Austin Willis

The Boy in Blue (1986)

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Cynthia Dale  •  Christopher Plummer  •  David Naughton

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Cynthia Dale  •  Christopher Plummer  •  David Naughton

The Mouse That Roared (1959)

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Arnold
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Jean Seberg  •  William Hartnell  •  David Kossoff

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Arnold
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Jean Seberg  •  William Hartnell  •  David Kossoff

Firefox (1982)

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Freddie Jones  •  David Huffman  •  Warren Clarke

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Freddie Jones  •  David Huffman  •  Warren Clarke

Wolf Dog (1958)

A paroled convict tries to start life anew by moving with his family to a ranch, where his young son finds a puppy that is half wolf and half dog.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Jim Davis  •  Allison Hayes  •  Tony Brown  •  Austin Willis

A paroled convict tries to start life anew by moving with his family to a ranch, where his young son finds a puppy that is half wolf and half dog.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Jim Davis  •  Allison Hayes  •  Tony Brown  •  Austin Willis

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Valerie Bertinelli  •  Red Buttons  •  Conrad Bain  •  Wesley Eure

A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Valerie Bertinelli  •  Red Buttons  •  Conrad Bain  •  Wesley Eure

The Sheriff (1971)

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Ossie Davis  •  Kaz Garas  •  Kyle Johnson  •  Edward Binns

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Ossie Davis  •  Kaz Garas  •  Kyle Johnson  •  Edward Binns

The Barbarians (1960)

Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  Jack Palance  •  Milly Vitale  •  Guy Rolfe  •  Austin Willis

Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  Jack Palance  •  Milly Vitale  •  Guy Rolfe  •  Austin Willis

Eight on the Lam (1967)

Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Phyllis Diller  •  Jonathan Winters  •  Shirley Eaton

Bank teller and widower with seven kids, Bob Hope finds $10,000 in a parking lot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Phyllis Diller  •  Jonathan Winters  •  Shirley Eaton

Too Young to Love (1960)

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Muriel Box
CAST:  Pauline Hahn  •  Joan Miller  •  Austin Willis  •  Vivian Matalon

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Muriel Box
CAST:  Pauline Hahn  •  Joan Miller  •  Austin Willis  •  Vivian Matalon

Face-Off (1971)

Love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George McCowan
CAST:  Art Hindle  •  Trudy Young  •  John Vernon  •  Sean Sullivan

Love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George McCowan
CAST:  Art Hindle  •  Trudy Young  •  John Vernon  •  Sean Sullivan

Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Mylène Demongeot  •  Michael Craig  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Anne Heywood

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Mylène Demongeot  •  Michael Craig  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Anne Heywood

Bush Pilot (1947)

Two pilots, who happen to be half-brothers, compete for the same girl as well as the same air cargo assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sterling Campbell
CAST:  Jack La Rue  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Austin Willis  •  Frank Perry

Two pilots, who happen to be half-brothers, compete for the same girl as well as the same air cargo assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sterling Campbell
CAST:  Jack La Rue  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Austin Willis  •  Frank Perry

The Boston Strangler (1968)

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Henry Fonda  •  George Kennedy  •  Mike Kellin

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Henry Fonda  •  George Kennedy  •  Mike Kellin

Goldfinger (1964)

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Honor Blackman  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Shirley Eaton

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Honor Blackman  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Shirley Eaton

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

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)

The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Elliott Gould  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Ricky Schroder  •  Vincent Gardenia

The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Elliott Gould  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Ricky Schroder  •  Vincent Gardenia

Sins of the Fathers (1948)

A dramatized story about a town where illegal activities are allowed to thrive, some of the politicians are dishonest, and a doctor and couple of colleagues try to help townspeople see that public health measures, especially those that might control syphilis, are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen  •  Richard J. Jarvis
CAST:  Austin Willis  •  Joy Lafleur  •  John Pratt  •  Phyllis Carter

A dramatized story about a town where illegal activities are allowed to thrive, some of the politicians are dishonest, and a doctor and couple of colleagues try to help townspeople see that public health measures, especially those that might control syphilis, are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen  •  Richard J. Jarvis
CAST:  Austin Willis  •  Joy Lafleur  •  John Pratt  •  Phyllis Carter

Dr. Frankenstein on Campus (1970)

Viktor Frankenstein, expelled from Ingoldstat U for doing weird experiments and for acting a bit looney, goes to college in Canada to study brain control under Prof. Preston. Campus radicals frame Viktor (photographed holding a joint) in an attempt to discredit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert W. Taylor
CAST:  Robin Ward  •  Kathleen Sawyer  •  Austin Willis  •  Sean Sullivan

Viktor Frankenstein, expelled from Ingoldstat U for doing weird experiments and for acting a bit looney, goes to college in Canada to study brain control under Prof. Preston. Campus radicals frame Viktor (photographed holding a joint) in an attempt to discredit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert W. Taylor
CAST:  Robin Ward  •  Kathleen Sawyer  •  Austin Willis  •  Sean Sullivan

Death Takes a Holiday (1971)

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Butler
CAST:  Yvette Mimieux  •  Monte Markham  •  Myrna Loy  •  Bert Convy

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Butler
CAST:  Yvette Mimieux  •  Monte Markham  •  Myrna Loy  •  Bert Convy

Casino (1980)

Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino ship's maiden voyage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Hedley Mattingly  •  Lynda Day George  •  Bo Hopkins  •  Robert Loggia

Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino ship's maiden voyage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Chaffey
CAST:  Hedley Mattingly  •  Lynda Day George  •  Bo Hopkins  •  Robert Loggia