Gene Hackman: 10 Essential Films

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We remember 10 of the finest films starring Gene Hackman, one of the great actors to emerge from the New Hollywood of the 1960s and 70s.

In 2004, Gene Hackman appeared in an unmemorable supporting role in Welcome to Mooseport. It was a typically intelligent performance in an unworthy film and fans thought it was just another step on the way to another, better movie. But nothing came and, a few years later, Hackman announced his retirement from acting. Subsequent offers from directors such as Alexander Payne have not tempted him and it now seems very unlikely that he will make another film. But his 33-year career, beginning with Mad Dog Coll (1960), has yielded treasures enough…

The next 10…
I Never Sang for My Father (Gilbert Cates, 1970)
Cisco Pike (Bill L. Norton, 1972)
Bite the Bullet (Richard Brooks, 1975)
All Night Long (Jean-Claude Tramont, 1981)
Uncommon Valor (1983, Ted Kotcheff)
The Firm (Sydney Pollack, 1993)
Geronimo: An American Legend (Walter Hill, 1993)
The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1994)
Crimson Tide (Tony Scott, 1995)
Heist (David Mamet, 2001)

Mike Sutton
Updated: 25 January 2016

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