Shows & movies that I'll always watch
No matter how many times I've seen the episodes from these TV shows & these movies I can watch them again. They are in no particular order.
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- CreatorJackie GleasonStarsJackie GleasonArt CarneyAudrey MeadowsA bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.Gleason was so underrated, how did he never win an Emmy?????? Or an Oscar??????????????????????
- StarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.What else can you say but Lucille Ball! No one has or ever will top her comedic talent on the small screen!
- DirectorJohn FordMervyn LeRoyJoshua LoganStarsHenry FondaJames CagneyWilliam PowellIn the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.One of my all time favorites. Just an overall powerful movie about man and his need to feel fulfilled and of his destiny!
- DirectorJames William GuercioStarsRobert BlakeBilly Green BushMitchell RyanAmbitious but diminutive motorcycle cop John Wintergreen patrols the Arizona highways, yearning for promotion to Homicide Detective, while investigating a murder tied to hippies.A underrated flick for sure. One of Robert Blake's best roles. And the only movie apperances of members of the band Chicago (how they aren't in the R & R HOF is mind boggling.) A very telling end of the movie with Terry Kath's character "Killer" shooting & killing Blake's John Wintergreen considering that Kath would accidentally shoot & kill himself just 5 short years later.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsWalter MatthauRobert ShawMartin BalsamFour armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?A top notch thriller to be sure. Robert Shaw is fantastic as the ruthless ex-mercenary soldlier Mr. Blue/Benard Ryder. And Walter Matthau is brilliant as Zachary Garber who tries to buy time and out wit Blue before all the hostages are killed. Co-stars the ever popular Marty Balsam (Green) and early roles for Hector Elizondo (Grey) and Earl Hindman (Brown). Truly another underrated classic!
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsJames SpaderWilliam ShatnerCandice BergenBoston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.He's baaaack. Just when you thought it was safe again to turn on the TV Bill Shatner is back on the air as Denny Crane. Along with James Spader and an all star cast this is one of my top shows to watch!
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames CaanJohn HousemanMaud AdamsIn a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.Take basketball, Roller Derby and the blocking and tackling of football and the violence of hockey and gladitorial games stick it on a circular track and substitute it for war and you have Rollerball.
The corporations have taken over the world and feed the masses "the game." And when the greatest rollerballer ever, Johnathan E is told to quit and refuses the stakes are escalated until only one can come out alive. Just a powerful social commentary that today is getting a little too close for comfort. As in MMA & UFC & NASCAR. - DirectorMark RobsonStarsHumphrey BogartRod SteigerJan SterlingAn ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.Bogart goes out in a bang. The great Humphrey Bogart stars in this semi fictionalized account of Primo Carnera. The game is boxing and Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) has a new boy he sees as a big money maker. He's Toro Moreno (Mike Lane) from Argentina. He's big at 6 foot 6 or so but he has a powder puff punch a glass jaw and a soft stomach. Eddie Willis' (Bogart) job is to make Toro bigger than life. Something he gets really good at. Benko however has his own ideas as Toro racks up an impressive record at the hands of a bunch of tank artists. Finally Benko and Toro see the dream come true as Toro gets to fight the champ in Buddy Brannen (real life boxer Max Baer, the guy that ends Carnera's career basically) But Brannen can not be bought and vows to "butcher" Toro. A great commentary of the boxing game as it was, and might still be.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyIn the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.The original is still the best. The groundbreaking 60's show that spawned an entertainment dynasty. Kirk, Spock & McCoy certainly one of the best known TV triumverates ever.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonLou ShawStarsJack KlugmanJohn S. RaginRobert ItoThe cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths which usually suggest murder.Jack Klugman as the LA Medical Examiner. The original CSI for sure. The Quincy character was based on the real life LA ME Dr. Thomas Noguchi. Certainly an all time classic.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, The UN, Mount Rushmore. One of the all time best flicks. Grant & Hitch at the top of their game!!!
Another how didn't Cary Grant or Alfred Hitchcock ever win an Oscar?!?!?!?!?!?!? - DirectorPeter YatesStarsSteve McQueenJacqueline BissetRobert VaughnA nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.What can you say......
McQueen the "king of cool"!!
The movie that made the car chase a part of moviedom!!!!!!
Another great flick that just gets better with age!!!!!!! - DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie NielsenA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.Maybe the all time greatest Sci-Fi movie of all time!
And a big all star cast. Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman & Richard Anderson. And don't forget "Robby the Robot." - CreatorLarry GelbartStarsAlan AldaWayne RogersLoretta SwitThe staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.Another classic TV series, they don't make too many like this that can stand the test of time!
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsHumphrey BogartGene TierneyLee J. CobbAt a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.Bogie in a different role. He's a WW2 fighter pilot shot down over mainland China. Rescued by a Chinese Warlord he's now his lead henchman. But when a Catholic Priest is killed by one of Bogie's troops he see a way to escape. But to do so he'll have to impersonate the Priest. When he arrives at the Parish that the dead Father was supposed to go to he finds out that is isn't going to be as easy to leave China as he thought.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.Take 12 average citizens of NYC and put them in a jury room. The crime is murder, the penalty is death. 11 think the young man is guilty, one thinks he is not guilty. See what happens as the 11 see that the one is correct and how their various prejudices played into their voting guilty.
A powerful movie about duty, honor & responsibility. - DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsOskar WernerJulie ChristieCyril CusackIn an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.The place, a police state. The time, somewhere in the not too distant future. See how one man whose charge it was to burn all the books that "influenced" mankind to explore and think for themselves abandon all that he knows and has, to read a book.
A simply chilling story about the possiblity of mind & thought control of a police state, and what some will do to keep the stories and history of mankind alive! - DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaWalter MatthauFritz WeaverA technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?The time, the 60's the place Washington D.C., New York City, Moscow.
The thought provoking movie about what might have occured if the game of cat & mouse in the nuclear era had gone awry.
Could you have done what the US President did to make things right???? - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.The role that solidified Bogart as the # 1 actor of all time. A story of love, war & courage.
Just a great movie, one that will last forever. - CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.Rod Serling was the master of the sci fi genre.
"Zone" was just the greatest anthology series ever on TV. Each and every episode is a classic!! - DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.What we have here is... failure to communicate!
The ultimate movie about the ultimate non conformist.
Paul Newman in one of his most defining roles!!!!! - DirectorRobert RossenStarsPaul NewmanJackie GleasonPiper LaurieAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.Then there is this great Newman film, but the guy that steals the show is the Great One, Jackie Gleason, as Minnesota Fats! Gleason did all of his pool shots in this movie. And Newman did all but one (the masse shot.) Truly a time honored classic!
- CreatorRick BermanMichael PillerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisCirroc LoftonIn the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy.The Star Trek series that took Trek where no Trek had been before.
A lot of folks overlook this series in light of TOS & TNG but DS9 was on a par with the first two series. And had a great cast & characters as well!!!!!!! - CreatorRoland KibbeeStarsRobert WagnerFred AstaireMalachi ThroneThe adventures of suave cat burglar Alexander Mundy, who plies his trade for the U.S. Government."Let me get this straight, you WANT me to steal?"
RJ Wagner is Alexander Mundy a big time jewel thief who after he is caught by the government is recruited by Noah Bain (Malachi Throne) to steal for Uncle Sam as a member of the fictional SIA.
In the 3rd season the great Fred Astaire played Al's Father Alistaire Mundy the man that taught Al all he knows!
Another underrated show! - DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'BrienA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.Cagney plays Cody Jarrett a maniacal leader of a gang of thieves.
Jarrett seems to have all contingencies planned for until a fellow criminal informs him that the man he took in, Hank Fallon is really federal agent Vic Pardo (Edmund O'Brien). Cody winds up on top an oil storage tank and as he yells out his last words "made it ma, top of the world!" The refinery blows up all around him courtesy of Cody's gun!
To show how great an actor Cagney was, he absolutely hated this film as he considered it a backwards step in his career, yet the consumate pro he gives a 100% top notch performance!