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1. Crime Boss (1972)
directed by Alberto De Martino
featuring Telly Savalas, Antonio SabatoA cocky young hoodlum may have gotten in over his head as he reaches for the top in this crime drama. Antonio Mancuso (Antonio Sabato) comes from a ... More
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2. Border Cop (1979)
directed by Christopher Leitch
featuring Telly Savalas, Eddie AlbertThe original title of this film was The Border. It tells the story of one border guard's desire to put an end to the practice of hauling truck loads ... More
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3. Horror Express (1972)
directed by Eugenio Martín
featuring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly SavalasThis horror science-fiction thriller, a cult favorite, takes place in 1907. Professor Caxton (Christopher Lee), a fossil-hunter has discovered some ... More
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4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
directed by Peter Hunt
featuring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Ilse Steppat, Gabriele FerzettiIt wasn't as well received at the box office as the pictures that preceded it or followed it, but Peter Hunt's On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one ... More
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5. The Scalphunters (1968)
directed by Sydney Pollack
featuring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Armando SilvestreFor his third feature outing, director Sydney Pollack helmed this comedic western starring (Burt Lancaster) as fur trapper Joe Bass. While heading ... More
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6. The Slender Thread (1965)
directed by Sydney Pollack
featuring Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Ed AsnerSidney Pollack marked his feature film directing debut with this taut suspense drama, based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine. Sidney ... More
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7. Love Is a Ball (1963)
directed by David Swift
featuring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalban, Telly SavalasIn this light romantic comedy Charles Boyer plays the enigmatic Mr. Pimm, a man with a Cupid complex who grooms men to be paired with the ideal ... More
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8. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
directed by Roger Vadim
featuring Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John Carson, Roddy McDowallOcean View High is an upscale suburban school in an otherwise unidentified community. It's 1971, the point when the sexual revolution started moving ... More
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9. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
directed by Melvin Frank
featuring Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly SavalasGina Lollobrigida delivers a bright comic turn in Melvin Frank's farce concerning Carla, an Italian woman who, during World War II, had affairs with ... More
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10. Land Raiders (1969)
directed by Nathan Juran
featuring Telly Savalas, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, Jocelyn LaneVince Carden (Telly Savalas) is the violent Apache-hating landowner obsessed with driving the Indians from the region in this action-packed western. ... More
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11. Inside Out (1975)
directed by Peter Duffell
featuring Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason, Aldo Ray, Günter MeisnerList of all editionsTelly Savalas, James Mason and Robert Culp join together to discover a hidden cache of $6 million in Nazi gold in this action caper retitled both ... More
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12. Escape to Athena (1979)
directed by George Pan Cosmatos
featuring Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard RoundtreeList of all editionsThe original British version of Escape to Athena ran 125 minutes; American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content ... More
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13. Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire (1974)
directed by Tonino Valerii
featuring James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Georges GéretHaving relinquished Fort Holman to the Confederacy without a shot being fired, Col. Pembroke (James Coburn) is in danger of a court-martial finding ... More
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14. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
directed by Irwin Allen
featuring Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack WardenList of all editionsIrwin Allen's second water-logged disaster film picks up where The Poseidon Adventure left off; Salvagers Michael Caine, Karl Malden and Sally Field ... More
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15. Kojak [TV Series] (1973)
The character of tough, sarcastic, lollipop-sucking New York City police detective Theo Kojak was introduced in The Marcus-Nelson Murders, a 1973 TV ... More
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16. The Assassination Bureau (1969)
directed by Basil Dearden
featuring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe NoiretList of all editionsThe Assassination Bureau is loosely based on a turn-of-the-century yarn written by Jack London. Nellie Bly-style girl reporter Sonya Winter (Diana ... More
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17. A Town Called Hell (1971)
directed by Robert Parrish
featuring Telly Savalas, Martin Landau, Robert Shaw, Stella StevensList of all editionsA priest--a former revolutionary--finds himself the target of a manhunt in a small Mexican town. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
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18. Backfire! (1994)
directed by A. Dean Bell
featuring Kathy Ireland, Mary McCormack, Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas, Shelley WintersList of all editionsBackfire! aspires to the tradition of Jim Abrams and brothers Jerry and David Zucker with this chaotic spoof of Ron Howard's Backdraft (1991). Set in ... More
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19. Beyond Reason (1977)
directed by Telly Savalas
featuring Telly Savalas, Laura Johnson, Diana Muldaur, Marvin Laird, Bob BassoTelly Savalas wrote and directed this drama about an unconventional psychologist who battles for his own mental health while dealing with the stress ... More
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20. Fake-Out (1982)
directed by Matt Cimber
featuring Pia Zadora, Telly Savalas, Desi Arnaz, Jr., G.W. StevensList of all editionsJust as the singing star Bobbie Warren (Pia Zadora) finishes her act, she is clapped into handcuffs by police lieutenant Thurston (Telly Savalas) and ... More
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21. Violent City (1970)
directed by Sergio Sollima
featuring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Telly SavalasList of all editionsThis Italian crime melodrama was originally released as Citta Violenta. Charles Bronson stars as Jeff, an ex-convict living in New Orleans. ... More
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22. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Telly Savalas, George MontgomeryList of all editionsIn December of 1944, the Allied high command is convinced that German forces in Belgium are in a low state of readiness, and perhaps even about to ... More
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23. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
directed by John Frankenheimer
featuring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly SavalasList of all editionsIn this film based on a true story, Burt Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a withdrawn prison inmate who cures a sick bird that flies into his cell and ... More
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24. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
directed by Brian G. Hutton
featuring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald SutherlandList of all editionsLike M*A*S*H and Catch-22, both released the same year, this military comedy takes place in an earlier war but is really a thinly disguised treatise ... More
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25. Johnny Cool (1963)
directed by William Asher
featuring Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Marc Lawrence, Richard Anderson, Telly Savalas, Jim Backus, Joey BishopList of all editionsIn this offbeat crime drama, Mafia boss Johnny Colini (Marc Lawrence) has run afoul of the law and is being deported back to his native Sicily. ... More







