List of the best Stanley Baker movies: Zulu(1964), Hell Drivers(1957), The Last Grenade(1970), Hell Is a City(1960), Robbery(1967), Violent Playground(1958), The Butterfly Affair(1971), The Man Who Finally Died(1963), Sea Fury(1958), Innocent Bystanders(1973), The Concrete Jungle(1960), The Girl With a Pistol(1968) ... ...
War, Drama, History
UK
1964
135 Minutes
Producer
Stanley Baker Jack Hawkins Ulla Jacobsson Michael Caine Nigel Green James Booth Ivor Emmanuel Paul Daneman Glynn Edwards Neil McCarthy
military officer soldier missionary daughter enemy melodramatic powerful rousing battlefield south africa mission anglo-zulu war horrors of war imperialism quest sacrifice 1870s
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Drama
UK
1957
91 Minutes
Tom Yately
Stanley Baker Herbert Lom Peggy Cummins Patrick McGoohan Jill Ireland Gordon Jackson David McCallum Sean Connery
ex-convict truck driver foreman secretary friend gritty raw intense england construction site country road truck office corruption dangerous job moral dilemma truck driving crime discovery rivalry
A rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.
Action
USA
1970
94 Minutes
Maj. Harry Grigsby
Stanley Baker Alex Cord Honor Blackman Richard Attenborough Rafer Johnson Andrew Keir
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1967
114 Minutes
Stanley Baker Joanna Pettet James Booth Frank Finlay Barry Foster William Marlowe Clinton Greyn George Sewell
mastermind thief wife convict inspector fascinating thrilling intricate wild london glasgow, scotland scotland yard train field train robbery schemes jailbreak teamwork investigation pursuit
A group of British criminals plans the robbery of the Royal Mail train on the Glasgow-London route.
Drama
UK
1958
108 Minutes
Det. Sgt, Jack Truman
police officer gang member sister sibling priest twin gritty tense brooding shocking liverpool, england family home school juvenile crime arson unlikely romance family feud investigation mental breakdown pursuit
Struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1971
100 Minutes
Inspector Silva
Stanley Baker Claudia Cardinale Henri Charrière Georges Aminel Joachim Hansen Marc Mazza Mayra Chardiet Cesar Ascanio
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Joe Newman
Stanley Baker Peter Cushing Mai Zetterling Eric Portman Niall MacGinnis Nigel Green Barbara Everest Harold Scott
father son immigrant brooding tense somber dark bavaria hometown iron curtain cover-up escape mystery underdog 1960s
A mysterious call summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in search of the father he believed dead for 20 years.
Adventure
UK
1958
97 Minutes
Stanley Baker Victor McLaglen Luciana Paluzzi Gregoire Aslan Francis De Wolff David Oxley George Murcell Percy Herbert Rupert Davies Robert Shaw Roger Delgado
Off the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Spain|Turkey
1973
111 Minutes
John Craig
Stanley Baker Geraldine Chaplin Donald Pleasence Dana Andrews Sue Lloyd Derren Nesbitt Vladek Sheybal Warren Mitchell
bystander british intelligence agent cia agent scientist thrilling dark turkey london big city hotel hidden agenda dangerous job espionage hostage situation secret mission risk pursuit 1970s
Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.
Crime, Drama
1960
97 Minutes
Stanley Baker Sam Wanamaker Margit Saad Gregoire Aslan Jill Bennett Laurence Naismith Edward Judd Patrick Magee
criminal mastermind gang member traitor ex-convict girlfriend bleak engaging gripping intense suspenseful prison crime scene city robbery imprisonment torture kidnapping blackmail money
The mastermind (Stanley Baker) of a racetrack robbery escapes from prison to the loot and is double-crossed by his gang.
Comedy
Italy
1968
100 Minutes
Monica Vitti Stanley Baker Carlo Giuffré Corin Redgrave Anthony Booth Catherine Feller Helen Downing Dominic Allan
A Sicilian woman, "dishonored" by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.
Romance
France|USA
1963
106 Minutes
artist frenchman journalist father student brooding melodramatic paris bar apartment hotel unrequited love painting father/daughter relationship self-discovery regret socialites growing up temptation 1960s
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.
Comedy
UK
1970
94 Minutes
Ursula Andress Stanley Baker David Warner Patience Collier T.P. McKenna David Waller Joan Benham Julian Orchard Trisha Mortimer Ann Tirard Hugh Halliday
bank employee aristocrat wife witty intricate suspenseful london bank love triangle bank heist double-cross temptation underdog love 1970s
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1959
88 Minutes
Richard Attenborough Stanley Baker Hermione Baddeley Bernard Braden Diane Cilento Barbara Kelly David Kossoff Virginia Maskell Harry Secombe Elizabeth Sellars Sybil Thorndike
father scientist killer passenger hijacker intense thrilling tense suspenseful airplane airport revenge hit and run hijacking revenge pursuit 1950s
Sir Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, ... See full summary »
Drama
1967
105 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Stanley Baker Jacqueline Sassard Delphine Seyrig Alexander Knox Michael York Vivien Merchant Harold Pinter Freddie Jones
professor student fiancée beautiful woman somber emotional england oxford university road academia romance jealousy car accident midlife crisis infidelity temptation fall 1960s
A married Oxford don (Dirk Bogarde) lusts for a student (Jacqueline Sassard) amid academic high jinks and tragedy.
Drama
1962
100 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Stanley Baker Virna Lisi James Villiers Riccardo Garrone Nona Medici Lisa Gastoni
femme fatale welshman writer fiancée beautiful woman lover dark emotional sultry venice, italy rome city apartment house self-destruction infidelity obsession marriage unrequited love love triangle
Adventure
1975
125 Minutes
Alain Delon Stanley Baker Ottavia Piccolo Enzo Cerusico Moustache Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Giampiero Albertini Marino Mase Rajka Jurcec Adriana Asti
zorro governor colonel peasant monk woman spectacular suspenseful playful thrilling south america village church leadership corruption secret identity heroism political repression courtship rescue
The masked avenger (Alain Delon) protects the oppressed from a government tyrant (Stanley Baker) in old California.
Drama, War
1956
81 Minutes
Cpl. Ryker
George Baker Stanley Baker Harry Andrews Ronald Lewis Stephen Boyd Victor Maddern Robert Shaw Michael Medwin Michael Caine Percy Herbert
soldier military officer radio operator enemy villager gritty intense south korea countryside village mountain country road korean war horrors of war survival pursuit transformation 1950s
A British lieutenant (George Baker), sergeant (Harry Andrews) and corporal (Stanley Baker) lead a patrol into enemy territory.
Mystery & Thriller
1959
95 Minutes
Inspector Morgan
Hardy Kruger Stanley Baker Micheline Presle Robert Flemyng Gordon Jackson John Van Eyssen Jack MacGowran George Roubicek Redmond Phillips
painter art teacher lover frenchwoman inspector wrongly accused tense suspenseful engaging gripping intense melodramatic england wrongfully accused deception suspicion new love frame-up infidelity discovery
An artist (Hardy Kruger) accused of murdering his lover finds she was the mistress of a high-ranking diplomat.
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
119 Minutes
Producer
Stuart Whitman Susannah York Stanley Baker Harry Andrews Theodore Bikel Nigel Davenport Barry Lowe
engineer divorcée pilot german leader survivor wild suspenseful shocking south africa jungle survival violence wild animals plane crash power struggle escape rivalry revenge rescue
After a small aircraft crashes in the Kalahari Desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he would eliminate the other men in the group.
War
UK|USA
1959
105 Minutes
Conrad Heisler
Robert Mitchum Elisabeth Mueller Stanley Baker Gia Scala Theodore Bikel Sebastian Cabot Peter Illing Leslie Phillips Donald Wolfit Marius Goring Jackie Lane
In 1941, Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a Greek double-agent secret list that must reach London and must not fall into Nazi hands.
Drama, History
Italy|France|USA
1963
154 Minutes
Astaroth
Stewart Granger Pier Angeli Stanley Baker Anouk Aimée Rossana Podestà Claudia Mori Rik Battaglia Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Feodor Chaliapin Enzo Fiermonte Scilla Gabel
lot queen slave prince leader hedonistic spectacular fiery profound sodom and gomorrah valley of jordan camp city religion vice corruption societal decay message from god war wretched excess
Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision.
Drama
UK
1956
84 Minutes
O'Donovan
Anthony Steel Odile Versois Stanley Baker James Robertson Justice Maurice Denham Michael Medwin Paul Muller Lee Patterson
burglar race car driver corporate spy girlfriend brash engaging gutsy gripping intense suspenseful florence, italy switzerland racetrack alps corporate espionage escape escape route race car driving rivalry rescue
After killing a few Italian cops during a burglary, a thief hired by a British car racing company must flee to Switzerland disguised as a race car driver during a rally.
Drama, War
UK|USA
1961
157 Minutes
Pvt. 'Butcher' Brown
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.
Adventure
USA
1953
115 Minutes
Modred
Robert Taylor Ava Gardner Mel Ferrer Stanley Baker Felix Aylmer Anne Crawford Maureen Swanson Gabriel Woolf
king arthur lancelot guinevere nemesis knight gripping engaging camelot england kingdom countryside love triangle battle government loyalty love fall sacrifice 6th century
King Arthur's rule is threatened by the adulterous love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, a relationship the king's enemies hope to exploit.
Adventure
USA
1955
118 Minutes
Achilles
Rossana Podestà Jack Sernas Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker Niall MacGinnis Nora Swinburne Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Harry Andrews Janette Scott Ronald Lewis
helen of troy greek god brash brutal engaging gory intense melodramatic powerful spirited thrilling troy rescue trojan wars rescue love ancient times
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Action
UK|USA
1954
91 Minutes
Erik Bland
ship captain businessman woman whaler suspenseful rousing antarctica ship airplane murder conspiracy love triangle expedition investigation mystery revenge love 1950s
The captain of an Antarctic whaling ship falls overboard in mysterious circumstances and his daughter, aided by a sympathetic American, decides to investigate the accident.
Drama
1970
97 Minutes
Bill Oliver
Michael Crawford Ryan O'Neal Charles Aznavour Stanley Baker Jeremy Kemp Elaine Taylor
An American (Ryan O'Neal), a Briton (Michael Crawford), a Czech (Charles Aznavour) and an Aborigine train for the Rome Olympics marathon.
Crime, Drama
UK
1954
100 Minutes
Mike Morgan
Laurence Harvey Gloria Grahame Richard Basehart Joan Collins Stanley Baker Margaret Leighton
boxer veteran sergeant playboy gentleman tense spirited rousing gripping london crime robbery deception adventure pursuit fall 1950s
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
Henry, Earl of Richmond
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Adventure
UK
1951
117 Minutes
Mr. Harrison
Gregory Peck Virginia Mayo Robert Beatty Terence Morgan Moultrie Kelsall James Kenney James Robertson Justice Richard Hearne Michael Dolan Stanley Baker Sam Kydd
captain rear admiral lady rebel enemy sailor spectacular thrilling england ship ocean central america captain horatio hornblower napoleonic wars naval warfare love triangle battle quest rescue 1800s
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.