Direction: Jeannot Szwarc

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


Code Name: Diamond Head (TV)

1977 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Roy Thinnes · France Nuyen · Zulu · Ward Costello

Plot A failed Quinn Martin pilot for a series starring a Hawaii-based government counter intelligence agency run by the indomitable Aunt Mary. In this, his only adventure, Diamond Head has to...

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Night Gallery: The Return of the Sorcerer (TV)

1972 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Vincent Price · Tisha Sterling · Bill Bixby · Rod Serling

Plot Sorcerer John Carnby recruits young Noel Evans to translate an incomplete Arabic source book, whose most fiendish passages involve being flayed over burning coals and slowly dismembered.

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Night Gallery: Spectre in Tap-Shoes (TV)

1972 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Sandra Dee · Dane Clark · Christopher Connelly · Russell Thorson

Plot After her sister Marian hangs herself, Millicent returns home, only to hear Marian - a dancer - tapping across the floor upstairs in the room where she died.

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Have a Nice Night (TV)

1990 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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The Devil's Daughter (TV)

1973 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Shelley Winters · Belinda Montgomery · Robert Foxworth · Jonathan Frid

Plot A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.

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Direction Rod Serling · Jeff Corey · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Geraldine Page · Richard Thomas · Michael Dunn · Cloris Leachman

Plot Famine runs rampant in medieval Wales, forcing terrified young Ian to feast on the sins of deceased Mr. Craighill. / The Fultons delight in the sadistic torture of servants, but,...

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Night of Terror (TV)

1972 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Donna Mills · Martin Balsam · Chuck Connors · Catherine Burns

Plot A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.

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Direction Rod Serling · John Meredyth Lucas · Jeff Corey · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Dana Andrews · Sandra Dee · Patrick MacNee · Monica Lewis

Plot Paul Koch agrees to a unique solution that might help his hideously ugly son find acceptance. / A woman asks a couple for directions only to realize they represent her...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV Series)

1951 · Series · min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer · William Corrigan · Albert McCleery · Kirk Browning

Plot Probably the longest-running anthology series on television, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" has been presenting television dramatizations of famous plays and books, as well as original programs especially written for...

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Toma (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Edward Hume · Alexander Grasshoff · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Tony Musante · Philip Michael Thomas · David Toma · Michael Baseleon

Plot Toma had compiled an amazing arrest record during his years on the force, particularly in arresting drug dealers. Toma was known as a master of disguise and undercover work, and...

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Les soeurs Soleil

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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Night Gallery: The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow (TV)

1971 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction Gene R. Kearney · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast David McCallum · Orson Welles · Lonny Chapman · Linda Marsh

Plot Psychiatrist Joel Winter investigates the claims of his asylum patient, hippie Gideon, that a pretty girl from a nearby farm is killing his patients./The Haslemans worry when their son becomes...

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Direction Rod Serling · Jeff Corey · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Sondra Locke · Harry Morgan · Stuart Whitman · Jack Aranson

Plot A fisherman catches a mermaid and wishes for her to be human. / Sheila Grey's homely suitor Henry Mallory gives her a brooch that seems almost alive. / Impoverished Cora...

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Direction Rod Serling · Jerrold Freedman · Allen Reisner · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Joseph Wiseman · Diane Keaton · Angel Tompkins · Burgess Meredith

Plot Jacob Bauman's nurse figures in his plan to end his wife's infidelity. / A medical bag from the future may improve the fortunes of two bums. / Aghast NASA mission...

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The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (TV)

1995 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast James Garner · Richard Romanus · Joe Santos · Renée O'Connor

Plot An aging easygoing private eye is hired to protect an actress whose latest movie is being boycotted by a group of religious fanatics.

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Night Gallery: Rare Objects (TV)

1972 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Mickey Rooney · Raymond Massey · Fay Spain · David Fresco

Plot Marked for extinction, mobster August Kolodney visits a man who offers him safe sanctuary.

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A Summer Without Boys (TV)

1973 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Barbara Bain · Michael Moriarty · Kay Lenz · Mildred Dunnock

Plot A middle-aged woman going through a divorce takes her daughter to a summer lodge, where she finds herself competing with her daughter for the lodge's handyman.

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Extreme Close-Up

1973 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast Jim McMullan · Katherine Woodville · James A. Watson Jr. · Bara Byrnes

Plot While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples’ private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it’s like to...

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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (TV)

1996 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jeannot Szwarc

Cast James Garner · Dyan Cannon · Joe Santos · Gretchen Corbett

Plot In this episode of film sequels to the original tv series, James Garner's classic detective, Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was...

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