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  • The Wild Bunch
  • The Wild Bunch review by from Plymouth, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Peckinpah classic 14 June 2004
    ... The film features mesmeric performances from William Holden, Robert Ryan and Ernest Borgnine, who look like they've spent years growing old in the saddle. The action is bl...  
  • The Poseidon Adventure
  • The Poseidon Adventure review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars Excellent hokum afloat 19 February 2006
    ...nes reminiscent of TV's later The Love Boat: a gruff and bitter cop named Rogo (Ernest Borgnine), travelling with his wife the former prostitute Linda (Stella Stevens), an eld...  
  • Marty
  • Marty review by hannahg from Winchester, England
    Rated - 4 stars Likeable, heartwarming love story 25 September 2004
    ...o today. The performances by the lead characters are excellent, particularly Ernest Borgnine who brings sensitivity and likeability to the title role. I'm not usually part...  

Ernest Borgnine - filmography


  • Baseketball on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Trey Parker,  Matt Stone,  Yasmine Bleeth
    Director: David Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the creators of the Naked Gun films, and starring the creators of the South Park series, comes a spoof of sports and business and anything else that can draw a hearty laugh. Two best friends (Trey Parker and Matt Stone) create "baseketball"--a sport that combines baseball and basketball--and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,475 members
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  • Gattaca on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Uma Thurman,  Jude Law
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the 21st century, genetic engineering makes possible the creation of biologically superior human specimens ("valids"), who then grow to positions of power and prestige. Would-be astronaut Vincent(Ethan Hawke) born the old-fashioned way, can only hope for a janitorial position at the elite ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 18,530 members
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  • Any Man's Death on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Savage,  William Hickey,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A journalist is sent to find a missing colleague in Angola. What he faces is a personal dilemma as he discovers a Nazi war criminal responsible for thousands of Jewish deaths, working on a cure for cancer...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 36% from 38 members
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  • High Risk on DVD (1981)
    Starring: James Brolin,  Anthony Quinn,  Lindsay Wagner
    Director: Stewart Raffill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American country and steal $5 million from the hacienda of an American-born drug dealer who lives there. The four Americans then succeed rather easily in stealing the money, but soon run into trouble trying ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 31 members
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  • Escape From New York on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Isaac Hayes,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Donald Pleasence
    Director: John Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Another John Carpenter cult classic, 'Escape From New York' was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included 'Road Warrior' and 'The Terminator'. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum-security prison, a place where the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,621 members
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  • All Quiet On The Western Front on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Richard Thomas,  Ernest Borgnine,  Donald Pleasence
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    In 1914 a group of fresh-faced and idealistic German schoolboys are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolmaster to troop off to the 'Glorious War'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up, however, their disenchantment begins during the brutal basic training. Later, as they board the train ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,702 member
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  • Jesus Of Nazareth (2 discs) on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Robert Powell,  Anne Bancroft,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Franco Zeffirelli
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This epic chronicle of Christ begins with the arrangements of the wedding between Joseph and Mary, proceeds through Jesus' birth, his encounter with John the Baptist, and all the way to the grueling, transfigurative end. The all-star cast includes Anne Bancroft, Laurence Olivier, Michael York, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,138 member
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  • The Greatest on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Muhammad Ali,  Ernest Borgnine,  John Marley
    Director: Tom Gries
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    18 year-old Olympic gold medalist Cassius Clay feels ready to take on the heavyweight championship. In this dramatisation the incredible career of the legendary fighter is portrayed, as he gains in stature and power under the guidance of Angelo Dundee, Clay takes the heavyweight title away from ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 94 members
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  • The Poseidon Adventure on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Ernest Borgnine,  Carol Lynley
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,107 members
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  • The Wild Bunch on DVD (1969)
    Starring: William Holden,  Robert Ryan,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West--widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,057 members
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  • Marty on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Ernest Borgnine,  Betsy Blair,  Esther Minciotti
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Delbert Mann's big-screen remake of Paddy Chayefsky's 1953 teleplay, one of the most successful works of film's Golden Age, stars Ernest Borgnine as Bronx butcher, Marty Piletti. A good-natured man, if plain and overweight, the 34-year-old bachelor has become fed up with the dreariness of life with ..read more »
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  • Demetrius And The Gladiators on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Victor Mature,  Susan Hayward,  Michael Rennie
    Director: Delmer Daves
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Emperor Caligula has two things on his mind: gladiatorial displays and gaining possession of the robe which fell from Jesus on the cross and is now in the hands of Demetrius (Victor Mature). Caligula and Messalina, young wife of the Emperor's uncle Claudius, work together to get the robe away from ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 266 members
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  • Vera Cruz on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Gary Cooper,  Burt Lancaster,  Cesar Romero
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Robert Aldrich's action-packed Western, Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) and Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) are American soldiers of fortune hired by the Austrian ruler of Mexico, Maximilian, to safeguard a royal convoy transporting gold and an Austrian countess to the port of Vera Cruz. Things get ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 410 members
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  • The Revengers
    Starring: William Holden,  Ernest Borgnine,  Woody Strode
    Director: Daniel Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict (William Holden) is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean, lawless convicts to act as his posse as he pursues the gang responsible for the deaths of his loved ones.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 40% from 5 members
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  • 3 Below on DVD
    Starring: Ernest Borgnine,  Bobb Hopkins,  Robert Spediacci
    Director: Bobb Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on a true story. Three greedy capitalists, a land baroness, banker and politician, flood a Vermont farming valley to create a lake resort. Ten years later, following a severe blizzard, the three perpetrators are left stranded in nearby Ramage House and the vengeful spirits of the town are woken...
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  • Airwolf - Series 3 (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Ernest Borgnine,  Jan-Michael Vincent
    Director: Sutton Roley,  Don Medford,  Allen Reisner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine star in the cult favourite, Airwolf - although some might call "Airwolf" itself the star. The Emmy Award-winning series followed the dangerous missions of the high-tech helicopter, Airwolf, and it's renegade pilot, Stringfellow Hawke.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 169 members
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  • All Quiet On The Western Front to Watch Now (1979)
    Starring: Richard Thomas,  Ernest Borgnine,  Donald Pleasence
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 128 minutes
    The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 6 members
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Ernest Borgnine facts

5 most recent films

Strange Wilderness - 2.5 stars
Renegade - 3.0 stars
All Dogs Christmas Carol - 3.0 stars
Baseketball - 3.5 stars
Gattaca - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Airwolf - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Jesus Of Nazareth - 3.5 stars
Wild Bunch, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Airwolf - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
The Dirty Dozen - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Any Man's Death - 2.0 stars
Skeleton Coast - 2.0 stars
Manhunt - 2.0 stars
Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came? - 2.0 stars
Soldier of Fortune - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Donald Pleasence - 5 times - show films
Jan-Michael Vincent - 5 times - show films
Alex Cord - 5 times - show films
Dominic Jephcott - 3 times - show films
Carol Lynley - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Aldrich - 5 times - show films
Delbert Mann - 4 times - show films
Sam Peckinpah - 3 times - show films
Ronald Neame - 3 times - show films
Paul Sabella - 2 times - show films