Jack Palance

Jack Palance

February 18, 1919 · 107 years old

Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (19…

Known For

39 titles
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Batman

Batman

1989 · 2h 6m · Movie

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.

7.5
2
Tango & Cash

Tango & Cash

1989 · 1h 44m · Movie

Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.

6.4
3
Young Guns

Young Guns

1988 · 1h 47m · Movie

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

6.8
4
City Slickers

City Slickers

1991 · 1h 53m · Movie

On the verge of turning 40, an unhappy Manhattan yuppie is roped into joining his two friends on a cattle drive in the southwest.

6.8
5
Shane

Shane

1953 · 1h 58m · Movie

An ex-gunfighter defends homesteaders in 1889 Wyoming.

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Contempt

Contempt

1963 · 1h 42m · Movie

A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.

7.4
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The Swan Princess

The Swan Princess

1994 · 1h 30m · Movie

A power-hungry sorcerer curses a princess to live as a swan by day in this tale of everlasting love.

6.4
8
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994 · 1h 56m · Movie

One year after their first adventure, Mitch Robbins and his friends discover a treasure map that belonged to their late trail guide Curly and they set out to discover its secrets.

5.6
9
The Professionals

The Professionals

1966 · 1h 57m · Movie

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.

7.3
10
Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

1987 · 1h 35m · Movie

A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.

7.4
11
Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

1950 · 1h 36m · Movie

A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.

7.2
12
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952 · 1h 50m · Movie

After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

7.5
13
Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

1982 · 1h 32m · Movie

A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.

6.0
14
Barabbas

Barabbas

1961 · 2h 17m · Movie

Governor Pontius Pilate gave the populace a choice to spare either Barabbas, a criminal, or Jesus, condemned as a heretic, from crucifixion. The masses chose Barrabas, and he is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life.

6.9
15
The Mercenary

The Mercenary

1968 · 1h 50m · Movie

A greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.

7.1
16
Attack

Attack

1956 · 1h 47m · Movie

In 1944, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.

7.4
17
Compañeros

Compañeros

1970 · 1h 55m · Movie

A Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way.

7.2
18
The Big Knife

The Big Knife

1955 · 1h 51m · Movie

Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.

6.8
19
Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow

Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow

1993 · 1h 39m · Movie

2 companies battle for Cyborg domination. One's built a cyborg/Angelina Jolie so human, that they hope, she'll get into the competition's HQ and explode. But she escapes with her human martial arts instructor.

3.9
20
Hawk the Slayer

Hawk the Slayer

1980 · 1h 30m · Movie

With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage.

5.3
21
Torture Garden

Torture Garden

1967 · 1h 33m · Movie

An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.

6.1
22
Marquis de Sade's Justine

Marquis de Sade's Justine

1969 · 1h 30m · Movie

Penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.

5.1
23
Man in the Attic

Man in the Attic

1953 · 1h 22m · Movie

After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.

6.1
24
It Can Be Done Amigo

It Can Be Done Amigo

1972 · 1h 49m · Movie

A drifter with fast fists and a gunfighter-pimp with fast guns help a child claim his inheritance.

5.7
25
God's Gun

God's Gun

1976 · 1h 34m · Movie

A priest and his twin brother take turns defending a small town from the vicious Clayton gang.

5.0
26
Living with the Dead

Living with the Dead

2002 · 2h 22m · Movie

A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. The detective investigating the murders looks to him for help in solving the case.

7.0
27
The Horsemen

The Horsemen

1971 · 1h 49m · Movie

Drama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people's love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.

6.2
28
Ten Seconds to Hell

Ten Seconds to Hell

1959 · 1h 33m · Movie

After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.

6.5
29
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

1960 · 2h 2m · Movie

Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.

6.2
30
The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

1957 · 1h 28m · Movie

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him.

6.3
31
The Sensuous Nurse

The Sensuous Nurse

1975 · 1h 45m · Movie

As an aging widower suffers from cardiac trouble, his greedy heirs hire a super-seductive nurse in the hopes of inducing a heart attack, but the plan backfires when she falls for him.

4.8
32
Craze

Craze

1974 · 1h 36m · Movie

A nutty antiques dealer starts to sacrifice women to an African idol.

5.1
33
Black Cobra

Black Cobra

1976 · 1h 38m · Movie

Eva comes to Hong Kong. Seeing Eva perform with a snake, Judas gets interested in her. He showers her with gifts. She moves in with him and his snakes. Things get grim.

4.4
34
Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan

1954 · 1h 32m · Movie

With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.

5.9
35
Africa Express

Africa Express

1975 · 1h 38m · Movie

A goods trader in southern Africa aids a mysterious nun in escaping the clutches of a dangerous ivory and animal trafficker.

5.5
36
Back When We Were Grownups

Back When We Were Grownups

2004 · 1h 38m · Movie

"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." Based on Anne Tyler's novel, the movie centers on Rebecca Davitch, a 53-year-old single mother and grandmother, and the cast of her co...

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