Movies by Strother Martin
As part of the cast:
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The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)
Cast: Petar Bozovic, Strother Martin, Orson Welles …
Directed by: Krsto Papic
The life and work of Nikola Tesla -- the noted physicist, engineer and inventor -- is explored with some dramatic license in this absorbing biopic that sheds light on his murky existence.
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The Champ (1979)
Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
In this powerful remake of the 1931 King Vidor film starring Wallace Beery, Jon Voight stars as an ex-pugilist turned horse trainer who's locked in a battle with his rich, remarried…
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The Villain (1979)
Cast: Ann-Margret, Kirk Douglas, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Hal Needham
When Miss Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) goes to pick up a large sum of money from her father, the greedy Avery Simpson decides he wants that money and hires a clumsy old cowboy, Cactus Jack…
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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Lou Adler
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong make their debut in this tale of two stoners in search of the perfect stash of hash who end up cruising around in a van made of potent pot with bumbling narcotics…
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The End (1978)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field …
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
A botched suicide attempt lands terminally ill Wendell "Sonny" Lawson (Burt Reynolds) in the psych ward, where he meets Marlon Borunki (Dom DeLuise) -- a cheerfully demented patient…
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Slap Shot (1977)
Cast: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean …
Directed by: George Roy Hill
This foul-mouthed classic follows an ex-hockey star who winds up coaching a hapless minor-league club. When the Charlestown Chiefs realize that playing dirty excites the crowd, they become a…
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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Cast: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe …
Directed by: Stuart Millar
John Wayne returns, eye patch and all, as the irascible Rooster Cogburn in this entertaining sequel to the Oscar-winning True Grit. This time, Wayne gets saddled with prim and proper Eula…
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Hard Times (1975)
Cast: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland …
Directed by: Walter Hill
An aging street fighter (Charles Bronson) travels to New Orleans to eke out a living during the Depression. Despite the tough times, he finds some success when a shady promoter (James Coburn)…
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Sssssss (1973)
Cast: Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Ed McCready …
Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski, Bernard Kowalski
When David (Dirk Benedict), the assistant to high-powered scientist and snake expert Dr. Stoner (Strother Martin), is injected by his diabolical boss with a venomous substance that appears to…
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Pocket Money (1972)
Cast: Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
With dreams to finance, Jim Kane (Paul Newman) takes his tough but dim friend Leonard (Lee Marvin) to Mexico in a get-rich-quick cattle scam. When they're cheated out of their cut by the…
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The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
Cast: Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Ahna Capri …
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
There's literally hell to pay when a coven of witches takes over a small town and holds everyone in its thrall, even recruiting the children to worship Satan. A family passing through…
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Hannie Caulder (1971)
Cast: Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
When a trio of thugs (Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam and Strother Martin) shows up at her door, kills her husband and burns down her house, Hannie Caulder (Raquel Welch) is raped and left for…
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Cast: Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Abandoned in the desert, prospector Cable Hogue survives his ordeal when he discovers a freshwater spring. Transforming the oasis into a much needed pit stop on the local stagecoach route,…
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True Grit (1969)
Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
John Wayne landed one of his last great screen roles as crusty lawman Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, who reluctantly helps teenager Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) pursue her father's killer. True…
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Legendary outlaws Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) display their gifts for perfect comedic timing and charisma as they pull off heist after heist in this…
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
Cast: Emilio Fernandez, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Director Sam Peckinpah's brilliant 1969 Western epic tells the story of a bunch of aging outlaws, led by Pike Bishop (William Holden), whose botched plans to pull off one last job forces…
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Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is a man who likes to do things his own way, which leads to a world of hurt when he ends up in a Southern prison…
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Harper (1966)
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: Jack Smight
Paul Newman steps into the hard-boiled tradition of Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe as Lew Harper, a "new type" of detective -- as he puts it. Lauren Bacall plays the wife of a missing…
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An Eye for an Eye (1966)
Cast: Robert Lansing, Slim Pickens, Patrick Wayne …
Directed by: Michael D. Moore
While fighting the gang that killed his family, farmer Talion (Robert Lansing) shatters his shooting hand and his sidekick, Benny (Patrick Wayne), is blinded. The disabled duo soon trains for…
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Showdown (1963)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley, Charles Drake …
Directed by: R.G. Springsteen
In this Old West tale, three convicts manage to escape into the desert, but the maniacal outlaw Lavalle immediately dominates the other two. When Lavalle forces them to liquidate a cache of…
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Cast: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles …
Directed by: John Ford
Senator Ransom Stoddard returns to his dusty hometown for the funeral of small-time outlaw Tom Doniphon. In flashbacks, Stoddard tells the story of how, with Doniphon's help, he rose to…
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The Deadly Companions (1961)
Cast: Steve Cochran, Brian Keith, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah's debut film follows former Union soldier Yellowleg (Brian Keith), who accidentally kills a boy during a holdup, then helps the boy's mother, Kit (Maureen…
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The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk …
Directed by: Charles Barton
Wilby Daniels (Tommy Kirk) finds a mysterious ancient ring and unintentionally turns himself into a huge sheepdog -- with his human voice intact! Wilby's kid brother thinks it's a…
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Copper Sky (1957)
Cast: Jeff Morrow, Coleen Gray, Strother Martin …
Directed by: Charles Marquis Warren
Taking a cue from The African Queen, this gritty Western finds ex-soldier Hack Williams (Jeff Morrow) -- the sole survivor of an Indian attack on a small town -- trying to guide Boston…
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Cast: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Shortly after sleazy detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) picks up a scantily clad hitchhiker (Cloris Leachman), his car is forced over a cliff. He awakens from unconsciousness to find his…
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The Man Behind the Badge: Vol. 2 (1955)
Cast: Charles Bickford, Donald Murphy, Rhys Williams …
Directed by: Harold Daniels, Paul Landres, John Peyser …
Four more real-life crime mysteries culled from actual police case files and courtrooms come to life as they're reenacted in this classic television anthology series hosted by veteran…