Direction: Alan Metzger

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


The Equalizer (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Sloan · Richard Lindheim · Alan Metzger · Tobe Hooper

Cast Edward Woodward · Keith Szarabajka · Robert Lansing · Mark Margolis

Synopsis Robert McCall is a tough-as-nails, no-BS private eye who went into business for himself after leaving the shadowy agency he once worked for. McCall works on behalf of those whose problems the police cannot - or will not - get...

6.2

102 votes

6.2

102 votes

The Familiar Stranger (TV)

2001 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Margaret Colin · Jay O. Sanders · Aaron Ashmore · Michael Cera

Synopsis Patrick Hennessy Welsh had a fine job at an Ohio university, but abused it to cash fake expenses filed under the names of unsuspecting professors. When he is found out and condemned, his wife Elisabeth and sons Chris and Ted...

3.8

95 votes

3.8

95 votes

A Father for Brittany (TV)

1998 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Andrew McCarthy · Michael Learned · Teri Polo · Linda Sorenson

Synopsis A compelling true story of a father who goes to court to fight for his right to keep his adopted daughter. Unable to conceive a child, Kim Lussier (Teri Polo) loses no time investigating adoption. To her husband, Keith (Andrew...

3.7

57 votes

3.7

57 votes

For My Daughter's Honor (TV)

1996 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Gary Cole · Nicholle Tom · Mac Davis · Mary Kay Place

Synopsis Fourteen-year-old high school student, Amy Dustin, becomes an object of romantic affection to the school's biology teacher and football coach, Pete Nash. They take a sudden interest in each other, sending each other notes and talking on the telephone. Although...

3.1

156 votes

3.1

156 votes

Circle of Deceit (TV)

1998 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Janine Turner · Esai Morales · Joanna Cassidy · Tracy Griffith

Synopsis When Terry finds out that her hubby's been two-timing her, she moves in with her best friend, Elaine, for moral support. Unbeknownst to this jilted wife, her gal pal is actually the hussy who's been sleeping with her spouse! See...

2.7

21 votes

2.7

21 votes

Frequent Flyer (TV)

1996 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Jack Wagner · Shelley Hack · Nicole Eggert · Joan Severance

Synopsis Drama about airline pilot who is married to two separate women in separate towns and who eventually takes on a third wife. Much to his dismay, the separate worlds he lives in begin to collide, and the truth of his...

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The China Lake Murders (TV)

1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Tom Skerritt · Michael Parks · Nancy Everhard · Lauren Tewes

Synopsis A small town sheriff (Tom Skerritt) has his suspicions in a murder case which involves a rogue cop who goes on a murder spree.

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Fatal Exposure (TV)

1991 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Mare Winningham · Christopher McDonald · Geoffrey Blake · Nick Mancuso

Synopsis When Jamie Hurd gets the wrong photos from the developing shop, she thinks nothing of it. But when the man in the photos is killed, she is sure one her neighbors must be the killer. But the sheriff wont listen...

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Kojak: None So Blind (TV)

1990 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Telly Savalas · André Braugher · Margaret Whitton · Jerry Orbach

Synopsis After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York Police Inspector Theo Kojak must both protect her from an unscrupulous Dutch hitman, and bring Mob kingpin Tony Salducci to justice.

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Deadly Vows (TV)

1994 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Gerald McRaney · Josie Bissett · Peggy Lipton · Michael MacRae

Synopsis Based on a true story. Bobbi Gilbert finds herself seduced by a married man named Tom Weston. This leads to Tom living out his dreams as a lethal ladies man, ending up in arson, bigamy, and finally, murder.

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Murder C.O.D. (TV)

1990 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Patrick Duffy · Chelsea Field · Alex Hyde-White · Harris Laskawy

Synopsis Someone is killing people in Portland, Oregon, and later blackmails the relatives, who profit most from the death, to pay him for this "service". Captain Murtaugh leads the police investigation. When his wife starts feeling stalked, he suspects his current...

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New Eden (TV)

1994 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Stephen Baldwin · Lisa Bonet · Tobin Bell · Michael Bowen

Synopsis Two fellow prisoners, one a renegade and another mild-mannered engineer, are released on a desert planet with barren resources. Repeatedly Kyne and Adams come into contact for a final showdown that will determine the communities fate.

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Second Noah (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Pamela K. Long · Paris Barclay · Mike Fash · Patrick R. Norris

Cast Daniel Hugh Kelly · Betsy Brantley · Ashley Gorrell · James Marsden

Synopsis A writer marries a zookeeper. They adopt a passel of cute children and cute animals. Complications ensue.

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Snap Decision (TV)

2001 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Mare Winningham · Felicity Huffman · Chelcie Ross · Megan Fahlenbock

Synopsis Single mother Jennifer Bradley often lets her young children run around and frolic at home in diapers, underwear or even the bare. She thinks nothing of it when their godmother Carrie Dixon, Jen's best friend since college, joins in and...

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Red Wind (TV)

1991 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Lisa Hartman · Philip Casnoff · Antoni Corone · Deanna Lund

Synopsis A Miami psychotherapist specialized in treating people trapped in abusive relationships becomes obsessed with her new patient who keeps fantasizing about killing her abusive husband.

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If You Believe (TV)

1999 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Alan Metzger

Cast Ally Walker · Tom Amandes · Hayden Panettiere · Meredith McGeachie

Synopsis Susan Stone is a young, jaded book editor who is consumed with self-doubt and has lost the passion and drive that defined her childhood persona. On the verge of losing her job and being completely on the "outs" with her...

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