Charlton Heston
Actor
Greatest Show On Earth, The (1952)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. James Stewart, Charlton Heston
- Roll up for an Oscar–winning spectacle from Hollywood's greatest showmeister. The big–top excitement features a tent–load of stars.
Naked Jungle (1954)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer…
- Charlton Heston battles the Marabunta soldier ants that threaten to take over his South American jungle plantation. Eleanor Parker provides some…
Ten Commandments, The (1956)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter…
- The director remakes his 1923 silent epic with improved results and Charlton Heston as Moses, who battles the odds to lead the Israelites to the…
Big Country, The (1958)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston
- A big Western – where feuding families with rival patriarchs fight it out to the bitter end.
Touch of Evil, A (1958)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor…
- Declaring its virtuosity right from the famous opening–shot, this late film–noir weaves a tale of murder and blackmail in a Mexican…
Ben-Hur (1959)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
- Spectacular production of the Jews plight against the Roman empire, complete with landmark chariot race, awesome sea battle and a cast of thousands…
El Cid (1961)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Charlton Heston
- The tale of the 11th century warrior–king who drove the Moors from Spain. By dint of its fine acting and avoidance of the obvious, this epic…
55 Days at Peking (1963)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Charlton Heston, David Niven, Ava Gardner
- Set in the turmoil of 1900 China, during the Boxer Rebellion, this splashy Hollywood epic succeeds on the strength of its stylish visuals and…
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia…
- Not the greatest movie ever made, however one might get a kick out of spotting all the famous faces in this reverant, picturesque epic about the life…
Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento
- Hollywood portrait of Michelangelo's struggle to paint the Sistine Chapel under the patronage of belligerent Pope Julius II. Rex Harrison fares…
Major Dundee (1965)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Dana (Jim) Hutton…
- Important homage–critique of the Western from dir. Peckinpah, with Heston playing a misanthropic prison warden who pursues a murderous Apache…
War Lord, The (1965)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth…
- Charlton Heston stars in this muscular historical adventure as an honoured knight who takes over a castle tower in the swampland of Normandy.…
Khartoum (1966)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Charlton Heston…
- Lavishly mounted biopic of General Gordon's defeat by Arab tribesmen in 1833.
Counterpoint (1967)
- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen
- During World War II, a conductor (Charlton Heston) and his orchestra are captured by the Nazis while touring Europe. While held captive in a castle,…
Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall
- Classic sci–fi is a perfect blend of high entertainment and thought–provoking allegory.
Charlton Heston and his band of…
Will Penny (1968)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence…
- An impressive, unromanticised view of an aging cowpuncher – played by Charlton Heston in possibly his finest dramatic performance – as he…
Planet of the Apes Box Set (Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of) (1968-1973)
- Feat. Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter…
Hawaiians, The (1970)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin…
- Brotherly relations are strained when the black sheep returns home, plantation building and pineapple stealing ensues.
Bloated sequel to HAWAII…
Omega Man (1971)
- Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
- Charlton Heston is the last man on earth in this passable screen version of Richard Matheson's classic novel 'I am Legend'.
Call of the Wild (1972)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Charlton Heston, Michele Mercier
- Fairly average version of Jack London's classic tale of Alaskan survivalism, with Heston traipsing the wilderness with his tough German Shepherd.…
Soylent Green (1973)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young
- Charlton Heston reprises his brusque persona from PLANET OF THE APES for this post–nuke, sardine–jammed New York story of 2022.…
Four Musketeers, The (1973)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain…
- Similarly irreverant follow–up to dir. Lester's THREE MUSKETEERS with the same cast continuing in the swashbuckling vein. Excellent cast with a…
Airport 1975 (1974)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy…
- First sequel to the 'disaster' blockbuster of 1970, this places its star–cast in a disabled Boeing 747 with both pilots down and the chief…
Earthquake (1975)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene…
- The earth moves for Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Lorne Green, Richard Roundtree, Genevieve Bujold and the rest of LA in this 70s Disaster opus. Good…
Battle of Midway (1976)
- Dir. John Smight
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston
- A large–scale re–enactment of this decisive WWII naval battle. A huge all–star cast, scrap it out.
Two Minute Warning (1976)
- Dir. Larry Peerce
Feat. Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam…
- Questionable Charlton Heston thriller set in a pro–football stadium, where a group of cops must take down a sniper in the crowd before he opens…
Last Hard Men, The (1976)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. Charlton Heston, James Coburn
- Western starring Charlton Heston as a retired lawman who is hunted by James Coburn, a half–Navajo outlaw who has escaped from prison and is…
Gray Lady Down (1978)
- Dir. David Greene
Feat. Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Ned Beatty
- Corny–but–entertaining disaster flick sees Charlton Heston play a nuclear submarine captain stuck with his crew on the precipice of an…
Awakening, The (1980)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Charlton Heston, Susannah York
- Based on Bram Stoker's "The Jewel of Seven Stars", this large budget horror film fails to capitalise on a great cast and authentic Egyptian locations…
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis…
- A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Saturday Night Live - 15th Anniversary Special (1992)
- Feat. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks…
- Compilation of some of the best sketches from the first fifteen years of the US TV–show 'Saturday Night Live'. This programme was a training…
Alaska (1996)
- Dir. Fraser Heston
Feat. Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict…
- Chilly warm–fuzzies abound in this amenable children's adventure – a kind of CLIFFHANGER for kids! Bro and Sis set off in search of their…
Hamlet (1997)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Jack Lemmon…
- A flash and vigorous reading of Shakespeare's tragedy of the melancholy Dane, hatched by Kenneth Branagh and a bevy of incongruous thesps.
An…
Bowling For Columbine (2002)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Michael Moore, Charlton Heston
- Essential viewing from the dir. of ROGER AND ME, constructing another entertaining and devastating critique of the contradictions of the US of A,…