Allan Arbus

Allan Arbus

Nacimiento : 1918-02-15, Los Angeles, California, USA

Muerte : 2013-04-10

Perfil

Allan Arbus

Películas

Chief Zabu
George Dankworth
An outrageous social comedy about a New York realtor who dreams of having political influence by taking over a new Polynesian nation.
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Himself
The M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Special is a retrospective documentary on the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H that aired on the FOX TV network on May 17, 2002. The progam features interviews with past cast members, producers, and writers who contributed to the series, which originally aired on CBS-TV from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983.
In Dark Places
Dory
A vengeful woman lures her half brother into a game that may leave her the sole heir to their abusive father's fortune.
Lieberman in Love
Elderly Man
Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman named Kate, who is married.
Locuras de familia
Vincent
Dos hermanos, chico y chica, compiten para ser el primero en tener un hijo y de esta manera heredar la fortuna de su padre. El problema es que ambos son homosexuales.
Daniel and the Towers
Simon 'Sam' Rodia
The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his fictional relationship with Daniel, a young boy.
El abogado más chalado del juzgado
Phil Ames
El aprendiz de abogado Robin Weathers convierte un juicio civil en una charada de primera plana. Robin deberá replantearse sus escrúpulos para lograr ascender en el bufete para la que trabaja, y pasará a defender a un profesor de universidad que aparentemente es culpable de asesinato.
A Fighting Choice
Dr. Andreas Hellman
Bright teenager afflicted with epilepsy sues his parents for the right to have "split brain" surgery in order to cure his seizures.
Voluntarios
Albert Bardenaro
Un joven rico no tendrá más remedio que alistarse en un cuerpo de voluntarios para la paz y marcharse a Tailandia para eludir las deudas contraídas en el juego.
Don Camilo
Christ
Adaptación de una colección de relatos del escritor italiano Giovanni Guareschi (1908-1968). El párroco Don Camilo y Peppone, el alcalde comunista de un pueblo situado a orillas del Po, mantienen una feroz y tierna rivalidad. Los dos son muy temperamentales e incluso violentos, pero tienen un gran corazón. Sus conflictos y enfrentamientos por mantener una posición de dominio sobre el pueblo son constantes
Gangster Wars
Goodman
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.
The Last Married Couple in America
Al Squib
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
El jinete eléctrico
Danny
Con “El jinete eléctrico”, Sidney Pollack realiza, sin decirlo, su reinterpretación del género western en el personaje protagonista, interpretado por Robert Redford, un antaño reputado jinete que, porque el western ya no es lo que era, es ahora una herramienta publicitaria. Pertrechado de un traje lleno de luces de neón y diodos LED, monta a un caballo que cuesta una docena de millones de dólares.
Americathon
Moishe Weitzman
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
La Maldición de Damien
Pasarian
Desde la repentina y sospechosa muerte de sus padres, Damien, vive con sus adinerados tíos (Lee Grant y William Holden). El chico, a quien muchos consideran el Anticristo, planea fríamente apoderarse del imperio empresarial de su tío como primer paso para dominar el mundo. Mientras tanto, todos los que intentan desvelar los secretos de su siniestro pasado, o de su pérfido futuro, encuentran la muerte de forma rápida y cruel...
Brigada antisecuestro
Eli Melnick
Un avión de Air France, que transporta cien pasajeros judíos, es secuestrado por un grupo de terroristas que amenazan con llevar a cabo un atentado. Los comandos israelíes preparan una gran operación para rescatar a los pasajeros y devolverlos a sus casas sanos y salvos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Stalk the Wild Child
Gault
A young boy who had been abandoned as a child and raised by wild dogs is taken to a university where a team attempts to teach him civilized behavior.
Law and Order
Arthur Pollack
Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
W.C. Fields and Me
Gregory LaCava
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.
The Law
Leonard Caporni
An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
Law and Disorder
Dr. Richter
En la Nueva York acosada por el crimen de los años 70, dos policías se hartan y deciden tomarse la justicia por la mano.
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg died for betraying atomic secrets. Were they guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
Cinderella Liberty
Drunken Sailor
Historia de amor entre una prostituta (Marsha Mason) y un solitario marino (James Caan) que tiene que quedarse en tierra porque la Marina ha perdido sus papeles. Como ella tiene problemas con el alcohol, será él quien tenga que ocuparse de su hijo, un chico mulato de 10 años.
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Dr. Eugene Saks
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
Coffy
Arturo Vitroni
Coffy es una enfermera cuya hermana de doce años está en un centro de desintoxicación. Ante la pasividad de las autoridades de la policía, Coffy decide tomarse la justicia por su mano.
The Lie
Edward Fredericks
An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
The Young Nurses
Krebs
Sexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds, as they work against a drug ring operating out of the hospital
Greaser's Palace
Jesse
A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
Cisco Pike
Sim Valensi
Gene Hackman interpreta a un poli que chantajea a una estrella del rock en decadencia -Kris Kristofferson, que también canta- para que venda para él 100Kg. de "material" en apenas un fin de semana. Dado el pasado delictivo de nuestro protagonista, la persecución enloquecida a la que es sometido por el póli, la relación que mantiene con su pareja (una estupenda Karen Black) y la llegada de su antiguo compañero mucical enganchado al caballo (Harry Dean Staton en su línea de siempre, es decir: genial), el encargo no le será nada facil. Apuntar además el pequeño cameo de un macarra del carajo: Antonio Fargas, tan querido por estos lares.
The Christian Licorice Store
Monroe
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
Putney Swope
Mr. Bad News
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.
Hey, Let's Twist!
Doctor (uncredited)
Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance craze.