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Al Overton is a Sound and Sound Recordist American born on 20 may 1912
Al Overton (20 May 1912 – 1 August 1985) was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Diamonds Are Forever. He worked on over 90 films between 1954 and 1975. His son, Al Overton, Jr. was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Sound.
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Al Overton (20 May 1912 – 1 August 1985) was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Diamonds Are Forever. He worked on over 90 films between 1954 and 1975. His son, Al Overton, Jr. was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Sound.
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The Beast Within (1982)
, 1h38Directed by Philippe Mora
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Don Gordon, R.G. Armstrong, L. Q. Jones, Logan Ramsey
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating56%
While driving through Mississippi on their honeymoon, Caroline and Eli MacCleary (Bibi Besch and Ronny Cox) are stranded on a deserted road when their car is stuck in the mud. Eli is forced to walk several miles down the road to a service station they stopped at earlier to get a tow. As Eli begins the trek back to the station, the film cuts to a dark house in which a strange creature is being held captive in the cellar. The creature breaks its chain and escapes into the forest. As it nears the MacCleary's car Caroline's dog jumps out of the window to confront it. Caroline chases after the animal, but flees in terror when she stumbles across the canine's mutilated corpse. While fleeing back to the car she knocks herself unconscious after running into a tree. The creature tears off her clothes and rapes her, then leaves her in the forest alone. Eli and the service station attendant find her and take her to the tow truck. As they drive off two gunshots are heard from the forest.
From Noon Till Three (1976)
, 1h39Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley, Bert Williams, Anne Ramsey, Damon Douglas
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating64%
The setting is the American West, late 19th century. A gang of bank robbers led by Graham Dorsey (Charles Bronson) is off to rob a small-town bank, but Graham is having second thoughts: he's had a nightmare in which the gang was wiped out during the robbery attempt. Worse, Graham's horse broke down and the gang members have to get another. They try at the ranch of the widow Amanda Starbuck (Jill Ireland). Amanda, suspicious of the men, denies having a horse. Graham checks out the barn and finds a horse, but still afraid of disaster, he lies to his men and agrees to wait three hours at the ranch for their return (the "from noon till three" of the title). It turns out he has another reason for wanting to stay behind though: he wants to force himself on Mrs. Starbuck. Amanda resists rather inventively; simply lies still, fully clothed. This frustrates Graham, who decides on a ruse. He pretends he is impotent, hoping to play on Amanda's sympathy. The deception works, and they make love three times.
The Shootist (1976)
, 1h40Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan, James Stewart, Richard Boone
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating75%
An aging Books arrives in Carson City, Nevada on January 22, 1901. In a newspaper he reads that Great Britain's Queen Victoria has died. After a stranger calls him an "old man" and barks at him to get out of the way, Books laments that the Old West is dying too.
, 1h38Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, M. Emmet Walsh, Florence Stanley
Roles Sound
Rating66%
The story revolves around the escalating problems of a middle-aged couple living on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Mel Edison, the main character, has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age, during an economic recession. The action occurs during an intense summer heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike, which just exacerbates Edison's plight to no end as he and his wife Edna deal with noisy neighbors, loud sounds emanating from Manhattan streets up to their apartment and even a robbery of their apartment during broad daylight. Although his former boss sympathetically tries to lend Mel considerable money, Mel eventually suffers a nervous breakdown from the whole affair, and it is up to the loving care of his brother Harry, his sisters and Edna to bring Mel back to a firm reality.
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
, 1h52Directed by Paul Baxley, Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Héctor Elizondo, Dana Elcar, Bob Balaban
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating66%
Patty Butler (Susan Blakely), an attractive young female police officer, is pretending to be a runaway girl with the nickname of "Chicklet." She has been given permission by the Department to be the live-in girlfriend of Thomas "Stick" Henderson (Tony King), a suspected drug dealer, so that they can gather evidence against him. To back up her cover story, Detective Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty) has been given an almost impossible assignment: without being told she is actually an undercover officer, he is instructed to spend a few weeks trying to find this young runaway "Chicklet," who is believed to be somewhere in New York City. By Bo's actions of openly looking around and trying to find her, this will end up being reported back to Stick, which should convince him that his girlfriend really is a runaway.
40 Carats (1973)
, 1h50Directed by Mike Frankovich, Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Nancy Walker
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating63%
Ann Stanley, who sells real estate in New York City, is on vacation [by herself] with her mother in Greece when her car breaks down. To her rescue comes a young man on a motor [scooter] bike, Peter Latham, who has a difficult time persuading Ann to accept a ride.
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
, 2hDirected by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Satellite
Actors Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bernard Lee
Roles Sound Recordist
Rating64%
James Bond—agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud.
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
, 1h30Directed by James Frawley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Beau Bridges, Maud Adams, Gilbert Roland, Allan Arbus, McLean Stevenson, Jean Renoir
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating52%
Promising tennis pro Franklin Cane lives in Los Angeles and is mentored by his coach, Jonathan "J.C." Carruthers, who warns him of the perils of success. J.C. advises him to concentrate on his game and not on outside interests, such as a lucrative offer to endorse a hair spray in a TV ad.
Brian's Song (1971)
, 1h13Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, American football films, Films about cancer
Actors James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating74%
The movie begins as Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (Williams) arrives to team practice as an errant punt is sent to Sayers. Running back Brian Piccolo (Caan) goes to retrieve the ball, and Sayers flips it to him. Before Sayers meets with coach George Halas (Jack Warden) in his office, Piccolo tells him - as a prank - that Halas has a hearing problem, and Sayers acts strangely at the meeting. Sayers pranks him back by placing mashed potatoes on his seat while Piccolo is singing his alma mater's fight song. During practice, Piccolo struggles while Sayers shines. Sayers and Piccolo are placed as roommates, a rarity during the racial strife at the time. Sayers quickly becomes a standout player, but he injures his knee in a game against the San Francisco 49ers. To aid in Sayers' recovery, Piccolo brings a weight machine to his house. In Sayers' place, Piccolo rushes for 160 yards in a 17-16 win over the Los Angeles Rams, and is given the game ball. Piccolo challenges Sayers to a race across the park, where Sayers stumbles but wins. Piccolo is given the starting fullback position, and both he and Sayers excel. But Piccolo starts to lose weight and his performance declines, so he is sent to a hospital for a diagnosis. Soon after, Halas tells Sayers that Piccolo has cancer. In an emotional speech to his teammates, Sayers states that they will give Piccolo the game ball. After a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sayers visits Piccolo's wife, who reveals that Piccolo has to have another surgery for his tumor. After he is awarded the "George S. Halas Most Courageous Player Award," Sayers dedicates his speech to Piccolo. Sayers told the crowd that they had selected the wrong person for the award and said, "I love Brian Piccolo, and I'd like all of you to love him, too. Tonight, when you hit your knees to pray, please ask God to love him, too." In a call, Sayers mentions that he gave Piccolo a pint of blood while he was in critical condition. Piccolo dies with his wife by his side. The movie ends with a flashback of Piccolo and Sayers running through the park, while the narrator says that Piccolo died at age 26, and is remembered as he lived, rather than how he died.
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
, 1h32Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, Joe Besser, Kathleen Freeman, Kaye Ballard, John Wood
Roles Sound
Rating46%
Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis) is a rich playboy who enlists to fight in the war against the Axis powers, but is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight, so he enlists other 4-Fs and some loyal volunteers from his own service staff and forms his own army. He finances their training and equipment. Once completed, they travel to the front in Italy, with Byers impersonating a Nazi general named Eric Kesselring.
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
, 1h27Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Lawford, Anne Francis, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jerry Lewis, Jennifer Edwards, Eleanor Audley
Roles Sound
Rating52%
Peter Ingersoll is about to undergo an operation at a hospital in Chile. Before beginning, the medical staff insists that he explain how his unusual condition came about.
, 1h31Directed by Martin Balsam, David Carradine, George Kennedy, Robert Mitchum, Tina Louise, Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, Martin Balsam, David Carradine, Tina Louise, John Carradine
Roles Sound
Rating60%
Jim Flagg is the marshal in the town of Progress. He hears arch-rival John McKay is headed toward town so he warns Mayor Wilker and others in Progress about rumor of a robbery. Wilker doesn't appreciate Flagg causing a panic and relieves him of his badge.
The Big Mouth (1967)
, 1h45Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Buddy Lester, Jeannine Riley, Susan Bay, Frank De Vol
Roles Sound
Rating55%
Gerald Clamson (Lewis) is a bank examiner who loves fishing on his annual two week holiday. Unfortunately one day at the ocean he reels in an injured gangster in a scuba diving suit named Syd Valentine (also played by Lewis). Syd tells Gerald about diamonds he has stolen from the other gangsters and hands him a map. Gerald escapes as frogmen from a yacht machine gun the beach. They swim ashore and locate Syd where they machine gun him. Their leader Thor (Harold J. Stone) ensures Syd's demise by firing a torpedo from his yacht that goes ashore, blowing a crater into the beach.
Way... Way Out (1966)
, 1h46Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Connie Stevens, Jerry Lewis, Robert Morley, Anita Ekberg, Dick Shawn, James Brolin
Roles Sound
Rating53%
The year is 1989, and the United States continues to be engaged in a Space Race with the Soviet Union.
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
, 1h27Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Robert Strauss, Nancy Kovack, Jerome Cowan
Roles Sound
Rating56%
Johnny and girlfriend Frankie are performers on a Mississippi River riverboat, which also has a casino. Johnny is a compulsive gambler who is down on his luck and in debt.