List of the best Anthony Quinn movies: The Message(1977), Requiem for a Heavyweight(1962), The 25th Hour(1967), The Secret of Santa Vittoria(1969), The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968), A High Wind in Jamaica(1965), Guns for San Sebastian(1968), The Long Wait(1954), The Buccaneer(1958), Black Gold(1947), The Children of Sanchez(1978), Man From Del Rio(1956) ... ...
Drama, History
Lebanon|Libya|Kuwait|Morocco|UK|Saudi Arabia|Egypt
1977
180 Minutes
Hamza
uncle leader wife muslim passionate positive mecca medina battlefield market islam mohammad religious persecution battle rise underdog 7th century
This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
Drama
USA
1962
87 Minutes
Louis "Mountain" Rivera
Anthony Quinn Jackie Gleason Mickey Rooney Julie Harris Stanley Adams Madame Spivy Herbie Faye
boxer cassius clay trainer manager wrestler emotional gripping rousing new york city boxing ring boxing humiliation retirement fall transformation 1960s
Mountain Rivera, a punchy has-been managed by the unprincipled Maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. Can his devoted cutman and a sympathetic social worker help him find a ... See full summary »
Drama
France|Italy|Yugoslavia
1967
119 Minutes
Johann Moritz
Anthony Quinn Virna Lisi Michael Redgrave Gregoire Aslan Marcel Dalio Serge Reggiani Drewe Henley Paul Maxwell George Roderich Alexander Knox Albert Remy
In World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S.
Comedy
USA
1969
140 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Anna Magnani Virna Lisi Hardy Kruger Sergio Franchi Renato Rascel Giancarlo Giannini Valentina Cortesa Edward Ciannelli Leopoldo Trieste
mayor townsperson captain nazi drunk endearing inspiring amusing italy small town vineyard wine nazi occupation deception courage resistance quest underdog 1940s
During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
Adventure
UK
1965
103 Minutes
Anthony Quinn James Coburn Lila Kedrova Dennis Price Gert Froebe Nigel Davenport Kenneth J. Warren Isabel Dean Ben Carruthers Brian Phelan
father mother buccaneer pirate child thrilling suspenseful ship island jamaica pirate ship family going home abduction raids seafaring pirates adventure escape rescue
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.
Western
France|Italy|Mexico|USA
1968
111 Minutes
Leon Alastray
Anthony Quinn Anjanette Comer Charles Bronson Sam Jaffe Silvia Pinal Jorge Martinez De Hoyos
outlaw priest townsperson indian gripping brooding spirited mexico village mountain redemption frontier justice culture clash unlikely hero underdog rescue 1740s
In 1743, outlaw Leon Alastray is hunted by the Spanish army but is given sanctuary by a priest in a village terrorized by marauding Yaqui Indians.
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
93 Minutes
Johnny McBride
An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...
Drama, History
USA
1958
124 Minutes
Director
Yul Brynner Charlton Heston Claire Bloom Charles Boyer Inger Stevens Henry Hull E.G. Marshall Lorne Greene Ted de Corsia Douglas Dumbrille Robert F. Simon
pirate andrew jackson governor daughter thrilling spirited airy patriotic new orleans island piracy unlikely hero war truce underdog rescue 1810s
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Charley Eagle
Anthony Quinn Katherine DeMille Elyse Knox Ducky Louie Raymond Hatton Kane Richmond Thurston Hall Moroni Olsen Jonathan Hale Darryl Hickman Charles Trowbridge
In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1978
114 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Lupita Ferrer Dolores del Río Katy Jurado Stathis Giallelis Lucía Méndez Duncan Quinn Héctor Bonilla
The Sanchez clan has seen the worst of times living in impoverished Mexico but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to change direction and... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
82 Minutes
Dave Robles
Anthony Quinn Katy Jurado Peter Whitney Douglas Fowley John Larch Whit Bissell Douglas Spencer Barry Atwater
gunslinger outlaw nurse doctor mexican sheriff suspenseful confident town doctor's office saloon dueling racism law and order respect fear handicap adventure love transformation
A fast Mexican-American gunman kills a few notorious gunfighters and is hired to replace Mesa's dead sheriff but a crooked saloon-keeper wants him on his payroll or out-of-the-way.
Adventure
Italy
1967
103 Minutes
Peyrol
A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer.
Adventure
Iran|USA
1978
123 Minutes
Zulffiqar
Anthony Quinn Jennifer O'Neill Michael Sarrazin Christopher Lee Joseph Cotten Behrooz Vosoughi Barry Sullivan Jeremy Kemp Duncan Quinn
In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
Western
USA
1960
100 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Sophia Loren Eileen Heckart Margaret O'Brien Steve Forrest Edmund Lowe Ramon Novarro George Mathews Ed Binns Frank Silvera Iron Eyes Cody
actor actress gunslinger banker mother native american playful crafty witty theater cheyenne, wyo. saloon house show business old west journey debt performance quest escape
Story of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West.
Western
Italy
1973
91 Minutes
Erastus "Deaf" Smith
Anthony Quinn Franco Nero Pamela Tiffin Luciano Perugia Franco Graziosi Ira Furstenberg Renato Romano Renzo Moneta
spy disabled person undercover agent texan mexican general rebel suspenseful engaging gritty texas fort brothel battlefield texas revolution friendship rebellion combat disability undercover operations underdog
In 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?
Drama
USA
1978
106 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Jacqueline Bisset Edward Albert Raf Vallone James Franciscus Camilla Sparv Marilù Tolo Charles Durning Luciana Paluzzi Robin Clarke Kathryn Leigh Scott
The life of the Greek tycoon Theo Tomasis, based on Aristotle Onassis.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Roc Delmonico
Anthony Quinn George Maharis Faye Dunaway Michael Parks Robert Walker Martha Hyer Milton Berle Oscar Homolka Jack Kruschen Clifton James John Randolph Kuhl
hippie flower girl bum wealthy man mafia boss amusing lighthearted madcap miami kidnapping ransom blackmail mistaken identity revenge pursuit 1960s
Young drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc's relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.
Drama
USA
1970
97 Minutes
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the heady days of campus activism in the late 1960's. ... See full summary »
Action
1966
127 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Alain Delon George Segal Michèle Morgan Maurice Ronet Claudia Cardinale Gregoire Aslan Jean Servais Maurice Sarfati Jean-Claude Berq Jacques Marin
captain general guerrilla fighter countess gritty melodramatic vietnam algeria prison camp battlefield vietnam war algerian war imperialism romance battle sacrifice love 1950s
A French paratrooper (Anthony Quinn) and his men go from defeat in 1950s Vietnam to honor in Algeria.
Drama
1983
85 Minutes
Mosen Joaquín
Anthony Quinn Jorge Sanz Paloma Gómez Saturno Cerra Concha Leza Alfred Lucchetti
A Spanish Civil War prisoner recalls his boyhood, his first love (Paloma Gómez) and his teacher, the village priest (Anthony Quinn).
Romance
1970
100 Minutes
Will Cade
Anthony Quinn Ingrid Bergman Fritz Weaver Katherine Crawford Tom Holland Virginia Gregg Mitchell Silberman Janet Nelson Chadwick
neighbor married woman farmer lover emotional gripping small town united states farm affair new town small town romance love forbidden love 1970s
A New York professor's (Fritz Weaver) wife (Ingrid Bergman) falls in love with a married Tennessee mountain man (Anthony Quinn).
Adventure
1959
110 Minutes
Inuk
Anthony Quinn Yôko Tani Peter O'Toole Carlo Giustini Marie Yang Marco Guglielmi
eskimo wife trooper missionary friend tense fascinating incredible profound canadian tundra arctic culture clash eskimo culture accidental killing blizzard unlikely allies moral dilemma escape rescue 1950s
An Eskimo (Anthony Quinn) goes about his business until an accident makes him a fugitive hunted by Mounties.
Drama
Italy|France|West Germany|USA
1964
100 Minutes
wealthy woman man doctor painter innkeeper emotional disturbing small town household europe moral dilemma betrayal affair vengeance greed illegitimate child revenge temptation 1960s
An unwed pregnant teenager is run out of town and years later she returns there as a rich woman, raising the town's expectations with her generosity, but she's only out for revenge.
Biography
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Everett Sloane James Donald Pamela Brown Niall MacGinnis Noel Purcell Henry Daniell Lionel Jeffries Eric Pohlmann
paul gauguin painter brother intense creative emotional france countryside holland vincent van gogh ambition mental illness art quest discovery fall 19th century
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Romance, Western
USA
1959
94 Minutes
Craig Belden
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Carolyn Jones Earl Holliman Brad Dexter Brian G. Hutton Ziva Rodann Bing Russell
marshal wife rancher murderer henchman accomplice gripping wild west small town ranch street murder stand-off corruption justice pursuit revenge 19th century
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.
War
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Viñolas
Gregory Peck Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Raymond Pellegrin Paolo Stoppa Mildred Dunnock Daniela Rocca Christian Marquand Marietto Perrette Pradier Zia Mohyeddin
guerrilla fighter police officer priest young boy mother fiery brooding suspenseful spain france san martin hospital civil war revenge revolution schemes revenge quest 1950s
Famous Spanish bandit Artiguez returns to his native Spanish village after 20 years in French exile but Spanish cop Vinolas is setting a trap for him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
87 Minutes
Ben Cameron
Ray Milland Anthony Quinn Debra Paget Harry Carey Jr. Chubby Johnson Byron Foulger Frank Gerstle
husband wife criminal police officer ex-convict offbeat sultry tense ranch town car hotel indian reservation cliff betrayal deception fugitives husband/wife relationship money murder
A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.
War
USA
1945
97 Minutes
John Wayne Anthony Quinn Beulah Bondi Fely Franquelli Richard Loo Philip Ahn J. Alex Havier Lawrence Tierney Leonard Strong Paul Fix Abner Biberman
colonel soldier guerrilla fighter girlfriend tense spirited island philippines world war ii armed conflict rebellion battle courage prisoners of war underdog quest 1940s
In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
Drama
France|Italy
1957
104 Minutes
Gina Lollobrigida Anthony Quinn Jean Danet Alain Cuny Daniele Dumont Jean Tissier Maurice Sarfati Robert Hirsch Philippe Clay
hunchback gypsy dark sultry melodramatic notre dame cathedral surrealism abduction forbidden love underdog forbidden love 15th century
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Drama
USA
1959
96 Minutes
Sophia Loren Anthony Quinn Ina Balin Jimmy Baird Peter Mark Richman Naomi Stevens Virginia Stevens Joe Di Reda Frank Puglia
mobster murderer dead person woman single mother love interest single father brooding moving emotional engaging united states romance love love interest mobsters true love love 1950s
After mobsters murder her husband, Rose Bianco works long hours making artificial flowers, to support herself and her son. Some suspect that Rose's demand for a lavish lifestyle pushed her ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Mexico
1990
124 Minutes
Kevin Costner Anthony Quinn Madeleine Stowe Tomas Milian Joaquín Martínez James Gammon Jesse Corti Sally Kirkland Miguel Ferrer
pilot crime boss wife henchman love interest passionate tense emotional mexico estate beach party airport cabin love triangle betrayal infidelity forbidden love friendship revenge
A retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Drama
USA
1951
114 Minutes
Raul Fuentes
Mel Ferrer Anthony Quinn Miroslava Eugene Iglesias Jose Torvay Charlita Alfredo Aguilar Jose Luis Vasquez Alfonso Alvirez Francisco Balderas Felipe Mota
matador manager brother girlfriend tense moving profound bullring mexico city village stadium bullfighting fear death jealousy courage change of heart fall discovery transformation
In 1950s Mexico, a famous bullfighter loses his nerve after he's injured and witnesses the death of another matador in the ring.
Crime, Drama
UK|France
1974
89 Minutes
Michael Caine Anthony Quinn James Mason Maureen Kerwin Marcel Bozzuffi Catherine Rouvel Maurice Ronet Andre Oumansky Alexandra Stewart Patrick Floersheim Pierre Salinger
drug enforcement agent drug lord cop assassin friend brooding tense gripping paris marseilles, france drug trade assassination plot organized crime international conflict race against time pursuit quest 1970s
When a U.S. Intelligence Agent is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man with whom he is put in contact turns out to be an old friend.
Drama, History
USA
1955
103 Minutes
Richard Egan Anthony Quinn Michael Rennie Jeffrey Hunter Rita Moreno Eduardo Noriega Leslie Bradley John Doucette
priest captain lieutenant soldier native american chief tense thrilling melodramatic mexico california wilderness camp expedition gold fable missionary work betrayal rescue adventure
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
Fantasy
UK
1968
116 Minutes
Michael Caine Anthony Quinn Candice Bergen Anna Karina Paul Stassino Julian Glover Takis Emmanuel George Pastell
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Romance
USA|Mexico
1955
94 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Manuel Rojas Thomas Gomez Richard Denning Lola Albright Eduardo Noriega Lorraine Chanel
In Mexico City, rich American Karen Harrison falls in-love with famous bullfighter Luis Santos who hides a personal secret regarding his young protege bullfighter Rafael Reyes.
Adventure
USA
1951
83 Minutes
count rival governor masked man military officer son thrilling rousing italy village courtyard town square political corruption war crimes secret identity justice investigation murder adventure pursuit
During the European revolutionary fervor of 1848, Italian Captain Renato Dimorna tries to avenge his father's death, goes against the corrupt local military governor Larocca and prevents an Austrian military invasion.
Comedy
USA
1990
95 Minutes
Scott
Bo Derek Anthony Quinn Don Murray Leo Damian Julie Newmeyer
Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Kate to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
Crime, Drama
1955
84 Minutes
Farley Granger Anthony Quinn Anne Bancroft Peter Graves Sara Berner Jerry Paris Mario Siletti Else Bäck
criminal pregnant woman mobster mother district attorney reporter melodramatic suspenseful uneasy gritty death row jail family home brooklyn bridge new york city apartment frame-up death sentence mafia corruption
A reporter follows the story of a gangster (Anthony Quinn), his sister (Anne Bancroft) and her small-time hoodlum husband (Farley Granger).
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
UK
1962
216 Minutes
Auda abu Tayi
Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Jack Hawkins Jose Ferrer Claude Rains Anthony Quayle Arthur Kennedy Donald Wolfit I.S. Johar
journalist prince soldier military officer spectacular profound army base desert arabia world war i armed conflict culture clash redemption man vs. nature t.e. lawrence quest rise 1910s
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Drama, War
UK|USA
1961
157 Minutes
Col. Andrea Stavros
Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn Stanley Baker Anthony Quayle James Darren Irene Papas Gia Scala James Robertson Justice Richard Harris
captain explosives expert resistance fighter security head soldier sister engaging tense brash gripping intense greece boat mountain village island cliff sabotage covert operations mountain climbing
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Biography
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Eufemio Zapata
Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn Joseph Wiseman Arnold Moss Alan Reed Margo Harold Gordon Lou Gilbert Frank Silvera Florenz Ames
emiliano zapata pancho villa porfirio diaz military officer peasant brother brash confident gripping mexico small town palace family home countryside politics poverty revolution revenge rise underdog
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Western
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Tom Morgan
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Anthony Quinn Dorothy Malone Dolores Michaels Wallace Ford Tom Drake Richard Arlen DeForest Kelley Regis Toomey Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger sidekick townsperson sheriff outlaw old flame gritty suspenseful utah mining town saloon law enforcement showdown murder corruption redemption romance quest rivalry revenge
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Adventure
USA
1952
104 Minutes
Portugee
Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn John McIntire Carl Esmond Andrea King Eugenie Leontovich Hans Conried Rhys Williams Sig Ruman Gregory Gaye
captain first mate pilot countess merchant prince gripping spirited melodramatic san francisco ship alaska sea island fur trade impersonation forced marriage romance wager seduction
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
Adventure
Italy|France|USA
1955
114 Minutes
Antinous
Kirk Douglas Silvana Mangano Anthony Quinn Sylvie Rossana Podestà Jacques Dumesnil Daniel Ivernel Evi Maltagliati
odysseus greek god magician cyclops mystic inspiring brooding intense melodramatic patriotic passionate greece sea greek mythology secret identity returning home competition mythology adventure love
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
Adventure
USA
1952
83 Minutes
Capt. Roc Brasiliano
Errol Flynn Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Mildred Natwick Alice Kelley Robert Warwick Harry Cording John Alderson Phil Tully Lester Matthews Tudor Owen
lieutenant sailor pirate princess chaperone cheeky confident gutsy lighthearted witty pirate ship ship beach pirates captivity rescue escape adventure escape growing up
Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Chang Tai
A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name.
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Ward `'Paco'` Conway
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Anthony Quinn Ruth Roman Ward Bond Ian MacDonald Richard Karlan Juan Garcia
oil driller bandit couple former lover partner bleak brash melodramatic gritty south america oil field love triangle oil bandits extortion adventure forbidden love temptation underdog 20th century
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.
Action
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Osceola
Rock Hudson Barbara Hale Anthony Quinn Richard Carlson Hugh O'Brian Russell Johnson Lee Marvin Ralph Moody Fay Roope James Best Don Gibson
native american chief childhood friend lieutenant major love interest powerful tense gripping melodramatic fort florida everglades battlefield interracial romance interracial conflict american indian wars wrongfully accused murder racism underdog
A cavalry lieutenant recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.