Ely Wallach — Actor (53)
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Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
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Abraham Polonsky actor: Yul Brynner / Eli Wallach …
other title: Il romanzo di un ladro di cavalli / Ein Kerl zum Pferdestehlen …
Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain Stoloff, occupies the town and, in the name of the Czar, requisitions all the horses for the Russian-Japanese War. With no more horses to steal, Kifke cannot afford to marry Estusha and all the young men in the village are likely to be incorporated into the Russian army. This state of affairs cannot continue and Zavill will take care of things.
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The Brain (1969)
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Gérard Oury actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo / Bourvil …
other title: Il cervello / O Cérebro …
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
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Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971)
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Duccio Tessari actor: Franco Nero / Eli Wallach …
other title: Viva la muerte...tua! / Zwei wilde Companeros …
A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell, a radical Irish journalist, wants to foment a peasant revolt in Mexico. She enlists the help of a seedy bandit, Lozoya, by saving him from a death sentence in Utah. They meet a man calling himself Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky, who claims to be a Russian prince, not to mention a man of the cloth. Wallach pretends to be a Mexican folk hero. The trio crosses the border, the two men seeking a cache of gold while O'Donnell pursues her revolution.
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The Angel Levine (1970)
The Angel Levine
Ján Kadár actor: Zero Mostel / Harry Belafonte …
other title: Ein Engel namens Levin / El angel Levine …
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
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The Hunter (1980)
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Buzz Kulik actor: Steve McQueen / Eli Wallach …
other title: Il cacciatore di taglie / Jeder Kopf hat seinen Preis …
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
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The Lineup (1958)
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Don Siegel actor: Eli Wallach / Robert Keith …
other title: Crimine silenzioso / Der Henker ist unterwegs …
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
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The People Next Door (1970)
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David Greene actor: Eli Wallach / Julie Harris …
other title: L'uomo della porta accanto / Juventud pervertida …
A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward.
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The Victors (1963)
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Carl Foreman actor: Ely Wallach / George Hamilton …
other title: I vincitori / Die Sieger …
Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.
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Baby Doll (1956)
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Elia Kazan actor: Karl Malden / Carroll Baker …
other title: Baby Doll - La bambola viva / La Poupée de chair …
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.
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The Domino Principle (1977)
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Stanley Kramer actor: Gene Hackman / Candice Bergen …
other title: Il principio del domino: la vita in gioco / Das Domino Komplott …
Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.
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Plot of Fear (1976)
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Paolo Cavara actor: Corinne Cléry / Michele Placido …
other title: E tanta paura / Magnum 45 …
Plot of Fear tells the story of a decadent weekend party full of orgies and drugs on the outskirts of Milan. Inspector Lomenzo investigates a series of bizarre murders, each linked by the fact that pages from the German children’s book "Shock-Headed Peter" have been left at the scene of the crime. As the bodies pile up, Lomenzo is guided by a model and a surveillance expert to a decadent club frequented by the rich and powerful.
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Winter Kills (1979)
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William Richert actor: Jeff Bridges / John Huston …
other title: Rebus per un assassino / Iskold magt …
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
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A Cold Night's Death (1973)
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Jerrold Freedman actor: Robert Culp / Eli Wallach …
other title: A Morte Numa Noite Fria / Der eiskalte Tod …
Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
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The Two Jakes (1990)
The Two Jakes
Jack Nicholson actor: Jack Nicholson / Harvey Keitel …
other title: Il grande inganno / O Caso da Mulher Infiel …
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
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Keeping the Faith (2000)
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Edward Norton actor: Ben Stiller / Edward Norton …
other title: Tentazioni d'amore / Sedutora Tentação …
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.
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How the West Was Won (1962)
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Henry Hathaway / John Ford … actor: Andy Devine / Andy Devine …
other title: La conquista del West / Vi vandt vesten …
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.