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Fail Safe (1964)

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Walter Matthau  •  Fritz Weaver  •  Larry Hagman

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Walter Matthau  •  Fritz Weaver  •  Larry Hagman

Get Christie Love! (1974)

Get Christie Love! is a 1974 made-for-television film starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a drug ring. This film is based on Dorothy Uhnak's crime-thriller novel, The Ledger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Teresa Graves  •  Harry Guardino  •  Louise Sorel  •  Paul Stevens

Get Christie Love! is a 1974 made-for-television film starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a drug ring. This film is based on Dorothy Uhnak's crime-thriller novel, The Ledger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  Teresa Graves  •  Harry Guardino  •  Louise Sorel  •  Paul Stevens

Save the Tiger (1973)

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Jack Gilford  •  Laurie Heineman  •  Norman Burton

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Avildsen
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Jack Gilford  •  Laurie Heineman  •  Norman Burton

Willard (1971)

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Mann
CAST:  Bruce Davison  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Sondra Locke  •  Elsa Lanchester

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Mann
CAST:  Bruce Davison  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Sondra Locke  •  Elsa Lanchester

Pinky (1949)

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Jeanne Crain  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Ethel Waters  •  William Lundigan

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Jeanne Crain  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Ethel Waters  •  William Lundigan

The Member of the Wedding (1952)

Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Zinnemann
CAST:  Ethel Waters  •  Julie Harris  •  Brandon De Wilde  •  Arthur Franz

Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Zinnemann
CAST:  Ethel Waters  •  Julie Harris  •  Brandon De Wilde  •  Arthur Franz

The Laughing Policeman (1973)

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Bruce Dern  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Albert Paulsen

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Bruce Dern  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Albert Paulsen

Shirts/Skins (1973)

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  René Auberjonois  •  Bill Bixby  •  Leonard Frey  •  Doug McClure

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  René Auberjonois  •  Bill Bixby  •  Leonard Frey  •  Doug McClure

The Terminal Man (1974)

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Hodges
CAST:  George Segal  •  Richard Dysart  •  Donald Moffat  •  Joan Hackett

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Hodges
CAST:  George Segal  •  Richard Dysart  •  Donald Moffat  •  Joan Hackett

The Bramble Bush (1960)

A young doctor returns to his Massachusetts home town at the request of a terminally ill old friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Barbara Rush  •  Jack Carson  •  Angie Dickinson

A young doctor returns to his Massachusetts home town at the request of a terminally ill old friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Barbara Rush  •  Jack Carson  •  Angie Dickinson

Incident at Vichy (1973)

Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, and "investigated" under suspicion of secretly being Jewish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stacy Keach
CAST:  René Auberjonois  •  Ed Bakey  •  Lee Bergere  •  Tom Bower

Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, and "investigated" under suspicion of secretly being Jewish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stacy Keach
CAST:  René Auberjonois  •  Ed Bakey  •  Lee Bergere  •  Tom Bower

An Enemy of the People (1966)

Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars, his warning to the powers-that-be falls on deaf ears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Bogart
CAST:  James Daly  •  Kate Reid  •  Philip Bosco  •  Tim Daly

Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars, his warning to the powers-that-be falls on deaf ears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Bogart
CAST:  James Daly  •  Kate Reid  •  Philip Bosco  •  Tim Daly

99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Bradford Dillman  •  Ann Turkel

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Bradford Dillman  •  Ann Turkel

1776 (1972)

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The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of the most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter H. Hunt
CAST:  William Daniels  •  Howard Da Silva  •  Ken Howard  •  Blythe Danner

The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of the most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter H. Hunt
CAST:  William Daniels  •  Howard Da Silva  •  Ken Howard  •  Blythe Danner

Sand Castles (1972)

A young man who dies in an auto accident returns from the dead to meet up with the young woman who tried to save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Post
CAST:  Herschel Bernardi  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Mariette Hartley  •  Gary Crosby

A young man who dies in an auto accident returns from the dead to meet up with the young woman who tried to save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Post
CAST:  Herschel Bernardi  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Mariette Hartley  •  Gary Crosby

The Arrangement (1969)

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Richard Boone

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Richard Boone

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

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After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Karl Malden  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Neville Brand

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Karl Malden  •  Thelma Ritter  •  Neville Brand

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Sidney Lumet  •  Dan O'Herlihy  •  Walter Bernstein  •  George Clooney

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Sidney Lumet  •  Dan O'Herlihy  •  Walter Bernstein  •  George Clooney

Frankenstein (1973)

A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released as a feature on video, this was originally shown in two installments on TV as part of the Wide World of Entertainment series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Susan Strasberg  •  Bo Svenson  •  Heidi Vaughn

A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released as a feature on video, this was originally shown in two installments on TV as part of the Wide World of Entertainment series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Susan Strasberg  •  Bo Svenson  •  Heidi Vaughn

Blood Sport (1973)

A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to escape with a college scholarship and a pro career. David's father is the overbearing taskmaster vicariously living ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Ben Johnson  •  Gary Busey  •  Larry Hagman  •  William Lucking

A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to escape with a college scholarship and a pro career. David's father is the overbearing taskmaster vicariously living ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Ben Johnson  •  Gary Busey  •  Larry Hagman  •  William Lucking
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