Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

October 27, 1899 · 126 years old

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff  (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) was an Armenian actor. He won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was born of Armenian et…

Known For

44 titles
1
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

1958 · 1h 35m · Movie

A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation h...

8.0
2
Alphaville

Alphaville

1965 · 1h 39m · Movie

An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.

7.0
3
The Trial

The Trial

1962 · 1h 59m · Movie

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

7.6
4
Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

1960 · 2h 7m · Movie

Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.

6.5
5
Topkapi

Topkapi

1964 · 2h 0m · Movie

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.

6.9
6
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943 · 2h 50m · Movie

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.

6.8
7
Anastasia

Anastasia

1956 · 1h 45m · Movie

An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.

7.0
8
Confidential Report

Confidential Report

1955 · 1h 33m · Movie

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape.

7.1
9
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · 1h 38m · Movie

After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.

7.5
10
Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

1943 · 1h 36m · Movie

During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better ...

7.3
11
The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934 · 1h 44m · Movie

A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.

7.5
12
After the Fox

After the Fox

1966 · 1h 43m · Movie

An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.

6.4
13
Lord Jim

Lord Jim

1965 · 2h 34m · Movie

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

6.7
14
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939 · 2h 15m · Movie

In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.

7.0
15
Desire

Desire

1936 · 1h 35m · Movie

An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.

7.1
16
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

1935 · 1h 49m · Movie

Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.

7.0
17
The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur

1936 · 1h 26m · Movie

The biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.

7.3
18
China Seas

China Seas

1935 · 1h 27m · Movie

When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize Gaskell's ship.

6.9
19
The Black Tulip

The Black Tulip

1964 · 1h 55m · Movie

French Revolution-era count leads double life as bandit "Black Tulip," robbing village. Injured, he has brother impersonate him. Brother discovers count's selfish motives, sparking conflict between their principles and truth.

6.6
20
Marquis de Sade's Justine

Marquis de Sade's Justine

1969 · 1h 30m · Movie

Penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.

5.1
21
Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

1936 · 2h 21m · Movie

In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.

6.3
22
Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

1942 · 1h 45m · Movie

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.

6.2
23
The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep

1956 · 1h 22m · Movie

Sir Joel Cadman, a mad scientist, kidnaps his victims and cuts open their brains in an effort to discover a means to cure his wife's brain tumor.

6.0
24
North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police

1940 · 2h 6m · Movie

In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.

6.3
25
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

1966 · 1h 50m · Movie

A Navy pilot is marooned on an island with a headhunter's daughter and outcast tribal women.

5.9
26
Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee

1934 · 1h 33m · Movie

A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.

6.8
27
The Liquidator

The Liquidator

1965 · 1h 45m · Movie

Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.

5.9
28
A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris

1946 · 1h 40m · Movie

Born in a French prison in 1775, François Eugène Vidocq becomes a professional thief and is later appointed chief of Parisian police.

6.6
29
Now and Forever

Now and Forever

1934 · 1h 21m · Movie

A swindler and his girlfriend take in his young daughter, who has been living with the family of his deceased wife.

6.5
30
Black Fury

Black Fury

1935 · 1h 34m · Movie

An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.

6.4
31
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

1992 · 1h 56m · Movie

The story of a Spanish gentlemen gone mad and his dim-witted squire Sancho Panza, who set forth on a journey to right wrongs and accomplish good deeds in the name of chivalry.

6.0
32
They Who Dare

They Who Dare

1954 · 1h 47m · Movie

During World War II, British commandos are sent to destroy a Luftwaffe airfield on a Greek island.

5.5
33
The Corsican Brothers

The Corsican Brothers

1941 · 1h 51m · Movie

After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.

6.5
34
Can't Help Singing

Can't Help Singing

1944 · 1h 30m · Movie

A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.

6.2
35
Lady by Choice

Lady by Choice

1934 · 1h 16m · Movie

An elderly, brash drunk is hired to help improve the image of a controversial dancer, and the two women form an unlikely friendship.

6.5
36
Fiesta

Fiesta

1947 · 1h 44m · Movie

When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.

5.9