Film Synopsis and Production Information Part 1

(Cameo appearances and off screen performances are not included in this document.)



Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

James Coburn plays a convict who wins parole from prison, plans a new bank heist, marries a gorgeous woman, impersonates numerous characters along the way, robs some wealthy women, and pulls off the bank heist.

Columbia Pictures.DeHaven-Girard production. Producer: Carter DeHaven; Director/writer: Bernard Girard; Cinematographer: Lionel Linden; Art Director: Walter M Simonds; Music: Stu Phillips.
Running time: 107 minutes.
Cast:
Eli Kotch......James Coburn
Inger Knudson......Camilla Sparv
Eddie Hart......Aldo Ray
Frieda Schmid......Nina Wayne
Milo Stewart......Robert Webber
Margaret Kirby......Rose Marie
Alfred Morgan......Todd Armstrong
Dr. Marion Hague......Marian Moses
Paul Feng......Michael Storng
Miles Fisher......Severn Darden
Jack Balter......James Westerfield
George Logan......Philip E. Pine
William Anderson......Simon Scott
General Mailenkoff......Ben Astar
Officer Howard......Lawrence Mann
Captain Manus......Albert Nalbandian
Lyman Mann......Tyler McVey
Sergeant Elmer K. Coxe......Roy Glenn
Bellboy......Harrison Ford


Luv (1967)

Murray Schisgal's Broadway play about life and love among a group of middle class New Yorkers.

Jalem production. Producer: Martin Manulis; Director: Clive Donner; Screenplay: Elliott Baker, based on a play by Murray Schisgal; Cinematographer: Ernest laszlo.
Running time: 96 minutes.
Cast:
Harry Berlin......Jack Lemmon
Milt Manville......Peter Falk
Ellen......Elaine May
Linda......Nina Wayne
Attorney Goodhart......Eddie Mayehoff
Doyle......Paul Martman
Vandergrist......Severn Darden
....with Harrison Ford


A Time for Killing/The Long Ride Home (1967)

Glenn Ford as a Union Army officer who goes on a hunt for escaped Confederate Soldiers.

Columbia Pictures. Sage Western Pictures. Producer: Harry Joe Brown; Director: Phil Carlson; Screenplay: Halsted Wells, based on "Southern Blade", a novel by Nelson & Shirley Wolford; Cinematographer: Kenneth Peach; Editor: Roy Ligingston; Music: Mundell Lowe.
Running time: 83 minutes
Cast:
Major Walcott......Glenn Ford
Captain Bentley......George Hamilton
Emily Biddle......Inger Stevens
Blue Lake.....Paul Petersen
Sergeant Luther Liskell......Max Baer
Lt. Prudessing......Todd Armstrong
Billy Cat......Timothy Carey
Sergeant Cleehan......Kenneth Toby
Corporal Paddy Darling......Richard X. Slattery
Lt. Frist......Duke Hobbie
Sergeant Dan Way......(Harry) Dean Stanton
Little Mo......James Davidson
Lt. Shaffer......Harrison J. Ford
Sergeant Kettlinger......Charlie Briggs
Owelson......Kay E. Kuter

Journey to Shiloh (1968)

A group of green young men set out for Virginia to join the Confederate army during the Civil War.

Universal Pictures. Producer: Howard Christie; Director: William Hale; Screenplay: Gene L. Coon, based on "Fields of Honor," a novel by Will Henry; Cinematographer: Enzo A. Martinelli.
Running time: 81 minutes.
Cast:
Buck Burnett......James Caan
Miller Nalls......Michael Sarrazin
Gabrielle Du Prey......Brenda Scott
Todo McLean......Don Stroud
Little Bit Buck......(Jan) Michael Vincent
Willie Bill Beardon......Harrison Ford
General Braxton Bragg......John Doucette

Getting Straight (1970)

Elliott Gould as an ex-Vietnam vet caught between university administrators and radical students while trying to get his master's degree.

Organisation production. Producer/Director: Richard Rush; Screenplay: Robert Kaufman, based on a novel by Ken Kolb; Cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs; Editor: Maury Winetrobe.
Running time: 124 minutes.
Cast:
Harry Bailey......Elliott Gould
Jan......Candice Bergen
Nick......Robert F. Lyons
Dr. Wilhunt......Jeff Corey
Ellis......Max Jilien
Dr. Kaspar......Cecil Kellaway
Vandenburg......John Lormer
Lysander......Leonard Stone
Wade Linden......William Bramley
Judy Kramer......Jeannie Berlin
Herbert......John Rubenstein
Dr. Greengrass......Richard Anders
Luna......Brenda Sykes
Sheila......Jenny Sullivan
Garcia......Gregory Sierra
Landlady......Billie Bird
Jake......Harrison Ford
Alice Linden......Elizabeth Lane
Cynthia......Hilarie Thompson
Mrs. Stebbins......Irene Tedrow
Room-mate......Joanna Serpe
Airline Rep.......Scott Perry

Amercian Graffiti (1973)

Portrait of adolecent hijinks and rites of passage in a small town in the early 1960's.

Universal Pictures. Lucasfilm/Coppola Company production. Producer: Francis Ford Coppola; Co-producer: Gary Kurtz; Director: George Lucas; Screenplay: George Lucas, Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz: Cinematography: Haskel Wexler, Ron Eveslage, Jan D'Alquen; Editor: Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas; Sound and Recording: Walter Murch; Casting: Fred Roos, Mike Fenton.
Running time: 110 minutes. Re-release: 112 minutes.
Cast:
Curt......Richard Dreyfuss
Steve......Ron Howard
John Milner......Paul Le Mat
Terry the Toad......Charles Martin Smith
Laurie......Cindy Williams
Debbie......Candy Clark
Carol......Mackenzie Phillips
Disc Jockey......Wolfman Jack
Bob Falfa......Harrison Ford
Joe......Bo Hopkins
Carlos.....Manuel Padilla, Jr.
Ants......Beau Gentry
Peg......Kathleen Quinlan
Blonde in Thunderbird......Suzanne Somers
Falfa's Girl......Debralee Scott
Budda......Jana Bellan
Mr. Wolfe......Terry McGovern


The Conversation (1974)

Gene Hackman as a professional wire tapper who becomes concerned about the contents of a tape he made, and how it is going to be used.

Paramount Pictures. Coppola Company production. Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos; Director/Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola; Cinematographer: Bill Butler; Editor: Walter Murch, Richard Chew; Music: David Shire.
Running time: 113 minutes.
Cast:
Harry Caul......Gene Hackman
Stan......John Cazale
Bernie Moran......Alan Garfield
Mark......Frederic Forrest
Ann......Cindy Williams
Paul......Michael Higgins
Meredith......Elizabeth MacRae
Amy......Terri Garr
Martin Stett......Harrison Ford
Receptionist......Mark Wheeler
Mime......Robert Shields
Lurleen......Phoebe Alexander
The Director......Robert Duvall


Star Wars (1977) Special Edition (1997)

A long time ago...in a galaxy far, far away. Need I say more?

Twentith-Century Fox. Lucasfilm Ltd. production. Producer: Gary Kurtz; Director/Screenplay: George Lucas; Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor; Editor: Paul Hirsch, Richard Chew, Marcia Lucas; Production Designer: John Barry; Music: John Williams; Special Photographic Effects Supervisor: John Dykstra; Production Supervisor: Robert Watts; Production Illustration: Ralph McQuarrie; Costume Designer: John Mollo; Casting: Irene Lamb, Diane Crittenden, Vic Ramos.
Running time: 121 minutes.
Cast:
Luke Skywalker.....Mark Hamill
Han Solo......Harrison Ford
Princess Leia......Carrie Fisher
Grand Moff Tarkin......Peter Cushing
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi......Sir Alec Guinness
C-3PO......Anthony Daniels
R2 D2......Kenny Baker
Chewbacca......Peter Mayhew
Lord Darth Vader......David Prowse
Uncle Owen Lars......Phil Brown
Aunt Beru Lars......Shelagh Fraser
Chief Jawa......Jack Purvis
General Dodona......Alex McCrindle
General Willard......Eddie Byrne
Red Leader......Drewe Henley
Red Two (Wedge)......Dennis Lawson
Red Three (Biggs)......Garrick Hagon
Red Four......Jack Klaff
Red Six. (Porkins)......William Hootkins
Gold Leader......Angus McInnis
Gold Two......Jeremy Sinden
Gold Five......Graham Ashley
General Taggi......Don Henderson
General Motti......Richard Le Parmentier
Commander......Leslie Schofield
Voice of Darth Vader......James Earl Jones


Heroes (1977)

Henry Winkler as a Vietnam vet who up and leaves a VA hospital in search of a new life, goes on a cross country trek with Sally Field in tow.

Universal Pictures. Turman-Foster production. Producer: David Foster, Lawrence Turman; Director: Jeremy Paul Kagan; Screenplay: James Carabatsos; Cinematographer: Frank Stanley; Editor: Patrick Kennedy; Music: Jack Nitzsche.
Running time: 107 minutes.
Cast:
Jack Dunne......Henry Winkler
Carol......Sally Field
Kenny Boyd......Harrison Ford
Bus Driver......Val Avery
Jan Adcox......Olivia Cole
Dr. Elias......Hector Elias
Gus......Dennis Burkley
Chief......Tony Burton
Peanuts......Michael Cavanaugh
Bus Depot Manager......Helen Craig
Mr. Munro......John P. Finnegan
Mrs. Munro......Betty McGuire
Ticket Clerk......John O'Leary
Second Patrolman......Tom Rosqui


Force 10 From Navarone (1978)

Story of a group of WWII commandos out to destroy a bridge in Yugoslavia that is vital to the Germans. Sort of a sequel to "The Guns of Navarone."

Columbia Pictures. Navarone production. Executive Producer: Carl Foreman; Producer: Oliver Unger; Director: Guy Hamilton; Screenplay: Carl Foreman, Robin Chapman, from a novel by Alistair Maclean.
Running time: 118 minutes.
Cast:
Mallory......Robert Shaw
Miller......Edward Fox
Barnsby......Harrison Ford
Sergeant......Carl Weathers
Traitor......Franco Nero
Partisan......Barbara Bach


Apocalypse Now (1979)

Coppola's war epic about a U.S. Army Captain (Martin Sheen) assigned the mission of tracking down a renegade Green Berets Colonel (Marlon Brando), who has taken refuge in the jungles of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

Omni-Zoetrope Ltd. production. Producer/Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Co-producers: Fred Roos, Gary Frederickson, Tom Sternberg; Associate Producer: Mona Skager; Screenplay: John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola; Narration written by: Michael Herr; Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro; Supervising Editor: Richard Marks; Editors: Walter Murch, Gerlad B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman; Music: Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola; Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis; Sound Montage & Design: Walter Murch; Executive Assistants: Melissa Mathison, Jack Fritz.
Running time: 148 minutes.
Cast:
Colonel Kurtz......Marlon Brando
Lt. Colonel Kilgore......Robert Duvall
Captain Willard......Martin Sheen
Chef......Frederic Forrest
Chief......Albert Hall
Lance......Sam Bottoms
Clean......Larry Fishburne
Photo Journalist......Dennis Hopper
General......G.D. Spradin
Colonel Lucas......Harrison Ford
Civilian......Jerry Zesmer
Coby......Scott Glen


Hanover Street (1979)

Romantic WWII story about a married woman and a Yank bomber pilot falling in love. Complications arise when the woman's husband, a British Officer is teamed with the pilot on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.

Hanover Street production. Producer: Paul N Lazarus III; Executive Producer: Gordon G. T. Scott; Director/Screenplay: Peter Hyams; Cinematographer: David Watkin; Editor: James Mitchell; Music: John Barry; Associate Producer: Michael Rachmil, Harry Benn.
Running time: 108 minutes.
Cast:
David Halloran......Harrison Ford
Margaret Sellinger......Lesley-Anne Down
Paul Sellinger......Christopher Plummer
Major Trumbo......Alex McGowen
2nd Lt. Jerry Cimino......Richard Maur
2nd Lt. Martin Hyer......Michael Sacks
Sara Sellinger.....Patsy Kensit
Harry Pike......Max Wall


The Frisco Kid (1979)

Western comedy about an eastern European rabbi trying to make his way across the U.S., with help from an outlaw, to head a congregation in San Francisco.

Warner Bros. Mace Neufeld production. Executive Producer: Howard W. Koch, Jr.; Producer: Mace Neufeld; Director: Robert Aldrich; Screenplay: Michael Elias, Frank Shaw; Cinematographer: Robert B. Hauser; Editors: Maury Winetrobe, Irving Rosenblum, Jack Horger; Music: Frank DeVol; Associate Producer: Melvin Dellar.
Running time: 119 minutes.
Cast:
Rabbi Avram Belinski.......Gene Wilder
Tommy Lillard......Harrison Ford
Mr. Jones......Rammon Bieri
Chief Gray Cloud......Val Bisloglio
Darryl Riggs......George DiCenzo
Chief Rabbi......Leo Fuchs
Rosalie......Penny Peyser
Matt Riggs.....William Smith
Samuel Bender.......Jack Somack
Sarah Mindl......Beege Barkett
O'Leary......Shay Duffin
Old Amish Man.......Walter Janowitz
Monterano......Joe Kapp
Mr. Ping......Clyde Kusatsu
Mr. Daniels......Cliff Pellow
Mr. Bialik......Allan Rich
Brother Bruno......Vincent Schiavelli
Father Joseph......Ian Wolfe


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