The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin 1967  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Western
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Richard Haydn, Hermione Baddeley, Bryan Russell, Cecil Kellaway, Parley Baer, Arthur Hunnicutt, Liam Redmond, Joby Baker, Mike Mazurki, Alan Carney, Dub Taylor
Set during the 1849 California gold rush, this Disney story is about butler Bullwhip Griffin (Roddy McDowall) who aids his employer, Arabella (Suzanne Pleshette), in searching for her 14-year-old brother, Jack Flagg (Bryan Russell). After his grandfather dies, Jack and Arabella are left penniless, and Jack heads West hoping to strike it rich by finding gold. They find Jack and then team up with Quentin Bartlett (Richard Haydn) who has a treasure map that will lead them to the gold. After crooked Judge Higgins (Karl Malden) steals the map, many adventures take place when they try to retrieve the map.
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Any Which Way You Can 1980  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Michael Cavanaugh, Barry Corbin, Roy Jenson, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, John Quade, Al Ruscio, Dan Vadis, Camila Ashland
Clint Eastwood is back as bare-knuckle fighter Philo Beddoe with Clyde the orangutan in this funny sequel to "Every Which Way But Loose." Still needing cash, the fisticuffs king Philo is enticed into fighting Mob-sponsored Jack Wilson (William Smith) for a ton of money. As the means of forcing him into the fight, the Mob kidnaps Philo's girlfriend Lynn (Sondra Locke). In order to save Lynn, Wilson and Philo team up–for awhile. Entertaining film with a hilarious performance by Ruth Gordon as Philo's crazy mother Senovia "Ma" Boggs.
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 Capone 1975  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Carver
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, Sylvester Stallone, Frank Campanella, Carmen Argenziano, George Chandler, Royal Dano, Dick Miller
This film is a biography of Chicago mobster Al Capone (Ben Gazzara) and the world of Chicago in the 1920s. Poor, despite the pretty good cast.
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 Dirty Harry 1971 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon, Josef Sommer, Woodrow Parfrey, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Woodrow Parfrey, William Paterson, Maurice Argent
Clint Eastwood IS Dirty Harry, a San Francisco cop assigned to find a killer named Scorpio (Andrew Robinson). The problem is that Harry hates Scorpio so much that he violates his civil rights, and the system has to set the murderer free. When Scorpio hijacks a school bus, Dirty Harry is asked to carry the ransom. This time, he refuses and goes after Scorpio on his own.
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 The Enforcer 1976  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Bradford Dillman, John Crawford, Robert F. Hoy, Rudy Ramos, DeVeren Bookwalter, Samantha Doane, Jocelyn Jones, M.G. Kelly, Nick Pellegrino, Albert Popwell, Rudy Ramos
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) returns, only this time he works with an assistant, Kate Moore (Tyne Daly). Harry goes undercover into a terrorist organization–People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF)–headed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). The PRSF has kidnapped the Mayor (John Crawford) of San Francisco, and Harry and Kate are determined to rescue him. Lots of action in this good "Dirty Harry" film.
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Evening in Byzantium 1978 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert, Vince Edwards, Shirley Jones, Erin Gray, Harry Guardino, Patrick Macnee, Gloria DeHaven, George Lazenby, Simon Oakland
Based on an Irwin Shaw bestseller, Ford plays an aging movie producer attending the Cannes Film Festival when terrorists move in. This made-for-TV movie was originally shown in two parts.
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The Five Pennies 1959 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Bob Crosby, Harry Guardino, Tuesday Weld, Ray Anthony, Bobby Troup, Shelly Manne, Bob Hope, Susan Gordon, Valerie Allen, Ray Daley, Valerie Allen, Blanche Sweet
This sentimental biography of 1920s' coronet player Loring "Red" Nichols (Danny Kaye) features jazz hits of the era. Highlight: Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong's rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In."
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Flesh and Fury 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist, Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino, Harry Shannon, Nella Walker, Katherine Locke, Joe Gray, Harry Raven, Ted Stanhope, Harry Cheshire
A hearing and speech impaired boxer, Paul Callan (Tony Curtis), is torn between two women: a sexy blonde (Jan Sterling) and an honest, secure reporter (Mona Freeman).
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Get Christie Love! 1974  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Louise Sorel, Paul Stevens, Ron Rifkin, Lynne Holmes, Lee Paul, Titos Vandis, Tracey Roberts, Debbie Dozier, William Hansen, Andy Romano, Bill Henderson, Davis Roberts, Darlene Conley
In this pilot for the 1970s' TV series, LAPD Police Captain Casey Reardon (Harry Guardino) gives policewoman Christie Love (Teresa Graves) orders to go undercover and break up a vicious drug ring, which is led by Enzo Cortino (Paul Stevens). Christie succeeds in her mission when she finds evidence that Cortino's girlfriend, Helen Varga (Louise Sorel), put a child up for adoption and has kept the matter hidden from Cortino. Christie puts the squeeze on Helen who then cooperates with Christie.
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Goldengirl 1979 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Susan Anton, Curd Jurgens, James Coburn, Robert Culp, Leslie Caron, Harry Guardino, Jessica Walter, Michael Lerner
Goldine Serafin (Susan Anton) is being groomed for an Olympic championship medal and, in the process, loses her own individuality.
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Having Babies 1976 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Ronny Cox, Harry Guardino, Tom Kennedy, Linda Purl, Richard Masur, Jan Sterling, Karen Valentine, Jessica Walter
This drama tells the story of four couples as they decide to have babies by natural (Lamaze) methods. It was probably more timely then than now and spawned two sequels and a TV series.
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Hell Is for Heroes 1962 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Don Haggerty, Nick Adams, Bob Newhart, L.Q. Jones, Mike Kellin, Joseph Hoover, Bill Mullikin, Michele Montau, Chuck Hicks, Robert Phillips
In this World War II drama, Sergeant John Reese (Steve McQueen) has been demoted because of his drinking and is sent back to his old squad, which is assigned to defend an area near a German pillbox. Reese persuades his squad leader Sgt. Larkin (Harry Guardino) to convince the Germans that the U.S. squad is much larger than it really is. Then, against orders, Reese leads two members of his squad in an attack on the pillbox. The attack fails, and the two men are killed, but Reese, despite being threatened with court martial, once again attacks the pillbox–this time alone. Reese is killed in his effort, but he has enabled the Allies to overtake the Germans.
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Houseboat 1958 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Eduardo Ciannelli, Murray Hamilton, Mimi Gibson, John Litel, Mary Forbes, Madge Kennedy, Charles Herbert, Werner Klemperer, Paul Petersen, Brooks Benedict, Susan Cabot
After Tom Winston's (Cary Grant) estranged wife is killed in an accident, Tom reunites with his children–Elizabeth (Mimi Gibson), David (Paul Petersen), and Robert (Charles Herbert). But, the children are not happy to be living with Tom in his small Washington, D.C. apartment. Tom prepares to move to a large house, but plans fall through, and they move onto a rundown houseboat on the Potomac River. Cinzia (Sophia Loren) signs on as the children's governess, and she helps Tom understand the meaning of love when romance blooms between Tom and Cinzia, and the children will now enjoy a happy family life.
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Jigsaw 1968 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Hope Lange, Pat Hingle, Diana Hyland, Victor Jory, Paul Stewart, Susan Saint James, Michael J. Pollard, Susanne Benton, James Doohan, Donald Mitchell, Roy Jenson, Lev Mailer, Kent McCord
This remake of 1965's "Mirage" features Bradford Dillman as Jonathan Fields, a scientist who is drugged and then faced with the possibility that he may be a murderer after he awakens in an apartment where a dead woman's body lies in the bathtub. Fields hires private detective Arthur Belding (Harry Guardino) to investigate and learns that Field's supervisor Dr. Arkroyd (Victor Jory) had been involved with the dead woman. Now, pieces of the puzzle fit together, and they figure out that Field's co-worker Lew Haley (Pat Hingle) is the guilty culprit. Dillman and Haley have a confrontation, and Haley crashes through the hi-rise office window and plummets to the pavement below.
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King of Kings 1961 N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, Royal Dano, George Coulouris, Orson Welles, Ron Randell, Carmen Sevilla, Brigid Bazlen, Frank Thring
Jeffrey Hunter plays the role of Jesus of Nazareth in this excellent and beautifully filmed story that is narrated by Orson Welles. Mary (Siobhan McKenna), Pontius Pilate (Hurd Hatfield), Judas (Rip Torn), and John the Baptist (Robert Ryan) are all there in this re-telling of Bible stories. One of the highlights is the Sermon on the Mount.
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The Lonely Profession 1969 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Heyes
Cast: Harry Guardino, Dean Jagger, Ina Balin, Joseph Cotten, Barbara McNair, Dina Merrill, Fernando Lamas, Troy Donahue, Stephen McNally, Jack Carter
A private eye (Harry Guardino) is hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive millionaire. After he locates and spends a night with her, he finds her dead the next morning. Now he must clear himself. A good made-for-TV movie that stresses realism in its presentation.
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Lovers and Other Strangers 1970 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cy Howard
Cast: Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Gig Young, Michael Brandon, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Diane Keaton, Anne Meara, Richard S. Castellano
This is the film adaptation of a humorous play, written by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna, in which two families from different social classes must come together for the ritzy wedding of their children. The song "For All We Know" won an Academy Award, and Richard S. Castellano was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Madigan 1968  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore, Michael Dunn, Susan Clark, Steve Ihnat, Don Stroud, Sheree North
Detective Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark) and Detective Rocco Bornaro (Harry Guardino) track down a psychopath who has stolen Madigan's service revolver and is using it on his victims. This excellent film spawned a TV series.
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Matilda 1978 G, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Elliott Gould, Robert Mitchum, Harry Guardino, Clive Revill, Karen Carlson, Roy Clark, Lionel Stander, Larry Pennell, Art Metrano, Roberta Collins, Gary Morgan, Lenny Montana, Frank Avianca, Joe De Fish, Pat Henry
Down-on-his-luck fight promoter Bernie Bonnelli (Elliott Gould) tries to hit it big by turning a kangaroo named Matilda (Gary Morgan) into a world-class boxer. Bernie's luck appears to change, and the bout is scheduled at Lake Tahoe where Matilda fights in a match against heavyweight champion Lee Dockerty (Larry Pennell).
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The Pigeon That Took Rome 1962 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, Salvatore Baccaloni, Brian Donlevy, Arthur Shields, Gary Collins, Marietto, Rudolph Anders
Based on a true story, this film is about Captain Paul MacDougall (Charlton Heston) who used carrier pigeons to send important messages about enemy plans to the Allies during World War II. Plenty of comedy as Heston romances local girl.
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Pork Chop Hill 1959 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
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, Carl Benton Reid, George Shibata, Lew Gallo, Robert Blake, Biff Elliot
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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Rollercoaster 1977 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt, Dorothy Tristan, Craig Wasson, William Prince
When a crazed extortionist (Timothy Bottoms) sets out to blow up famous amusement parks as part of his plan to blackmail park owners, the suspense begins. This story examines the psychological aspects of hunters and the hunted.
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Sirocco 1951 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Onslow Stevens, Zero Mostel, Nick Dennis, Ludwig Donath, Harry Guardino, David Bond, Jeff Corey, Peter Ortiz, Vincent Renno, Sam Scar
Gunrunner Harry Smith (Humphrey Bogart) is an American expatriate who operates in the middle of the 1925 war between the French and the Syrians in Damascus during the French occupation.
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Son of Ali Baba 1952  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, William Reynolds, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Morris Ankrum, Philip Van Zandt, Gerald Mohr, Robert Barrat, Leon Belasco, Jeff Chandler, Henry Corden, Harry Guardino, Georges Renavent
When the evil Caliph (Victor Jory) wants to steal Ali Baba's (Morris Ankrum) treasures, he schemes to ruin the reputation of Ali Baba's son, Kashma Baba (Tony Curtis), and forces Princess Kiki (Piper Laurie) to pretend to be a slave girl. Kashma falls in love with Kiki, they flee, and Kashma and his friends set out to rescue the treasures.
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St. Ives 1976 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner, Elisha Cook Jr., Daniel J. Travanti, George Memmoli, Dick O'Neill, Jerome Thor, Val Bisoglio, Burr DeBenning
Master-criminal Procane (John Houseman) has written the plans for his next heist, and now the papers have been stolen. Murders and double crosses abound when crime writer St. Ives (Charles Bronson) helps retrieve the incriminating papers that, in the wrong hands, could mark the beginning of a mob war.
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Whiffs 1975 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Post
Cast: Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Harry Guardino, Godfrey Cambridge, Jennifer O'Neill, Alan Manson, Don "Red" Barry, Richard Masur, Howard Hesseman, Matt Greene
Following in the footsteps of "M*A*S*H," this is the story of more lunacy in the Army–this time the effect of chemical warfare is the subject examined through comedy.
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| 1. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
2. Any Which Way You Can (1980)
3. Capone (1975)
4. Dirty Harry (1971)
5. The Enforcer (1976)
6. Evening in Byzantium (1978)
7. The Five Pennies (1959)
8. Flesh and Fury (1952)
9. Get Christie Love! (1974)
10. Goldengirl (1979)
11. Having Babies (1976)
12. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
13. Houseboat (1958)
14. Jigsaw (1968)
15. King of Kings (1961)
16. The Lonely Profession (1969)
17. Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
18. Madigan (1968)
19. Matilda (1978)
20. The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
21. Pork Chop Hill (1959)
22. Rollercoaster (1977)
23. Sirocco (1951)
24. Son of Ali Baba (1952)
25. St. Ives (1976)
26. Whiffs (1975)
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