The Amateur 1981  R, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, Ed Lauter, Graham Jarvis, John Marley, George Coe, Jan Rubes, Miguel Fernandes, Jan Triska, Jacques Godin, Lynne Griffin, Chapelle Jaffe
In this spy thriller, CIA computer expert Charles Heller's (John Savage) wife is murdered, and he threatens to reveal his insider's information to convince his bosses to train him as a professional killer. He then goes behind the Iron Curtain to investigate and uncovers espionage plots to achieve his goal of seeking revenge for his wife's murder.
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The Andromeda Strain 1971  G, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Mark Jenkins, Carl Reindel
A U.S. Army satellite carrying a virus from outer space has crashed on Earth. It has landed in a remote village in the Southwest and has killed everyone, except a crying baby and a wino. Top scientists gather at the site to figure out what is happening. After intense examinations, they isolate the organism–Andromeda Strain–that has caused the deaths. Now the race against time begins as the scientists attempt to find a cure before more people die.
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 1979  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Brian Dennehy, Jill Eikenberry, Jeff Corey, Peter Weller, Noble Willingham, Arthur Hill, Paul Plunkett, Patrick Stewart, John Schuck, Michael C. Gwynne, Christopher Lloyd, Hugh Gillin, Regina Baff
This prequel to the Oscar-winning "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" tells the story of the beginnings of the famous pair of soft-hearted outlaws who have problems carrying out their exploits. Tom Berenger plays Butch Cassidy and William Katt takes on the role of the Sundance Kid.
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The Chairman 1969  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: The Most Dangerous Man in the World
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie, Conrad Yama, Keye Luke, Burt Kwouk, Zienia Merton, Ori Levy, Eric Young
Nobel Prize-winning teacher John Hathaway (Gregory Peck) is coerced into performing espionage service for the United States when the Chairman (Conrad Yama) of the Chinese Communist Party asks him for help with a scientific problem. 1 User Review
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| | Film Locations for the Chairman | 10/17/2006 | | Hello! Has anybody else checked out the North Wales MovieMap site? I've just been on there and there is loads of info about movie locations and movie trails. The address is www.moviemapnw.co.uk - have a look - some of my all time favourite films were featured in it |
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 The Champ 1979 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Strother Martin, Arthur Hill, Joan Blondell, Elisha Cook Jr., Randall "Tex" Cobb, Mary Jo Catlett
This emotional drama involves a young son–played by Rick Schroder–who believes his father is a champion boxer on the verge of making a comeback. The father (Jon Voight), however, is an alcoholic/gambling addict who never does get his act together. Remake of the 1931 winner of a tearjerker starring Wallace Beery.
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The Deep Blue Sea 1955 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman, Emlyn Williams, Moira Lister, Arthur Hill, Alec McCowen, Dandy Nichols, Gibb McLaughlin, Jimmy Hanley, Heather Thatcher, Miriam Karlin, Brian Oulton, Bill Shine, Sid James
In a desperate attempt to find happiness, wealthy Hester (Vivien Leigh) leaves her husband, Sir William Collyer (Emlyn Williams), and embarks in a love affair with RAF officer Freddie Page (Kenneth More) whose alcoholism leads to even more unhappiness. After a suicide attempt, during which an ex-doctor, now gambler Miller (Eric Portman) saves her, Hester regains her confidence and goes on with her life.
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Futureworld 1976 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner, John P. Ryan, Stuart Margolin, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Antonio, Angela Greene, Bert Conroy, Allen Ludden, Darrell Larson, Nancy Bell, Dana Lee, John Fujioka
This sequel to "Westworld" is every bit as gripping as its predecessor. Dr. Duffy (Arthur Hill) has been in charge of robots replacing his theme park Westworld with Futureworld. Investigative reporter Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda) teams up with Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) to investigate the park, and they discover that Duffy is plotting to take over the world by inviting world leaders to visit and then replacing them with robot clones.
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Harper 1966  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Strother Martin, Shelley Winters, Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Webber
Lew Harper (Paul Newman), private eye, has not been enjoying a thriving practice and accepts Mrs. Sampson's (Lauren Bacall) offer to pay him to find her missing husband. During the course of the investigation, Harper uncovers a murder plot. Paul Newman: "The bottom's full of nice people; only cream and bastards rise." There is a sequel: "The Drowning Pool."
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In the Cool of the Day 1963  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevens
Cast: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, Constance Cummings, Alexander Knox, Nigel Davenport, John Le Mesurier, George Coulouris, Alec McCowen
This is a dismal movie about two people trapped in loveless marriages who meet in Greece and discover each other.
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The Killer Elite 1975 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Action / Thriller
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins, Mako, Burt Young, Gig Young, Tom Clancy, Tiana Alexandra, Carole Mallory, James Wing Woo, Kate Heflin, Sondra Blake, George Cheung, Walter Kelley
Professional agent Mike Locken (James Caan) is double-crossed by his partner George Hansen (Robert Duvall) and is left crippled. Locken does manage to get himself back into service and is hired to protect an Asian political leader, Yuen Chung (Mako), who has a contract out on his life. The hired assassin is Hansen, and the showdown occurs between Locken's men and ninja warriors on the deck of a mothballed vessel while Hansen and Locken watch.
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A Little Romance 1979 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Anna Massey
This film won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score, which enhances the story of two families interfering in the romance of their two adolescents (Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard).
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Making Love 1982 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill, Nancy Olson, Terry Kiser, John Dukakis, Dennis Howard, Asher Brauner
Zack (Michael Ontkean) has been married to TV-producer Claire (Kate Jackson) for eight years. But now he must confront his latent homosexuality when he is drawn to novelist Bart McGuire (Harry Hamlin).
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One Magic Christmas 1985 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Phillip Borsos
Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Elisabeth Harnois, Gary Basaraba, Arthur Hill, Wayne Robson, Jan Rubes, Elias Koteas, Graham Jarvis, Robbie Magwood, Michelle Meyrink, Elias Koteas, Sarah Polley, Timothy Webber, Joy Thompson
This touching movie involves a young mother, Ginny Grainger (Mary Steenburgen), who has lost faith in the world. Her husband, Jack (Gary Basaraba), has lost his job, and they are faced with leaving their home. Working with Ginny's daughter Abbie (Elisabeth Harnois), Ginny's guardian angel (Harry Dean Stanton) appears and shows her the magic and joy of Christmas. From the Disney crowd.
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd 1980 TV, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Susan Sullivan, Richard Dysart, Michael McGuire, Nigel Davenport, Arthur Hill, Mary Nell Santacroce, Larry Larson, Teddy Milford, Clarence Thomas, Luke Halpin, Bill Gribble
After assassinating Abraham Lincoln, an injured John Wilkes Booth (Bill Gribble) arrived at the farm of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd (Dennis Weaver) where the doctor set his broken leg. As a result, Mudd was falsely accused and sentenced to life in a penal colony for being part of a conspiracy to kill the President. His wife, Frances (Susan Sullivan), maintained his innocence, but it would be many years before President Andrew Jackson pardoned him.
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Petulia 1968 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Pippa Scott, Kathleen Widdoes, Roger Bowen, Richard Dysart, Ellen Geer
Set in San Francisco during the 1960s, Richard Lester's comedy revolves around a divorced doctor, Archie Bollen (George C. Scott), and his relationship with an unhappily married kook, Petulia Danner (Julie Christie).
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Prototype 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Greene
Cast: Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Frances Sternhagen, Alley Mills, Arthur Hill, James Sutorius, Stephen Elliott, Doran Clark, Ed Call, Jonathan Estrin, Richard Kuss, Pat McNamara
Under contract to the government, scientist Carl Forrester (Christopher Plummer) builds an Android, Michael (David Morse), that successfully passes as human. When Carl finds out that Michael will be the first of an army of soldiers, he kidnaps Michael, and the chase is on. Made for TV.
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Rabbit, Run 1970 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: James Caan, Anjanette Comer, Jack Albertson, Carrie Snodgress, Melodie Johnson, Henry Jones, Arthur Hill, Josephine Hutchinson, Nydia Westman, Carmen Mathews, Virginia Vincent, Mark Antony Van der Nagel, Margot Stevenson, Don Keefer, Sandra Scott
Based on John Updike's novel, this is the tragic story of 26-year-old athlete Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom (James Caan) who just cannot get right in his life after sports. He leaves his pregnant wife Janice (Carrie Snodgras) and sets off on on a tragic adventure when he realizes that he is no longer the celebrated basketball star that he was in high school.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Royal Dano, Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson, Pam Grier, Angelo Rossitto, Arthur Hill, Richard Davalos, Mary Grace Canfield, Jake Dengel, Jack Dodson, Ellen Geer, James Stacy
This Disney film is based on Ray Bradbury's classic. The story is about a carnival coming to a small American town featuring Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) who causes havoc by fulfilling dreams–for a price of joining his freak show! Among the other Green Town citizens are Will Halloway (Vidal Peterson) and Jim Nightshade (Shawn Carson) who become involved with Mr. Dark, and now they are in trouble when they discover his secret. With help from Dust Witch (Pam Grier), Mr. Dark sets out to track down the boys.
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Teachers 1984 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Arthur Hill
Cast: Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan, Royal Dano, Zohra Lampert, Morgan Freeman, William Schallert, Art Metrano, Laura Dern, Crispin Glover
Alex (Nick Nolte) is a burned-out high-school teacher who is fed up with wimpy principal Horn (William Schallert) and arrogant vice-principal Roger (Judd Hirsch). Now, a recent graduate sues the school because he remains illiterate, and Alex's efforts to change school policies throw him into a conflict with school superintendent Dr. Burke (Lee Grant). Lots of subplots make up this story–including Alex's love interest: an attractive lawyer, Lisa (JoBeth Williams). 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 05/11/2012 | | A blast from the past. |
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The Ugly American 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Englund
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill, Jocelyn Brando, Judson Pratt, Philip Ober, Stefan Schnabel, Carl Benton Reid
An American ambassador, Harrison Carter MacWhite (Marlon Brando), mismanages his political duties with tragic results.
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The Young Doctors 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Dick Clark, Ina Balin, Eddie Albert, Edward Andrews, Aline MacMahon, Arthur Hill, Barnard Hughes, George Segal, Phyllis Love, Rosemary Murphy, Joseph Bova, Matt Crowley, Dick Button
This soap opera deals with the personnel working at a city hospital upon whom the wear and tear of the world of medicine takes its toll. Two pathologists, Dr. Joseph Pearson (Frederic March) and his assistant Dr. David Coleman (Ben Gazarra), have conflicts with two critical cases.
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| 1. The Amateur (1981)
2. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
3. Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
4. The Chairman (1969)
aka: The Most Dangerous Man in the World
5. The Champ (1979)
6. The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
7. Futureworld (1976)
8. The Guardian (1984)
9. Harper (1966)
10. In the Cool of the Day (1963)
11. The Killer Elite (1975)
12. A Little Romance (1979)
13. Making Love (1982)
14. One Magic Christmas (1985)
15. The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
16. Petulia (1968)
17. Plaza Suite (1971)
18. Prototype (1983)
19. Rabbit, Run (1970)
20. Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)
21. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
22. Teachers (1984)
23. The Ugly American (1962)
24. The Young Doctors (1961)
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