Direction: George McCowan
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by George McCowan. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Mod Squad (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Buddy Ruskin · Gene Nelson · Robert Michael Lewis · Earl Bellamy
Cast Michael Cole · Clarence Williams III · Peggy Lipton · Tige Andrews
Plot TV Series (1968-1973). 5 Seasons. 123 Episodes. Three young outsiders fight crime as undercover agents for the police.
6.2
21 votes
6.2
21 votes
The F.B.I. (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Don Medford · Jesse Hibbs · William Hale
Cast Efrem Zimbalist Jr. · Philip Abbott · Marvin Miller · William Reynolds
Plot TV Series (1965-1974) 241 episodes. Cases, based on real FBI files, were handled by Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and several coworkers over the years.
6.1
23 votes
6.1
23 votes
Cannon (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Jimmy Sangster · E. Arthur Kean · George McCowan · Lawrence Dobkin
Cast William Conrad · Patrick Culliton · Tom Pittman · Charles Bateman
Plot The weekly adventures of Frank Cannon, an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures, who becomes a high-priced private investigator. Since Cannon's girth didn't...
5.9
135 votes
5.9
135 votes
Starsky and Hutch (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction William Blinn · George McCowan · Earl Bellamy · Bob Kelljan
Cast Paul Michael Glaser · David Soul · Bernie Hamilton · Antonio Fargas
Plot TV Series (1975-1979). 4 Seasons. 92 Episodes. Jump into the Zebrathree with two of the coolest undercover cops in town - the soft-spoken Hutch and the street-wise Starsky. They join...
5.9
4K votes
5.9
4K votes
S.W.A.T. - SWAT (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Robert Hamner · George McCowan · Bruce Bilson · Harry Falk
Cast Steve Forrest · Robert Urich · Rod Perry · Mark Shera
Plot TV Series (1975-1976). 2 Seasons. 37 Episodes. This series features the missions of the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics team. They are a team of highly trained...
5.8
3K votes
5.8
3K votes
Charlie's Angels (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Ivan Goff · Ben Roberts · Allen Baron · Dennis Donnelly
Cast Farrah Fawcett · Jaclyn Smith · Kate Jackson · Cheryl Ladd
Plot TV Series (1976-1981). 5 Seasons. 110 Episodes. Once upon a time, Jill, Sabrina and Kelly were police officers whose skills were being wasted in menial duties such as answering phones...
5.3
4K votes
5.3
4K votes
Fantasy Island (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Gene Levitt · Earl Bellamy · Leslie H. Martinson · Philip Leacock
Cast Ricardo Montalban · Hervé Villechaize · Carol Lynley · Phyllis Davis
Plot Tales of visitors to a unique resort island that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested, but rarely turn out as expected.
5.1
378 votes
5.1
378 votes
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Lee Van Cleef · Stefanie Powers · Michael Callan · Mariette Hartley
Plot Lee Van Cleef and the Magnificent Seven are back with a vengence in this rousing western about a sheriff who attempts to rescue a group of women from vicious bandits...
5.1
441 votes
5.1
441 votes
Murder on Flight 502 (TV)
1975 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Robert Stack · Sonny Bono · Farrah Fawcett · Fernando Lamas
Plot A jumbo jet leaves New York. After the plane has departed, a note is found in the first class lounge with an ominous message left by a passenger threatening to...
4.5
40 votes
4.5
40 votes
Frogs
1972 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Ray Milland · Sam Elliott · Joan Van Ark · Adam Roarke
Plot Ray Milland plays an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Sam Elliot plays a free-lance photographer who is doing...
3.8
192 votes
3.8
192 votes
The Shape of Things to Come
1979 · Movie · 98 min. · Canada
Direction George McCowan
Cast Jack Palance · Carol Lynley · Barry Morse · John Ireland
Plot Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet...
3.2
87 votes
3.2
87 votes
The Challenge (TV)
1970 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Darren McGavin · Broderick Crawford · James Whitmore · Skip Homeier
Plot All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and...
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The Ballad of Andy Crocker (TV)
1969 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Lee Majors · Joey Heatherton · Jimmy Dean · Bobby Hatfield
Plot A returning Vietnam veteran finds out that while he was gone his girlfriend has been forced into marrying someone else, his small business is in ruins and that those he...
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Run, Simon, Run (TV)
1970 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Burt Reynolds · Inger Stevens · Royal Dano · James Best
Plot A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV)
1970 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Walter Brennan · Fred Astaire · Edgar Buchanan · Andy Devine
Plot In this sequel to the Over-The-Hill Gang (1969), the old-time former Texas Rangers and comrades-in-arms join forces this time around to clean up their own hometown. The group decides to...
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The Starlost (TV Series)
1973 · Series · 60 min. · Canada
Direction Joseph L. Scanlan · Ed Richardson · Harvey Hart · George McCowan
Cast Keir Dullea · Gay Rowan · Robin Ward · William Osler
Plot This very low budget TV show (which was shot on video, as opposed to film, as most regular TV shows are) involved a giant spaceship called THE ARK which was...
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The Forest Rangers (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 30 min. · Canada
Direction George McCowan · George Gorman · Paul Almond · Don Haldane
Cast Ralph Endersby · Peter Tully · Graydon Gould · Michael Zenon
Plot The Forest Rangers was a 1960's Canadian television series that dealt with the adventures of junior forest rangers in the Canadian wilderness.
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Black Brigade (TV)
1970 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Stephen Boyd · Richard Pryor · Robert Hooks · Billy Dee Williams
Plot A redneck officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Nazis.
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Playdate (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 60 min. · Canada
Direction George McCowan · Paul Almond · Ronald Weyman · June Howson
Cast Christopher Plummer · Robert Goulet · Tony Van Bridge · Cec Linder
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The Love War (TV)
1970 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction George McCowan
Cast Lloyd Bridges · Angie Dickinson · Harry Basch · Daniel J. Travanti
Plot Aliens from two planets at war come to Earth, assume human form and continue their battle.
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