Fritz Weaver
Nacimiento : 1926-01-19, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Muerte : 2016-11-26
Harlan Lantier
Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out another House member, confronts his angry ex-wife, and faces denunciation by the media for attacking one of the most cherished patriotic symbols in America. As his life spirals out of control, Charlie embarks on a journey to a remote island in the Atlantic whose eccentric inhabitants are in the middle of a shooting war over their fishing grounds. Treat Williams stars as The Congressman in this humorous and moving film that raises the important question of what it means to be an American.
Hugo Black
En el apogeo de su carrera, el boxeador Muhammad Ali -conocido como Cassius Clay antes de convertirse al islam- es llamado a filas para combatir en la Guerra de Vietnam. El campeón de los pesos pesados, apelando a sus convicciones religiosas, rechaza servir en el ejército norteamericano, iniciando una batalla legal que llegará hasta el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos.
Cheyenne's Father (voice)
Cheyenne es una antigua estrella de rock. A pesar de sus cincuenta, conserva una imagen gótica y vive en Dublín de los derechos de autor. La muerte de su padre, con quien no tenía relación alguna, le lleva a Nueva York, donde descubre que su progenitor vivía con una obsesión: vengarse de una humillación de la que había sido víctima. Cheyenne decide hacer realidad ese deseo de venganza, pero, para ello tendrá que emprender un viaje a través de América.
Self
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The questions it raises go right the very nature of how film functions in our culture, and while hardly exhaustive, Anker’s film makes for a good, thought provoking starting point.
Documentary of the little-known Americans who defended Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
John Reynolds
A los cuarenta años, al multimillonario y distinguido Thomas Crown no le queda nada que demostrar: es un triunfador nato. Pero no se siente satisfecho, así que planea robar un Monet del Museo de Nueva York. La policía nunca sospecharía de él, pero sí lo hace una experta y bella detective privada que trabaja para la agencia de seguros del museo. Por esta razón empieza a tantear a Crown por medio de un peligroso juego de inteligencia y seducción.
Father Theas (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of two short films, "Mamusha," as the Nazis invade her country, a Polish Catholic housekeeper takes under her wing the youngster in the Jewish family for whom she is employed, and shepherds him through WWII in hopes of ultimately getting him repatriated to Palestine. In "Woman on a Bicycle," an unmarried French woman is pressed into service by the church to distribute underground communication pamphlets for the Resistance and ultimately ends up helping the church shelter 19 Jews.
Captain Von Koster
The failing economic fortunes of a small turn-of-the-century Nebraska town interrupt a blossoming romance between a pair of star-crossed lovers.
Jason
Arbitrageur Constantine "Connie" Harper is sentenced to a maximum security prison for fraud and decking the DA at his trial. Upon his release, one of his cellmates asks him to bodyguard his sister Rosie, who is being threatened by a diamond broker over some diamonds. Connie becomes a reluctant bodyguard to Rosie. While in prison, his name got on "the list," a collection of people to go to when you've exhausted all other options.
Simon
Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe, is propelled into a downward spiral. Things gets worse when Harrington learns that her son-in-law was on cocaine at the time of the accident, and her daughter was using right along with him. What does this mean for Harrington's impending Senate campaign -- and the health of Phoebe's unborn child?
Sen. Everett Dirksen
Una dura mirada a la vida y obra de Roy Marcus Cohn a través de escenas retrospectivas mientras perece a causa del sida en un hospital de Nueva York.
John Ericsson
Adaptación televisiva de una novela de James Retter, en la que se reconstruye un episodio apócrifo de la guerra civil norteamericana. La atractiva Virginia Madsen encarna a una espía sudista, envuelta en una intriga con planos de barcos de guerra. El discreto interés de la historia se ve bastante rebajado por una realización convencional hasta el infarto que no evita frecuentes caidas en el tedio.
Three pig brothers set out on their own, but only one manages to survive his encounters with a hungry wolf. Based on the children's book by James Marshall.
Dr. Fenner
A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.
Narrator
Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
"Mi nombre es Bill W." es la poderosa historia de Bill Wilson, acerca de su papel como fundador de uno de los más exitosos movimientos de auto ayuda en la historia, de "Alcohólicos Anónimos". James Woods estelariza al explosivo e impredecible Bill Wilson, incapaz de controlar su deseo por el alcohol. Jo Beth Williams estelariza a la sufrida esposa Louis, quién está separada de su esposo por su propia incapacidad para ayudarlo. Louis, desesperada, considera meterlo a un sanatorio, cuando Bill descubre ésto le da un ataque de alcoholismo y termina atado a una cama de hospital. Bill intenta dejar de beber pero le es imposible, así, que recurre a un amigo el Dr. Bob Smith con quien comparte la dependencia del vino. Es una historia verdadera que trata de la esperanza, coraje y amor.
Bernard Hughes
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.
Wallace Furman
Pete St. John es un poderoso consultor político con clientes por todo el país. Su viejo amigo, el senador Sam Hastings, decide abandonar la política; entonces Pete entra a formar parte de la campaña del sucesor, un misterioso hombre de negocios, mientras que intenta desenredar la intriga en torno a la dimisión de Hastings. Pero hay intereses poderosos en juego y la conexión entre esas dos tareas puede ser más peligrosa de lo que aparenta.
Arthur Beal
Drama biográfico que cuenta el largo romance real que mantuvo el magnate del periodismo William Randolph Hearst con la corista y actriz Marion Davies.
Dr. Fenner
What is scurrying around inside the closet of the upstairs room that grad student Gail Aynsley rents from veterinary school dean Dr. Fenner? Gail doesn't know, but she is determined to find out and Dr. Fenner isn't telling.
Osiris
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a small Egyptian boy solve a riddle - as the rest of the cast searches for their big, yellow friend.
Caterpillar
From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Cinco historias de terror creadas por Stephen King, enmarcadas dentro de las páginas de un cómic que un insensible padre le ha tirado a su hijo a la basura.
Jonas
An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination.
Poston
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
Pater Tom Farrow
Un pequeño pueblo es atacado por varias serpientes guiadas por una inteligente Cobra Real. Lo que parece no tener explicación para las autoridades del lugar, sí la tiene para el sacerdote del pueblo. Sus antepasados, magos druídas, se enfrentaron a Lucifer en la antiguedad y ahora este ha vuelto para vengarse de su único descendiente adoptando la forma de una cobra. El sacerdote se prepara para un batalla de proporciones sobrenaturales...
Herbert Childs
La esposa de un rico industrial se ve involucrada en una trama de intriga y muerte creada por sus propias mentiras. Y cuando trata de eludir las consecuencias de sus actos, cae en su propia trampa.
Eli Sorenson
The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.
Dr. Michael Serling
Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.
Oscar Procari Sr.
Moisés, detective privado con dificultades para pagar la pensión a su ex mujer, no tiene el menor interés en saber quién será elegido gobernador de California. Sin embargo, tendrá que cambiar radicalmente de opinión ante la visita de Lila, una vieja amiga de su época universitaria.
Harvey Cheyne, Sr.
A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea captain.
Alex Harris
Susan Harris está sola en casa cuando, de repente, la puerta se cierra con llave, las ventanas se cierran de golpe y el teléfono deja de funcionar. Susan ha sido atrapada por un intruso… pero no se trata de un matón ordinario. No, el intruso es un ordenador llamado Proteus, un cerebro artificial que ha aprendido a razonar. Y a aterrorizar.
FBI Agent Sam Corley
Lander es un desquiciado excombatiente del Vietnam que se une a un grupo terrorista palestino cuya misión es preparar un gran atentado en Miami para protestar por el apoyo que recibe Israel. El oficial israelí Kabakov, con la ayuda del FBI, siguen la pista de una mujer palestina que parece ser la clave del asunto, para frustrar los planes del grupo de fanáticos. Basada en la novela de Thomas Harris, escritor de "El silencio de los corderos".
Professor Biesenthal
En Nueva York, Babe Levy, un universitario que está haciendo el doctorado en la Universidad de Columbia y que pasa parte de su tiempo libre preparándose para correr maratones, conoce a Elsa, una extraña mujer suiza con la que inicia una relación amorosa.
Mr. Andrew Borden
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
Henry
Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a sizable amount of money from each. When he is discovered dead, clues indicate that each of his four wives had motive and opportunity to murder him, and a young detective must sift through some ingeniously devised evidence.
Cornelius Melody
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
Harold DeMilo
El Doctor Jake Terrell (George C. Scott) ha estado entrenando a un par de delfines durante muchos años. Les ha enseñado a hablar y entender el inglés, aunque con un vocabulario muy limitado. Cuando los delfines son robados, descubre que los ladrones quieren emplearlos para cometer un asesinato. Entonces Jake tendrá que descubrir dónde están para evitar el crimen.
Anton de Tourolet
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are the authors of murder-mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. This TV pilot film became a series of rotating movies the following season.
Vincent Kagel
A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.
John Shankalien
A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.
Roger Meredith
Roger y Libby son un matrimonio feliz que se traslada a vivir a Tennesee. Poco después de su llegada, Libby conoce a Will, un hombre casado, y entre ambos surge una atracción irrefrenable que mantienen en secreto. El descubrimiento de su relación por parte del hijo de Will y una serie de acontecimientos dramáticos los obligarán a replantearse la situación.
Joe Mallicent
Spy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
Mischa Ravenswood
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
Reverend Hale
Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Anderson
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to give them up so easily.
Narrator (voice)
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
Col. Cascio
Durante la Guerra Fría, por un error informático un escuadrón de bombarderos del SAC es enviado a destruir Moscú, el presidente de los Estados Unidos (Henry Fonda) trata de hacerlos volver, pero el sofisticado sistema de seguridad impide abortar el ataque, así que debe convencer a la Unión Soviética de que no contraataque.
Andrew Vulcan
The men from U.N.C.L.E. are off to Africa to stop the assassination of a president.
Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant determined to capture him.
Narrator
A documentary set in Tibet around the time of the Chinese annexation.