John Berry Filmography

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

Actors: Gregory Peck, Mala Powers, John Berry, Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis: Michael Chekhov and George Shdanoff were Russian expatriates who came to Hollywood and became two of the best known and most influential acting coaches in the film industry; Chekhov was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Spellbound, and as a teacher he and his associate Shdanoff helped Read More

Elle et lui au 14ème étage

Actors: Sophie Blondy, Paul Tang, Guillaume Depardieu, Bass Dhem, Laura Favali

Synopsis: Sophie Blondy directs this romantic drama hailing from France. Babeth (Blondy) is a struggling actor and part-time assistant teacher unhappily involved with downbeat artist Remi (Paul Tang). Meanwhile, Arthur (Guillaume Depardieu) longs for the comely Babeth. He picks up his numerous girlfriends Read More

Hantises

Actors: John Berry, Francois Negret, Marina Golovine, Francis Boespflug

Synopsis: While hiking in the countryside near a coastal town in Normandy, two young lovers have a spat and separate. The woman is run down by a ghostly Land Rover and disappears. Meanwhile, her beau comes to a big old house where he is taken in by an old and lonely man. It doesn't take long for the young Read More

A Captive in the Land

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Sam Waterston, Alexander Potapov

Synopsis: An American and a Russian find themselves fighting a literal cold war as they struggle to survive in the arctic in this action-adventure. Royce (Sam Waterston) is an American meteorologist who is on a flight mission with the Royal Air Force when the crew spots what appears to be a wrecked Russian Read More

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

Crew: Cinematographer

Actors: Isaach de Bankolé, Roberta Bizeau, Maka Kotto, Myriam Cyr, Marie-Josée Gauthier

Synopsis: Set in the 1960s this comedy, based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by Haitian author Dany Laferriere this comedy centers on the sexploits of an aspiring African writer living in Montreal. When not clacking away on his novel (same as the title), he is out picking up white women Read More

Sister, Sister

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Maya Angelou may be eminently qualified for her position as America's poet laureate, but her skills as a scriptwriter areat play in Sister Sister. Diahann Carroll plays a Southern schoolteacher who lives in the large house willed to her by her pullman-porter father; here she takes care of younger Read More

A Man in Love

Actors: Peter Coyote, Greta Scacchi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Riegert, Claudia Cardinale, John Berry

Synopsis: A married American actor (Peter Coyote) falls in love with his on-screen flame (Greta Scacchi) while filming an Italian biography of author Cesare Pavese. France's 1987 entry to the Cannes Film Festival, this was the first English-language film for director Diane Kurys. ~ John Bush, All Movie Read More

Il Y a Maldonne

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Clovis Cornillac, Jacques Martial, Luc Thuillier, Myriam Boyer

'Round Midnight

Actors: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Christine Pascal, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, John Berry, Lonette McKee

Synopsis: A French music lover befriends a once-great American jazz artist and attempts to save him from self-destruction in this moody drama. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon portrays Dale Turner, a fictional musician inspired by a number of famed jazz figures, including Bud Powell and Lester Young. Largely Read More

Golden Eighties

Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Myriam Boyer, Fanny Cottençon, Lio, Marie Pillet, Pascale Salkin, Nicolas Tronc, John Berry, Francoise Goussard, Charles Denner, Isabelle Gruault, Jean-François Balmer

Synopsis: Fannie Cottencon stars as Lilli, beauty salon owner and uncrowned queen of the shopping mall where the film, in its entirety, takes place. Delphine Seyrig costars as a mall boutique owner, suddenly confronted with her wartime lover. Before we're quite aware of it, the film has become a New Age Romeo and Juliet Read More

Le Voyage à Paimpol

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Myriam Boyer, Michel Boujenah, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Dora Doll

Synopsis: In an amusing comedy that looks at the life and dreams and absurdities of a middle-class housewife, director John Berry has condensed everywoman's youthful experiences into the persona of Maryvonne (Myriam Boyer). The upbeat heroine works hard in a factory and one day meets and eventually falls Read More

Honeyboy

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Erik Estrada stars as an aspiring boxer determined to rise out of the poverty and obscurity of barrio life. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Angel on My Shoulder

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Strauss, Richard Kiley, Barbara Hershey, Janis Paige, Seymour Cassel

Synopsis: A gangster who was wrongfully executed for a killing is promised leniency from Satan if he returns to earth in the body of a lawman who is trying to stamp out evil. Trouble is, the dead man has a hard time being evil enough to get revenge. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

Crew: Director

Actors: Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Hatsune Ishihara, George Wyner

Synopsis: Filling the shoes occupied by Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears and William Devane in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Tony Curtis takes on the role of the teams newest coach in this, the third installment in the series. Jackie Earle Haley returns as Kelly Leak, the Bears' star player Read More

Thieves

Crew: Director

Actors: Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin, Irwin Corey, Hector Elizondo, Mercedes McCambridge

Synopsis: In this comedy based on a play by Herb Gardner, a zany, disparate couple tries to beat the odds and stay together. The man runs a posh private school and cannot see why his lover prefers teaching in the Lower East Side where they were raised. The two temporarily split, and each of them has an Read More

F Comme Fairbanks

Actors: Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Piccoli, John Berry, Jean-Michel Folon

Synopsis: Patrick Dewaere plays Andre, a hot-tempered young man who whiles away his spare time by fantasizing about the action films of Douglas Fairbanks. For years, a relative of his has promised him a job. For years, he has waited for the job, but to no avail. Finally too frustrated to stand it any more Read More

Claudine

Crew: Director

Actors: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Tamu, David Kruger

Synopsis: Claudine (Diahann Carroll) is an impoverished African-American Harlem resident. Unmarried, Claudine supports herself and her six children by working as a maid--albeit secretly, so she can still qualify for welfare. Garbageman James Earl Jones falls in love with Claudine, and after strenuous effort Read More

À Tout Casser

Crew: Director

Actors: Eddie Constantine, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Serrault, Catherine Allegret, Annabella Incontrera

Synopsis: This action comedy finds tough guy Ric (Eddie Constantine) coming to the rescue of Frankie (Johnny Halliday) when his club is invaded by a hippie motorcycle gang. The club serves no hard liquor, and the head gang member offers to buy Frankie's club and install a bar with stronger drinks. Frankie Read More

Maya

Crew: Director

Actors: Clint Walker, Jay North, I.S. Johar, Sajid Kahn, Jairaj

Synopsis: Young Terry Bowen (Jay North) joins his big-game hunting father Hugh (Clint Walker) in India after his mother dies in this sentimental adventure. Hugh loses his courage after an incident with a tiger, and Terry loses respect for his father after he shoots a young cheetah that Terry was nursing Read More

Headlines of Destruction

Crew: Director

Oh Que Mambo

Crew: Director

Actors: Dario Moreno, Magali Noël, Lyla Rocco

Synopsis: At the time of this film, director John Berry was still working in France where he landed after being blacklisted in the early 1950s by the House Un-American Activities Committee. This routine light comedy interspersed with songs is mainly a vehicle for talents like singer Dario Moreno as, not Read More

Tamango

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais, Alex Cressan, Roger Hanin

Synopsis: Adapted from a novelette by Prosper Merimée, Tamango ran into censorship problems in the U.S. for several reasons, not least of which was the fact that its director, John Berry, had been blacklisted during the Communist witch hunt. Set during the early 19th century, the story concerns a slave Read More

Un Amor de Don Juan

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Horse-faced farceur Fernandel is definitely not the title character in the Franco-Spanish spoof Don Juan. Like Bob Hope in Casanova's Big Night, our hero is merely the servant of the the legendary Latin lover. To save Don Juan from political intrigue, Fernandel disguises himself as his boss, with Read More

Don Juan

Crew: Director

Actors: Fernandel, Erno Crisa, Carmen Sevilia, Christine Carère

Je Suis un Sentimental

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Eddie Constantine, Bella Darvi, Paul Frankeur, Aimé Clariond

Ça Va Barder

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Eddie Constantine, May Britt, Jean Danet, Jean Carmet

Synopsis: Eddie Constantine is the principal reason to see Ca Va Barder. Once more, Constantine plays a fellow of dubious ethics who nonetheless does the right thing when necessary. This time, he's trying to find out who's been stealing shipments from a gunrunner pal. Posing as his friend, Constantine Read More

Give 'Em Hell

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this action-filled crime drama, ace gangster Johnny Jordan plys his trade amid gun fire and fisticuffs. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Utopia

Crew: Director

Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy

Synopsis: In their very last feature film, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy travel to London so that Stan can claim his uncle's inheritance. All of the cash has been eaten up by taxes, but at least Stan is able to claim a tax-free island and yacht that his uncle has left him. Boarding the yacht (actually a Read More

He Ran All the Way

Crew: Director

Actors: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle, Gladys George

Synopsis: Nick Robey (John Garfield) is a down-on-his-luck two-bit hood, fast on his feet but a little slow on the uptake. His running buddy, Al Molin (Norman Lloyd), does most of the thinking for him, which includes a payroll heist that goes horribly wrong when a cop spots them just as they've slugged the Read More

Tension

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, Tom D'Andrea, Lloyd Gough

Synopsis: Warren Quimby (Richard Basehart) has a problem that he won't admit to: his wife, Claire (Audrey Totter), wants more fun and excitement out of life than the quiet, soft-spoken pharmacist can give her. So she steps out on him regularly, something that Warren refuses to recognize until the day she Read More

Casbah

Crew: Director

Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén, Hugo Haas

Synopsis: Casbah is a musical remake of the 1938 film Algiers, which was itself a remake of the French film Pepe Le Moko. Tony Martin stars in the old Jean Gabin/Charles Boyer role as Pepe Le Moko, a master thief who lives in the Casbah section of Algiers. A French police inspector (Peter Lorre) would love Read More

From This Day Forward

Crew: Director

Actors: Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary de Camp, Bobby Driscoll, Henry Morgan, Wally Brown

Synopsis: In this romantic drama, Bill and Susan Cummings (Mark Stevens and Joan Fontaine), a couple from the Bronx, look back at the early days of their marriage. When they meet in 1938, Bill is working as a machinist, and Susan is a clerk in a bookstore. They fall in love and decide to wed, but it's not Read More

Cross My Heart

Crew: Director

Actors: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ruth Donnelly, Al Bridge, Iris Adrian

Synopsis: True Confession was one of the unfunniest of the "screwball" comedies of the 1930s, and its musical remake, Cross My Heart, isn't much of an improvement. Betty Hutton steps into the old Carole Lombard role as Peggy, a compulsive liar who'll do anything to help her attorney fiance Oliver Clarke (Sonny Tufts Read More

Miss Susie Slagle's

Crew: Director

Actors: Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield, Ray Collins, Billy De Wolfe, Bill Edwards

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Augusta Tucker, the provocatively titled Miss Susie Slagle's is actually a leisurely, sentimental story set in a turn-of-the-century boarding house. The title character, played by Lillian Gish, is the house's landlady, catering exclusively to young doctors and nurses in Read More

Seeds of Freedom

Actors: Henry Hull, Aline MacMahon, A. Antonov, Martin Wolfson

Synopsis: This unique wartime propaganda drama is a film within a film; one of those films is Russian-director Sergei Eisenstein's silent masterpiece Potemkin. The other film provides a loose framework for the other and represents a Russian freedom fighter's attempts to inspire his dispirited, flagging Read More