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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 Double Indemnity 1973  TV, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Samantha Eggar, Kathleen Cody, Arch Johnson, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, John Elerick, Gene Dynarski, Joan Pringle, Ken Renard, Arnold F. Turner, Rand Brooks, Tom Curtis, Joyce Cunning
Scheming housewife Phyllis Dietrickson (Samantha Eggar) seduces insurance salesman Walter Neff (Richard Crenna) into helping her in a scheme to murder her husband (Arch Johnson). Neff's job will be to falsify the accident insurance that carries a double indemnity clause, which will pay twice as much if he is killed in a train accident. The scheme works–until Neff's boss Barton Keyes (Lee J. Cobb) suspects foul play and investigates.
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Fast Break 1979  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Michael Warren, Bernard King, Reb Brown, Mavis Washington, Bert Remsen, K Callan, Jack Smight, Laurence Fishburne
Gabe Kaplan makes his film debut in this film about a coach at a Nevada college who brings along his NYC street players and turns them into a magnificent collegiate team.
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Frankenstein: The True Story 1973   TV, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, David McCallum, Jane Seymour, Ralph Richardson, Agnes Moorehead, John Gielgud, Tom Baker, Michael Wilding, Nicola Pagett, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Margaret Leighton, Dallas Adams, Julian Barnes
In this version of Mary Shelley's story, Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) pieces together parts from dead bodies and creates a handsome–not ugly–monster (Michael Sarrazin). When the monster's physical attributes begin to disintegrate, it suffers despair. Frankenstein is forced to help his mentor, Dr. Polidori (James Mason), create a mate, the beautiful Prima (Jane Seymour), for the monster. But, when Frankenstein introduces Prima to society, the monster is angered and kills Prima and then follows Frankenstein to Antarctica to exact revenge. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 08/23/2007 | | For those of us who actually saw this movie would know that it was one of the best Frankenstein movies that was ever made. Too bad I can't find it in VHS or DVD. |
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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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Kaleidoscope 1966 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Bank Breaker
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter, Murray Melvin, George Sewell, Stanley Meadows, John Junkin, Larry Taylor, Jane Birkin, Yootha Joyce, George Murcell
When a gambler marks cards so he can win at the casinos, his plans go awry because his new lover also just happens to be the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector.
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Midway 1976 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: The Battle of Midway
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook, Cliff Robertson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Wagner, Edward Albert, Robert Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Christina Kokubo, Monte Markham
The naval battle of World War II in which enemy ships never saw each other is depicted well in this movie, clearly showing the importance of the U.S. Navy's carrier force. 1 User Review
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| | Minneapolis friend 04/13/2009 | | JACK'S EXPERIENCE AS A WWII AVIATOR WAS WELL USED. HE KNEW HIS AGENDA AND WAS INTELLIGENT WITHOUT BEING ARROGANT . IF YOU KNEW HIS TRUE FRIENDS THEY WERE ''NORMAL PEOPLE'' OR ACTORS/ACTRESSES WHO DIDN'T PLAY THE '' HOLLYWOOD SCENE''. MY FATHER GREW UP WITH BOTH JACK AND JOYCE AND DIDN'T SUFFER FOOLS. HE WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH CELEBRITIES NOR DID JACK. DADDY'S FAVORITE 'MOST DOWN TO EARTH, INTELLIGENT, GENUINE ARTICLE' WAS PAUL NEWMAN, ONE OF JACK'S BEST FRIENDS. JACK NEVER RECEIVED THE CREDIT HE DESERVED...HE WAS AN INTELLIGENT MAN BORN OF CATHOIC IMMIGRANTS....I NEVER OBSERVED ANY PRETENSE OR POSTURING IN JACK. HIS SON, TIM, VISITED WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON EMERGENCY FAMILY BUSINESS....HOW ARE YOU TIM? WE WERE AWARE OF DIFFERENCES AND ESTRANGEMENT.....PLEASE CALL ME....MOM HAS ALZTHEIMERS AND DOESN'T REMEMBER YOUR VISIT.......I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU....YOU LIVED WITH US FOR A YEAR AND I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU. THE GAL WHO IS YOUR AGE AND ELDEST, JBM |
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No Way to Treat a Lady 1968 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn, Martine Bartlett, Barbara Baxley, David Doyle, Doris Roberts
A psychopathic actor, Christopher Gill (Rod Steiger), kills old women as a way to work out neuroses regarding his mother's (Eileen Heckart) constant interference in his life. Now Mo Brummel (George Segal) is on his trail in this good comedy/mystery.
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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
Based on John Updike's novel, this is the tragic story of aging athlete Rabbit (James Caan) who just cannot get right in his life after sports.
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Tom Bosley, Andrew Duggan, John Williams, Vito Scotti, James Gregory, Charles Gray, Fabrizio Mioni, Werner Peters, Jacques Roux, Johnny Haymer, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Horst Ebersberg
In this comedy, set during World War II, five Allied generals (Tom Bosley, Andrew Duggan, Charles D. Gray, John Williams), and Jacques Roux) have been captured. Lowly Army private Harry Frigg (Paul Newman) is promoted to the rank of Major General and given orders to rescue them–a task that is not exactly within Frigg's abilities.
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| 1. Airport 1975 (1974)
2. Damnation Alley (1977)
3. Double Indemnity (1973)
4. Fast Break (1979)
5. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
6. Harper (1966)
7. The Illustrated Man (1969)
8. Kaleidoscope (1966)
aka: The Bank Breaker
9. Loving Couples (1980)
10. Midway (1976)
aka: The Battle of Midway
11. No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
12. Rabbit, Run (1970)
13. The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
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