List of the best Akim Tamiroff movies: Ride a Crooked Mile(1938), You Know What Sailors Are(1954), Blue Panther(1965), Dangerous to Know(1938), King of Chinatown(1939), The Black Sleep(1956), The Bacchantes(1961), Fiesta(1947), The Bridge of San Luis Rey(1944), The Vulture(1967), Desert Desperados(1959), The Great McGinty(1940) ... ...
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1938
78 Minutes
Mike Balan
Ride a Crooked Mile is a 1938 American film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Jack Moffitt and Ferdinand Reyher. The film stars Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer, Lynne ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
President of Agraria
Akim Tamiroff Donald Sinden Sarah Lawson Naunton Wayne Bill Kerr Dora Bryan Martin Miller Michael Shepley Michael Hordern Ferdinand Mayne Bryan Coleman
A fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), Naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering, and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria.
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
France|Italy|Spain|Morocco
1965
110 Minutes
Akim Tamiroff Roger Hanlin Marie Laforêt
Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger - apparently a fugitive from someone aboard - entrusts her with a jewel in the shape of a ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Stephan Recka
A gangster tries to fix things so that he can marry a rich society woman.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Frank Baturin
Violene and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.
6.4/10
Horror
UK
1956
82 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Akim Tamiroff Bela Lugosi Lon Chaney John Carradine Herbert Rudley Patricia Blake Phyllis Stanley Tor Johnson Sally Yarnell George Sawaya
Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.
6.2/10
Fantasy
France
1961
102 Minutes
Taina Elg Akim Tamiroff Alberto Lupo Pierre Brice Alessandra Panaro Raf Mattioli Erno Crisa Miranda Campa Gerard Landry Nerio Bernardi Enzo Fiermonte
king godson cousin greek god rival sad powerful greece royal palace city vanity unintended consequences greek drama greed bitterness religion rivalry
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with a black monocle.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Chato Vasquez
Esther Williams Akim Tamiroff Ricardo Montalban John Carroll Mary Astor Cyd Charisse Fortunio Bonanova Hugo Haas Jean Van Joey Preston Frank Puglia
bullfighter sister brother father mother composer amusing engaging mexico bullring household bullfighting brother/sister relationship deception disguise aspirations family quest transformation 1940s
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1944
89 Minutes
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
4.2/10
Horror
UK|Canada|USA
1967
91 Minutes
Robert Hutton Akim Tamiroff Broderick Crawford Dane Clark Philip Friend Patrick Holt
A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.
7.3/10
Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
The Boss
Brian Donlevy Muriel Angelus Akim Tamiroff Allyn Joslyn William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Arthur Hoyt Harry Rosenthal Libby Taylor Steffi Duna Esther Howard
bartender political boss secretary man hilarious cheeky outlandish bar city prison police corruption marriage impersonation ambition family transformation rise fall love 1930s
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
7.1/10
Western
USA
1939
135 Minutes
Fiesta
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Akim Tamiroff Robert Preston Lynne Overman Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Evelyn Keyes Henry Kolker
daughter railroad worker postal worker gambler banker spectacular patriotic spirited railway american west post office railroad manifest destiny native americans corruption love triangle adventure rivalry love 1860s
In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1945
88 Minutes
Jim Arnold
veteran bookie wealthy man ex-wife uncle friend cheery madcap frenetic wisconsin small town family home mistaken identity family dysfunction debt divorce money discovery escape 1940s
An ex-GI wants to open a mink farm in Wisconsin; but is mistaken for a look-alike, a gambler who owes a lot of money.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Mr. Grumbach
Lilli Palmer Sam Wanamaker Akim Tamiroff Alan Hale Hugo Haas Gale Robbins Stella Adler Benny Baker Sumner Getchell Sid Tomack John Qualen
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has ... See full synopsis »
6.6/10
Adventure
USA
1936
97 Minutes
Gen. Yang
Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Akim Tamiroff Dudley Digges Porter Hall William Frawley J.M. Kerrigan Philip Ahn Lee Tung Foo
soldier of fortune war lord american woman general father gun runner tense brutal engaging thrilling china train shanghai war guns money father/daughter relationship love greed rivalry
Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
6.6/10
Adventure
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Karen Neg
Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1938
121 Minutes
Dominique You
Fredric March Franciska Gaal Akim Tamiroff
pirate governor senator girlfriend general sea captain rousing gutsy thrilling new orleans ship bayou gulf of mexico naval warfare privateering false accusations patriotism espionage heroism adventure
Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1941
112 Minutes
Colonna
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ruth Warrick Akim Tamiroff J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner John Emery Henry Wilcoxon Gloria Holden
bandit gentleman tyrant twin woman romantic interest brash gutsy thrilling emotional corsica paris opera house hideout ballroom graveyard family honor unlikely allies love triangle murder
After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.
6.1/10
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1966
110 Minutes
Tanamashu
Dick Van Dyke Nancy Kwan Akim Tamiroff Arthur Malet Tyler McVey P.L. Renoudet Peter Duryea John Dennis Nancy Hsueh Yvonne Ribuca Victoria Young
robinson crusoe lieutenant monkey islander navy pilot love interest amusing witty madcap lighthearted playful charming tropical island island life robinson crusoe stranded human-animal friendship survival tribe adventure
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house, finds an abandoned submarine with lots of ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1937
74 Minutes
Big Ed Bullock
Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, ... See full summary »
5.6/10
War
UK
1954
101 Minutes
Captain George One
Dirk Bogarde Denholm Elliott Akim Tamiroff Kay Callard William Russell Harold Siddons Eric Pohlmann Gérard Oury Lisa Gastoni Sam Kydd Peter Burton
british soldier german soldier commando nazi englishman lieutenant gripping tense patriotic greece england island world war ii dangerous assignment secret mission sabotage nazis underdog sacrifice quest
During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.
5.2/10
Adventure
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Lt. Glysko
George Raft Marie Windsor Akim Tamiroff John Litel Eduard Franz Erno Verebes Crane Whitley Damian O'Flynn
captain muslim military officer emir beautiful woman daughter spectacular emotional thrilling morocco military base outpost foreign legion revolution new romance unlikely allies duty forbidden love adventure 1930s
After escorting an Emir's daughter to her father's stronghold, French Foreign Legion Captain Gerard's unit joins an isolated Moroccan outpost facing imminent attack by rebel Bedouin tribes.
Musical
1944
89 Minutes
Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
Deanna Durbin Robert Paige Akim Tamiroff David Bruce Leonid Kinskey Ray Collins June Vincent Andrew Tombes Thomas Gomez Clara Blandick Olin Howland
senator daughter officer card sharp prince eastern european man airy winsome cheery washington, d.c. frontier trail missouri engagement father/daughter relationship deception frontier life california gold rush unlikely romance pursuit
A westbound U.S. senator's daughter (Deanna Durbin) falls in love with a pioneer (Robert Paige) by the time she reaches California.
7.3/10
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Farid
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
Italy|USA
1962
105 Minutes
Bishop
Maximilian Schell Ricardo Montalban Lea Padovani Akim Tamiroff Harold Goldblatt Mark Damon
In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Chernov
Ingrid Bergman Yul Brynner Helen Hayes Akim Tamiroff Martita Hunt Felix Aylmer Sacha Pitoeff Ivan Desny Natalie Schafer
refugee military officer prince empress czar nicholas ii emotional melodramatic royal court paris copenhagen, denmark royalty amnesia fortune missing persons quest rise 1920s
An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
6.9/10
Romance, Adventure, Drama
USA
1943
170 Minutes
Pablo
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Katina Paxinou Akim Tamiroff Arturo de Cordova Joseph Calleia Vladimir Sokoloff Mikhail Rasumny Fortunio Bonanova Eric Feldary Victor Varconi
soldier guerrilla fighter love interest engaging emotional gripping spain mountain romance war historical events adventure sacrifice love 1930s
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Emile
George Sanders Signe Hasso Carole Landis Akim Tamiroff Gene Lockhart Jo Ann Marlowe Alma Kruger Alan Napier Vladimir Sokoloff Pedro de Cordoba Leona Maricle
petty criminal friend marquis police officer sweetheart cheeky gripping melodramatic france paris marseilles, france jail bank crime theft blackmail impersonation nobility abandonment quest
Born in a French prison in 1775, François Eugène Vidocq becomes a professional thief and is later appointed chief of Parisian police.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
84 Minutes
Nick Jammey
Barry Sullivan Belita Joan Lorring Akim Tamiroff John Ireland Sheldon Leonard
racketeer gangster showgirl shopkeeper gambling addict cashier dark intense thrilling brooklyn, n.y. slum soda shop apartment paranoia turf war intimidation betrayal murder rivalry fall
Shubunka (Barry Sulivan) is a cynical gangster who controls the Neptune Beach waterfront. He runs a numbers racket with the local soda shop owner. The police are in his pocket and the local hoods are on his payroll.
6.2/10
Western
USA
1940
68 Minutes
Mio Pio
John Howard Ellen Drew Broderick Crawford Akim Tamiroff Anthony Quinn May Robson
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Romance
1939
95 Minutes
Tony
Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Allan Jones Akim Tamiroff Helen Broderick Osa Massen Carolyn Lee Astrid Allwyn Georgia Caine
A Manhattan career woman (Madeleine Carroll) tries to resist a man (Fred MacMurray) who wants her to be his wife.
Comedy
1958
110 Minutes
Szabuniewicz
jewish refugee colonel fiancé nazi witty engaging profound paris castle england race relations invasion holocaust anti-semitism world war ii rivalry underdog love quest 1940s
An anti-Semitic Polish colonel (Curt Jurgens) and his French girlfriend (Nicole Maurey) escape Nazis, thanks to a wily Polish Jew (Danny Kaye).
Drama
1944
145 Minutes
Wu Lien
Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Aline MacMahon Akim Tamiroff Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead Henry Travers Robert Lewis
wife son mother patriarch gutsy powerful solemn rousing southern china farm war feminism farming resistance fighters rural life sacrifice love transformation quest 1930s
A Chinese villager (Katharine Hepburn), her husband and in-laws (Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon) burn their land to foil Japanese invaders.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1958
95 Minutes
Uncle Joe Grandi
Charlton Heston Orson Welles Janet Leigh Joseph Calleia Akim Tamiroff Valentin de Vargas Ray Collins Dennis Weaver Joanna Moore Mort Mills Marlene Dietrich
drug enforcement agent police officer criminal wife chilling mexico police station motel country road border crime crooked cops smuggling murder mystery pursuit 1950s
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|Italy|USA
1966
103 Minutes
Okra
Peter Sellers Victor Mature Britt Ekland Martin Balsam Akim Tamiroff Paolo Stoppa Tino Buazzelli Mac Ronay
director criminal fan movie star police chief sister amusing lighthearted thrilling italy village prison court movies smuggling impersonation scam guilt prison break quest
An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1942
105 Minutes
Pablo
Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr John Garfield Frank Morgan Akim Tamiroff Sheldon Leonard Donald Meek John Qualen Allen Jenkins
homeless person poor person migrant worker drunk beautiful woman uplifting witty southern california monterey, calif. jail beach romance inheritance friendship money love rise 1940s
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
6.3/10
Comedy
UK
1966
100 Minutes
Anniello
Alec Guinness Gina Lollobrigida Robert Morley Peggy Mount Akim Tamiroff Marie Bell Derek Fowlds Robertson Hare Ann Beach Leonard Rossiter David Battley
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris, Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
97 Minutes
Papa
Zero Mostel Kim Novak Clint Walker Claude Akins Akim Tamiroff Larry Storch John Anderson Sam Jaffe Mako Elisha Cook Jr. Ruth Warrick
Three separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1944
99 Minutes
The Boss
Eddie Bracken Betty Hutton William Demarest Diana Lynn Brian Donlevy Akim Tamiroff Porter Hall Almira Sessions Jimmy Conlin
pregnant woman daughter father soldier suitor amusing madcap hilarious america small town household pregnancy marriage romance love father/daughter relationship world war ii pursuit love adventure
After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.
6.2/10
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Pablo
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Otto Kruger Stuart Erwin Una O'Connor Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson
wealthy man secretary rancher wife friend melodramatic charming new york city south america argentina boat apartment country house marrying for money divorce wealth love triangle travel commitment love
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
6.1/10
Adventure
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Mirov
Cary Grant Louis J. Gasnier Claude Rains Gertrude Michael Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Akim Tamiroff Billy Bevan Georges Renavent Margaret Swope Jameson Thomas
british soldier officer kurd nurse tribesman secret agent tense powerful africa mountain cairo sudan armenia hospital romantic dilemma friendship world war i espionage capture injury
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
6.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK
1966
104 Minutes
Sheriek
Rod Taylor Trevor Howard Jill St. John Wilfrid Hyde-White David Tomlinson Akim Tamiroff
spy hit man boss friend underling witty thrilling amusing airplane england spying assassination intelligence deception phobias adventure rise quest 1960s
Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.
Drama
1955
99 Minutes
Jakob Zouk
Orson Welles Michael Redgrave Robert Arden Paola Mori Patricia Medina Akim Tamiroff Mischa Auer Katina Paxinou Jack Watling Gregoire Aslan Peter Van Eyck
wealthy man ex-convict murderer smuggler gangster daughter creative dark dense copenhagen, denmark mexico amsterdam railyard street amnesia investigation deception mystery transformation adventure
A shady financier (Orson Welles) pays a man (Robert Arden) to research his past, in order to erase it with murder.
6.8/10
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
154 Minutes
Schomberg
Peter O'Toole James Mason Curt Jurgens Eli Wallach Jack Hawkins Paul Lukas Daliah Lavi Akim Tamiroff
seaman trader captain war lord chief woman brooding powerful gutsy suspenseful melancholy boat river village south sea cargo ship indian ocean redemption guerrilla warfare seafaring
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
6.4/10
Biography
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Dr. Zaranoff
Paul Muni Josephine Hutchinson Anita Louise Donald Woods Fritz Leiber Henry O'Neill Porter Hall Akim Tamiroff Walter Kingsford Iphigenie Castiglioni
scientist chemist doctor gutsy rousing endearing french countryside france louis pasteur science cure disease underdog quest rivalry 19th century
Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1934
95 Minutes
Riccori
Joan Crawford Gene Raymond Franchot Tone Esther Ralston Edward Arnold Earl Oxford Jean Dixon Leo G. Carroll Akim Tamiroff Zelda Sears Helen Ware
A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
6.8/10
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Otamanu
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
Spyros Acebos
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson Richard Conte Cesar Romero Patrice Wymore Joey Bishop Akim Tamiroff Henry Silva
thief gangster electrician entertainer casino owner wife cool witty las vegas casino heist money dangerous assignment greed crime gambling adventure pursuit temptation quest
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
5.6/10
Drama
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Paul Wengler
Elissa Landi Adolphe Menjou David Manners Lynne Overman Raymond Walburn Adrian Rosley Paul Porcasi George Baxter Judith Vosselli Akim Tamiroff Vernon Steele
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
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