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Lee Van Cleef
Actor 1925 - 1989

Lee Van Cleef

Somerville, New Jersey, USA

Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose... Read full bio →

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Speed Zone

Speed Zone

Jim Drake 1989 1h 34m 4.0

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.

Der Commander

Der Commander

Antonio Margheriti 1988 1h 45m 5.0

Lewis Collins is back to leading mercenaries on the move in Southeast Asia.

Geheimcode Wildgänse

Geheimcode Wildgänse

Antonio Margheriti 1984 1h 41m

Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia to overthrow the dictator, who is a major manufacturer and dealer of the world's opium.

Escape from New York

Escape from New York

John Carpenter 1981 1h 39m 7.5

In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

The Octagon

The Octagon

Eric Karson 1980 1h 44m 3.0

Called "spectacularly choreographed and executed" by the Hollywood Reporter, legendary martial arts star Chuck Norris takes on a deadly terrorist training camp known only as The Octagon in this deadly tale of revenge that pits brother against brother in a classic showdown battle of good vs. evil

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Michael Dryhurst 1980 1h 25m 6.0

A professional assassin is coerced into taking on one last job.

The Squeeze

The Squeeze

Antonio Margheriti 1978 1h 39m 5.0

A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.

Diamante Lobo

Diamante Lobo

Gianfranco Parolini 1976 1h 37m 6.0

A priest and his twin brother take turns defending a small town from the vicious Clayton gang.

El kárate, el Colt y el impostor

El kárate, el Colt y el impostor

Antonio Margheriti 1974 1h 47m 5.0

A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.

Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!

Dio, sei proprio un padreterno!

Michele Lupo 1973 1h 33m 5.0

This is a buddy film with a small-time thug (Victor Lobianco) meeting a high-profile gangster (Lee Van Cleef) while in prison. The pair team up to attempt a prison breakout.

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

George McCowan 1972 1h 40m 6.0

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.

Il grande duello

Il grande duello

Giancarlo Santi 1972 1h 30m 6.0

A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.

È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta!

È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta!

Gianfranco Parolini 1971 1h 45m

Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...

Barquero

Barquero

Gordon Douglas 1970 1h 50m

Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge.

Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!

Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!

Gianfranco Parolini 1969 1h 46m 7.0

Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.

Commandos

Commandos

Armando Crispino 1968 1h 52m 5.0

Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp.

Al di là della legge

Al di là della legge

Giorgio Stegani 1968 1h 49m 7.5

A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.

I giorni dell'ira

I giorni dell'ira

Tonino Valerii 1967 1h 53m 6.7

Lee Van Cleef stars as Talby, a sadistic gunfighter who rides into town and takes on a young outcast as his apprentice.

Da uomo a uomo

Da uomo a uomo

Giulio Petroni 1967 1h 55m 7.3

As a child, Bill witnesses the murder of his family by four robbers. Fifteen years later, he embarks on his revenge. During his quest, he crosses paths with Ryan, an ex-con who wants the money the robbers owe him.

La resa dei conti

La resa dei conti

Sergio Sollima 1966 1h 51m 7.0

A veteran bounty hunter and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a crafty, knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of the rape-and-murder of a young girl.

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.

Sergio Leone 1966 2h 41m 9.0

Scoundrels are competing for 200,000 dollars hidden in a grave. The third Italian-Western film of a trilogy from director Sergio Leone gives Western films a new (bloody) color.

Per qualche dollaro in più

Per qualche dollaro in più

Sergio Leone 1965 2h 12m 8.0

For a Few Dollars More is a Spaghetti Western from Italian director Sergio Leone from 1965 and the sequel to A Fistful of Dollars.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

John Ford 1962 2h 3m 8.3

Coming home for a friend funeral, a senator tells his story.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

John Ford, George Marshall 1962 2h 44m 7.2

Hollywood's most celebrated luminaries - behind the camera as well as in front of it - combine talents to present this 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.

Posse from Hell

Posse from Hell

Herbert Coleman 1961 1h 29m 6.0

Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.

Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome

Budd Boetticher 1959 1h 13m 8.5

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack, and enlists the help of two outlaws to continue his journey more safely.

Guns Girls and Gangsters

Guns Girls and Gangsters

Edward L. Cahn 1959 1h 10m

A Las Vegas singer (Mamie Van Doren) plans an armored-car robbery with her husband's (Lee Van Cleef) ex-cellmate (Gerald Mohr).

The Young Lions

The Young Lions

Edward Dmytryk 1958 2h 47m 7.0

The Young Lions follows the lives of three soldiers: one German and two Americans, paralleling their experiences in World War II until they meet up at the end for a confrontation

The Bravados

The Bravados

Henry King 1958 1h 38m 6.5

Jim is a rancher and a widower, and he rides into Rio Arriba, where four men are awaiting execution. He wants to see the hanging, but the town has issued instructions to only allow the hangman to enter. They have never had an execution before, so they have brought in a man from outside town to do the job.

Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman

Harry Keller 1958 1h 21m 5.0

Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

Anthony Mann 1957 1h 33m 8.0

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

Raiders of Old California

Raiders of Old California

Albert C. Gannaway 1957 1h 12m

In this western set in the Mexican controlled part of California, a villainous cavalry officer is trying to force the owner of a hacienda to give him his land when a courageous settler comes to the rescue.

Joe Dakota

Joe Dakota

Richard Bartlett 1957 1h 19m 10.0

A 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.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

John Sturges 1957 2h 3m 7.5

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

China Gate

China Gate

Samuel Fuller 1957 1h 37m 6.0

Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border.

The Conqueror

The Conqueror

Dick Powell 1956 1h 51m 3.7

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Pardners

Pardners

Norman Taurog 1956 1h 28m 6.0

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner.

It Conquered the World

It Conquered the World

Roger Corman 1956 1h 11m 7.0

An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.

Accused of Murder

Accused of Murder

Joseph Kane 1956 1h 14m 6.0

A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked lawyer.

The Naked Street

The Naked Street

Maxwell Shane 1955 1h 24m

A reporter follows the story of a gangster (Anthony Quinn), his sister (Anne Bancroft) and her small-time hoodlum husband (Farley Granger).

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

Joseph H. Lewis 1955 1h 28m 8.0

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangsters' girlfriend.

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

H. Bruce Humberstone 1955 1h 20m 6.0

After Wick Campbell's ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, the embittered, jealous rancher hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

A Man Alone

A Man Alone

Ray Milland 1955 1h 36m 6.0

A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

Arnold Laven 1953 1h 27m 6.5

A tough captain investigates a cop shooting and stumbles upon a bank robbery plot. He's not afraid to bend rules to get results, using questionable tactics on witnesses and informants while balancing routine police work with major cases.

Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed

Nathan Juran 1953 1h 19m

When a wagon train is wiped-out by the Yaqui Indians, the surviving guide Jim Harvey is accused of desertion and cowardice but Jim escapes the town jail in search of the truth.

The Lawless Breed

The Lawless Breed

Raoul Walsh 1953 1h 23m 7.0

After being released from prison, ex-gunfighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Eugène Lourié 1953 1h 20m 6.7

The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.

Untamed Frontier

Untamed Frontier

Hugo Fregonese 1952 1h 15m 8.0

The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love with him. But the woman favors the settlers...

Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

Phil Karlson 1952 1h 40m 7.5

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

High Noon

High Noon

Fred Zinnemann 1952 1h 25m 7.9

High Noon is about a recently freed leader of a gang of bandits in the desert who is looking to get revenge on the Sheriff who put him in jail. A legendary western film from the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann.

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