List of the best Lee Van Cleef movies: Sabata(1970), Barquero(1970), The Magnificent Seven Ride!(1972), The Perfect Killer(1977), Bad Man's River(1971), Commandos(1968), The Return of Sabata(1971), Escape From Death Row(1976), The Stranger and the Gunfighter(1976), The Grand Duel(1972), The Big Gundown(1966), Death Rides a Horse(1969) ... ...
Western
Italy
1970
106 Minutes
Sabata
Lee Van Cleef William Berger Ignazio Spalla Linda Veras Franco Ressel Aldo Canti Anthony Gradwell Robert Hundar
outlaw bounty hunter partner thief bandit friend cool wild thrilling crafty saloon wild west texas robbery bank heist double-cross old west crime pursuit quest
A master gunfighter teams up with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the town leaders of Daugherty, Texas, who want to steal $100,000 from their own bank to buy land that the approaching railroad will cross.
Western
USA
1970
118 Minutes
Lee Van Cleef Warren Oates Forrest Tucker Kerwin Mathews Mariette Hartley Marie Gomez Armando Silvestre John Davis Chandler Craig Littler Ed Bakey Richard Lapp
mercenary mountain man ferryman wife townsperson gritty raw border town river raft robbery escape route stand-off blackmail shoot-out rivalry 1880s
At a river crossing, a stand-off between a gang of outlaws and local townsfolk ensues when the ferry barge operator refuses to ferry the gang across the river.
Western
USA
1972
100 Minutes
Lee Van Cleef Stefanie Powers Mariette Hartley Michael Callan Luke Askew Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Bill Lucking James Sikking Ed Lauter Allyn Ann McLerie Ralph Waite
marshal bounty hunter bandit wife prisoner journalist gritty raw striking arizona territory magdalena, mexico small town prison mission retribution settling down frontier justice kidnapping reform gunfight
Forced by personal circumstances, Marshal Chris Adams recruits a writer and five prisoners to help him eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits.
Crime, Drama
Italy|Spain
1977
93 Minutes
Harry Chapman
Lee Van Cleef Tita Barker John Ireland Alberto Dell'Acqua
A hitman is allowed out of prison on the condition he continues killing for an organization, but he also becomes the target of a treacherous woman.
Western
Italy|France|Spain
1971
90 Minutes
Roy King
Lee Van Cleef James Mason Gina Lollobrigida Simón Andreu Diana Lorys John Garko Aldo Sanbrell Jess Hahn Daniel Martin Luis Rivera Louis Ferk
bank robber wife soldier revolutionary femme fatale campy suspenseful lighthearted frenetic wild west small town river bar mexico heist deception seduction gunfight quest pursuit
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
Adventure
1968
89 Minutes
MSgt. Sullivan
Lee Van Cleef Jack Kelly Giampiero Albertini Marino Mase Pier Paolo Capponi Duilio Del Prete Götz George Ivano Staccioli Marilù Tolo Joachim Fuchsberger Heinz Reincke
Two Americans (Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly) lead Italian commandos on a World War II mission to secure a North African oasis.
Western
1971
106 Minutes
Sabata
Lee Van Cleef Reiner Schöne Annabella Incontrera Giampiero Albertini Gianni Rizzo Jacqueline Alexandre Ignazio Spalla Aldo Canti Steffen Zacharias
sharpshooter acrobat mayor saloon girl circus performer townsperson gritty wild amusing frontier small town bank circus texas desert vengeance bank heist fake identity counterfeit money circus life
A former Confederate officer puts the squeeze on the swindler who bilked him out of thousands of dollars.
Action
1976
85 Minutes
Frankie Diomede
Lee Van Cleef Tony Lo Bianco Edwige Fenech Jean Rochefort Fausto Tozzi Mario Erpichini Jess Hahn Aldo Lastretti
Western
1976
107 Minutes
Dakota
Lee Van Cleef Leih Lo Patty Shepard Femi Benussi Karen Yeh Julián Ugarte Erika Blanc
An Old West gunslinger (Lee Van Cleef) and a Far East kung-fu fighter (Leih Lo) seek four women with map-clue tattoos.
Western
1972
92 Minutes
Sheriff Clayton
Lee Van Cleef Peter O'Brien Marc Mazza Jess Hahn Horst Frank Klaus Grunberg
Western
1966
91 Minutes
Jonathan "Colorado" Corbett
Lee Van Cleef Tomas Milian Walter Barnes Nieves Navarro Gerard Herter Maria Granada Roberto Camardiel Ángel del Pozo
murder victim bad guy bounty hunter murderer cowboy local thrilling intense suspenseful cheeky small town united states canyon mexico saloon desert showdown manhunt determination murder
Lawman John Corbett (Lee Van Cleef) searches the U.S.-Mexico border for a Mexican peasant (Tomas Milian) accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
Western
Italy|France
1969
115 Minutes
John Phillip Law Lee Van Cleef Luigi Pistilli Mario Brega Anthony Dawson José Torres Franco Balducci Guglielmo Spoletini
vigilante gunslinger bandit sheriff father ex-convict raw tense thrilling wild west town prison vigilantism murder betrayal robbery violence manhunt revenge pursuit
A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1970
102 Minutes
Jaroo
Jim Brown Lee Van Cleef Patrick O'Neal Mariana Hill Iron Eyes Cody Imogen Hassall Elisha Cook Jr. Gustavo Rojo Florencio Amarilla Julio Peña Emilio Del Pozo
fugitive prospector native american chief military officer beautiful woman amusing engaging thrilling mexico fort wilderness unlikely allies heist treasure hunting romance prison break adventure quest 19th century
The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.
Western
Italy|Spain|USA
1975
109 Minutes
Kiefer
Jim Brown Lee Van Cleef Fred Williamson Catherine Spaak Jim Kelly Barry Sullivan Dana Andrews Harry Carey Jr. Robert Donner Charles McGregor
cowboy gambler bounty hunter scout prostitute sheriff thrilling gritty wild west mexico ranch abandoned mine gold corruption journey trust teamwork quest escape 19th century
After selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.
Action
1988
84 Minutes
Col. Mazzarini
Lewis Collins Lee Van Cleef Donald Pleasence Manfred Lehmann Brett Halsey Chat Silayan Hans Leutenegger Christian Brückner
A group of elite mercenaries (Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef) is sent to South Asia to retrieve and protect a disk of highly sensitive information.
Western
1965
132 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef Gian Maria Volonte Josef Egger Mara Krup Rosemarie Dexter Klaus Kinski Mario Brega
bounty hunter rival colonel outlaw woman adult gritty intense emotional wild west texas new mexico train saloon bank teamwork crime murder betrayal partnership
A man with no name (Clint Eastwood) and a man with a mission (Lee Van Cleef) hunt a Mexican bandit (Gian Maria Volonte) for different reasons.
Western
Italy|Spain|West Germany|USA
1967
161 Minutes
Sentenza
Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach Lee Van Cleef Aldo Giuffré Chelo Alonso Mario Brega Luigi Pistilli Rada Rassimov
stranger bandit criminal killer union soldier bounty hunter amusing brutal gritty tense bleak gripping desert jail small town abandoned town southwest u.s. prison camp greed theft
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Western
USA
1957
76 Minutes
Shad Donaphin
Jim Davis Arleen Whelan Lee Van Cleef Carl Smith Harry Lauter Marty Robbins Douglas Fowley Louis Jean Heydt
gunslinger marshal cattle baron son pretty woman brooding engaging wild west small town restaurant fake identity showdown law enforcement corruption redemption rivalry transformation 19th century
A pseudo-marshal, a local doctor and the town sheriff must join forces to battle a greedy cattle-baron whose herd, locally sold, is contaminated with a contagious disease.
Sci-Fi
USA
1956
68 Minutes
Dr. Tom Anderson
Peter Graves Beverly Garland Lee Van Cleef Sally Fraser Charles B. Griffith Russ Bender Jonathan Haze Dick Miller Karen Kadler Paul Blaisdell
A well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and emotions - but only death and sorrow results.
Adventure
USA|South Africa
1991
99 Minutes
Sergio Danielo Christophero
Michael Nouri Shawn Weatherly Lee Van Cleef Nadia Bilchik Tony Caprari Nobby Clark Michael Fisher Craig Gardner Kenneth Hendel John Hussey Charles Kinsman
In this action-packed romantic adventure story, a beautiful woman must perform feats of bravery in order to inherit a $28 million fortune and win the man she loves. Lots of stunts featuring... See full summary »
Action
1984
95 Minutes
Maitre Julot
Jorge Rivero Margaux Hemingway Lee Van Cleef Willie Aames Richard Jaeckel Ana Obregón Hugo Stiglitz Lilia del Valle
Crime, Drama
1959
70 Minutes
Mike Bennett
Mamie Van Doren Gerald Mohr Lee Van Cleef Grant Richards Elaine Edwards John Baer Carlo Fiore Paul Fix W. Beal Wong
A Las Vegas singer (Mamie Van Doren) plans an armored-car robbery with her husband's (Lee Van Cleef) ex-cellmate (Gerald Mohr).
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1981
100 Minutes
Bob Hauk
Kurt Russell Ernest Borgnine Adrienne Barbeau Lee Van Cleef Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley Harry Dean Stanton Tom Atkins Charles Cyphers
mercenary president prisoners bleak thrilling new york city prison cold war terrorism hostages rescue nuclear safety rescue escape 20th century
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
Drama
USA
1954
72 Minutes
Hank
Donna Corcoran Ward Bond Frances Dee Lee Van Cleef Larry Keating Bobby Hyatt Nacho Galindo Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. Bobby Dominguez Joe Dominguez Jester Hairston
A beautiful spirited horse is so devoted to his young mistress that he undertakes an incredible 500-mile journey over treacherous terrain to be reunited with her.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Tony Romano
John Payne Coleen Gray Preston Foster Neville Brand Lee Van Cleef Jack Elam
bank robber ex-convict police officers daughter suspenseful crafty brooding kansas city, mo. mexico bank framed death heist love interest pursuit revenge love 1950s
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Western
USA
1957
93 Minutes
Ed McGaffey
Henry Fonda Anthony Perkins Betsy Palmer Neville Brand Lee Van Cleef John McIntire Michel Ray Mary Webster Peter Baldwin Richard Shannon
gunslinger bounty hunter sheriff doctor engaging spirited wild west small town law enforcement mentorship aspirations redemption training underdog transformation 19th century
A cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.
Western
USA
1959
73 Minutes
Frank
Randolph Scott Karen Steele Pernell Roberts James Best Lee Van Cleef James Coburn
bounty hunter killer brother widow outlaw native american dark tense profound fort california american southwest sierra nevada mountains wild west betrayal retribution old west cowboys bounty discovery
A bounty hunter escorts a killer to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.
Western
USA
1957
72 Minutes
Sgt. Damon Pardee
Jim Davis Arleen Whelan Faron Young Marty Robbins Lee Van Cleef Louis Jean Heydt Harry Lauter Douglas Fowley Larry Dobkin Bill Coontz Don Diamond
father judge settler wife sergeant captain brash thrilling spirited southern california house courtroom small town wild west land grab frontier life military justice law and order old west
At the end of the Mexican-American War, a crooked U.S. Cavalry Captain and his men force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands and large hacienda over to the Captain.
Western
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Pvt. Reno Benton
Philip Carey Roberta Haynes Wallace Ford Maurice Jara Lee Van Cleef Regis Toomey Richard Webb Jay Silverheels Pat Hogan
scout native american colonel prisoner soldier ex-girlfriend suspenseful spectacular nebraska fort way station jail wrongfully accused jailbreak love triangle ambush trial pursuit escape 1860s
Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Fante
Cornel Wilde Richard Conte Brian Donlevy Jean Wallace Robert Middleton Lee Van Cleef Earl Holliman Helen Walker Jay Adler John Hoyt Ted de Corsia
A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.
Western
USA
1957
122 Minutes
Ed Bailey
Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas Rhonda Fleming Jo Van Fleet John Ireland Lee Van Cleef Frank Faylen Kenneth Tobey DeForest Kelley Earl Holliman Dennis Hopper
lawman gunslinger sheriff thief criminal love interest intense brooding thrilling tombstone, ariz. o.k. corral gambling house family home wild west showdown justice unusual friendship o.k. corral rivalry quest
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Western
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Clanton
Ray Milland Mary Murphy Ward Bond Raymond Burr Arthur Space Lee Van Cleef Alan Hale Jr. Douglas Spencer Thomas B. Henry Grandon Rhodes Martin Garralaga
gunslinger deputy sheriff daughter robber townsperson engaging tense small town wild west desert family home saloon murder robbery mistaken identity injustice pursuit quest 19th century
A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.
Western
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Fire Knife
Rory Calhoun Peggie Castle Noah Beery Jr. Warner Anderson Peter Graves Lee Van Cleef Rita Moreno Walter Reed Dan Riss Adam Williams Ned Glass
major cavalryman fiancée tribal leader cheyenne warrior native american brutal tense disheartening melodramatic wyoming territory fort plains battlefield american west frontier massacre american indian wars cross-cultural relations friendship
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Corp. Stone
Paul Hubschmid Paula Raymond Cecil Kellaway Kenneth Tobey Donald Woods Jack Pennick Lee Van Cleef Steve Brodie Ross Elliot Ray Hyke Mary Hill
professor researcher doctor scientist corporal colonel campy outlandish spectacular thrilling arctic canada maine massachusetts new york city coney island nuclear weapons testing dinosaurs uncontrollable experiment radiation
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Western
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Tillotson Henchman
Sterling Hayden Coleen Gray Keith Larsen Tom Tully Jimmy Wakely Tudor Owen Lee Van Cleef John Pickard
deserter army officer leader melodramatic thrilling suspenseful wild west united states stolen identity desertion leadership battle soldiers native americans adventure pursuit 1950s
A cavalry deserter risks his life to warn and protect a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.
Drama
USA
1958
167 Minutes
1st Sgt. Rickett
Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximilian Schell May Britt Lee Van Cleef
ski instructor singer nazi socialite clerk brooding uneasy sad boot camp paris africa london concentration camp battlefield world war ii anti-semitism horrors of war rivalry transformation 1940s
WW2 drama that follows the lives of three young men, one German and two Americans, during wartime.
Western
USA
1955
71 Minutes
Frank Emmett
Zachary Scott Carole Mathews Barton MacLane Dick Foran Lola Albright Gordon Jones Raymond Hatton Lee Van Cleef Charles Fredericks
rancher foreman businessman gunslinger marshal beautiful woman tense gritty rousing fiery arizona valley ghost town saloon ranch land wars set-up hired killers betrayal peace
Unscrupulous ranchers feud among themselves for control of the valley but a newcomer owns the water rights to the sole water source, without which grazing lands are useless.
Western
1957
87 Minutes
Faro
Jack Palance Anthony Perkins Neville Brand Elaine Aiken Claude Akins Robert Middleton Elisha Cook Jr. Lee Van Cleef Harry Shannon James Bell Adam Williams
A gunfighter (Jack Palance) turns rancher at the mercy of a son (Anthony Perkins) who hates him and a gambler (Neville Brand) who wants to kill him.
Western
1953
83 Minutes
Smitty
Gig Young Jean Hagen Polly Bergen Harry Morgan Barbara Lawrence Robert Horton Lee Aaker Lee Van Cleef Marilee Phelps Jim Hayward George Wallace
rodeo rider wife mistress friend son intense suspenseful melodramatic rousing tucson, ariz. rodeo rodeo fame divorce work vs. family dangerous job sports transformation sacrifice 1950s
Left by his wife (Polly Bergen), a vain rodeo star (Gig Young) picks up a floozy (Jean Hagen) and rides a bad Brahman bull.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Jack Colby
Gary Cooper Grace Kelly Katy Jurado Thomas Mitchell Lloyd Bridges Otto Kruger Lon Chaney Harry Morgan Lee Van Cleef Robert Wilke Sheb Wooley
marshal wife criminal brother storekeeper deputy brooding gripping new mexico small town showdown justice pacifism quest revenge 19th century
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Western
USA
1953
83 Minutes
Dirk Hanley
Rock Hudson Julie Adams John McIntire Hugh O'Brian Michael Ansara Dennis Weaver Mary Castle Forrest Lewis Lee Van Cleef Tom Fadden William Pullen
gunslinger preacher uncle dance hall girl son gambler emotional melodramatic texas small town family home gunfight redemption murder gambling father/son relationship family transformation rise 19th century
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Western
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Alfonso Parral
Gregory Peck Joan Collins Stephen Boyd Albert Salmi Henry Silva Kathleen Gallant Barry Coe George Voskovec Herbert Rudley Lee Van Cleef Ada Carrasco
cowboy outlaw ex-girlfriend daughter young woman gritty tense suspenseful wild west new mexico small town ranch prairie kidnapping chase rape murder mission revenge discovery
A man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.
Western
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Dave Chittun
Joseph Cotten Shelley Winters Scott Brady Suzan Ball Minor Watson Katherine Emery Antonio Moreno Douglas Spencer John Alexander Lee Van Cleef Richard Garland
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
Adventure
USA
1956
111 Minutes
Chepei
John Wayne Susan Hayward Pedro Armendáriz Agnes Moorehead Thomas Gomez John Hoyt William Conrad Ted de Corsia Leslie Bradley Lee Van Cleef Peter Mamakos
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
90 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lori Nelson Jeff Morrow Jackie Loughery John Baragrey Agnes Moorehead Lon Chaney Milton Frome Richard Nugent Lee Van Cleef
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Western
USA
1958
81 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Joan Weldon John Ericson Robert Middleton Marie Windsor Edgar Buchanan Eduard Franz Skip Homeier Peggy Converse Robert Foulk Ann Doran
father cousin judge killer son sheriff suspenseful rousing melodramatic town ranch wild west jail gallows death sentence justice intimidation corruption family rivalry
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
Western
1956
95 Minutes
James Cagney Don Dubbins Irene Papas Stephen McNally Vic Morrow James Griffith Onslow Stevens James Bell Jeanette Nolan Chubby Johnson Royal Dano
rancher cowboy wife thief dark gripping melodramatic united states ranch valley vigilantism farming love triangle theft horses revenge wretched excess transformation 1870s
An Easterner (Don Dubbins) goes to work for a Colorado rancher (James Cagney) who keeps law and order with a rope.