Shelly Novack

Shelly Novack was a star athlete at Venice High School in California. He later played football at Santa Monica City College, Long Beach State, and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 1965. He became an actor through football, much like some other athletes do. Shelly won the first Toyota Grand Prix Pro Celebrity Race in 1977. Although he was a decent actor his passion was sports. - IMDb Mini Biography

Airport (1970)

Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Seaton
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Dean Martin  •  Jean Seberg  •  Jacqueline Bisset

Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Seaton
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Dean Martin  •  Jean Seberg  •  Jacqueline Bisset

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Katharine Ross  •  Robert Blake  •  Susan Clark

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Katharine Ross  •  Robert Blake  •  Susan Clark

Cop on the Beat (1975)

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virgil W. Vogel
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Pat Crowley  •  Jim Backus  •  Dane Clark

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virgil W. Vogel
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Pat Crowley  •  Jim Backus  •  Dane Clark

Superdome (1978)

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Jameson
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Edie Adams  •  Clifton Davis  •  Peter Haskell

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Jameson
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Edie Adams  •  Clifton Davis  •  Peter Haskell

The Intruders (1970)

The James and Younger outlaw gangs ride into town, and it is up to the local marshal, who has lost both his nerve and his gun skills, to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Don Murray  •  Anne Francis  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  John Saxon

The James and Younger outlaw gangs ride into town, and it is up to the local marshal, who has lost both his nerve and his gun skills, to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Don Murray  •  Anne Francis  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  John Saxon

Kansas City Bomber (1972)

Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Raquel Welch  •  Kevin McCarthy  •  Jodie Foster  •  Helena Kallianiotes

Roller-derby skater K. C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Raquel Welch  •  Kevin McCarthy  •  Jodie Foster  •  Helena Kallianiotes

Vigilante Force (1976)

In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless oil-field workers who have infested their community. One resident, Ben Arnold, enlists his brother Aaron, a Vietnam veteran, to assemble a group of men to restore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Armitage
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Victoria Principal  •  Bernadette Peters

In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless oil-field workers who have infested their community. One resident, Ben Arnold, enlists his brother Aaron, a Vietnam veteran, to assemble a group of men to restore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Armitage
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Victoria Principal  •  Bernadette Peters

The Letters (1973)

Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Krasny  •  Gene Nelson
CAST:  John Forsythe  •  Jane Powell  •  Lesley Ann Warren  •  Dina Merrill

Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Krasny  •  Gene Nelson
CAST:  John Forsythe  •  Jane Powell  •  Lesley Ann Warren  •  Dina Merrill

The Desperate Miles (1975)

A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Haller
CAST:  Tony Musante  •  Joanna Pettet  •  Jeanette Nolan  •  Lynn Loring

A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Haller
CAST:  Tony Musante  •  Joanna Pettet  •  Jeanette Nolan  •  Lynn Loring

Love’s Dark Ride (1978)

A young advertising executive, blinded in a gun accident, attempts to rebuild his life and career by living through a nightclub entertainer who befriends him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Cliff Potts  •  Carrie Snodgress  •  Jane Seymour  •  Granville Van Dusen

A young advertising executive, blinded in a gun accident, attempts to rebuild his life and career by living through a nightclub entertainer who befriends him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Cliff Potts  •  Carrie Snodgress  •  Jane Seymour  •  Granville Van Dusen