John Frankenheimer Movies
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- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsJames MacArthurKim HunterJames DalyAfter a 16-year-old, neglected by his movie producer father, gets in trouble, his father doesn't believe his claim of self-defense.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterDina MerrillEdward AndrewsA district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.It's a West Side Story without the romance and music.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsEva Marie SaintWarren BeattyKarl MaldenRalph (Karl Malden) and Annabell Willart (Dame Angela Lansbury) are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry (Warren Beatty). When Berry-Berry begins yet another meaningless love affair, this time with an older woman named Echo O'Brien (Eva Marie Saint), he really gets his parents at each others' throats.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterKarl MaldenThelma RitterA surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.Lancaster is wonderful; a tribute to the human spirit.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet LeighAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.A classic blend of satire and political thriller that was uncomfortably prescient in its own time, The Manchurian Candidate remains distressingly relevant today.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterKirk DouglasFredric MarchUnited States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.A strikingly dramatic, realistic and provocatively topical film.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterPaul ScofieldJeanne MoreauIn 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.A ripping system of motion, at once streamlined spectacle and thorny moral quandary
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRock HudsonFrank CampanellaJohn RandolphAn unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.Featuring dazzling, disorienting cinematography from the great James Wong Howe and a strong lead performance by Rock Hudson, Seconds is a compellingly paranoid take on the legend of Faust.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsJames GarnerEva Marie SaintYves MontandAmerican Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.Still dazzling, and the movie Ron Howard's "Rush" is sure to be measured against.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsAlan BatesDirk BogardeGeorgia BrownIn Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.I came away admiring only the acting.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsDavid NivenFaye DunawayAlan AldaIn World War 2 four American sailors are marooned in the Philippines and encounter an old vessel captained by Commander Finchhaven, apparently a relic from WW1. They help him get his engine going and ask him for a passage to Australia.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterDeborah KerrGene HackmanThree skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsGregory PeckTuesday WeldEstelle ParsonsHenry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsOmar SharifLeigh Taylor-YoungJack PalanceDrama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people's love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.The characters are basically unlikely, and neither John Frankenheimer's spare, heroic direction nor Claude Renoir's spectacular photography can quite bring The Horsemen to life.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsAlan BatesDominique SandaMichel AuclairA married writer with a blurred perception of fantasy and reality and a woman whose husband is aware of her infidelities embark on a passionate affair - or do they?
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsLee MarvinFredric MarchRobert RyanA salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.For four hours we live in these two rooms and discover the secrets of these people, and at the end we have gone deeper, seen more, and will remember more, than with most of the other movies of our life.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRichard HarrisChuck ConnorsEdmond O'BrienUncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsGene HackmanFernando ReyBernard Fresson"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.If Frankenheimer and his screenplay don't do justice to the character, they at least do justice to the genre, and this is better than most of the many cop movies that followed "The French Connection" into release.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRobert ShawBruce DernMarthe KellerWhen a Black September terrorist group begins a plot to carry out a massive terrorist attack in the United States, an Israeli commando works with the FBI to identify the target and conspirators, and prevent the plan from succeeding.A smart, tense thriller from director John Frankenheimer, Black Sunday succeeds on a technical level, even if it fails to bring its characters to vivid life.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsTalia ShireRobert FoxworthArmand AssanteA government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.Too bad the ambitious pic was so poorly made and also so lacking in entertainment value, because there's a good sci-fi story here if done right.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsScott GlennToshirô MifuneDonna Kei BenzA down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.Hard-boiled, revolting, kung-fu friendly and ridiculous.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsMichael CaineAnthony AndrewsVictoria TennantThe son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRoy ScheiderAnn-MargretVanityA secret extramarital fling between successful Los Angeles construction magnate Harry Mitchell and his stripper mistress Cini leads to three strangers blackmailing him for a six-figure sum, followed by burglary, theft, and Cini's murder.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsDon JohnsonPenelope Ann MillerWilliam ForsytheA man kills a storekeeper and a cop. LASD homicide detective Jerry Beck gets the case. His murder suspect is connected to a heavily armed white supremacy group.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRoy ScheiderJürgen ProchnowTim ReidCold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.