Direction: Alan Rafkin
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Alan Rafkin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
M*A*S*H (MASH) (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 25 min. · United States
Direction Richard Hooker · Charles S. Dubin · Alan Alda · Burt Metcalfe
Cast Alan Alda · Loretta Swit · William Christopher · Gary Burghoff
Plot TV Series (1972-1983). 11 Seasons. 251 Episodes. War (Korean War). The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the...
7.2
6K votes
7.2
6K 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
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
Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Jay Sandrich · Peter Baldwin
Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Ed Asner · Valerie Harper · Gavin MacLeod
Plot TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where...
6.1
410 votes
6.1
410 votes
Murphy Brown (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Diane English · Peter Bonerz · Barnet Kellman · Lee Shallat Chemel
Cast Candice Bergen · Faith Ford · Charles Kimbrough · Robert Pastorelli
Plot TV Series (1988-1998). 10 Seasons. 247 Episodes. Murphy Brown is a very selfish, stubborn, extremely hot-tempered but also talented, resourceful, clever and caring middle-aged reporter who works for FYI News...
6.0
2K votes
6.0
2K votes
My Favorite Martian (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Oscar Rudolph · Leslie Goodwins · John Erman · David Alexander
Cast Ray Walston · Bill Bixby · Pamela Britton · Alan Hewitt
Plot A sarcastic Martian comes to live with a hapless young Terran on Earth.
5.8
149 votes
5.8
149 votes
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Sheldon · Hal Cooper · Claudio Guzmán · Gene Nelson
Cast Barbara Eden · Larry Hagman · Bill Daily · Hayden Rorke
Plot Captain Tony Nelson is an astronaut. While on a mission, he discovered a mysterious bottle. Opening it, he released Jeannie (a Genie) who was so overjoyed at her release she...
5.8
398 votes
5.8
398 votes
Coach (TV Series)
1989 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Barry Kemp · Alan Rafkin · Craig T. Nelson · Jeff Meyer
Cast Craig T. Nelson · Jerry Van Dyke · Shelley Fabares · Bill Fagerbakke
Plot Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His partner, however, does not share his passion for the sport, which frequently...
5.0
180 votes
5.0
180 votes
Veronica's Closet (TV Series)
1997 · Series · 22 min. · United States
Direction David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Robert Berlinger · Alan Rafkin
Cast Kirstie Alley · Dan Cortese · Wallace Langham · Daryl Mitchell
Plot TV Series (1997-2000). 3 Seasons. 66 Episodes. The show starred Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase, the head of her own lingerie company (the show's title is a play on Victoria's...
4.8
1K votes
4.8
1K votes
Jesse (TV Series)
1998 · Series · 22 min. · United States
Direction Ira Ungerleider · David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Robby Benson
Cast Christina Applegate · George Dzundza · Bruno Campos · Eric Lloyd
Plot TV Series (1998-2000). 2 Seasons. 42 Episodes. Jesse was a sitcom which ran on NBC from 1998 to 2000. The show was created by Ira Ungerleider, formerly a writer on...
4.7
484 votes
4.7
484 votes
Suddenly Susan (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Phillips · Shelley Jensen · Philip Charles MacKenzie · Alan Rafkin
Cast Brooke Shields · Judd Nelson · Nestor Carbonell · David Strickland
Plot TV Series (1996-2000). 4 Seasons. 93 Episodes. Brooke Shields stars as Susan Keane, a woman who ditches her wealthy husband-to-be in the middle of their wedding ceremony, only to wind...
4.6
3K votes
4.6
3K votes
Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Alan Rafkin
Cast Jack Lord · Melodie Johnson · James Farentino · Don Galloway
4.5
54 votes
4.5
54 votes
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Alan Rafkin
Cast Don Knotts · Barbara Rhoades · Jackie Coogan · Don 'Red' Barry
Plot Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west "to fight oral ignorance." Meanwhile stagecoach robber Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing is offered a pardon if...
4.3
29 votes
4.3
29 votes
The Love Boat (TV Series)
1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Douglas S. Cramer · Aaron Spelling · Richard Kinon · Roger Duchowny
Cast Gavin MacLeod · Bernie Kopell · Fred Grandy · Ted Lange
Plot TV Series (1977-1986). 10 Seasons. 249 Episodes. Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship traveling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the...
4.3
6K votes
4.3
6K votes
What's Happening!! (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 24 min. · United States
Direction Mark Warren · Lee Bernhardi · Dick Harwood · Hal Alexander
Cast Ernest Thomas · Haywood Nelson · Danielle Spencer · Fred Berry
Plot TV Series (1976-1979). 3 Seasons. 65 Episodes. A trio of black youths learn about life, love, friendship, credit cards, gambling, and a variety of other things while growing up in...
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Nancy (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jerome Courtland · Claudio Guzmán · Alan Rafkin · E.W. Swackhamer
Cast Renne Jarrett · Robert F. Simon · John Fink · Celeste Holm
Plot Nancy Smith was the attractive young daughter of the President of the United States. She met a young veterinarian from Center City, Iowa (near Des Moines) and they fell in...
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Chicken Soup (TV Series)
1989 · Series · min. · United States
Direction Saul Turteltaub · Bernie Orenstein · Alan Rafkin · Terry Hughes
Cast Jackie Mason · Lynn Redgrave · Rita Karin · Kathryn Erbe
Plot 12 episodes. The sitcom focuses on the interfaith relationship of a middle-aged Jewish man, Jackie (Jackie Mason), and an Irish Catholic woman, Maddie (Lynn Redgrave). Episodes centered around humorous situations...
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Good Advice (TV Series)
1993 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Danny Jacobson · Norma Safford Vela · Barnet Kellman · Ted Bessel
Cast Shelley Long · Treat Williams · Ross Malinger · George Wyner
Plot Marriage counselor Susan DeRuzza winds up sharing office space with divorce attorney Jack Harold and sparks fly.
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Glitter (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Gabrielle Beaumont · Alan Rafkin · Bruce Bilson · Jackie Cooper
Cast David Birney · Morgan Brittany · Arthur Hill · Arte Johnson
Plot The story of the relationships that go on at the offices of "Glitter," a top entertainment magazine.
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Hope & Gloria (TV Series)
1995 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Cherie Steinkellner · Bill Steinkellner · Michael Lembeck · Alan Rafkin
Cast Cynthia Stevenson · Jessica Lundy · Alan Thicke · Enrico Colantoni
Plot American sitcom about two girls hope and Gloria who are working together in an office environment in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Me and the Chimp (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Garry Marshall · Alan Rafkin · Earl Bellamy · Ted Bessel
Cast Ted Bessel · Anita Gillett · Kami Cotler · Scott C. Colden
Plot Dentist Mike Reynolds is living a good life with his wife Liz and his two children. When Scott and Kitty find a chimp, he reluctantly agrees to keep it but...
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