1776 1972  G, 141 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Roy Poole, David Ford, Ronald Holgate, Ray Middleton, Blythe Danner, Donald Madden, John Cullum, William Hansen, Haward Caine, Virginia Vestoff, Emory Bass, Ralston Hill
Almost the entire cast of the popular Broadway musical is featured in this film about conflicts behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Fail-Safe 1964  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Ed Binns, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Dom DeLuise, William Hansen, Sorrell Booke
The premise for this story is that the United States has accidentally dropped the hydrogen bomb on Russia. The ensuing events evolve as the leaders of both countries work to prevent total world annihilation. Good, tense attention-keeper.
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 Frankenstein 1973  TV, 130 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Bo Svenson, Susan Strasberg, Robert Gentry, Heidi Vaughn, John Karlen, Willie Aames, Philip Bourneuf, Jon Lormer, William Hansen, George Morgan, Brian Avery, Rosella Olsen, Edgar Daniels, Edgar Justice
Robert Foxworth steps into the role of Dr. Frankenstein experimenting in his lab in Ingolstadt during 1856. He experiments with nature by harnessing electricity to create his monster (Bo Svenson) from dead body parts. This monster is decent looking but doomed because of its homicidal nature. After murdering Frankenstein's assistant, the monster hides in a forest where it learns English by listening in on a family living nearby. The monster then returns to Frankenstein demanding that Frankenstein create a mate for it. Frankenstein refuses and destroys his experiment, which leads to the monster vowing revenge.
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Get Christie Love! 1974  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Teresa Graves, Harry Guardino, Louise Sorel, Paul Stevens, Ron Rifkin, Lynne Holmes, Lee Paul, Titos Vandis, Tracey Roberts, Debbie Dozier, William Hansen, Andy Romano, Bill Henderson, Davis Roberts, Darlene Conley
In this pilot for the TV series, LAPD policewoman Christie Love (Teresa Graves) goes undercover to break up a vicious drug ring.
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The Laughing Policeman 1974 R, 111 min.
Genre: Action
aka: An Investigation of Murder
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Anthony Zerbe, Anthony Costello, Cathy Lee Crosby, Joanna Cassidy, Albert Paulsen, William Hansen, Paul Koslo
Policemen Jake Martin (Walter Matthau) and Leo Larson (Bruce Dern) track down a psychopath who killed all the passengers on a San Francisco bus, and it is feared that he will strike again.
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The Member of the Wedding 1952 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon DeWilde, William Hansen, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates, James Edwards, Dickie Moore, Danny Mummert, Harry Bolden, Charlcie Garrett, Hugh Beaumont, June Hedin, Ann Carter
The relationship between 12-year-old Frankie (Julie Harris) and her Black nanny (Ethel Waters) is one-sided. Frankie is so caught up in her brother's (Arthur Franz) wedding plans that she ignores her nanny's needs as they prepare for the wedding. Harris, at age 27, was nominated for Best Actress playing 12-year-old Frankie in this, her first film.
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Save the Tiger 1973 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton, Thayer David, Lara Parker, Patricia Smith, William Hansen, Harvey Jason, Liv Lindeland
Jack Lemmon won the Oscar for Best Actor as a troubled businessman who, despite arguments with his partner (Jack Gilford), opts for hiring an arsonist to burn down his factory so that he can collect the insurance. Jack Gilford received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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| 1. 1776 (1972)
2. Fail-Safe (1964)
3. Frankenstein (1973)
4. Get Christie Love! (1974)
5. The Laughing Policeman (1974)
aka: An Investigation of Murder
6. The Member of the Wedding (1952)
7. Save the Tiger (1973)
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