Biography: Phil Karlson |
The son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien (who later proved her versatility by becoming a leading light in America's Yiddish theatre), Phil Karlson studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute. He went on to study law at California's Loyola... more
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Cast: Joe Don Baker Gabriel Dell
Tags: Crime Drama Adventure Action Melodrama Adventure Drama
Length: 106min
Director Phil Karlson harks back to the no-nonsense, no-thrills directness of his 1950s "B" pictures in Framed. Joe Don Baker, Karlson's star in Walking Tall, plays Ron, a high-rolling gambler with a streak of integrity. Framed by the film's...
Cast: Rock Hudson Ennio Morricone
Tags: War Drama War Adventure
Length: 110min
Captain Turner (Rock Hudson) is the American paratrooper who employs Italian children to blow up a strategic dam controlled by the Nazis. He is the only survivor of his unit gunned down during the jump. Rescued by the moppets, he slaps and rapes...
Tags: Action Biopic Action Thriller
Length: 125min
A runaway box-office hit to the tune of 17 million dollars, Walking Tall is the unabashedly manipulative story of real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser. As played by Joe Don Baker, Pusser can either be regarded as a tireless champion of justice or...
Cast: John Cassavetes
Tags: Biopic Historical Epic Historical Film
Length: 60min
One of the most famous of unsold TV pilots, Alexander the Great stars William Shatner in the title role. Nine months in the making, this lavish 60-minute drama recreates the battle between the Greeks and Persians at Issus (filmed near St. George,...
Cast: Bing Crosby
Tags: Natural Horror Animal Picture Horror Thriller
Length: 93min
This sequel to the rampaging-rodent chiller Willard stars Lee H. Montgomery as young Danny Garrison, a neglected kid who finds a new little friend in Ben -- an intelligent rat whose furry minions managed to slaughter most of the cast of the previous...
Cast: George C. Scott Glenn Ford Harrison Ford
Tags: Western Drama Adventure Adventure Drama
Length: 83min
The Long Ride Home is the British title for the Columbia Civil War western A Time for Killing. The stars are Glenn Ford, a regular of sagebrushers, and Inger Stevens, a relative newcomer to the genre who between 1967-1970 made up for lost time with...
Cast: Robert Mitchum Sabu Jack Hawkins
Tags: Adventure
Length: 98min
In this South Seas adventure, an internationally renowned big-game hunter is engaged by a German zoo to find and capture a rare Malaysian cat that is half-tiger and half-leopard. He is accompanied by another hunter and his young mistress. The other...
Cast: Bruce Lee Elke Sommer
Tags: Spy Comedy Glamorized Spy Film Crime Mystery Comedy Action Spy Film
Length: 105min
Cahiers du Cinema favorite Phil Karlson may have directed the "Matt Helm" extravaganza The Wrecking Crew, but the only "auteur" around these parts is star Dean Martin, coasting through yet another sexy spy romp. This time, secret agent Helm must...
Cast: Cyd Charisse Dean Martin Elmer Bernstein
Tags: Spy Film Action Comedy Glamorized Spy Film
Length: 102min
Columbia Pictures tried to create a tongue-in-cheek American James Bond with this, the first of five motion pictures based on the character of Matt Helm, a spy created in a series of novels by Donald Hamilton. Dean Martin stars as Helm, a boozing,...
Cast: Charles Bronson Gig Young
Tags: Drama Musical Musical Drama Sports Drama
Length: 95min
This musical boxing drama finds Walter (Elvis Presley) as a recently discharged soldier looking forwork in New York's Catskill Mountains. He happens across Grogan's Gym, a boxing emporium that helps perfect the "gentle art." Proprioter Willie Grogan...
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