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Actors: Paul Williams, Telly Savalas, Bob Ansett, Vikki Blanche, Tony Barry
Synopsis: Lionel Rose was an aborigine who emerged from humble beginnings to be one of the world's greatest prize fighters. This inspirational sports biography tells his story. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas
Synopsis: As a second-generation Greek immigrant whose parents migrated to New York at the turn of the Twentieth century, the late Telly Savalas was an inspired choice to host the hour-long historical documentary Remembering Ellis Island: Everyman's Monument. This marks one of the most detailed filmic Read More
Actors: Kathy Ireland, Mary McCormack, Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas, Shelley Winters
Synopsis: Backfire! aspires to the tradition of Jim Abrams and brothers Jerry and David Zucker with this chaotic spoof of Ron Howard's Backdraft (1991). Set in New York, the story centers on the attempts of Jeremy Jackson to join the city's all-female fire department. Finally making it onto the force, he Read More
Actors: Richard Roundtree, Fred Olen Ray, Telly Savalas
Synopsis: From the evidence at hand, it seems apparent that the inexpensive Mind Twister was the last cinematic stand for the late Telly Savalas. There's a wacko killer at large, murdering at random. A courageous cop offers himself as bait to stop the murderer. This proves difficult, as who knows where the Read More
Synopsis: Flowers for Matty was one of a smattering of 2-hour Kojak TV dramas presented on the 1989-90 series The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie. Theo Kojak, now a police inspector, takes on the case of a murdered author. The dead man was just about to publish an inflammatory book about mob activities. Read More
Synopsis: Assistant D.A. Crocker, Kojak's former partner, is certain that Kojak is the killer of a call girl. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: A rich businessman, his wife and son are involved in illegal transactions as Kojak investigates. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Telly Savalas stars as the washed-up star of a Kojak-like TV series who agrees to investigate a real-life kidnapping case. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Christopher Mitchum, Telly Savalas, Caroline Munro, Anton Diffring
Synopsis: The demented Dr. Flamand (Helmut Berger) and his beautiful but deadly assistant Nathalie (Brigitte Lahaie) lure unsuspecting victims in this horror feature. The doctor uses the young skins of his victims to perform plastic surgery on his disfigured sister. Telly Savalas is Hallen, the New York Read More
Synopsis: When a man was murdered following his expose on organized crime, Kojak investigates and meets up with a former lover and the dead man's wife. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Kojak is sidetracked by a lovely girl while investigating the activities of a corrupt drug lord. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Made for television, this is the third sequel to the popular war adventure. This time, a group of rag-tag soldiers must somehow shape up and take on a group of Nazi soldiers who are riding the Orient Express to Istanbul to establish their latest empire. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: When a woman is suspected of killing her 2 young sons, New York police inspector Theo Kojak is called in to investigate. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Ernest Borgnine
Synopsis: The second television film to capitalize on the classic original, The Deadly Mission concerns another team of convicts, this time assigned to rescue Nazi scientists working on a chemical-weapons project. Telly Savalas plays a different role than he did in the original (unlike Ernest Borgnine). Read More
Actors: Max von Sydow
Synopsis: After a seven-year absence from the small screen, NYPD detective Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) made a comeback in the TV-movie The Belarus File (originally Kojak: The Belarus File). Adapted from John Loftus' best-selling spy novel The Belarus Secret, the film teams Kojak with federal agent Dana Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Suzanne Pleshette, Max von Sydow, Herbert Berghof, Dan Frazer
Synopsis: Seven years after the cancellation of the CBS TV series Kojak, the network attempted to revive the property with this adaptation of John Loftus' novel The Bellarus Secret. Telly Savalas returns to the role of lollipop-sucking New York police detective Lt. Theo Kojak, with George Savalas, Vince Read More
Actors: Margot Kidder, Roddy McDowall, Michael Nouri, Telly Savalas
Synopsis: This fast-paced, animated action feature zoomed into theaters with characters developed from a popular TV cartoon series. The GoBots can morph into mechanical contrivances like land rovers or spaceships and are divided between good GoBots and evil ones (called Renegades). As these two factions Read More
Synopsis: This animated Sinbad classic features the voice of Telly Savalas as Sinbad. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Joan Collins and David Hasselhoff star in this made-for-TV comedy caper, in which a con artist who has just gotten out of jail. Curt Taylor (Hasselhoff) finds himself back in business when he becomes an assistant to glamorous film star Cartier Rand (Collins). Curt's primary interest in working Read More
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner, Dean Martin
Synopsis: (Burt Reynolds) as J.J. McClure takes off across the country again in this rickety sequel to Cannonball Run. A sheik has offered $1,000,000 to the first driver to reach a destination in Connecticut from Redondo Beach, California, inspiring J.J. and others to go for the gold. With cameos from more Read More
Actors: Donald O'Connor
Synopsis: This 1982 made-for-TV version of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland features an all-star cast. Such celebrities as Donald O'Connor, Maureen Stapleton and Eve Arden struggle to perform while buried under mounds of makeup and tons of eccentric costuming as Carroll's alternate-world Read More
Synopsis: A Greek-American businessman returns to his homeland with his teenage American-born son and finds that he has little in common with his family's simple life. ~ Steve Huey, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Feeling homesick, a Greek immigrant (Telly Savalas) and his son travel from their American home back to the Greek village where the father was born. As the man is reunited with his mother and brother, he discovers that the culture of his youth now seems strange and unnatural to him, causing a Read More
Actors: Pia Zadora, Telly Savalas, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Synopsis: Just as the singing star Bobbie Warren (Pia Zadora) finishes her act, she is clapped into handcuffs by police lieutenant Thurston (Telly Savalas) and jailed in a woman's prison until she tells them about her mobster boyfriend. Eventually, she gets out, but not unscathed -- she was raped while in Read More
Actors: Michael Beck, Telly Savalas, Ronny Cox, Alex Karras, Art Carney
Synopsis: Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the Read More
Synopsis: In his first major TV project since Kojak, Telly Savalas stars as maverick Philadelphia criminal lawyer Nick Hellinger. He heads to Houston to defend a syndicate accountant accused of murder. The government seems inordinately interested in the case, as well it should be: The accountant is actually Read More
Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Dave Goelz
Synopsis: Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have embarked on a quest for stardom. They take a trip to Hollywood, riding in or on a wide variety of vehicles along the way. They begin their journey on a bicycle pedalled by Read More
Actors: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree
Synopsis: The original British version of Escape to Athena ran 125 minutes; American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller dialogue sequences. Roger Moore stars as Major Otto Hecht, an anti-Nazi German who presides over a World War II POW Read More
Actors: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden
Synopsis: Irwin Allen's second water-logged disaster film picks up where The Poseidon Adventure left off; Salvagers Michael Caine, Karl Malden and Sally Field enter the Poseidon to take what they can, unaware that evil salvager Telly Savalas and his henchmen lie in wait. When an explosion rocks the ship Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Eddie Albert
Synopsis: The original title of this film was The Border. It tells the story of one border guard's desire to put an end to the practice of hauling truck loads of illegal Mexican workers across the border and into California where they are forced to work for a mere pittance. Mexico provided the background Read More
Synopsis: Telly Savalas takes time off from his Kojak duties to appear as himself in this first episode of Alice's fourth season. All agog when Telly stops over at the diner for a quick bite to eat, starry-eyed Vera (Beth Howland)--who happens to be the only one on duty--can't wait to tell her co-workers. Read More
Synopsis: A Nazi-held island in World War II is the sight of an odd union between Allied prisoners of war, USO entertainers, Greek partisans and patriotic prostitutes. (AKA Escape to Athena) ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson
Synopsis: Astronauts Charles Brubaker, John Walker, and Peter Willis (James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston, respectively) are hailed as heroes when they become the first men to be rocketed to Mars. Actually the space travelers are as phony as their mission controller, Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook Read More
Crew: Director
Synopsis: The final episode of Kojak features an impressive non-comic performance by Danny Thomas) as Howard Brocure, a hard-nosed, by-the-book police inspector who commandeers Kojak's investigation of an upsurge in mob violence. As the case progresses, Brocure turns out to be more hindrance than help, but Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Synopsis: The fifth and final season of Kojak (the original version, that is) begins with a typically brutal entry, "The Queen of Hearts Is Wild," in which smooth, cynical New York police detective Lt. Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) tries convince the girlfriend of one of his old enemies to provide eyewitness Read More
Synopsis: Lt. Kojak (Telly Savalas) faces an inter-departmental crisis when his fellow detective Bobby Crocker (Kevin Dobson) accidentally shoots and disables fashion model Polly Ames (Carol Lynley), who was caught in the crossfire during a fur robbery. With Crocker's future on the Force in serious Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Laura Johnson, Diana Muldaur, Marvin Laird, Bob Basso
Synopsis: Telly Savalas wrote and directed this drama about an unconventional psychologist who battles for his own mental health while dealing with the stress of his profession. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas, Vince Conti
Synopsis: Beginning with its fourth season, Kojak was largely filmed on location in New York City, moving production out of its previous Hollywood confines. Telly Savalas is of course back as bald, sarcastic, lollipop-loving police detective Lt. Theo Kojak, as are Dan Frazer as Theo's boss (and former Read More
Synopsis: This Italian horror outing is made even more horrible by the fact that the first two thirds were originally a complete feature, Lisa and the Devil by Mario Bava and the last third was tacked on later to capitalize on the continued popularity of The Exorcist by producer Alfredo Leone thereby nearly Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian, Christopher Lee, O.J. Simpson
Synopsis: Peter Fonda stars as a diamond mine security officer who fakes a robbery in order to gain the respect of the group of mercenaries he needs to help him pull off the biggest heist in history. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this drama, the New York State County Chairwoman must use all her prestige and influence to get her grandson acquitted of murder charges. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Question of Answers was the 2-hour, third-season opener of the TV series Kojak. Lieutenant Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) is on the trail of a mob-backed loan shark, who has a habit of closing out his defaulting accounts with knives and bullets. The Lieutenant is forced to count on the cooperation of Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason, Aldo Ray, Günter Meisner
Synopsis: Telly Savalas, James Mason and Robert Culp join together to discover a hidden cache of $6 million in Nazi gold in this action caper retitled both Hitler's Gold and The Golden Heist. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: While off duty, Kojak (Telly Savalas) breaks up a barroom brawl instigated by Mike Viggers Jr. (Michael Cristofer), the swaggering son of a powerful mobster (Titos Vandis). Feeling humiliated by the detective, the young Viggers swears vengeance. Before long, several would-be killers are vying for Read More
Synopsis: Question: "Who loves ya, baby?" Answer: "The whole world." By the time the gritty detective drama Kojak entered its third season in the fall of 1975, the series had been exported to dozens of countries outside the U.S., and star Telly Savalas had become an international celebrity. Savalas' Read More
Synopsis: In her first TV-series appearance, stage and screen star Ruth Gordon is cast as spiritualist Eudora Temple, who has had visions of women being strangled. Sure enough, a killing spree follows Eudora's grim prognostications, whereupon Lt. Kojak (Telly Savalas) contacts the woman to ask what else Read More
Synopsis: Bald, cynical, lollipop-sucking New York police detective Lt. Theo Kojak returns in the person of Telly Savalas for a second season of thrill-packed episodes. Likewise returning to the fold are supporting characters Chief Frank McNeil (Dan Frazer), Lt. Crocker (Kevin Dobson), and Detective Stavros Read More
Synopsis: Series star Telly Savalas makes his directorial debut in this episode, which features a surprising characterization by the multitalented Paul Anka. Eschewing his established "nice guy" image, Anka is cast as Buddy Maus, a slimy police informer with mob aspirations. Throughout the episode, Maus Read More
Actors: James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Georges Géret
Synopsis: Having relinquished Fort Holman to the Confederacy without a shot being fired, Col. Pembroke (James Coburn) is in danger of a court-martial finding him guilty of treason. To escape certain death, he agrees to try to retake the lost fort using the services of seven men already condemned to death. Read More
Synopsis: Chinatown Murders was the opening episode for the second season of the TV series Kojak. As indicated by the title, the scene is Chinatown, where two gangland families square off for a blood feud. Unbeknownst to either family, the fomenters of this gang war is a trio of Chinese-Americans who hope Read More
Synopsis: A pair of crazed and violent fleeing criminals kidnap a young boy and hold him hostage as they try to escape the law. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Having scored big with the public when he was introduced in the 1973 TV movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders, crafty, cynical, lollipop-sucking New York city police detective Theo Kojak is given his own weekly, one-hour series as Kojak launches its first season. As before, Telly Savalas essays the Read More
Synopsis: The character of tough, sarcastic, lollipop-sucking New York City police detective Theo Kojak was introduced in The Marcus-Nelson Murders, a 1973 TV movie based on the novel by Selwyn Raab, which in turn was inspired by the real-life Wylie-Hoffert murder case of 1963 that ultimately led to the Read More
Synopsis: A roman a clef depicting the Wylie-Hoffert murders, this is the first of the made for TV movies introducing the Kojak character and was essentially the pilot for the long-running crime series. When a black ghetto youth is accused of two bizarre murders, Kojak takes it upon himself to find the real Read More
Synopsis: In this murder mystery, a young model saw the crime, but is unable to get the authorities to believe her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Susan George, Tomas Milian
Synopsis: Jed (Tomas Milian) is an unlikely hero in this Italian western. As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, he nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When Sonny (Susan George) decides he should be Read More
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalas
Synopsis: This horror science-fiction thriller, a cult favorite, takes place in 1907. Professor Caxton (Christopher Lee), a fossil-hunter has discovered some sort of pre-human creature frozen in ancient Manchurian ice. He is traveling to London with his find on the Trans-Siberian Railway and is horrified to Read More
Synopsis: Monte Markham plays a professor of psychic phenomena who is himself "blessed" with ESP. When Monte picks up vibes about a plan to plant a time bomb, the cops don't believe him. Later the authorities change their minds, and finger Markham as their Number One suspect (maybe they've been watching all Read More
Actors: Monte Markham
Synopsis: A college professor (Monte Markham) with the power of clairvoyance alerts the police that someone is about to plant a powerful bomb. He soon discovers that the police are focusing on a prime suspect -- him. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This biopic chronicles the exciting and colorful life of Mexico's most illustrious revolutionary/bandit. A thrilling train crash provides the story's best moment. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Alberto De Martino (L'anticristo) directed this standard Italian giallo thriller, the story of an actress named Eleanor Lorraine (Anne Heywood) who has developed amnesia since the murder of her husband Peter, and faints when she spots professional hit man Ranko (Telly Savalas). When she awakens Read More
Synopsis: In this chiller from Italian director Mario Bava, Elke Sommer stars as Lisa, a young tourist who keeps running into a strange bald man who carries around a mannequin. The bald man is Leandre (Telly Savalas), the butler at the estate of a blind Countess (Alida Valli) and her slightly off-kilter son Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Antonio Sabato
Synopsis: In this Italian crime drama, a new Don takes over a Mafia family and finds himself fighting for his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John Carson, Roddy McDowall
Synopsis: Ocean View High is an upscale suburban school in an otherwise unidentified community. It's 1971, the point when the sexual revolution started moving into full swing and even a lot of Middle America, at least on the two coasts, admitted the existence of same revolution. It seems like the guys and Read More
Synopsis: Joe Don Baker stars as Mongo Nash, a professional gunman and the brother of mob boss Mike Nash (Charles Cioffi). At the behest of his brother, Mongo packs up his heat and prepares to bump off a rival gangster. Meanwhile, relentless police lieutenant Pete Tolstad (Telly Savalas) dogs Mongo's trail Read More
Actors: Marilyn Akin
Synopsis: This crime drama from the 1970s examines the experiences of a Vietnam vet who gets involved with illegal drugs. In time he wants out of that scene, but a narcotics agent forces him to stay involved and help him find the local drug lord. Violence ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Telly Savalas, Martin Landau, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens
Synopsis: A priest--a former revolutionary--finds himself the target of a manhunt in a small Mexican town. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Telly Savalas