Ralph Nelson
Elseen Leo Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American movie and television director, producer, writer, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Christmas Lilies of the Field
In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build for five German nuns under the supervision of Mother Maria, and he reluctantly helps them out of a pinch once more.
Embryo
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.
The Wilby Conspiracy
A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police.
Soldier Blue
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp.
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Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.
Charly
A less than ordinary man is turned into a genius. He awakens to an exquisite love experience, but at an impossible price for CHARLY....
Counterpoint
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.
Duel at Diablo
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
Once a Thief
Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison.
Father Goose
During World War II South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
Fate Is the Hunter
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
Lilies of the Field
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.
Cinderella
The first of three TV-versions of the classic fairy tale that featured a Rodgers and Hammerstein score and was performed in front of a live audience.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.