Movies by Sterling Hayden
As part of the cast:
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Venom (1982)
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson …
Directed by: Piers Haggard
The tables turn on a ruthless kidnapper (Klaus Kinski) who has taken hostage the household of a wealthy couple, including the couple's child, their maid (Susan George) and their family…
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Nine to Five (1980)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton …
Directed by: Colin Higgins
Judy (Jane Fonda), Violet (Lily Tomlin) and Doralee (Dolly Parton) -- fed up with their "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" of a boss (Dabney Coleman) -- entertain fantasies…
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The Outsider (1980)
Cast: Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn …
Directed by: Tony Luraschi
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not…
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Winter Kills (1979)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins …
Directed by: William Richert
This quirky black comedy stars Jeff Bridges as Nick Kegan, the younger brother of an American president who was shot and killed 19 years earlier. Now, a chance encounter with a dying man…
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King of the Gypsies (1978)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
Defiant Gypsy youth Dave Stepanowicz tries to turn his back on his legacy but can't escape it when his dying grandfather makes him the tribe's new leader. Trouble begins to brew as…
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1900 (1977)
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Laura Betti, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci's epic tale follows the lives of two Italian men -- a peasant (Gerard Depardieu) and a landowner (Robert De Niro) -- both born on Jan. 1, 1900. Friends as children,…
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
Cast: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Robert Altman updates the exploits of 1940s hard-boiled gumshoe Phillip Marlowe, who ferrets out a killer in the City of Angels circa 1974. Now, he's a wisecracking cynic who deals with…
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The Final Programme (1973)
Cast: Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Hugh Griffith …
Directed by: Robert Fuest
In a future world torn apart by nuclear war, scientist Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch) holds the key to mankind's salvation: a program to create a perfect, self-cloning human. But when…
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The Godfather (1972)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
When organized-crime family patriarch Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody…
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Loving (1970)
Cast: George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden …
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Brooks Wilson (George Segal) wants for nothing; he's a happily married man with a lovely wife and two wonderful children, and he has a great job as an illustrator. Yet, inexplicably, he…
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Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
When a fanatical U.S. general (Sterling Hayden) launches an air strike against the Soviets, they raise the stakes by threatening to unleash a "doomsday device," setting the stage for…
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Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly …
Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
A wealthy oil baron (Sebastian Cabot) finds his strong-arm plans thwarted by a Scandinavian whaler (Sterling Hayden) who comes to town to visit his father's ranch. Hayden gives an…
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Crime of Passion (1957)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr …
Directed by: Gerd Oswald
Ace newspaper columnist Kathy Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck) has brains and talent, but she's also got a blind spot: She's in love with a Los Angeles detective (Sterling Hayden).…
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Zero Hour! (1957)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Linda Darnell, Dana Andrews …
Directed by: Hall Bartlett
Lt. Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews), still haunted by his experiences as a fighter pilot in World War II, is on a commercial flight when its crew becomes ill with food poisoning. Struggling with…
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Five Steps to Danger (1957)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Ruth Roman, Werner Klemperer …
Directed by: Henry S. Kesler
After his car breaks down on the way to a fishing vacation, drifter John Emmett (Sterling Hayden) accepts a ride from Ann Nicholson (Ruth Roman), whose story has more turns than Emmett…
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The Iron Sheriff (1957)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Constance Ford, John Dehner …
Directed by: Sidney Salkow
In the wake of a deadly stagecoach robbery, a deathbed confession implicates Benjie (Darryl Hickman), the son of local sheriff Sam Galt (Sterling Hayden). Straight-shooting Sam wants the boy…
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The Killing (1956)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Before settling down to a respectable life, career criminal Johnny Clay teams with a group of pitiful two-bit crooks to pull off one final, elaborate heist at a racetrack in this classic noir…
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Prince Valiant (1954)
Cast: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
The tale from the Sunday comics about a Viking prince under the reign of King Arthur is brought to life with Robert Wagner in the title role. A mentor to young Valiant is Sir Gawain (Sterling…
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Suddenly / The Road to Victory (1954)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason …
Directed by: Lewis Allen, LeRoy Prinz
In the thriller "Suddenly," Frank Sinatra stars as a sniper who plans to assassinate the president, and in the World War II-era short "The Road to Victory," Ol' Blue Eyes sings…
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Suddenly (1954)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason …
Directed by: Lewis Allen
To kill the United States president, ex-soldier-turned-assassin John Baron (Frank Sinatra) and two cohorts invade a house in the town of Suddenly, Calif. As he prepares to make his risky move…
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Johnny Guitar (1954)
Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Fiery saloon owner Vienna squares off against her archenemy Emma Small, a repressed rancher who wants to bring her down at any cost. Vienna's former lover -- ex-gunslinger Johnny Guitar…
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Kansas Pacific (1953)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Barton MacLane, Eve Miller …
Directed by: Ray Nazarro
When Confederate sympathizers mount daring raids to halt construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway as it winds steadily across the continent, U.S. Army Capt. John Nelson (Sterling Hayden) is…
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Flat Top (1952)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps …
Directed by: Lesley Selander
Sterling Hayden stars as Dan Collier, a captain in charge of training pilots on U.S. Navy carriers, in this 1952 thriller that features actual newsreel footage from World War II. The stern…
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The Star (1952)
Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood …
Directed by: Stuart Heisler
As once-great Tinseltown icon Margaret Elliot (Bette Davis) moves into her 50s, she finds her career and personal life in shambles. Divorced, out of work for years and running out of cash,…
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Hellgate (1952)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond …
Directed by: Charles Marquis Warren
Reaching out to a stranger in need who turns out to be murderous ne'er-do-well lands an innocent veterinarian (Sterling Hayden) in jail for conspiring to kill. But the good doctor…
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Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
In this classic trains-and-guns frontier drama, railway construction boss Jim Vesser (Edmond O'Brien) takes on merciless adversary McCabe (Sterling Hayden) in a race to complete the…
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Flaming Feather (1952)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan …
Directed by: Ray Enright
A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder leads a band of Ute Indians on raids of ranches throughout the Southwest, and when his home is burned, cowboy Tex McCloud (Sterling Hayden) vows to…
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen …
Directed by: John Huston
Nominated for four Academy Awards and long considered a noir classic, John Huston's heist film follows a band of criminal masterminds (Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern) as…
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Hellgate / Fangs of the Wild / Train to Tombstone (1950)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Robert Lowery …
Directed by: William Berke, William F. Claxton
The stars come out to shine in this trio of mid-20th-century Westerns featuring a posse of high-profile thespians, including Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Robert Lowery, Don "Red" Barry and…
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Shotgun / Deputy Marshal / Four Fast Guns (1949)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo, Jon Hall …
Directed by: William Berke, William J. Hole Jr., Lesley Selander …
Three features from the golden age of the American Western showcase the archetypal strong, stoic men who tamed the frontier against all odds, with just a six-gun and a sense of honor to back…
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El Paso (1949)
Cast: John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden …
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
Lawyer Clay Fletcher (John Payne) is dispatched to El Paso, Texas, to get a document signed by Judge Jeffers (Henry Hull), the father of a former flame (Gail Russell). Much to his dismay,…
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Crime Wave / Decoy (1946)
Cast: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk …
Directed by: André De Toth, Jack Bernhard
This film noir twin bill proves the old saw that says crime doesn't pay. At the pushing of a detective (Sterling Hayden), reformed felon Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson) finds himself framing…