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Telly Savalas Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Telly Savalas appears in the billed cast of 11 films in our catalog, from 1962 to 1979. Top of the list is Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), at 7.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.5. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Mackenna's Gold, 6.7 on IMDb against 37 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birdman of Alcatraz '1962 | Drama / Crime | 7.8 | 88% | 76 | 7.5 | John Frankenheimer |
| 2 | Kelly's Heroes '1970 | Comedy / War | 7.6 | 79% | 50 | 7.4 | Brian G. Hutton |
| 3 | Battle of the Bulge '1965 | Drama / War | 6.8 | 63% | - | 6.9 | Ken Annakin |
| 4 | The Scalphunters '1968 | Comedy / Western | 6.7 | 70% | - | 6.4 | Sydney Pollack |
| 5 | Mackenna's Gold '1969 | Action / Western | 6.7 | 20% | 37 | 6.6 | J. Lee Thompson |
| 6 | The Assassination Bureau '1969 | Action / Crime / Comedy / Thriller | 6.4 | 78% | 61 | 6.7 | Basil Dearden |
| 7 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service '1969 | Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 81% | 61 | 6.6 | Peter R. Hunt |
| 8 | Lisa and the Devil '1974 | Horror | 6.2 | 64% | - | 6.1 | Mario Bava |
| 9 | Horror Express '1972 | Horror | 6.5 | 80% | 68 | 6.3 | Eugenio Martín |
| 10 | Escape to Athena '1979 | Comedy / War / Action | 5.7 | - | - | 5.7 | George P. Cosmatos |
| 11 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure '1979 | Action / Drama | 4.7 | 10% | 22 | 5.0 | Irwin Allen |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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Directors they have worked with
Basil Dearden George P. Cosmatos Irwin Allen J. Lee Thompson John Frankenheimer Ken Annakin Mario Bava Sydney Pollack
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