Battle Beyond the Stars 1980  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Cast: Richard Thomas, John Saxon, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, Darlanne Fluegel, Sybil Danning, Sam Jaffe, Morgan Woodward, Jeff Corey, Lynn Carlin
A planet must be saved from the hooligans of intergalactic criminals. Richard Thomas stars in this clever, humorous, cheap takeoff of Star Wars from Roger Corman.
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 The Blue Max 1966  N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Anton Diffring, Carl Schell, Harry Towb, Karl Michael Vogler, Friedrich von Ledebur
The Blue Max was a German award for flying aces. This is the story of two flyers, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) and Count Von Klugerman (James Mason), competing for the honor.
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 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961   N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Martin Balsam, John McGiver, Buddy Ebsen, Mickey Rooney, Jose Luis Villalonga, Alan Reed, Stanley Adams, Claude Stroud, Dorothy Whitney
Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) leaves her small town and arrives in New York City to lead a life of sophistication. Along the way, she falls in love with neighbor Paul Varjak (George Peppard). An Academy Award was received for the song "Moon River," and songwriter Henry Mancini also won an Oscar for the Best Musical Score. Three other nominations were received, including Best Actress (Hepburn).
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The Carpetbaggers 1964  N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer, Elizabeth Ashley, Lew Ayres, Martin Balsam, Leif Erickson, Carroll Baker, Audrey Totter
Based on Harold Robins' novel, this is the story of lust and power that is loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes. This was Alan Ladd's last film.
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Home from the Hill 1960 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Luana Patten, Constance Ford, Everett Sloane, Anne Seymour, Dub Taylor, Ray Teal
Land baron Captain Wade Hunnicutt (Robert Mitchum) has a lifetime's worth of family problems–both legitimate and illegitimate–that he must face. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/25/2009 | | I think it was good, good story line. There was alot of over acting, not by Mitchum, but by Eleanor Parker and George Hamilton. Mitchum and Peppard wrer great. Would like to see it re-done with todays actors, a classic made better! |
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 How the West Was Won 1962 N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Spencer Tracy, Agnes Moorehead, Lee J. Cobb, Carolyn Jones, Carol Baker, Robert Preston, Richard Widmark
This stirring epic of the settling of the West uses the Preston family (Debbie Reynolds, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Malden, and Carol Baker) as its core for telling the trials and exhilarations of the move West. From farming to mining to fighting outlaws, this film is memorable. Dozens of movie stars add to the pleasure, as do the photography and musical score. The film won three Oscars and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.
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Operation Crossbow 1965 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Code Name: Operation Crossbow
The Great Spy Mission
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp, Anthony Quayle, Lilli Palmer, Paul Henreid, Helmut Dantine, Richard Todd
British commandos set out on a mission to destroy Nazi missiles during World War II.
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Pork Chop Hill 1959 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard, James Edwards, Bob Steele, Woody Strode, Norman Fell, Martin Landau, Harry Dean Stanton
The infamous battle of Pork Chop Hill during the Korean War is reenacted in this fine film that features Gregory Peck as Lieutenant Clemons who is ordered to "Take the hill."
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Rough Night in Jericho 1967  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Dean Martin, Jean Simmons, George Peppard, John McIntire, Slim Pickens, Don Galloway, Brad Weston, Richard O'Brien, Carol Anderson, Steve Sandor
The dastardly Alex (Dean Martin) runs the town with an iron fist, but widow Molly (Jean Simmons), who runs the stagecoach line, isn't afraid to stand up to him. Then a former Marshal, Dolan (George Peppard), gallops into town and is ready to take on Alex. Lots of action, but generally just a cliched western–with a miscast Dean Martin as the bad guy.
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Tobruk 1967 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Jack Watson, Norman Rossington, Percy Herbert, Liam Redmond, Leo Gordon, Peter Coe
During World War II, an American demolitions expert, Major Donald Craig (Rock Hudson), joined British commandos and expatriated German Jews in a heroic effort to blow up the German tank commander Gen. Rommel's supplies before they could reach the coast of North Africa.
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Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr 1981  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
aka: Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Director: David Hemmings
Cast: Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard, Bruno Lawrence, Robert Bruce, Grant Tilly, Harry Rutherford-Jones, Dick Jones, Tony Sparks
New Zealand mountain hunter Gibbie (Donald Pleasence) discovers a wrecked plane that had been on a failed mission during World War II. The plane holds a cargo of $5 million in gold. Now, Barney (Ken Wahl), Sally (Lesley Ann Warren), and Gibbie set off in search of the plane and its cargo, but the evil Theo Brown (George Peppard) is hot on their trail in pursuit of the prize for himself.
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The Victors 1963  N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Carl Foreman
Cast: George Hamilton, George Peppard, Vince Edwards, Eli Wallach, Melina Mercouri, Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Fonda, Elke Sommer, Albert Finney
Set during World War II, this is an interesting story of U.S. infantrymen fighting their way through the European theater. Perhaps too long, but shorter (by about 20 minutes) than the original version.
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| 1. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
2. The Blue Max (1966)
3. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
4. The Carpetbaggers (1964)
5. Damnation Alley (1977)
6. Home from the Hill (1960)
7. House of Cards (1968)
8. How the West Was Won (1962)
9. Operation Crossbow (1965)
aka: Code Name: Operation Crossbow
aka: The Great Spy Mission
10. Pork Chop Hill (1959)
11. Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
12. Tobruk (1967)
13. Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
aka: Race for the Yankee Zephyr
14. The Victors (1963)
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