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Jack Elam (1920-2003) was an American actor. Elam was a “go to character actor” for five different decades. His most distinguishing physical quality was his misaligned eye. Before his career in acting, he took several jobs in finance and served two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His IMDb page shows 207 acting credits from 1944 to 1995. This page will rank Jack Elam movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. We listed 80 movies in our rankings, but there are some of his movies that were not included. This was due to lack of box office information.
Jack Elam Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1952
High Noon (1952)
AA Best Picture Nom
1955
The Man From Laramie (1955)
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
1954
Vera Cruz (1954)
1954
The Far Country (1954)
1955
Artists and Models (1955)
1956
Pardners (1956)
1955
Wichita (1955)
1957
Night Passage (1957)
1955
Man Without a Star (1955)
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
1951
Rawhide (1951)
1981
The Cannonball Run (1981)
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
1961
The Comancheros (1961)
1961
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
1952
Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
1970
Rio Lobo (1970)
1950
Key to the City (1950)
1952
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
1961
The Last Sunset (1961)
1951
Bird of Paradise (1951)
1956
Jubal (1956)
1968
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
1953
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
1978
Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
1955
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
1952
Rancho Notorious (1952)
1957
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
1970
The Wild Country (1970)
1950
One Way Street (1950)
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
1952
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
1954
Jubilee Trail (1954)
1955
Kismet (1955)
1979
The Villain (1979)
1955
Moonfleet (1955)
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
1950
Quicksand (1950)
1970
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
1959
Edge of Eternity (1959)
1971
Hannie Caulder (1971)
1966
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
1963
4 for Texas (1963)
1968
Firecreek (1968)
1966
The Rare Breed (1966)
1953
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
1952
The Ring (1952)
1958
The Gun Runners (1958)
1967
The Way West (1967)
1954
Princess of the Nile (1954)
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
1953
The Moonlighter (1953)
1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
1953
Gun Belt (1953)
1976
Hawmps! (1976)
1992
Shadow Force (1992)
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
1967
The Last Challenge (1967)
1983
Sacred Ground (1983)
1984
Cannonball Run II (1984)
1953
Count The Hours! (1953)
1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991)
1950
High Lonesome (1950)
1977
Grayeagle (1977)
1990
Big Bad John (1990)
1981
Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1981)
1976
Pony Express Rider (1976)
1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
1952
My Man And I (1952)
1982
Jinxed! (1982)
1991
Suburban Commando (1991)
1986
The Aurora Encounter (1986)
1978
The Norseman (1978)
1988
Hawken's Breed (1988)
1971
The Last Rebel (1971)
Jack Elam Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Jack Elam movies by co-stars of his movies.
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- Sort Jack Elam movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Jack Elam movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Jack Elam movie won.
- Sort Jack Elam movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | High Noon (1952) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly |
9.40 | 185.1 | 185.10 | 12 | 92 | 07 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 4 | The Man From Laramie (1955) | James Stewart & Arthur Kennedy |
9.40 | 195.5 | 195.50 | 31 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 2 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
13.40 | 258.5 | 258.50 | 9 | 77 | 02 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 3 | Vera Cruz (1954) | Gary Cooper & Burt Lancaster |
13.00 | 305.8 | 305.80 | 14 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 6 | The Far Country (1954) | James Stewart & Walter Brennan |
7.10 | 167.4 | 167.40 | 43 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 5 | Artists and Models (1955) | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
10.90 | 225.1 | 225.10 | 28 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 7 | Pardners (1956) | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
10.30 | 201.6 | 201.60 | 25 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 8 | Wichita (1955) | Joel McCrea & Vera Miles |
6.90 | 142.2 | 142.20 | 44 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 10 | Night Passage (1957) | James Stewart & Audie Murphy |
7.40 | 143.0 | 143.00 | 28 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 11 | Man Without a Star (1955) | Kirk Douglas & Jeanne Crain |
6.30 | 130.3 | 130.30 | 51 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 12 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) | Tyrone Power | 6.50 | 146.3 | 146.30 | 29 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 12 | Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) | James Garner & Walter Brennan |
14.70 | 111.4 | 111.40 | 22 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 13 | Rawhide (1951) | Tyrone Power & Susan Hayward |
5.60 | 120.1 | 120.10 | 52 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 13 | The Cannonball Run (1981) | Burt Reynolds & Roger Moore |
72.20 | 279.9 | 279.90 | 6 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 14 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | Henry Fonda & Charles Bronson |
5.30 | 43.5 | 43.50 | 60 | 90 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 17 | The Comancheros (1961) | John Wayne & Lee Marvin |
7.00 | 102.0 | 102.00 | 32 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 17 | Pocketful of Miracles (1961) | Bette Davis & Glenn Ford |
7.00 | 101.9 | 101.90 | 33 | 67 | 03 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 18 | Lure of the Wilderness (1952) | Walter Brennan & Jeffrey Hunter |
5.60 | 108.9 | 108.90 | 48 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 19 | Rio Lobo (1970) | John Wayne & Directed by Howard Hawks |
12.90 | 89.6 | 89.60 | 31 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 21 | Key to the City (1950) | Clark Gable & Loretta Young |
6.60 | 147.3 | 190.80 | 28 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 20 | The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) | Jeff Chandler | 5.60 | 108.9 | 108.90 | 49 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 22 | The Last Sunset (1961) | Kirk Douglas & Rock Hudson |
7.90 | 114.5 | 114.50 | 27 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 23 | Bird of Paradise (1951) | Jeff Chandler & Everett Sloane |
4.70 | 101.6 | 101.60 | 65 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 25 | Jubal (1956) | Glenn Ford & Charles Bronson |
5.10 | 100.8 | 100.80 | 58 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 25 | Never a Dull Moment (1968) | Dick Van Dyke & Edward G. Robinson |
14.30 | 117.6 | 117.60 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 24 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) | James Coburn & Directed by Sam Peckinpah |
8.20 | 49.8 | 49.80 | 44 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 29 | Ride, Vaquero! (1953) | Robert Taylor & Anthony Quinn |
5.60 | 99.9 | 186.60 | 54 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 28 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) | Tim Conway & Don Knotts |
24.90 | 107.0 | 107.00 | 40 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 30 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978) | Don Knotts & Joel Hirschhorn |
22.20 | 102.4 | 102.40 | 28 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 30 | Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | Ralph Meeker & Albert Dekker |
2.10 | 43.0 | 43.00 | 137 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 31 | Rancho Notorious (1952) | Marlene Dietrich & Arthur Kennedy |
2.50 | 49.0 | 49.00 | 136 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 32 | Baby Face Nelson (1957) | Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Jones |
3.60 | 68.8 | 68.80 | 68 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 33 | The Wild Country (1970) | Ron Howard | 12.10 | 84.3 | 84.30 | 32 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 34 | One Way Street (1950) | James Mason & Dan Duryea |
3.70 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 89 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 36 | A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) | Dan Dailey & Anne Baxter |
3.70 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 87 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 74.2 | |
| 37 | Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) | Audie Murphy | 4.30 | 100.4 | 100.40 | 69 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 35 | Kansas City Confidential (1952) | John Payne & Coleen Gray |
1.50 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 178 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
| 38 | Jubilee Trail (1954) | Pat O'Brien | 3.70 | 87.0 | 87.00 | 90 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 39 | Kismet (1955) | Howard Keel & Directed by Vincent Minnelli |
3.50 | 72.1 | 108.20 | 94 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 42 | The Villain (1979) | Kirk Douglas & Arnold Schwarzenegger |
26.10 | 112.2 | 112.20 | 37 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 40 | Moonfleet (1955) | Stewart Granger & George Sanders |
1.60 | 33.6 | 93.20 | 150 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | |
| 41 | Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) | James Garner & Suzanne Pleshette |
6.10 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 53 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 43 | Quicksand (1950) | Peter Lorre & Mickey Rooney |
1.80 | 40.1 | 40.10 | 155 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 63.5 | |
| 46 | Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) | Frank Sinatra & George Kennedy |
8.20 | 56.9 | 56.90 | 40 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 57.7 | |
| 44 | Edge of Eternity (1959) | Cornel Wilde | 1.90 | 33.4 | 33.40 | 117 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 47 | Hannie Caulder (1971) | Raquel Welch & Robert Culp |
4.50 | 29.7 | 29.70 | 63 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 45 | The Night of the Grizzly (1966) | Clint Walker | 2.50 | 24.5 | 24.50 | 81 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 55.5 | |
| 49 | 4 for Texas (1963) | Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin |
7.90 | 98.6 | 234.70 | 36 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
| 48 | Firecreek (1968) | James Stewart & Henry Fonda |
3.10 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 90 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 50 | The Rare Breed (1966) | James Stewart & Maureen O'Hara |
5.00 | 49.0 | 49.00 | 56 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 52 | Appointment in Honduras (1953) | Glenn Ford & Ann Sheridan |
2.40 | 43.6 | 43.60 | 146 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 51 | The Ring (1952) | Boxing Movies & Rita Moreno |
1.30 | 24.9 | 24.90 | 187 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 45.1 | |
| 55 | The Gun Runners (1958) | Audie Murphy & Eddie Albert |
2.10 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 104 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 44.8 | |
| 56 | The Way West (1967) | Kirk Douglas & Richard Widmark |
4.20 | 37.2 | 37.20 | 60 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 43.9 | |
| 53 | Princess of the Nile (1954) | Jeffrey Hunter | 0.30 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 187 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 42.7 | |
| 54 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970) | Mickey Rooney | 0.70 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 158 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 58 | The Moonlighter (1953) | Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray |
2.30 | 41.5 | 52.50 | 152 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | |
| 57 | Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957) | Dennis O'Keefe | 0.10 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 208 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 34.8 | |
| 59 | Gun Belt (1953) | Tab Hunter | 1.30 | 22.9 | 22.90 | 195 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 60 | Hawmps! (1976) | Slim Pickens | 16.10 | 81.5 | 81.50 | 42 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 60 | Shadow Force (1992) | Dirk Benedict | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 228 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.7 | |
| 64 | Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) | Barbara Stanwyck & Ronald Reagan |
1.90 | 45.2 | 45.20 | 124 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 62 | The Last Challenge (1967) | Glenn Ford & Angie Dickinson |
1.20 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 135 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 29.4 | |
| 64 | Sacred Ground (1983) | L. Q. Jones | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 153 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.3 | |
| 65 | Cannonball Run II (1984) | Burt Reynolds & Dean Martin |
28.10 | 90.1 | 90.10 | 34 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 27.0 | |
| 66 | Count The Hours! (1953) | Teresa Wright & Directed by Don Siegel |
1.30 | 23.2 | 23.20 | 191 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | |
| 65 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991) | Cloris Leachman | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 249 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.2 | |
| 68 | High Lonesome (1950) | John Drew Barrymore | 0.90 | 20.2 | 20.20 | 189 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 | |
| 67 | Grayeagle (1977) | Ben Johnson | 1.50 | 7.2 | 7.20 | 123 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | |
| 70 | Big Bad John (1990) | Ned Beatty | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 229 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.2 | |
| 71 | Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1981) | Don Johnson | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 166 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 14.1 | |
| 72 | Pony Express Rider (1976) | Buck Taylor | 0.70 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 147 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 12.4 | |
| 73 | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) | Gordon Scott & Tarzan Movies |
1.20 | 24.9 | 56.50 | 163 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 12.4 | |
| 74 | My Man And I (1952) | Shelley Winters & Ricardo Montalban |
1.30 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 184 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 12.0 | |
| 75 | Jinxed! (1982) | Bette Midler & Directed by Don Siegel |
2.90 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 109 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 10.6 | |
| 76 | Suburban Commando (1991) | Christopher Lloyd & Shelley Duvall |
6.90 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 113 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 10.1 | |
| 77 | The Aurora Encounter (1986) | Peter Brown | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 227 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.1 | |
| 78 | The Norseman (1978) | Lee Majors & Cornel Wilde |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 108 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 2.8 | |
| 79 | Hawken's Breed (1988) | Peter Fonda | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 265 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.0 | |
| 80 | The Last Rebel (1971) | Joe Namath & Woody Strode |
1.00 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 160 | 27 | 00 / 00 | 0.7 |
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