Coma 1978  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, Lois Chiles, Hari Rhodes, Tom Selleck, Ed Harris, Charles Siebert
This suspenseful tale, first presented in Robin Cook's novel, explores the possibilities of scientists gone berserk. In this case, too many patients reach a comatose state during surgery leading to the discovery of illegal medical experiments.
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The First Great Train Robbery 1979 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Great Train Robbery
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, James Cossins, Andre Morell, Brian Glover
This is a very entertaining film–based on Michael Crichton's popular novel about Edward Pierce (Sean Connery) and Agar (Donald Sutherland) who pulled off England's first train robbery in 1855.
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Physical Evidence 1989  R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty, Kay Lenz, Ted McGinley, Kenneth Welsh, Ray Baker, Ken James, Michael P. Moran, Peter MacNeill
A Public Defender (Theresa Russell) is assigned the case of a cop (Burt Reynolds) accused of murder. Because her client was drunk at the time, he cannot remember any of the events that transpired.
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Pursuit 1972  TV, 73 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Binary
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Ben Gazzara, E.G. Marshall, William Windom, Joseph Wiseman, Martin Sheen, Jim McMullan, Will Kuluva, Hank Brandt, Quinn K. Redeker, Joe(2) Brooks
Based on a novel by the movie's director, Michael Crichton, this thriller concerns a madman (E.G. Marshall) who threatens to wreak havoc on a political convention by using lethal nerve gas. Ben Gazzara plays the federal agent who is out to stop him.
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Runaway 1984  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw, G.W. Bailey, Joey Cramer, Chris Mulkey, Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Paul Chan, Elizabeth Norment, Carol Teasdale, Babs Chula, Jackson Davies, Paul Batten
The time is set in the future, and robots have replaced many humans to perform menial labors. When it is learned that "runaways"–robots that have been programmed to kill–are on the loose, police detective Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck) and his partner Karen Thompson (Cynthia Rhodes) are assigned the task of stopping the killing spree. Charles Luther (Gene Simmons) is responsible for programming the robots and is plotting to form his army of robots. Now, Jack's son Bobby (Joey Cramer) is the target, and Jack and Karen must outwit Luther in order to save David and humanity as well.
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Westworld 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Western
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Victoria Shaw, Norman Bartold, Alan Oppenheimer, Dick Van Patten, Steve Franken, Linda Gaye Scott, Terry Wilson, Majel Barrett, Ann Bellamy, Wade Crosby, Chris Holter, Jared Martin
Gunslinger (Yul Brynner) works at a fantasy resort filled with robots, Westworld, where dreams can come true. Enter two 21st-century men–Martin and Blane (Richard Benjamin and James Brolin)–who dream of living back in the Wild West. Their fantasies reach the realm of reality when the robot Gunslinger stalks them.
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| 1. Coma (1978)
2. The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
aka: The Great Train Robbery
3. Looker (1981)
4. Physical Evidence (1989)
5. Pursuit (1972)
aka: Binary
6. Runaway (1984)
7. Westworld (1973)
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