Cinematography: John M. Stephens

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John M. Stephens. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Sorcerer

1977 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Roy Scheider · Bruno Cremer · Francisco Rabal · Amidou

Plot A group of outcasts from different backgrounds and nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in an oil-drilling operation in South America. When fire breaks out of control, four of...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Virginian (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 75 min. · United States

Direction Don McDougall · Abner Biberman · Anton Leader · William Witney

Cast James Drury · Doug McClure · Rusty Lane · Clu Gulager

Plot TV Series (1962-1971). 9 Seasons. 249 Episodes. The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie. It...

6.2

189 votes

6.2

189 votes

Billy Jack

1971 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Tom Laughlin

Cast Tom Laughlin · Delores Taylor · Clark Howat · Victor Izay

Plot Billy Jack is a half-Indian/half-white ex-Green Beret who is being drawn more and more toward his Indian side. He hates violence, but can't get away from it in the white...

6.1

33 votes

6.1

33 votes

Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · Bruce Bilson · Jeffrey Hayden · Alexander Singer

Cast Ben Murphy · Pete Duel · Dennis Fimple · Ford Rainey

Plot TV Series (1971-1973). Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks",...

6.1

33 votes

6.1

33 votes

Boxcar Bertha

1972 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Barbara Hershey · David Carradine · Barry Primus · Bernie Casey

Plot "Boxcar" Bertha Thompson is a Depression-era woman who loses her father in an airplane accident. Joining up with controversial union leader Big Bill Shelley, Bertha is forced into a life...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

McCloud (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 120 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Russ Mayberry · Lou Antonio · E.W. Swackhamer

Cast Dennis Weaver · J.D. Cannon · Terry Carter · Ken Lynch

Plot TV Series (1970-1977). Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of Taos, N.M. is assigned to the 21st Precinct of the NYPD to study local police methods, and where he can stay close...

5.6

399 votes

5.6

399 votes

Yuma (TV)

1971 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Ted Post

Cast Clint Walker · Barry Sullivan · Kathryn Hays · Edgar Buchanan

Plot Dave Harmon, an army officer in the U.S., is sent to Yuma, a lawless city where it must impose order and stop the violence, but there the law is not...

5.0

23 votes

5.0

23 votes

Blacula

1972 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction William Crain

Cast William Marshall · Vonetta McGee · Denise Nicholas · Thalmus Rasulala

Plot Cultivated and articulate African Prince Mamuwalde is bitten by Count Dracula as is his destiny. He develops the requisite insatiable hunger for blood and must do all that he can...

4.6

734 votes

4.6

734 votes

Steele Justice

1987 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Robert Boris

Cast Martin Kove · Sela Ward · Ronny Cox · Bernie Casey

Plot Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

3.8

84 votes

3.8

84 votes

Ski Patrol

1990 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Rich Correll

Cast Roger Rose · Yvette Nipar · T.K. Carter · Leslie Jordan

Plot The Snowy Peaks ski patrol is one diverse crew. They consist of Jerry, the senior member who loves skiing and is in love with Ellen, a ski school instructor at...

3.3

78 votes

3.3

78 votes

Dying Room Only (TV)

1973 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Philip Leacock

Cast Cloris Leachman · Dabney Coleman · Louise Latham · Ross Martin

Plot A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the...

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Switch (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Bruce Kessler · Leo Penn

Cast Robert Wagner · Eddie Albert · Charlie Callas · Sharon Gless

Plot Ex-cop Frank McBride (Eddie Albert) and ex-con Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner) start their own detective agency.

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Black Rodeo

1972 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Muhammad Ali

Plot Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem, New York City.

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Crystalstone

1987 · Movie · 87 min. · Spain

Direction Antonio Peláez

Cast Frank Grimes · Kamlesh Gupta · Laura Goodwin · Edward Kelsey

Plot Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross...

Not rated

Not rated

Search (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 60 min. · United States

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Overkill

1996 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Dean Raphael Ferrandini

Cast Aaron Norris · Michael Nouri · Kenneth Moskow · Pamela Dickerson

Plot American Police officer Jack Hazard heads for South America after being ordered to take time off by his boss after a raid goes bad. Once there, however, he finds himself...

Not rated

Not rated

The Marla Hanson Story (TV)

1991 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Gray

Cast Cheryl Pollak · Dale Midkiff · Kirk Baltz · Jack Blessing

Plot An aspiring model moves to New York City and meets a man during a photo shoot who helps her get an apartment in one of the buildings he manages. He...

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Not rated

Run, Angel, Run!

1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jack Starrett

Cast William Smith · Valerie Starrett · Dan Kemp · Gene Shane

Plot Angel, a member of a tough motorcycle gang roaming the Southwest, gets on offer from a major news magazine. In exchange for giving the magazine a big scoop by exposing...

Not rated

Not rated

Bunny O'Hare

1971 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Gerd Oswald

Cast Bette Davis · Ernest Borgnine · Jack Cassidy · Robert Foulk

Plot Bunny is a penniless widow who blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade. Soon the pair starts a successful crime spree, and the cops aren't turning a blind eye.

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Not rated

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

1970 · Movie · 89 min. · Canada

Direction Burgess Meredith

Cast James Mason · Jack MacGowran · Irene Tsu · Jeff Bridges

Plot Buddha has the power to change the nature of a person into their opposite. He uses this power only when the world is in danger. When a villain obtains plans...

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Not rated