Hal Holbrook Filmography

Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII

Actors: Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: Join narrator Hal Holbrook as he examines the crucial role that gliders played in World War II offensives in this documentary that follows the history of the glider from the race to master the sky to the beaches of Normandy and Germany's last stand. In order to emerge victorious in battle, it was Read More

Shade

Actors: Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton, Jamie Foxx, Melanie Griffith, Sylvester Stallone

Synopsis: Shade, the first feature film from real-life card shark Damian Nieman, who wrote and directed the picture, stars Gabriel Byrne and Thandie Newton as a duo of con artists looking to beat the "Dean" (Sylvester Stallone), a legendary card shark, in a high-stakes poker game. Their first step is hiring Read More

Lost in Middle America (and what happened next)

Founding Brothers: A More Perfect Union, Part Two - Government

Founding Brothers: The Evolution of a Revolution, Part Four - Posterity

Founding Brothers: The Evolution of a Revolution, Part Three - Parties

Founding Brothers: A More Perfect Union, Part One - Leadership

The Majestic

Actors: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Gerry Black, Brent Briscoe, Karl Bury

Synopsis: Director Frank Darabont created this Frank Capra-inspired drama based on a screenplay by his friend and one-time schoolmate Michael Sloane. Jim Carrey stars as Pete Appleton, a screenwriter in the Hollywood of the 1950s. Pete's on top of the world with his first motion picture "Sand Pirates of the Read More

Purpose

Synopsis: An Internet entrepreneur looking to revolutionize the way the world wide web is utilized finds out that there's more to the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" than he ever imagined in this tale of innovation soured, helmed by greedy dot-com cynic Alan Ari Lazar. As the Read More

Valor: Incredible Stories of Patriotism and Courage

Synopsis: America loves its heroes. This appreciation is evident in the 2001 release Valor: Incredible Stories of Patriotism and Courage. In it, various accomplished soldiers are remembered for their selflessness and courage in the face of battle. The Medal of Honor is awarded to those that distinguish Read More

Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 1

Actors: Kevin Conway

Synopsis: The newest project from the master of documentaries deals with the life of author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), one of America's most beloved writers and historical characters from the 19th century. Ken Burns worked for nearly three years and drew from 100 hours of filmed material and hundreds of Read More

Ken Burns' Mark Twain, Part 2

Synopsis: The newest project from the master of documentaries deals with the life of author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), one of America's most beloved writers and historical characters from the 19th century. Ken Burns worked for nearly three years and drew from 100 hours of filmed material and hundreds of Read More

Haven

Actors: Natasha Richardson, Hal Holbrook, Martin Landau, Anne Bancroft, Bruce Greenwood

Synopsis: An American journalist takes on the dangerous responsibility of rescuing nearly a thousand refugees from a Nazi concentration camp in this two-part made-for-TV movie based on a true story. In the early days of America's involvement in World War II, Ruth Gruber (Natasha Richardson) is a reporter Read More

Men of Honor

Actors: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: This military drama is based on the true story of Carl Brashear, who was the first African-American to serve as a diver in the United States Navy. Brashear (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) was born to a poor farming family in the deep South, and joined the Navy in hopes of bettering himself. When Read More

Waking the Dead

Actors: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp

Synopsis: A man finds his melancholy turning to madness in this thriller. Young lawyer Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) has just thrown his hat in the ring for an upcoming congressional election. He has also been haunted by the memory of his girlfriend Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), who recently died in a car Read More

Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail

Synopsis: In this video, Viewers learn more about how the Mormons settled part of the American West during their 19th century journey to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. The program explains how persecuted the Mormons felt and why they felt they must try to survive all of the hardships they encountered while Read More

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Actors: Robby Benson, Dixie Carter, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: Robbie Benson lends his inimitable vocal stylings to this animated feature based on the book by L. Frank Baum. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

The Bachelor

Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Artie Lange

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Chris O'Donnell plays Jimmie, the grandson of an eccentric millionaire. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Jimmie learns that he stands to inherit $100 million on his 30th birthday. There's only one stipulation: Jimmie has to be married to get the money. And he is Read More

The Florentine

Actors: Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jeremy Davies, Tom Sizemore, Luke Perry

Synopsis: The regulars at a shot-and-a-beer bar in a decaying working-class town are the focus of Nick Stagliano's drama The Florentine. Michael Madsen plays Whitey, who owns a bar called The Florentine where most of the guys he knows hang out. His sister Molly (Virginia Madsen, Michael's real life sister) Read More

Beauty

Actors: Janine Turner, Jamey Sheridan, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: This made-for-television romantic fantasy is based on author Susan Wilson's novel-length, updated version of Beauty and the Beast. The beauty is talented painter Alix Miller. Her father Alexander was scheduled to paint a family portrait for the reclusive author Lee Crompton, but he fell ill and Read More

My Own Country

Actors: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: From the director of the acclaimed Salaam Bombay, My Own Country is based on the best-selling memoir of an Ethiopian doctor who treated HIV and AIDS patients in Johnson City in the smoky mountains of Eastern Tennessee in 1985. The film narrates the tribulations of a physician who takes home the Read More

Hush

Actors: Jessica Lange, Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnathon Schaech, Nina Foch, Debi Mazar, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: Jonathan Darby made his directorial debut with this thriller, set in Kentucky (but filmed in Orange County, VA). Jackson Baring (Johnathon Schaech) wants his girlfriend, Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow), to meet his mother, Martha (Jessica Lange), so he brings her home for Christmas to Kilronan, their Read More

Judas Kiss

Actors: Simon Baker-Denny, Gil Bellows, Carla Gugino, Alan Rickman, Til Schweiger

Synopsis: Young lovers and small-time New Orleans scammers Coco Chavez (Carla Gugino) and Junior Armstrong (Simon Baker-Denny) move up a few rungs when they kidnap wealthy computer mogul Ben Dyson (Greg Wise) in Sebastian Gutierrez's neo-noir. During the crime, Coco kills Dyson's girlfriend, Patty (Beverly Penberthy Read More

Eye of God

Actors: Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Hal Holbrook, Nick Stahl, Richard Jenkins

Synopsis: Ainsley Dupree (Martha Plimpton) is a short-order cook at a diner in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, a country town in the middle of nowhere. Lonely and bored, Ainsley becomes pen pals with Jack Stillings (Kevin Anderson), who is currently serving time in prison. When Jack is released, he immediately asks Read More

Cats Don't Dance

Actors: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie Cole, Ashley Peldon, Lindsay Rideway, John Rhys-Davies

Synopsis: This animated comedy for the family, which gently parodies the movie musicals of the '30s and '40s, follows Danny (voice of Scott Bakula), a cat from Kokomo, Indiana, who loves to sing and dance and longs to be in show business. One day, Danny decides to do something about his ambitions instead of Read More

Battleship

Synopsis: This video provides an extensive look at some of the greatest battleships in world history. These massive ships, which form the brute strength of the world's navies, have their own mystique and mythology. Included in the survey are the colorful stories of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, which Read More

All the Winters That Have Been

Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Karen Allen, Ben Cardinal, Sheila Tousey, Chris Martin

Synopsis: It has been 20 years since Federal agent Dane Corvin (Richard Chamberlain) left his home town of Raven Island -- and also 20 years since Dane's fiancée Helen (Karen Allen), a talented sculptor, bitterly broke off their engagement when he was forced to arrest her brother for poaching. Now Corvin Read More

Hercules

Actors: Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods

Synopsis: Disney's animation team dipped into the rich well of ancient mythology for this musical comedy. The son of Greek gods Zeus (voice of Rip Torn) and Hera (Samantha Eggar), Hercules (voice of Josh Keaton) is stolen as a boy by the minions of Hades (voice of James Woods), lord of the underworld. Read More

Operation Delta Force

Actors: Ernie Hudson, Jeff Fahey, Hal Holbrook, Joe Lara

Synopsis: When terrorists steal a biological weapon and its antidote, its up to a crack team of military commandos to get it back. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Rusty: The Great Rescue

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan, Laraine Newman, Vincent Schiavelli, Charles Fleischer

Synopsis: A courageous canine protects his family from dastardly criminals. Hal Holbrook and Rue McClanahan star. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide Read More

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Actors: Adam Arkins, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick, Kevin Conway

Synopsis: This Ken Burns documentary, narrated by Hal Holbrook, chronologically traces the well-documented 1804-06 military expedition of Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and Lt. William Clark (1770-1838) to survey newly acquired lands and seek a Northwest Passage. Ordered by Thomas Jefferson (who labeled it Read More

The Third Twin

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jason Gedrick, Larry Hagman

Synopsis: In this two-part suspenser inspired by Ken Follett's bestselling novel, university pscyhobiologist Jenny Ferrami (Kelly McGillis), in the process of studying a possible link between genetics and criminal behavior, stumbles upon a secret cloning experiment conducted by a major company. Figuring Read More

Carried Away

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving, Amy Locane, Julie Harris, Gary Busey

Synopsis: Based on the novel Farmer by Jim Harrison, this drama concerns Joseph Svenden (Dennis Hopper), a one-time farmer in his late forties who took up teaching when he permanently injured his leg in an accident. Joseph's life is orderly, precise, and rather dull. He teaches with as much enthusiasm as he Read More

Innocent Victims

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan, John Corbett, Rick Schroder, Howard Hesseman

Synopsis: The cautionary phrase "It could happen to you!" was seldom more appropriate than in this two-part, four-hour TV movie, inspired by a true story and based on actual court transcripts. The story begins in Fayetteville, NC in 1985, when Army sergeant Tim Hennis (John Corbett) is accused of murdering Read More

Stormchasers

Synopsis: A group of scientists are so passionate about the mysteries of tornadoes, hurricanes, and hailstorms that they risk their lives driving hundreds of miles a day to chase down and be in the middle of them. Witness the acute danger these meteorologists put themselves in on a daily basis as a "normal Read More

She Stood Alone: the Tailhook Scandal

Synopsis: A true-life story of sexual harassment in the workplace is told in this thought-provoking made-for-television movie. Gail O'Grady stars as Lt. Paula Coughlin, the Navy officer who lodged sexual harassment complaints after the infamous 1991 Las Vegas Tailhook convention. Coughlin took on the Read More

American Experience: Daley - The Last Boss

Crew: Series Producer

Synopsis: This program offers an in-depth portrait of a controversial figure in American history, the former mayor of Chicago Richard Daley. The political machine built by Daley transformed the face of American politics, but his inability to deal equitably with racial and ethnic tension led to his undoing. Read More

NOVA: In the Path of a Killer Volcano

Synopsis: This video takes you into the middle of a terrifying rescue scene. Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines is about to erupt. Hundreds of thousands of people live in the middle of the volcano's path. Is there time to safely evacuate the townspeople before the volcano erupts? Nova beautifully captures Read More

The Firm

Actors: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Ed Harris

Synopsis: In this drama, based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham, Mitch McDeer (Tom Cruise) is a young man from a poor Southern family who has struggled through Harvard Law School to graduate fifth in his class. Mitch is entertaining offers from major firms in New York and Chicago, but when Read More

Evening Shade: Season 04

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Jeter

Bonds of Love

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Grace Zabriskie, Steve Railsback

Synopsis: The Bonds of Love in this made-for-TV drama are those forged between divorcee Kelly McGillis and mentally disabled Treat Williams. What begins as a friendship between two lost souls blossoms into a deep and genuine romance. Their wedding plans are challenged by his mother (Grace Zabriskie) and Read More

Evening Shade: Season 03

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Jeter

The Secrets of Dick Smith

Evening Shade: Season 02

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Jeter

Search for Adventure: Gossamer Albatross

Evening Shade: Season 01

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Jeter

A Killing in a Small Town

Actors: Barbara Hershey

Synopsis: To escape from the boredom of her small-town life, Sunday School teacher Candy Morrison (Barbara Hershey) engages in an affair with a fellow churchgoer. When his wife Peggy learns about the relationship, she attacks Candy with an axe; after a struggle, Candy kills Peggy, hitting her 41 times with Read More

Fletch Lives

Actors: Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, Cleavon Little, R. Lee Ermey

Synopsis: Though the original Fletch was drubbed by critics, it proved a major success for star Chevy Chase. It was inevitable, then, that a sequel would make an appearance. Surprisingly, Fletch Lives didn't come out until 1989--a full five years after the original. Once more, Chase stars as Irwin Maurice Read More

The Warlords: Hitler's Master Race - The Mad Dream of the S.S.

Synopsis: Part of the Warlords video series, which profiles the careers of generals and other world leaders during wartime, Warlords: Hitler's Master Race - The Mad Dream of the S.S. focuses on the sinister formation of Hitler's private death squad. The program features rare footage of Aryan rallies and Read More

Sorry, Wrong Number

Actors: Loni Anderson, Carl Weintraub, Hal Holbrook, Diane D'Aquila, Alan Jordan

Synopsis: A wealthy invalid discovers her husband's scheme to have her killed in this made-for-cable thriller--remade from the 1948 feature starring Barbara Stanwyck. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Day One

Actors: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Richard Dysart

Synopsis: This WW II-set drama follows the creation of the first atomic bomb. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Unholy

Actors: Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Jill Carroll, William Russ, Trevor Howard

Synopsis: Archbishop Mosley (Hal Holbrook) assigns Father Michael (Ben Cross) to a church in New Orleans in this supernatural horror film. The parish church was the site of the throat-slashing murders of two priests two years earlier. While Father Michael tends to the mostly impoverished flock of Read More

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Actors: Whip Hubley, Jason Oliver

Synopsis: I'll Be Home for Christmas has the texture of a Norman Rockwell painting and the ambience of William Saroyan's The Human Comedy. Set in Rockport, Massachusetts (where this TV movie was filmed), the story takes place during World War II. Hal Holbrook and Eva Marie Saint are the parents of three Read More

The Fortunate Pilgrim

Actors: Sophia Loren, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Hal Holbrook, Annabella Sciorra

Synopsis: Before striking gold with The Godfather, Mario Puzo published a pageant-like novel titled The Fortunate Pilgrim. Puzo's book was adapted into a two-part TV movie in 1988, with Sophia Loren as star. Ms. Loren plays a young Italian wife and mother, who emigrates to the US in 1915 in search of a Read More

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

Actors: Barbara Carrera, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Hal Holbrook, Thaao Penghlis

Synopsis: The two-part TV movie Emma: Queen of the South Seas stars the incredibly lovely Barbara Carrera. The film is based on the true story of Samoan princess Emma Coe. Part One takes place in the 1860s, as teenaged Emma (Rebekah Elmaloglou) dreams of an exotic life beyond the confines of her hated Read More

Wall Street

Actors: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp

Synopsis: "Greed is Good." This is the credo of the aptly named Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), the antihero of Oliver Stone's Wall Street. Gekko, a high-rolling corporate raider, is idolized by young-and-hungry broker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen). Inveigling himself into Gekko's inner circle, Fox quickly learns Read More

North and South, Book II

Actors: Kirstie Alley

Synopsis: This six-part, 12-hour miniseries was a sequel to the 1985 "mini" North and South, and like its predecessor it was based on a novel by John Jakes (Love and War). In the tradition of The Birth of a Nation (but without the negative racist content), North and South, Book III followed the fortunes of Read More

Under Siege

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Peter Strauss

Synopsis: Under Siege was first telecast in February 1986, a time when the notion of foreign terrorists in America was still speculative fiction. A militant group sets off explosives at US Army bases, then branches out to such civilian targets as crowded shopping centers. FBI director Peter Strauss Read More

Dress Gray

Synopsis: A made for TV movie which serves as much a condemnation of the military establishment as a murder mystery, this film revolves around an upper classman who is falsely accused of responsibility for the death of a student when he begins to investigate the mysterious demise of the young gay cadet. Read More

Behind Enemy Lines

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Ray Sharkey, Maryam D'Abo, Lucy Hornak, Alun Lewis

Synopsis: Hal Holbrook stars in this TV pilot film as Colonel Calvin Turner, a special operative for the OSS during World War II. Working in cooperation with British intelligence, Turner's mission is to uncover atomic weapon secrets at a Nazi plant in occupied Norway. The task permits him time for a bit of Read More

Celebrity

Synopsis: After twenty-five years, a trio of old high school friends are held responsible for a rape incident they have, until now, kept secret in this television miniseries based on Thomas Thompson's novel. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

North and South

Actors: Kirstie Alley

Synopsis: The expensively mounted miniseries North and South was originally telecast in six two-hour installments between November 3 and 10, 1985. Four screenwriters--Douglas Heyes, Paul F. Edwards, Kathleen A. Shelley, Patricia Green--were called upon to fashion a workable script from John Jakes' sprawling Read More

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Synopsis: Ralph Maccio plays teenaged Billy Grier, the victim of a rare degenerative disease that speeds up the ageing process. With only a few months left on earth-if that-Billy wants to realize three goals. He wants to be reunited with his long-gone father; he wants to play sax in a jazz band; and he Read More

George Washington

Synopsis: Barry Bostwick plays the Father of Our Country in this 3-part, eight-hour TV miniseries. The Richard Fielder/Jon Boothe teleplay, based on a book by James Thomas Flexner, covers the years 1743 through 1783, tracing Washington from age 11 to his farewell to the troops at Valley Forge. A great deal Read More

The Star Chamber

Actors: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking

Synopsis: Fed up with watching vicious criminals walk on technicalities and loopholes, judge Michael Douglas accepts his older colleague Hal Holbrook's invitation to join "The Star Chamber." This sub-rosa organization consists of nine like-minded judges who endeavor to take the law into their own hands. Read More