Cast: Allan Arbus
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Allan Arbus. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 25
Crossroads
1986 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Walter Hill
Cast Ralph Macchio · Joe Seneca · Jami Gertz · Harry Carey Jr.
Synopsis Ralph Macchio is Lightning Boy. A kid who can make a steel guitar sing. Blind Dog is an old pro who knows it. Together, they're headed to a place where deals are made. And legends are born.
6.2
3K votes
6.2
3K votes
Coffy
1973 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Jack Hill
Cast Pam Grier · Booker Bradshaw · Robert DoQui · William Elliott
Synopsis Coffy is a nurse whose younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin. Coffy sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
6.1
762 votes
6.1
762 votes
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Jane Fonda · Valerie Perrine · Willie Nelson
Synopsis Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Volunteers
1985 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Meyer
Cast Tom Hanks · John Candy · Rita Wilson · Tim Thomerson
Synopsis Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where is assigned to...
4.7
428 votes
4.7
428 votes
L.A. Doctors (TV Series)
1998 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction John Lee Hancock · Joe Napolitano · Scott Brazil · David Carson
Cast Ken Olin · Matt Craven · Rick Roberts · Sheryl Lee
Synopsis Four Doctors run an upmarket practice in LA in this drama which focuses as much on the problems in the US medical system as it does on the patients.
3.8
59 votes
3.8
59 votes
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (TV)
1974 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Lee Bernhardi · Stanley Kramer
Cast Allan Arbus · Herschel Bernardi · Barbara Colby · George Cooper
Synopsis Julius and Ethel Rosenberg go from feeding the poor during the Depression to embracing the ideals of Communism. However, after WWII, the USSR is no longer a U.S. ally and the Rosenbergs' political activities become dangerously subversive.
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Americathon
1979 · Movie · 86 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Neal Israel
Cast Harvey Korman · Fred Willard · Peter Riegert · Zane Buzby
Synopsis In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
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The Preppie Murder (TV)
1989 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction John Herzfeld
Cast Danny Aiello · William Baldwin · Joanna Kerns · Lara Flynn Boyle
Synopsis This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now when questioned, he claims that her death was accidental, as...
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The Law (TV)
1974 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction John Badham
Cast Judd Hirsch · John Beck · Bonnie Franklin · Barbara Baxley
Synopsis An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
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Disneyland: A Fighting Choice (TV)
1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast Beau Bridges · Karen Valentine · Patrick Dempsey · Frances Lee McCain
Synopsis Bright teenager afflicted with epilepsy sues his parents for the right to have "split brain" surgery in order to cure his seizures.
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Lieberman in Love
1995 · Movie · 39 min. · United States
Direction Christine Lahti
Cast Danny Aiello · Christine Lahti · Nancy Travis · Allan Arbus
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The Lie
1973 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Alex Segal
Cast George Segal · Shirley Knight · Robert Culp · Victor Buono
Synopsis An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as “Reservatet” (1970) and for BBC as “The Lie” (1971). An American couple is trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
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Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (TV)
1983 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Alan Alda
Cast Alan Alda · Mike Farrell · Harry Morgan · Loretta Swit
Synopsis In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.
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Scream, Pretty Peggy (TV)
1973 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Hessler
Cast Ted Bessel · Bette Davis · Sian Barbara Allen · Charles Drake
Synopsis A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
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The Tony Randall Show (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Harvey Medlinsky · Tony Mordente · Michael Zinberg · Asaad Kelada
Cast Tony Randall · Barney Martin · Allyn Ann McLerie · Rachel Roberts
Synopsis Fastidious Philadelphia Judge Walter Franklin has a plummy housekeeper, a sloppy court clerk, an icy secretary, and an obnoxiously ingratiating Assistant District Attorney.
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Too Much Sun
1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Allan Arbus · Robert Downey Jr. · Howard Duff · Laura Ernst
Synopsis A multimillionaire, whose son and daughter are gay, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
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W.C. Fields and Me
1976 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Hiller
Cast Rod Steiger · Valerie Perrine · John Marley · Jack Cassidy
Synopsis W.C. Fields is an American original, the curmudgeonly master of wit and good, mean fun.
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Working Stiffs (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Norman Abbott · Penny Marshall · Greg Antonacci · Arthur Silver
Cast James Belushi · Michael Keaton · Val Bisoglio · Allan Arbus
Synopsis Short lived (3 weeks) slapstick comedy about Ernie and Mike who are janitors but attempting to work their way up in a Chicago office building owned by their uncle.
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The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction James Frawley
Cast Beau Bridges · Maud Adams · Gilbert Roland · Allan Arbus
Synopsis Franklin Cane is a red-hot professional tennis player who climbs the ladder of success with his trainer, Jonathan, at his side. Jonathan was once considered the greatest American tennis player and intends to guide Franklin to the high-road. Franklin does...
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The Four Seasons (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Hy Averback · Charles S. Dubin · Jay Sandrich
Cast Jack Weston · Tony Roberts · Marcia Rodd · Barbara Babcock
Synopsis Four couples spend four holidays together over the course of the four seasons. Based on the Alda film of the same name.
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