Claude Akins Movies through the decades
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- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.Brought from Broadway to appear in his first picture. Watches Sinatra play pool. Stands around as others fight ! Character name : Sgt. Baldy Dohm
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsBill ElliottCarleton YoungBeverly GarlandIn a film incorrectly reported as Bill Elliott's last starring western, "Bitter Creek" (released in March of 1954 carrying 16843 as the PCA number) falls a tab bit short of that as it was followed by "The Forty-Niners", (released two months later on May 9, 1954 with 16874 as the PCA number), but the correctly-reported absence of production values is duly noted. As Clay Tindall (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott), comes to a town in a search for the killer of his brother and quickly becomes unpopular with the townspeople who are unwillingly but submissive subjects to the whims of local cattleman Quentin Allen (Carleton Young) and his motley gang of hired hands and henchies. At the end, Elliott is given a typical line from his Columbia and Republic days that indicates that killing for revenge isn't admirable or the right thing to do, although he has just finished a rather thorough job of doing just that.He plays someone listed as "Henchman Vance Morgan. I suspect not a hero type. One I haven't seen .. YET !
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge SandersGary MerrillA woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.uncredited as Police Officer.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsHumphrey BogartJosé FerrerVan JohnsonWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.Horrible !!! Not an opinion, his character name ! My first meeting with the man I have followed around on screen for most of my life ! The reason I was always answered " who ? when asked who my favorite actor was (is) !
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsVan HeflinAnne BancroftRichard BooneA group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans, Vermont. To get the lay of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life--especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.uncredited .. played Lt. Ramsey
- DirectorHoward W. KochEdmond O'BrienStarsEdmond O'BrienJohn AgarMarla EnglishWhen a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks.Fat Michaels ... swimming pool !
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsBroderick CrawfordRuth RomanMartha HyerAn FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.Matty Pavelich
- DirectorDon WeisStarsJohn DerekElaine StewartThomas GomezIn Ispahan, Persia, a barber mistakes an emerald ring as the prize to be delivered to a prince known far and wide, only to realize that a runaway Princess is the real treasure awaited, promising to escort her to her final destination.Chief Executioner's Aide
Photo as well as film are not available. Would like to find it ! - DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsGary MerrillJan SterlingRegis ToomeyPolice procedural film about a police captain assigned to take over a demoralized precinct and turn it around by settling all the unsolved cases, as well as some new tough ones.George Mandy . Yet another Henchman.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneLana TurnerDavid FarrarAs World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.Winkler
Blond in this one and ONLY this one. Interacts with James Arness. - DirectorRichard WilsonStarsRobert MitchumJan SterlingKaren SharpeWhen a notorious tough 'town tamer' is hired by the citizenry to rid of the gunmen driving them off their land, he finds the local saloon madam to be an old friend.Jim Reedy
Watch for the "business" with the hat !!!! - DirectorLewis SeilerStarsJohn LundWilliam BendixKeefe BrasselleThe crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.Marty Brennan
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsWilliam HoldenDeborah KerrThelma RitterIn the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.Searched this one carefully .. I think I spotted him in the background playing chess or checkers in the rec room. He was something of a chess expert in real life. Listed in credits as "Big Soldier".
- DirectorDon McGuireStarsFrank SinatraKeenan WynnWilliam ConradAfter two desperadoes take a town hostage, former bad boy Johnny Concho, brother of a notorious gunfighter, must find the courage to save it.Played "Lem" .. another film I haven't found. Perhaps it's locked up in Sinatra's vault ?
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsTab HunterNatalie WoodSkip HomeierAfter Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. Played Ben Hindenman, Sutton's foreman. NOT a nice guy.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsVictor MatureKaren SteeleJames OlsonDuring World War II, U.S. Navy scientists working in Cuba attempt to find an effective shark repellent to be used by servicemen stranded in shark-infested waters.Stars Victor Mature (ugh.. ick... blah !!!) Otherwise not too bad a picture. Leastwise he doen't get shot in it for a change !!!
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsLeslie NielsenColleen MillerEdward AndrewsAn out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.Credited as "truck driver" but I seem to remember a Taxi. Picture starred Leslie Neilson.
- DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsMarjorie MainParker FennellyGloria TalbottMa and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.Typical Kettles comedy with Pete Logan running around organizing things.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsJack PalanceAnthony PerkinsNeville BrandAging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him.Blackburn ... pretty nasty to Pa Palance and son Perkins.
- DirectorRichard BartlettStarsJock MahoneyLuana PattenCharles McGrawA stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out, including the stranger's true identity.Sally Fields step-dad starred in this one. CA played Adam Grant. Pretty good story.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony CurtisSidney PoitierCara WilliamsTwo chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.MAC = yet another baddie .. Gets his from Lon, Jr.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsAndy GriffithFelicia FarrWalter MatthauIn 1941, an Oklahoma college graduate joins the US Coast Guard and serves as a cook on a ship based in Boston.Poznicki. Kitchen comedy on a ship starring Andy Griffith. Walter Matthau as the villain.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn WayneDean MartinRicky NelsonA small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.The spitoon ... need I say more ?
Joe Burdette - DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsSidney PoitierDorothy DandridgeSammy Davis Jr.A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.Diifficult film to find. Plays "Detective".
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJerry LewisDina MerrillDiana SpencerDuring the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.Lt. Cmdr. Farber comes to escort Jerry (yuck, ick, blah) Lewis to where he has to go. CA has only maybe 2 scenes. Watched the horrible movie to make sure. Have the comic book too and CA is in it !
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsClint WalkerEdd ByrnesJohn RussellIn 1870s, in the Sioux territory south of the Missouri, trapper and Indian scout Luther Yellowstone Kelly is hired by the army at Fort Buford but runs into trouble with the Sioux.Listed only as "Sergeant". Another one in a comic book ALSO the first photo I found of CA ... he is fighting Edd Byrnes and it's a shot of his cavalry blue clad butt =)
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsFabianStuart WhitmanCarol LynleyA farm boy and his dog go hunting with his teenage brother (Fabian) and an older friend (Stuart Whitman) in 1912.Hog Peysen vs Fabian.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottNancy GatesClaude AkinsA man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.Ben Lane .. another not nice guy vs Randolph Scott. Gunfight in the rocks !
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyFredric MarchGene KellyBased on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.The Reverend Jeremiah Jones. One of his most evil characters. Hair "greyed" with what looks like spray paint but a better job than what they did on "The Deserter" / Bonanza.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsDiane McBainArthur KennedyWill HutchinsIn Georgia, the young and attractive daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming the town's harlot.S.T. Crawford .. lusting after the teen heroine.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsJeff ChandlerTy HardinPeter BrownDuring WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.
Sgt. Kolowicz. Another WWII picture.
Even tough guys cry. - DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsPhilip CareyDiane McBainJames BestTwo friends join together to strike oil during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s, and wind up fighting over the same oil wells and the same girl.Chick Carrington. Oil wells.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsTroy DonahueSuzanne PleshetteDiane McBainWest Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.Seeley Jones in bright red longjohns make up for having to watch Troy Donahue... almost!
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.Earl Sylvester, car mechanic.The first made for TV movie. Also released on the big screen. Ronald Reagan beating up on Angie Dickenson. John Cassavettes driving a racecar with some of the worst rear-screen projection. CA re-united with Lee Marvin.
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsChuck ConnorsMichael RennieKathryn HaysAfter an 11-year absence, a buffalo hunter returns home with lots of money in his saddlebags only to be robbed at gunpoint by a trio of no-good town citizens, prompting an eventual revenge quest.Ellwood Coates / Whiskey Man. HORRIBLE film !!! but one of the BEST and longest bar-room fights ever. Chuck Connors .... 3 episodes of The Rifleman and first episode of Branded.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert FullerJocelyn LaneDan DuryeaAfter a convoy carrying a million dollars in gold is ambushed, an army captain is sent on a secret mission to retrieve the bullion with the reluctant help of one of the robbers.Otto Krausman
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsYul BrynnerRobert FullerJulián MateosTwo survivors of the original Magnificent Seven, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members to re-form the outfit and defend several Mexican villages from vicious bandits.Frank. Suicidally inclined.
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsChad EverettMarilyn DevinDean JaggerIn WW2, highly decorated Marine Sgt. Jack Connell comes home to the USA from the Pacific War and trains recruits for the army until his fighting spirit prods him to request a return to active duty on the front lines.Capt. Mason. Another WWII. Lots of talking by a jeep.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJames CoburnCarroll O'ConnorMargaret BlyeAfter a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried and he plans to retrieve it but others are searching for it too.MSgt. Henry J. Foggers. Distasteful "comedy". Lots of big names (or big names to be) but nasty story line.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsWilliam HoldenCliff RobertsonVince EdwardsA US Army lieutenant colonel is tasked with forming an elite commando-style unit from crack Canadian troops and the dregs of the US Army.Pvt. Rocky Rockman. Newspaper ads had CA picture in them. Dirty Dozen type story.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsZero MostelKim NovakClint WalkerThree separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880."Slade" ... another one I haven't yet seen.
- DirectorVic MorrowGiorgio GentiliStarsJames GarnerDennis WeaverClaude AkinsIn the Old West, a gunfighting outlaw connives his way into a prison in hopes of getting his hands on a large shipment of gold stored there.played Hooker.
Pretty violent western. Garner not his more familiar, laid back persona. - DirectorCarol ReedStarsAnthony QuinnClaude AkinsTony BillComedy based on the plight of modern aboriginal Americans living on reservations.Lobo Jackson .. another pre-series name cropping up. Pictures with drinking horse. Aka "The Last Warrior". Another haven't seen.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsCharlton HestonJames BrolinYvette MimieuxA crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.Sgt. Ben Puzo
- DirectorHerbert KenwithStarsClaude AkinsAnjanette ComerJason EversRich woman, an industrialist's wife, finds her home nearly destroyed and with menacing phrases painted on the walls. Besides calling the police, her husband calls his security manager, an ex-cop who hesitates before accepting the task.Styron. Originally made for TV
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsRoddy McDowallClaude AkinsNatalie TrundyTen years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.Aldo. Only the voice showed who it was. Kinda like "Sister Ann" ages ago on the Loretta Young Show.
- DirectorTay GarnettChuck D. KeenStarsLeon AmesClaude AkinsTab HunterClaude Akins plays a tough, hard-drinking Alaska logging foreman, who likes fighting only slightly less than working.aka : The Big Push
- DirectorOvidio G. AssonitisStarsJohn HustonShelley WintersBo HopkinsA mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.Sheriff Robards. Another gosh awful movie he probably made to help pay the fees at the golf course.
- DirectorJack RooneyStarsClaude AkinsLaura CostinHerbert JohnsonA small peaceful community faces danger when a deranged professional wrestler stalks its citizens...and finally the local karate school owner, whose non-violent teachings won't allow him to seek revenge.another Sheriff.
- DirectorBob DahlinStarsDonald GrantDenise DuBarryClaude AkinsPaul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!Sheriff Sam Ketchem
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsWil WheatonClaude AkinsMalcolm DanareWhen a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.Nathan. Picture aka "The Farm". Will Weaton is the boy.
- DirectorJohn MellencampStarsJohn MellencampMariel HemingwayClaude AkinsRock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his life into turmoil. Returning to his native Indiana to try to reestablish a normal life. Instead he takes up with an old lover (Lenz), ignoring his loving wife (Hemingway), and duplicating the lifestyle of his womanizing father (Akins).Speck Parks. Mellencamp's lusty, mean dad. He should have watched out for that frying pan !!! Return to EVIL CLAUDE at last. I hope he enjoyed making this one. Filmed on location in JM's hometown of Seymour, Indiana. CA also from Indiana. Never knew til now the film was based on a Larry McMurtry novel.
- DirectorT.C. ChristensenStarsLeigh LombardiSam HenningsClaude AkinsMartha and Jed Richards live in Oregon in 1862. They and their two daughters moved there to make a new life, but the daughters died of cholera along the way. This has left Martha an emotional wreck, and she is unable to move on with her life. That is until an orphan named Danny comes to live with them. Jed immediately accepts Danny as his son, but Martha is still too upset to be able to love him. As time passes, however, she finds herself more and more able to accept him as part of the family.William Clay. A minister with an old-timey sideburns look. Not his best! Too sappy a story for me. Watched it just to see CA !
- DirectorBob WillemsStarsKim KilwayBob PoolePaige HartA guy - old enough to be her father - woos Tina away from her twenty-something boyfiend, who then starts acting even nuttier. Could it be, however, that they're BOTH whack jobs?Detective Lucky Douglas. Released after his death in 1991.