Direction: Leslie H. Martinson

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Leslie H. Martinson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Reza Badiyi · Barry Crane · Paul Krasny

Cast Greg Morris · Peter Lupus · Peter Graves · Barbara Bain

Plot TV Series (1966-1973). 7 Seasons. 171 Episodes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. The...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

The Immortal (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Caffey · Leslie H. Martinson · Don Weis · Robert Douglas

Cast Christopher George · Don Knight · David Brian · Carol Lynley

Plot (TV Series 1969–1971). Test driver Ben Richards discovers his blood contains every immunity known to man--in effect making him immortal. When an elderly billionaire named Maitland learns of Richards' condition,...

6.6

35 votes

6.6

35 votes

Ironside (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Collier Young · Don Weis · Don McDougall · Russ Mayberry

Cast Raymond Burr · Don Galloway · Don Mitchell · Barbara Anderson

Plot Ironside is confined to a wheel chair (an attempted assassination left him paralyzed). With his former assistants Brown and Whitfield (later Belding) and former delinquent (and later lawyer) Mark, he...

6.3

445 votes

6.3

445 votes

Mannix (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Levinson · William Link · Paul Krasny · Sutton Roley

Cast Mike Connors · Gail Fisher · Ward Wood · Ron Nyman

Plot Considered one of the most violent television series of its era, "Mannix" followed the adventures of L.A. private eye Joe Mannix, who first worked for a detective agency known as...

6.2

107 votes

6.2

107 votes

Cheyenne (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 60 min. · United States

6.0

39 votes

6.0

39 votes

6.0

37 votes

Maverick (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 50 min. · United States

6.0

49 votes

6.0

49 votes

Hawaiian Eye (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dein · Alvin Ganzer · Paul Landres · André De Toth

Cast Connie Stevens · Robert Conrad · Poncie Ponce · Anthony Eisley

Plot TV Series (1959-1963) 134 episodes. Set against the beautiful tropical landscape of Honolulu, Hawaii, this series centered around the cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick,...

5.8

21 votes

5.8

21 votes

PT 109

1963 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Cliff Robertson · Ty Hardin · James Gregory · Robert Culp

Plot Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and...

5.6

79 votes

5.6

79 votes

Barnaby Jones (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman · Michael Caffey · Kenneth Gilbert · Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Buddy Ebsen · Lee Meriwether · John Carter · Mark Shera

Plot Barnaby comes out of retirement to track down his son's murderer with the help of Betty, his son's widow. They continue the detective agency's work in Los Angeles, with the...

5.5

42 votes

5.5

42 votes

Manimal (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Georg Fenady · Leslie H. Martinson · Russ Mayberry · Charles Bail

Cast Simon MacCorkindale · Melody Anderson · Reni Santoni · Michel D. Roberts

Plot TV Series (1983). 8 episodes. A man who can change himself into any animal fights crime.

5.5

203 votes

5.5

203 votes

Batman

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Adam West · Burt Ward · Lee Meriwether · Cesar Romero

Plot When the four greatest arch super-criminals ever to plague Gotham City join forces, their only objective can only be the entire world! Armed with Penguin-personalized a pre-atomic submarine, an army...

5.4

3K votes

5.4

3K votes

The Green Hornet (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Allen Reisner · Seymour Robbie · Leslie H. Martinson · William Beaudine

Cast Van Williams · Bruce Lee · Wende Wagner · Lloyd Gough

Plot A newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.

5.4

410 votes

5.4

410 votes

The Magician (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Lansbury · Bill Bixby · Arnold Laven · Sutton Roley

Cast Bill Bixby · Keene Curtis · Joseph Sirola · Todd Crespi

Plot Anthony Blake is a very compassionate and wealthy magician, who uses his talents as an illusionist and escape artist to help people in trouble. Max Pomeroy, a friend who is...

5.3

38 votes

5.3

38 votes

Eight Is Enough (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction William Blinn · Harry Harris · Irving J. Moore · Jack Bender

Cast Dick Van Patten · Diana Hyland · Betty Buckley · Grant Goodeve

Plot TV Series (1977-1981). 5 Seasons. 112 Episodes. Family Sitcom. Comedy-drama sitcom of the Bradford family. The father Tom (a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper), mother Joan and their eight children:...

5.3

3K votes

5.3

3K votes

The Bionic Woman (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Levi · Kenneth Johnson · Alan Crosland Jr. · Barry Crane

Cast Lindsay Wagner · Richard Anderson · Martin E. Brooks · Ford Rainey

Plot TV Series (1976-1978). 3 Seasons. 58 episodes. After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of...

5.2

587 votes

5.2

587 votes

Fantasy Island (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Gene Levitt · Earl Bellamy · Leslie H. Martinson · Philip Leacock

Cast Ricardo Montalban · Hervé Villechaize · Carol Lynley · Phyllis Davis

Plot Tales of visitors to a unique resort island that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested, but rarely turn out as expected.

5.1

378 votes

5.1

378 votes

Dallas (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Jacobs · Leonard Katzman · Michael Preece · Irving J. Moore

Cast Barbara Bel Geddes · Jim Davis · Patrick Duffy · Linda Gray

Plot TV Series (1978-1991). 14 Seasons. 357 Episodes. The series revolves around the wealthy Ewing family who occupy a mansion at the sprawling South Fork ranch in posh Braddock Country just...

5.1

4K votes

5.1

4K votes

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series)

1979 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · James Sheldon · Dick Harwood · Sidney Hayers

Cast Claude Akins · Brian Kerwin · Mills Watson · Leann Hunley

Plot Sheriff Lobo's the corrupt sheriff from Orly County who appeared in several episodes during the first season of "El camionero y su mono" (1979), as B.J.'s occasional nemesis. He now...

5.1

280 votes

5.1

280 votes

CHiPs (Chips) (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Rick Rosner · Phil Bondelli · John Florea · Gordon Hessler

Cast Erik Estrada · Larry Wilcox · Robert Pine · Paul Linke

Plot 6 Seasons, 139 Episodes (1977-1983). CHiPs was a lightweight action crime drama, which included elements of comedy in every episode (several of the first season episodes play as out-and-out comedies)....

5.0

171 votes

5.0

171 votes