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Eli Wallach


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  • 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
    ...d sleepwalks his 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 expan...   Read customer review
  • The Magnificent Seven
  • The Magnificent Seven review by TheBigLebowski from United Kingdom
    Rated - 5.0 stars 2 March 2005
    ...rynner,McQueen,Bronson,Vaughn,Coburn,Dexter and the surprise newcomer Buchholz! Eli Wallach is on top form as the villain-six years before The Good,The Bad And The Ugly. A...   Read customer review
  • The Godfather Part 3
  • The Godfather Part 3 review by from EDINBURGH
    Rated - 4.0 stars 12 August 2004
    ...bad, and the great performances from Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia and Eli Wallach more than compensate. Recommeded viewing if you enjoyed the first two movies. ...   Read customer review

Eli Wallach - filmography


  • Tickling Leo (2009)
    Starring: Eli Wallach,  Annie Parisse,  Lawrence Pressman
    Director: Jeremy Davidson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set around the days of Yom Kippur, "Tickling Leo" is a contemporary drama that follows three generations of one Jewish family whose secrets threaten to wipe away its future. When he loses touch with his estranged father, Zak Pikler and his pregnant girlfriend Delphina (Annie Parisse) travel to an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7 members
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  • The Hoax on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Michael J. Burg,  Julie Delpy
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Gere gives one of the best performances of his career in Lasse Hallstrom's vastly entertaining THE HOAX, based on true events. Gere stars as Clifford Irving, a struggling writer desperate to be a famous bestselling author. After his novel gets rejected, he concocts a crazy plot in which he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,498 members
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  • The Holiday - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Kate Winslet,  Cameron Diaz,  Jude Law
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy THE HOLIDAY stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two women who exchange houses in order to get a new lease on life. After each suffers her fair share of romantic disappointments, Englishwoman Iris (Winslet) and L.A. woman Amanda (Diaz) meet on-line at a website ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 267 members
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  • Keeping The Faith on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ron Rifkin,  Holland Taylor,  Rena Sofer
    Director: Edward Norton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In actor Edward Norton's directorial debut, Brian (Norton), a priest, and his best friend, Jake (Ben Stiller), a rabbi, both fall in love with their long-lost childhood friend, Anna (Jenna Elfman), who has returned to Manhattan to pursue her hectic business career. However, Brian has taken a vow of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 7,173 members
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  • The Associate on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,  Dianne Wiest,  Bebe Neuwirth
    Director: Donald Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After being passed up for a promotion, a female financial analyst (Whoopi Goldberg) at a prestigious Wall Street investment firm quits to set up her own operation. She soon realizes, however, that potential clients only feel comfortable investing with men. Her solution
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,114 member
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  • Article 99 on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Lea Thompson,  John Mahoney
    Director: Howard Deutch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A doctor at a veteran's hospital tries to provide better care for his patients. Due to governmental catch-22's, the patients most in need of care are denied treatment. Doctors become con artists subverting the government by making all of their patients' ailments appear to be war-related so they ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 212 members
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  • The Two Jakes on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Harvey Keitel,  Meg Tilly
    Director: Jack Nicholson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This Jack Nicholson-directed sequel to CHINATOWN, in some ways, is a long and dreamy epiloque to the first movie. THE TWO JAKES opens in the postwar boom of 1948 as developers rapaciously exploit the natural resources of Southern California. With his small, dingy practice expanded into a thriving ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,064 member
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  • The Godfather Part 3 on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Richard Bright,  Raf Vallone
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of the greatest sagas in movie history continues! In this third film in the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises the role of powerful family leader Michael Corleone. Now in his 60's, Michael is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 24,595 members
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  • Tough Guys on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Burt Lancaster,  Charles Durning
    Director: Jeff Kanew
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Action comedy tale of two legendary bank robbers who are released on parole after their thirty year imprisonment. Together they face the 1980's as they plan a daring train heist, eagerly pursued by a stubborn old cop and a myopic hitman...
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 668 members
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  • The Pride Of Jesse Hallam on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Eli Wallach,  Johnny Cash,  Brenda Vaccaro
    Director: Gary Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The story of Jesse Hallam (Johnny Cash), a coal miner from the age of 14, who has recently been widowed and is facing change. A proud man, Jesse is forced to confront his illiteracy when he and his family move from their Kentucky farm to the big city in Ohio.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 15 members
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  • The Hunter on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Eli Wallach,  Kathryn Harrold
    Director: Buzz Kulik
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In order to track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. At other times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a lawbreaker. And then again, there are other moments ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 602 members
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  • The Silent Flute on DVD (1978)
    Starring: David Carradine,  Jeff Cooper,  Roddy McDowall
    Director: Richard Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This film, co-written by Bruce Lee, tells the story of Cord a rebellious martial artist on his quest to find the Book of Enlightenment. On his journey he must determine friend from foe as he travels through a land inhabited by mysterious characters all committed to testing his body, mind and soul ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 76 members
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  • Movie Movie (1977)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Trish Van Devere,  Red Buttons
    Director: Stanley Donen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A nostalgic double feature complete with Movietone News, and two films, 'Dynamite Hands' and 'Baxter Beauties of 1933'.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 9 members
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  • The Deep - Blu-ray (1977)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This visually stunning action-adventure film, based on the best-selling novel by JAWS author Peter Benchley, stars Nick Nolte and Jaqueline Bissett as a couple on a romantic holiday in Bermuda. New Yorkers, David Sanders (Nolte) and Gail Berke (Bissett) are enjoying a much-needed vacation; while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22 members
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  • The Deep on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This visually stunning action-adventure film, based on the best-selling novel by JAWS author Peter Benchley, stars Nick Nolte and Jaqueline Bissett as a couple on a romantic holiday in Bermuda. New Yorkers, David Sanders (Nolte) and Gail Berke (Bissett) are enjoying a much-needed vacation; while ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 970 members
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  • Il Bianco, Il Giallo, Il Nero (1975)
    Starring: Tomas Milian,  Giuliano Gemma,  Eli Wallach
    Director: Sergio Corbucci
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Eli Wallach plays `Black Jack Gideon', a lawman who reluctantly gets mixed up in a quest to recover a prize Japanese show pony that's being held for ransom by a renegade band of army deserters with a penchant for dressing up like Indians. Accompanying him on his journey are the notorious bandit ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 4 members
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  • Stateline Motel on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Eli Wallach,  Ursula Andress,  Fabio Testi
    Director: Maurizio Lucidi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On the day of his parole, Floyd makes the unfortunate decision of choosing to participate in an armed robbery. Things begin to spiral out of control when his accomplice shoots and kills a young man...
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 41 members
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  • How To Steal A Million on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Audrey Hepburn,  Charles Boyer
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Director William Wyler went to Paris to shoot this frothy caper comedy. Nicole Bonnet (Audrey Hepburn) lives with her father, Charles (Hugh Griffith). He keeps them in luxury by selling an occasional painting--maybe a Renoir, maybe a van Gogh. A well-known art connoisseur, he has an endless supply ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,466 member
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  • Genghis Khan (1965)
    Starring: Stephen Boyd,  Omar Sharif,  James Mason
    Director: Henry Levin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Genghis Khan stars Omar Sharif in the role of the legendary Mongol chieftain, uniter of the nomadic hoardes, conqueror of all Asia and terror of the west! This film tells the story of his rise from captive slave boy to daring guerilla leader, to confiant and ally of the Emperor of China, to saviour ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 6 members
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  • Lord Jim on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  James Mason,  Eli Wallach
    Director: Richard Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This faithful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1900 novel tells the story of a romantic young Englishman, Jim (Peter O'Toole), who takes to the sea on a merchant vessel in his quest for adventure. Imagining himself to be a great man with a bright future, Jim instead deserts at the first true test of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 293 members
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  • The Moon Spinners on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Peter McEnery,  Eli Wallach
    Director: James Nielson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Two American tourists on holiday in Greece find themselves accused of being international jewel thieves. They must uncover the identity of the real crook, or face the unpleasant prospect of spending several years in a Greek prison. A light mystery/romance from the Disney people.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 171 members
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  • The Misfits on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Clark Gable,  Montgomery Clift,  Marilyn Monroe
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The final film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer Arthur Miller and director John Huston. Gable stars as Gay Langland, an aging hand traveling the byways and working at rodeos with his two comrades, Guido (Eli Wallach) and young Perce ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,471 member
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  • The Magnificent Seven on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Robert Vaughn,  James Coburn
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 10,281 members
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  • The Magnificent Seven - Blu-ray (1960)
    Starring: Yul Brynner,  Steve McQueen,  Robert Vaughn
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 50 members
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Eli Wallach facts

5 most recent films

The Ghost - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Ghost - 3.5 stars
Tickling Leo - 3.5 stars
The Hoax - 3.0 stars
The Holiday - 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
The Magnificent Seven - 3.5 stars
The Holiday - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
How To Steal A Million - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Anatomy Of An Illness - 1.5 stars
Stateline Motel - 2.0 stars
Il Bianco, Il Giallo, Il Nero - 2.0 stars
Genghis Khan - 2.0 stars
Uninvited - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Steve McQueen - 6 times - show films
Karl Malden - 6 times - show films
Val Avery - 5 times - show films
Whit Bissell - 5 times - show films
Horst Buchholz - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

George Marshall - 6 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 6 times - show films
John Ford - 6 times - show films
John Sturges - 5 times - show films
Roman Polanski - 4 times - show films