Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney

March 15, 1919 · 107 years old

Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American actor, known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and hardened criminals, which mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law. Commenting on the DVD release of a Tierney film in 2005, a New York Times critic observed: "The…

Known For

17 titles
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Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

1992 · 1h 39m · Movie

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

8.3
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Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet

1985 · 1h 35m · Movie

In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close-knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.

6.4
3
Prizzi's Honor

Prizzi's Honor

1985 · 2h 10m · Movie

Two professional assassins fall in love.

6.7
4
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 · 2h 32m · Movie

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

6.5
5
The Prowler

The Prowler

1981 · 1h 29m · Movie

An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small California town, bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual graduation dance.

5.9
6
Born to Kill

Born to Kill

1947 · 1h 32m · Movie

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.

7.2
7
Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

1986 · 1h 40m · Movie

Framed for his ex-wife's murder by a parolee he once put behind bars, Los Angeles cop Jack Murphy escapes from custody to capture the killer, but he is now handcuffed to a foul-mouthed thief he had only just arrested.

5.9
8
House III: The Horror Show

House III: The Horror Show

1989 · 1h 35m · Movie

Detective McCarthy finally catches "Meat Cleaver Max", a serial killer, who promises revenge during his execution. Nonetheless, a parapsychologist tells the detective that the only hope of stopping Max for good is to destroy his s...

5.1
9
Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

1945 · 1h 35m · Movie

In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.

6.6
10
The Ghost Ship

The Ghost Ship

1943 · 1h 9m · Movie

Third Officer Tom Merriam accuses Captain Will Stone of being a homicidal maniac, but no one believes him.

6.6
11
Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987 · 1h 50m · Movie

Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.

4.9
12
Custer of the West

Custer of the West

1967 · 2h 23m · Movie

George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.

5.8
13
Why Me?

Why Me?

1990 · 1h 27m · Movie

A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty Armenian terrorists, and the C.I.A.

5.7
14
Midnight

Midnight

1982 · 1h 34m · Movie

A young woman fleeing her sexually abusive stepfather hitches a ride with two young men, but the three soon find themselves at the mercy of a backwoods Satanic cult.

4.9
15
Southie

Southie

1998 · 1h 35m · Movie

Three years ago when Danny Quinn left Southie, a tough Irish working-class neighborhood in South Boston, he left behind a world of crime and betrayal. Upon his return, Danny is forced to make a risky decision.

5.4
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Shakedown

Shakedown

1950 · 1h 20m · Movie

Unscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.

7.1
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Step by Step

Step by Step

1946 · 1h 2m · Movie

Johnny, an ex-Marine, and Evelyn, a chance acquaintance, find themselves caught up in a plot involving Nazi spies in California.

6.3