Strother Martin

Strother Martin

March 26, 1919 · 107 years old

Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."

Known For

20 titles
1
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969 · 1h 50m · Movie

In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels..

8.0
2
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967 · 2h 7m · Movie

A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.

8.0
3
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

1969 · 2h 15m · Movie

An aging group of outlaws in 1913 Texas look for one last big score, selling stolen Army rifles to a rogue Mexican general during that country's revolution, as the traditional American West is disappearing around them.

7.9
4
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · 2h 3m · Movie

A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.

8.1
5
True Grit

True Grit

1969 · 2h 8m · Movie

A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in the old American West.

7.4
6
Slap Shot

Slap Shot

1977 · 2h 3m · Movie

A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

7.2
7
Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

1978 · 1h 26m · Movie

Stoner musicians Pedro DePacas and Anthony "Man" Stoner unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to Los Angeles with incompetent Police Sergeant Stedenko hot on their trail.

6.9
8
McLintock!

McLintock!

1963 · 2h 6m · Movie

Wealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.

7.1
9
Hard Times

Hard Times

1975 · 1h 33m · Movie

The saga of a drifter who turns to illicit bare-knuckle boxing in Depression-era New Orleans.

7.2
10
The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

1959 · 2h 0m · Movie

In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.

7.1
11
Harper

Harper

1966 · 2h 1m · Movie

Cool private investigator Lew Harper is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.

6.8
12
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 · 2h 1m · Movie

A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.

7.2
13
Attack

Attack

1956 · 1h 47m · Movie

In 1944, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.

7.4
14
Hannie Caulder

Hannie Caulder

1971 · 1h 25m · Movie

After she is raped by the trio of outlaw brothers who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can exact her revenge.

6.4
15
The End

The End

1978 · 1h 40m · Movie

Slapstick black comedy about a man (Reynolds) who finds that he hasn't much longer to live and has bungled his attempts at suicide.

6.1
16
Sssssss

Sssssss

1973 · 1h 39m · Movie

A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.

5.4
17
Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.

6.3
18
The Deadly Companions

The Deadly Companions

1961 · 1h 33m · Movie

An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.

6.1
19
Love and Bullets

Love and Bullets

1979 · 1h 43m · Movie

Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.

5.6
20
The Magnetic Monster

The Magnetic Monster

1953 · 1h 16m · Movie

The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.

5.8
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