Direction: Boris Sagal

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


The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · John Brahm · Douglas Heyes · Buzz Kulik

Cast Rod Serling · Burgess Meredith · Vaughn Taylor · Jack Klugman

Plot TV series (1959-1964). 5 Seasons. 156 Episodes. Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end...

8.0

4K votes

8.0

4K votes

The Twilight Zone: The Silence (TV)

1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Franchot Tone · Liam Sullivan · Cyril Delevanti · Everett Glass

Plot Annoyed by a club member's constant chatter, a man bets him he cannot remain silent for a year, living in a glass enclosure in the club basement.

7.2

121 votes

7.2

121 votes

Hong Kong (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

7.0

21 votes

7.0

21 votes

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

Plot 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...

6.9

166 votes

6.9

166 votes

Masada (TV Miniseries)

1981 · Series · 394 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Peter O'Toole · Peter Strauss · Barbara Carrera · Anthony Quayle

Plot Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Palestine, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealots and withdraw his legion. Events and personalities in Rome, however, lead to his besieging...

6.8

404 votes

6.8

404 votes

Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Miniseries)

1976 · Series · 720 min. · United States

Direction David Greene · Boris Sagal

Cast Peter Strauss · Nick Nolte · Susan Blakely · Ed Asner

Plot Adapted from the mammoth novel by Irwin Shaw, the miniseries covers the years from WWII to the 1960s, detailing the vacillating fortunes of the immigrant Jordache brothers. "Rich Man" Rudy...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Columbo: Candidate for Crime (TV)

1973 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Peter Falk · Jackie Cooper · Joanne Linville · Tisha Sterling

Plot Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong. Columbo hits the campaign...

6.5

289 votes

6.5

289 votes

Mike Hammer (TV Series)

1956 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Richard Irving · William Witney · John English

Cast Darren McGavin · Bart Burns · Vito Scotti · Johnny Seven

Plot TV Series (1956-1959) 78 episodes. The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm...

6.5

28 votes

6.5

28 votes

Night Gallery (TV)

1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Barry Shear · Steven Spielberg

Cast Joan Crawford · Ossie Davis · Richard Kiley · Roddy McDowall

Plot In the pilot of the television series "Night Gallery" (1970), Rod Serling introduces three separate paintings, each with its own story of uncanny vengeance against evil to tell. The first...

6.5

203 votes

6.5

203 votes

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Sam Rolfe · E. Darrell Hallenbeck · Joseph Sargent · John Brahm

Cast Robert Vaughn · David McCallum · Leo G. Carroll · Barbara Moore

Plot TV Serie (1964-1968). 4 Seasons. 105 episodes. Napoleon Solo and Illya Kullyakin are the two agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, who fight evil (primarily an organization...

6.5

197 votes

6.5

197 votes

Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (TV)

1972 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Peter Falk · Ray Milland · Bob Dishy · Sandra Smith

Plot Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns into a murder. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund, that is being managed by a man...

6.4

294 votes

6.4

294 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

Ike (TV Miniseries)

1979 · Series · 291 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Melville Shavelson

Cast Robert Duvall · Lee Remick · Dana Andrews · Stephen Roberts

Plot Made-for-TV biography of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

6.2

122 votes

6.2

122 votes

The Twilight Zone: The Arrival (TV)

1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Harold J. Stone · Fredd Wayne · Noah Keen · Robert Karnes

Plot Federal aviation investigator Grant Sheckly must deal with a mystery when a plane lands at an airport without pilots, passengers or luggage.

6.2

78 votes

6.2

78 votes

Peter Gunn (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal · Lamont Johnson · Blake Edwards · David Orrick McDearmon

Cast Craig Stevens · Herschel Bernardi · Lola Albright · Byron Kane

Plot The cases of a stylishly cool private detective.

6.0

32 votes

6.0

32 votes

The Omega Man

1971 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Charlton Heston · Anthony Zerbe · Rosalind Cash · Paul Koslo

Plot Robert Neville, a doctor,due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else...

5.9

5K votes

5.9

5K votes

The Diary of Anne Frank (TV)

1980 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Melissa Gilbert · Maximilian Schell · Joan Plowright · James Coco

Plot The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.

5.8

27 votes

5.8

27 votes

Twilight of Honor

1963 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

5.7

29 votes

5.7

29 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

Dr. Kildare (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Elliot Silverstein · Alf Kjellin · John Newland · Leo Penn

Cast Richard Chamberlain · Raymond Massey · Leslie Nielsen · Lee Meriwether

Plot TV Series (1961-1966). 5 Seasons. 191 episodes. The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients,...

5.4

46 votes

5.4

46 votes