Gene Hackman
Actor
Hawaii (1966)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris…
- Lush epic of colonial expansion with Harris as an uptight missionary on a crusade to convert the natives of Hawaii, and Andrews his long suffering…
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman…
- One of the seminal films of the late 1960s, an artful depiction of the exploits of Depression–era bank–robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde…
Marooned (Space Travelers) (1969)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck…
- An excellent outer space thriller which proffers an APOLLO 13–like situation of NASA astronauts being stuck in orbit, while the Earthbound…
Downhill Racer (1969)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv
- A pre–HOOSIERS Gene Hackman dons the coach's whistle in this Winter Olympics drama, with Robert Redford providing the film’s clash of…
French Connection, The (1971)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider…
- An influential crime picture based on the largest narcotics seizure of all time. Won the Oscar for Best Picture for its realistic portrait of New…
Hunting Party, The (1971)
- Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman
- WILD BUNCH–wannabe with Gene Hackman hunting ruffian Oliver Reed and kidnapped wife Candice Bergan to the ends of the earth. A ridiculously…
Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters…
- One of the better 70s disaster movies has an ocean–liner 'turned turtle' and the survivors trying to find a way out. Often unintentionally…
Prime Cut (1972)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek
- Gritty underworld thriller set in the fields and meat–packhouses of Kansas, where mob enforcer Marvin is sent to collect money from local…
Scarecrow (1973)
- Dir. Jerry Schatzberg
Feat. Gene Hackman, Al Pacino
- Modest drama charts the therapeutic relationship between two drifters who seek redemption. Sombre moral tale about ordinary people is the kind rarely…
Young Frankenstein (1974)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr…
- One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…