Rod Steiger
Actor
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb…
- Brooding tour–de–force with Marlon Brando in his prime as the square–jawed misfit entangled in corrupt union politics. Winner of 8…
- Big Knife, The (1955)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger…
- Lurid expose of the Hollywood 'studio system' from the melodramatic pen of playwright Clifford Odets.
Palance shows a rare vulnerability as a…
- Harder They Fall, The (1956)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger
- A quality bow–out from the movies for Humphrey Bogart, playing a jaded sports press–agent in the hard world of professional boxing in a…
- Jubal (1956)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger
- Vivid Western melodrama from visually gifted director Delmer Daves (3:10 TO YUMA), telling a Shakespearean tale of jealousy and betrayal between two…
- Across the Bridge (1957)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Rod Steiger, Marla Landi, Noel Willman…
- An underrated and little–known thriller with Steiger playing a shady accountant on the run from the FBI and Scotland Yard, who tries to make…
- Run of the Arrow (1957)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Rod Steiger, Brian Keith, Charles Bronson…
- Technicolour western set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, with Confederate veteran Rod Steiger going rogue and joining the Sioux, but…
- Cry Terror! (1958)
- Dir. Andrew L. Stone
Feat. James Mason, Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger…
- Crime thriller with Rod Steiger as a mad extortionist who forces a New York shop owner (James Mason) to collect a ransom after threatening to blow up…
- Al Capone (1959)
- Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory…
- Rod Steiger is a belligerent Scarface in this throwback to the 30s gangster films.
- Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città ) (1963)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti
- An astute and ever–pertinent story of political corruption in post–World War II Italy starring Rod Steiger as a ruthless developer and…
- Pawnbroker, The (1965)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Rod Steiger
- Rod Steiger gives a career–best performance as a Jewish pawnbroker whose new life in Spanish Harlem conjures haunting images of his Nazi prison…