Christopher George Filmography

Nightmares

Synopsis: In this murder mystery, a daughter begins to suspect that her father's death was not an accident after she observes her mother and a mortician during a seance. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Enter the Ninja

Actors: Franco Nero, Susan George, Sho Kosugi, Alex Courtney, Will Hare

Synopsis: Cannon Productions' first foray into the martial arts milieu, Enter the Ninja stars Franco Nero. While visiting old pal Frank Landers (Alex Courtney) in the Philippines, master ninja Cole (Nero) is approached by villain Charles Venarius (Christopher George). Coveting Lander's plantation, Venarius Read More

Graduation Day

Actors: Christopher George, Patch MacKenzie, E. Danny Murphy, E.J. Peaker

Synopsis: This standard formula slasher-thriller involves an equal-opportunity psycho busily pitchforking both male and female members of a high-school track team. The killer's motivation is supposedly linked to a similar murder which occurred 40 years ago at an ill-fated graduation dance. This tedious Read More

Mortuary

Actors: Mary McDonough, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, Christopher George, Bill Paxton

Synopsis: Crown International's leading sleaze director, Hikmet Avedis (The Fifth Floor) was behind this bloody horror film. Greg and Christie are a young married couple who are investigating the mysterious death of Christie's father. Their search takes them to mortician Hank Andrews (Christopher George) Read More

Angkor: Cambodia Express

Actors: Christopher George, Woody Strode, Nancy Kwan, Lui Leung Wai

Synopsis: In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal reign of Pol Pot). Cameron has to smuggle out his girlfriend Mieng (Nit Alisa) before she is killed (along with the other two million Cambodians) Read More

City of the Living Dead

Actors: Christopher George, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi

Synopsis: This gruesome horror film from cult director Lucio Fulci posits a priest's suicide opening the gateway to Hell, freeing bloodthirsty zombies to roam the town of Dunwich. The main attractions are startlingly explicit special effects by Franco Rufino, including two of the horror genre's most Read More

The Exterminator

Actors: Christopher George, Samantha Eggar, Robert Ginty, Steve James, Tony di Benedetto

Synopsis: A Vietnam veteran declares a one-man war on crime in this vigilante revenge thriller. Michael Jefferson (Steve James) saved the life of his best friend John Eastland (Robert Ginty) while the two were serving in Vietnam, so when Jefferson is left permanently paralyzed after a vicious attack by Read More

The Day Santa Claus Cried

Questo Si Che è Amore

Actors: Christopher George

Synopsis: Confined to a sterile hospital room because he was born with no immune system, young Tommy makes the best of things, even though he is not able to touch or see most of the things everyone else takes for granted. He has a friend his own age who understands how painful this is for him. In this sad Read More

Cruise into Terror

Synopsis: This delightfully bad made-for-TV movie throws together an assortment of television stalwarts and movie has-beens for what is essentially a horror version of The Love Boat. The plot involves a vacation cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, during which some of the passengers find an ancient Egyptian Read More

Foes

Crew: Special Effects

Synopsis: This enthusuastic but ultimately ridiculous space-monster opus involves the midair collision of an American fighter plane and a cheap-looking model of a UFO -- a craft which eventually crashlands in the remote California fishing town of Parish Island. The alien survivors (represented by what Read More

Day of the Animals

Actors: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Ansara

Synopsis: An interesting low-budget entry in the post-Jaws animals-run-amok genre (which also owes more than a little to Hitchcock's The Birds), this noisy, violent thriller features the prophetic premise of a widening gap in the ozone layer (thanks to human indulgences in hairspray and other aerosol Read More

Whiskey Mountain

Synopsis: In this film, Whiskey Mountain proves deadly when two young couples travel there on a treasure hunt. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

Actors: David Janssen

Synopsis: Mayday at 40,000 Feet is a regulation crisis-in-the-air TV movie distinguished by the accomplished direction of Robert (Hill Street Blues) Butler. David Janssen pilots a 747 chock full of guest stars, battling a snowstorm in order to find his way back to the airport. The plane develops engine Read More

The Shootist

Actors: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Bill McKinney, James Stewart

Synopsis: About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging Western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne), "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty." In his remaining two months, Books Read More

Dixie Dynamite

Actors: Kathy McHaley

Synopsis: Two sisters (Jane Johnstone, Kathy McHaley) seek vengeance when they are evicted from their farmhouse and a gunslinging sheriff shoots down their moonshining father. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Grizzly

Actors: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan Mc Call, Joseph Dorsey

Synopsis: This ecology-themed horror movie took its inspiration from the success of Jaws and moved that film's man-versus-nature conflict from the seaside to the forest. The plot of Grizzly focuses on Mike Kelly (Christopher George), a forest ranger whose peaceful tenure over a forest housing a busy nature Read More

Midway

Actors: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: An expensive war epic, Midway emulates The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! in attempting to re-create a famous World War II battle from both the American and Japanese viewpoints. The 1942 battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific; the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed Read More

The Last Survivors

Actors: Martin Sheen, Diane Baker, Tom Bosley, Christopher George, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: Though not officially acknowleged at the time of its telecast, the made-for-TV movie The Last Survivors was a rehash of the 1957 theatrical feature Abandon Ship; both in fact were based on the same true story. A typhoon at sea has sunk a ship, leaving Alexander Holmes (Martin Sheen) as the highest Read More

S.W.A.T.: The Bravo Enigma

Actors: Steve Forrest, Rod Perry, Robert Urich, Mark Shera, James Coleman

Synopsis: The SWAT team scours the city in search of an elusive assassin named Bravo (Christopher George). Although under normal circumstances the situation would be tense, indeed (the life of a prominent senator is at stake), and on this occasion the team is racing against time in more ways than one Read More

Sharks!

Synopsis: Sharks! has nothing to do with Jaws, even though it was telecast the same year that the Spielberg classic was released. The shark in this instance is of the "loan" variety. When the villain causes the murder of an Indian girl, cowboy cop McCloud (Dennis Weaver) takes the case. McCloud poses as a Read More

The Inbreaker

Synopsis: In this Canadian drama, set on the coast of British Columbia, a university student visits his brother George who has been paying for the younger man's education. The brother is now hoping that George will give him a job too. Unfortunately, George has no openings. Instead, the younger brother hooks Read More

A Beautiful Killing

Synopsis: A Beautiful Killing stars husband-and-wife actors Christopher and Lynda Day George as a team of married private eyes. The Georges' current assignment takes them to an exclusive health spa for women. A client has died suddenly--and there's evidence that she has been (to quote the press release for Read More

The Next Scream You Hear

Synopsis: The Next Scream You Hear stars graying Christopher George as a ruthless young executive. When George's wife is murdered, he is the prime suspect. The more he tries to prove his innocence, the more the evidence points to him. All this one is missing is a bloody glove and a white Bronco. Shot on Read More

Not Guilty

I Escaped from Devil's Island

Synopsis: In this violent low-budget actioner from Roger and Gene Corman, two battered prisoners decide they've had enough and attempt to escape the notorious island. Papillon it isn't. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Train Robbers

Actors: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George

Synopsis: The action never stops in this western, which has a surprise ending. Ann-Margret stars as Mrs. Lowe, a widow who wishes to recover some gold stolen by her husband and hidden away. She says she wants to return it to the bank it was stolen from and clear her family name. In order to do this, she Read More

Escape

Actors: Christopher George, Marlyn Mason, Avery Schreiber, John Vernon, William Windom

Synopsis: The first of two TV movies bearing the title Escape, this 1971 film was the pilot for a potential series. Christopher George stars as Cameron Steele, a famous escape artist who solves crimes on the side. Steele and his faithful assistant Nicholas Slye (Avery Schreiber) tackle the case of a Read More

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Synopsis: Photographer Christopher George is mistaken for an assassination target by paid killers. Since the actual victim-to-be is now safe, George cannot count on the protection of the authorities, so he takes it on the lam. He is sheltered by former girlfriend Judy Carne, who is kidnapped and threatened Read More

Man on a String

Actors: Christopher George, Jack Warden, Joel Grey, Keith Carradine

Synopsis: Man on a String was a derivation of Tightrope, a 1959-60 TV series starring Mike Connors as an undercover agent. Despite high ratings, Tightrope was forced off the air due to its excessive violence, but its producers held out hopes that someday they'd be able to revive the property. This 1971 Read More

$ (Dollars)

Actors: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber, Scott Brady

Synopsis: Originally billed as merely $, Dollars stars top box office draws Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn. Beatty plays a security whiz, employed in Hamburg, Germany. He devises a clever method of robbing the secret bank vaults of notorious criminals, reasoning that the crooks will never turn to the cops. Read More

The Delta Factor

Synopsis: In this action movie, based on a Mickey Spillane novel, a globe-trotting adventurer finds himself framed for a $40 million dollar robbery. He is convicted, but manages to escape. He is quickly caught. The authorities give him a choice of options: he can return to the joint, or he can help the CIA Read More

Chisum

Actors: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett

Synopsis: John Wayne toplines this biography of the cattle owner John Simpson Chisum, a controversial figure who was the most powerful man in New Mexico during the Wild West era. A founder and prominent citizen in the town of Lincoln, Chisum is slow to act when ruthless land baron Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker Read More

The F.B.I.: Return to Power

Synopsis: A Federal agent is seriously injured at the US/Canadian border when exiled Mafia functionary Peter Tenny (Christopher George) sneaks back into the contry. Though his main scheme is to regain control of his criminal activities, Tenny is also determine to prove that a trusted relative (Mark Richman) Read More

Mission: Impossible: Terror

Actors: Peter Graves, Lynda Day George, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, David Opatoshu, Christopher George

Synopsis: The fate of a Middle Eastern nation hangs in the balance as terrorist Ismet El Kabir (Michael Tolan) is scheduled to be pardoned from prison. The IMF must prevent Kabir's release, thereby forcing him into an escape attempt that will cost him his life. The plan involves the infiltration of Kabir's Read More

The House on Greenapple Road

Synopsis: House on Greenapple Road was an off-length TV movie (135 minutes instead of the usual 100), first telecast on The ABC Sunday Night Movie on January 11, 1970. Christopher George heads a stellar cast as Lt. Dan August, probing a homicide case in suburbia. The accused, a meek clerk (Tim O'Connor) Read More

Tiger by the Tail

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a Vietnam vet goes to his California hometown and discovers that two Mexicans have murdered his brother, the chief stockholder in a successful racetrack, during a robbery. The vet begins investigating and discovers that the theft was a cover-up for the killing and that another Read More

The Devil's 8

Actors: Christopher George, Fabian, Tom Nardini, Leslie Parrish, Ross Hagen

Synopsis: Faulkner (Christopher George) is an ATF agent who shut down the moonshine operation of Burl (Ralph Meeker) in his Southern state hideaway. Along with agent Martin (Ron Rifkin), the duo uses eight escaped prisoners for the job, promising their freedom should the mission succeed. Fabian stars as one Read More

The Thousand Plane Raid

Actors: Christopher George, Laraine Stephens, J.D. Cannon, Michael Evans

Synopsis: Colonel Greg Brandon (Christopher George) is the commander of a B-17 fighter unit. His plan to send 1000 planes to bomb a strategic German airplane factory meets with continual rejection by everyone except General Palmer (J.D. Cannon). The tough-guy Colonel alienates himself to his men and Read More

Gavilan

Synopsis: Gavilan was also released as The Ballad of Gavilan. This was in deference to the off-camera musical contributions of balladeer Pete Seeger, whose melodic commentary upon the action is the best part of the film. Christopher George stars as a young westerner whose family is wiped out by villains. George Read More

The Immortal

Synopsis: The Immortal is the pilot film for a TV series that reversed the concept of Run For Your Life: Instead of a hero with only a few years to live, the hero of The Immortal can never die! Injected with an experimental serum, Christopher George finds that his blood system has built up an immunity to Read More

Project X

Actors: Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Harold Gould

Synopsis: Project X boasts better special effects than usual for tight-fisted producer/director William Castle, but it crumbles in the story department. Christopher George is a secret agent living in the year 2118, who through a complex scientific charade is convinced that he's living in 1968. The plan is Read More

The Rat Patrol: Season 02

Actors: Christopher George, Morgan Jones, Justin Tarr, Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden

El Dorado

Actors: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Paul Fix

Synopsis: Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. The first of these rehashes was El Dorado, with Rio Bravo star John Wayne back for more. Wayne plays a gunfighter who rides into El Dorado to link up with his old pal, sheriff Robert Mitchum Read More

The Gentle Rain

Actors: Christopher George, Lynda Day, Fay Spain

Synopsis: In this drama, a troubled 17-year old socialite runs away from her home in New York to Rio. There she falls for a troubled architect. The architect, devastated since his girlfriend was killed, is unable, or unwilling to speak. The girl tries to help him by suggesting he see a psychiatrist, but he Read More

The Rat Patrol: Season 01

Actors: Christopher George, Morgan Jones, Justin Tarr, Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden

Bewitched: George the Warlock

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Christopher George

Synopsis: Christopher George guest stars as George, an old warlock boyfriend of Samantha Stephens. In her neverending efforts to break up her daughter's marriage, Endora summons George to romance Samantha. It turns out that Sam may be in just the right mood to be swept off her feet; she has just spotted her Read More