Don Siegel played a major role in redefining American cinema.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 21 May 2019 | updated - 10 Dec 2020 | PublicDon Siegel has earnt his place among the greats of filmmaking.
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1. The Killers (1964)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Surprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager
Votes: 9,326
Brutal, unpretentious, suspenseful, unforgettable!
2. The Shootist (1976)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Votes: 26,824
John Wayne finished his career in style, thanks to the director.
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan
Votes: 54,748
4. The Black Windmill (1974)
PG | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill
Votes: 3,343
5. Dirty Harry (1971)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.
Directors: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni
Votes: 168,282 | Gross: $35.90M
6. Coogan's Bluff (1968)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Arizona Deputy Sheriff Coogan is sent to New York City to escort an escaped fugitive back for trial.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling
Votes: 18,911
One of the greatest cinematic collaborations began with this film.
7. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
GP | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manolo Fábregas, Alberto Morin
Votes: 30,560 | Gross: $11.50M
8. The Beguiled (1971)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While recuperating in a Confederate girls' boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 19,208
A change of pace.
9. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
PG | 112 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possibly successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau
Votes: 147,422 | Gross: $43.00M
10. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, War
Small squad must hold off German attack.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino
Votes: 7,456 | Gross: $2.42M
11. Charley Varrick (1973)
PG | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 14,112
An underrated movie and a first class thriller.
12. Madigan (1968)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino
Votes: 4,072
Missed its potential, in spite of the solid cast.
13. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon
Votes: 2,427
Gritty and exiciting.
14. Crime in the Streets (1956)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell
Votes: 1,388
15. Private Hell 36 (1954)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger
Votes: 1,874
16. Spanish Affair (1957)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
An American architect traveling in Madrid falls in love with his interpreter but is faced by a jealous lover who follows them.
Directors: Luis Marquina, Don Siegel | Stars: Carmen Sevilla, Richard Kiley, José Guardiola, Jesús Tordesillas
Votes: 98
17. China Venture (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During WW2, an American commando team is sent to rescue the prisoner of a warlord in Japanese-occupied China.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando, Leo Gordon
Votes: 156
18. Telefon (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly
Votes: 6,248
19. Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Approved | 85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
George "Babyface" Nelson became one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone, he allied himself with John Dillinger.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo Gordon
Votes: 780
20. The Lineup (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche
Votes: 4,418
21. The Gun Runners (1958)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens, Everett Sloane
Votes: 872
22. The Big Steal (1949)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles
Votes: 5,388
23. Night Unto Night (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A scientist afflicted with the incurable illness epilepsy, meets a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 521
24. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Marshal Tyrone and the Silver Kid form an uneasy alliance against a gang of claim jumpers.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally, Susan Cabot
Votes: 1,898
25. No Time for Flowers (1952)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attaché who has just arrived from the United States.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Paul Hubschmid, Ludwig Stössel, Adrienne Gessner
Votes: 48
26. The Verdict (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris
Votes: 2,830
27. Count the Hours! (1953)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara
Votes: 605
28. An Annapolis Story (1955)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Two brothers, enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy on the verge of the Korean War, fall in love with the same girl.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy, Alvy Moore
Votes: 154
29. Hound-Dog Man (1959)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A farm boy and his dog go hunting with his teenage brother (Fabian) and an older friend (Stuart Whitman) in 1912.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Fabian, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 157
30. Edge of Eternity (1959)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in the Grand Canyon.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,122
31. Flaming Star (1960)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Western
When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores Del Río
Votes: 4,072 | Gross: $1.96M
32. Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
M | 94 min | Drama, Western
A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.
Directors: Don Siegel, Robert Totten | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu
Votes: 1,620
33. Stranger on the Run (1967 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
Former inmate and drunkard Ben Chamberlain arrives in a railroad town looking for a woman, causing the railroad police deputies to manhunt for Ben.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Henry Fonda, Anne Baxter, Michael Parks, Dan Duryea
Votes: 648
34. The Hanged Man (1964 TV Movie)
Unrated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 129
35. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,137
36. The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966)
30 min | Western
In a surprising twist, Jesse and Frank James come across as good guys as they go about their outlaw ways. Jesse is a devilish scoundrel with an eye for the ladies while Frank concerns himself with more practical matters.
Stars: Christopher Jones, Allen Case, David Richards, Robert J. Wilke
Votes: 107
37. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell
Votes: 90
38. Jinxed! (1982)
R | 103 min | Comedy
Bette Midler is on a roll through Reno, Vegas, and Tahoe with Rip Torn as her semi-professional gambler husband, and Ken Wahl as a seductive blackjack dealer. In HD.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery
Votes: 1,255 | Gross: $2.87M
39. Rough Cut (1980)
PG | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.
Directors: Don Siegel, Peter R. Hunt, Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West
Votes: 1,501
40. Code 3 (1957)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Code 3 is an American crime drama that aired in syndication in 1957. The stories were all based on actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff's office. Stories were presented from the viewpoint of Assistant Sheriff George Barnett.
Stars: Richard Travis, Eugene W. Biscailuz, Christopher Dark, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 88
41. The Doctor (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama
Warner Anderson seldom acted in any of the episodes of this medical anthology, which were mostly concerned with emotional problems; he always presented the stories and provided commentary after their presentation.
Stars: Warner Anderson, Anne Jackson, Edward Binns, Wesley Addy
Votes: 37
42. Breaking Point (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Raymer is the mentor and also boss of Dr. McKinley Thompson at York Hospital. The actions centers around the lives of the people who eventually seek help and their situations rather than the treatment prescribed.
Stars: Paul Richards, Eduard Franz, Cece Whitney, Virginia Gregg
Votes: 78
43. Hitler Lives (1945)
Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short
This short propaganda film, produced at the end of World War II, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas of racial hatred, violence and conquest live on in the German people, and in like-minded people in the United States.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Knox Manning, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 397
44. Star in the Night (1945)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Drama, Family
Three cowboys riding across the desert with gifts for no particular recipient see a distant bright light, and find it comes from the Star Auto Court sign where the owners and guests work together to help a young expectant couple.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli, Richard Erdman
Votes: 1,218
45. Frontier (1955–1956)
30 min | Western
An unglamorized look at the settling of the American West with pioneers dealing with the elements, beset with nefarious characters and other problems that test their fortitude.
Stars: Walter Coy, Scott Forbes, Dabbs Greer, Jack Kelly
Votes: 61
46. Adventure Showcase (1959– )
30 min
Intended just to fill an empty slot in CBS's summer lineup, this Tuesday evening program consisted of pilot episodes from various other hopeful adventure and action dramas that had not been... See full summary »
Stars: Joe De Santis, Keith Andes, Ken Clark, Randy Stuart
Votes: 11
47. Destry (1964)
60 min | Western
Young Harrison Destry, son of legendary lawman Tom Destry, had been a sheriff himself until he was framed and sent to prison. Now he roams about looking for the hombres that did him wrong. ... See full summary »
Stars: John Gavin, Ken Mayer, Bill Coontz, Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Votes: 83
48. The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
30 min | Drama
Each week Adam Shepherd introduces a news event, either current or the past, discussing its relevance. Then he becomes part of the story, portraying the lead character in the reenactment.
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, J. Pat O'Malley, Morris Buchanan, George Sawaya
Votes: 72
49. Bus Stop (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Grace owns the Sunrise, Colorado bus stop. She, waitress Elma, Sheriff Will, and D.A. Glenn watch life through the stories which unfold as passengers enter and leave the small town.
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Richard Anderson, Joan Freeman, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 105
50. Convoy (1965)
60 min | Drama, War
Civilian Captain Foster (the freighter "Flagship") and Commander Talbot (US Navy destroyer Escort "DD 181") are responsible for convoying ships across the Atlantic during World War II.
Stars: John Gavin, John Larch, Linden Chiles, Horst Ebersberg
Votes: 57
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