Direction: John Astin
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Astin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 9
Night Gallery (TV Series)
1969 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction Rod Serling · Jeannot Szwarc · Jeff Corey · Gene R. Kearney
Cast Rod Serling · John Astin · Geraldine Page · Vincent Price
Synopsis Serling appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings (by artist Tom Wright) that depicted the stories. Night Gallery regularly presented adaptations of classic fantasy tales by authors such...
6.9
166 votes
6.9
166 votes
McMillan & Wife (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Leonard Stern · Robert Michael Lewis · Lou Antonio · James Sheldon
Cast Rock Hudson · Susan Saint James · Nancy Walker · John Schuck
Synopsis TV Series (1971-1977). 40 episodes. San Francisco attorney Stuart McMillan is named Commissioner of the San Francisco Police Department. With his pretty, but somewhat kooky, wife Sally, her hard-drinking housekeeper Mildred, and his assistant, the dimwitted Seargent Charlie Enright, Mac...
6.1
288 votes
6.1
288 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
Synopsis 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 around, whether it be to the houses of her seemingly...
6.0
11K votes
6.0
11K 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
Synopsis 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). Over-the-top freeway pileups, which occurred in almost every episode, were...
5.0
171 votes
5.0
171 votes
Night Gallery: The House/Certain Shadows on the Wall (TV)
1970 · Movie · 51 min. · United States
Direction Rod Serling · John Astin · Jeff Corey
Cast Joanna Pettet · Paul Richards · Steve Franken · Louis Hayward
Synopsis Elaine Latimer has been dreaming of a certain house for years and finally sees it in real life. / Sickly Emma Brigham dies, but her shadow is still visible on one wall of the family mansion.
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Rosetti and Ryan (TV Series)
1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction John Astin · Burt Brinckerhoff · Richard Crenna · Harry Falk
Cast Tony Roberts · Squire Fridell · Jane Elliot · Dick O´Neill
Synopsis Upper class, outgoing Joe Rosetti is law partners with former policeman Frank Ryan in a successful law firm. The introspective Frank uses his background to win cases against frequent adversary Jessica Hornesby.
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Night Gallery: A Fear of Spiders/Junior/Marmalade Wine/The Academy (TV)
1971 · Movie · 51 min. · United States
Direction Rod Serling · John Astin · Theodore J. Flicker · Jerrold Freedman
Cast Patrick O'Neal · Kim Stanley · Wally Cox · Robert Morse
Synopsis Misanthropic Justus Walters is tormented by a spider. / A man brings some water to his unusual son. / Braggart Roger Blacker waits out a storm with a mysterious surgeon. / Jeff Holston checks out a military academy for his...
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Night Gallery: The Dark Boy/Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something (TV)
1971 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
Direction Rod Serling · John Astin · Gene R. Kearney
Cast Alex Cord · Elizabeth Hartman · Joanna Pettet · Gale Sondergaard
Synopsis In 19th-century Montana, new village schoolteacher Judith Timm bonds with the specter of Joel Robb, a fourth grader who died in an accident years ago. / Composer Eric Sutton has an ulterior motive for asking the police to find a...
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Holmes and Yo-Yo (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Lee Hewitt · Jack Sher · John Astin · Reza Badiyi
Cast John Schuck · Richard B. Shull · Bruce Kirby · Andrea Howard
Synopsis The cases of a hard luck police detective and his android partner.
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