The late Gene Hackman leaves a legacy of cinematic grasping, of striving for more. What's more common—or more American—than that?

Here are 10 Gene Hackman performances we love. They are not the only 10, but they are 10 great ones. Sam Raimi’s 1995 Western “The Quick and the Dead” is bigger than life in every aspect, from the ...

"Gene always said, 'I don't think about legacy. I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work,'" ...