Sam Melville

Big Wednesday (1978)

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Milius
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  William Katt  •  Gary Busey  •  Patti D'Arbanville

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Milius
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  William Katt  •  Gary Busey  •  Patti D'Arbanville

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Young businessman, Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Paul Burke  •  Jack Weston

Young businessman, Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Paul Burke  •  Jack Weston

Terror in the Sky (1971)

On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisoning and become incapacitated. Now it's up to one of the passengers to safely land the plane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Leif Erickson  •  Doug McClure  •  Roddy McDowall  •  Keenan Wynn

On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisoning and become incapacitated. Now it's up to one of the passengers to safely land the plane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Leif Erickson  •  Doug McClure  •  Roddy McDowall  •  Keenan Wynn

The Assassin (1990)

The basic plot of this film concerns a secret service-esque man in Mexico battling personal demons who discovers a conspiracy behind an assassination attempt on a visiting American senator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Hess
CAST:  Steve Railsback  •  Elpidia Carrillo  •  Nicholas Guest  •  Xander Berkeley

The basic plot of this film concerns a secret service-esque man in Mexico battling personal demons who discovers a conspiracy behind an assassination attempt on a visiting American senator.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Hess
CAST:  Steve Railsback  •  Elpidia Carrillo  •  Nicholas Guest  •  Xander Berkeley

Twice Dead (1988)

The ghost of a hanged movie star helps a brother and sister rid their mansion of punks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bert L. Dragin
CAST:  Tom Bresnahan  •  Jill Whitlow  •  Jonathan Chapin  •  Christopher Burgard

The ghost of a hanged movie star helps a brother and sister rid their mansion of punks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bert L. Dragin
CAST:  Tom Bresnahan  •  Jill Whitlow  •  Jonathan Chapin  •  Christopher Burgard

Hour of the Gun (1967)

Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  James Garner  •  Jason Robards  •  Robert Ryan  •  Albert Salmi

Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  James Garner  •  Jason Robards  •  Robert Ryan  •  Albert Salmi

Fists Of Steel (1991)

Today's street violence is the result of a permissive market for drugs. Affluent criminal societies paralyze! This is the story of one man who stands up...who believes he is responsible for the quality of the world he lives in. Internationally organized ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Schaefer
CAST:  Carlos Palomino  •  Henry Silva  •  Alexis Arguello  •  Rockne Tarkington

Today's street violence is the result of a permissive market for drugs. Affluent criminal societies paralyze! This is the story of one man who stands up...who believes he is responsible for the quality of the world he lives in. Internationally organized ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Schaefer
CAST:  Carlos Palomino  •  Henry Silva  •  Alexis Arguello  •  Rockne Tarkington

A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (1966)

Sharon is a young office worker who sexually teases, seduces and then cries 'rape' on various men just to see them emotionally suffer for her own man-hating, twisted amusement leading to one lovestruck boyfriend being sent to prison, the financial ruin of another, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Mabe
CAST:  Stacey Walker  •  Sam Melville  •  Bob Todd  •  Sharon Carr

Sharon is a young office worker who sexually teases, seduces and then cries 'rape' on various men just to see them emotionally suffer for her own man-hating, twisted amusement leading to one lovestruck boyfriend being sent to prison, the financial ruin of another, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Mabe
CAST:  Stacey Walker  •  Sam Melville  •  Bob Todd  •  Sharon Carr

The Rookies (1972)

Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Darren McGavin  •  Cameron Mitchell  •  Robert F. Lyons  •  Georg Stanford Brown

Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Darren McGavin  •  Cameron Mitchell  •  Robert F. Lyons  •  Georg Stanford Brown

Bigfoot: Man or Beast? (1972)

People go and search for the legendary Bigfoot creature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Crowley
CAST:  Rene Dahinden  •  John Green  •  Richard Grover  •  Grover Krantz

People go and search for the legendary Bigfoot creature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Crowley
CAST:  Rene Dahinden  •  John Green  •  Richard Grover  •  Grover Krantz

In Search of Bigfoot (1976)

A documentary about the search for the legendary Bigfoot, a large humanoid creature (also known as Sasquatch) who is rumored to inhabit the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Crowley  •  William F. Miller
CAST:  Robert W. Morgan  •  Phil Tonken  •  Rene Dahinden  •  Sam Melville

A documentary about the search for the legendary Bigfoot, a large humanoid creature (also known as Sasquatch) who is rumored to inhabit the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Crowley  •  William F. Miller
CAST:  Robert W. Morgan  •  Phil Tonken  •  Rene Dahinden  •  Sam Melville

Roughnecks (1980)

Ida McBride decides to drill for oil on her ranch, against her son Tom's wishes. A contentious crew of wildcatters arrives, including a stalwart drilling magnate, his tool-pusher and a young roughneck associate, who endeavor to save the ranching empire by trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard McEveety
CAST:  Ana Alicia  •  Wilford Brimley  •  Cathy Lee Crosby  •  Steve Forrest

Ida McBride decides to drill for oil on her ranch, against her son Tom's wishes. A contentious crew of wildcatters arrives, including a stalwart drilling magnate, his tool-pusher and a young roughneck associate, who endeavor to save the ranching empire by trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard McEveety
CAST:  Ana Alicia  •  Wilford Brimley  •  Cathy Lee Crosby  •  Steve Forrest