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Henry Silva has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Manchurian Candidate.
Shoot to Kill
1988
Action · Thriller

The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Max · Included

The Tall T
1957 · Movie · Actor
Top 32%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Italian Connection
1972 · Movie · Actor
Top 34%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Alligator
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 47%Peacock · Included

Cinderfella
1960 · Movie · Actor
Top 61%MGM+ · Included

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Dir. Jim Jarmusch · With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman
Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.
Dir. Jacques Deray · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Carlos Sotto Mayor

An independent former ranch foreman and an heiress are kidnapped by a trio of ruthless outlaws.
Dir. Budd Boetticher · With Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
Dir. Fernando Di Leo · With Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode

A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
Dir. Umberto Lenzi · With Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Laura Belli

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
Dir. Lewis Teague · With Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo

Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
Dir. Henry King · With Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd

Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate.
Dir. Daniel Haller · With Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley, Erin Gray

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Dir. Andrew Davis · With Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva

When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a treasure Fella's father has supposedly hidden on the estate. Hoping to restore her dwindling fortunes, the stepmother plans a fancy ball in honor of the visiting Princess Charmein whom she hopes will marry Rupert. Eventually, Fella's Fairy Godfather shows up to convince him that he has a shot at winning the Princess himself.
Dir. Frank Tashlin · With Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Dir. Andrew Davis · With Chuck Norris, Mike Genovese, Henry Silva
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Dir. Burt Reynolds · With Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Henry Silva

as Agon
After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.
Dir. Gary Nelson · With Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones
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