Movies starring George Kennedy

Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (1961)

100 mins     Western      

"Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon" sounds like a title of a typical western movie; it almost sounds like something Audie Murphy would star in. But "Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon" is not what you might expect because this is tw...

Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

107 mins     Drama, Western      

There is part of me which feels like "Lonely Are the Brave" from 1962 is a wasted opportunity to deliver a movie of depth. It is most certainly entertaining and watching Kirk Douglas playing a loner cowboy in a modern world g...

Charade (1963)

113 mins     Comedy, Mystery, Romance      

How do you describe "Charade" well it undeniably tips it hat at Hitchcock with both the opening credits and storyline. But "Charade" isn't just a Hitchcock wannabee it also borders on the comedy, intentionally having fun with...

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

122 mins     Western      

Often cited as the inspiration for John Singleton's "Four Brothers", "The Sons of Katie Elder" is not by any means one of the world's greatest westerns with various flaws preventing it from being any more than very good. But ...

Shenandoah (1965)

105 mins     Drama, War, Western      

Although technically a western, set during the final years of the American Civil War "Shenandoah" is more of a movie with a message as it focuses on Charlie Anderson and his rather large family on their Virginian farm. Releas...

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

142 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Watching "The Flight of the Phoenix" now I can't but help be reminded of "Alive" with it's storyline being about a plane crash and what the survivors went through. But they are very different movies with "The Flight of the Ph...

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

149 mins     Action , Comedy, Drama, War      

Growing up there were those movies which would be shown again and again on TV such as "The Great Escape" and "The Magnificent Seven". One of those movies was the first "The Dirty Dozen" which I watched so often that at one ti...

The Ballad of Josie (1967)

102 mins     Comedy, Western      

As an admitted fan of Doris Day and her movies I have to say that "The Ballad of Josie" whilst not terrible is not one which I care for that much. It's not that Doris Day gives a poor performance, in fact despite having to ma...

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

126 mins     Crime, Drama      

50 eggs in an hour, I doubt I could take down 5 let alone 50 but it is one of the many iconic scenes from the classic prison movie "Cool Hand Luke". But the egg scene also sums up what the movie is about quite nicely as Luke ...

The Boston Strangler (1968)

116 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

So for the first half of "The Boston Strangler" we are presented with a heavy police procedural as the focus is on the detectives as they try and solve the case with very few clues to go on and ending up using a psychic to tr...

Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)

105 mins     Western      

Well after what can only be described as a poor and inferior sequel we then got the third of what would end up as 4 "Magnificent Seven" movies with "Guns of the Magnificent Seven". You would have thought after the glaringly o...

Airport (1970)

137 mins     Disaster, Drama, Thriller      

"Airport" is a very good disaster movie, one of the more memorable out of the numerous 70s disaster movies, which builds to a crescendo of action and excitement which draws you to the edge of your seat, gripped by what is goi...

Fool's Parade (1971)

98 mins     Comedy, Drama, Thriller      

Having just watched "Fool's Parade" or "Dynamite Man from Glory Jail" as it was renamed I am still unsure exactly how I feel about the movie. It stars James Stewart who to be honest is central to the movie working, but it als...

Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

103 mins     Western      

Say what you like but John Wayne made some great westerns, those which helped build the genre and pave the way for other actors to establish themselves as western stars. And yes he also made some pretty poor movies and for th...

Earthquake (1974)

123 mins     Action , Disaster, Drama, Thriller      

The 70s were a disaster, or at least they were the era of the disaster movie with the likes of "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" being a couple of the more notable disaster movies. Unfortunately there were s...

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

123 mins     Action , Adventure      

On paper "The Eiger Sanction" sounds like a great movie with Clint Eastwood playing a hitman for a shady Government agency drawn out of retirement to kill two men with the drama culminating in a mountain climb. Unfortunately ...

Airport '77 (1977)

114 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller      

I love a good disaster movie especially those from the 70s the era which gave us some of the best and frankly some of the worst in the genre. It also was the era which gave us the "Airport" movies starting with the original i...

The Delta Force (1986)

125 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

The Delta Force (1986) Chuck Norris leaps in to action as Major McCoy when terrorists hijack a plane...

The Naked Gun (1988)

85 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime, Romance      

Back in the late 80s when "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!", to give it it's full name, came out I had never seen "Police Squad" and had no idea what it was about. But then it really didn't matter because "The ...

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

85 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

So in 1988 we got "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" a rip roaring comedy from the creators of "Airplane!" Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker. So popular was "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squ...