Cast: Darren McGavin

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


Child in the Night (TV)

1990 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Mike Robe

Cast JoBeth Williams · Tom Skerritt · Season Hubley · Mike Pniewski

Synopsis A psychologist treats an 8 year old boy who witnessed his father's murder but the child blocks out details that could help the police.

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Love for Rent (TV)

1979 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction David Miller

Cast Annette O'Toole · Lisa Eilbacher · Rhonda Fleming · Eugene Roche

Synopsis Lynn is the innocent midwestern girl who comes to wicked old New York looking for her sister Carol. Carol is now gainfully employed by an "escort bureau", and Lynn is likewise drawn into this questionable lifestyle.

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Nero Wolfe (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction George McCowan · Edward M. Abroms · Herbert Hirschman · Michael O'Herlihy

Cast William Conrad · Lee Horsley · George Voskovec · Robert Coote

Synopsis The short-lived adventures of portly detective Nero Wolfe, who would rather eat and tend to his orchids than hit the streets tracking down leads. That's why he hired hunky Archie Goodwin, who provides the brawn that complements Wolfe's brains.

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The Outsider (TV Series)

1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Singer · Richard Benedict · Gene Levitt · Michael Ritchie

Cast Darren McGavin · Bill Quinn · James Edwards · Paul Hahn

Synopsis David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.

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Waikiki (TV)

1980 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Ron Satlof

Cast Dack Rambo · Steve Marachuk · Donna Mills · Cal Bellini

Synopsis Two detectives are called on to investigate the bizarre serial murders of young women.

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Hot Lead and Cold Feet

1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Butler

Cast Jim Dale · Karen Valentine · Don Knotts · Jack Elam

Synopsis This saga of the old west involves twin brothers who compete for possession of a rickety cow town founded by their father while a crooked mayor tries to put an end to the competitors so he can inherit the town...

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The Outsider (TV)

1967 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Michael Ritchie

Cast Darren McGavin · Sean Garrison · Shirley Knight · Nancy Malone

Synopsis Darren McGavin playing David Ross, a hard-nosed, private eye/ex-con hired to tail a woman in an embezzling case which takes a turn when he finds himself the prime suspect when the woman is found dead in his own office, by...

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Beau James

1957 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Melville Shavelson

Cast Bob Hope · Vera Miles · Paul Douglas · Alexis Smith

Synopsis The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s. Used by professional politicians and money-grabbers, Walker himself was "stupid but clean", although his open affair with Betty Compton cost him dear.

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Tribes (TV)

1970 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Sargent

Cast Darren McGavin · Earl Holliman · Jan-Michael Vincent · John Gruber

Synopsis Among the new recruits in a U.S. Marine basic-training platoon is Adrian, a long-haired member of the hippie generation, opposed to blind allegiance to authority and the complete opposite of Gunnery Sergeant Tom Drake, who is assigned as Drill Instructor...

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In the Name of Blood

1989 · Movie · 82 min. · South Africa

Direction Robert Davies Production

Cast Ted Le Plat · Sandra Prinsloo · Henry Cele · Darren McGavin

Synopsis While vacationing in Kenya, an American policeman stalks a sniper.

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Mrs. Pollifax-Spy

1971 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Rosalind Russell · Darren McGavin · Nehemiah Persoff · Harold Gould

Synopsis Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks...

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Riverboat (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Bartlett · William Witney · Hollingsworth Morse · Jules Bricken

Cast Darren McGavin · Dick Wessel · Burt Reynolds · Jack Lambert

Synopsis TV Series (1959-1961). Riverboat depicted the exploits of Captain Grey Holden (McGavin) and his crew as they navigated the riverboat Enterprise along the West and Midwest, running into interesting characters along the way, including a pre-presidential Abraham Lincoln.

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Mission Mars

1968 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Webster

Cast Darren McGavin · Nick Adams · George De Vries · Heather Hewitt

Synopsis Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb.

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A Perfect Stranger (TV)

1994 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Michael Miller

Cast Robert Urich · Stacy Haiduk · Darren McGavin · Susan Sullivan

Synopsis Robert Urich as a lawyer in love with a woman who's married to a dying millionaire.

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Kiss and Tell

1945 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Shirley Temple · Walter Abel · Jerome Courtland · Katharine Alexander

Synopsis Two teenage girls cause their respective parents much concern when they start to become interested in boys. The parents' bickering about which girl is the worse influence causes more problems than it solves

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The Baron and the Kid (TV)

1984 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Gary Nelson

Cast Johnny Cash · Tom Harper · Claude Akins · Tracy Pollan

Synopsis The Baron (Johnny Cash) is a legendary pool hustler, back in town after a long absence. He encounters a young punk who's got more swagger than skill at pool, and who turns out to be his son.

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Kojak: It's Always Something (TV)

1990 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Richard Compton

Cast Telly Savalas · André Braugher · Darren McGavin · Barbara Garrick

Synopsis After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A.

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From the Hip

1987 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Bob Clark

Cast Judd Nelson · Elizabeth Perkins · John Hurt · Darren McGavin

Synopsis Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty...

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