Akim Tamiroff

Opening credits followed by Yankee Spencer Tracy and Russian Akim Tamiroff in their first scene as Mexican peasants Pilon and Pablo, in Tortilla Flat, 1942, from the John Steinbeck novel.
Free | TCM

Posted: 4/29/2009

Synopsis: The original 1958 studio version! Director Orson Welles spins a dark, twisting tale of gangland drugs, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. With Janet Leigh, Mercedes McCambridge, Marlene Dietrich.
Free | Starz

Posted: 8/28/2009

Douglas Fairbanks jr plays Siamese twins, separated by a good doctor [scalpel hemostat sutures quickly!!] after their parents are killed by Vendetta, personified by Akim Tamiroff in bolero suits. One goes to Paris, one to the Corsican Mountains to become, respectively, a gentleman and a bandit. What will happen? "I have performed the miracle I have separated their bodies. But what of their souls?" Lucien [the bandit] feels everything Mario [the Parisian fop - I mean, gentleman] feels. 20 years pass...then another year...and they are reunited in Corsica. Banditry and vendetta and a beautiful Corsican countess ensue.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:52:00
Posted: 12/12/2008