8 Movies Starring Telly Savalas

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-03-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1091 Reviews)

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Shana Alexander (article)

Stirling Silliphant

Fullplot:

Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-04-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2113 Reviews)

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Fullplot:

Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides.

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-04-23

Languages:

English, French, Italian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1490 Reviews)

Director:

Basil Dearden

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Relph (screenplay)

Jack London (unfinished novel)

Robert L. Fish (novel)

Wolf Mankowitz (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I.

Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-05-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (5505 Reviews)

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Cast:

Writer:

Heck Allen (novel)

Carl Foreman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains and forces him to show him the way. But they're not the only ones who're after the gold; soon they meet a group of "honorable" citizens and the cavalry crosses their way too - and that is even before they enter Indian territory.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-12-18

Languages:

English, German, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (53013 Reviews)

Director:

Peter R. Hunt

Cast:

Writer:

Simon Raven (additional dialogue)

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Fullplot:

George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond and is sent on his first mission. For help with Draco, he must become very close friends with his daughter, Tracy, and heads off to hunt down Ernst Stavro Blofeld one more time. This takes him to Switzerland, where he must pose as Sir Hilary Bray to find out the secret plan of Blofeld. The facility is covered with Blofeld's guards as well as his hench-woman, Irma Bunt. What has Blofeld got in mind this time? Can Bond keep up this act for much longer? Are ANY Bond girls safe?

Clay Pigeon

Clay Pigeon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (42 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Ronald Buck (screenplay)

Jack Gross Jr. (screenplay)

Jack Gross Jr. (story)

Buddy Ruskin (screenplay)

Buddy Ruskin (story)

Fullplot:

An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.

Horror Express

Horror Express

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-12-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Spain

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (5516 Reviews)

Director:

Eugenio Martèn

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Arnaud d'Usseau (screenplay)

Julian Zimet (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An English anthropologist has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express, but during the trip the monster thaws out and starts to butcher the passengers one by one.

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-05-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.4 (3440 Reviews)

Director:

Irwin Allen

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Gallico (novel)

Nelson Gidding (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.

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