A.K.A. Cassius Clay 1970  PG, 82 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jim Jacobs
Cast: Muhammad Ali, Richard Kiley
Muhammad Ali called himself the greatest and prettiest fighter ever. This documentary covers his career, including excerpts from fights and interviews with several popular figures. Narration by Richard Kiley.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1985  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: Patrick Day, Samm-Art Williams, Frederic Forrest, Lillian Gish, Barnard Hughes, Richard Kiley, Geraldine Page, Sada Thompson, Butterfly McQueen, Jim Dale, Ann Shropshire, Eugene Oakes, Jason Hankins, Bill Chamness, Hula Duke
This enjoyable remake of the Mark Twain classic is an American Playhouse production. Patrick Day and Samm-Art Williams give fine performances as Huck and the runaway slave Jim. Huck escapes from his brutal, alcoholic father Pap (Frederic Forrest) who had kidnapped him from the Widow Douglas' (Sada Thompson) home. As a means of escape, he joins Jim for the rafting trip down the Mississippi River, and they form a lasting bond. Along the way, they meet con-artists "the King (Barnard Hughes) and the Duke (Jim Dale) and reluctantly are drawn into their schemes.
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Angel on My Shoulder 1980   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Peter Strauss, Richard Kiley, Barbara Hershey, Janis Paige, Seymour Cassel, Scott Colomby, Murray Matheson, Peter MacLean, Billy Jayne, Douglas Dirkson
This remake of the 1946 film stars Peter Strauss as the murdered mobster who makes a deal with the devil for another chance at life. 3 User Reviews
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| | crozz 10/30/2007 | | I watched this movie purely by accident...was surfing throught the channels on a sunday afternoon and saw that Peter Strauss was in the middle of a scene, so i decided to stop and watch....well, within minutes I was caught in the story line of this movie and the performance that Pete was giving , which is in every flik is incredible....this movie is a must see for everyone, definately the most underated actor of our time. |
| | SUCH A GOOD CHICK FLICK | LOVE CHILD 02/20/2007 | | |
| | STUNNING | Maydayxx 02/07/2007 | | ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT FILM |
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The Bad Seed 1985 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Richard Kiley, David Ogden Stiers, Carrie Wells, Chad Allen, Christa Denton, Anne Haney, Weldon Bleiler, Carol Locatell, Eve Smith, Katharine Tobin, Rebecca Birken, Angella Kaye
Young Rhoda Penmark (Carrie Wells) is a sweet young girl–until she is challenged. Several murders have taken place, and, after discovering that she is the daughter of a convicted murderer, Rhoda's mother, Christine (Blair Brown), suspects that Rhoda is a "bad seed." Now, Christine tries to bring an end to her daughter and the killings.
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Blackboard Jungle 1955 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, John Hoyt, Richard Kiley, Emile Meyer, Warner Anderson
Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) teaches at a rough inner-city high school. At first met with resentment and distrust, Dadier earns his students' (Sidney Poitier and Vic Morrow) respect. Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" provides penetrating reinforcement of the theme of early problems in America's school systems.
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Eight Iron Men 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley, Nick Dennis, James Griffith, Dickie Moore, George Cooper, Barney Phillips, Robert Nichols
Eight World War II Allied soldiers seek safety in a bombed-out Italian town and hold out until help arrives.
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Endless Love 1981  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray, Tom Cruise, Robert Moore, Richard Kiley, Beatrice Straight, James Spader, Penelope Milford, Jami Gertz, Jan Miner, Salem Ludwig, Jeff Marcus
Seventeen-year-old David (Martin Hewitt) and 15-year-old Jade (Brooke Shields) fall in love, but Jade's father has had enough of David and bans him from their house. David's solution to his problem: burn down their house, rescue the family, and become a hero. David does carry out the arson but is caught and sent to a reformatory where he remains obsessed with reuniting with Jade. "Endless Love" marks the film debut of Tom Cruise, and the title song was nominated for an Oscar for Best song.
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Friendly Persuasion 1975 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Except for Me and Thee
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Richard Kiley, Shirley Knight, Clifton James, Michael O'Keefe, Kevin O'Keefe, Sparky Marcus, Tracie Savage, Paul Benjamin, Erik Holland, Bob Minor, Gus Peters, Twila Pollard, Walter Scott
In this well made, well acted, remake of the 1956 classic, Richard Kiley and Shirley Knight play the Quaker couple who helps two runaway slaves during the Civil War.
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Incident in San Francisco 1970 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Medford
Cast: Richard Kiley, Christopher Connelly, Leslie Nielsen, Phyllis Thaxter, John Marley, Ruth Roman, Tim O'Connor, Claudia McNeil
When a businessman (Richard Kiley) comes to the aid of a mugging victim, he accidentally kills the mugger and, consequently, faces a murder charge. A newspaper reporter (Chris Connelly) steps in and begins a crusade to help the cause of the "good Samaritan."
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Jigsaw 1972 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Man on the Move
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Richard Kiley, James Wainwright, Vera Miles, Andrew Duggan, Edmond O'Brien, Marsha Hunt, Irene Dailey, Gene Andrusco, Milton Selzer, Elliott Street, Ken Lynch, Pamela Rodgers, Jenifer Shaw, Claudia Bryar, Felton Perry
This was the pilot for a crime series in which a detective Lt. Frank Dain (James Wainwright) is on the run after being framed in the murder case of a diplomat. Dain's problems begin when he awakens in the hospital after he was found unconscious in the apartment of the murder victim. Dane specializes in missing person cases and uses his expertise as he sets out in search of the answers to the crime and to clear his name.
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The Little Prince 1974 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Sci-Fi
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder, Joss Ackland, Clive Revill, Victor Spinetti, Graham Crowden, Donna McKechnie
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe provided the musical score for this film about a little prince (Steven Warner) from Asteroid B-612. The little prince visits Earth and is given a tour by an aviator (Richard Kiley) whose plane has crashed in the Sahara Desert. During their excursion, the young prince learns important lessons of life from not only the pilot but from others they meet, including a Fox (Gene Wilder) and a slithery Snake (Bob Fosse) as well.
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, William Atherton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Kiley, LeVar Burton, Tom Berenger, Priscilla Pointer, Alan Feinstein, Brian Dennehy
This film involves a psychological perspective of a repressed young teacher (Diane Keaton) who is drawn to cheap sex and illicit drugs in her attempt at liberation–the result is tragedy. Tuesday Weld received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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The Mob 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett, Neville Brand, Matt Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Marley, Walter Klavun, Ralph Dumke
Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford) is a cop who infiltrates a racketeering ring that has been intimidating dockyard workers.
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Night Gallery 1969 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, Boris Sagal, Barry Shear
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ossie Davis, Joan Crawford, Sam Jaffe, Barry Sullivan, George Macready, Richard Kiley, Tom Bosley, Norma Crane, Barry Atwater, George Murdock, Byron Morrow, Garry Goodrow, Shannon Farnon
In this three-story anthology, the offering "Eyes" is Steven Spielberg's directorial debut. It features Joan Crawford as a blind woman who dreams of seeing. Other stories, "The Cemetery" and "Escape Route" were directed by Boris Sagal and Barry Shear.
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Our Fathers 2005 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Ted Danson, Brian Dennehy, Daniel Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, Kenneth Welsh, Steven Shaw, Will Lyman, Wayne Best, Colin Fox, Richard Kiley, Aidan Devine
Based on David Frank's investigation and subsequent book "Our Fathers: The Secret Life of the Catholic Church in an Age of Scandal," this made-for-TV movie provides a dramatized account of the pedophile scandal that shook the Catholic Diocese of Boston.
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Phenomenon 1996 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, David Gallagher, Richard Kiley, Jeffrey DeMunn, Troy Evans, Bruce A. Young, Brent Spiner
George Malley (John Travolta) is an average guy who is knocked unconscious by a mysterious light and awakens to discover that he has gained the "gift" of great intelligence. His fellow townspeople, however, look upon George's higher brainpower as an affliction and treat him with suspicion.
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Pickup on South Street 1953 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Milburn Stone, George E. Stone, Parley Baer, Henry Slate
The small-time crime of pickpocketing leads to espionage involvement for Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) who unwittingly has stolen government secrets. Thelma Ritter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Separate But Equal 1991 TV, 195 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens Jr.
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, John McMartin, Graham Beckel, Ed Hall, Lynne Thigpen, Cleavon Little, Albert Hall, Macon McCalman
Based on one of the most important cases to be heard by the Supreme Court, this is a made-for-TV account of Brown v. Board of Education, which challenged school segregation based on race. The acting is excellent, with Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall who argued the case, Burt Lancaster as his courtroom opponent, and Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren. Lancaster's last role.
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The Thorn Birds 1983 TV, 480 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Ken Howard, Piper Laurie, Earl Holliman, Mare Winningham, Bryan Brown, John Friedrich
Originally made for TV in 1983, the Emmy Award winning "Thornbirds" miniseries presented the saga of an Australian priest, Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain). In the first episode, Bricassart falls in love with Meggie (Rachel Ward) who he first met years before. The episodes cover almost 30 years and include politics of the Church, Meggie's unhappy marriage, and then follows up with the lives of Meggie's children.
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| 1. A.K.A. Cassius Clay (1970)
2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985)
3. Angel on My Shoulder (1980)
4. The Bad Seed (1985)
5. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
6. Eight Iron Men (1952)
7. Endless Love (1981)
8. Friendly Persuasion (1975)
aka: Except for Me and Thee
9. Incident in San Francisco (1970)
10. Jigsaw (1972)
aka: Man on the Move
11. The Little Prince (1974)
12. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
13. The Mob (1951)
14. Murder Once Removed (1971)
aka: The Obsessive Doctor
15. Night Gallery (1969)
16. Our Fathers (2005)
17. Phenomenon (1996)
18. Pickup on South Street (1953)
19. Separate But Equal (1991)
20. The Thorn Birds (1983)
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