Stephen Boyd’s Typical Vibe
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Stephen Boyd has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Ben-Hur.
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King of Kings
1961
Drama · History

Land of the Pharaohs
1955
Drama · History

Cabiria
1914
Drama · History

Barabbas
1961
History · Drama

The Robe
1953
Drama · History

Exodus
1960
Drama · War

The Four Feathers
1939
Adventure · Drama

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Drama · History

In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.
Dir. William Wyler · With Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Dir. John Huston · With Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien

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

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness

After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.
Dir. Burt Kennedy · With Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine