The Best Things in Life Are Free 1956  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan, Norman Brooks, Murvyn Vye, Larry Keating, Phyllis Avery, Tony Galento
This film biography of Tin Pan Alley songwriters is filled with memorable songs including "Birth of the Blues" and "Sonny Boy."
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Breakout 1975 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, John Huston, Randy Quaid, Sheree North, Alejandro Rey, Paul Mantee, Roy Jenson, Alan Vint
When Jay Wagner (Robert Duvall) is sentenced to serve time in a Mexican prison, his wife, Ann (Jill Ireland), hires helicopter pilot Nick Colton (Charles Bronson) to perform a daring rescue of her husband.
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Charley Varrick 1973   PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Jacqueline Scott, Tom Tully, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Marjorie Bennett, Ruby Diaz, Charlie Briggs, Colby Chester
Bank robber Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) and his partner Garman Sullivan (Andrew Robinson) rob a small bank in Tres Cruces, New Mexico, and later learn that they have stolen $750,000 in Mafia funds. Now, they must find a way to return the money in order to escape being killed by the Mob hit man Molly (Joe Don Baker) who is hot on their trail and killing everyone in the way.
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Cold Dog Soup 1989  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North, Nancy Kwan, Seymour Cassel, Pierre Epstein, Brent Hinkley, Nick LaTour, Jack McGee
Michael (Frank Whaley) meets and is taken home by beautiful Sarah (Christine Harnos) who lives with her mother (Sheree North) and an obnoxious dog. The dog dies, and Sarah asks Michael to dispose of it and hurry back for fun and games. Outside, while deciding what to do, along comes cabbie Jack (Randy Quaid) who convinces Michael to sell the dog rather than dispose of it. Thus begins a zany journey through town to sell the dog, with Jack quoting parables all the way while Michael wants to get back to Sarah's.
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Excuse My Dust 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Jane Darwell, Paul Harvey, Monica Lewis, Sheree North, Will Wright
Red Skelton plays Joe, the inventor of a horseless carriage, in this film about small-town America during the early 20th century. One trouble–his girlfriend's father runs a livery stable.
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The Gypsy Moths 1969 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bedelia, William Windom, Sheree North, Ford Rainey, John Napier, Carl Reindel
Three skydivers (Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, and Scott Wilson) are set to perform in the Fourth-of-July celebration in a small Midwestern town. Romantic entanglements with local women take place, but the saving grace of this film is the spectacular aerial show.
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How to Be Very, Very Popular 1955 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Sheree North, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Orson Bean, Tommy Noonan, Charlotte Austin, Rhys Williams
In this remake of 1934's "She Loves Me Not" and 1942's "True to the Army," two dancers (Betty Grable and Sheree North) witness a Mob killing and then hide out on a college campus. This was Grable's last movie–"musicals" was her thing, but musicals were NOT the thing by the mid-1950s.
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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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Lawman 1971  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North, Joseph Wiseman, Robert Duvall, Albert Salmi, J.D. Cannon, John McGiver, Richard Jordan
After a drunken spree, during which an old man is accidentally killed, Marshal Jared Maddox (Burt Lancaster) sets out to arrest those responsible but finds the town against him.
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Living It Up 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Fred Clark, Sheree North, Sammy White, Sig Ruman, Sid Tomack, Richard Loo
This remake of "Nothing Sacred" features Janet Leigh as the reporter who dreams up the publicity stunt of bringing a supposedly dying man (Jerry Lewis) to New York City to grant his "last" wish.
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Madigan 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore, Michael Dunn, Susan Clark, Steve Ihnat, Don Stroud, Sheree North
Detective Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark) and Detective Rocco Bornaro (Harry Guardino) track down a psychopath who has stolen Madigan's service revolver and is using it on his victims. This excellent film spawned a TV series.
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Maniac Cop 1988 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, Sheree North, Nina Aversen, Nick Barbaro, Lou Bonacki
A police officer, Matthew Cordell (Robert Z'Dar), becomes a killer and murders innocent New York City residents.
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend 1987 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Celeste Holm, Joshua Logan, Sheree North, Susan Strasberg, Don Murray
This documentary depicts the human side of ill-fated movie star Marilyn Monroe who killed herself in the early 1960s. Richard Widmark narrates.
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No Down Payment 1957 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall, Jeffrey Hunter, Cameron Mitchell, Patricia Owens, Barbara Rush, Pat Hingle, Jim Hayward, Mimi Gibson
The explosion of suburban populations and alienation from traditional family relationships in the 1950s are examined through a look at several couples living in their new look-alike homes.
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The Organization 1971 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Medford
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Fred Beir, Allen Garfield, Raul Julia, Ron O'Neal, Sheree North, Bernie Hamilton, Max Gail
Sidney Poitier takes on the role of "Heat of the Night's" homicide Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for the third time in this final film in the series. This time around, cops are combating an illegal narcotics syndicate.
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The Outfit 1974 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Flynn
Cast: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Robert Ryan, Timothy Carey, Richard Jaeckel, Sheree North, Marie Windsor, Jane Greer, Henry Jones
When his brother is killed by the Mob, Macklin (Robert Duvall) avenges the murder by attacking Mafia financial operations.
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Susan's Plan 1998 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
aka: Dying to Get Rich
Director: John Landis
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Michael Biehn, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle, Thomas Haden Church, Carl Ballantine, Bill Duke, Lisa Edelstein, Sheree North, Adrian Paul, Dan Aykroyd
Susan (Nastassja Kinski) plots, again and again, to murder her ex-husband, Paul (Adrian Paul), after she learns about his life insurance policy. First, her new lover, Sam (Billy Zane), hires two thugs (Michael Biehn and Rob Schneider), but they fail to kill Paul. Next a biker, Bob (Dan Akyroyd), is paid to finish the job. The problem is that as more people become involved, more want in on the money, and complications ensue.
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Telefon 1977 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel, Patrick Magee, Sheree North, Frank Marth, Roy Jenson, John Mitchum, Helen Page Camp, Jacqueline Scott, Ed Bakey, Hank Brandt, Iggie Wolfington
KGB agent Col. Grigori Borzov (Charles Bronson) and KGB double agent Barbara (Lee Remick) work against time to prevent Dalchimsky's (Donald Pleasence) plot–of blowing-up a U.S. military base–from coming to fruition. Dalchimsky's plot could re-ignite the Cold War, and, while Grigori and Barbara step quickly into action, they still find time to fall in love.
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Then Came Bronson 1969 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia, Akim Tamiroff, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, Martin Sheen, Peter Brocco, Bert Freed, Ted Gehring, Gene Dynarski
James Bronson (Michael Parks) is a reporter who sets off on an American odyssey looking for his true values in life in this pilot for a TV series.
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Trouble Comes to Town 1972 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Pat Hingle, Thomas Evans, Hari Rhodes, Janet MacLachlan, James Wheaton, Austin Stoker, Joseph Bottoms, Sheree North
Sheriff Murdock (Lloyd Bridges) of a southern town takes in a northern juvenile delinquent–an African-American youth (Thomas Evans). (The youth's father had saved Murdock during the Korean War.) Racial tensions result from the sheriff's action, and when the number of car thefts increases, the tensions also increase. A good made-for-TV film.
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The Trouble with Girls 1969 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Cast: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Sheree North, John Carradine, Vincent Price, Joyce Van Patten, Dabney Coleman, Bill Zuckert, Edward Andrews
Walter Hale (Elvis Presley) manages the 1927 Chautauqua Players. When a murder is committed, the case is solved during a performance. Dabney Coleman is great as a lecherous man in pursuit of Nita Bix (Sheree North).
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The Way to the Gold 1957  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Barry Sullivan, Walter Brennan, Neville Brand, Philip Ahn, Jacques Aubuchon, Ruth Donnelly, Tom Pittman, Jonathan Hale
A hidden cache of gold is the quest of ex-con Joe Mundy (Jeffrey Hunter), but he is not the only one out there looking for the fortune. Ever heard of this storyline before?
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Winter Kill 1974 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jud Taylor
Cast: Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O'Connor, Sheree North, Nick Nolte, Charles Tyner, Joyce Van Patten, Louise Latham
In this pilot for a TV series, Andy Griffith plays a laid-back sheriff in a ski resort town. A serial killer hits town and leaves a spray-painted message at the scene of each of his crimes. The series didn't make it, but Griffith and crew tried the same formula twice more while trying.
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| 1. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
2. Breakout (1975)
3. Charley Varrick (1973)
4. Code Name: Heraclitus (1967)
5. Cold Dog Soup (1989)
6. Excuse My Dust (1951)
7. The Gypsy Moths (1969)
8. How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
9. Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)
10. Lawman (1971)
11. Living It Up (1954)
12. Madigan (1968)
13. Maniac Cop (1988)
14. Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)
15. Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980)
16. No Down Payment (1957)
17. The Organization (1971)
18. The Outfit (1974)
19. A Real American Hero (1978)
aka: Hard Stick
20. Susan's Plan (1998)
aka: Dying to Get Rich
21. Telefon (1977)
22. Then Came Bronson (1969)
23. Trouble Comes to Town (1972)
24. The Trouble with Girls (1969)
25. The Way to the Gold (1957)
26. Winter Kill (1974)
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