Gene Hackman
Actor | Producer
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned four decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include I Never Sang for My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel French Connection II (1975); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); A Bridge Too Far (1977); his role as arch-villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Under Fire (1983); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi Burning (1987); Unforgiven (1992); Wyatt Earp (1994); The Quick and the Dead, Crimson Tide and Get Shorty (all 1995); Enemy of the State (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and his final film ... Show more...
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned four decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include I Never Sang for My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel French Connection II (1975); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); A Bridge Too Far (1977); his role as arch-villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Under Fire (1983); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi Burning (1987); Unforgiven (1992); Wyatt Earp (1994); The Quick and the Dead, Crimson Tide and Get Shorty (all 1995); Enemy of the State (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and his final film role before retirement, in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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We, The Marines (2017)
As: Narrator
We, The Marines takes viewers on an action-packed adventure into the unparalleled experience of becoming and serving as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. Narrated by former Marine and actor, Gene Hackman, the film honors something more than dedication and service; the film offers an unforgettable glimpse into the first-hand experiences of America's "first responders" and what it takes to ...
Runtime: 38 min.
Directed by: Greg MacGillivray
Stars: Gene Hackman
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
As: Himself
With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with whom he has worked, as well as comments from Clint Eastwood himself.
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Richard Schickel
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Kevin Bacon | Marcia Gay Harden | Clint Eastwood | Brian Grazer
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2012)
As: Lex Luthor (archive footage)
A documentary about the history of Marvel comics.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Michel Viotte
Stars: Stan Lee | Lynda Carter | Tim Burton | Neal Adams | Paul Dini
Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen (2012)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: György Pálfi
Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Julie Andrews | Fanny Ardant | Agustín Almodóvar | Rosanna Arquette
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
As: Himself
John Cazale was in only five films - The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather, Part Two, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter - each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
Runtime: 39 min.
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Stars: Robert De Niro | Olympia Dukakis | Meryl Streep | Al Pacino | John Cazale
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
As: Himself
The making-of documentary of Bonnie and Clyde.
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau
Stars: Warren Beatty | Robert Towne | Curtis Hanson | Arthur Penn | Robert Benton
Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
As: Lex Luthor
Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) and his henchmen are accidentally freed from their outer-space imprisonment and threaten Earth with destruction, just as Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to renounce his superpowers for his new love, Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). This alternate version of the film is based on footage shot by director Richard Donner before being replaced on the project, and it ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Richard Lester | Richard Donner
Stars: Ned Beatty | Marlon Brando | Margot Kidder | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
As: Monroe "Eagle" Cole
A US president (Gene Hackman) who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate (Ray Romano).
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Stars: Marcia Gay Harden | Gene Hackman | Maura Tierney | Ray Romano | June Squibb
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
As: narrator
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The questions it raises go right the very nature of how film functions in our culture, and while hardly exhaustive, Anker’s film makes for a good, thought provoking starting point.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Daniel Anker
Stars: Gene Hackman | Robert Clary | Norma Barzman | Michael Berenbaum | Dan Curtis
Runaway Jury (2003)
As: Rankin Fitch
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: John Cusack | Rachel Weisz | Bruce McGill | Gene Hackman | Dustin Hoffman
Page to Screen: The Silence of the Lambs (2002)
As: Interviewee
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.
Runtime: 41 min.
Directed by: David Snyder
Stars: Peter Gallagher | David Hibbard | Ted Tally | Richard Marek | Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
As: Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: John Moore
Stars: Gabriel Macht | Owen Wilson | David Keith | Charles Malik Whitfield | Gene Hackman
Heist (2001)
As: Joe Moore
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane and their utility man, Pinky Pincus find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Sam Rockwell | Rebecca Pidgeon | Danny DeVito | Delroy Lindo | Gene Hackman
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
As: Royal Tenenbaum
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Ben Stiller | Anjelica Huston | Gene Hackman | Luke Wilson
Heartbreakers (2001)
As: William B. Tensy
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: David Mirkin
Stars: Ray Liotta | Sigourney Weaver | Jason Lee | Gene Hackman | Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Mexican (2001)
As: Arnold Margolese
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south ...
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Brad Pitt | J.K. Simmons | Julia Roberts | James Gandolfini | Gene Hackman
Under Suspicion (2000)
As: Henry Hearst
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Monica Bellucci | Thomas Jane | Gene Hackman | Nydia Caro
The Replacements (2000)
As: Jimmy McGinty
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Faizon Love | Orlando Jones | Brooke Langton | Gene Hackman
Enemy of the State (1998)
As: Edward "Brill" Lyle
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Regina King | Lisa Bonet | Gene Hackman | Will Smith | Jon Voight
Antz (1998)
As: General Mandible (voice)
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Tim Johnson | Eric Darnell
Stars: Danny Glover | Dan Aykroyd | Woody Allen | Gene Hackman | Anne Bancroft
Twilight (1998)
As: Jack Ames
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Robert Benton
Stars: Stockard Channing | Susan Sarandon | Paul Newman | Reese Witherspoon | Gene Hackman
Absolute Power (1997)
As: President Allen Richmond
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller from and starring Clint Eastwood and based on a novel by David Baldacci.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Ed Harris | Laura Linney | Scott Glenn | Gene Hackman | Clint Eastwood
The Chamber (1996)
As: Sam Cayhall
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only four weeks before Sam Cayhall is to be executed, Adam meets his grandfather for the first time in the Mississippi prison which has held him since the crime. The meeting ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: James Foley
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Lela Rochon | Chris O'Donnell | Robert Prosky | Gene Hackman
Extreme Measures (1996)
As: Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of the eminent surgeon Dr Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself under in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: David Morse | Sarah Jessica Parker | Hugh Grant | Bill Nunn | Gene Hackman
The Birdcage (1996)
As: Sen. Kevin Keeley
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: Dianne Wiest | Nathan Lane | Calista Flockhart | Robin Williams | Gene Hackman
Get Shorty (1995)
As: Harry Zimm
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Dennis Farina | Danny DeVito | Rene Russo | John Travolta | Gene Hackman
Crimson Tide (1995)
As: Captain Frank Ramsey
On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | Matt Craven | Denzel Washington | George Dzundza | Gene Hackman
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
As: John Herod
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Russell Crowe | Tobin Bell | Sharon Stone | Gene Hackman
Wyatt Earp (1994)
As: Nicholas Earp
Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.
Runtime: 191 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: David Andrews | Kevin Costner | Linden Ashby | Dennis Quaid | Gene Hackman
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
As: Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, whi
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Walter Hill
Stars: Matt Damon | Jason Patric | Wes Studi | Robert Duvall | Gene Hackman
The Firm (1993)
As: Avery Tolar
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - ...
Runtime: 154 min.
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Ed Harris | Jeanne Tripplehorn | Tom Cruise | Gene Hackman | Holly Hunter
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North ...
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: Bill Couturié
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Harrison Ford | James Caan | Alec Baldwin | Peter Coyote
Unforgiven (1992)
As: Little Bill Daggett
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Richard Harris | Gene Hackman | Clint Eastwood | Jaimz Woolvett
Company Business (1991)
As: Sam Boyd
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Stars: Kurtwood Smith | Daniel von Bargen | Terry O'Quinn | Gene Hackman | Mikhail Baryshnikov
Class Action (1991)
As: Jebediah Ward
Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Colin Friels | Joanna Merlin | Gene Hackman | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Narrow Margin (1990)
As: Robert Caulfield
A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States from Canada to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hit men sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to find the killers are on board with them. For the next 20 hours, ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Stars: Anne Archer | M. Emmet Walsh | Gene Hackman | James Sikking | J.T. Walsh
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
As: Lowell Kolchek
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother Doris Mann, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who finds her mother still treats her ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Shirley MacLaine | Meryl Streep | Dennis Quaid | Gene Hackman
Loose Cannons (1990)
As: MacArthur Stern
Mac, the two fisted savy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burn out, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is, Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning fast deductions. But, he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Bob Clark
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Nancy Travis | Dom DeLuise | Gene Hackman | Ronny Cox
The Package (1989)
As: Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | John Heard | Gene Hackman | Joanna Cassidy | Dennis Franz
Mississippi Burning (1988)
As: Agent Rupert Anderson
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his, former Sheriff, partner.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Alan Parker
Stars: R. Lee Ermey | Brad Dourif | Willem Dafoe | Gene Hackman | Frances McDormand
Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
As: Floyd
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Peter Masterson
Stars: Elias Koteas | Teri Garr | Kevin Cooney | Burgess Meredith | Gene Hackman
Bat*21 (1988)
As: Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Peter Markle
Stars: David Marshall Grant | Danny Glover | Clayton Rohner | Gene Hackman | Jerry Reed
Another Woman (1988)
As: Larry
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Ian Holm | Blythe Danner | Mia Farrow | Gene Hackman | Gena Rowlands
Split Decisions (1988)
As: Dan McGuinn
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: David Drury
Stars: Jeff Fahey | Jennifer Beals | Craig Sheffer | Gene Hackman | Carmine Caridi
No Way Out (1987)
As: Defense Secretary David Brice
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Stars: Will Patton | Kevin Costner | Sean Young | Gene Hackman | Howard Duff
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
As: Lex Luthor
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Margot Kidder | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman | Jackie Cooper | Marc McClure
Hoosiers (1986)
As: Coach Norman Dale
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: David Anspaugh
Stars: Barbara Hershey | Dennis Hopper | Gene Hackman | Sheb Wooley | C.W. Mundy
Power (1986)
As: Wilfred Buckley
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Denzel Washington | Richard Gere | Kate Capshaw | Gene Hackman | Julie Christie
Target (1985)
As: Walter Lloyd / Duncan (Duke) Potter
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Stars: Matt Dillon | Jean-Pol Dubois | Gene Hackman | Gayle Hunnicutt | Tomas Hnevsa
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
As: Harry MacKenzie
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Amy Madigan | Ally Sheedy | Ann-Margret | Gene Hackman
Misunderstood (1984)
As: Ned Rawley
A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his 2 young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Stars: Rip Torn | Henry Thomas | Gene Hackman | Maureen Kerwin | Huckleberry Fox
Uncommon Valor (1983)
As: Col. Cal Rhodes
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Stars: Fred Ward | Harold Sylvester | Gene Hackman | Patrick Swayze | Robert Stack
Under Fire (1983)
As: Alex Grazier
Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Ed Harris | Nick Nolte | Jean-Louis Trintignant | Gene Hackman | Joanna Cassidy
Eureka (1983)
As: Jack McCann
An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters want.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Stars: Mickey Rourke | Ed Lauter | Theresa Russell | Rutger Hauer | Gene Hackman
The Making of 'Superman II' (1982)
As: Himself
Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman.
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Iain Johnstone
Stars: Terence Stamp | Jack O'Halloran | Sarah Douglas | Gene Hackman | Ernie Anderson
Reds (1981)
As: Pete Van Wherry
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Runtime: 195 min.
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Stars: Diane Keaton | Edward Herrmann | Warren Beatty | Jack Nicholson | Jerzy Kosinski
Superman II (1981)
As: Lex Luthor
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Richard Lester
Stars: Ned Beatty | Sarah Douglas | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman | Jackie Cooper
All Night Long (1981)
As: George Dupler
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Jean Claude Tramont
Stars: Diane Ladd | Dennis Quaid | Gene Hackman | Barbra Streisand | Kevin Dobson
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1980)
As: Himself
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Iain Johnstone
Stars: Ned Beatty | Marlon Brando | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman | Ernie Anderson
Superman (1978)
As: Lex Luthor
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Richard Donner
Stars: Ned Beatty | Marlon Brando | Margot Kidder | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman
Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
As: Himself
Interspersed with interviews that the actress Sydne Rome gives to some of the most famous "Formula 1" champions - from Lauda to Regazzoni, from Andretti to Fittipaldi, from Villeneuve to Reutemann - the film shows some moments of the races on the most famous tracks of the world, and above all, the accidents that have caused it.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Mario Morra | Ottavio Fabbri | Oscar Orefici
Stars: Sydne Rome | James Coburn | Gene Hackman | Niki Lauda | Mario Andretti
March or Die (1977)
As: Maj. William Sherman Foster
The French Foreign Legion, in the early 20s, is tasked to protect a group of Archaeologists in the middle east. After scenes depicting the hardship of day-to-day Foreign Legion life, and the ragtag collection of people who join, the local Arabs take offence at the Archaeologists and declare Jihad. A large battle takes place, with the inevitable last stand.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Dick Richards
Stars: Ian Holm | Catherine Deneuve | Jack O'Halloran | Terence Hill | Gene Hackman
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
As: Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German Panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the ...
Runtime: 175 min.
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Stars: Michael Caine | Sean Connery | James Caan | Edward Fox | Dirk Bogarde
The Domino Principle (1977)
As: Roy Tucker
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in prison for murder, he has hit rock-bottom. But one day a man in a three-piece suit visits him in prison, a man he has never seen before, and informs him that he can ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Stars: Candice Bergen | Edward Albert | Mickey Rooney | Gene Hackman | Richard Widmark
Lucky Lady (1975)
As: Kibby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Lucky Lady is a 1975 American film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli and Burt Reynolds, with Robby Benson. Its story takes place during Prohibition in the United States in the year 1930. Gene Hackman initially did not want to do the film, but 20th Century Fox kept offering him more and more money. Finally, Fox offered him $1.25 ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Stars: Liza Minnelli | Gene Hackman | Burt Reynolds | John Hillerman | Robby Benson
Bite the Bullet (1975)
As: Sam Clayton
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Stars: Ian Bannen | Candice Bergen | Ben Johnson | James Coburn | Gene Hackman
Night Moves (1975)
As: Harry Moseby
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Stars: Harris Yulin | Jennifer Warren | Kenneth Mars | Gene Hackman | Susan Clark
French Connection II (1975)
As: Doyle
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Ed Lauter | Philippe Léotard | Fernando Rey | Gene Hackman | Bernard Fresson
Young Frankenstein (1974)
As: Blindman
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Stars: Cloris Leachman | Peter Boyle | Madeline Kahn | Gene Wilder | Marty Feldman
Zandy's Bride (1974)
As: Zandy Allen
Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Jan Troell
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | Gene Hackman | Liv Ullmann | Eileen Heckart | Susan Tyrrell
The Conversation (1974)
As: Harry Caul
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Harrison Ford | Frederic Forrest | Gene Hackman | John Cazale | Cindy Williams
Scarecrow (1973)
As: Max Millan
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Jerry Schatzberg
Stars: Richard Lynch | Ann Wedgeworth | Gene Hackman | Al Pacino | Dorothy Tristan
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
As: Reverand Scott
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Roddy McDowall | Red Buttons | Gene Hackman | Carol Lynley
Prime Cut (1972)
As: Mary Ann
A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Gregory Walcott | Sissy Spacek | Gene Hackman | Angel Tompkins | Lee Marvin
Cisco Pike (1972)
As: Officer Leo Holland
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Stars: Karen Black | Harry Dean Stanton | Kris Kristofferson | Gene Hackman | Viva
The French Connection (1971)
As: Jimmy Doyle
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: William Friedkin
Stars: Fernando Rey | Gene Hackman | Tony Lo Bianco | Roy Scheider | Marcel Bozzuffi
The Hunting Party (1971)
As: Brandt Ruger
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Don Medford
Stars: Oliver Reed | Candice Bergen | Gene Hackman | Ronald Howard | Simon Oakland
Doctors' Wives (1971)
As: Dr. Dave Randolph
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and booze. An all-star cast drives this glossy combination of soap opera and murder mystery, heavily drenched in booze and sex. Feeling neglected, one of the title characters decides she’s going to sleep with all her husband’s friends… but ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: George Schaefer
Stars: Gene Hackman | Richard Crenna | Carroll O'Connor | Rachel Roberts | Dyan Cannon
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
As: Gene Garrison
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Gilbert Cates
Stars: Gene Hackman | Estelle Parsons | Melvyn Douglas | Dorothy Stickney | Elizabeth Hubbard
Marooned (1969)
As: Buzz Lloyd
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts capsule.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: John Sturges
Stars: Gene Hackman | Richard Crenna | Gregory Peck | James Franciscus | David Janssen
Downhill Racer (1969)
As: Eugene Claire
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Robert Redford | Jim McMullan | Gene Hackman | Karl Michael Vogler | Camilla Sparv
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
As: Joe Browdy
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Scott Wilson | Gene Hackman | Burt Lancaster | Deborah Kerr
Riot (1969)
As: Red Fraker
A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Buzz Kulik
Stars: Gene Hackman | Jim Brown | Mike Kellin | Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Shadow on the Land (1968)
As: Rev. Thomas Davis
Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Stars: Marc Strange | Gene Hackman | Carol Lynley | Jackie Cooper | John Forsythe
The Split (1968)
As: Detective Lt. Walter Brill
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Gordon Flemyng
Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Gene Hackman | Jim Brown | Julie Harris | Diahann Carroll
Banning (1967)
As: Tommy Del Gaddo
A playboy golf pro down is on his luck. Kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating he is forced to hustle for a living.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Ron Winston
Stars: Robert Wagner | Anjanette Comer | Guy Stockwell | Jill St. John | James Farentino
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
As: Buck Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as the New Hollywood.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Warren Beatty | Gene Hackman | Gene Wilder | Michael J. Pollard
A Covenant with Death (1967)
As: Harmsworth
An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Stars: Gene Hackman | George Maharis | Katy Jurado | Earl Holliman | Laura Devon
First to Fight (1967)
As: Sergeant Tweed
Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his heroism and the fact that he is still alive, he becomes a Medal of Honor hero. He returns to train new recruits for the Marines and falls for a girl named Peggy. When training and marriage leave him with an empty feeling, he decides on a transfer back to the front lines. Soon he will find that marriage and life ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Christian Nyby
Stars: Gene Hackman | Dean Jagger | Chad Everett | Bobby Troup | Marilyn Devin
Hawaii (1966)
As: Dr. John Whipple
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
Runtime: 189 min.
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: Richard Harris | Max von Sydow | Julie Andrews | Gene Hackman | Carroll O'Connor
Lilith (1964)
As: Norman
Lilith is a about a mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in New England, who seems to weave a magical spell all around her. A restless, but sincere young man with an equally obscure past is seemingly drawn into her web. As time passes, their relationship deepens and intensifies, and the differences between them begin to blur, leading to a shocking, but oddly logical conclusion.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Robert Rossen
Stars: Warren Beatty | Peter Fonda | Anne Meacham | Jean Seberg | Kim Hunter
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
As: Cop
Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Burt Balaban
Stars: John Davis Chandler | Brooke Hayward | Jerry Orbach | Neil Nephew | Kay Doubleday