Barry Shear

Barry Shear

Рождение : 1923-03-23, Los Angeles, California

Смерть : 1979-06-13

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Shear (March 23, 1923 in Los Angeles, California - June 13, 1979 in New York City) was an American film director and producer. He directed films such as The Todd Killings in 1971 (based on the serial killer Charles Schmid), and the blaxploitation film Across 110th Street in 1972. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Shear, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Профиль

Barry Shear

Фильмы

Power
Director
Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Undercover with the KKK
Director
The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr., who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during the trial of several Klansmen for crimes of destruction and murder.
The Billion Dollar Threat
Director
A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within 48 hours.
The Crash of Flight 401
Director
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Keefer
Director
An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II.
The San Pedro Bums
Director
Pilot for the short-lived TV series centers on five rough-and-tumble guys living on a leaky boat where they try to collar a gang of waterfront toughs after a robbery of which their buddy was the victim.
Rickles
Director
Various comedy sketches with the Master of Insults, Don Rickles.
Starsky and Hutch
Director
A young couple in a car exactly like Starsky's is killed by hitmen and word is out on the street that there's a contract out on Starsky and Hutch. This is a TV-pilot that was an ABC Movie of the Week and later turned into the TV-series.
Strike Force
Director
A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
Punch and Jody
Director
When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years earlier. The now teen-aged daughter enters his life. Can they form a relationship?
Смертельные преследователи
Director
Чтобы отомстить за убийство жены и сына, шериф маленького техасского городка выслеживает грабителя банка и его банду, ушедших от погони в Мексику…
Jarrett
Director
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls TV Drama - Glenn Ford, Anthony Quayle, Forrest Tucker
На той стороне 110-й улицы
Executive Producer
Мелкие чернокожие преступники отважились на нахальное преступление: они украли у итальянского гангстера 300 тысяч долларов и теперь находятся в бегах. За дело берутся двое полицейских – коррумпированный коп и его молодой чернокожий напарник. Остается только один вопрос, кто первым доберется до воришек: служители закона или мафия.
На той стороне 110-й улицы
Director
Мелкие чернокожие преступники отважились на нахальное преступление: они украли у итальянского гангстера 300 тысяч долларов и теперь находятся в бегах. За дело берутся двое полицейских – коррумпированный коп и его молодой чернокожий напарник. Остается только один вопрос, кто первым доберется до воришек: служители закона или мафия.
Short Walk to Daylight
Director
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Director
Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones.
The Todd Killings
Producer
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
The Todd Killings
Director
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
The Enemy Before Us
Director
Jeff Dillon decides to revisit the scenes of his impoverished youth, and learns sadly that "you can't go home again".
Night Gallery
Director
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.
Дикари на улицах
Director
Калифорнийский политик пытается привлечь Макса Фроста, 22-летнюю рок-звезду, к участию в скорой предвыборной кампании. Таким образом он рассчитывает завоевать голоса у молодежи. Однако вскоре выясняется, что популярность Фроста слишком велика и кому под силу победить на любых выборах...
Каратисты-убийцы
Director
Агенты Объединенного командования органов правопорядка (U.N.C.L.E.) Наполеон Соло и Илья Курякин ищут по всему свету секретную формулу превращения соленой воды в золото, которую умирающий ученый разделил на четыре части и раздал четырем своим дочерям, живущим в разных странах. За ними по пятам следует злодей Рандолф со своим помощником...
Around the World with Nellie Bly
Director
Made-for-TV musical inspired by the real-life travels of a celebrated 1800s female newspaper columnist.
Never Too Old to Swing
Director
Tiny Grimes performs "Never Too Old to Swing".