Colby Chester

Charley Varrick (1973)

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Joe Don Baker  •  Felicia Farr  •  Andrew Robinson

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Joe Don Baker  •  Felicia Farr  •  Andrew Robinson

Salvador (1986)

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  James Woods  •  Jim Belushi  •  Michael Murphy  •  John Savage

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  James Woods  •  Jim Belushi  •  Michael Murphy  •  John Savage

The Hindenburg (1975)

In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Anne Bancroft  •  William Atherton  •  Roy Thinnes

In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Anne Bancroft  •  William Atherton  •  Roy Thinnes

The Last Married Couple in America (1980)

Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Cates
CAST:  George Segal  •  Natalie Wood  •  Richard Benjamin  •  Valerie Harper

Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Cates
CAST:  George Segal  •  Natalie Wood  •  Richard Benjamin  •  Valerie Harper

Executive Action (1973)

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Robert Ryan  •  Will Geer  •  Gilbert Green

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Miller
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Robert Ryan  •  Will Geer  •  Gilbert Green

Class of '63 (1973)

A jealous husband uses a college reunion to gauge whether or not his wife is still in love with her old flame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Korty
CAST:  James Brolin  •  Joan Hackett  •  Cliff Gorman  •  Ed Lauter

A jealous husband uses a college reunion to gauge whether or not his wife is still in love with her old flame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Korty
CAST:  James Brolin  •  Joan Hackett  •  Cliff Gorman  •  Ed Lauter

Perfect Family (1992)

Maggie, a recent widower, hires a housekeeper, Janice, to help her with chores taking care of her two young daughters. With Janice comes her brother Allan who is an alcoholic haunted by the deaths of his wife and daughter. Love blooms between Maggie and Allan much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Bruce Boxleitner  •  Joanna Cassidy  •  Shiri Appleby

Maggie, a recent widower, hires a housekeeper, Janice, to help her with chores taking care of her two young daughters. With Janice comes her brother Allan who is an alcoholic haunted by the deaths of his wife and daughter. Love blooms between Maggie and Allan much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Bruce Boxleitner  •  Joanna Cassidy  •  Shiri Appleby

The Munsters' Revenge (1981)

The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Fred Gwynne  •  Al Lewis  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  K.C. Martel

The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Fred Gwynne  •  Al Lewis  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  K.C. Martel

Praying Mantis (1993)

A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligent but holds a very dark secret which will truly test how strong their relationship can be.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Keach
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Barry Bostwick  •  Chad Allen  •  Frances Fisher

A single man thinks he has finally found a woman who loves him. The woman is charming and intelligent but holds a very dark secret which will truly test how strong their relationship can be.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Keach
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Barry Bostwick  •  Chad Allen  •  Frances Fisher

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

All My Darling Daughters (1972)

A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Raymond Massey  •  Eve Arden  •  Sharon Gless

A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Raymond Massey  •  Eve Arden  •  Sharon Gless

You'll Never See Me Again (1973)

After a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  David Hartman  •  Jane Wyatt  •  Ralph Meeker  •  Jess Walton

After a couple have an argument, the wife disappears. The husband searches for her, only to discover evidence that implicates him in her murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  David Hartman  •  Jane Wyatt  •  Ralph Meeker  •  Jess Walton

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973)

In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pevney
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Ruth Hussey  •  Raymond Massey  •  Sharon Gless

In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pevney
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Ruth Hussey  •  Raymond Massey  •  Sharon Gless

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974)

Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham  •  Arnold Laven
CAST:  Rex Harrison  •  Bill Bixby  •  Lloyd Bochner  •  Roscoe Lee Browne

Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham  •  Arnold Laven
CAST:  Rex Harrison  •  Bill Bixby  •  Lloyd Bochner  •  Roscoe Lee Browne

The Dove (1974)

16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets and falls in love with Patti Ratteree, who is also traveling around the world. As Robin sails around the world to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Joseph Bottoms  •  Deborah Raffin  •  John McLiam  •  Dabney Coleman

16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets and falls in love with Patti Ratteree, who is also traveling around the world. As Robin sails around the world to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Jarrott
CAST:  Joseph Bottoms  •  Deborah Raffin  •  John McLiam  •  Dabney Coleman

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again (1995)

En route to delivering an expensive yacht, Rick stops off in Seattle to visit A.J., who works there as an attorney. However, their reunion is disrupted and their investigative skills called into service when the yacht is hijacked--with mom on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McPherson
CAST:  Gerald McRaney  •  Jameson Parker  •  Mary Carver  •  Jeannie Wilson

En route to delivering an expensive yacht, Rick stops off in Seattle to visit A.J., who works there as an attorney. However, their reunion is disrupted and their investigative skills called into service when the yacht is hijacked--with mom on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McPherson
CAST:  Gerald McRaney  •  Jameson Parker  •  Mary Carver  •  Jeannie Wilson

The Rangers (1974)

The adventures of a group of rangers that are tasked with saving a couple of alpinists and a young lady with a broken leg, while also dealing with a hungry bear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian I. Nyby II
CAST:  James G. Richardson  •  Colby Chester  •  Jim B. Smith  •  Laurette Spang

The adventures of a group of rangers that are tasked with saving a couple of alpinists and a young lady with a broken leg, while also dealing with a hungry bear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian I. Nyby II
CAST:  James G. Richardson  •  Colby Chester  •  Jim B. Smith  •  Laurette Spang

Emergency! [Pilot] (1972)

The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Webb
CAST:  Robert Fuller  •  Julie London  •  Bobby Troup  •  Randolph Mantooth

The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Webb
CAST:  Robert Fuller  •  Julie London  •  Bobby Troup  •  Randolph Mantooth

Maid in America (1982)

An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Aaron
CAST:  Susan Clark  •  Alex Karras  •  Fritz Weaver  •  Mildred Natwick

An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Aaron
CAST:  Susan Clark  •  Alex Karras  •  Fritz Weaver  •  Mildred Natwick

Stone (1979)

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corey Allen
CAST:  Dennis Weaver  •  Pat Hingle  •  Roy Thinnes  •  Joby Baker

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corey Allen
CAST:  Dennis Weaver  •  Pat Hingle  •  Roy Thinnes  •  Joby Baker