Jack Palance
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1919-02-17
Locus Natus: Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Et ut: Walter Jack Palance, Walter Palance, Jack Brazzo, Volodymyr Palahniuk, Джек Пеланс, Джек Паланс, Володимир Палагнюк, Джек Пэланс, Джак Паланс, Џек Паланс, Τζακ Πάλανς, Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk
Contempt
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct...
release : 1963.10.29popularis : 15.655
Batman
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.
release : 1989.06.21popularis : 44.435
City Slickers
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
release : 1991.06.07popularis : 14.99
Solar Crisis
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an...
release : 1990.07.14popularis : 3.663
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
In this Dan Curtis production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, Jack Palance stars as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a scientist experimenting to reveal the...
release : 1968.01.07popularis : 3.809
Shane
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
release : 1953.04.23popularis : 15.256
Bagdad Cafe
A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first...
release : 1987.11.12popularis : 9.659
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
The life and career of the renowned television writer and creator of the classic science fiction series, "The Twilight Zone."
release : 1995.11.29popularis : 3.755
The Sensuous Nurse
Greedy relatives hire a sensual caregiver to hasten the demise of a wealthy count suffering from a heart condition.
release : 1975.12.19popularis : 9.838
Second Chance
A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.
release : 1953.07.18popularis : 2.106
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa....
release : 1994.06.10popularis : 10.149
The Professionals
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
release : 1966.11.01popularis : 15.269
Outlaw of Gor
An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
release : 1988.12.01popularis : 4.964
The Swan Princess
The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the...
release : 1994.11.18popularis : 21.33
Angels' Brigade
Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.
release : 1979.02.01popularis : 4.399
Barabbas
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon...
release : 1961.12.23popularis : 16.959
Young Guns
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes...
release : 1988.02.17popularis : 18.947
Ten Seconds to Hell
Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.
release : 1959.06.16popularis : 4.887
Panic in the Streets
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now...
release : 1950.07.27popularis : 12.194
Attack
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic...
release : 1956.09.19popularis : 7.672
Cops & Robbersons
Hard-as-nails cop Jake Stone moves in with the Robbersons so he can watch a hitman who has moved in next door. The hitman is one thing, but can he...
release : 1994.04.15popularis : 9.605
Hawk the Slayer
Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to...
release : 1980.08.27popularis : 10.575
Tango & Cash
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income...
release : 1989.12.22popularis : 18.735
Chato's Land
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
release : 1972.05.25popularis : 10
Ebenezer
A Wild West retelling of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol," with Scrooge as a land baron, gunfighter, and card cheat who is visited by three spirits who...
release : 1998.10.13popularis : 1.284
Monster Mania
Monster Mania traces the evolution of horror films, featuring footage from classic and contemporary favorites.
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 1.449
Man in the Attic
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys,...
release : 1953.12.23popularis : 6.941
I Died a Thousand Times
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
release : 1955.11.09popularis : 4.08
Torture Garden
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises...
release : 1967.11.01popularis : 6.267
The Shape of Things to Come
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on...
release : 1979.05.04popularis : 3.436
Once a Thief
Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer...
release : 1965.04.24popularis : 10.982
Black Cobra
After a swift courtship, wealthy bachelor Judas Carmichael invites a topless dancer to live with him and his abundant collection of exotic snakes.
release : 1976.08.04popularis : 5.489
The Lonely Man
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds...
release : 1957.06.21popularis : 3.245
Compañeros
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor...
release : 1970.12.18popularis : 6.766
Arrowhead
Director Charles Marquis Warren's 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark,...
release : 1953.08.03popularis : 2.666
Che!
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually...
release : 1969.06.27popularis : 3.599
The Cop in Blue Jeans
A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
release : 1976.03.11popularis : 4.25
Without Warning
An alien creature stalks human prey.
release : 1980.09.26popularis : 7.759
Cyborg 2
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are...
release : 1993.11.24popularis : 13.121
Halls of Montezuma
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into...
release : 1951.01.04popularis : 11.595
It Can Be Done Amigo
An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the...
release : 1972.03.31popularis : 9.538
The Silver Chalice
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He...
release : 1954.12.20popularis : 3.491
Rulers of the City
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of...
release : 1976.12.03popularis : 4.766
The Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
release : 1960.06.17popularis : 5.62
The Big Knife
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the...
release : 1955.10.25popularis : 10.192
House of Numbers
Story of twin brothers - one trying to help another escape from prison.
release : 1957.09.12popularis : 2.375
The Mercenary
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a...
release : 1968.12.20popularis : 7.683
The Horsemen
In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his...
release : 1971.08.16popularis : 4.614
Monte Walsh
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy,...
release : 1970.10.02popularis : 5.901
Sudden Fear
Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic...
release : 1952.08.07popularis : 11.404
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Christmas romance about long-separated high school sweethearts who find each other again after 20 years. She's never married and is a smalltown...
release : 1997.12.23popularis : 2.809
Prancer Returns
This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer...
release : 2001.11.20popularis : 4.796
Portrait of a Hitman
A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in...
release : 1979.05.11popularis : 1.383
Kill a Dragon
Chinese villagers hire a mercenary and his team of karate experts to help rid them of a gangster and his henchman who are threatening their island.
release : 1967.12.06popularis : 4.581
The Helm of Destiny
This cinematic journey in time and space is aiming to research the history of Ukrainian emigration to the United States, and to highlight the active...
release : 1982.01.01popularis : 2.31
The Four Deuces
This is a tongue-in-cheek crime melodrama that became a 'Late Late Show' fixture in the 1980s, according to the DVD sleeve, Jack Palance plays Vic...
release : 1976.12.17popularis : 5.723
The Unknown Force
From martial art experts to caregivers, a hidden power flows through humanity. This film attempts to discover it.
release : 1977.01.01popularis : 2.564
Living with the Dead
A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. All telling their story of...
release : 2002.04.28popularis : 6.341
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced...
release : 1961.10.26popularis : 5.661
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn together by adversity. On a cold winter day a...
release : 1999.11.20popularis : 3.526
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father,...
release : 1998.01.01popularis : 2.729
Dracula
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
release : 1974.06.13popularis : 8.668
The McMasters
When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his...
release : 1970.04.23popularis : 1.545
Gor
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and...
release : 1987.05.08popularis : 5.912
God's Gun
Priest turned vigilante Father John hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton, who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the...
release : 1976.02.01popularis : 5.225
Father Jackleg
A con man inherits a gold mine. Knowing that his family are even bigger con artists than he is, he assumes the mine is worthless, and teams up with a...
release : 1972.12.05popularis : 1.66
Africa Express
John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit.
release : 1975.11.02popularis : 2.085
Welcome to Blood City
Five strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what...
release : 1977.08.23popularis : 6.146
The Desperados
A Confederate and his sons become postwar marauders and face another son who left them, in Texas.
release : 1969.02.28popularis : 6.451
Craze
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with...
release : 1974.05.16popularis : 4.078
Buffalo Girls
The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n'...
release : 1995.04.30popularis : 4.749
Back When We Were Grownups
A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner)...
release : 2004.11.21popularis : 3.02
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
After successfully assaulting an armored car between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the ambitions of the diverse members of the intrepid criminal gang...
release : 1968.02.07popularis : 3.049
The Great Adventure
During the American Gold Rush era, an orphaned boy and his wild dog who must battle against the Yukon wilderness and human greed to help save a...
release : 1975.03.13popularis : 9.41
Treasure Island
Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling...
release : 1999.01.01popularis : 5.72
Evil Stalks This House
Jack Palance stars as a self-serving, abusive boor who becomes stranded (along with his two children) by a thunderstorm, forcing them to take shelter...
release : 1981.07.12popularis : 4.012
The Spy in the Green Hat
"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from...
release : 1967.02.03popularis : 7.572
Safari Express
John and Howard work in a company named Safari Express booking tourists on safaris. Their lives are turned upside down when they encounter a...
release : 1976.01.05popularis : 1.894
Oklahoma Crude
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major...
release : 1973.07.03popularis : 7.428
The Man Inside
A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.
release : 1958.09.07popularis : 3.638
Kiss of Fire
In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.
release : 1955.09.23popularis : 4.828
Flight to Tangier
At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes...
release : 1953.11.20popularis : 5.342
The One Man Jury
Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation for roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who...
release : 1978.09.29popularis : 2.306
Sign of the Pagan
Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor...
release : 1954.11.24popularis : 4.476
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...
release : 1983.02.25popularis : 8.78
The Mongols
During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace...
release : 1961.08.31popularis : 5.208
The Barbarians
Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him....
release : 1960.10.04popularis : 1.858
Blood and Bullets
A deadly manhunt takes three people through the sordid streets of the Philadelphia underworld, in search of killers and the truth, where every clue...
release : 1976.12.11popularis : 0.915
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice returns to Wonderland through the looking glass in this TV musical.
release : 1966.11.06popularis : 3.439
The Hatfields and the McCoys
A retelling of the famous feud between two mountain families, the Hatfields and the McCoys, in rural Kentucky and West Virginia in the late 1800s.
release : 1975.01.15popularis : 3.135
The Godchild
Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant...
release : 1974.11.27popularis : 2.732
The Omen Legacy
The true stories that spawned the eerie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This...
release : 2001.10.30popularis : 6.144
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cope with an endless parade of villains, perverts...
release : 1969.04.03popularis : 9.648
The Death of Manolete
The story of the last hours in the life of Spain's most celebrated matador.
release : 1957.09.12popularis : 2.517
Sword of the Conqueror
Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino,...
release : 1961.08.24popularis : 5.464
Battle of the Commandos
A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his...
release : 1969.08.12popularis : 1.512
Cocaine Cowboys
A rock band is on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they've juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians and their manager...
release : 1979.10.05popularis : 6.545
In Search of Dracula
A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.
release : 1996.10.02popularis : 2.028
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
1967 documentary about the light heavyweight champion boxer Archie Moore
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 1.189
The Ivory Ape
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game...
release : 1980.04.15popularis : 1.016
Warriors Five
World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes...
release : 1962.09.30popularis : 1.184
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work....
release : 1996.09.30popularis : 2.222
The Last Tycoon
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
release : 1957.03.14popularis : 1.97
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently withdrew, focuses on an American athlete whose...
release : 1980.05.25popularis : 5.823
Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...
release : 1985.03.10popularis : 4.621
A Bullet for Rommel
During World War II, a tough officer organizes a commando raid into Germany.
release : 1969.03.07popularis : 3.367
National Geographic: The Volga
Film cameras cruise the Soviet Union's mighty Volga River, providing a view of the Russian people along its 2300-mile length, including looks at the...
release : 1977.03.08popularis : 1.529
Brothers Blue
A group of young desperados is hunted for several years by a determined bank guard
release : 1973.05.10popularis : 1.945
Paparazzi
Paparazzi explores the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and groups of invasive photographers attempting to photograph her while she works on the...
release : 1964.09.22popularis : 3.857
Night Train to Milan
A thriller with Jack Palance as a nazi doctor hiding after the war. While riding on a train, he is recognized by former prisoners.
release : 1962.09.06popularis : 0.443
Unknown Powers
A documentary –actually three episodes of a canceled TV series edited together– examining various phenomena, including ESP, psychic...
release : 1978.01.01popularis : 0.959
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959)...
release : 1994.05.19popularis : 3.451
The Dinosaur and the Baby
An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their...
release : 1967.03.15popularis : 1.323
Imagine
A surreal, half-fiction, half real life footage of a day in the life of John lennon and Yoko Ono, composed to music from John's historic 'Imagine'...
release : 1972.12.23popularis : 1.903
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a...
release : 1979.11.20popularis : 1.833
Bardot et Godard
A documentary short following director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Contempt.
release : 1964.04.30popularis : 1.214
Beyond All Limits
This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are...
release : 1959.07.08popularis : 2.013
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
release : 1985.03.03popularis : 7.581
Psychic Confession
Professional magician Danny Korem speaks to purported telekinetic/martial arts instructor James Hydrick, who admits his powers are a sham.
release : 1982.01.01popularis : 1.73
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
The story of Joe D'Amato, Italian director of sexploitation and gore, narrated by himself.
release : 1999.09.23popularis : 2.162
Alone in the Dark
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
release : 1982.11.12popularis : 8.698
Rickles
Various comedy sketches with the Master of Insults, Don Rickles.
release : 1975.11.19popularis : 0.917
Legends of the West
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
release : 1992.09.08popularis : 3.301
Requiem for a Heavyweight
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of...
release : 1956.10.11popularis : 3.277
Keep the Change
A struggling artist visits his family on their Montana ranch and finds that his former flame, daughter of a family foe, is now married to an old...
release : 1992.06.09popularis : 0.702