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Don Siegel

Highest Rated: 100% Crime in the Streets (1956)

Lowest Rated: 40% Into the Night (1985)

Birthday: Oct 26, 1912

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

The montage department at Warner Bros. gave producer-director Don Siegel the necessary tools to impart his signature economical, action-driven style that made films like "Riot on Cell Block 11" (1954), "Invasion of the Body Snatcher" (1955), "The Killers" (1964), "Dirty Harry" (1971) and "Charley Varrick" (1973) such high water marks in the crime and thriller genres. Though Siegel disavowed any notable style, his films were earmarked by their brisk pace, uncompromising violence, and heroes that frequently followed the same moral path as their villains. Siegel's strongest pictures were in collaboration with "Harry" star Clint Eastwood, whose own prominence was boosted by his work with the director in "Coogan's Bluff" (1968) and "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979), among others. There was no denying that Siegel's four-decade career generated some of the most enjoyable and mature crime dramas to come from Hollywood.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 39% Crime in the Streets
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100% 76% Riot in Cell Block 11
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97% 85% Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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95% 50% Coogan's Bluff
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91% 71% Flaming Star
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90% 72% The Beguiled
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86% 74% Hell Is for Heroes
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86% 83% The Lineup
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Don Siegel

Don Siegel TELEFON, from left, Charles Bronson, director Don Siegel, on location in Finland, 1977 TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA, from left: director Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood on set, 1970, tmfss1970ce-fsct002(tmfss1970ce-fsct002) THE BLACK WINDMILL, Executive Producers Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Director Don Siegel, 1974. FLAMING STAR, Elvis Presley, Director Don Siegel, 1960. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Director Don Siegel, 1956. PLAY MISTY FOR ME, Don Siegel, 1971 RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11, Director Don Siegel, Producer Walter Wanger, 1954. DIRTY HARRY, Clint Eastwood, director Don Siegel on set, 1971 COOGAN'S BLUFF, from left: director Don Siegel, CLint Eastwood, Melodie Johnson, on set, 1968 View more photos

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Into the Night 40% 49% 1985 Embarrassed Man Actor Jinxed! 29% 1982 Director Rough Cut 17% 1980 Director Escape From Alcatraz 97% 85% 1979 Director, Producer Telefon 44% 47% 1977 Director The Shootist 81% 88% 1976 Director The Black Windmill 57% 36% 1974 Director, Producer Charley Varrick 82% 83% 1973 Director, Producer The Beguiled 90% 72% 1971 Director, Producer Play Misty for Me 85% 71% 1971 Murphy Actor Dirty Harry 89% 90% 1971 Director, Producer Two Mules for Sister Sara 71% 73% 1970 Director Death of a Gunfighter 83% 54% 1969 Director Coogan's Bluff 95% 50% 1968 Director, Producer Madigan 77% 49% 1968 Director Stranger on the Run 1967 Director The Killers 80% 71% 1964 Director, Producer The Hanged Man 1964 Director Hell Is for Heroes 86% 74% 1962 Director Flaming Star 91% 71% 1960 Director Edge of Eternity 57% 1959 Director Hound-Dog Man 1959 Director The Lineup 86% 83% 1958 Director The Gun Runners 33% 1958 Director Spanish Affair 1958 Director
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