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Richard Boone (1917-1981) was an American actor. Boone appeared in movies for four decades. He was most notable for his roles in Westerns, including his starring role in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel. His IMDb page shows 72 acting credits from 1949 to 1981. This page will rank Richard Boone movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a movie conversation at work with Shane U. Shane says the top three Boone movies are The War Lord, Hombre and Big Jake.
Richard Boone 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
1960
The Alamo (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1953
The Robe (1953)
AA Best Picture Nom
1954
Dragnet (1954)
1951
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
1956
Away All Boats (1956)
1967
Hombre (1967)
1960
Ocean's 11 (1960)
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
1976
The Shootist (1976)
1955
Man Without a Star (1955)
1971
Big Jake (1971)
1951
Call Me Mister (1951)
1957
The Tall T (1957)
1964
Rio Conchos (1964)
1954
The Raid (1954)
1955
The Big Knife (1955)
1952
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
1953
Man On a Tightrope (1953)
1954
The Siege at Red River (1954)
1969
The Arrangement (1969)
1952
Pony Soldier (1952)
1952
Kangaroo (1952)
1979
Winter Kills (1979)
1952
Return of the Texan (1952)
1955
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
1957
The Garment Jungle (1957)
1969
The Night of the Following Day (1969)
1965
The War Lord (1965)
1953
Vicki (1953)
1957
Lizzie (1957)
1961
A Thunder of Drums (1961)
1975
Against A Crooked Sky (1975)
1970
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
1958
I Bury The Living (1958)
1952
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
1956
Star In The Dust (1956)
1956
Battle Stations (1956)
1953
City of Bad Men (1953)
1977
The Last Dinosaur (1977)
1978
The Big Sleep (1978)
1970
His Name Was Madron (1970)
1981
The Bushido Blade (1981)
1976
God's Gun (1976)
1968
Kona Coast (1968)
Richard Boone 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 any way you want.
- Sort Richard Boone movies by his co-stars
- Sort Richard Boone movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Richard Boone movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Richard Boone movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Richard Boone movie received.
- Sort Richard Boone movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 |
| 2 | The Alamo (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Wayne & Richard Widmark |
22.60 | 353.1 | 708.40 | 5 | 63 | 07 / 01 | 96.7 | |
| 1 | The Robe (1953) AA Best Picture Nom |
Richard Burton & Jean Simmons |
39.20 | 704.8 | 1,216.60 | 1 | 62 | 05 / 02 | 96.3 | |
| 3 | Dragnet (1954) | Jack Webb | 13.60 | 318.0 | 318.00 | 12 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 5 | Halls of Montezuma (1951) | Richard Widmark & Robert Wagner |
7.60 | 163.2 | 163.20 | 20 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 7 | Away All Boats (1956) | Jeff Chandler | 10.00 | 196.0 | 196.00 | 26 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 6 | Hombre (1967) | Paul Newman & Fredric March |
14.00 | 124.9 | 124.90 | 20 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 7 | Ocean's 11 (1960) | Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin |
16.10 | 252.2 | 252.20 | 10 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 8 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) | James Mason & Jessica Tandy |
6.90 | 147.8 | 147.80 | 31 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 9 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) | Robert Wagner | 10.90 | 196.0 | 386.60 | 13 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 10 | The Shootist (1976) | John Wayne & James Stewart |
18.10 | 91.8 | 91.80 | 38 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 11 | Man Without a Star (1955) | Kirk Douglas | 6.30 | 130.3 | 130.30 | 51 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 13 | Big Jake (1971) | John Wayne | 22.70 | 148.5 | 148.50 | 16 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 12 | Call Me Mister (1951) | Betty Grable | 6.20 | 134.0 | 134.00 | 37 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 14 | The Tall T (1957) | Randolph Scott & Maureen O'Sullivan |
2.90 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 87 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 15 | Rio Conchos (1964) | Jim Brown | 7.10 | 81.9 | 81.90 | 40 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 16 | The Raid (1954) | Lee Marvin & Van Heflin |
2.90 | 67.0 | 67.00 | 107 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 17 | The Big Knife (1955) | Shelley Winters & Rod Steiger |
2.30 | 48.1 | 48.10 | 126 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 19 | Way of a Gaucho (1952) | Rory Calhoun & Gene Tierney |
3.90 | 76.2 | 76.20 | 88 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 18 | Man On a Tightrope (1953) | Fredric March & Directed by Elia Kazan |
2.40 | 43.6 | 43.60 | 148 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
| 20 | The Siege at Red River (1954) | Van Johnson | 3.60 | 83.7 | 83.70 | 95 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 68.9 | |
| 22 | The Arrangement (1969) | Kirk Douglas & Faye Dunaway |
11.40 | 86.8 | 86.80 | 28 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
| 21 | Pony Soldier (1952) | Tyrone Power | 4.60 | 89.8 | 89.80 | 69 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
| 23 | Kangaroo (1952) | Peter Lawford & Maureen O'Hara |
3.50 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 101 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 23 | Winter Kills (1979) | Jeff Bridges & Anthony Perkins |
1.10 | 4.7 | 4.70 | 140 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 24 | Return of the Texan (1952) | Walter Brennan | 1.70 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 172 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 61.8 | |
| 26 | Ten Wanted Men (1955) | Randolph Scott & Jocelyn Brando |
2.90 | 59.2 | 59.20 | 111 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 25 | The Garment Jungle (1957) | Lee J. Cobb | 1.90 | 36.0 | 36.00 | 121 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 28 | The Night of the Following Day (1969) | Marlon Brando | 2.70 | 20.6 | 20.60 | 82 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | |
| 29 | The War Lord (1965) | Charlton Heston | 2.60 | 27.3 | 27.30 | 88 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| 30 | Vicki (1953) | Jeanne Crain | 1.00 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 213 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 47.7 | |
| 31 | Lizzie (1957) | Eleanor Parker | 0.80 | 15.4 | 30.50 | 170 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 47.0 | |
| 32 | A Thunder of Drums (1961) | George Hamilton & Luana Patten |
2.10 | 31.2 | 31.20 | 92 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 41.8 | |
| 35 | Against A Crooked Sky (1975) | Stewart Petersen & Henry Wilcoxon |
6.90 | 36.2 | 36.20 | 59 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 41.3 | |
| 33 | The Kremlin Letter (1970) | Orson Welles & George Sanders |
2.10 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 103 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 40.5 | |
| 34 | I Bury The Living (1958) | Theodore Bikel | 0.90 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 147 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 37 | Red Skies of Montana (1952) | Richard Widmark & Jeffrey Hunter |
3.50 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 100 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 34.2 | |
| 36 | Star In The Dust (1956) | Clint Eastwood | 0.70 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 192 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
| 37 | Battle Stations (1956) | William Bendix | 0.90 | 18.2 | 18.20 | 186 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 39 | City of Bad Men (1953) | Lloyd Bridges | 0.70 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 224 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 40 | The Last Dinosaur (1977) | Joan Van Ark | 1.20 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 133 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 41 | The Big Sleep (1978) | Robert Mitchum & Sarah Miles |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 112 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 17.0 | |
| 42 | His Name Was Madron (1970) | Leslie Caron | 1.60 | 11.2 | 11.20 | 118 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 43 | The Bushido Blade (1981) | James Earl Jones | 0.40 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 158 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.4 | |
| 44 | God's Gun (1976) | Jack Palance | 0.50 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 151 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.9 | |
| 45 | Kona Coast (1968) | Joan Blondell | 1.90 | 15.4 | 15.40 | 121 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 5.5 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Richard Boone
1. Richard Allen Boone was born in Los Angeles, California in 1917.
2. Richard Boone was the great-grandson of Squire Boone. Not sure who Squire Boone is? Squire was the brother of Daniel Boone.
3. Richard Boone is a sixth-cousin to singer and actor Pat Boone.
4. Richard Boone served in the US Navy during World War II. Boone struggled with alcoholism for most of his life, allegedly partly due to his experiences in World War II.
5. Richard Boone directed the final scenes of 1969’s The Night of the Following Day at the insistence of star Marlon Brando, as Brando could no longer tolerate what he considered the incompetence of director Hubert Cornfield. *Brando trivia for Bob.
6. Richard Boone walked off the set of 1976’s God’s Gun, before it was completed leaving his role to be dubbed by another actor. His thoughts on the movie… “I’m starring in the worst picture ever made. The producer is an Israeli and the director is Italian, and they don’t speak. Fortunately it doesn’t matter, because the director is deaf in both ears.” God’s Gun is also known as Diamante Lobo.
7. Richard Boone was a chain smoker. He would smoke between 60 and 100 cigarettes a day.
8. Richard Boone turned down Robert Shaw‘s role in 1973’s The Sting.
9. Richard Boone turned down Jack Lord’s role in the television show Hawaii Five-O.
10. Richard Boone’s most famous role was Paladin in the television show Have Gun – Will Travel. He appeared in all 225 episodes of the show from 1957 to 1963. *Hey G. Vandross….Possibly Interesting Facts
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Richard Boone, good actor, can believably play hero or villain with ease.
I’ve seen 15 of the 45 films on the chart. Favorites are – The War Lord, The Robe, Big Jake, The Alamo, The Shootist, Ocean’s 11, Rio Conchos, Ten Wanted Men, The Tall T and Man Without a Star.
Looking at the trivia – Richard related to Daniel Boone and Pat Boone, fascinating.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA:
As the table above shows Night of the Following Day was one of Marlon’s 1960s flops prior to Godpop and Last Tango saving his bacon.
That Boone/Brando project was in fact on the bottom half of a double bill over here with Clint Eastwood’s Coogan’s Bluff. As if to make it up to Marlon for that ‘demotion’’, the following week our Imperial Cinema where the double bill had been showing gave the first ever Northern Ireland screening to The Wild One.
It had been banned for 16 years throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland because of its perceived violence; and indeed one “hellfire preacher” [a Yank would you believe called Garner Ted Armstrong of the who was able to command the airwaves over here and yell at us for 15 mins each week blamed on The Wild’ One’s negative influence all the revolutions, civil rights protests and various kinds of violence that where happening in the world in the early 960’s.
Today however the movie seems rather tame to me with Brando/Lee Marvin and other approx 30-something actors looking ridiculous -to me at least – as supposed “young tearaways”! [Indeed had the part been a suave rather than uncouth one Al Leach might well have been cast as The Wild One!]
Nevertheless some historians continue to praise it and it is one of Brando’s 4-star performances in Joel’s book – so who am I to argue? As for America’s Garner Ted the last I heard of him he had allegedly fled to Mexico with his Church’s funds and the FBI were trying to get him back to the US
FOOTNOTE: For once Bruce and his Mentor are at loggerheads: WH cites The Wild One as a 1953 film whereas Hirsch suggests it was released in 1954. Possibly the immdeiate partial ban in some countries/places is the cause of the confusion between this site’s two great opinion formers.