List of the best Sal Mineo movies: Tonka(1958), The Gene Krupa Story(1959), Escape From Zahrain(1962), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Crime in the Streets(1956), The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones(1966), The Private War of Major Benson(1955), Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956), Six Bridges to Cross(1955), Exodus(1960), Escape From the Planet of the Apes(1971), Krakatoa, East of Java(1969) ... ...
Western
USA
1958
97 Minutes
White Bull
Sal Mineo Philip Carey Jerome Courtland Rafael Campos H. M. Wynant Joy Page Britt Lomond Herbert Rudley Sydney Smith John War Eagle Gregg Martell
The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
Biography
1959
101 Minutes
drummer jazz musician girlfriend parent priest friend touching melodramatic emotional uplifting chicago new york city club stage party gene krupa music jazz father/son relationship rise to stardom
The jazz drummer (Sal Mineo) alienates his girlfriend (Susan Kohner) and his buddy (James Darren), goes to jail and makes a comeback.
Action
USA
1962
93 Minutes
Yul Brynner Sal Mineo Jack Warden Madlyn Rhue Anthony Caruso Jay Novello Leonard Strong James Mason Vladimir Sokoloff
freedom fighter rebel prisoner suspenseful tense middle east desert on the run resistance assassination attempt prison break unlikely allies escape pursuit 1960s
A hunted revolutionary leads a rag tag group of individuals through the desert in an attempt to elude the security forces and escape the fictitious Arab country of Zahrain.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
John "Plato" Crawford
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
91 Minutes
Angelo "Baby" Gioia
John Cassavetes James Whitmore Sal Mineo Mark Rydell Denise Alexander Malcolm Atterbury Peter Votrian Virginia Gregg Ray Stricklyn Daniel Terranova Will Kuluva
Social worker tries to befriend local slum gang.
Western
Mexico
1966
100 Minutes
Bobby Jack Wilkes
Robert Horton Diane Baker Sal Mineo Nehemiah Persoff Gary Merrill Robert H. Harris Lonny Chapman Royal Dano Zalman King Harry Dean Stanton Val Avery
El Santo is chased throughout 4 centuries by a mysterious masked man called El Encapuchado Negro.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1955
105 Minutes
Cadet Col. Sylvester Dusik
Charlton Heston Julie Adams William Demarest Tim Considine Sal Mineo Nana Bryant Kay Stewart Mary Field Tim Hovey Donald Keeler Don Haggerty
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.
Biography
1956
113 Minutes
Romolo
Paul Newman Pier Angeli Everett Sloane Eileen Heckart Sal Mineo Harold J. Stone Joseph Buloff Sammy White Arch Johnson Robert Lieb Theodore Newton
boxer trainer young woman mother inmate father brooding tense passionate new york city jail boxing ring lower east side street army base boxing rebellion training blackmail prison life
A youth turns his rebellious nature into a successful ring career in this fact-based portrait of boxer Rocky Graziano.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Jerry as a boy
Tony Curtis Julie Adams George Nader Jay C. Flippen Kendall Clark Sal Mineo Jan Merlin Richard Castle Bill Murphy Kenny Roberts
delinquent police officer gang member wife girlfriend henchman gripping gutsy moving boston market courtroom police station jail warehouse father figure friendship crime trust investigation
The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
Drama, History
USA
1960
207 Minutes
Dov Landau
Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson Peter Lawford Lee J. Cobb Sal Mineo John Derek Hugh Griffith Gregory Ratoff Felix Aylmer David Opatoshu
soldier nurse refugee young girl emotional gripping passionate israel ship cyprus palestine war holocaust journey redemption quest escape rescue 1940s
The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Sci-Fi
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Dr. Milo
Roddy McDowall Kim Hunter Bradford Dillman Natalie Trundy Eric Braeden William Windom Sal Mineo Albert Salmi Jason Evers John Randolph Harry Lauter
apes scientist astronaut dark suspenseful los angeles prison ship animal cruelty scientific experiments husband/wife relationship murder pregnancy escape 1970s
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Adventure
USA
1969
101 Minutes
Leoncavallo Borghese
Maximilian Schell Diane Baker Brian Keith Barbara Werle John Leyton Rossano Brazzi Sal Mineo Katherine Cannon Jacqui Chan Marc Lawrence Geoffrey Holder
captain boat captain ship captain adventurer man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping sea ship volcano eruptions danger fear difficult decision treasure adventure discovery escape
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
Drama
USA
1956
201 Minutes
Angel Obregon II
Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean Carroll Baker Jane Withers Chill Wills Mercedes McCambridge Dennis Hopper Sal Mineo Rod Taylor Earl Holliman
rancher wife wealthy man emotional passionate texas ranch competition family wealth oil business class distinctions rivalry forbidden love rise fall 1950s
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
War, Drama, History
USA
1962
180 Minutes
Andrew Marton John Wayne Robert Mitchum Henry Fonda Rod Steiger Robert Ryan Peter Lawford Richard Burton Richard Beymer Jeffrey Hunter
soldiers sailor general parachutist powerful rousing patriotic spectacular france germany england world war ii adolf hitler armed conflict d-day quest sacrifice rivalry 1940s
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.