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Earl Holliman (1928-2024) was an American actor. Holliman gained fame for his supporting roles in many movies in the 1950s and for his role in the 1970s show Police Woman. His IMDb page shows 99 acting credits from 1952 to 2000. This page will rank Earl Holliman 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.
Earl Holliman Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1956 | Giant (1956) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) |  |
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| 1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) | |
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| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) | |
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| 1953 | Scared Stiff (1953) | |
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| 1954 | Broken Lance (1954) | |
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| 1956 | Forbidden Planet (1956) | |
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| 1981 | Sharky's Machine (1981) | |
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| 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water (1957) |  |
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| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) | |
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| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet (1960) | |
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| 1956 | The Rainmaker (1956) | |
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| 1955 | The Big Combo (1955) |  |
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| 1961 | Summer and Smoke (1961) | |
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| 1959 | The Trap (1959) | |
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| 1953 | Destination Gobi (1953) | |
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| 1958 | Hot Spell (1958) | |
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| 1956 | The Burning Hills (1956) |  |
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| 1957 | Trooper Hook (1957) | |
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| 1968 | Anzio (1968) | |
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| 1955 | I Died A Thousand Times (1955) | |
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| 1953 | East of Sumatra (1953) | |
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| 1972 | The Biscuit Eater (1972) |  |
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| 1967 | A Covenant with Death (1967) | |
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| 1954 | Tennessee Champ (1954) | |
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| 1953 | Devil's Canyon (1953) | |
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| 1968 | The Power (1968) |  |
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| 1979 | Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (1979) | |
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| 1961 | Armored Command (1961) |  |
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| 2000 | The Perfect Tenant (2000) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 1999 | Bad City Blues (1999) | |
Earl Holliman 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 Earl Holliman movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Earl Holliman movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Earl Holliman movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Earl Holliman 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 Earl Holliman movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Earl Holliman movie won.
- Sort Earl Holliman 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 | ||||
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| 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 | Giant (1956) AA Best Picture Nom |
Elizabeth Taylor & James Dean |
27.10 | 579.9 | 866.80 | 3 | 86 | 10 / 01 | 99.5 | |
| 2 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
13.40 | 281.8 | 281.80 | 9 | 77 | 02 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 3 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) | William Holden & Grace Kelly |
14.30 | 364.9 | 364.90 | 11 | 73 | 02 / 01 | 96.2 | |
| 5 | The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) | John Wayne & Dean Martin |
16.20 | 186.8 | 186.80 | 15 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 4 | Scared Stiff (1953) | Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
10.60 | 207.7 | 207.70 | 15 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 6 | Broken Lance (1954) | Richard Widmark & Spencer Tracy |
10.90 | 277.3 | 277.30 | 26 | 61 | 02 / 01 | 92.7 | |
| 7 | Forbidden Planet (1956) | Walter Pidgeon & Leslie Nielsen |
6.00 | 128.2 | 203.60 | 43 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 8 | Sharky's Machine (1981) | Burt Reynolds | 35.60 | 150.5 | 150.50 | 17 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 9 | Don't Go Near the Water (1957) | Glenn Ford & Gia Scala |
12.20 | 255.7 | 255.70 | 10 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 10 | Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) | Kirk Douglas & Anthony Quinn |
6.70 | 131.5 | 131.50 | 37 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 11 | Visit to a Small Planet (1960) | Jerry Lewis & Joan Blackman |
9.10 | 155.7 | 155.70 | 27 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 12 | The Rainmaker (1956) | Burt Lancaster & Katharine Hepburn |
6.00 | 128.2 | 128.20 | 44 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 13 | The Big Combo (1955) | Cornel Wilde & Richard Conte |
1.90 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 141 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 77.4 | |
| 14 | Summer and Smoke (1961) | Laurence Harvey & Geraldine Page |
2.10 | 34.0 | 34.00 | 93 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 15 | The Trap (1959) | Richard Widmark & Lee J. Cobb |
3.10 | 61.5 | 61.50 | 79 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 16 | Destination Gobi (1953) | Richard Widmark & Don Taylor |
3.60 | 71.2 | 71.20 | 108 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 17 | Hot Spell (1958) | Shirley Booth & Anthony Quinn |
2.60 | 50.4 | 50.40 | 89 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 18 | The Burning Hills (1956) | Tab Hunter & Natalie Wood |
4.30 | 91.6 | 91.60 | 68 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 19 | Trooper Hook (1957) | Joel McCrea & Barbara Stanwyck |
2.00 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 115 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 20 | Anzio (1968) | Robert Mitchum & Peter Falk |
4.00 | 35.9 | 35.90 | 75 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 21 | I Died A Thousand Times (1955) | Jack Palance & Shelley Winters |
1.10 | 24.2 | 24.20 | 169 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 22 | East of Sumatra (1953) | Jeff Chandler & Anthony Quinn |
2.60 | 51.4 | 51.40 | 140 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 23 | The Biscuit Eater (1972) | Lew Ayres | 6.40 | 44.0 | 44.00 | 57 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 24 | A Covenant with Death (1967) | Gene Hackman | 1.20 | 12.1 | 12.10 | 130 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 45.0 | |
| 25 | Tennessee Champ (1954) | Shelley Winters | 1.60 | 40.5 | 40.50 | 136 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 43.1 | |
| 26 | Devil's Canyon (1953) | Virginia Mayo & Dale Robertson |
3.00 | 59.3 | 59.30 | 127 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 40.0 | |
| 27 | The Power (1968) | Yvonne De Carlo | 1.90 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 122 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 35.3 | |
| 28 | Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (1979) | Dorothy Malone | 0.10 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 163 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 32.8 | |
| 29 | Armored Command (1961) | Burt Reynolds & Howard Keel |
0.90 | 14.7 | 14.70 | 121 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 21.4 | |
| 30 | The Perfect Tenant (2000) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Maxwell Caulfield | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 352 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 | |
| 31 | Bad City Blues (1999) | Dennis Hopper | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 347 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 3.5 |
Earl Holliman Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)
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Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Giant (1956)
AA Best Picture Nom
Elizabeth Taylor &
James Dean
866.80
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Walter Pidgeon &
Leslie Nielsen
203.60
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Giant (1956) AA Best Picture Nom |
Elizabeth Taylor & James Dean |
866.80 | |
| Forbidden Planet (1956) | Walter Pidgeon & Leslie Nielsen |
203.60 |
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Somewhere in the house I have the TV series “Wide Country”, circa 1961 or 62, starring Earl.
Earl Holliman never made the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. However, he appeared with 19 Oscar winners.
ANTHONY QUINN East of Sumatra (1953)
ANTHONY QUINN Hot Spell (1958)
ANTHONY QUINN Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
BING CROSBY Scared Stiff (1953)
BURT LANCASTER Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
BURT LANCASTER The Rainmaker (1956)
DOROTHY MALONE Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
DOROTHY MALONE Scared Stiff (1953)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Giant (1956)
FREDRIC MARCH The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
GEORGE KENNEDY The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
GERALDINE PAGE Summer and Smoke (1961)
GRACE KELLY The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
JACK PALANCE I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
JO VAN FLEET GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957)
JOHN WAYNE The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
KATHARINE HEPBURN The Rainmaker (1956)
KATY JURADO Broken Lance (1954)
RITA MORENO Summer and Smoke (1961)
SHELLEY WINTERS I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
SHELLEY WINTERS Tennessee Champ (1954)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE Hot Spell (1958)
SPENCER TRACY Broken Lance (1954)
WILLIAM HOLDEN The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
I have seen 13 Earl Holliman movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Giant.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Scared Stiff.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Anzio.
Favourite Earl Holliman Movies:
Giant
Gunfight at the OK Corral
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Broken Lance
Forbidden Planet
Don’t Go Near the Water
The Rainmaker
The Big Combo
The Trap
Destination Gobi
Other Earl Holliman Movies I Have Seen:
Last Train From Gun Hill
The Burning Hills
Anzio