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Rod Steiger - what members say
review by A customer from GLASGOW
TOP MOVIE !!! 28 January 2006
review by from MK UK
Masterpiece from Elia Kazan 30 November 2005
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A knockout 12 March 2006
Rod Steiger - filmography
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Poolhall Junkies
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Mars Callahan, Chazz Palminteri, Rod Steiger
Director: Mars Callahan
Certificate: 
Quoting from a score of tough-guy classics like THE HUSTLER, MEAN STREETS, and ON THE WATERFRONT, Mars Callahan writes, directs, and stars in this saga of pool and redemption. Johnny (Callahan) is a natural ace player held back from the pro circuit by his greedy mentor Joe (Chazz Palminteri), who ..read more »
 
61%
from 543 members
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Shiloh Season
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Rod Steiger, Michael Moriarty
Director: Sandy Tung
Certificate: 
Marty takes in Shiloh, who's been abused by his owner, Judd Travers. Even after Shiloh saves Judd's life, he continues to treat the dog cruelly, threatening to take him away from Marty. A compassionate tale with a strong moral: kindness overpowers hatred. Based on the novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
59%
from 253 members
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End of Days
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Vernon Campbell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Peter Hyams
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
END OF DAYS is the blood-soaked story of a 20-year-old girl (Robin Tunney) who has nightmares about a mysterious man. Security guard Jericho (Arnold Schwarzenegger) finds himself caught up in the situation when he discovers that Satan (Gabriel Byrne) is roaming the streets of New York City, trying ..read more »
61%
from 10,094 members
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The Hurricane
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Vicellous Reon Shannon, Harris Yulin, Clancy Brown
Director: Norman Jewison
Certificate: 
The inspirational true story of boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1966. Told in a series of flashbacks, Washington immerses himself in the role of Carter with a charged, intense passion. The story jumps around in time, from Carter's troubled childhood, to ..read more »
75%
from 8,057 members
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The Last Producer
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Ann-Margret, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Burt Reynolds
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Burt Reynolds directs and stars in this expose of the decidedly unglamourous machinations of behind-the-scenes Hollywood filmmaking. Sonny Wexler (Reynolds) is an old-style producer trying to recapture some of the success and respect he commanded in the past. His hope for one more shot at the big ..read more »
39%
from 56 members
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Revenant
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Natasha Wagner, Gabriel Casseus
Director: Richard Elfman
Certificate:
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In this blood-spattered horror tale of vampires in 20th century Los Angeles, a hip, bloodsucking seductress faces off against a European vampire hunter intent on tracking down and exterminating LA's undead.
41%
from 404 members
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Shiloh
(1997)
Starring: Rod Steiger, Michael Moriarty, Scott Wilson
Director: Dale Rosenbloom
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The bond between a young boy and an amicable blond beagle is tested when the dog is abused and must be rescued from its owner. Based on the Newberry Award-winning children's story by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, this feature also won the prestigious 1997 Genesis Award for Outstanding Feature for ..read more »
62%
from 479 members
Currently unavailable
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Carpool
(1996)
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman
Director: Arthur Hiller
Certificate: 
When a harried businessman and a hapless crook collide on the biggest day of both their careers, the only road seems to lead straight to comic disaster. A workaholic advertising executive is stuck driving the neighborhood carpool on the day of a make-or-break presentation. A down-on-his luck ..read more »
54%
from 21 members
Currently unavailable
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The Specialist
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, James Woods
Director: Luis Llosa
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
A Miami woman whose family has been "erased" by a nefarious crime lord hires an ex-CIA explosives expert to gain revenge. His job is made more difficult when he falls for his beautiful client, and when his target hires his equally skilled ex-partner in this tense action-drama.
58%
from 7,292 members
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Choices Of The Heart
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Dana Delany, Rod Steiger, Henry Czerny
Director: Paul Shapiro
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In 1914 New York nurse Margaret Sanger sees women have unwanted babies or illegal backstreet abortions. She decides to campaign against the Bill but soon her husband leaves her, her children are sent away and she is forced to leave the country. Are all her efforts in vain?... Based on a true story.
45%
from 32 members
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The Last Tattoo
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tony Goldwyn, Kerry Fox, Robert Loggia
Director: John Reid
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A virulent strain of gonorrhoea is loose in New Zealand and it is up to a nurse to find the carrier in this Kiwi thriller set in WW II. New Zealand was a popular shore-leave locale for battle fatigued American sailors. Kelly Towne is a nurse from the Hygiene Department. Her assignment is to help ..read more »
36%
from 3 members
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That Summer of White Roses
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Tom Conti, Susan George, Rod Steiger
Director: Rajko Crilic
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The likable and good-natured Andrija works as a beach guard in a slow resort town in Yugoslavia. It is the last summer of the German occupation. His days are monotonous, until a young widow, Ana, and her son Danny ask him for a place to hide from the Germans. Andrija's friend, Martin, persuades him ..read more »
25%
from 7 members
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The January Man
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Director: Pat O'Connor
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An underrated film penned by Oscar winner (Moonstruck) John Patrick Shanley about a modern day Sherlock Holmes asked by his policeman brother to discover a serial killer's identity before he strikes again. His romance with the Mayor's daughter has a touch of poetry that lifts the film above formula.
55%
from 747 members
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Cattle Annie And Little Britches
(1981)
Starring: Scott Glenn, Diane Lane, Burt Lancaster
Director: Lamont Johnson
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This offbeat and atmospheric western is set in 1893, as a gang led by longtime outlaws Bill Doolin (Burt Lancaster) and Bill Dalton (Scott Glenn) is on the verge of falling apart due to time and fatigue. A pair of teenage girls who long to be part of the outlaw mythos of the west meet up with ..read more »
30%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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The Lion Of The Desert - Blu-ray
(1981)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
Director: Moustapha Akkad
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Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi financed this desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are ..read more »
20%
from 1 member
Due for release on 2nd July 2012
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The Chosen
(1981)
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson
Director: Jeremy Kagan
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It's a story of two Brooklyn boys who in their mid-teens find themselves divided by the same religion that unites them. Danny's father is a strict orthodox rabbi. Reuven's is a secular scholar with radical views. Danny has been taught to accept faith blindly, Reuven to question the centuries-old ..read more »
48%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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Lion Of The Desert
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
Director: Moustapha Akkad
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The year is 1929 and dictator Mussolini, infuriated by the 20 year war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonisation, orders his new military Governor to crush the Bedouins and capture their leader, Mukhtar. But Mukhtar has other plans and leads his men on a fearless battle to rid Africa ..read more »
70%
from 461 members
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Love And Bullets
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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A tough American detective is sent to the Swiss Alps to bring back the girlfriend of a powerful gangster so that she can testify against him. The crooks will do anything they can to stop her... permanently...
52%
from 224 members
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The Amityville Horror
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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For God's sake, GET OUT! was the ad campaign for the 1979 shocker The Amityville Horror. The film was based on the allegedly true story of the luckless Lutz family, who move lock, stock, and barrel into a new home, only to find that it is possessed by the demonic spirits of its previous owners. ..read more »
60%
from 5,980 members
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F.I.S.T.
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle
Director: Norman Jewison
Certificate: 
Stallone plays a Jimmy Hoffa-type in this well-conceived drama about powerful bunions. As Johnny Kovak, an honest factory worker, Stallone takes on mobsters, union corruption and a crooked US senator after being forced to stand up for his rights. After cutting a deal with the blob, he finds he may ..read more »
57%
from 375 members
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Portrait Of A Hitman
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Jack Palance, Richard Roundtree, Rod Steiger
Director: Allan A. Buckhantz
Certificate:
Portrait Of A Hitman
A hitman is contracted to kill a surgeon who turns out to be an old friend.
Hangmen
Danny's daydreams of the rugged lifestyle of his estranged father turn to terrifying reality when he gets mixed up in a power struggle between his father (an undercover operative) and the ..read more »
40%
from 68 members
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The Last Days of Mussolini
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Lino Capolicchio, Umberto Raho, Rod Steiger
Director: Carlo Lizzani
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In Italian and English, 1974's THE LAST DAYS OF MUSSOLINI depicts the Italian dictator's final days of power. This tense, intriguing historical drama tracks Mussolini's actions as he finds himself hunted by Hitler, the allies, and the Italian government. The film is noteworthy for its strong ..read more »
60%
from 64 members
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A Fistful Of Dynamite
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli
Director: Sergio Leone
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Sergio Leone, famous for his "spaghetti westerns," directed this humorous tale about an apolitical peasant bandit (Rod Steiger) plotting a bank job who meets an explosives expert (James Coburn) haunted by memories of his participation in the Irish Rebellion. The two join forces, and together they ..read more »
67%
from 1,723 member
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No Way to Treat a Lady
(1968)
Starring: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal
Director: Jack Smight
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A master of disguise stalks the streets of New York, strangling his female victims in a variety of, well, disguises, all the while phoning clues into the detective on the case to keep the chase interesting. Now he wants to up the ante once more--his next target is the detective's girlfriend! A ..read more »
58%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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In the Heat of the Night
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Director: Norman Jewison
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The winner of the 1967 Oscar for Best Picture (as well as four other Oscars), In the Heat of the Night is set in a small Mississippi town where an unusual murder has been committed. Rod Steiger plays sheriff Bill Gillespie, a good lawman despite his racial prejudices. When Virgil Tibbs (Sidney ..read more »
74%
from 5,858 members
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The Loved One
(1965)
Starring: Robert Morse, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters
Director: Tony Richardson
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Outrageous black comedy, promoted as "the motion picture with something to offend everyone!," stars Robert Morse as a British poet who visits California and, after his uncle's death, is introduced to the seamier side of the funeral industry.
60%
from 18 members
Currently unavailable
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The Pawnbroker
(1964)
Starring: Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Even social worker Marilyn Birchfield's love is inadequte in resurrecting the spirit of Sol Nazerman, a miserible New York pawnbroker who has become bitter and resentful after enduring Nazi imprisonment. Nazerman's sad convictions are reinforced when he learns that the real owner of the pawnshop ..read more »
75%
from 68 members
Currently unavailable
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Hands Over The City
(1963)
Starring: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Anchored by a ferocious lead performance from Rod Steiger as a scheming land developer, Francesco Rosi’s Hands Over the City moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in the City Council election.
51%
from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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The Longest Day
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, ..read more »
73%
from 6,177 members
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Jubal
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger
Director: Delmer Daves
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Jubal could just as easily have been titled Othello Out West, even though it was officially based on a novel by Paul I. Wellman. The Othello counterpart is likable (and extremely gullible) ranch owner Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine). Horgan hires handsome drifter Cassioer, Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) as ..read more »
66%
from 20 members
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Across The Bridge
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Rod Steiger delivers one of his most poignant screen performances in this little-known gem based on a novel by Graham Greene. Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is a crooked American businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade ..read more »
62%
from 155 members
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The Harder They Fall
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling
Director: Mark Robson
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Bud Schulberg's novel is brought to the screen with distinction by Humphrey Bogart in this, his last, role. Eddie Willis (Bogart) is an unemployed sportswriter hired to write about Argentinean boxer Toto Moreno by the boxer's corrupt manager Nick Benko (Rod Steiger). Willis is on the level in the ..read more »
66%
from 465 members
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The Big Knife
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey
Director: Robert Aldrich
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From acclaimed director Robert Aldrich [The Dirty Dozen, Kiss Me Deadly] comes this classic noir thriller, set in the darkest underbelly of Hollywood. Charles Castle [Jack Palance] has it all. With fame, talent, and devastating looks, he is the studio’s biggest star. But when disillusionment sets ..read more »
61%
from 158 members
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Oklahoma
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Rod Steiger
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration is set in a western Indian territory just after the turn of the century. The high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out ..read more »
66%
from 2,470 members
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On The Waterfront
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the ..read more »
74%
from 14,613 members
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On The Waterfront - Blu-ray
(1954)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the ..read more »
79%
from 57 members
Currently unavailable
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American Gothic
on DVD
Starring: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Steiger
Director: John Hough
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Three young couples crash-land their plane on a remote island, where the resident bible-thumping family displays less-than Christian courtesy, killing them off in bizarre, ritual murders.
50%
from 248 members
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