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Eric Sinclair (actor)
Eric Sinclair (born William Allison Walker; April 26, 1922 – January 26, 2004) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for appearing in ''War of the Satellites'' (1959), ''Ma Barker's Killer Brood'' (1960), ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969). Death Sinclair died in January 2004 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 81. He was buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The name was in ....Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. Filmography Film Television References External links * * *Rotten Tomatoes profile 1922 births 2004 deaths Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Corpse
''The Missing Corpse'' is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman. Plot summary The publisher of The Tribune newspaper, Henry Kruger, who is used to ordering his staff around, finds that he is ignored by everyone in his own home. He is shocked when he discovers a scandalous picture of his own daughter, Phyllis, on the front page of the competing paper, The Daily Argus. Henry pays a visit to the dubious publisher of the competing paper, Andy McDonald, and warns him not to ever publish a picture like that again, or Henry will kill him. Henry is unaware of the fact that a man named "Slippery" Joe Clary has overheard his conversation with Andy, which Joe later reveals to him, threatening to expose him. Henry counters by claiming that Andy was the one who got Joe sentenced with his testimony, and that Andy dated Joe's girlfriend while he was in prison. To avoid further complications, Henry takes a long vacation, following the suggestion of his chauffeur. While H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Carnival
''Texas Carnival'' is a 1951 American Technicolor musical film directed by Charles Walters and starring Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Howard Keel. Plot A dunk tank at a Texas carnival is operated by Debbie Telford and partner Cornie Quinell. An honest man, Cornie helps the inebriated Dan Sabinas, a millionaire rancher, who is being taken advantage of at another carny booth. A grateful Dan is put in a taxi, with Cornie promising to return his car. Dan drunkenly has the cab take him to Mexico instead. As Cornie and Debbie drive to Dan's hotel in his car, they end up being mistaken for Dan and wealthy sister Marilla. In time, Cornie comes to enjoy the lap of luxury and is attracted to lovely Sunshine Jackson, whose dad is the sheriff. Debbie is courted by Dan's handsome foreman, Slim Shelby, who pretends not to know she's an impostor. In a poker game, Cornie is unaware that jellybeans being used for chips are worth big money. He loses $17,000 that he can't repay unless he can wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Memory Of Eva Ryker
''The Memory of Eva Ryker'' is a 1980 American television drama film starring Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth and Ralph Bellamy. It was produced by Irwin Allen and directed by Walter Grauman. It was based on a 1978 novel by Donald Stanwood which was originally set on the Titanic.Prose Fine and Foul New York Times 5 Mar 1978: BR6. Filming took place in late 1979. Plot A woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of her mother's death, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the woman. Cast *Natalie Wood as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker *Robert Foxworth as Norman Hall *Ralph Bellamy as William E. Ryker *Roddy McDowall as MacFarland *Bradford Dillman as Jason Eddington *Jean-Pierre Aumont as Inspector Laurier *Mel Ferrer as Dr. Sanford *Peter Graves as Mike Rogers *Morgan Fairchild as Lisa Eddington * Robert Hogan as J.H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete 'n' Tillie
''Pete 'n' Tillie'' is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett. Its advertising tagline was: "Honeymoon's over. It's time to get married." Screenwriter Julius J. Epstein was nominated for an Oscar for adapting the story from the 1968 novella ''Witch's Milk'' by Peter De Vries. Epstein later adapted another De Vries novel for the film ''Reuben, Reuben''. Plot Tillie Schlaine is introduced to Pete Seltzer at a party. Her friends Gertrude and Burt are the hosts and attempting to fix her up. Pete is a confirmed bachelor with eccentric habits. When he isn't doing odd motivational research for a San Francisco firm, he plays ragtime piano, and makes bad puns. He periodically pops in and out of Tillie's life, going days without calling, but showing up spontaneously at her door. When they finally make love, he learns Tillie is a virgin. It appears Pete might still be seeing other women, but when he gets a promotion at wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cremators
''The Cremators'' is a 1972 science fiction horror film. It was one of the first movies from special effects expert Doug Beswick. Plot An alien life form that is a huge ball of living matter invades Earth, and replenishes itself by absorbing people. See also * List of American films of 1972 * ''The Cremator''; World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... Czechoslovakian conscience film; Turner Classic Movies; 07/08/2019 References External links * 1970s exploitation films 1972 horror films 1972 films 1970s science fiction horror films New World Pictures films Films based on science fiction short stories American science fiction horror films Films scored by Albert Glasser 1970s English-language films 1970s American films 1972 science fiction films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airport (1970 Film)
''Airport'' is a 1970 American air disaster–drama film written and directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name, it originated the 1970s disaster film genre. It is also the first of four films in the ''Airport'' film series. Produced on a $10 million budget, it earned over $128 million. The film is about an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight. It takes place at fictional Lincoln International Airport near Chicago. The film was a commercial success and surpassed ''Spartacus'' as Universal Pictures' biggest moneymaker. The movie won Helen Hayes an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as an elderly stowaway and was nominated for nine other Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design for designer Edith Head. With attention paid t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine (1969 Film)
''Justine'' is a 1969 American drama film directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. It was written by Lawrence B. Marcus (with uncredited contributions from critic Andrew Sarris), based on the 1957 novel '' Justine'' by Lawrence Durrell, which was part of the series ''The Alexandria Quartet''. Plot Set in Alexandria in 1938, a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden, a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine, the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her, and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British, the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine. Cast * Anouk Aimée as Justine * Dirk Bogarde as Pursewarden * Michael York as Darley * Robert Forster as Narouz * Anna Karina as Melissa * Philippe Noiret as Pombal * John Vernon as Nessim * Jack Albertson as Cohen * Cliff Gorman as "Toto" * George Baker as Mountolive * Elaine Church as Liza * Michael Constantine as Memlik Pasha * Marcel Dalio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Upper Hand (film)
''The Upper Hand'' (''Du rififi à Paname'') is a 1966 French thriller film about gold smuggling based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton and starring Jean Gabin, George Raft and Gert Fröbe. Plot Paul Berger, known as Paulo les diams, is a smuggler who works with his old friend Walter, an antique dealer married to Irene. Paulo recruits his smugglers from a nightclub with the help of his employees Rene and Lili. They recruit a man called Mike Coppolano to smuggle, not knowing he is an American secret agent who has gone undercover. Mike is hired as Paulo's bodyguard after saving Paulo's life in a shoot out. Gangster Giulio kidnaps Irene, and Mike shoots Giulio. Walter is killed and Paulo swears to avenge him. Mafia gangster Binnagio insists Paulo and Mario get along. Mike steals a notebook in which Walter wrote down the flow chart of the arms trade. Paulo sets off a bomb in the middle of a meeting with the mafia. Paulo and the survivors of the bomb are arrested. Cast *Jean Gabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Rooms In Manhattan
''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (french: Trois chambres à Manhattan) is a black-and-white 1965 French drama film filmed in New York City. It is based on the 1946 novel "Trois Chambres à Manhattan" (which has been translated into English as "Three Rooms in Manhattan" and "Three Bedrooms in Manhattan") by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, about a romance between François, a French actor, and Kay, an American woman. The film is Robert De Niro's feature film debut. Cast * Annie Girardot as Kay Larsi * Maurice Ronet as François Comte * O.E. Hasse as Hourvitch * Roland Lesaffre as Pierre * Gabriele Ferzetti as Comte Larsi * Geneviève Page as Yolande Combes * Robert Hoffmann as Thierry * Margaret Nolan as June * Virginia Vee as La chanteuse noire * Robert De Niro had a small uncredited part as a client at a dinner scene. Richard S. Castellano as appears as an angry American. Abe Vigoda Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sandpiper
''The Sandpiper'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Plot Laura Reynolds is a free-spirited, unwed single mother living with her young son Danny in an isolated beach house in Big Sur, California. She makes a modest living as an artist and homeschools her son out of concern that he will be compelled to follow stifling conventional social norms in a regular school. Danny has gotten into some trouble with the law through two incidents, one of indecently touching a girl his age, and a third incident, the shooting of a fawn to see whether its a fun thing to do. In his mother's eyes these things are innocent expressions of his natural curiosity and conscience rather than delinquency. The judge orders her to send the boy to an Episcopal boarding school where Dr. Edward Hewitt is headmaster and his wife Claire teaches, or the judge will send Danny to reform school. Edward and Claire are happily married with two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend At Dunkirk
''Weekend at Dunkirk'' (french: Week-end à Zuydcoote) is a 1964 war drama film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. It is based on the 1949 Prix Goncourt winning novel ''Week-end at Zuydcoote'' (French: ''Week-end à Zuydcoote'') by Robert Merle. Plot Set during the Battle of Dunkirk, the film follows Julien Maillat, a French Army sergeant who tries to join the British Army on the Royal Navy's boat flotilla to England. No matter how hard he tries to make it, he and his French squad-mates and colleagues are hard-pressed to get away as the fight is getting harder and the Germans closer and closer. Selected cast * Jean-Paul Belmondo as Staff sergeant French Army Julien Maillat * Catherine Spaak as Jeanne * Jean-Pierre Marielle as a French military chaplain friend of Maillat * François Périer as Alexandre * Pierre Mondy as Dhéry * Pierre Vernier as undertaker * Paul Préboist as a soldier * Ronald Howard as captain Robinson * Eric Sinclair : le capitaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts (film)
''On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'' (French: ''De l'assassinat considéré comme un des beaux-arts'') is a 1964 French film directed by Maurice Boutel. It was not cinematically released.Rège p.137 It takes its name from Thomas De Quincey's essay ''On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts''. Cast * Béatrice Altariba * Edmond Ardisson * Zisca Baum * Rod Calvert * Léonce Corne * Bernard Dhéran as Président des rédempteurs de l'assassinat * Colin Drake * Robert Favart * Grégoire Gromoff * Jean Horwath * Jacqueline Huet as Lady Manton * Charles Moulin Charles Moulin (1909-1992) was a French film and television actor. Paietta p.68-69 Selected filmography * '' Aloha, le chant des îles'' (1937) * ''The Baker's Wife'' (1938) * ''Fort Dolorès'' (1939) * '' L'Arlésienne'' (1942) * '' Le soleil ... * Virginia Rodin * Anthony Stuart as Président des gentlemen amateurs * Howard Vernon References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
