But in an ironic twist, after testifying for the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hayden returned to the big screen with a splash as an anti-Communist general in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), a performance that earned him a BAFTA nomination.
Hayden is also remembered for playing supporting roles in two high-profile films: The Godfather (1972) and Nine to Five (1980), in which he played a corrupt cop and a chairman of the board, respectively. He died on May 23, 1986, at the age of 70.
The KillingBefore settling down to a respectable life, career criminal Johnny Clay teams with a group of pitiful two-bit crooks to pull off one final, elaborate heist at a racetrack in this classic noir thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick. Read More
The Asphalt JungleNominated for four Academy Awards and long considered a noir classic, John Huston's heist film follows a band of criminal masterminds (Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern) as they carry out a million-dollar jewelry-store burglary that will have them set for life. Snatching the loot is easy,... Read More
Terror in a Texas TownA wealthy oil baron (Sebastian Cabot) finds his strong-arm plans thwarted by a Scandinavian whaler (Sterling Hayden) who comes to town to visit his father's ranch. Hayden gives an outstanding performance in this dark, exciting Western from B-movie master Joseph H. Lewis. The film's climactic... Read More
Zero Hour!Lt. Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews), still haunted by his experiences as a fighter pilot in World War II, is on a commercial flight when its crew becomes ill with food poisoning. Struggling with personal demons, Stryker must play the hero and bring the plane in safely. Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden and... Read More
Flat TopSterling Hayden stars as Dan Collier, a captain in charge of training pilots on U.S. Navy carriers, in this 1952 thriller that features actual newsreel footage from World War II. The stern skipper Collier faces a fight of his own in the form of a new commander on board the ship, even as he prepares... Read More
The Blue and the Gray (1982) | NR | |
Venom (1982) | R | |
PG | ||
The Outsider (1980) | R | |
Winter Kills (1979) | R | |
King of the Gypsies (1978) | R | |
NR | ||
The Long Goodbye (1973) | R | |
R | ||
R | ||
Loving (1970) | R | |
PG | ||
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) | NR | |
Crime of Passion (1957) | NR | |
Five Steps to Danger (1957) | NR | |
Zero Hour! (1957) | NR | |
The Killing (1956) | NR | |
Suddenly (1954) | NR | |
Prince Valiant (1954) | PG | |
NR | ||
Kansas Pacific (1953) | NR | |
NR | ||
Hellgate (1952) | TV-PG | |
Flaming Feather (1952) | NR | |
Denver and the Rio Grande (1952) | NR | |
The Star (1952) | NR | |
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) | NR | |
NR | ||
El Paso (1949) | NR | |
NR | ||
Crime Wave / Decoy (1946) | NR | |
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