The best Joe Turkel’s action movies

Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel

15/07/1927 (96 años)
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The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg
6.2/10
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma
6.6/10
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.

Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!
6.9/10
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

Johnny Cool

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

The Dark Side of The Moon

The Dark Side of The Moon
4.9/10
It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.

Inside Detroit

Inside Detroit
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/01/1956
  • Character: Pete Link (as Joseph Turkel)
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.

Sword in the Desert

Sword in the Desert
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 24/08/1949
  • Character: Haganah Soldier (uncredited)
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.

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