Sue Lyon

Acting

Sue Lyon

Born 1946-07-10 · Davenport, Iowa, USA

Sue Lyon was an American screen and television actress. She joined the entertainment industry as a model at the age of 13, and later rose to prominence and won a Golden Globe for playing the title role in the film Lolita (1962). Her other notable film appearances included The Night of the Iguana (1964), 7 Women (1966), Tony Rome (1967), and Evel Knievel (1971).

Acting credits

Lolita poster
7.3

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Lolita

1962

The Night of the Iguana poster
7.2

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.

The Night of the Iguana

1964

Alligator poster
6.0

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

Alligator

1980

7 Women poster
6.5

In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.

7 Women

1965

Bert Stern - Original Madman poster
7.6

The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine, Stern became an original Madison Avenue 'mad man', his images helping to create modern advertising. Ground-breaking photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe and Twiggy, coupled with his astonishing success in advertising, minted Stern as a celebrity in his own right.

Bert Stern - Original Madman

2011

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick poster
6.0

Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

Tony Rome poster
6.4

Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.

Tony Rome

1967

End of the World poster
3.9

After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.

End of the World

1977

The Astral Factor poster
4.4

Demonstrating that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, a convicted strangler studies the paranormal and finds a way to render himself invisible. Once he escapes, he sets out to find and eliminate five women who remind him of the mother he murdered. A police lieutenant sets out to safeguard them and bring the invisible killer to justice.

The Astral Factor

1978

The Flim-Flam Man poster
7.0

Mordecai Jones, a silver-tongued swindler and self-proclaimed “M.B.S., C.S., D.D.—Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Double-Dealing,” has made a career out of charming and cheating his way through life. Played with devilish charm by George C. Scott, Jones takes on a new protégé in Curley, a wide-eyed Army deserter eager for direction. Together, they crisscross the backroads of the rural South, pulling off a string of homespun cons while staying one step ahead of a relentless local sheriff. Along the way, Curley falls for Bonnie Lee Packard, a rebellious heiress who joins their misadventures. But as the scams grow riskier, Curley begins to wonder whether a life of flimflam is worth the price. With its colorful characters, offbeat humor, and standout performance by Scott, The Flim-Flam Man is a rollicking Southern caper about cons, conscience, and unlikely camaraderie.

The Flim-Flam Man

1967

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready poster
9.0

During World War II, an Italian POW is accidentally drafted into the American army.

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready

1977

Evel Knievel poster
5.0

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.

Evel Knievel

1971

Murder in a Blue World poster
4.7

Set in the future, the story follows a nurse who tries to bring her own style of relief to people condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery and she may not be quite what she seems.

Murder in a Blue World

1973

Crash! poster
5.4

After a professor is crippled in a car accident, he blames his wife for the ordeal and attempts to have her killed using the same means. Now hospitalized with amnesia, she appears to be protected by a tiny voodoo trinket that she still clutches in her hand, which possesses her car and other objects, causing mayhem throughout the city.

Crash!

1976

Towing poster
6.0

An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar maids to try and stop them.

Towing

1978

Arsenic and Old Lace poster
7.0

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Arsenic and Old Lace

1969

Four Rode Out poster
4.4

In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a US Marshal.

Four Rode Out

1969

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate poster
NR

Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie excerpts, mainly from his pre-hollywood period.

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

On the Trail of the Iguana poster
6.5

Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.

On the Trail of the Iguana

1964

Smash-Up on Interstate 5 poster
5.5

In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

1976

The Flim Flam Man poster
NR

The Stews shun Mulligan when he refuses to follow the direction of a fad diet promoter. Mulligan is ultimately proven correct, but not without some anguish on his part.

The Flim Flam Man

1972

But I Don't Want to Get Married! poster
10.0

An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-minded women descend upon him.

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

1970

Tarot poster
4.9

A young, beautiful woman marries a rich old blind man. While in the household she becomes aware of a plot to kill her elderly husband.

Tarot

1973