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  • For a Few Dollars More
  • For a Few Dollars More review by Bassman71 from Stockport
    Rated - 3.5 stars Leone in fine form 1 September 2010
    ...A classic Sergio Leone 'spaghetti western' with Clint Eastwood & Lee Van Cleef as 'Bounty Killers'. The setting, cinematography & music (the magnificent Ennio Morricone) ar...   Read customer review
  • The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
  • The Good, The Bad And The Ugly review by from Manchester, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Classic Western - best of the Spaghetti trilogy. 4 December 2004
    ... performance through the film - it is still a delight to watch. Eli Wallacha nd Lee Van Cleef give excellent supporting roles and the music lifts and expands the film experi...   Read customer review
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance review by laneyb from Rochester, Kent
    Rated - 4.5 stars The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 5 October 2010
    ... as always is Fantastic. It's great to see all the greats together in one film, Lee Van Cleef, and Lee Marvin, to name but a few!...   Read customer review

Lee Van Cleef - filmography


  • The Commander on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Donald Pleasence,  Lewis Collins,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Antonio Margheriti
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Action thriller starring Lewis Collins as Major Colby, a man of action, faced with trying to prevent a drugs baron and others, from getting their hands on a vital computer disc. Colby leads a band of mercenaries through the dangerous South Asian jungle in an attempt to retrieve the disc which ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 10 members
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  • The Master Ninja on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Sho Kosugi,  Cynthia Lee Clark,  Demi Moore
    Director: Ray Austin,  Robert Clouse
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Martial arts drama series starring Demi Moore. Lee Van Cleef plays The Master, who has deserted the outlawed Japanese Ninja Society in order to search for his kidnapped daughter in the United States.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 111 members
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  • Escape From New York on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Adrienne Barbeau,  Adrienne Barbe,  Kurt Russell
    Director: John Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president (Donald Pleasence) is held hostage by its denizens. One-eyed mercenary Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is strong-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,428 members
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  • The Octagon - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Art Hindle,  Karen Carlson,  Chuck Norris
    Director: Eric Karson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Scott James (Chuck Norris) teams up with an old friend (Lee Van Cleef) to avenge the death of his girlfriend. Their nemesis comes in the shape of The Octagon, a brutal terrorist organisation with a crack team of Ninja killers at its disposal.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 36 members
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  • The Hard Way (1979)
    Starring: Patrick McGoohan,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Michael Dryhurst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Patrick McGoohan (HELL DRIVERS, BRAVEHEART) stars as an aging hitman who is persuaded to take one last job in this slick yet brooding Irish thriller. The ever-reliable Lee Van Cleef (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) co-stars as a gangland boss and McGoohan's nemesis.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 5 members
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  • The Squeeze (1978)
    Starring: Karen Black,  Lionel Stander,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Antonio Margheriti
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Antonio Margheriti directs this Italian-produced, New York City-set crime drama. Lee Van Cleef stars as Chris Gretchko, a once-legendary but long-retired safe-breaker who comes out of his retirement on a Mexican ranch to help Jeff Olafsen (Edward Albert), the son of an old friend. But what appears ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6 members
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  • Kid Vengeance on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Lee Van Cleef,  Jim Brown,  Leif Garrett
    Director: Joe Manduke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lee Van Cleef stars as McClain, a ruthless and savage outlaw who heads a posse of murderers and thieves. After witnessing the murder of his parents and kidnap of his sister by the criminal gang, a young boy (Leif Garrett) embarks on a personal vendetta to rescue his sister and avenge his parents ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 22 members
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  • Blood Money on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Lo Lieh,  Patty Shepard,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Carlo Savino
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Light-hearted blend of spaghetti western and kung-fu adventure. A drunken gunfighter (Lee Van Cleef) and a martial arts expert (Lo Lieh) join forces in the search for a hidden fortune. The map which shows the way to the treasure has been divided into parts and tattooed on the backsides of various ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 137 members
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  • God's Gun on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Richard Boone,  Jack Palance,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Frank Kramer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Spaghetti western. Lee Van Cleef stars as a local Priest turned vigilante, on the trail of a murderous gang of outlaws. After the gang murders the Priest, a local parishioner Johnny (Lief Garrett), decides to take on the task of bringing the gang to justice.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 119 members
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  • The Grand Duel on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Alberto Dentice,  Lee Van Cleef,  Jess Hahn
    Director: Giancarlo Santi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Western in which a man wrongly accused of murder sets out to prove his innocence with the help of a world-weary sheriff. Philipp Wermeer (Alberto Dentice) stands accused of the murder of a powerful figure known as the Patriarch and the local sheriff, Clayton (Lee Van Cleef), knows that he didn't ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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  • Storm Rider on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Lee Van Cleef,  Peter O'Brien,  Horst Frank
    Director: Giancarlo Santi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lee Van Cleef stars in this gritty western as Sheriff Clayton, a one man judge, jury and executioner determined to see justice done. Wrongly accused of murder, Philipp Wermeer is a wanted man - dead or alive! His alleged victim was the father of three brothers, the Saxon boys, who have an iron grip ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 24 members
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  • Bad Man's River on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Simon Andreu,  James Mason,  Gina Lollobrigida
    Director: Eugenio Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Lee Van Cleef stars opposite James Mason in this spaghetti western. Gang leader Roy King (van Cleef) becomes re-involved with his ex-wife Alicia (Gina Lollobrigida) when she and her new husband, Montero (Mason) hatch a plot to steal $1 million from the Mexican government. However, when the plan ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 225 members
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  • Captain Apache on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Carroll Baker,  Percy Herbert,  Stuart Whitman
    Director: Alexander Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    1970s Western starring Lee van Cleef as an Apache Indian in the Union Army who is charged with investigating the murder of a commissioner. Captain Apache (van Cleef)'s main clue is the riddle buried in the commissioner's enigmatic final words, 'April morning'. The trail leads him into contact with ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 102 members
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  • Adios, Sabata on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Yul Brynner,  Gerard Herter,  Ignazio Spalla
    Director: Gianfranco Parolini
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Gunslinger and bounty hunter Sabata (Yul Brynner) sets out to hijack a cartload of gold with his cronies Ballantine and Escudo, only to run into trouble with Mexican revolutionaries. Led by Maximillian, the rebels set out to recapture Sabata's haul, leading to a bloody gunfight.
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 123 members
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  • Barquero on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Kerwin Mathews,  Warren Oates,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Gordon Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A group of Mexican bandits, led by Warren Oates, head for Lonely Dell in order to cross the Paria River. They leave a trail of death and destruction along the way, but when they arrive at Lonely Dell, they do not expect any resistance. The bargeman Travis (Lee van Cleef) has persuaded the townsfolk ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 80 members
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  • The Condor (1970)
    Starring: Lee Van Cleef,  Jim Brown,  Patrick O'Neal
    Director: John Guillermin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions or billions of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within.
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 3 members
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  • Sabata on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Pedro Sanchez,  Nick Jordan,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Frank Kramer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Gunslinger Sabata (Lee van Cleef) is not a popular figure in the town of Daugherty. When he discovers that the town's kingpins are behind a bank heist, he becomes a marked man, unable to trust even his own friends. Sabata is soon headed for a final shoot-out from which there can be but one survivor.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 308 members
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  • Death Rides a Horse on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Anthony Dawson,  Jon Philip Law,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Giulio Peroni
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Fifteen years after four bandits massacred his family, a young man (John Phillip Law) seeks revenge. Several of the men responsible now hold positions of power in the new West, but one of the bandits (Lee van Cleef) is due to be released from prison. Having been framed by the others all those years ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 357 members
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  • The Good, The Bad And The Ugly on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  Eli Wallach,  Lee Van Cleef
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the last and the best installment of his so-called Dollars trilogy of Sergio Leone-directed spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood reprised the role of a taciturn, enigmatic loner. Here he searches for a cache of stolen gold against rivals the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless bounty hunter, and the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 30,640 members
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  • For a Few Dollars More on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  Lee Van Cleef,  Gian Maria Volonte
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This pulse-pounding follow-up to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars brings back Clint Eastwood as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing Man With No Name. Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal bandit ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 13,602 members
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  • For a Few Dollars More - Blu-ray (1965)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  Lee Van Cleef,  Gian Maria Volonte
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    After the success of 'A Fistful of Dollars', Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name reluctantly joins forces with bounty hunter Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef) to battle psychotic bandit El Indio (Gian Maria Volonte) and his gang of outlaws. Director Sergio Leone's spaghetti western once again features ..read more »
    5 stars out of 5 95% from 4 members
    Due for release on 2nd August 2013
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Blu-ray (1962)
    Starring: Ken Murray,  Lee Van,  Strother Martin
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Classic Western starring John Wayne and James Stewart. Big-city lawyer Ransom (Stewart) heads into the Wild West outpost of Shinbone to bring local outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) to justice. En route, he is met by a posse led by Valance, who beat him within an inch of his life. Passing cowboy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
    Due for release on 3rd June 2013
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  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Ken Murray,  Lee Van,  Strother Martin
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Classic Western starring John Wayne and James Stewart. Big-city lawyer Ransom (Stewart) heads into the Wild West outpost of Shinbone to bring local outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) to justice. En route, he is met by a posse led by Valance, who beat him within an inch of his life. Passing cowboy ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3,872 members
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  • Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
    Starring: James Cagney,  Irene Papas,  Vic Morrow
    Director: Robert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The catch-all title Tribute to a Bad Man had been floating around MGM for years (at one point, it was the working title for The Bad and the Beautiful) before it was finally affixed to this big-budget western. Originally intended as a vehicle for Spencer_Tracy, the film was recast with James_Cagney ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 5 members
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  • The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Paula Raymond,  Cecil Kellaway,  Ken Tobey
    Director: Eugene Lourie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Special Effects meister, Ray Harryhausen's first solo outing. During the testing of an atomic bomb in the Arctic, an enormous dinosaur is freed from the tomb that has encased it for 100 million years. The only witness to the event is Professor Tom Nesbitt (Paul Hubschmid). On returning to New York ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 596 members
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  • Kansas City Confidential on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Dona Drake,  Neville Brand,  John Payne
    Director: Phil Karlson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A classic film noir thriller following the story of a man who has just been released from prison after serving time for a crime he did not commit. Unsurprisingly, he is a little disgrunted, and sets his sights on finding the real perpetrator of the sophisticated armoured car-heist.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 124 members
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  • High Noon on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Otto Kruger,  Ian MacDonald,  Katy Jurado
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is short-lived when he is informed that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had arrested, is due ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6,653 members
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Lee Van Cleef facts

5 most recent films

The Commander - 2.5 stars
Armed Response - 2.0 stars
The Master Ninja - 3.0 stars
Escape From New York - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Escape From New York - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Spaghetti Western Collection - A Fistful Of Dollars/The Good Bad And The Ugly/For A Few Dollars More - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - 4.0 stars
For a Few Dollars More - 4.0 stars
High Noon - 3.5 stars
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Condor - 2.0 stars
Armed Response - 2.0 stars
The Octagon - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Storm Rider - 2.5 stars
The Grand Duel - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lee Marvin - 9 times - show films
Mario Brega - 8 times - show films
Leonard Nimoy - 7 times - show films
Rod Serling - 7 times - show films
Jack Klugman - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sergio Leone - 10 times - show films
none - 7 times - show films
Lamont Johnson - 7 times - show films
Buzz Kulik - 7 times - show films
Frank Kramer - 4 times - show films