Hysterical (
1982) | IMDb:
5.3
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is haunted by the ghost of Venetia, who had killed herself 100 years ago and now wants to use Lansing as a vessel for her dead husband, Captain Howdy. When Howdy's ghost starts killing people, two bumbling scientists are brought in to investigate the history of the lighthouse and solve the case.
Directed by:
Chris Bearde
Produced by:
Brubaker (
1980) | IMDb:
7.1
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Yaphet Kotto
,
Jane Alexander
,
Murray Hamilton
,
David Keith
,
Morgan Freeman
1941 (
1979) | IMDb:
5.8
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd
,
Ned Beatty
,
John Belushi
,
Lorraine Gary
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Christopher Lee
The Amityville Horror (
1979) | IMDb:
6.2
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Jaws 2 (
1978) | IMDb:
5.8
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Starring:
Roy Scheider
,
Lorraine Gary
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Joseph Mascolo
,
Jeffrey Kramer
,
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Directed by:
Jeannot Szwarc
Damnation Alley (
1977) | IMDb:
5.2
Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Starring:
George Peppard
,
Jan-Michael Vincent
,
Dominique Sanda
,
Paul Winfield
,
Kip Niven
,
Jackie Earle Haley
The Drowning Pool (
1975) | IMDb:
6.5
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Joanne Woodward
,
Anthony Franciosa
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Gail Strickland
,
Melanie Griffith
Jaws (
1975) | IMDb:
8.1
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
Starring:
Roy Scheider
,
Robert Shaw
,
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Lorraine Gary
,
Jay Mello
The Way We Were (
1973) | IMDb:
7
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
Starring:
Barbra Streisand
,
Robert Redford
,
Bradford Dillman
,
Lois Chiles
,
Patrick O'Neal
,
Viveca Lindfors
Directed by:
Sydney Pollack
The Graduate (
1967) | IMDb:
8
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Starring:
Anne Bancroft
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Katharine Ross
,
Murray Hamilton
,
William Daniels
,
Elizabeth Wilson
Seconds (
1966) | IMDb:
7.6
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
The Hustler (
1961) | IMDb:
8
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
Starring:
Paul Newman
,
Jackie Gleason
,
Piper Laurie
,
George C. Scott
,
Myron McCormick
,
Murray Hamilton
Anatomy of a Murder (
1959) | IMDb:
8
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
The Spirit of St. Louis (
1957) | IMDb:
7.1
Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
Starring:
James Stewart
,
Murray Hamilton
,
Patricia Smith
,
Bartlett Robinson
,
Marc Connelly
,
Arthur Space