Direction: Hy Averback

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hy Averback. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


M*A*S*H (MASH) (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard Hooker · Charles S. Dubin · Alan Alda · Burt Metcalfe

Cast Alan Alda · Loretta Swit · William Christopher · Gary Burghoff

Plot TV Series (1972-1983). 11 Seasons. 251 Episodes. War (Korean War). The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the...

7.2

6K votes

7.2

6K votes

Columbo: Suitable for Framing (TV)

1971 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Peter Falk · Ross Martin · Don Ameche · Kim Hunter

Plot Noted art critic Dale Kingston kills his uncle for his valuable collection of paintings. Despite Columbo's suspicions, all the clues point to the dead man's ex-wife. Can the lieutenant reveal...

6.7

377 votes

6.7

377 votes

Columbo: A Stitch in Crime (TV)

1973 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Peter Falk · Leonard Nimoy · Anne Francis · Nita Talbot

Plot A surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.

6.5

309 votes

6.5

309 votes

Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Peter S. Fischer · Richard Levinson · William Link · Anthony Pullen Shaw

Cast Angela Lansbury · William Windom · Ron Masak · Louis Herthum

Plot TV Series (1984-1996). 12 Seasons. 264 Episodes. Former substitute English teacher and famed mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has a gift for solving mysteries. You see, it seems murder follows her...

6.0

11K votes

6.0

11K votes

Anna and the King (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction William Wiard · Hy Averback · Terry Becker · Jeff Corey

Cast Yul Brynner · Samantha Eggar · Keye Luke · Eric Shea

Plot In 1862, a strong American schoolteacher, with her young son, travels to Siam to serve as the personal educator to the King's many children. Though Anna and the King often...

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

Quark (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback · Bruce Bilson

Cast Richard Benjamin · Tim Thomerson · Patricia Barnstable · Conrad Janis

Plot TV Series (1977-1978). The misadventures of an outer space garbage collector and his crew.

5.7

48 votes

5.7

48 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

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Peter Sellers · Leigh Taylor-Young · Jo Van Fleet · Joyce Van Patten

Plot Harold Fine (Peter Sellers) is a self-described square--a 35-year-old Los Angeles Lawyer who is not looking forward to middle age and his upcoming wedding. His life changes, however, when he...

5.6

59 votes

5.6

59 votes

Chamber of Horrors

1966 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Patrick O'Neal · Cesare Danova · Wilfrid Hyde-White · Laura Devon

Plot A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.

5.6

117 votes

5.6

117 votes

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

1968 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Doris Day · Robert Morse · Terry-Thomas · Patrick O'Neal

Plot When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune...

5.2

85 votes

5.2

85 votes

The Great Bank Robbery

1969 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

4.8

79 votes

4.8

79 votes

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Brian Keith · Tony Curtis · Ernest Borgnine · Ivan Dixon

Plot A rivalry is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise tranquil Army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town...

4.2

33 votes

4.2

33 votes

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (TV)

1981 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Lee Purcell · Philip MacHale · Burton Gilliam · Zohra Lampert

Plot A magical watch that can stop time becomes the focal point in a land swindle.

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City of Angels (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford · Robert Douglas · Douglas Heyes · Hy Averback

Cast Wayne Rogers · Pepper Martin · Meredith Baxter · Steve Kanaly

Plot TV Series (1976-). 13 episodes. Wayne Rogers plays a determined but unethical private detective, Jake Axminster, who looks out for himself -and somewhat less aggressively for his clients- amid the...

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Where the Boys Are '84

1984 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Lisa Hartman · Lorna Luft · Wendy Schaal · Lynn-Holly Johnson

Plot Remake of the 1960 movie of the same name has four college coeds; virginal Jennie, outgoing Carole, wealthy and spoiled Southern belle Sandra, and horny Laurie traveling to Fort Lauderdale...

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Not rated

The Gertrude Berg Show (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Gertrude Berg · Cedric Hardwicke · James Ward · Marion Ross

Plot TV Series (1961-1962). 1 season. 26 episodes. Gertrude Berg plays a widow who returns to college and encounters a British exchange teacher, Professor Crayton.

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Nine to Five (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback · Peter Baldwin · Gary Shimokawa · Doug Rogers

Cast Rachel Dennison · Valerie Curtin · Sally Struthers · Edward Winter

Plot The sit-com takes us into the further adventures of the characters from the movie of the same name.

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Hennesey (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Don McGuire · Jackie Cooper · Robert Butler · Gene Reynolds

Cast Jackie Cooper · Abby Dalton · Roscoe Karns · Henry Kulky

Plot TV Series (1959-1962). 3 seasons. 95 episodes. Jackie Cooper played Hennesey, a Navy doctor in an onshore office. Abby Dalton played his blonde yeoman/secretary/nurse. She had a crush on Hennesey...

Not rated

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Burke's Law (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Frank D. Gilroy · Don Weis · Jerry Hopper · Don Taylor

Cast Gene Barry · Gary Conway · Leon Lontoc · Regis Toomey

Plot Amos Burke was a Los Angeles chief of detectives who was also a millionaire with a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce, a mansion, and a high-wheeling lifestyle. The hallmarks of this series...

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After MASH (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Burt Metcalfe · Nick Havinga · Larry Gelbart · Will Mackenzie

Cast Harry Morgan · Jamie Farr · William Christopher · Rosalind Chao

Plot (1983-1984). 2 seasons. The Korean War has ended. Colonel Potter, Sergeant Klinger, and Father Mulcahy find themselves together once again, this time at a veteran's hospital.

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Not rated