List of the best George Kennedy movies: Creepshow 2(1987), Guns of the Magnificent Seven(1969), Chattanooga Choo Choo(1984), Death Ship(1980), The Terror Within(1989), Demonwarp(1988), Savage Dawn(1985), The Human Factor(1975), Uninvited(1987), Cool Hand Luke(1967), The Naked Gun(1988), Cahill, United States Marshal(1973) ... ...
Horror
USA
1987
89 Minutes
Ray Spruce
George Kennedy Lois Chiles Dorothy Lamour Tom Savini Domenick John Frank Sotonoma Salsedo Holt McCallany David Holbrook Page Hannah
elderly man wife teen boy teen girl socialite hitchhiker eerie gory arizona maine lake store road vengeance murder loyalty supernatural phenomenon accidental killing survival revenge
Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.
Western
USA
1969
106 Minutes
Chris
George Kennedy James Whitmore Monte Markham Bernie Casey Joe Don Baker Scott Thomas Reni Santoni Michael Ansara Wende Wagner Frank Silvera Fernando Rey
revolutionary mexican mercenary cowboy bandit expert confident thrilling mexico mexican-american border town prison gunfight capture trial recruiting oppression jailbreak rescue adventure
A Mexican revolutionary hires an American gunslinger to organize the rescue of their leader from a brutal Army prison.
Comedy
USA
1984
102 Minutes
Bert
Unscrupulous football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) will get one million dollars tax-free if he lives up to the terms of his recently deceased father-in-law's will. He has to restore the... See full summary »
Horror
UK|Canada
1980
91 Minutes
Captain Ashland
A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
Sci-Fi
USA
1989
86 Minutes
Hal
George Kennedy Andrew Stevens Starr Andreeff Terri Treas John Lafayette Tommy Hinkley Yvonne Saa Roren Sumner Joseph Hardin Al Guarino
beast scientist pregnant woman rape victim survivor bleak tense brutal underground shelter wasteland camp post-apocalypse rape chemical disaster abortion mutation survival metamorphosis escape rescue
When a chemical warfare leaves the world barren and filled with mutated monsters, a band of survivors in a underground complex battles one of the creatures who was able to break in.
Horror
USA
1988
91 Minutes
Bill Crafton
George Kennedy David Michael O'Neill Pamela Gilbert
A man and his daughter are attacked in the woods by what they believe is a Bigfoot-type creature. However, they soon begin to suspect that they may have stumbled onto a nest of aliens in a hidden spacecraft.
Action
1985
102 Minutes
Tick Rand
George Kennedy Karen Black Lance Henriksen Richard Lynch Claudia Udy William Forsythe
A war hero (Lance Henriksen) visits his weapons-expert buddy (George Kennedy) in a Western town at the mercy of a motorcycle gang.
Action
1975
95 Minutes
John Kinsdale
George Kennedy John Mills Raf Vallone Arthur Franz Rita Tushingham Frank Avianca Haydée Politoff Thomas Hunter Barry Sullivan Fiamma Verges Danny Houston
A NATO planner (George Kennedy) in Italy uses a computer to hunt the terrorists who have killed his family.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
1987
92 Minutes
Mike Harvey
George Kennedy Alex Cord Clu Gulager Toni Hudson Eric Larson Rob Estes Clare Carey Beau Dremann Shari Shattuck Michael Holden Austin Stoker
Spring-break teens and an escaped laboratory mutant cat board a yacht with a financier and his henchmen.
Drama
USA
1967
129 Minutes
Paul Newman George Kennedy J.D. Cannon Lou Antonio Robert Drivas Strother Martin Jo Van Fleet Wayne Rogers Anthony Zerbe Ralph Waite Harry Dean Stanton
prisoner warden guard police officer mother brash cool moving bleak amusing gritty florida prison farm hideout country road church cell prison rebellion escape
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Comedy, Action
USA
1988
85 Minutes
Captain Ed Hocken
Leslie Nielsen George Kennedy Priscilla Presley Ricardo Montalban O.J. Simpson Nancy Marchand Susan Beaubian Raye Birk
detective partner businessman assistant queen police officer campy hilarious frenetic playful los angeles police station baseball field police work heroism brainwashing assassination pursuit rescue love
Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Western
USA
1973
103 Minutes
Fraser
John Wayne George Kennedy Gary Grimes Neville Brand Marie Windsor Harry Carey Jr. Clay O'Brien Morgan Paull
lawman bank robber john wayne tense gutsy small town arrest robbery pursuit 1880s
A tough Marshal has a difficult task when his two sons join a gang and rob a bank.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1979
101 Minutes
Ernest Borgnine George Kennedy Elke Sommer Rod Browning Dion Pride Lisa Whelchel Jeff Nicholson Michael Hagerty Vincent Spano Greg Hodges
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuse to believe... See full summary »
Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1975
129 Minutes
Ben Bowman
Clint Eastwood George Kennedy Vonetta McGee Jack Cassidy Thayer David Heidi Bruhl Reiner Schöne Brenda Venus
assassin spy adventurer art expert professor suspenseful gripping swiss alps mountain secret life assassination mountain climbing espionage quest pursuit mystery adventure 1970s
Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Adventure
USA
1964
93 Minutes
Celia Kaye George Kennedy Larry Domasin Ann Daniel Carl Rogers Hal Jon Norman Martin Garralaga Alex Montoya Julie Payne
The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.
Western
USA
1969
91 Minutes
Robert Mitchum George Kennedy David Carradine Tina Louise Douglas Fowley Lois Nettleton Martin Balsam John Davis Chandler John Carradine Marie Windsor Dick Peabody
outlaw lawman marshal bandit mayor nemesis lighthearted amusing rousing new mexico small town train bank heist law enforcement retirement aging unlikely allies gunfight pursuit rivalry
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent, Marshal, and a younger, but vicious, gang leader.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|West Germany|Switzerland
1978
111 Minutes
Sophia Loren George Kennedy Max von Sydow John Cassavetes Robert Vaughn Patrick McGoohan Bruce Davison Edward Herrmann Ed Bishop Lee Montague
In 1945, General Patton sends Germany's confiscated gold reserves to Frankfurt, but the Army train is robbed by plotters who also hire a Swiss hitman to kill the General.
Comedy, Western
USA
1970
91 Minutes
Frank Sinatra George Kennedy Anne Jackson Lois Nettleton Jack Elam Michele Carey John Dehner Henry Jones Harry Carey Jr. Paul Fix Don "Red" Barry
traveler mayor outlaw american indian teacher soldier madcap intricate new mexico american west brothel army base small town uprising law and order robbery prostitution outsider rivalry pursuit
Dirty Dingus Magee and his old rival Hoke Birdsill take turns at being either lawman or outlaw and being rivals or partners in crime, depending of the circumstances.
South Korea
1990
110 Minutes
Sung-il Shin George Kennedy Seo-ra Kim Hak-jae Lee Reiko Ohshida
Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad, Iraq. When investigators catch up with ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1989
95 Minutes
Ned Beatty George Kennedy Apollonia Kotero Yaphet Kotto Robert Miano Joey Peters Daniel Radell Meg Register Maria Richwine John Schneider James Tolkan
A Minister's family is killed by Arab terrorists, and he takes revenge.
Drama
USA
1984
106 Minutes
Cotton
Bo Derek George Kennedy Andrea Occhipinti Ana Obregón Olivia d'Abo Greg Bensen
Set in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
98 Minutes
"Doc" Council
James Stewart George Kennedy Anne Baxter Strother Martin Kurt Russell William Windom Mike Kellin Katherine Cannon Morgan Paull Robert Donner David Huddleston
ex-convict banker prison guard criminal teacher prostitute offbeat thrilling engaging small town prison house saloon west virginia new life greed money role reversal rivalry discovery
An ex-convict (James Stewart) and his two partners try to cash their big check in a crooked banker's town.
Drama
1970
100 Minutes
Jim Brown George Kennedy Fredric March Lynn Carlin Don Stroud Janet MacLaughlin Richard Elkins Clifton James Robert Random Mills Watson Bernie Casey
A newly elected sheriff (Jim Brown) gets help from his predecessor (George Kennedy) and the mayor (Fredric March) in a racially torn Southern town.
Action
1990
100 Minutes
Elite combat experts (George Rivero, George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens) guard an exiled Middle Eastern leader and his family from a dictator's assassins.
Comedy, Kids & Family
1998
75 Minutes
Don Rickles George Kennedy Justin Cooper Brian Doyle Murray Carrot Top Betty White Dwier Brown Heidi Swedberg
precocious child mr. wilson con artist grandfather neighbor amusing madcap emotional united states grand canyon amusement park neighborhood family home scam old age birthdays revenge mother/son relationship growing up adventure
A devilish boy (Justin Cooper) introduces his grandfather (George Kennedy) to crotchety neighbor Mr. Wilson (Don Rickles) and thwarts two con men.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
114 Minutes
Red Leary
Clint Eastwood Jeff Bridges George Kennedy Geoffrey Lewis Catherine Bach Gary Busey Jack Dodson Vic Tayback Dub Taylor Bill McKinney
drifter bank robber associate pretty woman charming crafty engaging lighthearted motel montana school bank department store disguise bank heist double-cross car theft unlikely allies reconciliation adventure
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
116 Minutes
Det. Phil DiNatale
Tony Curtis Henry Fonda George Kennedy Mike Kellin Hurd Hatfield Murray Hamilton Jeff Corey Sally Kellerman William Marshall George Voskovec Leora Dana
murderer rapist police detective victim wife survivor brutal dark tense raw boston police station crime scene serial murders police work interrogation capture forced confession pursuit fall
A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.
Comedy
USA
1991
85 Minutes
Det. Captain Ed Hocken
Leslie Nielsen Priscilla Presley George Kennedy O.J. Simpson Robert Goulet Richard Griffiths Jacqueline Brookes Anthony James Lloyd Bochner Tim O'Connor Peter Mark Richman
george h.w. bush police detective boyfriend executive doctor ex-girlfriend amusing outlandish madcap quirky white house washington, d.c. police station schemes corporate greed nuclear energy ecology kidnapping investigation rivalry
Lieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy.
Comedy
USA
1994
82 Minutes
Captain Ed Hocken
Leslie Nielsen Priscilla Presley George Kennedy O.J. Simpson Fred Ward Kathleen Freeman Anna Nicole Smith Ellen Greene Ed Williams Randall Cobb
police detective wife terrorist movie star partner captain campy frenetic hilarious wild hollywood, calif. police station prison theater hollywood terrorism police work husband/wife relationship one last job oscars
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1968
104 Minutes
Sammy Ryderbeit
photographer model adventurer australian captain police officer lighthearted rousing south america jungle village mine desert diamonds chase betrayal stranded murder revolution pursuit
A South American fashion photo shoot turns into a diamond mine seeking adventure for an American photographer and his model.
Comedy, Western
USA
1968
102 Minutes
Arch Ogden
wife love interest rival rancher judge doctor cheeky witty melodramatic wyoming ranch town washington, d.c. accidental death range war women's rights sheep frontier life gender bias quest
A widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle, and organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1977
113 Minutes
Joe Patroni
Jack Lemmon Lee Grant George Kennedy Brenda Vaccaro James Stewart Joseph Cotten Olivia de Havilland Darren McGavin Christopher Lee Robert Foxworth Robert Hooks
girlfriend millionaire pilot hijacker flight attendant tense suspenseful amusing bermuda triangle hijacking rescue lost trapped plane crash heroism discovery escape 1970s
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
107 Minutes
Joe Patroni
Charlton Heston Karen Black George Kennedy Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Susan Clark Helen Reddy Linda Blair Dana Andrews Sid Caesar Myrna Loy Nancy Olson
pilot stewardess airline employee air traffic controller passenger boyfriend campy tense emotional thrilling airplane airport washington, d.c. los angeles cockpit plane crash flying disaster rescue communication
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.
Sci-Fi
USA
1988
96 Minutes
Sheriff Hanks
Wings Hauser Bo Hopkins George Kennedy Brion James Kimberly Beck Kimberly Ross Neal Wheeler David Christiansen Mark Haarman Jean St. James Tabi Cooper
Scientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.
Action
USA
1991
93 Minutes
Thomas
Brian Thompson Peter Rader Oliver Reed George Kennedy Jose Ferrer Jordana Capra Kendall Conrad Michelle Moffett Barbara Niven David Sawyer
A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary, and their job is to free ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1988
96 Minutes
Vincent Duplain
Joseph Bottoms Marla Heasley George Kennedy Marc Singer Antonio Sabato Robert Logan Dirk Blocker Michael McGrady LaGena Hart
race car driver inventor pit crew chief crew member rival sheriff brash gutsy gripping thrilling charlotte, n.c. racetrack car nascar kidnapping inventions big race theft romance rivalry
A race-car driver falls in love with a beautiful Italian automobile engineer who is travelling the NASCAR circuit to sell her controversial engine technology.
Western
USA
2005
100 Minutes
Ed Fiske
Mike Moroff Chris Gann George Kennedy Peter Brown John Dixon June Wilkinson Don Mack Megan McNally
Three outlaws on their way across state lines after a bank robbery, decide to fufill a dying man's wish. Save his wife from notorious outlaw Dutch Henry. A wish that might get them killed.
Crime, Drama
1978
108 Minutes
Captain Omar Kinsman
Gregg Henry Kay Lenz George Kennedy Scatman Crothers Tina Louise Felton Perry Gregory Sierra James Wainwright William Windom John Daniels Marc Alaimo
A country singer (Gregg Henry) gets five years in a work farm run by a guard (George Kennedy) with a killer Doberman pinscher.
Comedy
1981
84 Minutes
Mr. Doctor Graves
Joe Don Baker Stella Stevens George Kennedy Julia Duffy Scott McGinnis Elizabeth Daily Michele Tobin Andrew Dice Clay
High-school students and a policeman (Joe Don Baker) await Halloween and the so-called Lawn Mower Killer.
Western
USA
1968
106 Minutes
Sheriff July Johnson
James Stewart Dean Martin Raquel Welch George Kennedy Andrew Prine Will Geer Clint Ritchie Denver Pyle Tom Heaton Rudy Diaz Sean McClory
bandit sheriff woman rancher mexican amusing wild thrilling american southwest ranch town abandoned building desert bank love lawlessness regret escape forbidden love rivalry
Mace Bishop (James Stewart) masquerades as a hangman in order to save his outlaw brother, Dee (Dean Martin), from the gallows, runs to Mexico chased by Sheriff July Johnson's (George Kennedy's) posse and fights against Mexican bandits.
Action
USA
1980
101 Minutes
Big Lew Cassidy
Lee Majors Jennifer O'Neill Art Carney George Kennedy Harris Yulin Redmond Gleeson Terry Kiser Richard Lynch Ben Marley Roger E. Mosley Albert Salmi
The construction of a steel skyscraper becomes a race against time and challenges the sanity of a building foreman and his crew.
Musical
USA
1973
143 Minutes
Sam Cornelius
Peter Finch Liv Ullmann Sally Kellerman George Kennedy Michael York Olivia Hussey Bobby Van James Shigeta Charles Boyer John Gielgud Larry Duran
writer diplomat brother spiritual leader fascinating incredible creative dreamy striking shangri-la himalayas valley accident deception paradise plane crash discovery adventure rescue quest
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
Comedy
USA
1969
106 Minutes
Axel P. Johanson
Beau Bridges Melina Mercouri Brian Keith George Kennedy Hume Cronyn Margot Kidder Roy Poole Melodie Johnson
runaway madam prostitute editor friend reporter amusing endearing inspiring spirited chicago brothel newsroom small town coming of age unlikely allies friendship politics corruption journalism
To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil ... See full summary »
Comedy
1991
88 Minutes
John McCready
Thomas Gottschalk Billy Dee Williams Michelle Johnson George Kennedy Milton Berle Richard Moll Steve Kanaly James Tolkan Dom DeLuise
inventor industrialist ex-convict hotel desk clerk corrupt businessman parking lot attendant amusing madcap playful endearing east berlin garage los angeles car convention hotel outsider inventions car theft corporate greed culture clash
Crooks in Los Angeles steal an East German inventor's (Thomas Gottschalk) modified two-stroke car fueled by turnip juice.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
114 Minutes
Herman Scobie
Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn Walter Matthau James Coburn George Kennedy Ned Glass Jacques Marin Paul Bonifas Dominique Minot Thomas Chelimsky
widow boyfriend thief police officer cool suspenseful charming paris french alps ski resort office hideout street crime heist investigation money world war ii mystery pursuit
Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1979
123 Minutes
Capt. Joe Patroni
Alain Delon Susan Blakely Robert Wagner Sylvia Kristel George Kennedy Eddie Albert Bibi Andersson Charo John Davidson Andrea Marcovicci Martha Raye
journalist pilot scientist stewardess gymnast married man rousing spectacular suspenseful airport airplane paris hotel room hot tub cockpit illegal arms sabotage aviation journalism bombing
A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.
Drama
1996
97 Minutes
Carter McKay
Larry Hagman Patrick Duffy Linda Gray Ken Kercheval George Kennedy Omri Katz Audrey Landers Chris Demetral Tracy Scoggins Rosalind Allen Deborah Kellner
The scheming ex-oilman (Larry Hagman) comes back to Dallas to reclaim Ewing Oil from longtime nemesis Cliff Barnes.
Sci-Fi
USA
1990
85 Minutes
Vance
Bill Pullman Bill Paxton Bud Cort Nicholas Pryor Patricia Charbonneau George Kennedy
In a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.
Action
USA
1991
91 Minutes
Warden E. Barles
Brad Davis Kim Delaney Jan-Michael Vincent Ken Foree Lee de Broux George Kennedy James Tolkan Yaphet Kotto Blake Conway Lyle Alzado Lou Ferrigno
national guardsman colonel criminal hostage wife sheriff gritty spectacular wild mexico small town new mexico prison hostage situation prison break secret mission kidnapping showdown crime spree rescue
A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1967
149 Minutes
Maj. Max Armbruster
Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Charles Bronson Jim Brown John Cassavetes Richard Jaeckel George Kennedy Trini Lopez Ralph Meeker Robert Ryan Telly Savalas
colonel prisoner murderer nazi rapist major brash spirited gory england france revenge world war ii special ops retribution adventure revenge pursuit 1940s
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.