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
Direction Hy Averback
Cast Kim Novak · Zero Mostel · Clint Walker · Claude Akins
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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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...
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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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