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Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Michael Caine,
Sidney Poitier,
Nicol Williamson,
Prunella Gee,
Rutger Hauer,
Saeed JaffreyRating63%
In apartheid-era South Africa, Shack Twala (played by Sidney Poitier), a black revolutionary who had served time on Robben Island, is freed by Rina van Niekerk (Prunella Gee), his Afrikaner defence attorney, because he would be a victim of retroactive legislation. Rina, estranged from her husband Blane (Rutger Hauer), is having a relationship with an English mining engineer, Jim Keogh (Michael Caine), who has attended Shack's trial. Surprised by the verdict, Rina, Jim and Shack go off to celebrate at her house. They are stopped by the South African Police who are conducting identity document checks and arresting everyone who does not have their papers on them. As Shack has only just been released from prison he will not receive his papers until the next day. The police Constable and Shack antagonise each other leading to Shack being handcuffed and arrested. When Rina attempts to pull the Constable off Shack, the policeman hits her, knocking her to the ground. Jim assaults and knocks out the Constable making all three fugitives., 1h44
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Political filmsActors Charlton Heston,
Maximilian Schell,
Leslie Nielsen,
Kathryn Hays,
Anton Diffring,
Ralph NelsonRating62%
Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston) is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls around 1944 in WW2. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and when Evans and his musicians try to escape, they are captured by Nazi soldiers led by Col. Arndt (Anton Diffring). Evans and the orchestra are taken to a castle where they are to bide their time before being executed; but it turns out that Arndt's superior, Gen. Schiller (Maximilian Schell), is a big classical music fan. Schiller commands Evans and his symphony to prepare a special concert for the Nazis, but Evans realizes that the moment the concert is over, he and his musicians will be killed., 1h42
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Films about families,
Heist filmsActors Alain Delon,
Ann-Margret,
Van Heflin,
Jack Palance,
Tony Musante,
John Davis ChandlerRating64%
Ex-convict Eddie Pedak (Delon) tries to lead a normal life in San Francisco with a loyal wife (Ann-Margret), a daughter and a steady job. Much to his chagrin, he also has a police detective (Heflin) and brother (Palance) complicating his life., 1h43
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres Action,
WesternActors James Garner,
Sidney Poitier,
Bibi Andersson,
Dennis Weaver,
Bill Travers,
John HubbardRating64%
While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (James Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Bibi Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Dennis Weaver). The couple have been on the move since two years before, when Ellen Grange had been kidnapped by Apaches and rescued. The townsfolk treated her as an outcast because, in captivity, she had a child by an Indian warrior., 1h43
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilitiesActors Cliff Robertson,
Claire Bloom,
Leon Janney,
Lilia Skala,
Dick Van Patten,
Ruth WhiteRating68%
Charly Gordon (Cliff Robertson), an intellectually disabled man with a strong desire to make himself smarter, has been attending night school for two years where he has been taught by Alice Kinnian (Claire Bloom) to read and write. However, his spelling remains poor and he is even unable to spell his own name., 1h52
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Political filmsActors Candice Bergen,
Peter Strauss,
Donald Pleasence,
Dana Elcar,
Jorge Rivero,
John AndersonRating68%
A young woman, Cresta Lee (Bergen), and young U.S. private Honus Gent (Strauss) are joined together by fate when they are the only two survivors after their group is massacred by the Cheyenne. Gent is devoted to his country and duty; Lee, who has lived with the Cheyenne for two years, declares that in this conflict she sympathizes more with them. The two must now try to make it to Fort Reunion, the army base camp, where Cresta's fiance, an army officer, waits for her. As they travel through the desert with very low supplies, hiding from the Indians, they are spotted by a group of Kiowa horsemen. Under pressure from Cresta, Honus fights and seriously wounds the group's chief. Honus finds himself unable to kill the chief, and the chief's own men stab him for his defeat and leave Honus and Cresta alone., 1h37
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ActionActors George Kennedy,
Fredric March,
Lynn Carlin,
Don Stroud,
Clifton James,
Janet MacLachlanRating66%
In a small Mississippi town, deputy Jim Price is elected sheriff over John Little, the incumbent. Racial tensions exist in the community and Price gets little assistance from Little, leaving office, or from Mayor Parks, who insists he be consulted on any decision the new sheriff makes., 1h46
Directed by Ralph NelsonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Glenn Ford,
Nancy Kwan,
Rod Taylor,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Jane Russell,
Constance TowersRating67%
Pilot Jack Savage (Rod Taylor) is suspected of drinking and causing an airliner crash that kills 53 people and leaves only a single survivor, Martha Webster (Susanne Pleshette), a flight attendant. The captain's wartime buddy, airline executive Sam C. McBane (Glenn Ford), is convinced of his friend's innocence and investigates doggedly. Flashbacks deal with both Jack's past and Sam meeting him, plus others they used to know.