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Lee J. Cobb has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1970s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including 12 Angry Men.
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One-Eyed Jacks
1961
Western · Drama

Sergeant Rutledge
1960
Western · Crime

Hang 'em High
1968
Western · Drama

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Western · Drama

The Harder They Fall
1956
Drama

Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Drama

I Want to Live!
1958
Drama · Crime

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Crime · Drama

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Dir. William Friedkin · With Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Dir. Elia Kazan · With Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall · With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda

A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
Dir. Nunnally Johnson · With Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
Dir. Jules Dassin · With Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
Dir. Henry King · With Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
Dir. Damiano Damiani · With Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale, Lee J. Cobb

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
Dir. J. Lee Thompson · With Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Camilla Sparv

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Dir. Daniel Mann · With James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
Dir. Don Siegel · With Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Dir. Michael Winner · With Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb
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