 Ben-Hur 1959  N/R, 211 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Andre Morell, Ferdy Mayne, Tutte Lemkow
Remember the famous Chariot Race where one of the extras forgot to take off his watch? That seems to be the only flaw in this epic film that won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston also won for Best Actor as the Jewish Prince Judah Ben-Hur whose life story is told in tandem with the life of Jesus. Other Oscars included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith).
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The Best of Everything 1959  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans, Louis Jourdan, Joan Crawford, Brett Halsey
Three women seek success in the Big Apple in this somewhat dated story adapted from Rona Jaffe's novel.
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The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966  N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Bible
Director: John Huston
Cast: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero, Zoe Sallis, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pupella Maggio, Robert Rietty, Peter Heinze
Using the Book of Genesis as its source, this film has some good moments with stars taking on roles of well-known Biblical characters. Among those featured are Adam (Michael Parks), Eve (Ulla Bergryd), Cain (Richard Harris), Abel (Franco Nero), and Noah (John Huston).
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Billy Rose's Jumbo 1962  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Jumbo
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye, Dean Jagger, Charles Watts, Joseph Waring, Lynn Wood, Grady Sutton, Robert Burton
Pop Wonder (Jimmy Durante) owns a circus that is threatened by bankruptcy, but he gets love and support from his daughter, Kitty (Doris Day), and his long-time fiancee, Lulu (Martha Raye). This is an adaptation of the 1930s' Rodgers and Hart musical show.
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The Bravados 1958 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Lee Van Cleef, Andrew Duggan, Gene Evans, Barry Coe, Herbert Rudley, Kathleen Gallant, George Voskovec, Ken Scott, Robert Adler, Jacqueline Evans
While tracking down his wife's suspected murderers (Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Lee Van Cleef, and Henry Silva), rancher Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) leads vigilantes on the quest. He finally finds them, and they are in jail waiting for their hangings for yet another murder. Then, the group escapes with a hostage (Kathleen Gallant) in tow. Douglas hunts them down and kills them–only to learn that they were not the ones who killed his wife. Douglas has learned a lesson and questions whether his act of private lynching is any better than that of murder.
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Carter's Army 1970 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Black Brigade
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier, Moses Gunn, Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Stewart, Bobby Johnson, Napoleon Whiting, Paul Mooney
Captain Beau Carter (Stephen Boyd) is ordered to lead an all-Black unit on a suicide mission to take a bridge under Nazi control. An even bigger problem than taking the bridge is that Carter is a redneck and has been given only two days to train his men for the mission. Will he succeed?
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The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland
Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) rules the Roman Empire and tells his daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren) that he has chosen his adopted son Livius (Stephen Boyd) to inherit the throne instead of the legal heir Commodus (Christopher Plummer). After Marcus Aurelius is murdered, Commodus claims the throne. Lucilla wants Livius to claim the throne, but her pleas to him fall on deaf ears. Meanwhile, Commodus is wreaking havoc and murdering anyone who poses a threat to his rule. Now he sees Lucilla as a threat and orders her death. This time, Livius does come to her rescue, slays Commodus, and brings an end to his evil rule.
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Fantastic Voyage 1966 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, James Brolin, Barry Coe, Jean Del Val, Ken Scott, Shelby Grant, Brendan Fitzgerald, Brendon Boone, Christopher Riordan
In order to perform delicate brain surgery on brilliant scientist Jan Benes (Jean Del Val), a team of doctors (Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, William Redfield, Arthur Kennedy, and Donald Pleasence) must travel inside their patient's body. The medical team is shrunk into microscopic figures, and they ride in a miniature submarine as they enter the bloodstream and encounter chilling obstacles. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Special Visual Effects, and it was nominated for three others.
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Genghis Khan 1965  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason, Eli Wallach, Francoise Dorleac, Telly Savalas, Robert Morley, Yvonne Mitchell, Woody Strode
Following his father's death, Genghis Khan (Omar Sharif) sets out to avenge the killing and unify Asia's tribes during the Dark Ages. Poor.
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Hannie Caulder 1972 R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp, Strother Martin, Jack Elam, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors, Stephen Boyd
After her husband was brutally murdered and she was raped, Hannie Caulder (Raquel Welch) gets help from bounty hunter Thomas Luther Price (Robert Culp) as she sets out to seek revenge against the murderous Clemens brothers. With the great cast, this could have been better with a good script.
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Imperial Venus 1963 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Gabriele Ferzetti, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Giulio Bosetti, Gianni Santuccio, Elsa Albani, Andrea Bosic, Umberto Raho, Nando Tamberlani
Complex and sensual Paulette Bonaparte (Gina Lollobrigida) becomes involved in numerous sexual affairs during her brother Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) rise and ultimate fall from power.
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Island in the Sun 1957 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Diana Wynyard, Harry Belafonte, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Williams
Based on the novel by Alec Waugh, this is a story of racial prejudice in the West Indies and how it affects an affair between a British widow (Joan Fontaine) and a Black labor leader (Harry Belafonte).
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Lilacs in the Spring 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
aka: Let's Make Up
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn, David Farrar, Kathleen Harrison, Peter Graves, Helen Haye, Alan Gifford, George Margo, Scott Sanders, Jennifer Mitchell, Sam Kydd, Stephen Boyd, Sean Connery
Following a head injury during a London air raid, Carole Beaumont (Anna Neagle) is knocked unconscious. She suffers identity problems while unconscious, and she seems to be King Charles' (David Farrar) courtesan Nell Gwyn (also played by Neagle). Later, while recovering at a country home, Carole loses consciousness again and appears to be Queen Victoria (also played by Neagle). Finally, Carole reprises her mother Lillian Grey's (also played by Neagle) life and is married to John Beaumont (Errol Flynn) who helps her find love and success on the stage.
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The Man Who Never Was 1956 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin, Stephen Boyd, Andre Morell, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Moultrie Kelsall, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Allan Cuthbertson
Based on Ewen Montague's book, this is the story of how the Allies diverted attention from the planned assault on Sicily through deceptive letters that discussed a fake invasion of Greece.
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The Night Heaven Fell 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Heaven Fell That Night
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Alida Valli, Jose Nieto, Maruchi Fresno, Adriano Dominguez, Jose Marco Davo, Nicolas Perchicot, Cantinflas, Fernando Rey
This is the third Roger Vadim film that stars his (then) wife Brigitte Bardot. A young French woman, Ursula (Bardot), visits her aunt and uncle in Spain where she meets and falls for Lamberto (Stephen Boyd), a good-for-nothing crook. After he kills Ursula's uncle, they take off with the police in pursuit–taking time for plenty of sex.
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The Oscar 1966 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Jill St. John, Joseph Cotten, Edie Adams, Ernest Borgnine, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan
In spite of a good cast, this story–about Frank Fane's (Stephen Boyd) climb to the top of Hollywood's success ladder–falls flat. Many guest stars.
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Poppies Are Also Flowers 1966 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Opium Connection
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner, Angie Dickinson, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Rita Hayworth, E.G. Marshall, Gilbert Roland, Omar Sharif
Supported by many stars who worked for scale to get across Ian Fleming's protest against drug abuse, this film, unfortunately, failed as an artistic triumph, but its profits did go to UNESCO.
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Seven Waves Away 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Abandon Ship!
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister, James Hayter, Marie Lohr, Moultrie Kelsall, Noel Willman, Victor Maddern, Finlay Currie, John Stratton
Following the sinking of his luxury liner, a ship's officer (Tyrone Power) is in charge of a life raft and is faced with making decisions about who should be given the chance for survival.
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Shalako 1968 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Peter van Eyck, Honor Blackman, Woody Strode, Alexander Knox, Valerie French, Eric Sykes, Julian Mateos, Don "Red" Barry, Chief Tug Smith, Rodd Redwing, Hans De Vries
European hunters get more than they bargained for from their 19th Century "safari" into New Mexico. It seems that the Apaches have decided to make sure that the group does NOT have a jolly good time.
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Slaves 1969 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Cast: Ossie Davis, Stephen Boyd, Nancy Coleman, David Huddleston, Shepperd Strudwick, Gale Sondergaard, Dionne Warwick, Julius Harris, Marilyn Clark, Eva Jessye, Robert Kya-Hill
Luke (Ossie Davis) suffers at the hands of a cruel plantation owner, McKay (Stephen Boyd), in this very out-dated film about racial relationships. Highlight: Gale Sondergaard returns to films after 20 years, having been blacklisted for her political views in the late 1940s.
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The Third Secret 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento, Pamela Franklin, Paul Rogers, Alan Webb, Rachel Kempson, Peter Sallis, Patience Collier, Freda Jackson, Judi Dench, Peter Copley, Nigel Davenport, Charles Lloyd Pack
TV commentator Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd) conducts a private investigation into the case of the supposed suicide of a famous London psychiatrist. Stedman had been one of the deceased's patients and doubts that the death was a suicide. The dead man's daughter, Catherine (Pamela Franklin), also believes that it was not a suicide and gives Stedman a list of her father's patients. While interviewing the patients (Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, and Diane Cilento), Stedman learns that all three had secrets in their lives. Then, Stedman comes across another patient–Catherine–who finally confesses that she killed her father to prevent being sent to an institution.
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The Treasure of Jamaica Reef 1976  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Evil in the Deep
Director: Virginia L. Stone
Cast: Stephen Boyd, David Ladd, Roosevelt Grier, Chuck Woolery, Cheryl Ladd, Darby Hinton, Art Metrano, Clive Trenchard, Derek Rhoen, Wendy Douglas
Hugo (Stephen Boyd) leads a team of scuba divers in a search for sunken treasure near Jamaica. But, a menacing giant killer shark hampers the search. Bad, very bad. Is that Chuck Woolery the game show host? You bet it is.
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The Woman Obsessed 1959 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel, Ken Scott, Arthur Franz, James Philbrook, Fred Graham, Tommy Farrell
What was supposed to be a happy marriage for widowed Mary (Susan Hayward) turns into an abusive situation when her new husband, Fred Carter (Stephen Boyd), reveals a side of himself that Mary must deal with.
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| 1. Ben-Hur (1959)
2. The Best of Everything (1959)
3. The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
aka: The Bible
4. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
aka: Jumbo
5. The Bravados (1958)
6. Carter's Army (1970)
aka: Black Brigade
7. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
8. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
9. Genghis Khan (1965)
10. Hannie Caulder (1972)
11. Imperial Venus (1963)
12. Island in the Sun (1957)
13. Kill! (1971)
aka: Kill! Kill! Kill!
14. Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
aka: Let's Make Up
15. The Man Who Never Was (1956)
16. The Night Heaven Fell (1957)
aka: Heaven Fell That Night
17. The Oscar (1966)
18. Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966)
aka: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
aka: The Opium Connection
19. Seven Waves Away (1957)
aka: Abandon Ship!
20. Shalako (1968)
21. Slaves (1969)
22. The Third Secret (1964)
23. The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1976)
aka: Evil in the Deep
24. The Woman Obsessed (1959)
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