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- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom HulceAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.Let's just start here. Animal house features a young Kevin Bacon as a pledge at the rival fraternity. We all know we can connect Kevin Bacon to just about anyone. So, here is out first connection...
- DirectorKen KwapisMarisa SilverStarsKevin BaconElizabeth PerkinsNathan LaneTV viewers love seeing the two reporters with opposing views on the show "He Said, She Said". Womanizer Dan and Lorie fall for each other. Love?Bacon would go on to be a relatively hot commodity for a while, then cool off and start appearing in more interesting roles. This is while he was still hot, appearing with Elizabeth Perkins, in a movie told from different points of view. Perkins would later appear in...
- CreatorJenji KohanStarsMary-Louise ParkerHunter ParrishAlexander GouldWhen a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.Elizabeth Perkins was a regular for several seasons of Weeds, as the pompous and manipulative friend of Mary Louise Parker. MLP also appeared in...
- DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsBruce WillisHelen MirrenMorgan FreemanWhen his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.Mary Louise Parker ends up an unwilling companion to Bruce Willis in this action/comedy. Richard Dreyfuss appears as an arms dealer. In his younger days, Dreyfuss appeared in an odd family comedy...
- DirectorJack ArnoldRicou BrowningStarsTony RandallJanet LeighRoddy McDowallA marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.Dreyfus is a friend of Tony Randall and Janet Leigh's kids, who all have a band. Dreyfus is the "singer" (he's dubbed). Appearing as a record mogul is Roddy McDowell, who made a guest appearance in....
- CreatorRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsPeter FalkMike LallyJohn FinneganLos Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.Roddy McDowell appeared in an early episode where he is a wannabe photographer and heir to a chemical company, who arrogantly believes he has committed the perfect murder, until he comes up against Lt. Columbo. Also seen in that episode was Ann Francis, who made a memorable and sexy appearance in...
- 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.Ann Francis is the daughter of scientist Walter Pidgeon, in this sci-fi classic. Also appearing, in a smaller role, is Earl Holliman. Holliman co-starred with Angie Dickinson in...
- CreatorRobert L. CollinsStarsAngie DickinsonEarl HollimanCharles DierkopFollows Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, LAPD's top undercover cop. A member of the Criminal Conspiracy Unit, Pepper works the wild side of the street, where she poses as everything from a gangster's moll to a streetwalker to a prison inmate.Policewoman had several undercover cop characters, including one played by Charles Dierkop, who was notable for a rather flat nose, that looked like he had been on the losing end of a fight. Dierkop also appeared in...
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.Dierkop played a character known as, surprisingly, Flat Nose. The script for this classic film came from the pen of William Goldman, who also wrote...
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.Goldman is the real "S Morganstern" behind the novel and also wrote the film script. The film features legendary pro wrestler Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, who, in the 70s, appeared in the classic tv series...
- StarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonMartin E. BrooksAfter a severely injured test pilot is rebuilt with nuclear-powered bionic limbs and implants, he serves as an intelligence agent.Andre was the first actor to play Sasquatch, a bionic creature created by aliens. In a later episode, Sasquatch was played by Ted Cassidy, who also did cartoon voice work, including the series...
- CreatorAlex TothStarsDon MessickGinny TylerGary OwensThe adventures of a space superhero who can become invisible and his sidekicks.Space Ghost, the hero, was voiced by Gary Owens, who is probably best known for...
- CreatorDigby WolfeStarsDan RowanDick MartinGary OwensThe original rapid fire sketch comedy show.Gary Owens was the announcer who linked segments and voiced many jokes. Appearing as both a go-go dancer and ditzy performer on the show was Goldie Hawn, who appeared in the Disney film...
- DirectorMichael O'HerlihyStarsWalter BrennanBuddy EbsenLesley Ann WarrenThe eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory.Goldie dances in this film, which also featured a young actor with whom she would work when he was an adult, and eventually live with: Kurt Russell. They reconnected on the set of the movie...
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsGoldie HawnKurt RussellChristine LahtiA woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.Sparks flew between Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, leading to a relationship that still exists. The film was written by Nancy Dowd. Dowd is also the writer of this favorite hockey movie...
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanMichael OntkeanStrother MartinA failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.Nancy Dowd's brother Ned played semi-pro hockey and the colorful characters he played with and against formed the basis of the script, and many played characters in the film. The film also reunited Paul newman and Strother Martin, who previously appeared in...
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.Who can forget Strother Martin's famous scene, after Paul Newman's Luke has been brought back to the chain gang? "What we've got here is...failure to communicate." One of the cons in the film is Wayne Rogers, as Dragline. Rogers would go on to appear as a surgeon in the tv series...
- 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.Wayne Rogers played Trapper John McIntyre, Hawkeye's best friend and roommate. Rogers left the series in a contract dispute, but Trapper would later reappear, but in a different format. He got his own series...
- CreatorDon BrinkleyFrank GlicksmanStarsPernell RobertsBrian Stokes MitchellCharles SiebertThe Korean War M*A*S*H unit veteran operates as Chief Surgeon in a major city hospital with his colleagues.Trapper John is now in the present, at a major hospital. Unfortunately, Wayne Rogers didn't get to reprise the role, Pernell Roberts did. Roberts was best known, previously, for this western series...
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.Pernell Roberts was oldest son Adam Cartwright. Of course, the biggest brother was actually Hoss, played by Dan Blocker. Blocker passed away before he could see his son Dirk, appear in this later hit series...
- StarsRobert ConradSimon OaklandDana ElcarThe dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron).Dirk Blocker was one of the pilots who flew in the famous Black Sheep Squadron, led by Pappy Boyington. One of his fellow pilots was played by John Laroquette, who is best known for the comedy series...
- CreatorReinhold WeegeStarsHarry AndersonJohn LarroquetteRichard MollAn eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.John Laroquette played DA Dan Fielding, a thoroughly likeable "unlikeable" guy. The series starred Harry Anderson as Judge Harry Stone. Stone's favorite singer was Mel Torme, who appeared as a drag racing punk in this little film...
- DirectorCharles F. HaasStarsMamie Van DorenMel TorméRay AnthonySilver is a troubled teenage girl sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in.This film starred Mel Torme and Mamie Van Doren. Also appearing in the film, as a singer, was singer Paul Anka. Anka was one of dozens of notable stars to appear in the WW2 film...
- DirectorKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard BurtonThe events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.Paul Anka plays one of the rangers who landed at Pointe du Hoc, at Normandy. Also in the film is French actor, known as Bourvil, who co-stars with Alain Delon in the classic French crime film...
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonBourvilGian Maria VolontèAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.Alain Delon stars as a thief, fresh out of prison, who conspires with an escaped criminal to steal a fortune in jewels. A few years later, Delon would star as a favorite character of his son....
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsAlain DelonStanley BakerOttavia PiccoloIn the New World, a new Spanish governor finds the province of Nueva Aragón under the iron fist of the corrupt Colonel Huerta and vows to bring justice under the guise of a masked avenger.Alain Delon starred in this version of Zorro, for his son, who was a fan of the hero. Appearing in the film, as comedy relief, is French actor/comedian Moustache, who also appears in the caper/romantic comedy...
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsAudrey HepburnPeter O'TooleEli WallachThe daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.Moustache is one of the museum guards that Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn must elude, while they steal a fake statue, created by Hepburn's father. The art forging father is played by Hugh Griffith, who also appeared in...
- DirectorMarty FeldmanStarsMarty FeldmanAnn-MargretMichael YorkAn aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.Hugh Griffith plays a judge in this Marty Feldman vehicle, a parody of the classic romantic adventure novel Beau Geste. In one scene, while suffering from mirages, Feldman comes across another Beau Geste.....
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsGary CooperRay MillandRobert PrestonThree adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.In the Last remake of Beau Geste, Marty Feldman suffers a mirage, which features footage of Gary Cooper from this classic version. The film would later be remade, in this version...
- DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsGuy StockwellDoug McClureLeslie NielsenIn 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.This remake of Beau Geste featured Doug McClure as Beau's younger brother John. McClure starred in a series of films based on Edgar Rice Burroughs novels, including...
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsDoug McClureJohn McEnerySusan PenhaligonDuring World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.Doug McClure stars as American engineer Bowen Tyler, a survivor of a torpedoed ship. The survivors, undler Tyler's leadership, take over the German U-boat that sank their ship. One of the German crew is Anthony Ainley, who appeared in this classic sci-fi series...
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.Anthony Ainley played the Master, during Peter Davison's run as the Doctor. The Master first appeared in the Jon Pertwee era, played by Roger Delgado. Delgado also had a small role in...
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsOliver ReedDiana RiggTelly SavalasA woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.Delgado is one of several people in league with Tely Savalas' scheme to destabilize Europe. Another accomplice in the Bureau is played by Curt Jurgens, who appeared in this John le Carre-penned mini-series...
- StarsAlec GuinnessEileen AtkinsBill PatersonThe murder of a Soviet defector forces his old handler, British spymaster George Smiley, out of retirement. His investigation leads to an old nemesis, the Soviet spymaster known only as "Karla". This will be their final dance.Jurgens is an old agent of George Smiley, whose murder puts Smiley on a trail that may help him get revenge on Korla. They key person on that trail is played by Eileen Atkinson who co-created the seminal tv series...
- CreatorEileen AtkinsStarsGordon JacksonDavid LangtonJean MarshThe lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.Eileen Atkinson and Jean Marsh created this drama about the lives of the privileged and those who serve them. One of the servants was Gordon Jackson, who was the boss in...
- CreatorBrian ClemensStarsGordon JacksonMartin ShawLewis CollinsBodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.Gordon Jackson orders around Lewis Collins and Martin Shaw. Shaw has an awful perm in this series, but has much better hair in this later series...
- StarsRichard E. GrantRonan VibertGerard MurphyDuring the turmoil of the French Revolution, English aristocrat Percy Blakeney, often aided by his League of friends, secretly undertakes various daring missions as the Scarlet Pimpernel.Martin Shaw is Citizen Chauvelin, who constantly seeks the elusive Scarlet Pimpernal, played by Richard E Grant. Grant has a supporting role in the Steve Martin comedy...
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsSteve MartinVictoria TennantRichard E. GrantWith the help of a talking freeway billboard, a wacky weatherman tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early 1990s Los Angeles.Richard E Grant plays Victoria Tennant's estranged husband in this film. She is attracted to Steve Martin, but has committed to a weekend getaway with Grant. Martin ends up asking Sarah Jessica Parker to accompany him on a weekend, and they end up in the next room at the same hotel as Grant. Parker also starred in the tv series...
- CreatorAnne BeattsStarsSarah Jessica ParkerAmy LinkerMerritt ButrickPatty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson, two awkward teenage girls, are desperate to fit in at Weemawee High School.This short-lived, but cult favorite 80s series also featured Merrit Butrick, who would play the offspring of Captain Kirk, in...
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.Kirk learns he has a son, David, who has developed a terraforming device that has become a weapon, in the hands of Khan, played by Ricardo Montalban. Montalban was one of a platoon of soldiers, in the classic war film...
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsVan JohnsonJohn HodiakRicardo MontalbanTrue tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.Montalban is part of a platoon that includes James Whitmore. Whitmore had a memorable turn in the film...
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.James Whitmore plays Brooks, the old inmate who can't handle life on the outside. The film stars Tim Robbins, who also appeared in this baseball comedy...
- DirectorRon SheltonStarsKevin CostnerSusan SarandonTim RobbinsA fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.Tim Robbins is "Nuke" Laloosh, the pitcher with the million dollar arm and a 5 cent brain. He is paired with veteran catcher "Crash" Davis, played by Kevin Costner. Costner had an earlier role, as a naval officer, in this thriller...
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsKevin CostnerGene HackmanSean YoungA coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.Costner is a naval officer at the Pentagon, who is involved with Sean Young, who is mistress to Gene Hackman. Hackman made an early appearance in this war movie...
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsChad EverettMarilyn DevinDean JaggerIn WW2, highly decorated Marine Sgt. Jack Connell comes home to the USA from the Pacific War and trains recruits for the army until his fighting spirit prods him to request a return to active duty on the front lines.Gene Hackman appears later in the film as an NCO, working with Everett, who, though a Medal of Honor winner at Guadacanal, has become gunshy. The film also features James Best, as Everett's buddy. Best played the sherriff in...
- CreatorGy WaldronStarsTom WopatJohn SchneiderCatherine BachThe adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.James Best is Roscoe Coltrane, forever chasing "them Duke Boys." Appearing as Uncle Jesse in the series was Denver Pyle, wo also appeared in...
- CreatorCarl ReinerStarsDick Van DykeMary Tyler MooreRose MarieThe misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.Denver Pyle guest starred as a favorite uncle of Rob's, who is chasing after Sally, while looking for a wife. The Dick Van Dyke show was conceived by Carl Reiner, who played second banana in...
- CreatorSylvester L. Weaver Jr.StarsSid CaesarImogene CocaFelisa VanoffBest remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.Carl Reiner was second banana to Sid Ceasar in all of his shows, and a brilliant pair they made. Another featured performer is Imogene Coca, who stole every scene in the comedy...
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloImogene CocaThe Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.Imogene Coca is Ellen Griswold's nasty aunt, who joins their trip to the Grand Canyon. Also appearing in the film, as a crooked car salesman, is Eugene Levy, best known for...
- CreatorAndrew AlexanderStarsJohn CandyJoe FlahertyEugene LevyComedy parody about TV.Well, in my world, Eugene Levy is better known for SCTV than movies with people having sex with pies; maybe not as much as for Best in Show. Also appearing on the show, in the earlier syndicated days, was Harold Ramis. Ramis would also do some voicework in...
- DirectorGerald PottertonJohn BrunoJohn HalasStarsRichard RomanusJohn CandyJoe FlahertyA glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.Several SCTV performers, including Harold Ramis, did voicework for Heavy Metal. The film adapts stories from the magazine, Heavy Metal, which featured a few pieces from artist Howard Chaykin, who also designed some characters for Taarna. Chaykin was a script editor on the superhero tv show...
- CreatorDanny BilsonPaul De MeoStarsJohn Wesley ShippAmanda PaysAlex DésertA police forensic scientist, Barry Allen, battles crimes as the super-fast superhero "The Flash."Howard Chaykin was a script editor on the Flash, and appeared in the episode that introduced the Trickster, played by Mark Hamill. The Flash was one of DC's biggest stars in the 50s and 60s, leading to appearances on...
- StarsPaul FreesVic PerrinRay OwensThe animated adventures of several DC Comics superheroes.The Flash was one of several back-up cartoons featured during the Aquaman half hour. In those cartoons, many of the voices were provided by Ted Knight, who is best known for...
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsStarsMary Tyler MooreEdward AsnerGavin MacLeodThe lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.Ted Knight played hapless anchorman Ted Baxter in this seminal comedy series. The series would have several spin-offs, including the popular...
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsDavid DavisStarsValerie HarperJulie KavnerLorenzo MusicIn this spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Rhoda Morgenstern leaves best pal Mary Richards and her other friends in Minneapolis, Minn., to try her luck in Manhattan.Rhoda Morganstern got her own series, and her parents were regular features. Her father was played by Harold Gould, who also appeared in...
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Harold Gould is one of the con men who aids Newman and Redford in their attempt to gain revenge on a mobster, played by Robert Shaw. Shaw played a German officer in...
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsHenry FondaRobert ShawRobert RyanA dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.Robert Shaw plays the commander of the German attack in this film. Also appearing in the film is James MacArthur, who is best known as...
- CreatorLeonard FreemanStarsJack LordJames MacArthurKam FongThe investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.James MacArthur played Danno in this seminal police series, starring Jack Lord. Lord played the first movie Felix Leiter in this James Bond film...
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsSean ConneryUrsula AndressBernard LeeA resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.Jack Lord was Felix Leiter in the first Eon Productions James Bond. Playing the villain was Joseph Wiseman, who played another Asian villain in...
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsJared MartinKatie SaylorRobert ItoTwo men and a woman, all friends and martial arts experts, visit Hong Kong, where they grew up. When the woman disappears, the men find out that she has been kidnapped by white slavers, and find themselves battling a gang of kung-fu killers in an attempt to rescue their friend.This martial arts-themed tv movie has Joseph Wiseman as the villain, and stars Jared Martin as one of the heroes. Martin also appeared in the short-lived sci-fi series...
- StarsJared MartinCarl FranklinIke EisenmannTravelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.Jared Martin appeared in this series, about people lost in the Bermuda Triangle. The series also featured Ike Eisenmann, who children of the 70s will remember from...
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsEddie AlbertRay MillandDonald PleasenceTwo mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?Ike Eisenmann played one of two children with paranormal powers, in this Disney film. The film spawned a sequel...
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsBette DavisChristopher LeeKim RichardsTia and Tony visit Los Angeles, but he's quickly kidnapped by an evil scientist, leaving her to desperately search for him.This sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain also featured Ike Eisenmann. He falls under the control of Christopher Lee, who will forever be known as...
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingChristopher LeeMichael GoughWhen Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula for accepting a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses, his friend Dr. Van Helsing pursues the predatory villain.Christopher Lee began a long streak as Dracula, based on the Bram Stoker novel. His nemesis is Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, played by Peter Cushing. Cushing also appeared in...
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Peter Cushing is Grand Moff Tarkin, who commands the Death Star, with Darth Vader as his henchman. Vader is played, physically, by Dave Prowse, who had a small part in...
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.Dave Prowse plays the bodyguard to the writer who had been attacked by Malcolm McDowell and his gang. McDowell had earlier appeared in Lyndsay Anderson's...
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid WoodRichard WarwickIn this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.Malcolm McDowell is one of the malcontents in his first collaboration with director Lyndsay Anderson. Also appearing in the film, and in Anderson's other films, is Brian Pettifer, who was a cast member of the detective series...
- StarsRobert CarlyleRalph RiachBrian PettiferHamish Macbeth is a police constable in the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, who occasionally bends the rules when it suits him or when it can help some of his fellow eccentric townsfolk.Brian Pettifer is a shop owner in the village where PC Hamish Macbeth keeps the peace. Aso appearing in the series was Maurice Roeves, who played a colonel in the British Army in the film...
- DirectorMichael MannStarsDaniel Day-LewisMadeleine StoweRussell MeansThree trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.Maurice Roeves played Col. Munro in this film. One of his two daughters is played by Madeline Stowe, who appears in this movie..
- DirectorRadha BharadwajStarsMadeleine StoweAlan RickmanIn a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.Madeline Stowe is one of only two actors who appears in this film. The other is Alan Rickman, who plays (surprisingly) the villain in...
- DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsKevin CostnerMorgan FreemanMary Elizabeth MastrantonioRobin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.Alan Rickman play the Sherriff of Nottingham, to Kevin Costner's rather bland Robin Hood. One of the hooks of this Robin Hood was Morgan Freeman as Robin's cohort, a Moor. A similar concept had been done in this Robin Hood series...
- CreatorRichard CarpenterStarsPeter Llewellyn WilliamsRay WinstoneMark RyanA forest mystical being appoints two men in succession as the legendary outlaw defender of the oppressed.This version of Robin Hood featured a Saracen member of the Merry Men, as well as mystical elements, such as Herne the Hunter. It also featured Robert Addie as Guy of Gisborn. Addie also played Mordred, in this version of King Arthur...
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsNigel TerryHelen MirrenNicholas ClayMerlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.Robert Addie played Mordred in the film, which also features early cinema roles from several British and Irish actors, including Patrick Stewart. Stewart would also appear on tv in...
- StarsAlec GuinnessMichael JaystonAnthony BateIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.Patrick Stewart plays Karla, the Russian spymaster and George Smiley's opposite number, in this adaptation of John le Carre's novel. The character of George Smiley appears in several of le Carre's novels, including....
- DirectorMartin RittStarsRichard BurtonOskar WernerClaire BloomInstead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.George Smiley works with Control in running this operation. Richard Burton plays the burnt out British agent at the heart of the story. Also appearing is German actor Oskar Werner, who starred in Francois Truffault's...
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsOskar WernerJulie ChristieCyril CusackIn an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.Oskar Werner is Montag, the protagonist of Ray Bradbury's seminal novel about firemen who burn books, in a society where they are outlawed. Also appearing in the film is Cyril Cusak, who appears in the similarly themed film...
- DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonIn a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.Cyril Cusak plays a shop owner who provides Winston Smith with a secret place to meet his lover. Smith is played by John Hurt, who made a name for himself as Quentin Crisp, in this film...
- DirectorJack GoldStarsJohn HurtLiz GebhardtPatricia HodgeThe life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.This film tells the story of Quentin Crisp, a seminal figure in British culture, with regards to gay rights. Crisp himself would appear in the rather avant garde production of this Virginia Woolf novel...
- DirectorSally PotterStarsTilda SwintonBilly ZaneQuentin CrispAfter Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's tale of a seemingly immortal figure who changes gender at various points in his/her life features Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I. Portraying Orlando is Tilda Swinton, who appeared in this film...
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsMichael CaineTilda SwintonAlan BatesTale of a former Nazi executioner who becomes a target of hitmen and police investigators.Tilda Swinton is an investigator who is tracking a French war criminal, played by Michael Caine. In the film, Caine's character collaborated with the Germans in rounding up Jews. In a previous role, Caine played a German, who attempts to save a Jew, in this film...
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsMichael CaineDonald SutherlandRobert DuvallA German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.Michael Caine plays Kurt Steiner, commander of a fallschirmjaegger detachment, who finds himself under court martial for attempting to save a young Jewish woman, in defiance of an SS gruppenfueher. His death sentence is reprieved to carry out a special operation to capture Winston Churchill. Also in the film is Larry Hagman, who plays an Army colonel who is less than competent. Hagman had an early role in this film, as a translator for the president of the United States...
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaWalter MatthauFritz WeaverA technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?Larry Hagman appears in this seminal Cold War film, about a bomber that is headed towards its target in the USSR, despite efforts to recall it. This scenario is also featured in this film...
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove shared a plot of a strategic bomber on its way to the USSR to bomb its target with Fail-Safe. This dark comedy also featured, as one of the crew of the B-52, a young James Earl Jones. Jones would later appear in...
- DirectorSidney PoitierStarsSidney PoitierBill CosbyJames Earl JonesA retired Chicago cop blackmails two rich thieves into "volunteering" to help juvenile delinquents change paths.James Earl Jones appears in this film as a retiring cop who blackmails Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby into helping out a youth center, with a jobs program. Meanwhile, they are dodging a mobster out to kill Poitier. The film also featured Denise Nicholas, who was part of the cast of...
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStarsLloyd HaynesDenise NicholasMichael ConstantineTeacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant. He's assisted by girlfriend and school counselor, Liz and student teacher (later teacher) Alice. The students love him.Denise Nicholas was one of cast of this seminal drama/comedy. Also appearing in the series was Judy Strangis, who appeared in the Saturday morning kid's show...
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsStarsDeidre HallJudy StrangisNorman AldenThe adventures of two female superheroes.Judy Strangis was Dyna Girl to Deidre Hall's Electra Woman in this Sid and Marty Krofft show. Also appearing as Frank, the scientist who creates their equipment, was Norman Alden, who was the voice of Aquaman on...
- CreatorGardner FoxStarsDanny DarkCasey KasemOlan SouleThe greatest of the DC Comics superheroes work together to uphold the good with the help of some young proteges.Norman Alden was Aquaman, while Olan Soule was Batman. Soule was a character actor who appeared in many things, including...
- CreatorSheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny ThomasStarsAndy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.Olan Soule appeared in several episodes as John Masters, who directed the choir in which Andy sang, and Barney wanted to sing. Also appearing in the show was Howard Morris, as Ernest T. Bass. Morris also did cartoon voices, including Jughead, in...
- StarsHoward MorrisDal McKennonJohn ErwinThe comedic misadventures and music of Archie Andrews and his friends.Howard Morris was Jughead on the Archie Show. Also doing voices was Filmation veteran Jane Webb, who also voiced characters in...
- StarsRobert RidgelyJack BannonErika ScheimerThis series is based on the adventures of Tarzan who seeks to champion the less fortunate, to right wrongs and to protect both the animals in his jungle as well as the human visitors.Jane Webb voiced several characters in Filmation's Tarzan series. Tarzan goes way back in movies and tv and has featured some notable actors. This Tarzan featured a future Oscar winner...
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGordon ScottAnthony QuayleSara ShaneFour British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine.This Tarzan film features a young Sean Connery as one of the villains, in a very early movie role. Connery would also be featured in the movie...
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsSean ConneryMichael CaineChristopher PlummerIn 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.Sean Connery and Michael Caine star in this film, based on Rudyard Kipling. The film is directed by John Huston, who also directed...
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.John Huston directs this adaptation of Dashiell Hammet, with Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade. Bogie would appear with Bette Davis in...
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsLeslie HowardHumphrey BogartBette DavisA waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.Bogie and Bette Davis appear in this Warner Bros. crime film. Many years later, Davis would co-star in this horror/thriller...
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.This thriller featured Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, who hated one another, which added to the creepy performances. Crawford became infamous, thanks to her daughter's book, and this movie...
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsFaye DunawayDiana ScarwidSteve ForrestThe abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.This way over the top adaptation of Christina Crawford's trashy tell-all, about her mother Joan, stars Faye Dunaway. Dunaway made a name for herself in this gangster film...
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.Faye Dunaway co-starred with Warren Beatty in this biopic. Also in the film was Michael J. Pollard, who would later appear in...
- DirectorFred SchepisiStarsSteve MartinDaryl HannahRick RossovichThe large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.Michael J Pollard is one of the firemen in Roxanne. Also appearing, in a bit part, is Damon Wayans, who would gain greater fame in...
- CreatorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsKeenen Ivory WayansJim CarreyKelly Coffield ParkThe Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show.Damon Wayans appeared here, along with brothers Keenan, Shawn, Marlon, and sister Kim. Also appearing as a Fly Girl was Jennifer Lopez, who appeared in...
- DirectorRobert LuketicStarsJennifer LopezMichael VartanJane FondaThe love life of Charlotte is reduced to an endless string of disastrous blind dates, until she meets the perfect man, Kevin. Unfortunately, his merciless mother will do anything to destroy their relationship.J-Lo appeared in this rather mediocre comedy, with a much better actress, Jane Fonda. Fonda is remembered for, amongst other things, appearing in this Italian-produced film...