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Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American actor. A career character actor, he was noted for his craggy Bronx looks and distinctive, penetrating voice. Turkel worked steadily from 1949 to 1998 in both films and television, including in the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and The Shining (1980). He still made the occasional appearance at fan conventions into his 90s.

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Total trailers found: 67

The Shining Trailer (1980)

23 May 1980

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.

Blade Runner Trailer (1982)

25 June 1982

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Paths of Glory Trailer (1957)

25 October 1957

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue Trailer (1975)

14 March 1975

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.

King Rat Trailer (1965)

27 October 1965

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison.

Angels in Disguise Trailer (1949)

25 September 1949

Slip and the gang stray from newspaper work to detective work.

Sword in the Desert Trailer (1949)

24 August 1949

First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.

Triple Trouble Trailer (1950)

13 August 1950

Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.

Lucky Losers Trailer (1950)

14 May 1950

Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it.

The Bonnie Parker Story Trailer (1958)

28 May 1958

In the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West.

Down Among the Sheltering Palms Trailer (1953)

01 March 1953

War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.

Reel Horror Trailer (1985)

01 October 1985

Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.

Southside 1-1000 Trailer (1950)

16 November 1950

The U.S. Secret Service goes after a counterfeiting ring by placing one of its Treasury agents inside a criminal mob.

The Human Jungle Trailer (1954)

03 October 1954

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer.

The Animals Trailer (1970)

09 March 1970

A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott.

A Slight Case of Larceny Trailer (1953)

05 June 1953

Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.

The Sand Pebbles Trailer (1966)

20 December 1966

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Trailer (1967)

30 June 1967

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime.

The Glass Wall Trailer (1953)

19 March 1953

Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He needs to find an ex-G.

Friendly Persuasion Trailer (1956)

30 October 1956

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war.

Here Come the Jets Trailer (1959)

01 June 1959

The rehabilitation of a Korean War veteran coincides with the advent of passenger jets.

Which Way Is Up? Trailer (1977)

04 November 1977

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae.

The Commitment Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

A salesman's marriage is at stake due to his increasing gambling debts.

The Killing Trailer (1956)

06 June 1956

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married.

Federal Man Trailer (1950)

21 June 1950

A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.

The Case Against Brooklyn Trailer (1958)

01 June 1958

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

The Shadow on the Window Trailer (1957)

06 March 1957

Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage.

Warlock Trailer (1959)

15 May 1959

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal.

Portrait of a Mobster Trailer (1961)

19 April 1961

A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.

Gypsy Colt Trailer (1954)

02 April 1954

In this trans-species remake of Lassie, Come Home, a faithful horse undertakes a perilous journey to return to the family it loves.

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Trailer (2007)

18 December 2007

The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from 80 interviews and hours of never-before-seen outtakes and lost footage.

The Beast of Budapest Trailer (1958)

23 February 1958

Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the liberal son of a prominent professor.

House of Numbers Trailer (1957)

12 September 1957

Story of twin brothers - one trying to help the other escape from prison.

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling Trailer (2007)

03 December 2007

A look back to the 2019 fashions, costumes and make-up as seen in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

The Dark Side of the Moon Trailer (1990)

30 May 1990

It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen.

The Hindenburg Trailer (1975)

25 December 1975

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security.

Wild in the Sky Trailer (1972)

01 March 1972

Three anti-war activists hijack a B-52 bomber.

The Purple Gang Trailer (1959)

18 December 1959

The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.

Johnny Cool Trailer (1963)

02 October 1963

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Hellcats of the Navy Trailer (1957)

01 May 1957

Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy.

Fixed Bayonets! Trailer (1951)

21 November 1951

The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

Verboten! Trailer (1959)

25 March 1959

A young American serviceman stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich, jeopardises his future after falling in love with a German woman.

Halls of Montezuma Trailer (1951)

04 January 1951

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island.

Return from the Sea Trailer (1954)

28 July 1954

A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a waitress that can see through his tough veneer.

Village of the Giants Trailer (1965)

20 October 1965

"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall.

The Yellow Canary Trailer (1963)

15 May 1963

Andy is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife who treats his staff badly. On the same night he starts a job at a theater in Los Angeles his infant son is kidnapped.

Mad at the World Trailer (1955)

13 May 1955

A neighborhood is terrorized by group of young juvenile delinquents called The WolfPack. When a young father's infant child is seriously injured because of the WolfPack, he decides that the police aren't working fast enough to catch the ones who hurt his baby and sets out to infiltrate the gang himself and mete out the punishment they deserve.

Man Crazy Trailer (1953)

02 December 1953

Three women come to Hollywood to break into the movies.

City Across the River Trailer (1949)

07 April 1949

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously involved with racketeer Gaggsy Steens.

Jeanne Eagels Trailer (1957)

02 August 1957

Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

Tormented Trailer (1960)

22 September 1960

A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.

The Naked Street Trailer (1955)

01 August 1955

To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Rosalie’s condemned boyfriend, Nicky Bradna, out of prison.

Scream Free! Trailer (1969)

15 October 1969

A man flees with his girlfriend from a love-in and motorcycles to Mexico with drug smugglers.

Staircases to Nowhere: Making Stanley Kubrick's The Shining Trailer (2013)

20 May 2013

An oral history story of the making of Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece "The Shining" focusing on new interviews with key crew members.

Starlift Trailer (1951)

14 December 1951

To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.

The Boy and the Pirates Trailer (1960)

13 April 1960

Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish and suddenly finds himself aboard Blackbeard's ship.

The Bamboo Prison Trailer (1954)

15 June 1954

A communist POW sides with his North Korean guards against his fellow prisoners.

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Trailer (2000)

15 July 2000

This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearly all the cast.

The Midnight Story Trailer (1957)

04 June 1957

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta.

The Devil's Eight Trailer (1969)

14 May 1969

The Devil's 8 is a 1969 film from American International Pictures. It is about a Federal agent (Christopher George) who recruits six convicts to bust a moonshine ring.