Sterling Hayden
Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter, was an American actor and author. He didn't really harbor any aspirations of being an actor, dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and hired on as mate on a schooner. He was a ship's captain at 22, and in need of cash to buy his own boat, established himself as a model in New York, discovered by Paramount Studios talent scouts and offered a contract. Sterling Hayden, the handsome tall blond actor who played wholesome leading-man movie roles in the 1940's and 1950's and later weathered into a rough-hewn solid character actor in films such as ''Dr. Strangelove'', ''The Godfather,'' "Nine to Five" and "King of the Gypsies". He appeared in 71 feature films and tv-productions from the debut in "Virginia" 1941 to the tv mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" in 1982. He wrote of his obsessive fascination with the sea in a 1963 autobiography, ''Wanderer,'' and in 1970 his 700-page epic novel of the sea, ''Voyage,'' was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Sterling Hayden appeared in the German documentary, ''Pharos of Chaos,'' (1983) filmed aboard his barge in Europe, and seemed to be in an alcoholic stupor much of the time, supplementing his wine intake with hashish. On camera he said: ''What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink, I don't know.''
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime...
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Brigadier General Jack D. RipperAfter the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war...
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The Killing
as Johnny ClayCareer criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a...
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1900
as Leo DalcòThe epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two...
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Nine to Five
as Russell TinsworthyFrank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage of the women who work with him in the grossest manner....
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The Long Goodbye
as Roger WadeIn 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering...
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Johnny Guitar
as Johnny 'Guitar' LoganOn the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of...
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The Asphalt Jungle
as Dix HandleyRecently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo...
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Venom
as Howard AndersonInternational terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck...
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Suddenly
as Sheriff Tod ShawThe tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of...
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Crime Wave
as Det. Lt. SimsReformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him...
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Winter Kills
as Z.K. DawsonThe younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies...
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Naked Alibi
as Joe E. ConroyQuestioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police...
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Deadly Strangers
as Malcolm RobartsAfter she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing...
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Shotgun
as Clay Hardina deputy U.S. Marshall pursue the gang of Ben Thompson after the murder of another marshall....
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Prince Valiant
as Sir GawainA young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled...
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Cry, Onion!
as Henry 'Jack' PullitzerOnion Jack has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in...
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Crime of Passion
as Lt. William DoyleKathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his...
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King of the Gypsies
as King Zharko StepanowiczZharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling...
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Kansas Pacific
as Capt. John NelsonJust before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent...
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Zero Hour!
as Captain Martin TreleavenIn 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food...
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Hellgate
as Lt. Tod VoorheesA man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
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The Star
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry LesterA washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
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Loving
as LepridonBrooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress...
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Variety Girl
as Sterling HaydenDozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
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Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public....
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So Big
as Pervis De JongA girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there...
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Terror in a Texas Town
as George HansenArmed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A...
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Flaming Feather
as Tex McCloudA mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes...
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The Final Programme
as Maj. Wrongway LindberghAfter the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes...
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Manhandled
as Joe CooperMerle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a...
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Hard Contract
as Michael CarlsonA cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a...
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Carol for Another Christmas
as Daniel GrudgeDaniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of...
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Bahama Passage
as Adrian AinsworthA girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to...
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Old Man
as Tall ConvictIn the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.
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Gas
as Duke StuyvesantSusan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk...
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Timberjack
as Tim ChipmanA young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually...
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El Paso
as Bert DonnerEx-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend,...
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The Outsider
as Seamus FlahertyMichael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to...
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Valerie
as John GarthAfter the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but...
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Capt. Mark McCluskeyThe Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977...
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Top Gun
as Rick MartinA gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met...
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Battle Taxi
as Capt. Russ EdwardsIn the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former...
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Flat Top
as Commander Dan CollierA rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
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Arrow In The Dust
as Bart LaishDirector Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom...
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Sweet Hunters
as AllanAn ornithologist goes on a field trip to a deserted island near the mainland with his wife and...
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Virginia
as Norman WilliamsPost-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred...
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The Come On
as Dave ArnoldA con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former...
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Denver and Rio Grande
as McCabeJim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass,...
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The Eternal Sea
as Rear-Adm. John Madison HoskinsBiography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
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Take Me to Town
as Will HallSaloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a...
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Pharos of Chaos
as Self - ActorA superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in...
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Angel's Leap
as Mason / CusterIn this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean...
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Blaze of Noon
as Tad McDonaldIn this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their...
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The Albatross
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)In the center of a freezing, misty lake, a struggling writer's solitary fishing trip is...
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The Last Command
as Jim BowieDuring the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads...
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Journey Into Light
as Rev, John BurrowsJohn Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a...
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The Iron Sheriff
as Sheriff Samuel GaltFrontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the...
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Five Steps to Danger
as John EmmettCan a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?
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The Starlost: The Beginning
as JeremiahThree farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden...
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Ten Days To Tulara
as ScottyDirector George Sherman's 1958 western about gold thieves in Mexico stars Sterling Hayden, Grace...
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Fighter Attack
as SteveWorld War II film set in German occupied Italy. A US fighter pilot is shot down in enemy...
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The Cinema According to Bertolucci
as SelfDocumentary on the filming of Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci
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Gun Battle at Monterey
as Jay Turner / John YorkAn outlaw saved by a Mexican girl hunts the holdup partner who shot him in the back.
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The Golden Hawk
as Kit 'The Hawk' GerardoA 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming)...
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Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)Larry Ceplair, co-author of The Inquisition in Hollywood, and blacklisted screenwriter Walter...
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Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale discuss the unique qualities of...
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Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale take a closer look at the...
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The Big Departure
as M. Nature / The LeaderThis is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Link StevensDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
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Banacek
as Tony FowlerBanacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network...
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Capt. Mark McCluskeyAn adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in...
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Playhouse 90
as uncreditedPlayhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...
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The Blue and the Gray
as John BrownThe Blue and the Gray is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments...
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General Electric Theater
as Joe TurnerGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Maj. Jim CurtisSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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