Beyond Witch Mountain 1982  TV, 60 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Eddie Albert, Tracey Gold, Andy Freeman, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., J.D. Cannon, Noah Beery Jr., Stephanie Blackmore, Peter Hobbs, James Luisi, William Bassett, Eric Aved, Gene Dynarski, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Kirk Cameron, Lola Mason
In this third installment of the "Witch Mountain" movies, those alien kids Tia and Tony (Tracey Gold and Andy Freeman) are on Earth helping their Uncle Ben (Noah Beery Jr.) search for his grandson, Gregory (Eric Aved). Their old friend Jason (Eddie Albert) once again comes to their aid, but then Jason is kidnapped by their nemesis from the past, billionaire Aristotle (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), who wants to use Tia and Tony's telepathic powers to control the world. Tia and Tony rescue Jason, and, together, they race to find Gregory with Aristotle in hot pursuit.
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Black Market Baby 1977  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: A Dangerous Love
Don't Steal My Baby
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Bill Bixby, Linda Purl, Tom Bosley, Annie Potts, Jessica Walter, David Doyle, Beulah Quo
Based on Elizabeth Christman's novel "A Nice Italian Girl," this film tells the story of a baby-racket ring that hires a man (Desi Arnaz Jr.) to impregnate a college girl (Linda Purl) and then sell the resulting baby. When he falls in love with her, the bad guys are not happy.
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China Rose 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: George C. Scott, Ali MacGraw, Michael Biehn, Denis Lill, Alice Lau, James Hong, Tsin Tsi Eng, David Snell, Tong Lan Hwa, Ray Burrus
An American businessman (George C. Scott) arrives in China in search of the son he hasn't seen for many years. The American Embassy assigns an employee (Ali MacGraw) to assist, and the two head out on the search. Ho, hum. Made for TV.
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Corridors of Blood 1958 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Francis Matthews, Adrienne Corri, Francis De Wolff, Frank Pettingell, Charles Lloyd Pack
A doctor (Boris Karloff), addicted to drugs, resorts to grave robbing to satisfy his needs.
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The Green Man 1957  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Day, Basil Dearden
Cast: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Avril Angers, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon, Eileen Moore, Dora Bryan, John Chandos, Cyril Chamberlain, Richard Wattis, Vivien Wood, Marie Burke
In his spare time, watchmaker Hawkins (Alastair Sim) is a professional assassin. He is hired to kill Sir Gregory Upshoot (Raymond Huntley) and tracks him to the run-down seaside Green Man hotel, but vacuum cleaner salesman William Blake (George Cole) catches on to Hawkins' plot and is determined to save Sir Gregory.
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Having Babies 1976 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Ronny Cox, Harry Guardino, Tom Kennedy, Linda Purl, Richard Masur, Jan Sterling, Karen Valentine, Jessica Walter
This drama tells the story of four couples as they decide to have babies by natural (Lamaze) methods. It was probably more timely then than now and spawned two sequels and a TV series.
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The Man with Bogart's Face 1980  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sam Marlowe, Private Eye
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips, Olivia Hussey, Misty Rowe, Victor Buono, Herbert Lom, Richard Bakalyan, George Raft, Yvonne De Carlo
This spoof of Humphrey Bogart films stars Robert Sacchi as Sam Marlow who undergoes plastic surgery to look like Bogart and becomes involved in solving a Maltese-Falcon-like crime.
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 The Quick and the Dead 1987 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison, Matt Clark, Patrick Kilpatrick, Del Shores, Billy Streater, Jerry Potter, R.L. Tolbert, Larry Sellers, Hardy Rawls
Based on Louis L'Amour's novel, this made-for-HBO television film tells the story of mountain man Con Vallian (Sam Elliott) who comes to the aid of homesteaders Duncan and Susanna (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw) when Doc Shabitt's (Matt Clark) gang picks on the newcomers.
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She 1965 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell, Rosenda Monteros, Soraya, Julie Mendez, Lisa Peake
Leo Vincey (John Richardson) searches for a lost kingdom and encounters Ayesha (Ursula Andress), the queen who never grows old. Her presence convinces Vincey to search for the Flame of Eternal Life as she sees him as the reincarnation of one his lost ancestors. This is a remake of H. Rider Haggard's fantasy (previously made in 1935) and is followed by "The Vengeance of She."
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Switch 1975 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charles Durning, Sharon Gless, Ken Swofford, Charlie Callas, Jaclyn Smith, Marc Lawrence, Alan Manson, Anne Schedeen
An ex-con (Robert Wagner) joins forces with an ex-cop (Eddie Albert) and is determined to prove that a dishonest policeman engineered a diamond robbery. This film prompted a popular TV series.
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold 1966 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Mike Henry, Manuel Padilla Jr., David Opatoshu, Nancy Kovack, Don Megowan, Enrique Lucero, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos Rivas, John(2) Kelly, Francisco Riquerio
Filmed on location in Mexico, this Tarzan film provides good scenery and adventure as Tarzan (Mike Henry) is on the trail of kidnappers and jewel thieves.
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Tarzan the Magnificent 1960 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, Betta St. John, John Carradine, Lionel Jeffries, Alexandra Stewart, Earl Cameron, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Ewen Solon, Tommy Duggan
Tarzan (Gordon Scott) captures a dangerous criminal (Jock Mahoney). Of interest is that Jock Mahoney will take on the role of Tarzan in the next "Tarzan" film.
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Tarzan's Three Challenges 1963 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Jock Mahoney, Woody Strode, Tsu Kobayashi, Earl Cameron, Ricky Der, Anthony Chinn, Christopher Carlos, Jimmy Jamal, Salah Jamal, Robert Hu
Filmed on location in India, Tarzan (Jock Mahoney) ensures the safety of a future king on the journey to his coronation.
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Two Way Stretch 1960 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Lionel Jeffries, Liz Fraser, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl, Thorley Walters, Noel Hood, Myrette Morven, George Woodbridge, Edwin Brown, Wallas Eaton
Three convicts–Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers), Jelly Knight (David Lodge), and Lennie Price (Bernard Cribbins) break out of jail to rob a maharajah, commit the perfect crime, and return to jail for the perfect alibi. With help from Soapy Stevens (Wilfrid Hyde-White), they perform the heist, but then are faced with the problem of where to store the jewels. They decide to hide them in the warden's safe, and wait to be released. That works, but problems lie in their future.
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| 1. Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)
2. Black Market Baby (1977)
aka: A Dangerous Love
aka: Don't Steal My Baby
3. China Rose (1983)
4. Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983)
5. Corridors of Blood (1958)
6. The Green Man (1957)
7. Grip of the Strangler (1958)
aka: The Haunted Strangler
8. Having Babies (1976)
9. The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
aka: Sam Marlowe, Private Eye
10. The Quick and the Dead (1987)
11. She (1965)
12. Switch (1975)
13. Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
14. Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
15. Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
16. Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)
17. Two Way Stretch (1960)
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