Charlton Heston Movies

List of the best Charlton Heston movies: Ben-Hur(1959), Touch of Evil(1958), Planet of the Apes(1968), The Ten Commandments(1956), The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965), Will Penny(1968), Soylent Green(1973), Khartoum(1966), Midway(1976), 55 Days at Peking(1963), Dark City(1950), The War Lord(1965) ... ...

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Ben-Hur

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

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Touch of Evil

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

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Planet of the Apes

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

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The Ten Commandments

Moses, an Egyptian Prince, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.

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The Agony and the Ecstasy

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.

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Will Penny

Aging cowboy Will Penny gets a line camp job on a large cattle spread and finds his isolated cabin is already occupied by a husbandless woman and her young son.

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Soylent Green

A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.

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Khartoum

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).

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Midway

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

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55 Days at Peking

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

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Dark City

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

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The War Lord

In 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders.

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Major Dundee

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.

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The Private War of Major Benson

As a disciplinary measure, the Army transfers a heavy-handed Major to a ROTC academy where he must shape-up cadets and improve the school's overall ratings.

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The Mountain Men

A pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle liquor and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure.

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The Hawaiians

The intertwined lives of two kindred souls with ambition begins when Captain Whip Hoxworth discovers that Nyuk Tsin has been smuggled aboard as part of cargo on The Carthaginian, which he ... See full summary »

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The Last Hard Men

In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.

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Peer Gynt

Gynt, a complete opposite of a hero, is banished from his village for his (in)actions. He then travels the world with more or less the same result.

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Secret of the Incas

An adventurer searchers for hidden treasure in the Peruvian jungles.

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Diamond Head

In 1950s Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native even though he himself has secretly impregnated a native woman.

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The Pigeon That Took Rome

In 1944, two American spies, posing as priests, infiltrate German occupied Rome to relay information to HQ but can only communicate via pigeons due to the imposed radio silence.

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Mother Lode

A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish... See full summary »

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Antony and Cleopatra

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

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Bad for Each Other

A doctor returning from the Korean War to his hometown in Pennsylvania must choose what next to do with his life

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Arrowhead

Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.

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Airport 1975

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

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The Crucifer of Blood

When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the messenger company is a front for a drug ... See full summary »

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Pony Express

Buffalo Bill Cody (Charlton Heston) and Wild Bill Hickok (Forrest Tucker) clear the way for a mail route west to California.

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Gray Lady Down

A Navy captain (David Carradine) uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.

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Call of the Wild

The sled dog Buck helps a roughneck (Charlton Heston) and his partner to cover a lot of territory in Alaska.

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Two Minute Warning

A police captain (Charlton Heston) and a SWAT sergeant (John Cassavetes) try to stop a sniper perched above the scoreboard in a packed football stadium.

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The Wreck of the Mary Deare

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

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The Naked Jungle

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.

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Ruby Gentry

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

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The Greatest Show on Earth

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

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The Buccaneer

During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.

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Lucy Gallant

The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.

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The Far Horizons

After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.

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The Avenging Angel

Alexander is running a con game at a circus as a psychic. When he finds that he actually does possess psychic powers, he uses them for his own ends.

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Solar Crisis

A huge Solar flare is predicted to fry Earth. Astronauts must fly to the sun to drop a talking bomb (Freddy) at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else. Giant IXL Corp C.E.O. ... See full summary »

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Beneath the Planet of the Apes

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.

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Gideon

A mentally impaired newcomer (Christopher Lambert) enthusiastically encourages and inspires jaded residents of a retirement home.

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The Big Country

A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.

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In the Mouth of Madness

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

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Alaska

While searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.

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Almost an Angel

A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.

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Crossed Swords

Poor boy Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales exchange identities, but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

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Town & Country

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends ... See full summary »

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True Lies

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

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