William Hansen

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Homebodies (1974)

When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. What starts as an attempt to discourage the developers soon escalates into wholesale murder of both the developers and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Yust
CAST:  Peter Brocco  •  Frances Fuller  •  William Hansen  •  Ruth McDevitt

When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. What starts as an attempt to discourage the developers soon escalates into wholesale murder of both the developers and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Yust
CAST:  Peter Brocco  •  Frances Fuller  •  William Hansen  •  Ruth McDevitt

The Trip to Bountiful (1953)

A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartment, Carrie Watts dreams of returning to Bountiful, where she was raised.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent J. Donehue
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Eileen Heckart  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  John Beal

A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartment, Carrie Watts dreams of returning to Bountiful, where she was raised.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent J. Donehue
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Eileen Heckart  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  John Beal

Night Games (1974)

A Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of murdering her husband. This is the pilot TV movie for what would become the Petrocelli TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Barry Newman  •  Susan Howard  •  Albert Salmi  •  Luke Askew

A Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of murdering her husband. This is the pilot TV movie for what would become the Petrocelli TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Barry Newman  •  Susan Howard  •  Albert Salmi  •  Luke Askew

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.  (more)

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CAST:  J. Hoberman  •  Henry Fonda  •  Frieda Altman  •  Nancy Berg

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.  (more)

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CAST:  J. Hoberman  •  Henry Fonda  •  Frieda Altman  •  Nancy Berg

Big Deal in Laredo (1962)

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Teresa Wright  •  Zachary Scott  •  John McGiver

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Teresa Wright  •  Zachary Scott  •  John McGiver

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964)

The life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer to winning the Presidency in 1860.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Jason Robards  •  Kate Reid  •  Jack Bittner  •  Burt Brinckerhoff

The life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer to winning the Presidency in 1860.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  Jason Robards  •  Kate Reid  •  Jack Bittner  •  Burt Brinckerhoff

Target Risk (1975)

A professional courier's girlfriend is abducted, and the kidnappers threaten to kill her unless the courier helps them fake a diamond robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Scheerer
CAST:  Meredith Baxter  •  William Hansen  •  John P. Ryan  •  Bo Svenson

A professional courier's girlfriend is abducted, and the kidnappers threaten to kill her unless the courier helps them fake a diamond robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Scheerer
CAST:  Meredith Baxter  •  William Hansen  •  John P. Ryan  •  Bo Svenson
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