 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1997  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Michael Jayston, Paul Gross, Jeff Harding, David Henry, James Vaughan, Nicholas Hammond, Phillip Van Dyke, Susannah Fellows, Joshua Brody
Marine biologist Professor Aronnax (Richard Crenna) and his crew, including his scientist daughter Sophie (Julie Cox) and harpooner Ned (Paul Gross), take a sea voyage in search of a sea monster that has been sinking ships. Their ship is rammed, and they discover that instead of a sea monster it is the submarine Nautilus that has been sinking the ships. The Nautilus' Captain Nemo (Ben Cross) has been sinking the ships with plans to take over the world. The castaways are taken board the Nautilus where they must confront Nemo. Good special effects.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 1977 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Spider-Man
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Nicholas Hammond, Thayer David, David White, Michael Pataki, Lisa Eilbacher, Jeff Donnell, Hilly Hicks, Dick Balduzzi, Ivor Francis, Barry Cutler, Robert Hastings, Carmelita Pope, Norman Rice, Len Lesser, Ivan Bonar
Based on the Marvel comics superhero, this film was the pilot for a TV series. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond) becomes super-strong and is able to climb vertical structures with ease, as well as perform other feats–just what one needs to become a super crime fighter. This being his daytime job, he works as a photographer for the newspaper by night. His major task at the moment is saving the world from a mad scientist who blackmails the city by threatening to unleash people programmed to blow themselves up.
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The Black Cobra 2 1988 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Edoardo Margheriti
Cast: Fred Williamson, Nicholas Hammond, Emma Hoagland, Najid Jadali, Ned Hourani, Edward Santana, Kristine Erlandson, Oscar Daniels, Philip Gordon, Mike Monty
Tough cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) is back; this time he has an unwanted partner–Interpol agent Kevin McCall (Nicholas Hammond). They head to Manila to deal with a terrorist who holds the children hostage in a school.
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Lord of the Flies 1963  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Hugh Edwards, Tom Chapin, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman, Roger Allen, David Brunjes, Peter Davy, Kent Fletcher, Nicholas Hammond, Christopher Harris, Jonathan Heaps, Alan Heaps, Andrew Home, Burnes Hollyman
Their plane crashes, and the adults aboard are killed, which leaves English schoolboys marooned on an island. Ralph (James Aubrey) is elected "chief," and Jack (Tom Chapin) leads a group on a hunt for pigs to butcher for food. As the boys struggle to survive, they split into two groups with Jack representing savagery and Ralph representing civilization in a bitter battle for dominance and survival on the island.
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Skyjacked 1972  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Sky Terror
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Uggams, Claude Akins, Ken Swofford, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry
A commercial jetliner piloted by Captain O'Hara (Charlton Heston) is skyjacked by a maniac (James Brolin) and is forced to fly to the Soviet Union.
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The Sound of Music 1965  N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood, Richard Haydn, Anna Lee, Marni Nixon, Angela Cartwright, Charmian Carr, Heather Menzies, Nicholas Hammond, Duane Chase, Debbie Turner, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright
This is one of the top musicals of all time. The plot centers on the romance between Baron Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) and his children's governess, Maria (Julie Andrews), and the family's escape from the Nazis. Julie Andrews: "The Reverend Mother always says, when the Lord closes a door somewhere He opens a window." The film won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Director; five other nominations were received, including Best Actress (Julie Andrews) and Supporting Actress (Peggy Wood).
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Spider-Man Strikes Back 1978 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Fantasy
Director: Ron Satlof
Cast: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Chip Fields, Michael Pataki, JoAnna Cameron, Robert Alda, Emil Farkas, Anne Bloom, Lawrence P. Casey, Wil Albert, Sidney Clute, Gino Ardito, Leigh Kavanaugh, Ron Hajek, David Somerville
Here comes the second TV production of the Marvel comics superhero, again starring Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man. University students get their hands on all they need to create an atomic bomb. While Spider-Man deals with side issues, the wealthy, but bad, Mr. White (Robert Alda) attempts to get the bomb in order to threaten the world. Will our hero come through?
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 Stealth 2005 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Richard Roxburgh, Joe Morton, Ian Bliss, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Michael Denkha, Rocky Helton, Nicholas Hammond, Clayton Adams, Maurice Morgan, Woody Naismith, Charles Ndibe
When a robot fighter jet malfunctions and is out of control, it is up to Navy pilots Lt. Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), and Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx) to take it down before it causes the next world war.
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The Tempest 1983  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Woodman
Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Duane Black, J.E. Taylor, William Hootkins, Kay E. Kuter, Ron Palillo, Ted Sorel, Nicholas Hammond
Magician Prospero (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and his daughter Miranda (J.E. Taylor) deal with a crew of sailors and members of the king's court after Prospero magically drums up a storm that drives their ship off course and onto his enchanted island. Aboard the ship is Prospero's brother Antonio (Ted Sorel) and the king's son Ferdinand (Nicholas Hammond). Prospero wants to settle a score with Antonio because 12 years earlier, Prospero had ruled Milan–until Antonio interfered and sent Prospero and Miranda adrift at sea. Meanwhile, the spirit Ariel (Duane Black) magically sends Ferdinand to Miranda, and they fall in love. Ariel also plays a role in saving Prospero from half-man, half-beast Caliban (William Hootkins), and, by story's end, they are all–except Caliban–sailing back to Italy.
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Trouble in Paradise 1989 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: Di Drew
Cast: Raquel Welch, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Hammond, John Gregg, Anthony Wong, Ralph Cotterill, Adrian Brown, James Condon, Bogdan Koca, Charles Little
Socialite Rachel (Raquel Welch) and Australian Seaman Jake (Jack Thompson)–the only survivors of a plane crash–are marooned on a South Pacific island. As if they didn't have enough problems, they find that a gang of drug smugglers is using the island as a base and is not happy with the intrusion.
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| 1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
2. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
aka: Spider-Man
3. The Black Cobra 2 (1988)
4. Lord of the Flies (1963)
5. Skyjacked (1972)
aka: Sky Terror
6. The Sound of Music (1965)
7. Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
8. Stealth (2005)
9. The Tempest (1983)
10. Trouble in Paradise (1989)
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