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Arthur Franz is a Actor American born on 29 february 1920 at Perth Amboy (USA)
Arthur Sofield Franz (February 29, 1920 - June 17, 2006) was an American B-movie and television actor, whose most notable feature film role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade, H. Paynter Jr. in The Caine Mutiny (1954). He also appeared in Roseanna McCoy (1949), Eight Iron Men (1952), Invaders From Mars (1953), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), and The Unholy Wife (1957), among many others. In The Sniper (1952), he played a rare lead in the film's title role as a tormented killer; earlier, he co-starred with John Wayne in the WWII film Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and with Ronald Reagan in Hellcats of the Navy (1957).
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 february 1920 at Perth Amboy (USA)
Death 16 june 2006 (at 86 years) at Oxnard (USA)
Birth 29 february 1920 at Perth Amboy (USA)
Death 16 june 2006 (at 86 years) at Oxnard (USA)
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That Championship Season (1982)
, 1h50Directed by Jason Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen, Bruce Dern, Paul Sorvino, Stacy Keach, Arthur Franz
Roles Macken
Rating62%
It has been 25 years since the 1957 Fillmore High School (fictional) basketball team won the Pennsylvania state championship. The coach and four of the victors regularly gather to relive the glory of their shining moment.
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
, 3h35Directed by William A. Graham
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton, Lee Purcell, Sorrell Booke, Arthur Franz
Roles Barnes
Rating65%
This film recounts the life and times of Howard Hughes, from his being a Hollywood producer and an aviator to a 1946 experimental plane crash that left him with a concussion that left him with
Sisters of Death (1976)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Actors Claudia Jennings, Arthur Franz, Sherry Boucher, Paul Carr, Joe E. Tata, Sherry Alberoni
Roles Edmond Clybourn
Rating43%
During an all-girl secret society college initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Seven years later, the survivors are invited to a reunion at a lavish estate, which turns out to be owned by the crazed father of the girl who died.
The Human Factor (1975)
, 1h35Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors George Kennedy, John Mills, Rita Tushingham, Barry Sullivan, Raf Vallone, Shane Rimmer
Roles Gen. Fuller
Rating56%
John Kinsdale (George Kennedy) works in Naples, Italy, as a NATO computer specialist. He returns home from work one day to find his beloved family brutally murdered.
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts, James Gregory, Lee Montgomery
Roles Prosecutor (uncredited)
Rating57%
The film centers on the family of a scientist named Albert Dooley (Dean Jones) who struggles to pay the bills. His wife, Katie (Sandy Duncan) gets a recipe for applesauce wrong and gives it to her husband to take to work for lunch, hoping it will help cut down on the budget. In a humorous chain reaction, the duck Albert is testing steals the applesauce after Albert has thrown it away in the trash, and then wanders into a radiation lab and becomes irradiated. Albert is ordered to get rid of the duck, so he figures he can give it to his son, Jimmy (Lee Montgomery) who has been wanting a pet, only to discover it now lays eggs with solid gold yolks.
Anzio (1968)
, 1h57Directed by Duilio Coletti, Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Peter Falk, John Arthur Kennedy, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon
Roles Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
Rating59%
After meeting a general, war correspondent Dick Ennis (Robert Mitchum) is assigned to accompany US Army Rangers for the upcoming attempt to outflank the tough enemy defenses. The amphibious landing is unopposed, but the bumbling American general, Jack Lesley (Arthur Kennedy) is too cautious, preferring to fortify his beachhead before advancing inland. Ennis and a Ranger drive in a jeep through the countryside, discovering there are few Germans between the beachhead and Rome, but his information is ignored. As a result, the German commander, Kesselring (Wolfgang Preiss), has time to gather his forces and launch an effective counterattack.
The Sweet Ride (1968)
, 1h50Directed by Harvey Hart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Anthony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset, Bob Denver, Michael Wilding, Michele Carey
Roles Army Psychiatrist
Rating55%
The story, told in flashbacks, concerns a middle-aged tennis bum (Franciosa) who shares a beach house with Sarrazin and Denver. Their carefree life becomes complicated, and later turns tragic, after they become involved with a mysterious young woman (Bisset) and a biker gang.
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
, 1h45Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Roger C. Carmel, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Capt. Towers
Rating62%
Cattleman Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) is contracted to deliver a herd to the Union Army in Virginia. As he nears the end of his long cattle drive, Kelly is captured by Confederate raiders led by Colonel Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark). The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond.
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
, 2h30Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker, Vaughn Taylor, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer
Roles Morrissey
Rating64%
Jonas Cord becomes one of America's richest men, inheriting an explosives company from his late father. Cord resents his father bitterly and is psychologically scarred by the death of a twin brother. Believing his family has insanity in its blood, he does not want children of his own.
Woman Obsessed (1959)
, 1h43Directed by Henry Hathaway, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel, James Philbrook
Rating60%
Mary Sharron (Susan Hayward) has lost her husband to a forest fire. To help her run the ranch, she hires Fred Carter (Stephen Boyd), a handy man. A handsome, but taciturn fellow who has known much tragedy, Fred works hard for her. Robbie Sharron (Dennis Holmes), the woman's son, resents him, and when he learns that his mother is planning to marry him to quell ugly rumors in town, the youth is most unhappy. After the wedding, the stepfather treats the boy harshly, not out of cruelty, but because he wants to prepare the boy to survive the tough life ahead. This creates friction and frustration. Sometimes Fred beats both Mary and Robbie. On the day the wife learns she is pregnant, Robbie and Fred get into a violent fight.
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
, 1h12Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Dick Foran, Arthur Franz, Brett Halsey, Tom Conway, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi
Roles Richard "Reef" Holloway
Rating51%
A brief opening prologue describes how in 1909 Robert Peary had trouble reaching the North Pole, while postulating that Peary would have been amazed to see how in just a few decades the very same pole had become a major thoroughfare for civilian and military shipping; a futuristic prediction of cargo-carrying atomic submarines then follows. One of those submarines is destroyed by a mysterious undersea light. The loss of this and several other cargo ships alarms the world. Governments temporarily close the polar route and convene an emergency meeting at The Pentagon.
Monster on the Campus (1958)
, 1h17Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Joanna Moore, Arthur Franz, Troy Donahue, Whit Bissell, Judson Pratt, Eddie Parker
Roles Donald Blake
Rating58%
Professor Donald Blake (Arthur Franz) acquires a newly discovered coelacanth. He begins to examine the find and is exposed to its irradiated blood. This turns him into a murderous Neanderthal monster that terrorizes the campus.
The Young Lions (1958)
, 2h47Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, May Britt, Maximilian Schell
Roles Lt. Green
Rating70%
German ski instructor Christian Diestl (Marlon Brando) is hopeful that Adolf Hitler will bring new prosperity to Germany, so when war breaks out he joins the army as a lieutenant. Dissatisfied with police duty in Paris, he requests to be transferred and is assigned to the front in North Africa. He sees what the war has done to his captain (Maximilian Schell) and the captain's wife (May Britt), and he is sickened by their behavior.
The Flame Barrier (1958)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors Arthur Franz, Kathleen Crowley, Robert Brown, Vicente Padula, Rodd Redwing, Larry Duran
Roles Dave Hollister
Rating47%
This script must be run from the command line
The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
Directed by Cornel Wilde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Mary Astor, Arthur Franz, Morgan Jones, Larry Pennell
Roles Danny Rhinegold
Rating60%
Nick Jargin retired from auto racing undefeated. He is continually goaded by Mike Houston, a sportswriter, to come out of retirement and challenge the top racer of the day, Tony Botari, particularly after egotistically saying in an interview that Botari has no real competition now that he's out of the sport.