Vic MorrowFilmography

Born:
January 13, 1932 in Bronx, New York City, NY
Occupation:
Actor, Director
Biography:
After graduating from Florida State College, actor Vic Morrow came to New York, establishing himself as an interpreter of vicious young punks. His first film role was as the unregenerate high school gang leader in 1955's The Blackboard Jungle. Morrow later channelled his "loose cannon" personality...Read More
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Jeff Bannister, Patricia Barry, Peter Brocco, Albert Brooks

    Synopsis: Based on the popular television series created by Rod Serling, this film of horror and the supernatural tells four separate stories--each by a different director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller. In one, a bigot is taught a lesson when he is transported to experience the Read More

    1983
  • The Bronx Warriors

    Actors: Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory, Stefania Girolami

    Synopsis: One of many post-apocalyptic science-fiction films which poured out of Europe in the wake of George Miller's Mad Max, this film stars Stefania Girolami as Anna, who runs away from her wealthy but obnoxious family into the surrealistic biker gangland of the Bronx. There, she meets Trash (Marco de Read More

    1983
  • Great White

    Actors: James Franciscus, Vic Morrow, Joshua Sinclair, Gian Carlo Prete

    Synopsis: A quaint little beach town is terrorized by a bloodthirsty great white shark in the infamous Italian Jaws rip-off The Last Shark. As usual, the powers that be turn a blind eye to it for tourist reasons, although eventually even they cannot escape the ocean of blood at their doorstep. Cue novelist Read More

    4/2/81
  • Magnum, P.I.: Wave Goodbye

    Synopsis: Frustrated by the lack of progress and apparent indifference of the authorities, Magnum (Tom Selleck) conducts his own investigation of the murder of his friend, a former surfing champ. While the leading suspects are a troubled Vietnam veteran (Wings Hauser) and a notorious (and notoriously Read More

    1981
  • Humanoids From the Deep

    Actors: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Penya

    Synopsis: This gory, scary low-budget shocker from the Roger Corman stable concerns the battle over a salmon cannery in a Pacific Northwest town. Genetically treated salmon escape the plant and are eaten by coelacanths, who mutate into humanoid monsters with giant craniums and sharp claws. The creatures Read More

    1980
  • B.A.D. Cats

    Synopsis: B.A.D. Cats was a 1980 TV adventure series, all about a special division of the LA police department. Comprised of ex-racing drivers, the B.A.D. C.A.T. squad (Burglary Auto Detail, Commercial Auto Thefts) went after the bad guys with a vengeance-and with all cylinders running. Premiering January Read More

    1980
  • Express to Terror

    Synopsis: A nuclear-powered transcontinental train provides the setting for this television pilot from the mystery series Supertrain. The story concerns a shady agent who becomes the prime target for murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1979
  • The Evictors

    Actors: Michael Parks, Jessica Harper, Vic Morrow, Sue Ane Langdon, Dennis Fimple

    Synopsis: This pedestrian haunted-house film stars Vic Morrow as a creepy real estate agent who introduces a young couple to a quaint Louisiana farmhouse, neglecting to inform them of its horrific, blood-spattered past. As bizarre events begin to plague the couple, their suspicions that the place may be Read More

    1979
  • Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Daniel and Nebachadnezzar

    Synopsis: This program is part of a series that chronicles the stories of some of the great heroes of the Old Testament of the Bible. The colorful stories have made an indelible mark on Western consciousness, as they illustrate great spiritual truths in the plain narratives about ordinary people. This Read More

    1979
  • The Seekers

    Synopsis: The Seekers was the third and last TV movie based on John Jakes' Kent Family Chronicles (the others were The Bastard and The Rebels). Heading the huge all-star cast is Randolph Mantooth as Abraham Kent, son of elderly Revolutionary War vet Andrew Kent (played by Martin Milner, replacing the first Read More

    1979
  • Stone

    Synopsis: Dennis Weaver plays Daniel Stone, a Joe Wambaugh-style LA cop turned novelist. The pressures of his new career cause a rift between Stone and his superior officer Pat Hingle, and also puts additional barriers between Stone and his estranged wife Mariette Hartley. The fact that Stone's partner Roy Thinnes Read More

    1979
  • Wild and Wooly

    Synopsis: In this western adventure set in 1903, four imprisoned cowgirls bust out and begin trailing a famed Irish killer who is planning to assassinate President Teddy Roosevelt. Along the way, the foursome encounter many exciting adventures. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1978
  • Message from Space

    Actors: Vic Morrow, Sonny Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan, Sue Shiomi

    Synopsis: Message from Space, a bargain-rack Japanese Star Wars clone, stars Vic Morrow as the token American. Responding to a plea for help from a faraway planet, A young, idealistic four-person crew hurtles to the rescue. Along for the ride are two funny robots. As could expected from the Toei Studios Read More

    1978
  • The Man with the Power

    Synopsis: In this pilot for an unsold TV series, Bob Neill stars as high school teacher Eric Smith, the son of a space-alien father and an earthling mother. Having inherited his dad's psychic and telekinetic powers, Eric moonlights as a secret agent for the Government. In this capacity, he takes on the Read More

    1977
  • The Hostage Heart

    Synopsis: When a billionaire checks into the hospital for a heart operation, he becomes the object of a massive terrorist attack, as they hold him for $10 million ransom. Complicating the problem is his absolute obsession with his privacy, a la Howard Hughes. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

    1977
  • Quincy, M.E.: A Dead Man's Truth

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Answering a call to a burglary in progress, rookie cop James Wells ({$Mark Wells) shoots an kills an intruder. Performing an autopsy on the dead man, Quincy (Jack Klugman) discovers that the evidence doesn't match the young cop's story, but he refuses to issue an official statement--leading a Read More

    1977
  • Roots

    Actors: LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen

    Synopsis: This award-winning six-part historical epic was one of the first examples of the miniseries format and one of the highest-rated television programs in broadcasting history. Based on the best-selling novel by author Alex Haley, Roots chronicles the progress of Haley's own family across many Read More

    1977
  • The Ghost of Cypress Swamp

    Synopsis: A lost teenager and solitary murderer form an unusual friendship in this film. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

    1977
  • Curse of the Black Widow

    Actors: Donna Mills, Anthony Franciosa, Patty Duke

    Synopsis: This wonderfully cheesy TV movie-of-the-week stars Tony Franciosa as a detective hot on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons. He eventually tracks the killer's path to Los Angeles, where he discovers her true identity -- a woman Read More

    1977
  • Funeral for an Assassin

    Synopsis: This actioner is set in South Africa and follows the vendetta of a former professional assassin who is betrayed and imprisoned by his last employer, the South African government. To succeed in killing all of the country's most important leaders, the professional killer makes himself up as a black Read More

    1977
  • Captains and the Kings

    Synopsis: One of four dramatic miniseries carried by NBC under the blanket title Best Sellers, Captains and the Kings was adapted from a novel by Taylor Caldwell. Covering a time span from 1857 to 1912, this was the saga of the Irish-immigrant Armagh clan, with emphasis on the rags-to-riches career of Read More

    1976
  • Treasure of Matecumbe

    Actors: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran

    Synopsis: This adventure chronicles two boys' search for a treasure buried somewhere in the Florida Keys during the mid 1800s. The children are assisted by three adults, who each have the their own agendas for finding the cache. The hunters are followed by a greedy gang of villains. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

    1976
  • The Bad News Bears

    Actors: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley

    Synopsis: The success this underdog comedy from director Michael Ritchie almost single-handedly spawned the kids' sports film boom of the 1980s and '90s. When beer-breathed ex-minor-league ball player and professional pool cleaner Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) agrees to coach a little league team in Read More

    1976
  • Wanted: Babysitter

    Actors: Maria Schneider, Sydne Rome, Robert Vaughn, Nadja Tiller, Carl Möhner

    Synopsis: Maria Schneider is Michele, a young student sculptress assigned to look after the kidnapped baby of her ex-lover. She and the kid hit it off but are unable to escape until the kidnappers begin to kill one another off. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

    1975
  • The Night That Panicked America

    Actors: Eileen Brennan, Paul Shenar

    Synopsis: The Night That Panicked America is centered around Orson Welles' notorious "War of the Worlds" broadcast of October 30, 1938. Welles (Paul Shenar) arrives at CBS studios just in time to assume his directing post for the radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic, which has been updated and Read More

    1975
  • Nightmare

    Synopsis: In this thriller, a man, who witnessed his neighbor's murder, tries to no avail, to convince the cops that he is going to be the next victim. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1974
  • Death Stalk

    Synopsis: In this made-for-TV thriller, a vacation for two men turns deadly when their wives are kidnapped by several escaped convicts. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

    1974
  • The Take

    Actors: Frankie Avalon

    Synopsis: In this action adventure, the trouble begins when a police lieutenant begins accepting bribes while simultaneously trying to impress his superiors by breaking up a big gang. Keep a sharp eye out for Frankie Avalon playing a sneaky crook. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1974
  • The California Kid

    Actors: Martin Sheen, Nick Nolte, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips, Stuart Margolin, Janit Baldwin

    Synopsis: Martin Sheen is at his most "James Dean-ish" and Vic Morrow at his most sadistic in the made-for-TV The California Kid. Sheen plays a hot rodder whose brother dies at the hands of sheriff Morrow. It is Morrow's habit to punish speeders by deliberately running them off precipitous mountain curves. Sheen Read More

    1974
  • Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

    Actors: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey

    Synopsis: Three outlaws hit the road until the road hits back in this supercharged action thriller. Larry (Peter Fonda) is a stock car driver whose reckless nature has caused him a long run of bad luck. Larry and his friend and mechanic Deke (Adam Roarke) need money if they're to get a new car and get back Read More

    1974
  • The Streets of San Francisco: The Twenty-Four Karat Plague

    Synopsis: Vic Morrow heads the guest cast as Vic Tolliman, leader of a gang of thieves. Hijacking a gold shipment, Tollman and his henchmen are unaware that the gold has been mixed with deadly uranium. Per the episode's title, Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas) have only twenty-four hours to Read More

    1973
  • Tom Sawyer

    Actors: Josh Albee

    Synopsis: This much-laundered adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer was first presented as a 90-minute TV special on March 23, 1973. Josh Albee is Tom, Jeff Tyler is Huckleberry Finn, Jane Wyatt is Aunt Polly and Buddy Ebsen is Muff Potter--all acceptable but antiseptic shadows of the Twain original. Only Read More

    1973
  • The F.B.I.: A Desperate Journey

    Synopsis: A genuine DC-9 was used in this episode to simulate a wrecked aircraft. The purpose for this crash is to set up a tense situation, wherein convicted murderer John Stahl (Vic Morrow) is set loose in the Lake Tahoe area. Meanwhile, Stahl's captors Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and Colby (William Read More

    1973
  • Police Story

    Actors: Chuck Connors

    Synopsis: Originally networkcast on March 20, 1973, Police Story was the 2-hour pilot for the long running anthology weekly which officially debuted seven months later. Created by novelist (and ex-police officer) Joseph Wambaugh, Police Story was set in Los Angeles, and each week detailed a different aspect Read More

    1973
  • The Weekend Nun

    Synopsis: Weekend Nun was an unsold TV pilot film based on the life and career of Louisiana nun Sister Fabian (real name: Joyce Duco). Joanna Pettet stars as Sister Mary Damien (aka: Marjorie Walker), who on weekdays holds down a job as a probation officer (she even packs a gun). The schism between the Read More

    1972
  • The Glass House

    Actors: Alan Alda, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: A group of new prisoners, including a political science professor, Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda), and a student, Allan Campbell (Kristoffer Tabori), arrive at a state prison, along with a new guard, Brian Courtland (Clu Gulager). Paige is a serving a year for manslaughter -- he accidentally killed a Read More

    1972
  • Ironside: Five Days in the Death of Sergeant Brown

    Synopsis: Season Six of Ironside gets under way with the first episode of a two-part story. Wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) travels from San Francisco to Los Angeles, where his assistant Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) lies seriously wounded in a hospital bed, the victim of an Read More

    1972
  • Mission: Impossible: Two Thousand

    Actors: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Vic Morrow, David White

    Synopsis: In a reversal of the situation in the sixth-season episode "Encore," in which a gangster was persuaded that he had gone back in time from 1971 to 1937, the IMF must jump forward some 27 years in the seventh-season Mission:Impossible entry "Two Thousand." Vic Morrow guest-stars as master thief Read More

    1972
  • The F.B.I.: Center of Peril

    Synopsis: Once again going undercover, Inspector Erskine poses as an art expert to trap a gang of thieves headed by Porter Brent (Vic Morrow). The villains intend to sell a valuable painting back to the museum whence they stole it, and Erskine sets himself up as go-between. The problem: One of the gang Read More

    1971
  • A Man Called Sledge

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: John Marley, Lorenzo Fineschi, Herman Reynoso, Mario Valgoi, James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins

    Synopsis: In this Italian western, an outlaw enlists the aid of his pal and a robber gang to pull off a gold heist. Later, the gang argues about how the loot should be split. The robber gang then absconds with the gold leaving the other pair in the dust. The outlaw and friend set off to capture the Read More

    11/14/70
  • Travis Logan, D.A.

    Actors: Hal Holbrook, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: Travis Logan, D.A. is a TV pilot film, originally telecast in March of 1971. Vic Morrow heads the cast as Logan, while Hal Holbrook earns "special guest star" billing as a clever murderer. Logan is prepared to go around with Holbrook's defense team when they try to cop an insanity plea. But a Read More

    1970
  • 1970
  • A Step Out of Line

    Synopsis: A Step Out of Line stars Peter Falk, Vic Morrow, and Peter Lawford, a fairly lustrous lineup for a humble TV movie. The trio of leading men portray average Joes, all Korean war buddies, plagued by a string of bad luck. With creditors hounded them at their very fireside (so to speak), Falk, Morrow Read More

    1970
  • River of Mystery

    Synopsis: In this action drama, a diamond hunter and a revolutionary leader look for demolitions experts. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1969
  • Target: Harry

    Actors: Vic Morrow, Suzanne Pleshette, Victor Buono, Cesar Romero, Stanley Holloway

    Synopsis: Set up like a version of the Maltese Falcon, this routine detective yarn by Roger Corman features Vic Morrow as Harry Black, a hard-living, tough-skinned American in trouble. Two dangerous factions want to get their hands on some engraving plates stolen from the British mint, and Harry is trapped Read More

    1969
  • Combat!: Hills Are for Heroes, Part 2

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Hanley (Rick Jason) has lost ten men in two futile uphill assaults on a pair of well-fortified German pillboxes--and making matters worse, Saunders (Vic Morrow) has been severely wounded and is unable to provide backup. After a third unsuccessful attack upon Read More

    1966
  • Combat!: Hills Are for Heroes, Part 1

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason) and his men are ordered to undertake the near-impossible task of knocking out two German pillboxes located on a steep hill. The squad will have no cover and no support, and because of the treacherous uphill climb they will be armed Read More

    1966
  • Deathwatch

    Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Michael Forest, Paul Mazursky

    Synopsis: Who'd have thought that hardcase Combat star Vic Morrow would choose a Jean Genet play as his directorial debut? Deathwatch is set in a dank prison cell, where three inmates while away their time jockeying for power. Leonard Nimoy (who also produced) plays a condemned murderer, the unofficial Read More

    1966
  • Combat!: Gulliver

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: A wounded Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) awakens to find that he's been kidnapped by four scruffy French children. As a means of survival, the enterprising youngsters intend to "sell" Littlejohn to the highest bidder, just as they've done with several other American and German prisoners in the past. Read More

    1966
  • Combat!: Season 05

    Synopsis: The fifth season of Combat! turned out to be the series' last season on network television -- and the only season to be filmed in color. The opening episode, "The Gun," features a decidedly pre-M*A*S*H Wayne Rogers. A later installment, "The Losers," bears a striking resemblance to the theatrical Read More

    1966
  • Combat!: S.I.W.

    Synopsis: John Cassavetes guest stars as Pvt. Kalb, newest member of King Company. Saunders (Vic Morrow) is none too happy with the arrival of Kalb, who has a reputation for goldbricking and cowardice--and who may or may not have been responsible for the decimation of the two previous squads to which he'd Read More

    1965
  • Combat!: A Cry in the Ruins

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Hanley (Rick Jason) and his squad enter a French village at the same time that a German squad led by Lt. Markes (William Smithers) marches in from the other side of town. Both armies are stopped in their tracks by a deranged Frenchwoman who begs them to rescue her baby, trapped in a bombed-out Read More

    1965
  • Combat!: Season 04

    Synopsis: Though only 31 episodes were produced for Combat!'s fourth season (down from the usual quota of 32), there is still action aplenty as the men of King Company, led by stalwart Sgt. Chip Saunders (Vic Morrow) and Lt. Gil Hanley (Rick Jason), fight their way through Southern France in the months Read More

    1965
  • Combat!: Heritage

    Synopsis: Charles Bronson delivers an impressively sensitive performance as Corporal Velasquez, a demolitions expert with a genius-level understanding of geology. While accompanying Velasquez on a mission to blow up a German observation post surrounded by rock, Saunders (Vic Morrow) can't help but notice Read More

    1965
  • Combat!: Losers Cry Deal

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Acting as squad leader in Saunders' absence, Caje (Pierre Jalbert) is faced with an unexpected problem from within his own ranks. For some reason, Private Thomas (Dee Pollock) lives in mortal terror of Private Jackson (Mike Kellin), a cynical wisecracker from another squad. What is the power that Read More

    1964
  • Combat!: Season 03

    Synopsis: Most of the men of King Company who were trudging through post D-day France during season two of Combat! are still in attendance for season three, except for Tom Lowell as Private Billy Nelson. Remaining firmly in charge of the platoon throughout all 32 episodes are Sgt. Chip Saunders (Vic MorrowRead More

    1964
  • Combat!: The Pillbox

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: Trapped behind enemy lines, Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason) and a wounded GI named Stark (Warren Oates) take refuge in a deserted pillbox. Before long, a thunderstorm aries, and the two men are joined by three others--all German soldiers. Thus are mortal enemies thrown together by circumstance, forced to Read More

    1964
  • Combat!: Vendetta

    Synopsis: Trapped in a stable by heavy enemy gunfire, Hanley (Rick Jason) and his men are rescued by a rowdy band of Greek partisans dressed in British uniforms. At first glance, the Greeks seem to be a warm, fun-loving bunch who'd rather sing, dance and drink wine than fight. But Hanley senses that the Read More

    1964
  • Combat!: The Glory Among Men

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: There's no room for argument in the matter: the most disliked member of King Company is an obnoxious newcomer named Mason (Eddie Ryder). But the Germans don't know this, and when they take Mason prisoner, they're certain that Saunders (Vic Morrow) will try to rescue him. Even if Saunders cared Read More

    1964
  • Combat!: Bridge at Chalons

    Synopsis: The opening episode of Combat's second season finds Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow) of King Company going head-to-head with Sgt. Marvin Turk (Lee Marvin), a sarcastic, hardbitten demolition expert with an intense hatred for Infantrymen. No sooner has Turk thoroughly alienated Saudners' platoon with his Read More

    1963
  • Combat!: Doughboy

    Synopsis: Eddie Albert guest stars in this episode, playing--of all things--a middle-aged American farmer with a foreign-accented wife. But this is Combat, not Green Acres: Albert's character, a WW1 veteran named Phil, has been living in France with his French-born wife Marie (played by Alida Valli of The Read More

    1963
  • Combat!: Masquerade

    Synopsis: Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow) is obliged to help two fellow Americans, Cpl. Kanger (James Coburn) and Lt. Comstock (Dan Stafford), as they deliver a captured German officer to the authorities for questioning. What Saunders doesn't know (but the audience does!) is that both Kanger and Comstock are Read More

    1963
  • Combat!: Season 02

    Synopsis: As Combat! moves into its second season, the men of King Company welcome several new "regular" platoon members, notably Private Billy Nelson (Tom Lowell) and PFC Littlejohn (Dick Peabody). Also, the platoon's resident medical aidman Walton has been replaced by a man who prefers to be known only as Read More

    1963
  • Combat! [TV Series]

    Synopsis: The most successful of network television's many WWII dramatic series of the '60s, Combat!, ran for five seasons on ABC -- or roughly one year longer than the war lasted! Set in the months following D-Day, the weekly, hour-long series focused on King Company, a platoon of American GIs battling Read More

    1962
  • Combat!: A Day in June

    Synopsis: In flashback, Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow), Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason) and the men of King Company recall the events surrounding their landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Pre-invasion highlights include a battle between Saunders and Hanley over the affections of a pert English lass (Pat Dahl), and the Read More

    1962
  • The Untouchables: The Maggie Storm Story

    Synopsis: One year before her Oscar-winning performance in Hud, Patricia Neal guest-starred in this Untouchables episode as torch singer Maggie Storm (and never mind that we never hear her sing a note at any time). Maggie is the featured entertainer at the 808 Club, a night spot mentioned by dying drug Read More

    1962
  • Combat!: Season 01

    Synopsis: The first season of Combat! follows the exploits of King Company, a platoon of American GI's making their way through occupied Europe in the months just following D-day. In addition to series stars Vic Morrow (as Sgt. Chip Saunders) and Rick Jason (as Lt. Gil Hanley), the 32 hour-long episodes Read More

    1962
  • The Untouchables: The Tommy Karpeles Story

    Synopsis: Once a big shot in the criminal world, Tommy Karpeles (Harold J. Stones) cuts quite a pathetic figure as a jury convicts him on a mail-theft charge. Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) is convinced that Tommy is innocent, and that he is taking the fall for a trio of clever hoodlums named Mendoza (Joseph Read More

    1961
  • Posse from Hell

    Actors: Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert, Vic Morrow, Robert Keith

    Synopsis: Audie Murphy plays a gunslinger put in charge of a posse. His quarry is a four-man bandit gang that has robbed the local bank, killed several citizens and abducted leading lady Zohra Lampert. Though Lampert is obviously a New York-based actress, it is John Saxon who plays the tenderfoot Read More

    1961
  • Portrait of a Mobster

    Actors: Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck, Norman Alden, Robert McQueeney

    Synopsis: Prolific director Joseph Pevney is better known for his next venture -- the Star Trek television series -- than this conventional docudrama on mobster "Dutch" Schultz (played by Vic Morrow). Rather than take the focus of 1997's Hoodlum, in which Schultz's attempt to move into Harlem is thwarted Read More

    1961
  • Bonanza: The Tin Badge

    Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: To show up his teasing brothers, Joe Cartwright accepts the position of sheriff in the little town of Rubicon. Little does Joe know that the men behind his nomination, gunslinger Ab Brock (Vic Morrow) and crooked Mayor Goshen (John Litel), intend to use the youngest Cartwright boy as the fall guy Read More

    1961
  • Bonanza: The Avenger

    Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: Ben and Adam Cartwright are convicted of murder and sentenced to the gallows. Rushing to their defense is a secretive stranger named Lassiter (Vic Morrow). Grateful but bewildered, the Cartwrights try to find out why Lassiter is willing to help them, whereupon they learn that the stranger's own Read More

    1960
  • Cimarron

    Actors: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell, Russ Tamblyn

    Synopsis: The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 provides the starting point for this western drama, based on a novel by Edna Ferber. Yancey Cravat (Glenn Ford) is an impulsive, short-fused cowboy who has married an immigrant woman, Sabra (Maria Schell). Together, Yancey and Sabra claim a homestead, and Yancey Read More

    1960
  • King Creole

    Actors: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger

    Synopsis: Elvis Presley delivers one of his finest early performances in King Creole. Elvis plays a teenager named Danny Fisher, who is forced to drop out of school to help support his ineffective father (Dean Jagger). Drawn to trouble like a magnet, Danny is saved from a jail term by New Orleans Read More

    1958
  • God's Little Acre

    Actors: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Jack Lord

    Synopsis: Erskine Caldwell's steamy novel God's Little Acre was given a film adaptation in 1958. A heavily grayed-up Robert Ryan plays Ty Ty Walden, the patriarch of a slovenly backwoods family. As Ty Ty digs around his farm in search of gold (which he has yet to find), his son in law Bill Thompson (Aldo Ray Read More

    1958
  • Hell's Five Hours

    Actors: Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Vic Morrow, Maurice Manson, Robert Foulk

    Synopsis: Hell's Five Hours begin ticking away when Nash (Vic Morrow), a disgruntled employee of a rocket-fuel manufacturing plant, goes berserk. Wielding a home-made bomb, Nash threatens to blow himself, his hostages and the plant to smithereens. Nash's supervisor Mike (Stephen McNally) takes it upon Read More

    1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Little Sleep

    Synopsis: Broadway musical star and celebrated concert singer Barbara Cook makes a rare TV appearance in this chilling episode. Bored with her boyfriend, party girl Barbie Hallem (Cook) decides to escape to her uncle's cabin in the woods. En route, Barbie is warned by café owner Ed Mungo (Robert KarnesRead More

    1957
  • Men in War

    Actors: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine, Vic Morrow, Nehemiah Persoff

    Synopsis: Anthony Mann, best known for his intelligent Westerns and hard-boiled crime films, directed this unflinching look at the realities of war set against the backdrop of the Korean conflict. Lt. Mark Benson (Robert Ryan) is the leader of a platoon that has just been given orders to advance to Hill Read More

    1957
  • Tribute to a Badman

    Actors: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irene Papas, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: The catch-all title Tribute to a Bad Man had been floating around MGM for years (at one point, it was the working title for The Bad and the Beautiful) before it was finally affixed to this big-budget western. Originally intended as a vehicle for Spencer Tracy, the film was recast with James Cagney Read More

    1956
  • Blackboard Jungle

    Actors: Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Vic Morrow

    Synopsis: In this gritty urban drama, war veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) wants to begin his career as a teacher and is given an assignment at a boys high school in inner-city New York. However, he soon discovers the school is overrun by delinquents, led by Artie West (Vic Morrow), an insolent hood who Read More

    1955

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