Philip Spensley

Nowhere to Hide (1987)

Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Amy Madigan  •  Daniel Hugh Kelly  •  Robin MacEachern  •  Michael Ironside

Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Amy Madigan  •  Daniel Hugh Kelly  •  Robin MacEachern  •  Michael Ironside

Moody Beach (1990)

A man and a woman, who are both trying to run away from the banalities of life, fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Roy
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Claire Nebout  •  Philip Spensley  •  Johanne-Marie Tremblay

A man and a woman, who are both trying to run away from the banalities of life, fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Roy
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Claire Nebout  •  Philip Spensley  •  Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Eternal Evil (1985)

A dissatisfied Montreal director of TV commercials is taught to astrally project himself by a mysterious woman. But soon he finds that he does it against his will when he sleeps, and while he does it, he commits savage acts against those in his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Mihalka
CAST:  Winston Rekert  •  Karen Black  •  John Novak  •  Patty Talbot

A dissatisfied Montreal director of TV commercials is taught to astrally project himself by a mysterious woman. But soon he finds that he does it against his will when he sleeps, and while he does it, he commits savage acts against those in his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Mihalka
CAST:  Winston Rekert  •  Karen Black  •  John Novak  •  Patty Talbot

Day One (1989)

Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Brian Dennehy  •  David Strathairn  •  Michael Tucker  •  Hume Cronyn

Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Brian Dennehy  •  David Strathairn  •  Michael Tucker  •  Hume Cronyn

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)

Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York City and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  James Woods  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Michelle Nolden  •  John Bourgeois

Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York City and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  James Woods  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Michelle Nolden  •  John Bourgeois

Take-out (2000)

The film is the coming-of-age story of the child in the opening sequence, now a chicken delivery boy (although he hates chicken). Alienated from his father, and with an uneasy relationship with his (not gay-friendly) best friend, he meets a new customer. A lawyer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-François Monette
CAST:  Daniel MacIvor  •  Gianpaolo Venuta  •  Benjamin Plener  •  Kaya McGregor

The film is the coming-of-age story of the child in the opening sequence, now a chicken delivery boy (although he hates chicken). Alienated from his father, and with an uneasy relationship with his (not gay-friendly) best friend, he meets a new customer. A lawyer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-François Monette
CAST:  Daniel MacIvor  •  Gianpaolo Venuta  •  Benjamin Plener  •  Kaya McGregor

The Hot Touch (1983)

A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quiet if they forge some art lost in WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Vadim
CAST:  Wayne Rogers  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Lloyd Bochner  •  Samantha Eggar

A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quiet if they forge some art lost in WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Vadim
CAST:  Wayne Rogers  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Lloyd Bochner  •  Samantha Eggar

The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later (1992)

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John N. Smith
CAST:  David Hewlett  •  Henry Czerny  •  Brian Dodd  •  Sebastian Spence

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John N. Smith
CAST:  David Hewlett  •  Henry Czerny  •  Brian Dodd  •  Sebastian Spence

Heritage Minutes: John Humphrey (1997)

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Paul Stewart  •  Charles Balovarac  •  Luis de Cespedes  •  Zhenhu Han

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Paul Stewart  •  Charles Balovarac  •  Luis de Cespedes  •  Zhenhu Han

Spearfield's Daughter (1986)

The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert M. Shilton
CAST:  Christopher Plummer  •  Nancy Marchand  •  Kim Braden  •  Steve Railsback

The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert M. Shilton
CAST:  Christopher Plummer  •  Nancy Marchand  •  Kim Braden  •  Steve Railsback