Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

出生 : 1919-06-14, Chicago, Illinois, USA

死亡 : 1993-12-18

略歴

Was an American film director and actor and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. He is father to actress Zoë Wanamaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samuel Wanamaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Gerald Woodman
Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.
Killer Rules
Joe Gambon
Two adoptive brothers -- one a mob hit man, the other a Department of Justice investigator -- who are unaware of each other's existence until they become involved with the same woman, end up in a deadly triangle in this thriller.
Wild Justice
Kingston Parker
Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
Running Against Time
Doctor Koopman
Hoping to prevent his brother's Vietnam death and to prevent the JFK assassination, a time-traveling college professor goes back to the '60s but can't find his way out. Trapped in a time warp, he can't effect a change because he can't return to his present time
Pure Luck
Highsmith
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Guilty by Suspicion
Felix Graff
This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. Merrill's ex wife shares a whirlpool of scandals that draws them closer together while his chances for ever making movies again slips further away...
Always Remember I Love You
Grandfather Mendham
Just after he turns sixteen, Robert finds out that he is adopted. His parents find to their horror that he was kidnaped from his real parents. They decide to tell him about this, even though they fear they might lose him. Robert runs away to find his real parents. He finds and gets close to them, without revealing his true identity. Eventually he must decided where he belongs.
The Shell Seekers
Richard
After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life. She's given them everything she could over the years, but now they want Penelope to sell her most prized possession. Torn between the selfish demands of her children and her desire to hold onto cherished mementos of the past, Penelope must learn what is really important to her. She returns to the seashore, the only place she was ever truly free, in an unforgettable odyssey that will take her back to her home, her heart and another chance for happiness.
Cognac
Ambassador Morley
A wealthy American on the quest for a perfect brandy runs afoul of petty criminal monks and falls in love with an impostor.
Judgment in Berlin
Bernard Hellring
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Sadie and Son
Marty Goldstein
It's a family affair when a 50-ish police officer is joined by her son on the force.
赤ちゃんはトップレディがお好き
Fritz Curtis
“タイガー・レディ”と異名を取るJ.C.ワイアットはニューヨークの経営コンサルタント会社に勤めるバリバリのキャリア・ウーマン。そんな彼女が突然、親戚の子供エリザベスを引き取るハメに。仕方なく仕事と育児を両立させる女性を目指そうとするのだが結局仕事はうまく行かず。どうしようもなくなった彼女は会社を辞め、人口317人と言う片田舎にリンゴの果樹園付きの家を買って新しい生活を始めるのだった。
スーパーマンIV/最強の敵
David Warfield
再びG・ハックマン扮する悪の天才レックス・ルーサーが登場、核エネルギーから創り出した“悪のスーパーマン”ニュークリアマンを使ってスーパーマンに戦いを挑む。「アイアン・イーグル」(87)のS・J・フューリーが監督。
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Thanks
Documentary - She came from a wealthy and competitive Philadelphia family, but the life of well-brought up society held little appeal for this acclaimed beauty. She left for New York City and worked hard as a model, stage actor and TV player. And then she was discovered by Hollywood. In less than four years she was acknowledged as one of movie's most sought after stars and an Academy-Award winner, playing opposite some of the greatest leading men of her time. Suddenly, like a modern-day fairy tale, Grace Kelly turned her back on it all - to become Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco.
ゴリラ
Luigi Patrovita
アーノルド・シュワルツェネッガー主演の豪快なSFアクション。極秘任務を与えられた元FBI捜査官が、巨大な暗黒街を取り仕切る悪の組織の陰謀を打ち砕く。ド派手なアクションが見モノ。
Deceptions
Jim Nolan
Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.
Embassy
Ambassador Arthur Ingram
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
The Aviator
Bruno Hansen
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Heartsounds
Moe Silverman
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.
Irreconcilable Differences
David Kessler
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
The Ghost Writer
E.I. Lonoff
Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E. I. Lonoff. Also staying is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past.
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Frank Tosconi
On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.
Aida - San Francisco Opera
Director
tt0255782. Aida (1981) San Francisco. Verdi / Italian. An Egyptian military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for the enslaved Ethiopian princess Aida, and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris is in love with Radamès, although he does not return her feelings.
Our Family Business
Ralph
A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while Gep's younger brother, Phil, a bank vice president, tries to separate himself from the family's business.
The Killing of Randy Webster
Director
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.
My Kidnapper, My Love
Director
Small-time crook Rooney cons his crippled brother, a street-wise news vendor, into snatching a wealthy, emotionally-disturbed runaway to extort money from her parents, but the brother throws the get-rich-quick scheme awry by falling in love with her.
The Competition
Andrew Erskine
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will she condemn Paul to obscurity?
プライベート・ベンジャミン
Teddy Benjamin
ジュディ・ベンジャミンは、甘やかされて育った良家のご令嬢。 だが、結婚初夜に夫に先立たれてからというもの、ツキに見放されてしまう。こともあろうに、人手不足に悩む軍隊の新兵集めの甘い言葉にだまされて、入隊させられてしまうのだ。そこから彼女の本当の災難が始まった。
Charlie Muffin
Ruttgers
Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But then a high-ranking Soviet spy-master hints that he wants to defect, and both British Intelligence and the CIA want him and will do anything to get him. Charlie may be the only man who can bring the defection off successfully, but is the whole thing an elaborate set-up? And when your so-called allies are stabbing each other and you in the back to get this prize, whom can Charlie trust on either side?
From Hell to Victory
Ray MacDonald
In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.
ナイル殺人事件
Rockford
「オリエント急行殺人事件」に続きオールスター・キャストで映画化されたアガサ・クリスティのミステリ。原作は『ナイルに死す』。美貌と聡明さを兼ね備えた上、つい最近莫大な遺産を相続したリネット・リッジウェイは、親友ジャクリーンの婚約者と突然婚約をし、人目を避けてエジプトへハネムーンに旅立った。しかし豪華客船カルナーク号には、彼女に何らかの利害関係や遺恨、ないし敵意を抱いている者たちが勢揃いしていた……。壮大なエジプトの景色を背景に、物語中バラバラになっていた様々な謎が最後には全て一本の線で結ばれるという、クリスティ推理劇の醍醐味が存分に堪能出来る推理映画の傑作。D・ニーヴンを始め、M・ファロー、J・バーキン、O・ハッセー、J・ウォーデンらの素晴らしい役者陣に加え、ポアロ役のP・ユスティノフの演技が絶品! 文句のない第一級の推理映画。
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Stanley Goldblum
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Director
Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince's wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon in order to have her own son crowned as caliph. Sinbad, his crew, the Princess and the transformed Prince travel to a distant land, fighting every obstacle Zenobia places in their path, to seek the advice of a legendary wise man who can possibly tell how to end the spell.
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Bailey
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
Voyage of the Damned
Carl Rosen
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
The Sell Out
Harry Sickles
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.
The Spiral Staircase
Lieut. Fields
A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
The Law
Jules Benson
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.
Mousey
Inspector
A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
O'Casey
The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
Catlow
Director
Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw determined to pull off a gold robbery and co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy.
The Executioner
Director
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
The File of the Golden Goose
Director
U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Golden Goose. Although Peter is unsure about John's loyalties, the two infiltrate the gang and win the trust of thug Nick "The Owl" Harrison before enduring a series of double-crosses.
The Legend of Custer
Director
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer has been reinstated and assigned to command the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays. The regiment has become a ragtag outfit of thieves and ruffians and Custer must whip the soldiers into shape to fight, the Kiowa, Sioux and Blackfoot tribes who confront them. These tribes are being supplied shotguns by a white gunrunner and Custer and his men must rescue General Terry and the Fifth Cavalry Regiment from annihilation when they are ambushed and trapped by a large Kiowa war party.
Danger Route
Lucinda
Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.
The Day the Fish Came Out
Elias
A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.
Warning Shot
Frank Sanderman
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman (David Janssen) works his own case.
寒い国から帰ったスパイ
Peters
ジョン・ル・カレ同名小説の映画化。 イギリス情報部のリーマスが密命を帯びて東ドイツに潜入した。彼への指令は、東ドイツ諜報機関の実力者、ムントを失脚させることだった。リーマスは、ムントに敵対するフィードラーに接触、ムントが二重スパイであると告発する。任務は上手くいき、ムントは査問機関にかけられることになったが……。重厚なタッチのスパイ・スリラー。
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
George Gruber
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Man in the Middle
Major Kaufman
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
The Paradise Suite
Frank Engel
A troubled actress has conversations with a range of different people.
Taras Bulba
Filipenko
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
The Criminal
Mike Carter
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
The Battle of the Sexes
Commentary spoken
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
The Secret
Nick Delaney
An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
Mr. Denning Drives North
Chick Eddowes
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
Give Us This Day
Geremio
Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.
My Girl Tisa
Mark Denek
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.