Bernie Hamilton
Solid character actor that for various reasons never became a star. He is perhaps best known for his role as the tough police captain in the hit 1970s television series, "Starsky and Hutch." Other notable credits include Luis Buñuel's English-language film, "The Young One"... Read full bio →
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Full Moon High
A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.
Starsky and Hutch
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino with the help of police snitch Huggy Bear.
Scream Blacula Scream
After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.
The Organization
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
The Losers
Some bikers are hired by the CIA during the Vietnam War to rescue a captured agent from the clutches of the Red Chinese army. After a round of drinking, fighting, and whoring around, the cycle gang, led by Big Bill Smith, fix up their Yamahas with machine guns, grenades and armor plating, and storm the enemy camp.
The Swimmer
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
Stranger on the Run
Former inmate and drunkard Ben Chamberlain arrives in a railroad town looking for a woman, causing the railroad police deputies to manhunt for Ben.
One Potato, Two Potato
Joe leaves his wife Julie and baby Ellen for South America. After he vanishes, Julie divorces him and finds love with Frank Richards, who raises Ellen. When Joe returns years later wanting custody, race becomes central to the conflict.
Captain Sindbad
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political.
13 West Street
An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
Underworld U.S.A.
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
The Young One
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Congo Crossing
Attractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives.
Jungle Man-Eaters
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
Carmen Jones
Version of the Bizet opera set in World War II, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Bright Victory
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life. Director Mark Robson's 1951 drama stars Arthur Kennedy (Academy Award nomination, Best Actor, for his performance), Peggy Dow, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Julie Adams, Jim Backus, Richard Egan and Murray Hamilton.
The Jackie Robinson Story
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.