Movies by Don Siegel
As part of the cast:
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Play Misty for Me (1971)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Silver-tongued radio disc jockey Dave (Clint Eastwood) can't help but notice the persistent calls from a female to "play 'Misty' for me." But a chance meeting with infatuated…
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Jinxed! (1982)
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Expert gambler Harold (Rip Torn) latches onto neophyte blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl) after Harold's luck at the tables begins to turn around as long as Willie is there. With Harold…
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Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Sent to Alcatraz for life, hardened crook Frank Morris plans his unauthorized departure from the island prison. Enlisting two bank-robber brothers as accomplices, Morris meticulously works…
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The Shootist (1976)
Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard …
Directed by: Don Siegel
An aging gunfighter (John Wayne) decides to go out with a bang after being told he's dying of cancer. In the short time he has left, the gunfighter settles some unfinished business with…
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Charley Varrick (1973)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr …
Directed by: Don Siegel
After burglarizing a small-town bank, petty crook Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) and his motley crew become targets of the mob. Expecting a small score to divide among them, they're…
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The Beguiled (1971)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman …
Directed by: Don Siegel
An injured Civil War soldier (Clint Eastwood) takes refuge in a fancy Southern girls' school and quickly becomes the center of attention as the girls clamor for his affections, and the…
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Dirty Harry (1971)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Vernon, Rene Santoni …
Directed by: Don Siegel
When a madman dubbed the "Scorpio Killer" terrorizes San Francisco, hard-boiled cop Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) -- famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement -- is…
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Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manuel Fabregas …
Directed by: Don Siegel
In this antic Western, Hogan (Clint Eastwood) is a mercenary who hires his gun out to the highest bidder. But he meets his match in Sister Sara (Shirley MacLaine), who's committed to…
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Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor …
Directed by: Alan Smithee, Don Siegel
When longtime marshal Frank Patch (Richard Widmark) kills a man in self-defense, the modern-minded residents of Cottonwood Springs use the incident as an excuse to oust their old-school…
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Madigan (1968)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark), a feisty detective with a knack for trouble, is chasing down an escaped murderer and the hood who stole Madigan's gun. Keeping tabs on the gritty…
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Coogan's Bluff (1968)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark …
Directed by: Don Siegel
In this classic action thriller, Clint Eastwood is the cool and collected Walt Coogan, a cop who has left his small Arizona hometown for the raucous city of New York to bring back a prisoner,…
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Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker …
Directed by: Don Siegel
When a weary infantry squad is sent back into battle against a massive German force, unruly ace soldier Reese (Steve McQueen, in strong antihero form) devises a ruse to trick the Nazis into…
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 25 (1960)
Cast: Rod Serling, Albert Salmi, Arthur Hunnicutt …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Creator Rod Serling's long-running, Emmy-winning television series brought science fiction to the masses. Viewers enjoyed the twisted, often-humorous mysteries as well as the show's…
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Flaming Star (1960)
Cast: Elvis Presley, Steve Forrest, Barbara Eden …
Directed by: Don Siegel
In the years following the Civil War, western Texas has become an uneasy meeting ground of two different cultures: one white, the other Native American. In what many consider his best screen…
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The Lineup (1958)
Cast: Mary LaRoche, Cheryl Callaway, Eli Wallach …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Returning to San Francisco from an overseas trip, Dorothy Bradshaw (Mary LaRoche) and her young daughter (Cheryl Callaway) fall in with drug dealers when the girl inadvertently destroys a bag…
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The Gun Runners (1958)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Charter boat captain Sam Martin's financial woes lead him into an entanglement with Papa Hanagan, a man smuggling illegal arms to Cuban rebels. Despite the support of his friend and…
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Spanish Affair (1957)
Cast: Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiley, Jose Guardiola …
Directed by: Luis Marquina, Don Siegel
With gorgeous Spain as the backdrop in this richly colored late-1950s film, American architect Merritt Blake (Richard Kiley) is looking to build a hotel when he meets and falls for native…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Evil-intentioned extraterrestrials capable of replicating humans and assuming their identities invade the sleepy California hamlet of Santa Mira. It's up to the local doctor to sound the…
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Private Hell 36 (1954)
Cast: Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Two Los Angeles police detectives, Cal (Steve Cochran) and Jack (Howard Duff), find themselves in too deep when they come across a large sum of stolen money, and Cal decides to pocket a third…
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The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally …
Directed by: Don Siegel
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers (led by Lee Marvin) brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid (Audie Murphy) joins forces with the local marshal (Stephen…
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Armored Car Robbery / Crime in the Streets (1950)
Cast: James Whitmore, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell …
Directed by: Don Siegel, Richard Fleischer
Crack the case with a pair of film noir classics. In Armored Car Robbery (1950), two police lieutenants (Charles McGraw and James Flavin) play cat-and-mouse with a clever thief planning a…
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Illegal / The Big Steal (1949)
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, DeForest Kelley, Nina Foch …
Directed by: Lewis Allen, Don Siegel
Classic Hollywood stars Edward G. Robinson and Robert Mitchum headline a pair of pitch-black noir thrillers from the 1940s and '50s -- Lewis Allen's Illegal and Don Siegel's…