James Best Movies: Top 6 Performances by a Successful Actor



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Hooper Poster
Hooper ( 1978) | IMDb: 6.4
Action , Comedy
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
Starring:
Burt Reynolds , Jan-Michael Vincent , Sally Field , Brian Keith , John Marley , Robert Klein
Directed by:
Lois Thurman , David Hamburger , Bill Scott
Produced by:
Mel Dellar , Hank Moonjean , Joel Silver
The End Poster
The End ( 1978) | IMDb: 6.1
Comedy
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Starring:
Burt Reynolds , Dom DeLuise , Sally Field , Strother Martin , David Steinberg , Joanne Woodward
Directed by:
Burt Reynolds
Produced by:
James Best , Lawrence Gordon , Jane Feinberg
Rolling Thunder Poster
Rolling Thunder ( 1977) | IMDb: 6.9
Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.
Starring:
William Devane , Tommy Lee Jones , Linda Haynes , James Best , Dabney Coleman , Lisa Blake Richards
Directed by:
Frank Tudisco , John Flynn , Richard Alexander Wells
Produced by:
Elaine Gyorke , Norman T. Herman , Lawrence Gordon
Nickelodeon Poster
Nickelodeon ( 1976) | IMDb: 6.2
Comedy
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Starring:
Ryan O'Neal , Burt Reynolds , Tatum O'Neal , Brian Keith , Stella Stevens , John Ritter
Directed by:
Lois Thurman , Stephen Lim , Arne Schmidt
Produced by:
Mel Dellar , Irwin Winkler , Frank Marshall
The Naked and the Dead Poster
The Naked and the Dead ( 1958) | IMDb: 6.4
Drama , War
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.
Starring:
Aldo Ray , Cliff Robertson , Raymond Massey , Lili St. Cyr , Barbara Nichols , William Campbell
Directed by:
Raoul Walsh
Produced by:
Paul Gregory
The Caine Mutiny Poster
The Caine Mutiny ( 1954) | IMDb: 7.7
Drama , War
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart , Robert Francis , Van Johnson , Fred MacMurray , May Wynn , Katherine Warren
Directed by:
Irving J. Moore , Carter DeHaven Jr. , Edward Dmytryk
Produced by:
Stanley Kramer