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  • The Wild Bunch
  • The Wild Bunch review by from Plymouth, UK
    Rated - 4.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Marty
  • Marty review by hannahg from Winchester, England
    Rated - 4.0 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...   Read customer review
  • The Vikings
  • The Vikings review by from BIRMINGHAM
    Rated - 5.0 stars 26 June 2004
    ...iting at the same time. Kirk Douglas is very good, Tony Curtis understated and Ernest Borgnine brilliantly OTT when this is needed. OK, so vikings didnt speak with American ...   Read customer review

Ernest Borgnine - filmography


  • 3 Below on DVD (2005)
    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...
    1.5 stars out of 5 29% from 126 members
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  • Baseketball on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Reggie Jackson,  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,  Bob Costas
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,367 members
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  • Gattaca on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Uma Thurman,  Jude Law
    Director: Andrew Niccol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    New Zealand screenwriter Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) made his feature directorial debut with this science fiction drama, set in a future when one's life is determined by genetic engineering rather than education or experience. The wealthy can choose the genetic makeup of their descendants. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20,980 members
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  • All Dogs go to Heaven 2 on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Sheena Easton,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Paul Sabella
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Charlie, the heroic, roguish mutt of All Dogs Go To Heaven, is growing impatient with the predictability of Dog Heaven, and decides he'd rather be back amongst the living. He gets his wish when the nefarious Carface sends him and his buddy Itchy back to Earth to retrieve Gabriel's horn--which ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 588 members
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  • Laser Mission (1989)
    Starring: Brandon Lee,  Debi A. Monahan,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: BJ Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The world's greatest authority on laser technology must be brought back from Cuba away from the KGB, and CIA agent Michael Gold is the man for the job.
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 2 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...
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 42 members
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  • Airwolf - Series 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1985)
    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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 203 members
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  • Manhunt on DVD (1984)
    Starring: John Ethan Wayne,  Ethan Wayne,  Henry Silva
    Director: Larry Ludman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young man is wrongly sentenced as a horse thief. Having managed to escape, he heads for his accuser and kidnaps him. The chase is on...but fate has a surprising twist in store.
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 40 members
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  • Escape From New York on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Isaac Hayes,  Adrienne Barbeau,  Harry Dean Stanton
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,044 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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 82 members
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  • The Black Hole on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Maximilian Schell,  Anthony Perkins,  Robert Forster
    Director: Gary Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A space crew travelling the cosmos runs into a long-missing craft, manned by Dr. Hans Reinhardt. Upon meeting Reinhardt, the astronauts discover that he is not only insane, but steadfast in his efforts to travel through a nearby "black hole", an abyss from which no one can escape. Matters worsen ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,278 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,120 members
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  • Convoy on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  Ali MacGraw,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Sam Peckinpah
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers are chased through three states by a corrupt speed-trap cop. And the green light is given via the CB airwaves for a convoy of moving violations in an all-action big-wheel adventure.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,060 members
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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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,289 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 112 members
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  • The Prince and the Pauper on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Oliver Reed,  Raquel Welch,  Mark Lester
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    British icon and screen legend Oliver Reed (Oliver, Gladiator, Women In Love) creates a mesmerising, career defining performance in this unforgettable, swashbuckling tale of action, adventure, romance and intrigue. Faithfully adapted for the screen by celebrated author George Macdonald Fraser, Mark ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 90 members
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  • Sunday In The Country on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Ernest Borgnine,  Michael J. Pollard,  Hollis McLaren
    Director: John Trent
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Three vicious thugs on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer (Ernest Borgnine), but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them into into his cellar and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 14 members
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  • Emperor of the North on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Ernest Borgnine,  Keith Carradine,  Lee Marvin
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shack (Borgnine) is a cruel railroad agent who makes it his personal mission to rid the world of hobos out for a free ride. Legendary tough-guy hobo A-1 (Marvin) vows to ride Shack's train to its destination and survive, which would earn him the title of "Emperor of the North Pole." A humorous game ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 261 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 »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,551 members
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  • The Wild Bunch on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Strother Martin,  Emilio Fernandez,  Edmund O'Brien
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,985 members
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  • The Dirty Dozen on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Lee Marvin,  Ernest Borgnine,  Charles Bronson
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom...if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass. Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad of Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker and more in the all-time ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 5,696 members
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  • Barabbas on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Arthur Kennedy,  Valentina Cortese,  Harry Andrews
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When thief and murderer Barabbas (Anthony Quinn) is freed by the people of Judea rather than Jesus of Nazareth, the criminal struggles to understand why he was chosen to live. Rachel (Silvanno Mangano), the woman he loves, becomes a follower of Jesus, whom she believes has risen from the tomb. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 308 members
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  • Jubal on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Glenn Ford,  Ernest Borgnine,  Rod Steiger
    Director: Delmer Daves
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 20 members
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  • The Vikings on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Tony Curtis,  Ernest Borgnine
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Inspired by the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall, The Vikings was lensed on location in Norway under extremely adverse weather conditions. Adding to the difficulty was the fact that star Kirk Douglas and director Richard Fleischer never quite found a common ground, and for years thereafter would ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,828 member
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  • Marty on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Ernest Borgnine,  Betsy Blair,  Esther Minciotti
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning slice-of-life drama is a heartwarming story about Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine), a lonely Bronx butcher. Marty is a burly but gentle man, easing into middle age without much hope for romance or a career. He lives at home with his mother (Esther Minciotti), a kind ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 907 members
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  • Vera Cruz on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Sarita Montiel,  Gary Cooper,  Burt Lancaster
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Produced by Burt Lancaster's own company, Vera Cruz teams Lancaster with the venerable Gary Cooper. The story, set during the Mexican revolution of 1866, casts Coop and Lancaster as Ben Trane and Joe Erin, two rival soldiers of fortune who team to fight for the highest bidder. The two men come to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 521 members
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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 »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 313 members
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  • From Here To Eternity on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Mickey Shaughnessy,  Jack Warden,  Philip Ober
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The scene is Schofield Army Barracks in Honolulu, in the languid days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, where James Jones' acclaimed war novel From Here to Eternity brought the aspirations and frustrations of several people sharply into focus. Sergeant Milt Warden (Burt Lancaster) enters into an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,941 members
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  • The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
    Starring: Lloyd Bridges,  Dorothy Gish,  Anne Francis
    Director: Robert Siodmak
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A young union leader is appointed president of a failing New England plastics factory just as automation threatens to cut the labour force in half. The small town of Eaton Falls, NH is trapped between tradition and progress. With 90 days to bankruptcy, it will take a lot of Yankee ingenuity to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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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.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 8 members
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Ernest Borgnine facts

5 most recent films

The Lion of Judah - 3.0 stars
Strange Wilderness - 2.5 stars
3 Below - 1.5 stars
Renegade - 3.0 stars
All Dogs Christmas Carol - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Airwolf - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Jesus Of Nazareth - 3.5 stars
Airwolf - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
The Wild Bunch - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Dirty Dozen - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Laser Mission - 1.5 stars
Sunday In The Country - 2.0 stars
Skeleton Coast - 2.0 stars
Any Man's Death - 2.0 stars
Manhunt - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jan-Michael Vincent - 19 times - show films
Alex Cord - 13 times - show films
Deborah Pratt - 7 times - show films
Donald Pleasence - 5 times - show films
Robert Ryan - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Donald P. Bellisario - 9 times - show films
Don Medford - 7 times - show films
Sutton Roley - 7 times - show films
Allen Reisner - 7 times - show films
Robert Aldrich - 6 times - show films