71 Telly Savalas Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

In 1944, an American intelligence officer is assigned to train a bunch of hardened criminals and turn them into commandos to be sent to France on an important, but a near suicide mission. He eventually recruits twelve, five of whom are on death row and proceeds to turn them into a courageous and cohesive unit.  

This war adventure comedy film, takes us to the time of the Second World War. The story revolves around a group of US soldiers who obtain information about gold worth millions hidden on enemy soil, from a drunk German officer. Therefore, they come up with a plan to steal the treasure for themselves. 

Max Cady, released after 8 years of imprisonment for assaulting a woman, vengefully starts stalking the family of lawyer Sam Bowden, who had testified against Cady. Bowden’s dog is poisoned, then his wife and daughter are targeted, yet the police can’t prove anything against Cady. Bowden takes his family to their houseboat in Cape Fear, and waits in hiding, knowing well that Cady will follow. 

Birdman of Alcatraz is a biographical drama film which tells the story of Robert Stroud, who is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder. He soon finds himself fighting against the rigid prison system. When his mother is not allowed to visit him, he attacks a guard and stabs him brutally. This leads him to a sentence of solitary confinement for the rest of his life. He soon starts caring for birds and develops affection for them.

The Muppet Movie is a musical road comedy film, which tells the story of Kermit the Frog, who is told by a talent agent, to try his luck in Hollywood. He soon sets out on a journey to Los Angeles, California, but on the way, he is pursued by an entrepreneur who wants him to be a new spokesperson for his restaurant.

This science fiction thriller film tells the story of the first manned mission to Mars, which includes three astronauts. However, when it seems that due to a mechanical failure, all three men may die, NASA removes them from the mission and sends the capsule unmanned. In order to prevent a public outcry, NASA comes up with a plan to fake the mission in a studio.

This spy film is the sixth installment of the James Bond film series. The film revolves around the British spy James Bond as he pursues a criminal who hypnotizes and traps beautiful women around the world. 

A US Marshal is kidnapped by a bandit as the latter believes that he knows about the location of a hidden treasure. The US Marshal agrees to lead his gang to the treasure, but things get complicated because other groups are looking for it as well. Meanwhile, the Apache are trying to keep the secret location undisturbed.

Set in 1944, this historical war drama film takes us back to the time of the Second World War, and it surrounds the allied army’s invasion of Germany through the point of view of an American intelligence officer as well as a of a German tank commander.

The Greatest Story Ever Told is a historical drama film which revolves around the life and the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, presented in two parts.  

Professor Sir Alexander Saxton, a renowned British anthropologist is traveling along with various other passengers on the Trans-Siberian Express from Shanghai to Moscow. With him are the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature, which he believes might be the missing link in the evolution of mankind. Things get ugly when the creature comes to life and begins to attack the passengers.

Exiled American Colini sends Sicilian outlaw Salvatore Giordano to the USA after renaming him as Johnny Cool to assassinate the people who forced him to exile. Johnny is very successful in killing many but his fortunes change after he meets and falls in love with wealthy widow Darien Dare Guinness. 

The Interns is a drama film which revolves around the lives and conflicts of the medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.

Ernest is a clerk working for a credit card company. He makes a big mistake, when he accidentally approves a credit card of a mobster, Pulardos, who is planning to flee to Mexico, with his girlfriend. Now Ernest must fix his mistake before it is too late, in order to avoid criminal charges.

The New Interns is a drama film which revolves around the lives of a few young doctors, as well as nurses and interns, who are working in a big city hospital.

Beau Geste is an action adventure drama film, which tells the story of three adopted English brothers who join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.  Their superior Sergeant Markoff, turns out to be a harsh and tyrannical officer, but when Arabs attack their fort, they must throw their rivalries aside, while battling for their lives. 

Etienne is a professional matchmaker who makes a living out of marrying poor titled aristocrats to wealthy low-bred women. On one occasion, her client falls in love with one of her employees, which leads to a hilarious situation. 

A group of ex-GIs and German soldiers assemble 30 years after WWII and conspire to retrieve the Nazi gold hidden in Soviet-occupied E. Germany. Only an imprisoned Nazi war criminal, who was ordered to bury the treasure, knows the location. So the treasure-hunters must spring him from the Siegfried military prison, make him divulge the details and then penetrate across the Iron Curtain. 

Sol Madrid is an undercover government agent who travels to Mexico with a hooker named Stacey. His goal is to bring a drug kingpin to justice.  

Bradley, who is a security officer at a diamond mine, plans to steal from the company in order to infiltrate a gang of criminals planning a major heist. Although he finally manages to earn the trust of the jewel thieves before they begin to plan their operation, his mission may cost Bradley his life.  

When his spy plane crashes in Kingdom Fawzia during cold war, John Goldfarb is captured by King Fawz. Once Fawz realizes that Goldfarb is an ex-college football star, Goldfarb receives an ultimatum to coach Fawzia’s football team or else, Goldfarb will be handed over to the Russians. Jenny Erickson, an undercover reporter trying to escape, joins forces with Goldfarb to plot an escape-plan.

It is based on the life of the notorious Irish-American gangster Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll. A troubled childhood takes him to street gangs and then, organized crime. Fearless and coldblooded, he challenges top racketeer Dutch Schultz and takes pleasure in recklessly shooting people, earning the nick-name 'Mad Dog.' As a result of his brutal ways, he is chased by the police and mob leaders.

This British-Italian crime drama film revolves around two fugitives who take a young thirteen-year-old boy as their hostage and go on a crime spree.

Also known as A Town Called Hell, the film depicts a group of Mexican outlaws massacring a small town, killing its priest. Ten years have passed since then. The town is now controlled by a sadistic outlaw and the man, who had then led the attack, is now the priest. At this point, the widow of the slain priest returns to the town to avenge her husband’s murder.  

Cannonball Run II is an action comedy film which revolves around an illegal cross-country race, where the participants race on various vehicles, hoping to win a million dollar prize.

The House of Exorcism is a horror film which tells the story of a traveling woman who finds herself stranded in a mansion after she gets lost. However, the house is inhabited by dark forces, and she gets possessed by demons. Eventually, a troubled priest attempts to perform an exorcism to free her from the clutches of the dark forces.

A corrupt immigration enforcement agent finds himself in a dilemma, when he sees that an impoverished Mexican woman’s baby is put up for sale on the black market.

After a ship is flipped over by a tidal wave, a group of passengers are still waiting to be rescued. Meanwhile, a group of greedy fortune hunters begin to search for gold and money on the ship.