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John Frankenheimer - what members say


  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • The Manchurian Candidate review by from Bromsgrove, England
    Rated - 4 stars A Memorable and Important Thriller 2 April 2004
    ...fter John Kennedy's assassination - on Sinatra's own wishes. This is easily John Frankenheimer's best film. And as if it had somehow cursed him, when in 1968 he drove his fri...  
  • Seconds
  • Seconds review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 5 stars A cult classic 5 July 2006
    ...Like the 'Manchurian Candidate,' 'Seconds' is one of John Frankenheimer's best works. It's a thriller concerning personal identity. A box office flop, it's a lost / little known...  
  • 52 Pick Up
  • 52 Pick Up review by from Newcastle-u-lyme
    Rated - 4 stars Good, Gitty Elmore Leonard Adaptation. 2 April 2005
    ... action - lowlifes, pimps, prostitutes and killers - and assured direction from John Frankenheimer. Roy Scheider (JAWS,MARATHON MAN, KLUTE) is a blackmailed businessman who fi...  

John Frankenheimer - filmography


  • Ronin on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Jean Reno,  Jonathan Pryce
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 18,931 members
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  • Andersonville (1996)
    Starring: Jarrod Emick,  Frederic Forrest,  Ted Marcoux
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    They left the nightmare...and entered Hell. Captured Union soilders cope with life inside the Civil War's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. A powerful, compeling tale of war and will, with Emmy Award-winning direction by John Frankenheimer
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 10 members
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  • Dead Bang (1989)
    Starring: Don Johnson,  Penelope Ann Miller,  William Forsythe
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A tough but true story based on the real experiences of Los Angeles Detective Jerry Beck, a man driven by a personal quest. He is assigned to find a cop-killer, the dead cop being one of his own colleagues. When Beck follows the trail to a white supremacy organisation, the case becomes an ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 16 members
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  • 52 Pick Up on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Roy Scheider,  Ann-Margret,  Vanity
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Wealthy businessman Harry Mitchell falls prey to ruthless blackmailers after having an illicit affair with a young model. Single-handedly, he masterminds a plan to beat the extortionists at their game, eventually facing the foremost crook in a deadly confrontation.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 265 members
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  • Seconds (1966)
    Starring: Rock Hudson,  Salome Jens
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    John Frankenheimer's chilling vision of middle-aged malaise concerns 50ish banker, Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph). Bored with his wife and comfortably retired life, Arthur happens to run into Charlie Evans (Murray Hamilton), an old friend he believed to be dead. He gives Arthur a tip on a secret ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 60 members
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  • Seven Days In May (1964)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Kirk Douglas,  Fredric March
    Director: John Frankenheimer
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Like much of the American public, Gen. Scott, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff is unhappy with a nuclear arms pact with the Soviet Union recently signed by President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March). But the extent of Scott's displeasure is not fully understood until his aide, Col. Martin "..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 52 members
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John Frankenheimer facts

5 most recent films

Path To War - 3.5 stars
Deception - 3.0 stars
Ronin - 3.5 stars
Ronin - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Andersonville - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ronin - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Grand Prix - 3.5 stars
Seconds - 3.5 stars
French Connection/French Connection 2 - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Birdman Of Alcatraz - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Young Stranger - 2.0 stars
Dead Bang - 2.5 stars
Black Sunday - 3.0 stars
Andersonville - 3.0 stars
The Young Savages - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Roy Scheider - 9 times - show films
Tony Lo Bianco - 8 times - show films
Gene Hackman - 8 times - show films
Fernando Rey - 8 times - show films
Burt Lancaster - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Friedkin - 8 times - show films


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