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Hatari! (1962)

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A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Hardy Krüger  •  Elsa Martinelli  •  Red Buttons

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Hardy Krüger  •  Elsa Martinelli  •  Red Buttons

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Anne Francis  •  Sidney Poitier  •  Vic Morrow

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Anne Francis  •  Sidney Poitier  •  Vic Morrow

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Steve McQueen  •  Charles Bronson

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Steve McQueen  •  Charles Bronson

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  William Petersen  •  Willem Dafoe  •  John Pankow  •  Debra Feuer

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  William Petersen  •  Willem Dafoe  •  John Pankow  •  Debra Feuer

Touch of Evil (1958)

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Janet Leigh  •  Orson Welles  •  Joseph Calleia

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Janet Leigh  •  Orson Welles  •  Joseph Calleia

Hellfighters (1968)

The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Katharine Ross  •  Jim Hutton  •  Vera Miles

The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Katharine Ross  •  Jim Hutton  •  Vera Miles

Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)

In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Anna Maria Alberghetti  •  Eva Bartok  •  Walter Slezak

In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Anna Maria Alberghetti  •  Eva Bartok  •  Walter Slezak

Exiled in America (1992)

A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leder
CAST:  Maxwell Caulfield  •  Edward Albert  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  Kamala Lopez

A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leder
CAST:  Maxwell Caulfield  •  Edward Albert  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  Kamala Lopez

This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)

Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ailing mother and prostitute sister, with whom he had an incestuous affair. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Oblowitz
CAST:  Philip Locke  •  Elis Imboden  •  Christian Durango  •  Sloan Cobb

Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ailing mother and prostitute sister, with whom he had an incestuous affair. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Oblowitz
CAST:  Philip Locke  •  Elis Imboden  •  Christian Durango  •  Sloan Cobb

The Gun (1974)

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Stephen Elliott  •  Jean Le Bouvier  •  Wallace Rooney  •  David Huffman

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Stephen Elliott  •  Jean Le Bouvier  •  Wallace Rooney  •  David Huffman

The Bears and I (1974)

When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard McEveety
CAST:  Patrick Wayne  •  Chief Dan George  •  Andrew Duggan  •  Michael Ansara

When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard McEveety
CAST:  Patrick Wayne  •  Chief Dan George  •  Andrew Duggan  •  Michael Ansara

They Call It Murder (1971)

A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Grauman
CAST:  Jim Hutton  •  Lloyd Bochner  •  Jo Ann Pflug  •  Robert J. Wilke

A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Grauman
CAST:  Jim Hutton  •  Lloyd Bochner  •  Jo Ann Pflug  •  Robert J. Wilke

Incident on a Dark Street (1973)

A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  James Olson  •  David Canary  •  Robert Pine  •  Marlene Clark

A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  James Olson  •  David Canary  •  Robert Pine  •  Marlene Clark

Perilous Voyage (1976)

A South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and holds all of the passengers hostage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Michael Parks  •  Lee Grant  •  Frank Silvera

A South American guerrilla, whose revolution is faltering, hijacks a ship carrying arms and holds all of the passengers hostage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Michael Parks  •  Lee Grant  •  Frank Silvera

Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)

In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent McEveety
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Johnny Doran  •  Joan Hackett  •  Peter Ustinov

In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent McEveety
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Johnny Doran  •  Joan Hackett  •  Peter Ustinov

The Firebrand (1962)

A Mexican outlaw begins a one-man war against corrupt California Rangers who are harassing Hispanic locals during the California Gold Rush.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maury Dexter
CAST:  Kent Taylor  •  Valentin de Vargas  •  Joe Raciti  •  Lisa Montell

A Mexican outlaw begins a one-man war against corrupt California Rangers who are harassing Hispanic locals during the California Gold Rush.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maury Dexter
CAST:  Kent Taylor  •  Valentin de Vargas  •  Joe Raciti  •  Lisa Montell

Visions... (1972)

A professor who has visions of the future informs the police that someone is about to plant a bomb. He then discovers that the police consider him the prime suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee H. Katzin
CAST:  Monte Markham  •  Barbara Anderson  •  Telly Savalas  •  Tim O'Connor

A professor who has visions of the future informs the police that someone is about to plant a bomb. He then discovers that the police consider him the prime suspect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee H. Katzin
CAST:  Monte Markham  •  Barbara Anderson  •  Telly Savalas  •  Tim O'Connor

Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (1977)

The legendary frontiersman and hero of boyhood paperbacks joins forces with Captain John Fremont as chief scout on a secret expedition to Mexico. The disobedient Randy tries to rejoin his friends but only succeeds in putting them all in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Robert Reed  •  Christopher Connelly  •  Gary Lockwood  •  Ike Eisenmann

The legendary frontiersman and hero of boyhood paperbacks joins forces with Captain John Fremont as chief scout on a secret expedition to Mexico. The disobedient Randy tries to rejoin his friends but only succeeds in putting them all in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Robert Reed  •  Christopher Connelly  •  Gary Lockwood  •  Ike Eisenmann

Chase (1973)

A special police unit goes after a cop-killer in this pilot film to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Webb
CAST:  Mitchell Ryan  •  Reid Smith  •  Michael Richardson  •  Brian Fong

A special police unit goes after a cop-killer in this pilot film to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Webb
CAST:  Mitchell Ryan  •  Reid Smith  •  Michael Richardson  •  Brian Fong