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1Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueenIn The Magnificent Seven, a band of seven disparate outlaws unite for an audacious cause. Led by the steely-eyed Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), they include the sharpshooter Vin Tanner (Steve McQueen) and knife-wielding Brit, Harry Luck (Brad Dexter). Hired by desperate villagers to protect their homes from marauding bandits, these unlikely heroes find themselves in an epic battle for survival. This 1960 Western, directed by John Sturges, is a thrilling tale of camaraderie, courage, and sacrifice, which garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score.- #6 of 288 onThe 250+ Best Western Movies Of All Time
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2Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita MorenoIn this film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens (Deborah Kerr) becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner). Anna and the king have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the king.More The King and I
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3Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. RobinsonIn the epic film, The Ten Commandments, Moses (Charlton Heston) takes center stage. Raised as an Egyptian prince but born Hebrew, he grapples with his identity. After a divine encounter in the form of a burning bush, Moses embarks on a mission to free his people from slavery. He faces off against Rameses (Yul Brynner), the Pharaoh of Egypt, with biblical plagues and miracles aplenty. This historical drama, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, won an Academy Award for its visual effects - fitting for a movie of such grand scale and ambition.More The Ten Commandments- #557 of 769 onThe Most Rewatchable Movies
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4Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James BrolinWestworld is a futuristic theme park where paying guests can pretend to be gunslingers in an artificial Wild West populated by androids. After paying a sizable entrance fee, Blane (James Brolin) and Martin (Richard Benjamin) are determined to unwind by hitting the saloons and shooting off their guns. But when the system goes haywire and Blane is killed in a duel with a robotic gunslinger (Yul Brynner), Martin's escapist fantasy suddenly takes on a grim reality.More Westworld- #148 of 288 onThe 250+ Best Western Movies Of All Time
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5Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine KaufmannThe tale of a Cossack chief who has sworn to be the eternal enemy of the treacherous Poles. So, when his son falls for a beautiful Pole who has saved his life, the father is faced with the dilemma of whether to kill his own flesh and blood as a traitor. This film reinforced the Brynner stereotype as king of the Asiatic wide open spaces.
6Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason RobardsDuring the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a group of international travelers tries to get out of Budapest, but are thwarted at every turn by the Soviets. With the airport closed, they decide to flee by bus, but are stopped at the Austrian border by Major Surov (Yul Brynner). He delays them indefinitely, very much interested in British Baroness Diana Ashmore (Deborah Kerr), and little knowing that her lover is a Hungarian freedom fighter (Jason Robards Jr.).
7Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Lee J. CobbBased on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Fyodor Karamazov (Lee J. Cobb) is a wealthy and controlling father who must choose an heir among his four sons. Dmitri (Yul Brynner), the oldest son, is engaged to Katya (Claire Bloom) but starts seeing his father's mistress, Grushenka (Maria Schell). The other brothers, Ivan (Richard Basehart), Alexey (William Shatner) and half-brother Smerdyakov (Albert Salmi), all have designs on the inheritance, ultimately leading to betrayal and murder.
8Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne FieldWhen Hunac Ceel (Leo Gordon) leads his army of warriors against the Mayan tribes of the Yucatan Peninsula, he kills their king, and the king's son, Balam (George Chakiris), flees. He takes his people in ships across the gulf, hoping to settle peaceably in a new world. But a native tribe, led by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner), is hostile, and takes Balam prisoner. Gradually, Balam and Black Eagle forge an understanding, and when Hunac Ceel show up, bent on destroying the Mayans, the two join forces.
9Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen HayesCould an amnesiac refugee named Anna Anderson (Ingrid Bergman) truly be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, purported sole survivor of the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1918, and therefore the rightful heir to the Czar's fortune? Backed by a group of White Russian exiles led by General Bounine (Yul Brynner), she faces her possible grandmother, the imperious Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (Helen Hayes), and the fortune-hunting Prince Paul (Ivan Desny).
10Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George SandersNear death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon (Yul Brynner), should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah (George Sanders). Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba (Gina Lollobrigida) makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh (David Farrar) to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.
11Yul Brynner, George Segal, Janice RuleFrom worse to terrible -- Civil War veteran Matt Weaver (George Segal) arrives in New Mexico worn down from combat, only to discover his family plot has been requisitioned and sold by cutthroat property developer Sam Brewster. When Weaver attempts to reclaim his land, Brewster hires a reclusive gunman (Yul Brynner) to take him out. However, the gunman proves uncontrollable. He refuses to kill Weaver and instead tries to seduce his wife (Janice Rule), all the while wreaking havoc throughout town.
12Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha EggarThe Light at the Edge of the World is a 1971 adventure film, adapted from Jules Verne's classic 1905 adventure novel Le Phare du bout du monde. The plot involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid 19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated lighthouse. Despite having a large Hollywood budget, collaboration with prestigious foreign film studios, exotic shooting locations in Europe and some of the biggest name movie stars, the movie was mainly a failure at the box office.
13Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret LeightonThe once-prominent Compson family of Jefferson, Miss., has been reduced to near-penury by generations of alcoholism and sin. Levelheaded Jason (Yul Brynner) struggles to keep the family together, but his teenage stepsister, Quentin (Joanne Woodward), chafes against his strictures. When Quentin's estranged mother (Margaret Leighton) reappears in town and carnival worker Charles (Stuart Whitman) attempts to seduce the virginal teen, the family may finally be headed for complete collapse.
14Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet MargolinDuring World War II, German Robert Crain (Marlon Brando) goes AWOL and heads to India to live peacefully. He is discovered, however, by the British Secret Service, who force him to go on an undercover mission on their behalf. He is sent to pose as a Nazi officer on a German ship, but Capt. Mueller (Yul Brynner) is immediately suspicious of his new recruit. As Crain realizes he could be found out at any moment, he incites a riot in an effort to gain control of the boat.
15Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Claire BloomDuring the War of 1812, New Orleans is the target of a major British offensive. General Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston) feels they should ask for help from Jean Lafitte (Yul Brynner), a pirate who occupies a strategic island near New Orleans. The Louisiana governor, William Claiborne (E.G. Marshall), agrees, despite his distaste for Lafitte. Those close to Lafitte feel he should side with the British, but Lafitte becomes love-struck by Clairborne's daughter, Annette (Inger Stevens).
16Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren OatesThe residents of a Mexican village are intimidated by deranged rancher Lorca (Emilio Fernández), who assembles 50 gunmen to force the townspeople to construct a church in honor of his dead sons. Vigilante Chico (Julian Mateos), who previously teamed up with six other sharpshooters to protect the villagers in a time of need, learns of Lorca's harassment and decides to round up the old gang members, including Chris (Yul Brynner) and Vin (Robert Fuller), and ride in to save the town again.
17Yul Brynner, Ignazio Spalla, Salvatore BillaAdiós, Sabata is a 1970 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini. Yul Brynner takes over the lead role from Lee Van Cleef, who stars in the first and third films. The film was originally going to be entitled Indio Black, but the title was changed after the first Sabata film proved successful and had inspired many imitators. Van Cleef had been offered the starring role in the film, but had to decline because he was committed to The Magnificent Seven Ride in the role of Chris Adams, which Brynner had made famous in The Magnificent Seven. Sabata carries a sawed off lever action rifle with a side-loading magazine containing seven .30/30 Remington rimfire cartridges...and one cigar. Guns based on a horizontal loading slide magazine were called harmonica guns. There is no record of a lever action harmonica magazine rifle, so this gun was almost certainly a prop creation.
18Robert Mitchum, Charles Bronson, Yul BrynnerVilla Rides is a 1968 film starring Yul Brynner in toupee in the title role and Robert Mitchum as an American adventurer and pilot of fortune. The supporting cast includes Charles Bronson as Fierro, Herbert Lom as Huerta, and Alexander Knox as Madero. Sam Peckinpah wrote the original script and was set to direct but Brynner didn't like his depiction of Villa as cruel and had Robert Towne rewrite the script and sought another director. The screenplay is based on the biography by William Douglas Lansford.
19Max von Sydow, Yul Brynner, William SmithThe Ultimate Warrior is a 1975 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Robert Clouse. One of a series of post-apocalyptic films from the 1960s and 1970s, it is set in post-civilization New York City in 2012 and depicts the struggles of a small enclave of inhabitants attempting to survive in a compound beset with packs of starving pillagers.
20Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George ChakirisStationed in Ashiya, Japan, U.S. Air Force Rescue Service members Master Sgt. Mike Takashima (Yul Brynner), Lt. Col. Glenn Stevenson (Richard Widmark) and Lt. John Gregg (George Chakiris) all carry personal demons stemming from a past event. When the orders come down to rescue stranded Japanese survivors of a shipwreck caused by a storm, the three men jump into action. On their way through the still violent storm, each shares the tale from his past that has affected him to this day.
21Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack WardenWhen the leader of an Arab country orders the assassination of captured guerrilla fighter Sharif (Yul Brynner), the attempt is thwarted by a group of college students. Led by the passionate Ahmed (Sal Mineo), the young rebels attempt to get Sharif to a safe location abroad, along with other liberated prisoners, including American swindler Huston (Jack Warden). Eventually, Sharif, Ahmed and Huston elude the authorities by stealing an ambulance, but can they make it out of the country?
22Leonard Nimoy, Yul Brynner, Daliah LaviCatlow is a 1971 western film based on a 1963 novel by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a renegade outlaw determined to pull off a Confederate gold heist. It co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy mentioned this film in both of his autobiographies because it gave him a chance to break away from his role as Spock on Star Trek. He mentioned that the time he made the film was one of the happiest of his life, even though his part was rather brief. The film contains a lot of tongue-in-cheek and sardonic humor, especially between Brynner and Crenna's characters.
23Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive RevillThe Double Man is a 1967 British spy film directed by Franklin Schaffner. Its plot is very loosely based on the critically acclaimed 1958 novel Legacy of a Spy by Henry S. Maxfield. As in the novel, much of the action takes place in the Austrian Alps. The film stars Yul Brynner as a CIA agent investigating his son's fatal "accident": although he learns a few things from others, he slowly is convinced something else is happening and discovers that the Russian plan is to put another agent looking like him in place.
24Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur HillTwo years removed from a scandal that cost several lives, the Delos company has spent billions on safety updates and revamping their resort, Futureworld. Reporters Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda) and Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) are sent to cover the reopening, but an insider leads the pair to believe the attraction is not what it seems. Feigning interest with Delos head Dr. Duffy (Arthur Hill), they try to get to the bottom of his nefarious agenda, which involves robots and human cloning.
25Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk BogardeHigh-ranking KGB agent Alexei Vlassov (Yul Brynner) unexpectedly defects after a lifetime of service to his Soviet masters. He carries documents that purport to list all the double agents working for western intelligence services while secretly passing covert information to the Russians. CIA chief Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) harshly interrogates the suspicious turncoat, while British agent Philip Boyle (Dirk Bogarde) works in the field attempting to verify Vlassov's claims.
26Orson Welles, Yul Brynner, Franco NeroBattle of Neretva is a 1969 Yugoslavian partisan film. The film was written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of the Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive and occurred in the area of the Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Battle of Neretva is the most expensive motion picture made in the SFR Yugoslavia. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk won the honour for War and Peace. The score for the English-speaking versions was composed by Bernard Herrmann. An original soundtrack recording was released by Entr'acte Recording Society in 1974. It was re-released on Southern Cross Records on CD. One of the original posters for the English version of the movie was made by Pablo Picasso, which, according to Bulajić, the famous painter agreed to do without payment, only requesting a case of the best Yugoslav wines.
27Katharine Hepburn, Yul Brynner, Richard ChamberlainThe Madwoman of Chaillot is a 1969 American satirical comedy-drama film made by Commonwealth United Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. It was directed by Bryan Forbes and produced by Ely A. Landau with Anthony B. Unger as associate producer. The screenplay was by Edward Anhalt, adapted by Maurice Valency from the celebrated play La Folle de Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, via the English adaptation The Madwoman of Chaillot. The music score was by Michael J. Lewis and the cinematography by Burnett Guffey and Claude Renoir. The film stars Katharine Hepburn with Paul Henreid, Oskar Homolka, Yul Brynner, Richard Chamberlain, Edith Evans, Donald Pleasence, John Gavin, Margaret Leighton, Charles Boyer, Nanette Newman, Claude Dauphin, Fernand Gravey, Gilles Ségal, Danny Kaye, and Giulietta Masina. A musical version of the play entitled Dear World with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, and starring Angela Lansbury, opened on Broadway in 1969. This film would mark the last screen appearance of Danny Kaye, who would leave the movies for TV roles.
28Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie DickinsonIn this fact-based film, distinguished U.S. Army Col. David Marcus (Kirk Douglas) is enlisted by the Israelis to perform the difficult task of preparing their fledgling nation for battle against the Arabs. Before long, he feuds with the local leaders, quits his post and goes back home to his pregnant wife (Angie Dickinson) in the United States. However, Marcus, who is Jewish himself, soon has a crisis of faith and decides to return to duty to help the untrained Israelis form an army.
29Yul Brynner, Kay Kendall, Gregory RatoffWhen harpist Dolly Fabian (Kay Kendall) finds her husband, the conductor Victor Fabian (Yul Brynner), acting inappropriately with a young musician, she leaves him. Afterward, Victor, his career suffering, attempts to win Dolly back. Instead, she asks Victor for a divorce, as she plans to marry Dr. Richard Hilliard (Geoffrey Toone). However, Victor discovers that since they were never legally married, they will first have to marry in order to divorce, and he plans to use that to his advantage.
30Charlotte Rampling, Yul Brynner, Trevor HowardThe Long Duel is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling and Harry Andrews. It is set in British-ruled India of the 1920s but filmed in Spain.
31Yul Brynner, Lee Van CleefThe Sabata Trilogy is a series of Spaghetti Western films released between 1969 and 1971, directed by Gianfranco Parolini, and starring Lee Van Cleef in the first, Sabata, Yul Brynner in the second, Adiós, Sabata, and Van Cleef returning for the third, Return of Sabata.
32Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Raquel WelchBoston detectives Steve Carella (Burt Reynolds) and Meyer Meyer (Jack Weston) are on the case of an enigmatic crime lord known only as Deaf Man (Yul Brynner), notorious for bombing local politicians. Along with colleagues Bert Kling (Tom Skerritt) and Eileen McHenry (Raquel Welch), the team must prevent Deaf Man from future attacks while maintaining order on the streets of the city -- which turns out to be no small task, as a group of depraved teens begin lighting bums on fire for fun.
33Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Andre MorellStranded on the South Pacific island of Yap after his crew mutinies, American Capt. David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster) discovers the island's coconuts are the source of a highly valued oil. O'Keefe tries to interest medicine man Fatumak (Abraham Sofaer) in a plot to convince the natives to harvest the fruit, to no avail. When German trader Tetens (Andre Morell) reveals that the islanders cherish a stone mined on a nearby island, O'Keefe attempts to arrange a trade: the sacred stone for coconuts.
34Omar Sharif, Eli Wallach, Angie DickinsonThe Poppy Is Also a Flower is an ABC made-for-television spy and anti-drug film. The film was directed by Terence Young and stars Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Trevor Howard, Rita Hayworth, Angie Dickinson, Yul Brynner, and Marcello Mastroianni. Grace Kelly narrates. The film was also known by alternate titles Poppies Are Also Flowers, The Opium Connection, and Danger Grows Wild.- 35
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Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noel CowardAfter being deported from the United States for his crimes, gangster Nico March (Yul Brynner) winds up on a Greek island. When Nico encounters a broke and exiled king (Noel Coward), the former leader offers to sell his jewel-encrusted crown, so Nico sends word to his former henchmen to ship the money they have been keeping for him. However, when Nico arrives to pick up the package, he finds that his partners have kept the money and instead sent his girlfriend, Gabby (Mitzi Gaynor). 
36Yul Brynner, Pablo Picasso, Jean CocteauTestament of Orpheus is a 1960 film directed by and starring Jean Cocteau. It is considered the final part of the Orphic Trilogy, following The Blood of a Poet and Orphée. In the cast are Charles Aznavour, Lucia Bosé, María Casares, Nicole Courcel, Luis Miguel Dominguín, Daniel Gélin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Serge Lifar, Jean Marais, François Périer and Françoise Sagan. It also includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso and Yul Brynner. The film is in black-and-white, with just a few seconds of color film spliced in.
37Yul Brynner, Edward Woodward, Charles GrayThe File of the Golden Goose is a 1969 British thriller film directed by Sam Wanamaker and starring Yul Brynner, Charles Gray and Edward Woodward. Its plot involves an American detective being sent to Britain to track down a major international criminal. It is a reworking of the 1947 film T-Men, directed by Anthony Mann.
38Yul Brynner, Scott Brady, K. T. StevensPort of New York is a 1949 film noir directed by László Benedek with cinematography by George E. Diskant and shot in semidocumentary style. The film is notable for being Yul Brynner's first movie. He had not begun shaving his head yet. The film, which is very similar to T-Men, was shot on location in New York City.
