Direction: Noel Black

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


6.6

22 votes

Pretty Poison

1968 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Anthony Perkins · Tuesday Weld · Beverly Garland · John Randolph

Synopsis A formerly institutionalized young man (Anthony Perkins) meets up with a cute, sexy high school cheerleader (Tuesday Weld) and pretends to be a CIA agent to get her interested in him while she responds to his fantasy all too willingly....

6.2

128 votes

6.2

128 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

Synopsis 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 to his girl, Chris Coughlin, a writer for her father's...

5.6

399 votes

5.6

399 votes

A Man, a Woman and a Bank

1979 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Noel Black

Cast Donald Sutherland · Brooke Adams · Paul Mazursky · Allan Migicovsky

Synopsis Two inexperienced thieves aim to rob a bank in Vancouver. The plan is perfect, but things get complicated when someone photograph them. They will have no choice but to recover photos.

4.5

27 votes

4.5

27 votes

Private School

1983 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Phoebe Cates · Matthew Modine · Betsy Russell · Michael Zorek

Synopsis Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim (Matthew Modine), who attends an academy for boys nearby. Christine's arch rival Jordan (Betsy Russell) also has her eye on Jim, and she is...

4.0

284 votes

4.0

284 votes

The World Beyond (TV)

1978 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Granville Van Dusen · JoBeth Williams · Barnard Hughes

Synopsis A golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island.

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Switch (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Bruce Kessler · Leo Penn

Cast Robert Wagner · Eddie Albert · Charlie Callas · Sharon Gless

Synopsis Ex-cop Frank McBride (Eddie Albert) and ex-con Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner) start their own detective agency.

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Mulligan's Stew (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Lawrence Pressman · Elinor Donahue · Christopher Ciampa · K.C. Martel

Synopsis Michael and Jane had three children, Mark, Melinda and Jimmy, and found it difficult to make ends meet. Things grew tighter financially and in terms of space when the Mulligans took in their nephew and nieces Adam (nicknamed Moose), Polaris...

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Mirrors

1978 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Kitty Winn · Peter Donat · William Swetland · Mary-Robin Redd

Synopsis A newlywed couple check into an old hotel, and soon the wife finds herself having hallucinations and wandering the halls aimlessly. It seems a voodoo priestess has placed a curse on her in order to steal her soul. A mysterious...

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Cover Me Babe

1970 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Robert Forster · Sondra Locke · Susanne Benton · Robert Fields

Synopsis Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.

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Quarterback Princess (TV)

1983 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Don Murray · Barbara Babcock · Dana Elcar · John Stockwell

Synopsis The Maida family has moved to Oregon, and daughter Tami wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. There's just one problem. She's a girl. With everyone from the coach to her next door neighbor against her, she's...

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The Town Bully (TV)

1988 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Bruce Boxleitner · Pat Hingle · Isabella Hofmann · Jerry Hardin

Synopsis When one man (Graf) terrorizes a town and its citizens, they join together to take 'care' of him. A special prosecutor (Bruce Boxleitner) is brought in to find the guilty person.

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Jennifer on My Mind

1971 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Michael Brandon · Tippy Walker · Steve Vinovich · Lou Gilbert

Synopsis Marcus (Michael Brandon), a nice, rich, Jewish boy from New York, meets and falls in love with Jennifer (Tippy Walker), a girl from Oyster Bay, while they are both in Venice. He follows her to her home on Long Island...

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Swans Crossing (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar · Brittany Daniel · Eddie Robinson · Stacey Moseley

Synopsis Swans Crossing was a short-lived half-hour serial following the lives, loves, and intrigues of twelve wealthy teenagers who stir up scandal and excitement in their small town. Among them are: Sydney Rutledge, the mayor's scheming daughter; Garrett Booth, a manipulative...

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A Conspiracy of Love (TV)

1987 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Robert Young · Drew Barrymore · Elizabeth Wilson · Mitchell Laurance

Synopsis A woman's husband apparently has deserted her and their daughter. So she decides to get on with her life which might include dissolving their union and seeing someone else. However, her in-laws, her husband's parents feel that she's acting very...

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Direction Gabrielle Beaumont · Noel Black · Graeme Clifford · Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Cast Linda Hunt · Anthony Andrews · Roy Dotrice · C. Thomas Howell

Synopsis A short-lived anthology series featuring adaptations of well-known horror stories.

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Amy Prentiss (TV Series)

1974 · Series · 120 min. · United States

Direction Francine Carroll · Jeffrey Hayden · Andrew V. McLaglen · Lou Antonio

Cast Jessica Walter · Helen Hunt · Steve Sandor · Art Metrano

Synopsis (1974-1975). Amy Prentiss is a beautiful thirty-something detective on the San Francisco police force who was unexpectedly promoted to chief following the sudden death of her predecessor. Between solving the city's most perplexing crimes and battling sexism within the department,...

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Prime Suspect (TV)

1982 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Noel Black

Cast Mike Farrell · Teri Garr · Veronica Cartwright · Lane Smith

Synopsis Respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.

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Direction Joseph Pevney · Steven Hilliard Stern · Christian I. Nyby II · Jack Arnold

Cast Shaun Cassidy · Parker Stevenson · Ed Gilbert · Pamela Sue Martin

Synopsis The cases of a pair of teen detective brothers and a teen girl amateur sleuth.

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