The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1987  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Vince Edwards, Gary Graham, Bo Svenson, James Van Patten, Vincent Van Patten, Wolf Kahler, Thom Mathews, Emmanuelle Meyssignac, Paul Picerni, David Horovitch, Pavle Balenovic, Branko Blace
This second remake of the 1967 film concerns another group of convicts that are gathered together as the Dirty Dozen. This time, General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) orders Major Wright (Telly Savalas) to train prisoners for the mission of going inside occupied France to rescue German scientists working on a new chemical weapon and, in the process, disable the project.
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Hunt Block, Matthew Burton, Jeff Conaway, Alex Cord, Erik Estrada, Heather Thomas, Ernie Hudson, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, James Carroll Jordon, John Matuszak, Natalia Nogulich, Anthony Valentine, Richard Yniguez
In the third sequel to the 1967 original, once again General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) assembles a Dirty Dozen–this time with a woman (Heather Thomas) as one of the team. After ordering Major Wright (Telly Savalas) to raid a military prison, the plan is to use the "recruits" to head off Nazi soldiers who are riding the Orient Express. This film was followed by a TV series.
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Heaven with a Gun 1969  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Carolyn Jones, Barbara Hershey, John Anderson, David Carradine, J.D. Cannon, Noah Beery Jr., William Bryant, Virginia Gregg, Al Wyatt
Jim Killian (Glenn Ford) is an ex-gunslinger, who is now a preacher, but the 1870s war between sheepherders and cattlemen interrupts his plans to stay away from weapons.
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Jake Spanner, Private Eye 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, John Mitchum, James Mitchum, Dick Van Patten, Edie Adams, Terry Moore, Sheree North, Stella Stevens, Clive Revill
Based on the L.A. Morse book "The Old Dick," this film stars Robert Mitchum as the retired detective who comes out of retirement to find the kidnapped daughter of an old ex-mobster pal. He uses senior citizens to help in his quest.
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Restraining Order 1999 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Eric Roberts, Hannes Jaenicke, Dean Stockwell, Tatjana Patitz, Kevin Dobson, Steve Franken, Franc Luz, Rif Hutton, Sondra Spriggs, Kenny Blank, Natalia Nogulich, James Antonio
Criminal attorney Robert Woodfield (Eric Roberts) successfully defends Martin Ritter (Hannes Jaenicke), and he is set free. But later, while dining with his friend Jerry (Steve Franken), Robert witnesses masked men entering the room and killing Jerry. One killer takes off his mask, and it is Martin Ritter. Robert decides to perform his own investigation, and it doesn't take long before Robert and his wife Leigh (Tatjana Patitz) find themselves caught in the middle of a world filled with blackmail, lies, and corruption.
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Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice 1969 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Huntington, Peter Brandon, Michael Barbera, Peter Bonerz, Richard Angarola, Claire Kelly, Valerie Allen
After Claire (Geraldine Page) is left penniless when her husband dies, she moves to Arizona with a plan to make money: start a pine tree garden, hire a housekeeper who has savings, kill her and bury her under a new pine tree, and take the deceased's savings. But Alice (Ruth Gordon) becomes suspicious when one of her ex-employees is missing and gets a job with Claire as a housekeeper. And the battle of wits begins. The two fine actresses, as expected, are good in their roles in this thriller/black comedy.
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| 1. The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
2. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
3. Heaven with a Gun (1969)
4. Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)
5. The Last Survivors (1975)
6. Le Mans (1971)
7. Restraining Order (1999)
8. Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969)
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