The Macomber Affair

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

Runtime

2h 41m

Director

Sydney Pollack

Cast

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to parti...

Runtime

1h 3m

Director

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel

Cast

Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting sum...

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Todd Field

Cast

Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Peter Hyams

Cast

Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan

On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Ralph Bellamy, Farrah Fawcett, Polly Bergen

After years of living in the city and working in a business world altogether apart from his roots, Mike, a westernized First Nations, is contacted by freelance reporter Maureen, who was enlisted by his grandfather, shaman Old Man Hawk, to track his grandson. When Mike assents to returning with Maureen, they find that the village is bes...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

George McCowan, Daryl Duke

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George

A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Art Hindle, Trudy Young, John Vernon

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Mo...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

George McCowan

Cast

Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse