Bad News Bears 1976  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Family / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley, Alfred Lutter III, Brandon Cruz, Shari Summers, Joe(2) Brooks, Chris Barnes, Erin Blunt, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Jaime Escobedo, Scott Firestone
Little League baseball coach Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) is determined to train a bunch of unruly kids into a winning unit. This movie is very funny as the ludicrous, beer-guzzling Buttermaker employs a special tactic–Amanda (Tatum O'Neal)–as the catalyst to make winners out of his foul-mouthed players. Followed by two sequels and remade in 2005.
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Blackboard Jungle 1955 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, John Hoyt, Richard Kiley, Emile Meyer, Warner Anderson
Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) teaches at a rough inner-city high school. At first met with resentment and distrust, Dadier earns his students' (Sidney Poitier and Vic Morrow) respect. Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" provides penetrating reinforcement of the theme of early problems in America's school systems.
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The California Kid 1974  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips, Stuart Margolin, Nick Nolte, Joe Estevez, Janit Baldwin, Gary Morgan, Frederic Downs, Don Mantooth, Britt Leach, Norman Bartold
A sadistic sheriff (Vic Morrow) doesn't like speeders, and so he runs them off curving mountainous roads. Then along comes the hot-rodding brother (Martin Sheen) of one of the victims (Sheen's real-life brother Joe Estevez), and he is out for revenge.
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Cimarron 1960 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters
Cast: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell, Russ Tamblyn, Mercedes McCambridge, Vic Morrow, Harry Morgan, Edgar Buchanan, Charles McGraw, Robert Keith, David Opatoshu, Mary Wickes, Aline MacMahon, Lili Darvas
Set during the era between 1890 and 1915, this is the film adaptation of Edna Ferber's epic novel about Yancey and Sabra Cravat (Glenn Ford and Maria Schell) homesteading in Oklahoma. They stake a claim, and Yancey starts a newspaper business that proves very profitable. Yancey gains respectability as a leading citizen and is asked to run for governor. But, Yancey realizes that becoming governor would mean he would play a role in defrauding the Indians of their land and mineral rights. He declines the offer, much to the dismay of Sabra.
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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry 1974 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Hough
Cast: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Eugene Daniels, Roddy McDowall, Lynn Borden, Kenneth Tobey, William Campbell
Larry (Peter Fonda) is a star, sports-car driver who picks up Mary (Susan George) and Deke (Adam Roarke). They hold up a grocery store to steal money for a new car, and the chase is on as they elude the California Highway Patrol.
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The Glass House 1972 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Alan Alda, Vic Morrow, Billy Dee Williams, Clu Gulager, Kristoffer Tabori, Dean Jagger, Luke Askew, Scott Hylands, Edward Bell, Tony Mancini, G. Wood, Roy Jenson, Alan Vint
Filmed on location at Utah State Prison, this made-for-TV film revolves around college professor Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda) who is serving his term for manslaughter. Needing protection from those around him, Paige gets close to a gang led by ruthless Hugo Slocum (Vic Morrow)–and his problems only grow worse. Troubles abound also for prison guards. The chief prison guard is Officer Brown (Roy Jenson) who is a pawn of Slocums. New recruit Brian Courtland (Clu Gulager) finds his hands are tied as well. Everything about this prison appears to be corrupt, but that does not stop Courtland from attempting to bring about reform.
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God's Little Acre 1958 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Jack Lord, Fay Spain, Vic Morrow, Helen Westcott, Michael Landon, Lance Fuller
TyTy Walden (Robert Ryan) is a poor farmer in Georgia who is convinced there is buried treasure on his barren land. Meanwhile, Bill Thompson (Aldo Ray) thinks it makes more sense to reopen the cotton mill than waste time searching for treasure.
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 Humanoids from the Deep 1980  R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Barbara Peeters
Cast: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Penya, Denise Galik, Frank Arnold, Hoke Howell
Salmon monsters, spawned from pollution, rise from the water to murder men and rape women in the nearby beach town.
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 King Creole 1958 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Paul Stewart, Jan Shepard, Dick Winslow, Raymond Bailey, Liliane Montevecchi, Brian G. Hutton, Jack Grinnage
Based on Harold Robbins' novel, "A Stone for Danny Fisher," this story is set in New Orleans. Aspiring young singer Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley) is a delinquent and high-school dropout who becomes involved with a ruthless gangster (Walter Matthau) and his alcoholic moll (Carolyn Jones). Will Danny figure out how to escape a life of crime, find employment as a singer, and gain the love of Nellie (Dolores Hart)? Many good Elvis songs include "Hard Headed Woman."
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A Man Called Sledge 1970 R, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Vic Morrow
Cast: James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, John Marley, Laura Antonelli, Wayde Preston, Ken Clark, Tony Young, Paola Barbara, Mario Valgoi, Lorenzo Piani, Franco Giornelli
Outlaw Luther Sledge (James Garner) and his gang are after a cache of gold hidden in a secure storage inside a heavily guarded prison. He gets in pretending to be a prisoner of one of his gang and then frees all the prisoners as a diversion. The plan works, but Sledge's problems are just beginning
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Men in War 1957 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow, James Edwards, L.Q. Jones, Adam Kennedy, Scott Marlowe, Walter Kelley, Anthony Ray
Lt. Benson (Robert Ryan) is ordered to deliver his 2nd Platoon, Co. D behind enemy lines in Korea on September 6, 1950, in an effort to get guns and supplies to U.S. troops trapped there. Benson must commandeer a truck on which Sgt. Montana (Aldo Ray) is escorting his war-weary colonel (Robert Keith) to a hospital. While Benson and Montana must deal with two different missions and two different personalities, the real danger remains the enemy.
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Message from Space 1978 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Vic Morrow, Sonny Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan, Etsuko Shihomi, Tetsuro Tamba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mikio Narita, Makoto Sato, Noboru Mitani
The Gavanas take over the planet Jillucia in this film featuring many of the ideas previously introduced in "Star Wars."
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The Take 1974 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Albert Salmi, Vic Morrow, A Martinez, James Luisi, Tracy Reed, Kathrine Baumann, Kathleen Hughes, John Davis Chandler, Dick Yarmy
A police officer, Sneed (Billy Dee Williams), is a good cop, BUT his greed gets in the way, and he takes in money under the table through bribes, which he feels justified in doing because of his early childhood traumas. The early years of Sneed's life are shown through flashbacks. Watch for Frankie Avalon as a crook behind bars yelling, "Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!"
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Target: Harry 1969  R, 81 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: How to Make It
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Victor Buono, Vic Morrow, Suzanne Pleshette, Cesar Romero, Stanley Holloway, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Ansara, Ahna Capri, Christian Barbier, Jack E. Leonard, Kathy Fraisse, Victoria Hale, Laurie Main, Milton Reid, Fikret Hakan
In this remake of "The Maltese Falcon," charter pilot Harry Black (Vic Morrow) finds himself caught in the middle of a plot to steal engraving plates from the British mint. And then there is sexy Diane Reed (Suzanne Pleshette) who has her own reasons for getting Harry's attention. The film was originally made for TV.
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Tom Sawyer 1973 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
aka: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Josh Albee, Jeff Tyler, Jane Wyatt, Buddy Ebsen, Vic Morrow, John McGiver, Scott Fisher, Sue Petrie, Karen Pearson, Colin Fox
This retelling of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer (Josh Albee) and Huckleberry Finn (Jeff Tyler) adventures includes attendance at their own funerals and witnessing a murder.
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Treasure of Matecumbe 1976 G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran, Billy "Pop" Atmore, Jane Wyatt, Virginia Vincent, Dub Taylor, Dick Van Patten, Robert DoQui, Don Knight, Mills Watson, Valentin de Vargas, George Lindsey
With map in hand, Davie (Johnny Doran) and Thad (Billy Attmore) set out in search of a buried treasure and run into some unsavory characters–Lauriette Paxton (Joan Hackett), Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass (Peter Ustinov), and Jim (Robert Foxworth)–along the way. Meanwhile, the dastardly Spangler (Vic Morrow) is in hot pursuit. Good Disney fare.
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Tribute to a Bad Man 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irene Papas, Vic Morrow, James Griffith, Onslow Stevens, Lee Van Cleef, Jeanette Nolan, Chubby Johnson
Colorado land baron Jeremy Rodock (James Cagney) ruthlessly rules the range and uses his own means to fight off those who threaten his holdings.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante
Cast: Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin McCarthy, John Lithgow, John Larroquette, Scatman Crothers, Selma Diamond, Abbe Lane, Burgess Meredith, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Bill Quinn, Murray Matheson
This is Vic Morrow's last film as he and two Asian children were killed in a tragic helicopter accident while filming this movie. It is actually a remake of the TV show, and the last segment with George Miller directing is the best story with John Lithgow portraying a terrified passenger on an airplane. Each of the four Directors headed one segment.
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| 1. Bad News Bears (1976)
2. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
3. The California Kid (1974)
4. Cimarron (1960)
5. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
6. The Glass House (1972)
7. God's Little Acre (1958)
8. Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
9. King Creole (1958)
10. A Man Called Sledge (1970)
11. Men in War (1957)
12. Message from Space (1978)
13. The Take (1974)
14. Target: Harry (1969)
aka: How to Make It
15. Tom Sawyer (1973)
aka: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
16. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
17. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
18. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
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