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Telly Savalas
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Telly Savalas - what members say
review by from England
Flawed, but entertaining Cushing/Lee collaboration 17 September 2004
review by A customer from NEWCASTLE
GREAT STORY, OKAY BOND 24 June 2004
review by SexyCool from Worcester
Great War Film 21 June 2010
Telly Savalas - filmography
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Faceless
(1988)
Starring: Helmut Berger, Caroline Munro, Brigitte Lahaie
Director: Jess Franco
Certificate: 
Christopher Mitchum stars in this film from Jess Franco, the legendary purveyor of sleaze and director of such films as VAMPYROS LESBOS and LILIAN, THE PERVERTED VIRGIN, as a private investigator named Sam Morgan. Hired by a wealthy industrialist to track down his missing daughter, Morgan travels ..read more »
 
51%
from 29 members
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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Patrick Duffy
Director: Harry Harris
Certificate: 
This lavish 1982 made-for-TV version of the Lewis Carroll classic ALICE IN WONDERLAND features an all-star cast. Such celebrities as Donald O'Connor, Maureen Stapleton, and Eve Arden struggle to perform while buried under mounds of makeup and tons of eccentric costuming as Carroll's alternate-world ..read more »
61%
from 60 members
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Escape To Athena - Blu-ray
(1979)
Starring: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
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On a Greek island during World War II, a diverse group of POWs come up with a plan to escape from their Nazi captors--and retrieve valuable stolen art at the same time. Although an unlikely ally comes to the aid of the prisoners, there is no guarantee that they will succeed in their missions. Will ..read more »
58%
from 118 members
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
(1979)
Starring: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas
Director: Irwin Allen
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Picking up where the "Poseidon Adventure" left off, this action packed yarn tells the story of how a group of rescue workers descend on the overturned Poseidon to try and salvage the remnants of the crippled ship. Among them, posing as a medic, is the nefarious Captain Svevo, who arrives in order ..read more »
53%
from 61 members
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Escape To Athena
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Certificate:
On a Greek island during World War II, a diverse group of POWs come up with a plan to escape from their Nazi captors--and retrieve valuable stolen art at the same time. Although an unlikely ally comes to the aid of the prisoners, there is no guarantee that they will succeed in their missions. Will ..read more »
58%
from 778 members
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Capricorn One - Blu-ray
(1976)
Starring: Karen Black, David Doyle, Hal Holbrook
Director: Peter Hyams
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The government attempts to fake a mission to Mars, but when the astronauts learn that part of the scenario includes a 'tragic accident' on the way home, they attempt an escape. A forerunner of the non-stop action suspense movie with terrific aerial stunts and an all-star cast.
68%
from 728 members
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Kojak - Series 4
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr., Jeannot Szwarc
Certificate: 
Telly Savalas stars as the bald-headed, lollipop-licking, tough-guy title character in KOJAK. Kojak is a detective for the NYPD, and solves crimes in the Big Apple during the 1970s, which was one of the roughest decades the city has seen. Location shooting in the city itself enhances the series' ..read more »
65%
from 15 members
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Kojak - Series 3
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Mark Russell, Dan Frazer
Director: Jerry London, Russ Mayberry
Certificate: 
Telly Savalas stars as the bald-headed, lollipop-licking, tough-guy title character in KOJAK. Kojak is a detective for the NYPD, and solves crimes in the Big Apple during the 1970s, which was one of the roughest decades the city has seen. Location shooting in the city itself enhances the series' ..read more »
75%
from 28 members
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Lisa and the Devil
(1973)
Starring: Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Alessio Orano
Director: Mario Bava
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Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.
60%
from 24 members
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Kojak - Vol. 2
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Telly Savalas
Director: Jim Benson, Gary Nelson, Richard Donner
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Telly Savalas will best be remembered as the follically-challenged, lollipop-loving Theo Kojak of the eponymously-titled television crime drama, which ran from 1973-1978. Lt. Kojak was a tough-as-nails police detective who brought criminals to justice with his unique brand of unorthodox style that ..read more »
55%
from 134 members
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Kojak
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Ned Beatty, Allen Garfield
Director: Joseph Sargent, Jeannot Szwarc
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Telly Savalas will best be remembered as the follically-challenged, lollipop-loving Theo Kojak of the eponymously-titled television crime drama, which ran from 1973-1978. Lt. Kojak was a tough-as-nails police detective who brought criminals to justice with his unique brand of unorthodox style that ..read more »
60%
from 168 members
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Kojak - Series 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson
Director: Richard Donner, William Hale
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Telly Savalas stars as Lieutenant Theo Kojak in this seventies cop-drama series. He's got style, street smarts and a penchant for lollipops, and he's hitting the gritty streets of New York City in pursuit of some of television's toughest criminals. Features all episodes from season 1.
64%
from 261 members
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Crime Boss
(1972)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Antonio Sabato, Paola Tedesco
Director: Alberto De Martino
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A cocky young hoodlum may have gotten in over his head as he reaches for the top in this crime drama. Antonio Mancuso (Antonio Sabato) comes from a small town in Sicily where there are few opportunities for a young man to build a career. Eager to make something of himself, Antonio travels to Italy ..read more »
20%
from 3 members
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Redneck
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Franco Nero, Mark Lester
Director: Silvio Narizzano
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Franco Nero (DJANGO) and Telly Savalas (TV's KOJACK) star in this Italian crime film from director Silvio Narizzano (GEORGY GIRL) as a pair of crazed and violent fleeing criminals kidnap a young boy (OLIVER'S Mark Lester) and hold him hostage as they try to escape the law.
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from 75 members
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Horror Express
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Alberto De Mendoza
Director: Eugenio Martin
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This horror science-fiction thriller, a cult favourite, takes place in 1907. Professor Caxton (Christopher Lee), a fossil-hunter has discovered some sort of pre-human creature frozen in ancient Manchurian ice. He is travelling to London with his find on the Trans-Siberian Railway and is horrified ..read more »
60%
from 941 members
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Pancho Villa
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors
Director: Eugenio Martin
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The exciting story of the famous outlaw and revolutionist, Pancho Villa, who was pursued by the armies of both Mexico and the United States. Incredible head-on train collision finale.
46%
from 86 members
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Kelly's Heroes - Blu-ray
(1970)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor
Director: Brian G. Hutton
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KELLY's HEROES combines comedy with wartime adventure as the laid-back members of an eccentric American army platoon plan an unusual expedition--to rob a bank located behind enemy lines. The ensemble cast includes Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor, and ..read more »
79%
from 442 members
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Kelly's Heroes
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland
Director: Brian G. Hutton
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Watch now: £2.49
KELLY's HEROES combines comedy with wartime adventure as the laid-back members of an eccentric American army platoon plan an unusual expedition--to rob a bank located behind enemy lines. The ensemble cast includes Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor, and ..read more »
72%
from 6,825 members
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The Assassination Bureau
(1969)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
Director: Basil Dearden
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Based the Jack London novel, Assassination Bureau is hugely entertaining 60s adventure romp.
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into ..read more »
64%
from 103 members
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
Director: Peter R. Hunt
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James Bond is pitted against Blofeld again, this time infiltrating his installation high in the Swiss Alps. Austalian-born George Lazenby amply fills Connery's shoes here, briefly, as he finds himself kilted and surrounded by a gorgeous and sex-starved gaggle of women on retreat. Diana Rigg plays ..read more »
63%
from 9,478 members
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MacKenna's Gold
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A U.S. Sheriff, entrusted with a map of the legendary Valley of Gold, is attacked by an unruly bandit gang and his own local townspeople. They are all fired by greed and gold lust, but bound together by a fear of their common enemy - the Apache. Based on a novel by Will Henry, with music by Quincy ..read more »
63%
from 442 members
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The Scalphunters
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Pollack directs this amiable comic Western in which fur trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) is returning from a successful expedition only to find himself ambushed by a small group of Indians. The Indians force Joe to trade his pelts for Joseph, an educated runaway slave, played brilliantly by ..read more »
64%
from 342 members
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Buona Sera Mrs. Campbell
(1968)
Starring: Gina Lollobrigida, Lee Grant, Naomi Stevens
Director: Melvin Frank
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Twenty years after their initial war-time visit three U.S. servicemen hold a reunion at an Italian village. They all have fond memories, especially of local girl Carla. But she has been telling each of them that they are the father of her daughter Gia, so they have all been paying well for her ..read more »
63%
from 3 members
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The Battleground
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Warren Oates, Telly Savalas, Andrew Duggan
Director: Don Medford
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An explosive reunion awaits the U.S. Marshall when his old buddy, accompanied by sidekick Mobeetie, blows into town with his band of rabble-rousing saddle tramps in this 'Cimarron' Western.
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from 11 members
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Cimarron Strip - Series 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Stuart Whitman, Warren Oats, Steve Forest
Director: Vincent McEveety
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"Cimarron Strip" follows the adventures of rough and tough marshall Jim Crown. Six 70 minute episodes. Titles are Journey To a Hanging, The Legend Of Jud Starr, Broken Wing, The Battleground, The Hunted, The Battle Of Bloody Stones.
40%
from 3 members
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Genghis Khan
(1965)
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason
Director: Henry Levin
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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 »
40%
from 6 members
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Birdman of Alcatraz
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, James Westerfield, Karl Malden
Director: John Frankenheimer
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Burt Lancaster reteams with John Frankenheimer, starring as the title character, Robert E. Stroud. Sentenced to a dozen years in prison for killing a man in 1909, he loses any chance for parole by stabbing another prisoner. Incarcerated in Leavenworth, he adds to his problems by killing a prison ..read more »
72%
from 1,254 member
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The Young Savages
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Shelley Winters, Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas
Director: John Frankenheimer
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John Frankenheimer (The Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate) is one of the most innovative filmmakers of the twentieth century, whose groundbreaking techniques and definitive, cinematic style has rippled through the history of movies to leave an indelible mark. Renowned actor Burt ..read more »
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from 35 members
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Telly Savalas facts
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...ing alongside the two aforementioned actors is another important horror figure; Telly Savalas (or Kojak, as you may know him). It is unfortunate that he doesn't turn up unti...
