Cast: Ralph Meeker

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ralph Meeker. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Paths of Glory

1957 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Kirk Douglas · George Macready · Adolphe Menjou · Ralph Meeker

Synopsis Paths of Glory (1957) is a gripping anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Set during World War I, it follows a French army colonel who is ordered to lead his exhausted troops in a near-suicidal mission to capture an enemy...

8.4

54K votes

8.4

54K votes

The Dirty Dozen

1967 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Lee Marvin · Charles Bronson · John Cassavetes · Ernest Borgnine

Synopsis The Dirty Dozen (1967) follows a group of twelve convicted military prisoners during World War II. Tasked with a near-suicidal mission behind enemy lines, they are offered pardons if they succeed. Under the command of a tough major, the misfit...

7.7

38K votes

7.7

38K votes

The Naked Spur

1953 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast James Stewart · Robert Ryan · Janet Leigh · Millard Mitchell

Synopsis Howard Kemp (James Stewart) is a bounty hunter who's been after killer Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) for a long time. Along the way in Colorado, Kemp is forced to take on a couple of partners, an old prospector named Jesse...

7.4

3K votes

7.4

3K votes

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Ralph Meeker · Albert Dekker · Paul Stewart · Juano Hernández

Synopsis Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob.

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

I Walk the Line

1970 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Gregory Peck · Tuesday Weld · Estelle Parsons · Ralph Meeker

Synopsis Tawes is the sheriff in a godforsaken little hole somewhere in Tennessee. A man of strong moral fibre he is always quick to judge others and follows the law zealously. Then he meets Alma, a young beautiful girl who turns...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Jeopardy

1953 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Barry Sullivan · Ralph Meeker · Lee Aaker

Synopsis The Stilwins are on vacation to an isolated beach in Mexico. Walking on a deserted jetty, Doug Stilwin gets his leg trapped under one of the logs. All attempts to move the log are futile and Helen Stilwin takes the...

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6.6

353 votes

6.6

353 votes

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Ralph Meeker · Vera Miles · Frances Bavier · Ray Montgomery

Synopsis When Carl Spann's wife Elsa is assaulted by an unknown attacker, he drives his still-incoherent wife around town, hoping she can point him out, so he can kill him.

6.6

820 votes

6.6

820 votes

The Detective

1968 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast Frank Sinatra · Lee Remick · Ralph Meeker · Jack Klugman

Synopsis Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.

6.6

606 votes

6.6

606 votes

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (TV)

1991 · Documentary · 46 min. · United States

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Richard Chamberlain · Gary Cooper · Wendell Corey

Synopsis Sally Field hosts this thorough documentary about actress Barbara Stanwyck. Highlights include Bola de fuego, Perdición and Voces de muerte.

6.6

34 votes

6.6

34 votes

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Jason Robards · George Segal · Ralph Meeker · Jean Hale

Synopsis Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Direction John Meredyth Lucas

Cast Ralph Meeker · Phyllis Thaxter · Ralph Clanton · Vinton Hayworth

Synopsis Marital discord between writer Carl Borden and his wife Annette intensifies when poison is found in his food.

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Big House U.S.A

1955 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch

Cast Broderick Crawford · Ralph Meeker · Reed Hadley · William Talman

Synopsis When young Danny Lambert runs away from camp in south-central Colorado, he becomes the object of a park-wide-search by his wealthy father Robertson Lambert. He is found by Jerry Barker and told to wait at an abandoned look-out tower while...

6.4

115 votes

6.4

115 votes

Something Wild

1961 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Jack Garfein

Cast Carroll Baker · Ralph Meeker · Mildred Dunnock · Jean Stapleton

Synopsis Mary Ann Robinson, a young woman living in The Bronx, New York, with her neurotic, overbearing mother and kindly but ineffectual stepfather, is raped while walking home one night. Keeping the attack to herself, Mary Ann runs away, seeking to...

6.4

107 votes

6.4

107 votes

Teresa

1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Pier Angeli · John Ericson · Patricia Collinge · Richard Bishop

Synopsis Teresa (Pier Angeli) is the Italian bride of GI Philip (John Ericson), who is established from the outset as mentally disturbed. Taking Teresa home with him to New York, Philip begins to crack under the pressure of married life --...

6.2

65 votes

6.2

65 votes

Run of the Arrow

1957 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Samuel Fuller

Cast Rod Steiger · Sara Montiel · Brian Keith · Ralph Meeker

Synopsis When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

The F.B.I. (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Don Medford · Jesse Hibbs · William Hale

Cast Efrem Zimbalist Jr. · Philip Abbott · Marvin Miller · William Reynolds

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1974) 241 episodes. Cases, based on real FBI files, were handled by Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and several coworkers over the years.

6.1

23 votes

6.1

23 votes

The Night Stalker (TV)

1972 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction John Llewellyn Moxey

Cast Darren McGavin · Carol Lynley · Simon Oakland · Ralph Meeker

Synopsis An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.

6.1

191 votes

6.1

191 votes

Ada

1961 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Mann

Cast Susan Hayward · Dean Martin · Wilfrid Hyde-White · Ralph Meeker

Synopsis Bo Gillis is running for Governor. Steve writes the speeches, Sylvester runs the campaign and Bo plays the guitar. Everything is going according to the plan until a hooker named Ada is setup with Bo one night. Even with her...

5.7

52 votes

5.7

52 votes

The Anderson Tapes

1971 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Sean Connery · Dyan Cannon · Martin Balsam · Christopher Walken

Synopsis A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is...

5.6

795 votes

5.6

795 votes

Winter Kills

1979 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction William Richert

Cast Jeff Bridges · John Huston · Anthony Perkins · Eli Wallach

Synopsis 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that...

5.5

68 votes

5.5

68 votes