Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke (October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Brooke is best known for playing Mr. McGuire in The Graduate, where he said his famous line, "Plastics". He is also remembered for playing district attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series The Green Hornet. Brooke appeared on stage in the 1957 production of Hide an... more
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The Graduate
(1967)
Comedy, Drama
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Mike Nichols
Cast:
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry
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The Andromeda Strain
(1971)
Science Fiction, Thriller
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining wh...
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
Robert Wise
Cast:
Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly
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Jagged Edge
(1985)
Thriller
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Richard Marquand
Cast:
Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Lance Henriksen, Robert Loggia
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They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Cast:
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart
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Fun with Dick and Jane
(1977)
Comedy, Crime
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Cast:
George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon, Fred Willard, Richard Gautier
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Executive Action
(1973)
Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
David Miller
Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green, John Anderson
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The Landlord
(1970)
Comedy, Drama
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert it into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoug...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Hal Ashby
Cast:
Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Louis Gossett, Jr., Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey
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The Big Bus
(1976)
Action, Comedy
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
James Frawley
Cast:
Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, René Auberjonois, Ned Beatty
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Conquest of Space
(1955)
Science Fiction
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Byron Haskin
Cast:
Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Phil Foster, William Redfield
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The Return of Count Yorga
(1971)
Horror
Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Bob Kelljan
Cast:
Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, Tom Toner
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How Sweet It Is!
(1968)
Comedy
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Jerry Paris
Cast:
James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, Maurice Ronet, Terry-Thomas, Paul Lynde
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Framed
(1975)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Phil Karlson
Cast:
Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
(1969)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Mark Robson
Cast:
Carol White, Paul Burke, Mala Powers, Scott Hylands, James Sikking
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Stowaway to the Moon
(1975)
Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie
E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when on...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Andrew McLaglen
Cast:
Lloyd Bridges, Jeremy Slate, Jim McMullan, Morgan Paull, Michael Link
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C-Man
(1949)
Crime
A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
Joseph Lerner
Cast:
Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Lottie Elwen, Rene Paul, Walter Vaughan
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The Astronaut
(1972)
Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and government funding decide to cover up the accident by employing an exact double for the lost astronaut. The ruse begins to unravel when the wife of the lost astronaut realizes she is living...
Runtime:
73 min
Director:
Robert Michael Lewis
Cast:
Jackie Cooper, Monte Markham, Richard Anderson, Robert Lansing, Susan Clark
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The Party Crashers
(1958)
Drama
Troubled teenagers, ineffectual parents, and a climactic tragedy.
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Bernard Girard
Cast:
Mark Damon, Bobby Driscoll, Connie Stevens, Frances Farmer, Doris Dowling
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Bullet Scars
(1942)
Crime, Drama
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a presc...
Runtime:
59 min
Director:
D. Ross Lederman
Cast:
Regis Toomey, Adele Longmire, Howard Da Silva, Ben Welden, John Ridgely
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Advice to the Lovelorn
(1981)
Comedy, Drama
A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Harry Falk
Cast:
Cloris Leachman, Kelly Bishop, Walter Brooke, Melissa Sue Anderson, Desi Arnaz Jr.
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Bloodlust!
(1961)
Adventure, Drama, Horror
Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Balleau, whose hobby is hunting both animals and humans… The group tries to escape only to be thwarted by Dr. Balleau and his henchmen.
Runtime:
68 min
Director:
Ralph Brooke
Cast:
Wilton Graff, June Kenney, June Kenney, Walter Brooke, Robert Reed