Direction: Paul Bogart

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


Torch Song Trilogy

1988 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Anne Bancroft · Matthew Broderick · Harvey Fierstein · Brian Kerwin

Synopsis The story, based on the same-named Broadway play by Harvey Fierstein, spans nine years in the life of gay New Yorker, Arnold Beckoff, a flamboyant female impersonator. It is the touching story of his search for love, respect and understanding...

7.2

507 votes

7.2

507 votes

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

Synopsis 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 wake. The series starred Don Adams as bumbling secret agent...

6.9

9K votes

6.9

9K votes

All in the Family (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Norman Lear · Paul Bogart · John Rich · Bob LaHendro

Cast Carroll O'Connor · Jean Stapleton · Rob Reiner · Sally Struthers

Synopsis TV Series (1971-1979). 9 Seasons. 208 Episodes. Archie Bunker, was a working-class family man who held bigoted, conservative views of the world. His viewpoints clash with nearly everyone he comes into contact with especially his liberal son-in-law Mike Stivic. Developed...

6.7

146 votes

6.7

146 votes

The Golden Girls (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Susan Harris · Terry Hughes · Lex Passaris · Matthew Diamond

Cast Bea Arthur · Betty White · Rue McClanahan · Estelle Getty

Synopsis TV Series (1985-1992). 7 Seasons. 180 Episodes. Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.

6.2

14K votes

6.2

14K votes

Marlowe

1969 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast James Garner · Gayle Hunnicutt · Carroll O'Connor · Rita Moreno

Synopsis Quiet young Orfamay Quest from Kansas has hired private detective Philip Marlowe to find her brother. After two leads turn up with ice picks stuck in them, he discovers blackmail photos concerning TV star Mavis Wald. She rejects Marlowe's help,...

5.6

361 votes

5.6

361 votes

Skin Game

1971 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart · Gordon Douglas

Cast James Garner · Louis Gossett Jr. · Susan Clark · Brenda Sykes

Synopsis Quincy Drew (James Garner) and his black friend Jason O'Rourke (Louis Gossett Jr.) have pulled off every dodge known for conning a well-heeled sucker, but it wasn't until they hit on the old skin game that they started to clean...

5.5

88 votes

5.5

88 votes

Halls of Anger

1970 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Calvin Lockhart · Janet MacLachlan · Jeff Bridges · James A. Watson Jr.

Synopsis An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.

5.3

48 votes

5.3

48 votes

Mr. Ricco

1975 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Dean Martin · Eugene Roche · Thalmus Rasulala · Denise Nicholas

Synopsis A San Francisco attorney (Dean Martin) is hired to defend a black militant accused of murder.

5.0

38 votes

5.0

38 votes

The Canterville Ghost (TV)

1986 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast John Gielgud · Ted Wass · Andrea Marcovicci · Alyssa Milano

Synopsis A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if...

4.9

27 votes

4.9

27 votes

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Secrets (TV)

1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Katharine Bard · Barbara Bel Geddes · Eileen Heckart · Barry Nelson

Synopsis After 21 years, Doris Gray learns that her husband holds a secret. She knows Bryan has nothing to hide, but fear and circumstance urge her to panicky speculations that wedge them apart.

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The Defenders (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Reginald Rose · Paul Bogart · Stuart Rosenberg · David Greene

Cast E.G. Marshall · Robert Reed · Joan Hackett · Ossie Davis

Synopsis TV Series (1961-965). 4 Seasons. 132 Episodes. Recent law school graduate (Robert Reed) joins his father (E.G. Marshall) as the pair tackle challenging legal cases, often involving issues which were highly touchy for the times (abortion, euthanasia, "un-American" activities, movie...

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Suspicion (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford · James Neilson · Robert Stevens · John Brahm

Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Clark Howat · Marian Seldes · Jack Klugman

Synopsis TV Series (1957-1958). 1 season. 41 episodes. An anthology television mystery drama series. The executive producer was film director Alfred Hitchcock.

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In Search of America

1971 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Carl Betz · Vera Miles · Ruth McDevitt · Jeff Bridges

Synopsis A college dropout convinces his family to re-examine its goals and gets them to leave it all for a cross-country odyssey in a 1928 Greyhound bus.

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Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series)

1979 · Movie · 30 min. · United States

Direction Patt Shea · Harriett Weiss · Joe Gannon · Gary Shimokawa

Cast Carroll O'Connor · Danielle Brisebois · Jason Wingreen · Bill Quinn

Synopsis (1979-1983). 4 seasons. Television sitcom which was a continuation of 'All in the Family.' In this series, Archie Bunker gets to loudly voice his opinions in his own bar, instead of at home.

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Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Jason Robards · Mildred Natwick · Lisa Lucas · Kathryn Walker

Synopsis A young girl named Addie, living in Nebraska in 1946, wants nothing more for the holidays than a Christmas tree, but her widowed father is bitter and refuses due to events from the family's past.

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Cancel My Reservation

1972 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Bob Hope · Eva Marie Saint · Ralph Bellamy · Forrest Tucker

Synopsis Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders...

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Direction Fred Coe · Bill Glenn · Anthony Page · Paul Bogart

Cast Elliott David · Albert Stratton · Michael Tolan · John Beal

Synopsis 13 episodes. Ambitious multipart PBS production that brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families. It traces their lives from John Adams early years as a colonial Boston attorney to the rise in prominence...

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Tell Me Where It Hurts (TV)

1974 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bogart

Cast Maureen Stapleton · Paul Sorvino · Doris Dowling · Rose Gregorio

Synopsis A housewife, increasingly disenchanted with her homemaker role, looks for new meaning in her life and organizes a discussion group, changing the lives of her six closest friends.

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Not rated