Direction: Franklin J. Schaffner

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Steve McQueen · Dustin Hoffman · Victor Jory · Don Gordon

Plot Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal,...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Charlton Heston · Roddy McDowall · Kim Hunter · Maurice Evans

Plot Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic, about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves... The stunned trio discovers that these highly...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast George C. Scott · Karl Malden · Stephen Young · Michael Bates

Plot "Patton" is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton (George C. Scott) who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Michael Jayston · Janet Suzman · Tom Baker · Laurence Olivier

Plot The tragic story of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Henry Fonda · Cliff Robertson · Edie Adams · Margaret Leighton

Plot Intellectual William Russell and down-to-earth Joe Cantwell are front runners for a party nomination that will almost certainly mean the Presidency. Cantwell is prepared to use anything to achieve his...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Gregory Peck · Laurence Olivier · James Mason · Lilli Palmer

Plot Olivier stars in this high-tension political thriller as a Nazi-hunter who uncovers the existence of a war criminal (Peck) and his plans to resurrect the Third Reich by cloning Adolph...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Charlton Heston · Richard Boone · Rosemary Forsyth · Guy Stockwell

Plot A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage in Normandia where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast George C. Scott · David Hemmings · Gilbert Roland · Susan Tyrrell

Plot Thomas Hudson (George C. Scott) is an American sculptor whose self-imposed isolation on an island in the Bahamas is ended by two forces: the visit of his sons and the...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner · Don Medford · Charles S. Dubin · Leonard Valenta

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Theo Goetz · Olive Deering · Bruce Cabot

Plot TV Series (1951–1953). Anthology series featuring both classic and modern sci-fi themes.

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Yul Brynner · Britt Ekland · Clive Revill · Anton Diffring

Plot Following the death of his son, in a skiing accident in the Austrian Alps, the cold and emotion-less Dan Slater travels to Austria for the funeral. In the face of...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Kris Kristofferson · JoBeth Williams · Sam Waterston · Brian Keith

Plot Jake Robbins went off to Vietnam, leaving his wife behind to mourn when he is reported missing, presumed dead. Seventeen years later, he unexpectedly returns. Having been a prisoner of...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Luciano Pavarotti · Kathryn Harrold · Eddie Albert · Paolo Baroni

Plot A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Faye Kennedy, whom he falls in love with.

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Eric Stoltz · Gabriel Byrne · Nicola Cowper · Dexter Fletcher

Plot A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Lesley-Anne Down · Frank Langella · John Gielgud · Saeed Jaffrey

Plot A young archeologist stumbles onto an ancient secret which produces astonishing results. Spectacular location shots in Egypt.

Direction Paul Nickell · Franklin J. Schaffner · Allen Reisner · Robert Mulligan

Cast Al Markim · Alexander Scourby · Arthur Storch · Casey Allen

Plot Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. A total of 466 episodes aired on CBS between 1948 and 1958. The program appeared...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Henry Fonda · Lucille Ball · Mort Sahl · Margaret Hamilton

Direction Noël Coward · Franklin J. Schaffner · Paul Harrison · Paul Nickell

Cast Noël Coward · Bing Crosby · Herbert Anderson · Raymond Bailey

Plot TV Series (1955-1956). 2 seasons. 12 episodes. An anthology series featured major stars, such as Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Orson Welles, Julie Andrews, Lillian Gish, Charles Laughton, Jack Lemmon, Raymond...

Direction Reginald Rose · Paul Bogart · Stuart Rosenberg · David Greene

Cast E.G. Marshall · Robert Reed · Joan Hackett · Ossie Davis

Plot TV Series (1961-965). 4 Seasons. 132 Episodes. Recent law school graduate (Robert Reed) joins his father (E.G. Marshall) as the pair tackle challenging legal cases, often involving issues which were...

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Sal Mineo · Ben Gazzara · Peter Falk · Sorrell Booke

Plot Davidde, Andrea and Fra Angelo were determined to change things in Sicily and provide bread for the children, jobs for the people. Their methods were robbery and murder. Now Andrea's...

Direction John Frankenheimer · Franklin J. Schaffner · Ralph Nelson · Vincent J. Donehue

Cast Richard Joy · Charles Bickford · Kim Hunter · Franchot Tone

Plot Playhouse 90 is a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series, telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes. 'Playhouse 90' was an exceptionally good anthology series,...