Airport 1975 1974  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Karen Black, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair
This sequel to "Airport" falls short of the original as a small plane crashes into the flight deck of a 747. Heston is on the way to save the day as a flight attendant pilots the plane.
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Band of Angels 1957  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Patric Knowles, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher, Andrea King, Ray Teal, Juanita Moore
This is the film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's epic novel about the Civil War and the personal love story of Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) and Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) who overcome racial prejudice in their efforts to find happiness.
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero 1998  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
aka: Batman & Mr. Freeze
SubZero
Director: Boyd Kirkland
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Loren Lester, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., George Dzundza, Robert Costanzo, Bob Hastings, Mary Kay Bergman, Marilu Henner, Dean Jones, Jane Alan, Liane Schirmer, Tress MacNeille, Brian George, Ed Gilbert
This is a direct-to-video, animated version of Batman. Mr. Freeze (voice of Michael Ansara) is living at the Arctic Circle with his wife Nora who is cryogenically frozen while awaiting a heart transplant. When a submarine crashes the ice around Freeze's cave home, the seal of Nora's cryo-chamber is broken, and an organ transplant is needed immediately. Freeze's solution: abduct Batgirl (voice of Mary Kay Bergman) whose blood type matches Nora's. This act, of course, leads to Batman (voice of Kevin Conroy) and Robin (voice of Loren Lester) setting out to rescue Batgirl. The animation is good; the plot is filled with violence. So, IF children are not frightened by violence, this is a good film for those old enough to understand the moral lessons behind the story.
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The Batman/Superman Movie 1998 TV, 64 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Toshihiko Masuda
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Mark Hamill, Clancy Brown, Arleen Sorkin, Lisa Edelstein, Bob Hastings, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Joseph Bologna, Robert Costanzo, George Dzundza, Lauren Tom, Brad Garrett, Corey Burton
The Joker (voice of Mark Hamill) steals a valuable statuette containing Kryptonite and heads to Metropolis to make a deal with Lex Luther (voice of Clancy Brown) to kill Superman (voice of Tim Daly). Batman (voice of Kevin Conroy) is in pursuit and comes across Superman. After the two get over personality issues with each other, they team up to take care of the situation. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne meets and dates Lois Lane (voice of Dana Delany), which doesn't make Clark Kent happy. A fun animated film.
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 PG, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Mark Hamill, Stacy Keach, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Abe Vigoda, Dick Miller, John P. Ryan, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Marilu Henner, Jeff Bennett, Jane Downs, Ed Gilbert
This animated version of Batman/Bruce Wayne (voice of Kevin Conroy) begins with the Phantasm, a vicious killer who has killed a crime lord in Gotham City. Police and gangsters suspect that the killer is Batman, and now it is up to Batman to find the real culprit. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne is entertaining Councilman Arthur Reeves (voice of Hart Bochner) who is responsible for the accusations about Batman, and he taunts Wayne about his long-lost love, college sweetheart Andrea (Dana Delany), who left him years before. Now, the story skips back-and-forth between the present and the past, and, in the process, Batman discovers a link between Andrea and the crime villain. The Joker (Mark Hamill) steps in and uncovers the fact that Andrea is the Phantasm, and she is out to avenge her father's (Stacey Keach) murder. Batman arrives on the scene, a battle ensues, and Batman's name is cleared.
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Beyond Witch Mountain 1982 TV, 60 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Eddie Albert, Tracey Gold, Andy Freeman, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., J.D. Cannon, Noah Beery Jr., Stephanie Blackmore, Peter Hobbs, James Luisi, William Bassett, Eric Aved, Gene Dynarski, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Kirk Cameron, Lola Mason
In this third installment of the "Witch Mountain" movies, those alien kids Tia and Tony (Tracey Gold and Andy Freeman) are on Earth helping their Uncle Ben (Noah Beery Jr.) search for his grandson, Gregory (Eric Aved). Their old friend Jason (Eddie Albert) once again comes to their aid, but then Jason is kidnapped by their nemesis from the past, billionaire Aristotle (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), who wants to use Tia and Tony's telepathic powers to control the world. Tia and Tony rescue Jason, and, together, they race to find Gregory with Aristotle in hot pursuit.
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Bombers B-52 1957 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Marsha Hunt, Don Kelly, Ann Doran, Nelson Leigh, Robert Nichols, Ray Montgomery, Robert Hover, Nicky Blair, Russ Conway, John Doucette, James Garner, Olin Howland
In the 1950s, during the Cold War, a B-52 Superfortress takes a test flight from the U.S. to Africa and then back home again. When not flying his B-52, Air Force pilot Col. Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is romancing young Lois (Natalie Wood). The problem is that Lois is the daughter of ground-crew chief Sgt. Chuck Brennan (Karl Malden) who has no trust or respect for Herlihy and has trouble believing this could be a match made in heaven.
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By Love Possessed 1961 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards, George Hamilton, Susan Kohner, Thomas Mitchell, Everett Sloane, Carroll O'Connor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Yvonne Craig
A successful lawyer (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) has an affair with his partner's wife (Lana Turner) in this soapy melodrama that is very loosely based on James Gould Cozzens' novel.
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The Chapman Report 1962 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom, Glynis Johns, Corey Allen, John Dehner, Andrew Duggan, Cloris Leachman, Roy Roberts
This film is based on Irving Wallace's novel that, in turn, was loosely based on the Kinsey Report sex survey about sexual practices of middle-class Americans.
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The Deep Six 1958 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Joey Bishop, Ross Bagdasarian, Jeanette Nolan, Walter Reed
Alec Austen (Alan Ladd) is a Quaker who must deal with his religious beliefs while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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Harlow 1965  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Segal
Cast: Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Barry Sullivan, Hurd Hatfield, Ginger Rogers, Hermione Baddeley, Lloyd Bochner, Robert Strauss, John Williams, Audrey Totter
Carol Lynley takes on the role of movie star Jean Harlow in this screen biography. It is a weak account, which takes many liberties with the real account of Harlow's life, and is not as good as the competing biography which came out at the same time.
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Hot Shots! 1991 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, Cary Elwes, Lloyd Bridges, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer, William O'Leary, Kristy Swanson, Bruce A. Young
Lloyd Bridges plays the admiral who has spent a little too much time at sea (his elevator does not go all the way up to his flight deck!). Charlie Sheen takes on the role of a young Navy jet pilot who is trying to overcome his father's reputation for cowardice while flying a bombing mission. This is one VERY funny movie.
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House of Strangers 1949 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Debra Paget, Hope Emerson, Esther Minciotti, Diana Douglas, Paul Valentine
A banker, Gino Monette (Edward G. Robinson), is the patriarch of his family, and his manipulation of his four sons causes conflicts between them all.
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The Tempest 1983 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Woodman
Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Duane Black, J.E. Taylor, William Hootkins, Kay E. Kuter, Ron Palillo, Ted Sorel, Nicholas Hammond
Magician Prospero (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and his daughter Miranda (J.E. Taylor) deal with a crew of sailors and members of the king's court after Prospero magically drums up a storm that drives their ship off course and onto his enchanted island. Aboard the ship is Prospero's brother Antonio (Ted Sorel) and the king's son Ferdinand (Nicholas Hammond). Prospero wants to settle a score with Antonio because 12 years earlier, Prospero had ruled Milan–until Antonio interfered and sent Prospero and Miranda adrift at sea. Meanwhile, the spirit Ariel (Duane Black) magically sends Ferdinand to Miranda, and they fall in love. Ariel also plays a role in saving Prospero from half-man, half-beast Caliban (William Hootkins), and, by story's end, they are all–except Caliban–sailing back to Italy.
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Too Much, Too Soon 1958 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Art Napoleon
Cast: Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Danton, Neva Patterson, Murray Hamilton, Martin Milner, John Dennis, Ed Kemmer, Robert Ellenstein
This is the biography of John Barrymore's (Errol Flynn) actress daughter, Diana (Dorothy Malone), whose self-destructive behavior brought her to a tragic end.
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Wait Until Dark 1967 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna, Alan Arkin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston, Samantha Jones, Jean Del Val, Julie Herrod, Mel Ferrer, Robby Benson
Susie Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn) is a blind housewife whose life hinges on her own wits when she is confronted in her apartment by a pathological criminal, Roat (Alan Arkin), who is determined to find drugs. The drugs are hidden in a baby doll that, unbeknownst to Susie, her husband Sam (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) had accepted from a woman on an international flight. Susie does not know where the doll is, and tensions rise as Roat's violent behavior leads to a final confrontation in Susie's kitchen. Hepburn was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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| 1. Airport 1975 (1974)
2. Band of Angels (1957)
3. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
aka: Batman & Mr. Freeze
aka: SubZero
4. The Batman/Superman Movie (1998)
5. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
6. Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)
7. Bombers B-52 (1957)
8. By Love Possessed (1961)
9. The Chapman Report (1962)
10. The Deep Six (1958)
11. Harlow (1965)
12. Hot Shots! (1991)
13. House of Strangers (1949)
14. The Tempest (1983)
15. Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
16. Wait Until Dark (1967)
17. Zorro: The Legend Begins (1990)
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