Rod Steiger
Birthday: 1925-04-14
Place of Birth: Westhampton, New York, USA
Biography: Rodney Stephen "Rod" Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was a European-American actor known for his performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Oklahoma!, Waterloo, The Pawnbroker, On the Waterfront, The Harder They Fall, Doctor Zhivago, and Jesus of Nazareth.
Movies
Mars Attacks!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if...
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Duck, You Sucker
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mal...
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Doctor Zhivago
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a poli...
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On the Waterfront
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt...
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A Town Has Turned to Dust
The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a local...
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Innocents with Dirty Hands
Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her w...
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In the Heat of the Night
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bi...
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The Specialist
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she w...
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The Player
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but ...
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The Magic Mountain
Hans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Be...
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Breakthrough
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut ...
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The Pawnbroker
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realiz...
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Modern Vampires
A vampire hunter in southern California discovers that his son has been murdered by a gang of the un...
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Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss T...
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Carpool
A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the ne...
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The Amityville Horror
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbab...
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Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
A short documentary based on Sergio Leone's life and career, and the making of the film "Once Upon a...
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Crazy in Alabama
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to de...
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The January Man
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial k...
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The Unholy Wife
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off ...
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Waterloo
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocke...
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The Chosen
In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep diffe...
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The Illustrated Man
A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him ...
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The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the...
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Shiloh
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him...
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End of Days
Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When ...
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Lion of the Desert
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conq...
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MGM 40th Anniversary
A brief overview of stellar MGM releases from its first 40 years....
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Run of the Arrow
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife a...
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The Harder They Fall
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his curre...
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Oklahoma!
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent...
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F.I.S.T.
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in...
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Poolhall Junkies
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't ...
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No Way to Treat a Lady
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims....
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Jubal
Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter a...
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Al Capone
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Proh...
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The Last Four Days
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a d...
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Love and Bullets
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goon...
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The Loved One
Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment...
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Incognito
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and...
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Seven Thieves
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull of...
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Back from Eternity
A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area i...
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OP Center
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variet...
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The Big Knife
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a...
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The Kindred
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her l...
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W.C. Fields and Me
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend...
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Happy Birthday, Wanda June
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed....
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American Gothic
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're fo...
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Portrait of a Hitman
A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he a...
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Hennessy
Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daug...
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Across the Bridge
In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was...
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Legacy
A photojournalist deported from a war zone in Asia meets up with a woman who is looking for her fath...
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Hands Over the City
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his politic...
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Men Of Respect
In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that...
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Lucky Luciano
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, t...
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s c...
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The Flying Dutchman
When Sean's macabre work begins selling from her art gallery walls, Lacy decides to meet this new up...
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The Hollywood Sign
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dan...
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Time of Indifference
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her...
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Catch the Heat
Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a rut...
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The Mark
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of...
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Lolly-Madonna XXX
In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a f...
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Body and Soul
Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to ...
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The Sergeant
Master Sgt. Albert Callan is a war hero and a no-nonsense leader who reforms his previously mismanag...
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13 West Street
Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work ...
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High ...
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In Pursuit of Honor
To save a group of horses slated to be destroyed by the US Cavalry, a group of officers rebel and be...
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Guilty As Charged
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by ...
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The Neighbor
A young couple, Mary and John, awaiting a baby is in search for a house when they decide to buy that...
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches
In nineteenth century Oklahoma, two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to mee...
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Kingdom of Shadows
Narrated by Rod Steiger, this documentary examines the frightful conventions from which the modern-d...
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Animals with the Tollkeeper
While looking for paradise, a cab driver suddenly falls in love....
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The Final Contract
David Sloan is 40 and is a Vietnam veteran unable to accept his violent past. Decides to consult a p...
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Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Three teenage boys inadvertently find themselves holding the adult world hostage in this wild comedy...
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3 Into 2 Won't Go
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Manchester, England, begins an affair with a young...
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A Man Named John
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tole...
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Teresa
An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother....
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Little Surprises
A gathering of friends and parents the night before a wedding provides a very unexpected turn of ev...
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Klondike Fever
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1...
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Hello Actors Studio
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the...
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On Friday at Eleven
An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck ...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips....
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Forbidden City: The Great Within
Amidst the grand walls of the Forbidden City, the film takes us on a deep journey through the ceremo...
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The Naked Face
Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns u...
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting digni...
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The Last Producer
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules....
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Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Duell McCall is an outlaw on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Captured by the law and coerced i...
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The Last Tattoo
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hot...
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The Real Thing
Their plan was simple...Get the Cash. As Rupert, an ex-con, tries to go straight, his younger brothe...
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The Hurricane
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aid...
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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerni...
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That Summer of White Roses
In the summer of 1944, in a peaceful resort town in the Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, an easy-going life...
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The Kid
Jimmy Albright is a young athlete with a passion for boxing. His mentor, Harry Sloan, an aging train...
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Documentary about legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis who's credits range from Fellini's L...
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The Heroes
Four soldiers and a beautiful Greek nurse, thrown together in North Africa during World War II, team...
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From Hollywood to Hanoi
In 1988, a Vietnamese-American woman returns to her homeland for the first time since childhood agai...
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The Unforgettable Diana Dors
Short documentary profiling the life of British 'Blonde Bombshell' Diana Dors, who died of cancer in...
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Out There
A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. A...
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The Distant Drummer: Bridge from No Place
This film describes the 1960s drug culture. Addicts discuss their experiences in the United States a...
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The Girl and the General
A young woman and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian General to Italian forces during World Wa...
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James Dean and Me
A documentary about James Dean. People who knew him or had worked with him reminisce....
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Cypress Edge
Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long...
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Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
"This is a kid who just said it. I'm the greatest - and he said it with poetry. And I don't mean jus...
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Tennessee Nights
When entertainment lawyer Wolfgang Leighton decides to take a break from business for some fishing i...
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In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
From the "In the Line of Duty" made-for-television movie series, Manhunt in the Dakotas is based on ...
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Tattooed Steiger
A behind-the-scenes look on the making of the movie "The Illustrated Man" featuring scenes from the ...
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Convicts 4
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to ...
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Wolf Lake
War veterans visit a lakeside cabin for a week of shooting, drinking, etc. but find the cabin being ...
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Sword of Gideon
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic...
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The Lucky Star
In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood...
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Marty
Marty Pilletti is a 36-year-old butcher who lives with his mother, who is always asking him why he d...
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Seven Sundays
Dodo, a French man living in Florida, has one goal in life: Get by without working. Difficult to imp...
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Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she publish...
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Contender: Mastering the Method
An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon ...
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Dalva
The sweeping story of Dalva Northridge, a young woman of part-Sioux heritage from an old, landed fam...
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A Month of Sundays
The story of a teenage girl who kidnaps her grandfather to keep him from being placed in a nursing h...
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Passion and Paradise
Sir Harry Oakes, a wealthy British aristocrat is murdered by his son-in-law, revealing international...
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Earth and the American Dream
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From ...
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The Real James Dean
Although he'd starred in just three films before his untimely death at age 24, James Dean cast a lon...
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series....
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Lincoln
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civ...
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The Evil Within
Scientist perfects a chemical unleashing the beast within, but before he can create an antidote, his...
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James Dean: A Portrait
A look at the legacy of icon actor James Dean on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The speci...
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Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
When Shiloh's abusive previous owner, Judd Travers, tries to retake Shiloh again, Ray tries to find ...
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I Am Not Your Negro
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a medit...
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