John van Dreelen

John van Dreelen (born Jacques Theodore van Drielen Gimberg; 5 May 1922 – 4 September 1992) was a Dutch actor, who frequently performed on television from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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13 Ghosts (1960)

Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will need to search the house to find the doctor's fortune, but along with the property they have also inherited the occultist's collection of 13 ghosts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Charles Herbert  •  Jo Morrow  •  Martin Milner  •  Rosemary DeCamp

Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will need to search the house to find the doctor's fortune, but along with the property they have also inherited the occultist's collection of 13 ghosts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Charles Herbert  •  Jo Morrow  •  Martin Milner  •  Rosemary DeCamp

The Formula (1980)

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Marlon Brando  •  Marthe Keller  •  John Gielgud

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Marlon Brando  •  Marthe Keller  •  John Gielgud

The Money Pit (1986)

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Benjamin
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Shelley Long  •  Alexander Godunov  •  Maureen Stapleton

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Benjamin
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Shelley Long  •  Alexander Godunov  •  Maureen Stapleton

Topaz (1969)

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Frederick Stafford  •  Dany Robin  •  Claude Jade  •  Michel Subor

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Frederick Stafford  •  Dany Robin  •  Claude Jade  •  Michel Subor

Von Ryan's Express (1965)

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Robson
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Trevor Howard  •  Raffaella Carrà  •  Brad Dexter

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Robson
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Trevor Howard  •  Raffaella Carrà  •  Brad Dexter

Lost Horizon (1973)

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Peter Finch  •  Liv Ullmann  •  Sally Kellerman  •  George Kennedy

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Peter Finch  •  Liv Ullmann  •  Sally Kellerman  •  George Kennedy

Becoming Colette (1991)

French writer recalls her start as the country wife of a Paris publisher who called her erotic work his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Huston
CAST:  Mathilda May  •  Virginia Madsen  •  Klaus Maria Brandauer  •  Paul Rhys

French writer recalls her start as the country wife of a Paris publisher who called her erotic work his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Huston
CAST:  Mathilda May  •  Virginia Madsen  •  Klaus Maria Brandauer  •  Paul Rhys

The Clone Master (1978)

In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Medford
CAST:  Art Hindle  •  Robyn Douglass  •  John van Dreelen  •  Ed Lauter

In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Medford
CAST:  Art Hindle  •  Robyn Douglass  •  John van Dreelen  •  Ed Lauter

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

In 1960, a pilot testing an experimental rocket powered aircraft accidentally flies into the future and finds himself in a sealed city whose people suspect he is a spy from outside their walls, but who want to keep him to procreate with the ruler's daughter because ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Robert Clarke  •  Darlene Tompkins  •  Vladimir Sokoloff  •  Boyd 'Red' Morgan

In 1960, a pilot testing an experimental rocket powered aircraft accidentally flies into the future and finds himself in a sealed city whose people suspect he is a spy from outside their walls, but who want to keep him to procreate with the ruler's daughter because ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Robert Clarke  •  Darlene Tompkins  •  Vladimir Sokoloff  •  Boyd 'Red' Morgan

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DIRECTION:  Rolf Thiele
CAST:  Heinz Rühmann  •  Hertha Feiler  •  Graziella Granata  •  Charles Regnier

See How They Run (1964)

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  John Forsythe  •  Senta Berger  •  Jane Wyatt  •  Pamela Franklin

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  John Forsythe  •  Senta Berger  •  Jane Wyatt  •  Pamela Franklin

Swan Song (1980)

Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who helps him regain his self-respect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London
CAST:  David Soul  •  Jill Eikenberry  •  Bo Brundin  •  Murray Hamilton

Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who helps him regain his self-respect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London
CAST:  David Soul  •  Jill Eikenberry  •  Bo Brundin  •  Murray Hamilton

The Flying Fontaines (1959)

Director George Sherman's 1959 circus drama stars Michael Callan as a cocky aerialist causing romantic problems under the Big Top.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Evy Norlund  •  Joan Evans  •  Joe De Santis

Director George Sherman's 1959 circus drama stars Michael Callan as a cocky aerialist causing romantic problems under the Big Top.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Evy Norlund  •  Joan Evans  •  Joe De Santis

Nightshade (1972)

A man wants to buy a house in Lower Saxony and meets a mysterious woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niklaus Schilling
CAST:  Elke Haltaufderheide  •  John van Dreelen  •  Max Krügel  •  Ella Timmermann

A man wants to buy a house in Lower Saxony and meets a mysterious woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niklaus Schilling
CAST:  Elke Haltaufderheide  •  John van Dreelen  •  Max Krügel  •  Ella Timmermann

Evita Peron (1981)

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Faye Dunaway  •  James Farentino  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Michael Constantine

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Faye Dunaway  •  James Farentino  •  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Michael Constantine

Gigi (1949)

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Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Jean Tissier  •  Yvonne de Bray

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs from afar. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacqueline Audry
CAST:  Danièle Delorme  •  Gaby Morlay  •  Jean Tissier  •  Yvonne de Bray

The Big Game (1973)

Two soldiers of fortune are hired by an inventor to protect him and his invention, a radar-like machine that is capable of controlling armies and forcing them to fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Day
CAST:  Stephen Boyd  •  Ray Milland  •  France Nuyen  •  Cameron Mitchell

Two soldiers of fortune are hired by an inventor to protect him and his invention, a radar-like machine that is capable of controlling armies and forcing them to fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Day
CAST:  Stephen Boyd  •  Ray Milland  •  France Nuyen  •  Cameron Mitchell

Born to Fight (1989)

Vietnam War veteran Sam Wood is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfully tortured before finally managing to escape. Then he returns to rescue his friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Mattei
CAST:  Brent Huff  •  Mary Stavin  •  Werner Pochath  •  John van Dreelen

Vietnam War veteran Sam Wood is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfully tortured before finally managing to escape. Then he returns to rescue his friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Mattei
CAST:  Brent Huff  •  Mary Stavin  •  Werner Pochath  •  John van Dreelen

The Wizard of Baghdad (1961)

A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Diane Baker  •  Dick Shawn  •  Barry Coe  •  Robert F. Simon

A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Diane Baker  •  Dick Shawn  •  Barry Coe  •  Robert F. Simon

The Last Act (1955)

Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is encircled by enemy troops. Based on Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die, Oscar Werner costars as fictional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Albin Skoda  •  Oskar Werner  •  Lotte Tobisch  •  Willy Krause

Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is encircled by enemy troops. Based on Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die, Oscar Werner costars as fictional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  G.W. Pabst
CAST:  Albin Skoda  •  Oskar Werner  •  Lotte Tobisch  •  Willy Krause
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