He has a type
1) Sugarland Express - Goldie Hawn
2) Jaws - Lorraine Gray
3) Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon
4) ET - Dee Wallace
5) Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom - Kate Capshaw
6) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Alison Doody
7) Hook - Catherine Goodall
8) Jurassic Park - Laura Dern
9) Schindler's List - Catherine Goodall
10) The Fabelmans - Michelle Williams
(I recognise this article is very English language focused)
1) Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2) Dr Zhivago (1965)
3) Genghis Khan (1965) - no kidding! Surprisingly good.
4) Top Secret! (1984) - small role but he's very funny.
5) The Tamarind Seed (1974) - decent thriller.
6) The Burglars (1971) - excellent as a villain in this Belmondo movie.
7) Funny Girl (1968) - his third hit.
8) The Last Valley (1971)
9) Mackenna's Gold (1969) - not a good film but he's strong.
10) Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980) - look, I remember this fondly.
1) Lonesome Dove (1989)
2) Free Willy (1993)
3) Snapshot (1979)
4) Phar Lap (1983)
5) DARYL (1985)
6) The Last Frontier (1986)
7) Against the Wind (1978)
8) The Lighthorsemen (1987)
9) Harlequin (1980)
10) Into the West (2005)
1) I Shot Jesse James (1948)
2) The Fly (1958)
3) The Baron of Arizona (1949)
4) The Steel Helmet (1950)
5) The Last Page (1952)
6) Witchcraft (1964)
7) The Last Man on Earth (1964)
8) It Happened in Athens (1962)
9)Five Gates to Hell (1959)
10) Battle of Bloody Beach (1961)
A great actor
1) Midnight Run (1988)
2) Alien (1979)
3) Blue Collar (1978)
4) Truck Turner (1974)
5) Live and Let Die (1973)
6) Across 110th Street (1972)
7) The Running Man (1988)
8) Raid on Entebbe (1976)
9) Fighting Back (1982)
10) Bone (1971)
Yes, I am aware when it comes to Yordan it's often unclear who did what but anyway...
1) The Big Combo (1955)
2) Men in War (1957)
3) When Strangers Marry (1944)
4) El Cid (1961)
5) Johnny Guitar (1954)
6) The Naked Jungle (1954)
7) The Chase (1946)
8) The Harder They Fall (1956)
9) Joe Macbeth (1955)
10) Reign of Terror (1949)
These were all good scripts. Yordan had a strong track record.
An under-rated actress.
1) China Gate (1957) - gets a terrific opportunity as a Eurasian hooked, super sympathetic.
2) Dressed to Kill (1980) - a splendid role, beautifully acted, gives it tragic dimension.
3) Big Bad Mama (1974) - glorious fun.
4) Rome Adventure (1962) - steals the movie.
5) Point Blank (1967) - very sympathetic, seems like a gangster girl. I prefer this to The Killers.
6) Pretty Babies All in a Row (1970) - wild movie, she fits in.
7) Sam Whiskey (1969) - fun Burt Reynolds film and she teams well with him.
8) The Chase (1966) - hectic, sprawling, entertaining.
9) Rio Bravo (1959) - too young for the Duke but fun, I wish Hawks had used her agaim.
10) Captain Newman MD (1964) - sure, why not.
1) Psycho (1960) - famous scene but also a genuinely nuanced performance as a frustrated woman who makes a bad decision - Vera Miles doesn't have what Leigh had
2) Touch of Evil (1958) - passive (kidnapped) but she has an inner steel
3) Living It Up (1954) - really fun Martin and Lewis movie and Leigh matches well with Dean
4) Scaramouche (1952) - honestly her character is a ninny and not in Eleanor Parker's league I just love this flm
5) Little Women (1949) - the most nothing role in the story but she's ideal - she fitted in well at MGM
6) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) a sex positive woman chasing after Frank, from Leigh's hot streak of classic movies
7) The Fog (1980) - she's fine rather than great I just love the movie
8) The Vikings (1958) - lovely and warm in a movie that needs it
9) Houdini (1953) - perhaps the best film she made with Tony Curtis, very winning
10) Harper (1966) - one of many stars.
1. My Fair Lady (1964)
2. Cleopatra (1963)
3. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
4. The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)
5. Blithe Spirit (1945)
6. Night Train to Munich (1940)
7. Dr Doolittle (1967)
8. Midnight Lace (1960)
9. Major Barbara (1941)
10. The Rake's Progress (1945)
One of the best underrated glossy directors
1) The Three Musketeers (1948) - wonderful swasbuckling version
2) Scaramouche (1952) - an even better swashbucker with career high efforts from Granger and Eleanor Parker
3) Viva Las Vegas (1964) - the greatest Elvis movie
4) The Eddie Duchin Story (1956) - splendid tearjerker
5) Bathing Beauty (1944) - fun, all star silliness
6) The Harvey Girls (1946) - some Golden Era fun
7) Showboat (1951) - cripes he did this one too
8) Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - and this one!
9) Young Bess (1953) - slight change of pace, great stuff, a little whiffy script wise
10) Jeanne Eagles (1957) - serios biopic, solidly done
1) Dirty Dancing (1987) - perfect for this kind of role
2) Ghost (1990) - again, great to counter balance a female star
3) Red Dawn (1984) - from his sensible elder brother period
4) The Outsiders (1983) - see above
5) Roadhouse (1989) - JG can't compete
6) Point Break (1991) - masterpiece - his career went into freefall after this
7) North and South (1985) - forgotten now but a big deal in its day
8) Donnie Darko (2001) - a rare decent credit post 1991
9) Blood Brother episode of MASH (1981) - great ep, good credit
10) Skatetown USA (1979) - put in for fun
It's so weird how his luck turned so much after he became a star. The booze, I assume. Chasing the money. Hollywood not believing him. He should've made musicals.
1) Chariots of Fire (1981)
2) Escape from New York (1981)
3) Local Hero (1983)
4) Another Country (1984)
5) The Killing Fields (1984)
6) White Mischief (1987)
7) Dance with a Stranger (1985)
8) Absolute Beginners (1987)
9) Cal (1984)
10) The Ploughman's Lunch (1982)
Classy Top Ten (features)
1) Married to the Mob (1988)
2) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
3) Birdy (1986)
4) Streamers (1984)
5) Short Cuts (1993)
6) And the Band Played On (1993)
7) Any Given Sunday (1999)
8) Memphis Belle (1990)
9) Mrs Soffel (1984)
10) Baby It's You (1983)
Craptacular top five
1) Private School (1983)
2) Vision Quest (1985)
3) Wind (1992)
4) Cutthroat Island (1995)
5) Gross Anatomy (1989)
1) The Railway Children (1971)
2) Walkabout (1970)
3) Logan's Run (1976)
4) An American Werewolf in London (1981)
5) Equus (1976)
6) The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
7) The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
8) China 9 Liberty 37 (1978)
9) Sweet William (1980) - never seen it actually but it was a lead
10) the Snow Goose (1971)
1) Bugsy Malone (1976) - she'll take over Fat Sam's empire
2) Taxi Driver (1976)
3) Foxes (1980) - forgotten now but terrific
4) Silence of the Lambs (1991)
5) Freaky Friday (1976)
6) Hotel New Hampshire (1984) - film's not great but she is
7) Sommersby (1993) - does anyone remember this now?
8) Maverick (1994) - should do more comedies
9) The Accused (1988) - deserved the Oscar
10) A Very Long Engagement (2004) - in French! Good flex
Why not?
1) Back to the Future (1985) - I'll just do the first one
2) Family Ties - when you push down to it, Alex Keaton types caused a lot of drama in the world but he's very winning
3) Doc Hollywood (1991) - perfectly cast
4) The Concierge (1993) - no one seems to remember this film but I liked it
5) Casualties of War (1989) - I'll be honest, I don't really like this movie but I love how Fox spent his movie star chits on stuff like this, Bright Lights Big City and Light of Day
6) Class of 1984 (1982) - great trashy vigilante movie with Fox very good
7) Poison Ivy (1985) - he's typically charming in a film I loved as a kid I wonder if it holds up
8) Teen Wolf (1985) - not a good movie but he's very good
9) The American President (1995) - during that post-film star pre-TV star phase
10) Stuart Little (1999) - great voice
1) North to Alaska (1960) - genuinely funny
2) The Pink Panter (1963) - terrific, holds her own against Sellers and Niven
3) What's Up Pussycat? (1965) - a third great comedy performance
4) The Seventh Dawn (1964) - flawed movie but she's excellent
5) The Exquisite Cadaver (1969) - stylish thriller and she's very well used
6) The Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) - film is terrible but it's fun to see her and Niven married
7) Fellini Satyricon (1969) - again she's well used
8) Walk on the Wild Side (1962) - ah look she's not great nor is the film but she and it are interesting
9) Fraulein Dockter (1969) - seducing Suzy Kendall
10) Red Sun (1971) - I'm starting to struggle to find credits by now... but the top five are strong!
Can we get there? Let's see...
1) And When the Sky Was Opened (1959) - Twilight Zone so maybe cheating but I'll do it
2) Ellery Queen (1975)
3) Where the Boys Are (1960)
4) Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
5) The Horizontal Lieutenant (1961)
6) Time to Love and a Time to die (1958)
7) Period of Adjustment (1962)
8) The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
9) The Green Berets (1968) - don't yell at me! His performance is fine
10) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
There I go - did it! I haven't seen a lot of his TV work.
