Cast: Darren McGavin

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


Dead Heat

1988 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Mark Goldblatt

Cast Treat Williams · Joe Piscopo · Lindsay Frost · Darren McGavin

Synopsis oger Mortis and Doug Bigelow are cops that are chasing crooks that are dead serious about crime. Or should I say they are chasing dead crooks perpetrating serious crimes? Seems some nutcase has learned how to bring back the dead...

5.5

670 votes

5.5

670 votes

The Delicate Delinquent

1957 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Don McGuire

Cast Jerry Lewis · Darren McGavin · Martha Hyer · Robert Ivers

Synopsis Sydney L. Pythias (Jerry Lewis), a 'juvenile delinquent' who is mistaken for a gang member. Mike Damon (Darren McGavin), a police officer who tries to straighten him out by putting him through police training. After a difficult training and a...

5.5

107 votes

5.5

107 votes

Dr. Kildare (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Elliot Silverstein · Alf Kjellin · John Newland · Leo Penn

Cast Richard Chamberlain · Raymond Massey · Leslie Nielsen · Lee Meriwether

Synopsis TV Series (1961-1966). 5 Seasons. 191 episodes. The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his...

5.4

46 votes

5.4

46 votes

Airport '77

1977 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Jameson

Cast Jack Lemmon · Lee Grant · Brenda Vaccaro · Joseph Cotten

Synopsis In this entry in the AIRPORT diaster-film franchise, a jumbo jet crashes into the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. As the plane becomes submerged, all the passengers aboard must find some way out. Like its predecessors, this film features an...

5.4

2K votes

5.4

2K votes

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Pierce Brosnan · Eric Idle · Julia Nickson · Peter Ustinov

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days. After betting his entire fortune, he takes his new butler (a man hoping for a quite...

5.1

2K votes

5.1

2K votes

Hangar 18

1980 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction James L. Conway

Cast Darren McGavin · Robert Vaughn · Gary Collins · Philip Abbott

Synopsis During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite is rammed by an unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizona. However the White House denies it's existence because of the near presidential elections. The...

5.1

265 votes

5.1

265 votes

Billy Madison

1995 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Tamra Davis

Cast Adam Sandler · Bradley Whitford · Josh Mostel · Bridgette Wilson

Synopsis In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.

4.9

3K votes

4.9

3K votes

Bullet for a Badman

1964 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Audie Murphy · Darren McGavin · Ruta Lee · Beverley Owen

Synopsis Murphy plays ex-lawman who must strap on the guns again to catch a former nemesis, McGavin, who happens to be the ex husband of Murphy's wife and father of the boy that believes he's Murphy's son.

4.9

66 votes

4.9

66 votes

Something Evil (TV)

1972 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Sandy Dennis · Darren McGavin · Ralph Bellamy · Jeff Corey

Synopsis A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.

4.8

214 votes

4.8

214 votes

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Salkow

Cast Joseph Cotten · Darren McGavin · Phil Carey · Julie Sommars

Synopsis A look at what happened to Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and forced into retirement. Fueled by ambition when...

4.8

110 votes

4.8

110 votes

Raw Deal

1986 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John Irvin

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger · Kathryn Harrold · Sam Wanamaker · Paul Shenar

Synopsis Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster...

4.1

4K votes

4.1

4K votes

Captain America

1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Albert Pyun

Cast Matt Salinger · Ronny Cox · Scott Paulin · Ned Beatty

Synopsis During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens...

3.2

2K votes

3.2

2K votes

Custer (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Laslo Benedek · Lawrence Dobkin · Leo Penn · Herschel Daugherty

Cast Wayne Maunder · Slim Pickens · Robert F. Simon · Peter Palmér

Synopsis In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like his methods or his long blond hair, but he manages...

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The Challenge (TV)

1970 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction George McCowan

Cast Darren McGavin · Broderick Crawford · James Whitmore · Skip Homeier

Synopsis All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an...

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Not rated

The Moon and the Desert (TV)

1973 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Irving

Cast Lee Majors · Barbara Anderson · Martin Balsam · Darren McGavin

Synopsis When astronaut Steve Austin tests a new government plane, he is nearly killed after it malfunctions and crashes. To save him he is rebuilt using bionic parts. Having a hard time making the psychological adjustment and feeling depressed, Steve is...

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Banyon (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Ed Adamson · Ralph Senensky · Daniel Petrie · Marvin J. Chomsky

Cast Robert Forster · Joan Blondell · Richard Jaeckel · Julie Gregg

Synopsis TV Series (1971-1973) 15 Episodes. The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon.

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The American Clock (TV)

1993 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Bob Clark

Cast Darren McGavin · David Strathairn · Felton Perry · Mary McDonnell

Synopsis This film is based on Arthur Miller's recollection of the events of the 1930s Depression. John Rubinstein, Mary McDonnell, and Loren Dean are all members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything...

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Not rated

No Deposit, No Return

1976 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Norman Tokar

Cast David Niven · Darren McGavin · Don Knotts · Herschel Bernardi

Synopsis Two would-be safe-crackers 'sort of' kidnap the two grandchildren of millionaire J. W. Osborne. In a story somewhat reminiscent of O. Henry's The Ransom of Red Chief, the ransom amount keeps getting smaller as the two children have the best...

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The Users (TV)

1978 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Hardy

Cast Jaclyn Smith · Tony Curtis · Red Buttons · Alain Feinstein

Synopsis A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.

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Not rated