77 Claude Akins Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The film is based on the true facts of ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ of 1925. Bertram Cates, a Tennessee science teacher is arrested for violating Butler Act by teaching Darwin’s theory of Evolution. The case attracts the attention of entire nation when the two formidable lawyers fight the case: the atheist lawyer Henry Drummond defends Cates, while evangelist and former presidential candidate Matthew Brady is the prosecutor. 

Rio Bravo tells the story of a small-town sheriff in the American West, who enlists the help of a drunk, an old man, and a young gunfighter, in his attempts to fight off a ruthless cattle baron. 

The movie follows the lives and love interests of three US Army soldiers deployed in Hawaii and is set in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This Academy Award-winning American war drama-romance is based on a 1951 novel of the same name.

During WWII, veteran Cmdr. Queeg takes charge of the destroyer-minesweeper USS Caine, but soon the crew feels unsure about his leadership. When Queeg is unable to command the ship during a typhoon, his first officer relieves him of duty and takes charge, for which he later faces court-martial for mutiny. The authorities have to decide whether it was mutiny or safeguarding the ship.

A truck transporting members of a chain gang meets  with an accident. Jackson and Cullen, two convicts who are chained together, flee. Though they both appear to be opposites in every way, they need to get along in order to dodge the arrest.

Two hitmen, Charlie and Lee, shoot a man named Johnny North multiple times and kill him. Charlie finds it strange that North neither tried to resist nor to run away. In addition, what’s more surprising is the fact that they were paid a very high fee. Therefore, both Charlie and Lee try to find out more about Johnny. They soon learn that Johnny used to be a champion race car driver, whose career was ended by a violent crash, after which he got involved in a million-dollar heist.

During the Second World War, an elite group of Canadian commandos is teamed up with an American squad consisting of convicts from military prisons. Although initially they don’t get along with each other, eventually they develop a friendship, and soon, they are sent on a dangerous mission together to Italy.

Set during the American Civil War, the story follows a group of Confederate prisoners escaping to Canada; but intending to return to America to rob banks for replenishing their finance and to take revenge. Later, they move to St. Alabama under various guises, where they wait for the appointed day, meanwhile developing relationship with the town folks.  

Shield for Murder is a crime drama film, which tells the story of a corrupt and brutal police detective, who kills a bookmaker, in order to steal his money. However, after he realizes that a deaf and mute person witnessed the murder, he realizes that he must kill again in order to cover his tracks. 

After his partner gets murdered, an FBI agent takes over the three unrelated cases he was working on, in an attempt to find his killer. 

Flapping Eagle, a spirited Indian with drinking problem, follows advice from his friend, Wounded Bear Mr. Smith, a self-proclaimed expert on old Indian treaties, and decides to get justice for his tribesmen. He disrupts a highway project, tethers a helicopter, and steals a train, again on Smith’s advice. Turning an activist, he rebels against the government, claiming the city for his tribe. 

This American Western film takes us back to the 1870s, to the Sioux territory, south of the Missouri. The story follows Luther Yellowstone, a trapper and Indian scout who gets in trouble with the Sioux chief, after he saves the life of a woman. 

Gunfighter Jacob Wade tries to find and make peace with his estranged son Riley, who hates Jacob for deserting his mother. Meanwhile his old enemy King Fisher and his gang are on Jacob’s trail, but Jacob’s eyesight is diminishing with age. After a friend clears Riley’s misunderstanding about his father, Riley becomes Jacob’s eyes as he takes on King and his men.

When an entire destroyer escort the U.S.S. Kornblatt disappears on its way to being decommissioned, Lieutenant John Paul Steckler, the last person to command it, is tasked to find the ship. With Congressman Mandeville breathing down his neck, Steckler is forced to postpone his honeymoon and go on a trip to find the fate of the Kornblatt. 

The Proud and the Profane is a romantic drama war film, which takes us to the time of the Second World War. It tells the story of a Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley, who wants to find out the details of her husband’s death, and this leads her to New Caledonia. She eventually falls in love with Lt. Col. Colin Black, despite his harsh manner. 

This comedy film takes us to 1941, during the time of the Second World War. It revolves around the life of an irresponsible college graduate, who joins the US Coast Guard, and starts working as a cook on a ship based in Boston. 

Bill Partain, an out-of-work reporter on his honeymoon, learns about a bank heist pulled off by notorious criminal Ellis. Being in the vicinity, Partain decides to track down Ellis and get his interview which can help him land a new job. Despite the locals being protective about Ellis, Partain manages to reach him, but after a sudden twist he finds himself taken hostage. 

A convoy carrying a huge amount of gold is ambushed, and the gold is stolen. An army captain is therefore sent on a mission to retrieve the gold with one of the captured robbers.

Luther Sledge, the ruthless leader of a gang of outlaws, learns about a vault deep inside the maximum-security prison of Rockville, where gold cache from the mines is kept overnight. Sledge plots to enter the prison as a captured outlaw, with the help of his gang members; but they have their own plans.

When Trace Jordan finds his brother murdered and several of their horses stolen, he decides to investigate. On discovering that the culprit is none other than cattle baron, Joe Sutton, he injures him in a shootout and flee to Army fort with the baron’s henchmen pursuing him. On the way he meets Maria Colton, a brave half Mexican woman. 

Brother of a notorious gunfighter, Johnny Concho takes advantage of his position to bully the townsfolk of Cripple Creek. However, when Tallman arrives, claiming to have killed Concho's brother and who treats people worse than Concho, he has no option left than to muster courage and stand up for himself and the people of his town. Concho now has to earn the respect of Cripple Creek by fighting Tallman.

The sole survivor of a Japanese attack at Guadalcanal, Sgt. Jack Connell becomes a decorated hero. Returning home he falls for and marries Peggy Sandford, and starts training recruits at the marine base. But getting restless, he requests to join active duty. As he returns to the front-line, initially he comes under fire, but taking hold over himself he leads his troops to victory. 

Skyjacked is an action drama thriller film which tells the story of a crazed Vietnam veteran who hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands it to be taken to Moscow. Meanwhile, the captain of the  plane tries to do everything possible to make sure his passengers are unharmed.

Three different groups of robbers are planning to rob the same high-security bank in Texas, which leads to hilarious outcomes.

Corey Sykes is a widowed businesswoman who owns a logging company. However, she is in danger of losing her company, as two greedy sawmill owners and their partners threaten to throw her out of the industry. First, they attempt to buy her out, but she refuses to sell. Therefore, the crooked owners hire thugs to sabotage Corey’s business. Corey has no other option but to ask her ex lover Matt for help.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes is an action science fiction movie which takes us to the time ten years after the worldwide series of ape revolutions, and the brutal nuclear war among humans. When human atomic mutations are out to make life miserable for the peaceful ape tribe, it is up to Caesar to protect survivors of both species.

The Sharkfighters is an American adventure film which revolves around US Navy scientists who are working to invent a shark repellent in order to protect military personnel down at sea. A senior naval officer Ben Staves, decides to join the project and get it tested on himself amid live sharks. However, he is unaware that the scientists are planning to use an inferior product.                        

Princess Fawzia of Ispahan, Persia, insists on marrying Prince Nur-El-Din, a cruel womanizer, against her father’s wishes. Fawzia flees the palace disguised as a boy and mistakes Hajji, a barber, as the messenger from her prince. As they try to avoid Caliph’s pursuing men while traveling to reach the Prince, they fall in love; but must face several trials before they unite.