The life and career of 1940s sex symbol Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) is affectionately but uncompromisingly recounted in this...
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2003
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1996
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In this erotic thriller (which at the same time parodies many stereotypical elements of the genre), Monica Martel...
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1992
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Not to be confused with the oft-filmed Fannie Hurst yarn Back Street, Backstreet Dreams is a contemporary drama of Humanity...
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1990
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When a movie star's ghost takes to haunting a writer's home on the beach, the two put their heads together to uncover the...
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Vincent Carbone
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1989
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A blushing bride (Melissa Gilbert) doesn't catch on that something's fishy when her new husband (Joe Penny), last name...
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1987
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In this graphically violent exploitation film, an insane colonel tests out his newly invented virus, HV8-B, designed to...
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1987
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1986
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In this made-for-TV movie, a teenage boy runs away from home and joins a circus, discovering that his new life is not...
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1984
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No relation to the 1987 film of the same name, 1983's Summer Heat is an R-rated "con on the run" affair. Bruce Davidson plays...
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1983
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Dario Argento leaves a distinct and bloody impression with this Italian horror film that took the slasher genre to graphic...
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Peter Neal
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1982
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L.A. Police Commissioner
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1982
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1982
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This sombre European melodrama was also released as Julie Darling. A teenaged girl witnesses the rape and murder of mother....
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Harold Wilding
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1982
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The time is WW II in the Emilia-Romagna countryside in Italy, and an American pilot's plane has just broken down near the...
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Ray
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1981
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In this Italian drama, Wilma, an aging dance hall girl, befriends La Cicada, a feisty, free-spirited woman who refuses to...
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1980
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This 1980 British production is based on the trashy romantic novel of the same name by Jackie Collins. Fabulously-successful...
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David Cooper
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1980
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Set in the Caribbean, Firepower is one of those "celebrity salads," featuring a glittering all-star cast. Sophia Loren heads...
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Carl Steener
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1979
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Another of the many Arthur Hailey literary properties which were transformed into TV miniseries in the 1970s, the five-part,...
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1978
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This wonderfully cheesy TV movie-of-the-week stars Tony Franciosa as a detective hot on the trail of a murderer whose...
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Mark Higbie
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1977
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Ostensibly a six-hour miniseries adaptation of Bert Hirschfield's novel Aspen, the program actually used only the title of...
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1977
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In this detective adventure, the pilot episode for the short-livedTV series, suave Matt Helm gets involved with the...
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Matt Helm
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1975
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Paul Newman returns as private detective Lew Harper is this tale of blackmail and murder based on a novel by Ross MacDonald....
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Det. Broussard
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1975
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The lighthearted title of this made-for-TV film deftly sets the mood for the 74 minutes to follow. Ben Murphy stars as a...
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1974
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Released several years after it was filmed, this standard Peter Sellers comedy focuses on Dick Scratcher (Sellers), a...
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Pierre Rodriguez
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1974
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Across 110th Street is a violent urban thriller about a corrupt, older white cop (Anthony Quinn) and an honest, young...
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Nick D'Salvio
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1972
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This unsold pilot film was reminiscent of the 1956 syndicated TV weekly The Tracer. Michael Witney plays the "catcher" of the...
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1972
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Alan Foster
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1971
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The Enemy Before Us stars Tony Franciosca as Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon. Back in his old neighborhood in New York's...
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1971
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The all-purpose science fiction title Earth II was utilized in 1971 for this TV pilot film. Producer/writers Allan Balter and...
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1971
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I Love You, Billy Baker was the only two-part episode of the TV series Name of the Game. Sammy Davis Jr. plays Las Vegas...
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1971
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Jim Hutton and Anjanette Comer have the misfortune to be honeymooning while a forest fire ranges all around them. But that's...
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1971
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In this drama, industrial espionage is discovered after a chemical plant blows up. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1970
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When an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, a girl disappears increasing the mystery. ~ Rovi...
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1970
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In this drama, a young man is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the challenge. ~...
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1970
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1970
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A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (Tony Franciosa) wants to find out...
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1970
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When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon attempts to prevent her suicide attempts. ~ Rovi...
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1970
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A doctor who is really a bungling killer is revealed by a investigator in this crime drama. ~ Rovi...
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1969
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Little Heather Harrison plays the title character in the 90-minute TV drama Laurie Marie. When Laurie Marie gets lost on the...
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1969
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A well-intentioned but hopelessly dated TV drama, Black Answer boasts an impressive African-American cast, including...
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1969
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This routine western finds Gannon (Tony Franciosa) as a lone drifter on the Kansas plains. He never looks for any trouble...
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Gannon
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1969
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The Incomparable Connie Walker was first broadcast as the January 24, 1969 episode of the TV series Name of the Game. Conway...
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1969
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Collector's Edition is a 90-minute episode of the TV series Name of the Game. Tony Franciosa stars as Jeff Dillon,...
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1969
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On California's Malibu Beach in the late 1960s, young people are enjoying a life with few responsibilities and plenty of...
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Collie
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1968
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Fear of High Places, first telecast September 20, 1968, was the opening episode of the weekly 90-minute TV adventure series...
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1968
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In this suspenseful drama, Glen Howard, a magazine publisher, refuses to support a crooked political candidate and finds...
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1968
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This drama chronicles the complexities of small-town politics after a murder occurs. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1968
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Occasionally listed as In Enemy Hands (evidently a working title), In Enemy Country is a war film with "A" ambitions and a...
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Charles
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1968
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Raquel Welch breaks the surly bonds of Earth and loves every minute of it in this lighthearted spy spoof. Fathom Harvill...
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Peter Merriweather
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1967
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Assault on a Queen is a complex, exciting crime-caper film in which a gang of clever mercenaries try to rob the famous luxury...
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Vic Rossiter
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1966
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The most interesting aspect of The Swinger is the name of the character played by Ann-Margret: the former Ann Margaret Olsson...
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Ric Colby
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1966
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Originally telecast November 26, 1966, Fame is the Name of the Game was the first official entry in NBC-TV "Project 120"...
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1966
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This late-'60s spy spoof also borrows a page from late-'50s Alfred Hitchcock, with its everyday man becoming embroiled in the...
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1966
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A huge shipment of rifles are stolen in Texas sometime shortly following the close of the Civil War. It turns out the rifles...
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Rodriguez
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1964
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Emilio Lacaye
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1964
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1963
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Two popular lead actors star in this conventional story of unrequited love, directed by Mauro Bolognini. Emilio...
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Emilio
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1962
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Ralph Baitz
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1962
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Nick Stratton
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1961
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A suspenseful courtroom drama, The Story on Page One was the second and last film directed by the distinguished American...
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Victor Santini
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1959
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The slow pacing of this fanciful tale about the life and one reputed love of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya makes for an...
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Francisco Goya
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1959
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Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony....
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Sam Lawson
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1959
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While often regarded as one of America's greatest novelists, William Faulkner produced work that did not always translate...
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Jody Varner
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1958
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Andy Griffith makes a spectacular film debut in this searing drama as Lonesome Rhodes, a philosophical country-western singer...
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Joey Kiely
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1957
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A Hatful of Rain, based on the stage play by Michael V. Gazzo, is the story of a drug addict's debilitating effect on his...
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Polo Pope
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1957
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Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo,...
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Bene
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1957
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A rare comedy effort by director Robert Wise, This Could Be the Night is based on a series of short stories Cordelia Baird...
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Tony Armotti
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1957
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