Direction: Gary Nelson
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Gary Nelson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 41
Get Smart (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 20 min. · United States
Direction Buck Henry · Mel Brooks · Gary Nelson · Bruce Bilson
Cast Don Adams · Barbara Feldon · Edward Platt · Robert Karvelas
Plot TV Series (1965-1970). 5 Seasons. 138 Episodes. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created this show as a spoof of James Bond and the many TV imitators that followed in 007's...
6.9
9K votes
6.9
9K votes
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Lee Philips · Gary Nelson · John Erman
Cast Hope Lange · Edward Mulhare · Reta Shaw · Harlen Carraher
Plot Lovely young widow Carolyn Muir, her two young children, and the maid discover that the New England seaside house they've moved into is haunted by the former owner, an old...
6.2
23 votes
6.2
23 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
Plot 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...
6.1
288 votes
6.1
288 votes
Early Edition (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 45 min. · United States
Direction Ian Abrams · Patrick Q. Page · Vik Rubenfeld · Gary Nelson
Cast Kyle Chandler · Shanesia Davis-Williams · Fisher Stevens · Kristy Swanson
Plot TV Series (1996-2000). 4 season. 90 episodes. The show dealt with the life of Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler), a Chicago man (initially a stock broker, later the owner of McGinty's...
5.8
2K votes
5.8
2K votes
Get Smart, Again! (TV)
1989 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Don Adams · Barbara Feldon · Bernie Kopell · Dick Gautier
Plot Maxwell Smart is called back to duty as KAOS is back causing trouble again, this time with a 'weather machine'. Although instructed to keep his mission secret from his wife,...
5.8
128 votes
5.8
128 votes
Gilligan's Island (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold · Leslie Goodwins · Gary Nelson · Jerry Hopper
Cast Bob Denver · Alan Hale Jr. · Jim Backus · Natalie Schafer
Plot TV Series (1964-1967). 3 Seasons. 98 episodes. Gilligan's Island was an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. The show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as...
5.7
290 votes
5.7
290 votes
Murder in Three Acts (TV)
1986 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Peter Ustinov · Tony Curtis · Emma Samms · Jonathan Cecil
Plot Peter Ustinov portrays the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot for the fifth time in this television movie. Poirot is enjoying a house party with his old friend Arthur Hastings at the...
5.5
166 votes
5.5
166 votes
The Black Hole
1979 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Maximilian Schell · Anthony Perkins · Robert Forster · Joseph Bottoms
Plot The crew of the spaceship Palamino stumbles across the ''lost'' ship U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering on the edge of an immense black hole. Once aboard, they find the ship is manned...
5.4
1K votes
5.4
1K votes
Freaky Friday
1976 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Barbara Harris · Jodie Foster · John Astin · Patsy Kelly
Plot The original comedy classic that inspired Disney's hilarious hit remake with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Trading places was never so funny, and it could only happen on Friday...
5.4
241 votes
5.4
241 votes
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Burt Kennedy · Barry Crane · John Florea · Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast Richard Dean Anderson · Roger Wilson · Peter Horton · Drake Hogestyn
Plot TV Series (1982-1983). 22 episodes. The series told the adventures of a parentless family of rowdy brothers trying to run the family ranch in northern California. Into the chaos came...
4.9
141 votes
4.9
141 votes
Santee
1973 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Glenn Ford · Michael Burns · Dana Wynter · Jay Silverheels
Plot Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, only to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter...
4.3
35 votes
4.3
35 votes
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Richard Chamberlain · Sharon Stone · James Earl Jones · Aileen Marson
Plot After surviving their expedition to King Solomon's Mines, Allan and Jesse have settled down in colonial Africa. They are engaged to be married and Jesse plans that they will travel...
4.2
2K votes
4.2
2K votes
The Lookalike (TV)
1990 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Melissa Gilbert · Diane Ladd · Frances Lee McCain · Jason Scott Lee
Plot A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter.
4.1
28 votes
4.1
28 votes
The Chicago Teddy Bears (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Murray Golden · Gary Nelson · Norman Tokar
Cast Dean Jones · John Banner · Art Metrano · Huntz Hall
Plot Comedic battle between an honest man and his mobster cousin over a Chicago speakeasy.
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Murder Me, Murder You (TV)
1983 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Stacy Keach · Tanya Roberts · Don Stroud · Delta Burke
Plot Mickey Spillane's private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.
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The Pride of Jesse Hallam (TV)
1981 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson
Cast Johnny Cash · Brenda Vaccaro · Ben Marley · Eli Wallach
Plot Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter may receive spinal surgery. Determined to support his family in the city, he decides he...
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The Baileys of Balboa (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton · Bob Sweeney · Bruce Bilson · Gary Nelson
Cast Paul Ford · John Dehner · Sterling Holloway · Les Brown Jr.
Plot Episodes in the life of a beachcombing family.
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Nanny and the Professor (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction A.J. Carothers · Thomas L. Miller · Gary Nelson · Ralph Senensky
Cast Juliet Mills · Richard Long · Kim Richards · David Doremus
Plot TV Series (1970-1971). 3 seasons. 54 episodes. Ever-cheerful Nanny helps the Everett family with her subtly magical abilities, such as seemingly reading minds, seeing the future or making fortunate coincidences...
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Good Morning, World (TV Series)
1967 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson · Danny Dayton · Carl Reiner · George Tyne
Cast Joby Baker · Ronnie Schell · Goldie Hawn · Billy De Wolfe
Plot David Lewis and Larry Clarke are early morning disc jockeys in Los Angeles. Dave is happily married, while Larry thinks of himself as a ladies' man and "swinger." Billy deWolfe's...
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Stick with Me, Kid (TV Series)
1994 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Christian I. Nyby II · Gary Nelson
Cast John Gielgud · Leigh Lawson · Kristopher Milnes · Che Grant
Plot Ripley Hillard, a child prodigy for his detective skills, is determined to solve the case of the theft of a diamond in the local museum. To do this, he seeks...
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