 Bella Mafia 1997  TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Greene
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Dennis Farina, Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, Illeana Douglas, James Marsden, W. Earl Brown, Richard Portnow, Franco Nero, Peter Bogdanovich, Gina Philips, Christopher Shaw, Michale Hayden, Richard Joseph Paul, Tony Maggio
Vanessa Redgrave won a Golden Globe nomination for her role of Graziella Luciano in this TV miniseries. The plot involves Graziella and her daughters-in-law who swear to avenge the Mafia murders of their husbands.
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The Count of Monte Cristo 1975 TV, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: David Greene
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Taryn Power
A young French soldier, Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain), escapes from prison, finds a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, assumes a new identity, and seeks revenge for his trials and tribulations.
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Fatal Vision 1984   TV, 192 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Greene
Cast: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Andy Griffith, Gary Cole, Barry Newman, Gary Grubbs, Mitch Ryan, Albert Salmi, Joel Polis, Wendy Schaal, Scott Paulin, Barry Corbin, Alexandra Johnson, Paddi Edwards, Frank Dent
In 1970, a military doctor's pregnant wife and two small daughters were brutally murdered in their home. During the investigation of this real life case, the murdered woman's father becomes increasingly suspicious of his son-in-law's role in the murder. He convinces the police to focus their scrutiny on the doctor. An Emmy went to Malden for his job as the father.
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Gray Lady Down 1978  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: David Greene
Cast: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Rosemary Forsyth, Michael O'Keefe, Stephen McHattie, Dorian Harewood, William Jordan, Hilly Hicks, Charles Cioffi, Antony Ponzini, Charles Robinson, Jack Rader
A U.S. nuclear submarine sinks to the ocean's bottom after being run into by a Norwegian freighter. The submarine's Captain Paul Blanchard (Charlton Heston) radios for help, and Captain Bennett (Stacy Keach) coordinates the rescue effort. The rescue begins, and retired Navy Captain Gates (David Carradine) and Mickey (Ned Beatty) descend to the submarine in a two-man, deep-submergence rescue vehicle in a daring attempt to save the crew.
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 Night of the Hunter 1991 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Greene
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Burgess Meredith, Diana Scarwid, Amy Bebout, Ray McKinnon, Reid Binion, Mary Nell Santacroce, Ed Grady, Joe Inscoe, Jeffrey Pillars, Michael Burgess, Rich Valliere
In this remake of the 1955 film, Richard Chamberlain takes the role of the bogus preacher, Harry Powell, who is determined to get his hands on $50,000 that was stolen and hidden by his old prison cellmate. After murdering the cellmate and later being released from prison, Powell sets out to find the money. He befriends the widow (Diana Scarwid), kills her, and pursues her children (Amy Bebout an Reid Binion) through the woods believing that they, and only they, know where the money is hidden.
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The Penthouse 1989   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Greene
Cast: Robin Givens, David Hewlett, Robert Guillaume, Cedric Smith, Donnelly Rhodes, Alex Bruhanski
Robin Givens plays a wealthy woman whose ex-boyfriend holds her against her will in her penthouse apartment. 1 User Review
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| | Robin Givens alone--alone--makes "The Penthouse" worthy | duane 09/13/2011 | | "The Penthouse," quite simply, is hands down the best made-for-television film ever and the reason for that is one sole factor--Robin Givens. As a pampered, sheltered young rich woman held captive in her luxurious penthouse apartment by a psychotic ex (David Hewlett), she always supplies the appropriate elements--welcoming-hostess charm (in her early scenes with Hewlett), held- hostage terror (when Hewlett fully reveals his objective), steely reserve (in her negotiating scenes with him), affection-originated forcefulness (in her telephone scene with the police going to bat for him),searing anger (in her employing reverse psychology with him), protective anguish (when he's finally gunned down by a police marksman). At all times, Robin hits the correct notes--and at all times she looks positively lickable, especially since she's almost always scrumptiously barefoot. The supporting actors--Hewlitt, Robert Guillaume, Cedric Smith, Donnelly Rhodes--are all marvelously gripping and marvelously professional but in the end "The Penthouse" soars not so much because of the script or the direction or even the supporting cast but because Robin plies her charm and her sexiness in her very first scene and doesn't let up during the entire 100 minutes. |
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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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Rehearsal for Murder 1982 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Greene
Cast: Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Macnee, Lawrence Pressman, Jeff Goldblum, William Russ, Madolyn Smith Osborne, William Daniels, Nicholas Mele, Charles Robinson, Vahan Moosekian, Wallace Rooney, Buck Young
This made-for-TV film involves Broadway playwright Alex Dennison (Robert Preston) who had been engaged to famous TV star Monica Welles (Lynn Redgrave). On the night Monica made her Broadway debut, she supposedly committed suicide. Alex believes the apparent suicide was, in fact, murder, and he sets out to find the murderer within a group of people who are reading through his latest play. The play is a play-within-a-play to find the real killer from the group who had dealt with Monica before she died.
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Roots 1977  TV, 573 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Cast: LeVar Burton, John Amos, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Maya Angelou, O.J. Simpson, Ben Vereen, Moses Gunn, Leslie Uggams, Lynda Day George, Beverly Todd, Edward Asner, Madge Sinclair, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene
Alex Haley's classic story of his family history involving Kunta Kinte's (LeVar Burton) abduction in 18th-century Africa and then being sold into slavery and sent to America is the focus of Chapter 0ne in this six-part made-for-TV epic. The miniseries received 37 Emmy nominations and won nine. Chapters continue through Kunta's (now played by John Amos) marriage to Bell (Madge Sinclair) and the birth of their daughter Kizzie. Then the saga follows with the birth of Kizzie's (Leslie Uggams) son Chicken George (Ben Vereen) who grows up to buy his freedom and pave the way for future generations to live in freedom following the Civil War.
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The Shuttered Room 1967 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood Island
Director: David Greene
Cast: Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed, Flora Robson, William Devlin, Bernard Kay, Charles Lloyd Pack, Judith Arthy, Robert Cawdron, Celia Hewitt, Anita Anderson, Rick Jones, Ann Bell, Murray Evans, Peter Porteous
Mike and Susannah Kelton (Gig Young and Carol Lynley) arrive in New England to move into Susannah's inherited millhouse. One problem exists with the house: Ethan (Oliver Reed) is crazy and is locked in the attic.
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Sweet Revenge 1984 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Code of Honor
Director: David Greene
Cast: Kevin Dobson, Kelly McGillis, Alec Baldwin, Wings Hauser, Alfre Woodard, Helen Hunt, Savannah Smith Boucher, Dana Elcar, Merritt Butrick, Richard Bradford, Rick Fitts, Heather Haase, Barbara Brownell, Albert Carrier, Thomas Rosales Jr.
Unable to erase the memory of a tragic event that took place in her childhood, Katherine Dennison Breen (Kelly McGillis) seeks revenge against Colonel Joseph Cheever (Kevin Dobson) who ruined her brother's life.
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 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1991 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: What Ever Happened to...?
Director: David Greene
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, John Glover, Bruce A. Young, Amy Steel, John Scott Clough, Samantha Jordan, Erinn Canavan, J. Michael Flynn, Vinny Argiro, Pat Skipper, Barry Dennen, Alexandra Johnson, Bradley Mott, Beans Morocco
In this made-for-TV remake of the 1962 classic, Vanessa Redgrave takes on the role of invalid, ex-film star Blanche, and Lynn Redgrave plays her jealous, torturing, younger sister, Jane. Jane had gained stardom as the child star "Baby Jane," but her career then faded. Blanche, on the other hand, as an adult rose to success as a film star but was severely injured in an accident and has been paralyzed ever since. Jane tortures and plots to murder Blanche while planning a comeback in the show business world with help from musician Billy Cork (John Glover) who is destined–because of Jane–to meet a tragic end.
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The Wooden Horse 1950 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Lee
Cast: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene, Peter Burton, Patrick Waddington, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Dawson, Bryan Forbes, Dan Cunningham, Peter Finch, Hans Meyer, Jacques B. Brunius
During World War II, British soldiers find an way to escape from their German POW camp by digging a tunnel under a wooden vaulting horse used for exercising. After digging for months, they escape and now must find the way out of enemy territory on their way to freedom.
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| 1. Bella Mafia (1997)
2. The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)
3. Fatal Vision (1984)
4. Godspell (1973)
5. Gray Lady Down (1978)
6. The Guardian (1984)
7. Night of the Hunter (1991)
8. The Penthouse (1989)
9. Prototype (1983)
10. Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
11. Roots (1977)
12. The Shuttered Room (1967)
aka: Blood Island
13. Sweet Revenge (1984)
aka: Code of Honor
14. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
aka: What Ever Happened to...?
15. The Wooden Horse (1950)
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