The best Elisha Cook Jr.’s drama movies

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

26/12/1903- 18/05/1995
Today we present the best Elisha Cook Jr.’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Elisha Cook Jr.’s movies.
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The Killing

The Killing
7.9/10
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby
8/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 12/06/1968
  • Character: Mr. Nicklas
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Shane

Shane
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 23/04/1953
  • Character: Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Sergeant York

Sergeant York
7.7/10
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

The Champ

The Champ
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 10/07/1979
  • Character: Georgie
The more you love, the harder you fight. The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. He knows what his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be - The Champ.

Tom Horn

Tom Horn
6.8/10
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

The Outfit

The Outfit
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1973
  • Character: Carl (as Elisha Cook)
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

Emperor of the North Pole

Emperor of the North Pole
7.2/10
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 18/07/1952
  • Character: Eddie Forbes
Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises that the woman is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming
7.1/10
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter
6.3/10
A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/07/1949
  • Character: Klipspringer
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Carny

Carny
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 23/05/1980
  • Character: On-Your-Mark
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.

Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady
7.2/10
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.

Electra Glide in Blue

Electra Glide in Blue
7/10
A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.

The Long Night

The Long Night
6.5/10
City police surround a building attempting to capture a suspected murder. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor
6.8/10
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Born to Kill

Born to Kill
7.2/10
Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.

Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool
6.4/10
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Hammett

Hammett
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 09/06/1982
  • Character: Eli the Taxi Driver
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

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