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Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

26/03/1916- 23/05/1986
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The Godfather

The Godfather
9.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/03/1972
  • Character: Capt. Mark McCluskey
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

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.

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove
8.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 29/01/1964
  • Character: Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/05/1950
  • Character: Dix Handley
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

1900

1900
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 03/09/1976
  • Character: Leo Dalcò
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Nine to Five

Nine to Five
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/12/1980
  • Character: Russell Tinsworthy
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?

Crime Wave

Crime Wave
7.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 22/10/1953
  • Character: Det. Lt. Sims
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar
7.6/10
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

Suddenly

Suddenly
6.8/10
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/12/1978
  • Character: King Zharko Stepanowicz
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant
6.2/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 05/04/1954
  • Character: Sir Gawain
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.

Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 13/11/1957
  • Character: Captain Martin Treleaven
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

The Final Programme

The Final Programme
5.4/10
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme", developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm. A group of scientists, led by the formidable Miss Brunner (who consumes her lovers), has sought Cornelius's help in obtaining it. After a chase across a war-torn Europe on the verge of anarchy, Brunner and Cornelius obtain the microfilm from Jerry's loathsome brother Frank. They proceed to an abandoned underground Nazi fortress in the Arctic to run the programme, with Jerry and Miss Brunner as the subjects.

The Outsider

The Outsider
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/06/1980
  • Character: Seamus Flaherty
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.

Denver and Rio Grande

Denver and Rio Grande
5.7/10
Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotage the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.

Loving

Loving
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 04/03/1970
  • Character: Lepridon
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful illustrator and his feeling that he might still produce something worthwhile.

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