Cast: James Farentino

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Farentino. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Night Gallery (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · Jeannot Szwarc · Jeff Corey · Gene R. Kearney

Cast Rod Serling · John Astin · Geraldine Page · Vincent Price

Synopsis Serling appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings (by artist Tom Wright) that depicted the stories. Night Gallery regularly presented adaptations of classic fantasy tales by authors such...

6.9

166 votes

6.9

166 votes

The War Lord

1965 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Charlton Heston · Richard Boone · Rosemary Forsyth · Guy Stockwell

Synopsis A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage in Normandia where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

The Final Countdown

1980 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Don Taylor

Cast Kirk Douglas · Martin Sheen · Katharine Ross · James Farentino

Synopsis The US aircraft carrier Nimitz under Captain Matthew Yelland departs from Pearl Harbor on manoeuvres. But then the Nimitz is caught in a mysterious storm that appears out of nowhere and then equally mysteriously disappears again. Afterwards the crew find...

6.3

4K votes

6.3

4K votes

Dead & Buried

1981 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Gary Sherman

Cast James Farentino · Melody Anderson · Jack Albertson · Robert Englund

Synopsis From the writers of ALIEN, this thriller is the story of a mysterious coastal town called Potters Bluff. For years the town has harbored a dark secret, one that the town sheriff has just stumbled across. It seems that a...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

Me, Natalie

1969 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Fred Coe

Cast Patty Duke · James Farentino · Martin Balsam · Al Pacino

Synopsis A plain girl, living in New York, tries to come to terms with the fact that she'll never be beautiful.

6.1

48 votes

6.1

48 votes

The Fourth Wise Man (TV)

1985 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Michael Ray Rhodes

Cast Martin Sheen · Alan Arkin · Eileen Brennan · Ralph Bellamy

Synopsis The story of Artaban, the fourth Magi, who spends his life looking for Jesus his King.

5.4

26 votes

5.4

26 votes

Her Alibi

1989 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Beresford

Cast Tom Selleck · Paulina Porizkova · William Daniels · James Farentino

Synopsis Tom Selleck is mystery writer Phil Blackwood and William Daniels of TV's St. Elsewhere fame is his long time best friend and editor Sam. Blackwood hasn't had a bestseller in some time and has been living on his reputation to...

5.3

1K votes

5.3

1K votes

The Secret of the Sahara (TV Miniseries)

1988 · Series · 364 min. · Italy

Direction Alberto Negrin

Cast Michael York · James Farentino · Ben Kingsley · Andie MacDowell

Synopsis Desmond Jordan is an archaeologist who find an old parchment in where is mentioned the history of the Loudspeaker Mountain, the guardian of an ancient and sought-after treasure hidden in someplace of Sahara's desert. After to save Anthea, Khalif's wife,...

5.1

500 votes

5.1

500 votes

License to Kill (TV)

1984 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Jud Taylor

Cast James Farentino · Penny Fuller · Don Murray · Donald Moffat

Synopsis A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as...

4.9

145 votes

4.9

145 votes

Bulletproof

1996 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Ernest R. Dickerson

Cast Damon Wayans · Adam Sandler · James Caan · Jeep Swenson

Synopsis Archie and Jack become friends while working for drug kingpin Frank Colton. However, Jack is an undercover cop, preparing a sting against Colton. The bust fails, and a betrayed Archie and Colton flee. Months later, Archie decides to turn himself...

4.7

1K votes

4.7

1K votes

Sins (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Movie · 320 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Joan Collins · Timothy Dalton · Jean-Pierre Aumont · Marisa Berenson

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. Young Helene Junot witnesses the death of her mother at the hands of Nazis. Separated from her brother, Edmund, by the war, Helene goes to work at the chateau of the Count De Ville. There she...

4.6

21 votes

4.6

21 votes

4.5

54 votes

The Possessed (TV)

1977 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Thorpe

Cast James Farentino · Claudette Nevins · Eugene Roche · Harrison Ford

Synopsis A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.

4.2

22 votes

4.2

22 votes

Murder in the Mirror (TV)

2000 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction James Keach

Cast Jane Seymour · James Farentino · Hayley DuMond · Zeus Mendoza

Synopsis Newly married psychiatrist Mary (Seymour) is identified as the murderer of her husband, Paul (Desiderio), by an unimpeachable eyewitness. Detective Russo (James Farentino) is all for putting the cuffs on Mary, but she convinces him to wait until more evidence...

3.3

28 votes

3.3

28 votes

Direction Roy Huggins · Douglas Heyes · Richard T. Heffron · Alexander Singer

Cast Burl Ives · Joseph Campanella · James Farentino · John Milford

Synopsis Walter Nichols, a self respecting attorney who hires two young brothers who both are lawyers and help him with his cases.

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Direction Lou Antonio

Cast Stockard Channing · James Farentino · Colleen Dewhurst · Edward Albert

Synopsis Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil, a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car.

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That Secret Sunday (TV)

1986 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Richard A. Colla

Cast James Farentino · Parker Stevenson · Daphne Ashbrook · William Lucking

Synopsis A police cover-up of the murder of two young women at a wild party is complicated by the possible faking of a story by an overzealous young reporter seeking instant newspaper stardom.

Not rated

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The Red Spider (TV)

1988 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Jameson · Paul King

Cast Jennifer O'Neill · James Farentino · Philip Casnoff · Amy Steel

Synopsis A cop is found dead in a hotel, brutally murdered, a spider cut into his stomach. The police believes his death might be connected to the fact that he was a dirty cop - the internal affairs commission already was...

Not rated

Not rated

A Summer to Remember (TV)

1985 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Robert Michael Lewis

Cast James Farentino · Tess Harper · Bridgette Andersen · Sean Gerlis

Synopsis Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new stepfather. But when a highly trained orangutan named Casey is thrown from a truck near...

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Not rated