninja, John Peter McAllister, and his young apprentice search for John's long lost daughter, all the while his old enemies try to stop him. The first two episodes of "The Master" edited into a feature length film used as a promo for the television series.
Eric
7.7/10
Flap
5.7/10
Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.
Witness to Murder
6.6/10
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Battle Stations
6.1/10
The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Shield for Murder
6.8/10
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
Onionhead
6/10
Follow-up to Andy Griffith's big hit in "No Time for Sergeants" moves the action to the Coast Guard and WW II.
Little Mo
7.1/10
Biography of tennis star Maureen Connolly, the first woman to win all Grand Slam titles in one year.
Merrill's Marauders
6.6/10
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
Killer on Board
6.1/10
The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.
Bus Stop
6.9/10
The story is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 25 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus passengers must take shelter.
Claudelle Inglish
6.1/10
A rural southern girl reaches the age where she's ready for a little excitement away from home. Director Gordon Douglas' 1961 drama stars Diane McBain, Arthur Kennedy, Will Hutchins, Chad Everett, Constance Ford, Claude Akins, Frank Overton, James Bell and Hope Summers.
Kiss Me, Kill Me
5.5/10
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.
