Lee J. Cobb

…of a dynamic cast, including Lee J. Cobb and E.G. Marshall, to create a riveting drama. Although a critical success, the film performed poorly at the box office. In 1997 12 Angry Men was remade as an acclaimed television movie, starring Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott.

Lee J. Cobb, who played a crusty New York City police lieutenant, earned particular praise for his performance. The film inspired the hit TV series McCloud (1970–77), starring Dennis Weaver.

…whom is a psychiatrist (Lee J. Cobb) intent on uncovering the roots of the killer’s violent behaviour. Far more impressive was D.O.A. (1950), a noir that offered Edmond O’Brien as a businessman slowly dying of poison who is racing against the clock to find out who wanted to kill…

Strong performances—notably by Lee J. Cobb as Ari’s father and Sal Mineo as a teenaged Holocaust survivor—compensate for Dalton Trumbo’s screenplay and the film’s lengthy running time. In addition, Ernest Gold’s Academy Award-winning score is generally regarded as a classic.

Linda Blair, Jason Miller, and Lee J. Cobb. The story chronicles a single mother’s struggle to save her daughter from a mysterious ailment, later revealed to be demonic possession. She enlists the help of two Roman Catholic priests, who attempt to perform an exorcism. Though it was initially received with…

…union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) with instructions to lure another longshoreman, Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner), to the roof of Joey’s apartment building. Joey, who was planning to testify before the Waterfront Crime Commission, is later thrown from the roof by Friendly’s henchmen. A shocked Terry says that…

…he received excellent support from Lee J. Cobb as the intelligence chief who is perpetually exasperated by Flint’s refusal to be a “team player.” Adding to the entertainment is Jerry Goldsmith’s lively score. A sequel, In Like Flint, appeared in 1967.