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Earl Holliman Movies

Want to know the best Earl Holliman movies?  How about the worst Earl Holliman movies?  Curious about Earl Holliman box office grosses or which Earl Holliman movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Earl Holliman movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.

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.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1956 Giant (1956)
AA Best Picture Nom
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
1953 Scared Stiff (1953)
1954 Broken Lance (1954)
1956 Forbidden Planet (1956)
1981 Sharky's Machine (1981)
1959 Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
1957 Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
1960 Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
1956 The Rainmaker (1956)
1955 The Big Combo (1955)
1961 Summer and Smoke (1961)
1959 The Trap (1959)
1953 Destination Gobi (1953)
1958 Hot Spell (1958)
1956 The Burning Hills (1956)
1957 Trooper Hook (1957)
1968 Anzio (1968)
1953 East of Sumatra (1953)
1955 I Died A Thousand Times (1955)
1972 The Biscuit Eater (1972)
1967 A Covenant with Death (1967)
1954 Tennessee Champ (1954)
1953 Devil's Canyon (1953)
1968 The Power (1968)
1979 Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (1979)
1961 Armored Command (1961)
2000 The Perfect Tenant (2000)
Film Festival Circuit Only
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
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
27.10 616.9 922.10 3 86 10 / 01 99.5
2 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Burt Lancaster &
Kirk Douglas
13.40 299.7 299.70 8 77 02 / 00 96.8
5 The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) John Wayne &
Dean Martin
16.20 198.7 198.70 15 78 00 / 00 96.5
3 The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) William Holden &
Grace Kelly
14.30 388.2 388.20 11 73 02 / 01 96.1
4 Scared Stiff (1953) Dean Martin &
Jerry Lewis
10.60 221.0 221.00 15 72 00 / 00 95.2
6 Broken Lance (1954) Richard Widmark &
Spencer Tracy
10.90 295.0 295.00 26 61 02 / 01 92.5
7 Forbidden Planet (1956) Walter Pidgeon &
Leslie Nielsen
6.00 136.4 216.60 44 82 01 / 00 92.1
8 Sharky's Machine (1981) Burt Reynolds 35.60 160.1 160.10 17 74 00 / 00 91.8
10 Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Kirk Douglas &
Anthony Quinn
6.70 139.9 139.90 37 71 00 / 00 88.2
9 Don't Go Near the Water (1957) Glenn Ford &
Gia Scala
12.20 272.0 272.00 10 50 00 / 00 87.6
11 Visit to a Small Planet (1960) Jerry Lewis &
Joan Blackman
9.10 165.6 165.60 28 60 01 / 00 87.4
12 The Rainmaker (1956) Burt Lancaster &
Katharine Hepburn
6.00 136.4 136.40 45 67 02 / 00 86.9
13 The Big Combo (1955) Cornel Wilde &
Richard Conte
1.90 44.6 44.60 141 78 00 / 00 77.7
14 Summer and Smoke (1961) Laurence Harvey &
Geraldine Page
2.10 36.2 36.20 93 75 00 / 00 72.7
15 The Trap (1959) Richard Widmark &
Lee J. Cobb
3.10 65.5 65.50 79 65 00 / 00 72.4
16 Destination Gobi (1953) Richard Widmark &
Don Taylor
3.60 75.8 75.80 105 62 00 / 00 72.2
17 Hot Spell (1958) Shirley Booth &
Anthony Quinn
2.60 53.6 53.60 89 68 00 / 00 71.1
18 The Burning Hills (1956) Tab Hunter &
Natalie Wood
4.30 97.4 97.40 74 53 00 / 00 70.0
19 Trooper Hook (1957) Joel McCrea &
Barbara Stanwyck
2.00 44.6 44.60 115 63 00 / 00 61.7
20 Anzio (1968) Robert Mitchum &
Peter Falk
4.00 38.2 38.20 75 63 00 / 00 58.7
22 East of Sumatra (1953) Jeff Chandler &
Anthony Quinn
2.60 54.6 54.60 140 57 00 / 00 57.2
21 I Died A Thousand Times (1955) Jack Palance &
Shelley Winters
1.10 25.8 25.80 169 66 00 / 00 56.9
23 The Biscuit Eater (1972) Lew Ayres 6.40 46.8 46.80 57 56 00 / 00 51.1
24 A Covenant with Death (1967) Gene Hackman 1.20 12.9 12.90 130 64 00 / 00 46.2
25 Tennessee Champ (1954) Shelley Winters 1.60 43.1 43.10 136 54 00 / 00 45.3
26 Devil's Canyon (1953) Virginia Mayo &
Dale Robertson
3.00 63.1 63.10 127 46 00 / 00 42.7
27 The Power (1968) Yvonne De Carlo 1.90 17.8 17.80 122 58 00 / 00 36.4
28 Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (1979) Dorothy Malone 0.10 0.6 0.60 172 62 00 / 00 33.6
29 Armored Command (1961) Burt Reynolds &
Howard Keel
0.90 15.7 15.70 121 51 00 / 00 22.2
30 The Perfect Tenant (2000)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Maxwell Caulfield 0.00 0.1 0.10 368 45 00 / 00 7.9
31 Bad City Blues (1999) Dennis Hopper 0.00 0.1 0.10 361 39 00 / 00 3.6

Earl Holliman Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Giant (1956)
AA Best Picture Nom
Elizabeth Taylor &
James Dean
922.10
Forbidden Planet (1956) Walter Pidgeon &
Leslie Nielsen
216.60

Check out Earl Holliman’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time

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2 thoughts on “Earl Holliman Movies”

  1. Dan says:
    November 29, 2024 at 8:36 pm

    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)

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  2. Flora Breen Robison says:
    November 28, 2024 at 12:50 pm

    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

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