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Rod Steiger

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On the WaterfrontOn the Waterfront (1954) Recommended
Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
Brooding tour–de–force with Marlon Brando in his prime as the square–jawed misfit entangled in corrupt union politics. Winner of 8…
Big Knife, TheBig Knife, The (1955) Recommended
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger
Lurid expose of the Hollywood 'studio system' from the melodramatic pen of playwright Clifford Odets. Palance shows a rare vulnerability as a…
Harder They Fall, TheHarder They Fall, The (1956)
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger
A quality bow–out from the movies for Humphrey Bogart, playing a jaded sports press–agent in the hard world of professional boxing in a…
Across the BridgeAcross the Bridge (1957)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Rod Steiger, Marla Landi, Noel Willman
An underrated and little–known thriller with Steiger playing a shady accountant on the run from the FBI and Scotland Yard, who tries to make…
Al Capone (1959)
Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory
Rod Steiger is a belligerent Scarface in this throwback to the 30s gangster films.
Pawnbroker, The (1965)
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger gives a career–best performance as a Jewish pawnbroker whose new life in Spanish Harlem conjures haunting images of his Nazi prison…
In the Heat of the NightIn the Heat of the Night (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
Oscar winning thriller starring Sidney Poitier as an urban black detective brought in to investigate a murder in a racist southern town. Rod Steiger…
Illustrated Man, TheIllustrated Man, The (1969)
Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom
Bizarrely conceived encounter with an embittered Rod Steiger, who tells a stranger of his all–over body tattoos, which then mysteriously induce…
WaterlooWaterloo (1970) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
Feat. Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles
Napoleonic epic from the Russian director of WAR AND PEACE is dramatically woolly, but includes superb, sprawling battle–scenes. Rod Steiger…
A Fistful of DynamiteA Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker!) (1971) Recommended
Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli
Leone’s final spaghetti–western is a sprawling adventure set in the Mexican revolution, with fistfuls of action and comedy aplenty to rival his…

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