By Vlad Zakh · August 13, 2026
Jack Elam’s distinctive wandering eye and menacing presence made him one of the most recognisable villains in Hollywood westerns. Once Upon a Time in the West clashes a gunslinger and a widow with a railroad henchman, Support Your Local Sheriff! makes a drifter a reluctant gold-rush sheriff, Jubal sparks jealousy over a drifter’s friendship with a rancher, and The Cannonball Run lines up a colourful cast for an illegal cross-country race. Kiss Me Deadly and Vera Cruz round out the list.
01 Jack Elam is part of a colourful cast of racers in an illegal cross-country car race.
Directed by Hal Needham · 1h 35m · Rated PG
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02 A drifter becomes a reluctant sheriff in a gold rush town terrorised by an outlaw family.
Directed by Burt Kennedy · 1h 32m · Rated G
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03 A mysterious harmonica-playing gunslinger seeks revenge against a ruthless railroad enforcer.
Directed by Sergio Leone · 2h 46m · Rated PG-13
6 wins & 5 nominations
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04 A drifter's growing friendship with a rancher sparks the jealous suspicion of the rancher's unfaithful wife.
Directed by Delmer Daves · 1h 40m
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05 A private detective's investigation into a hitchhiker's murder uncovers a mysterious, dangerous case.
Directed by Robert Aldrich · 1h 46m
06 Jack Elam features in this western about two American mercenaries in Mexico who get tangled up in a dangerous scheme involving a fortune in gold.
Directed by Robert Aldrich · 1h 34m · Rated NR
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