Movies by Will Geer
As part of the cast:
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Clay Classics: Rip Van Winkle (2005)
Cast: Will Geer
Will Geer narrates this animated short adapted from Washington Irving's beloved story. Farmer Rip Van Winkle experiences a dizzying time warp when he falls fast asleep and wakes up 20…
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Mysterious Miracles: World Beyond Death (2005)
Cast: Will Geer, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Actor Will Geer hosts this exploration of the possibility of life after death. Psychics, psychiatrists and scientists offer their research regarding immortality, with special attention to Dr.…
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Unknown Powers (2005)
Cast: Roscoe Lee Browne, Jack Palance, Will Geer …
This comprehensive exploration of paranormal phenomena covers such topics as ESP, astrology, telepathy, psychokinesis, pyramid power, faith healing and even life after death. Meet the men and…
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A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Orson Welles, Will Geer …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Narrated by Orson Welles, this 1978 made-for-TV movie stars Cicely Tyson as Harriet Tubman, who founded the Underground Railroad. At the risk of being recaptured, the abolitionist and former…
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The Mafu Cage (1978)
Cast: Will Geer, Lee Grant, Carol Kane …
Directed by: Karen Arthur
This dark, suspenseful film explores the bizarre relationship between two adult sisters. Ellen (Lee Grant) is a successful astronomer saddled with caring for the mentally disturbed Cissy…
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The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977)
Cast: Tim Conway, Will Geer, Eric Weston …
Directed by: Stuart E. McGowan
Tim Conway plays Vernon Praiseworthy, a dimwit who inherits a fortune from former hobo Choo Choo Trayne (Will Geer). In order to collect the legacy, Vernon must emulate Choo Choo by going "on…
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Moving Violation (1976)
Cast: Stephen McHattie, Kay Lenz, Lonny Chapman …
Directed by: Charles S. Dubin
A small-town drifter (Stephen McHattie) and his girlfriend (Kay Lenz) run afoul of the law when they witness the local sheriff murdering one of his deputies. Of course, it doesn't take…
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Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Cast: Gabriel Dell, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall …
Directed by: Dean Hargrove
Former Dead End Kid Gabriel Dell stars in this caper spoof as Malcolm, a trailer park-dwelling private eye who performs genetic experiments in his spare time. When a town's milkman is…
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Classic Disaster Movies: Virus / Hurricane / Deadly Harvest (1974)
Cast: Chuck Connors, Glenn Ford, Olivia Hussey …
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku, Timothy Bond, Jerry Jameson …
Three films dedicated to the chaos that occurs when disaster strikes are highlighted on this disc. Virus follows a group of international research teams after a deadly chemical weapon has…
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The Hanged Man (1974)
Cast: Steve Forrest, William Bryant, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Michael Caffey
Gunslinger James Devlin (Steve Forrest) is wrongfully convicted of murder and, after miraculously surviving the noose, turns into a Wild West avenger with psychic powers. Bent on helping…
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Executive Action (1973)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer …
Directed by: David Miller
Based on the novel Rush to Judgment, this chilling drama purports that JFK's assassination was a conspiracy concocted by military and industrial leaders. Burt Lancaster, Will Geer and…
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
In a quiet performance (he speaks perhaps 30 lines of dialogue in the whole film), loner Robert Redford seeks isolation in the mountains, but he's forced to battle nature's…
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Napoleon & Samantha (1972)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Arch Johnson …
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
To avoid being sent to an orphanage, 11-year-old Napoleon (Johnny Whitaker) and his pet lion, Major, set off on the adventure of a lifetime. Jodie Foster makes her film debut as Samantha,…
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Brother John (1971)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman …
Directed by: James Goldstone
In this classic drama, a mysterious, well-traveled man (Sidney Poitier) with extraordinary knowledge of the past, present and future returns to his Alabama hometown just before his…
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Pieces of Dreams (1970)
Cast: Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer …
Directed by: Daniel Haller
Catholic priest Gregory Lind (Robert Forster) questions the Church's policy on birth control, then finds his faith further tested when a deepening friendship with divorced social worker…
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The Reivers (1969)
Cast: Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Ruth White …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
In director Mark Rydell's comedic drama based on a William Faulkner novel, 11-year-old Lucius McCaslin (Mitch Vogel) finds an unlikely friend in Boon (Steve McQueen), a handyman and…
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Bandolero! (1968)
Cast: James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
A man (James Stewart) poses as a hangman in order to free a gang of jailed outlaws led by his brother (Dean Martin). Trailed by a posse (led by George Kennedy) into the forbidding bandolero…
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In Cold Blood (1967)
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe …
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Based on Truman Capote's nonfiction novel of the same name and filmed in the house where the real-life incident occurred, this chilling tale follows two drifters (Robert Blake and Scott…
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The President's Analyst (1967)
Cast: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden …
Directed by: Theodore J. Flicker
In writer-director Theodore J. Flicker's comedic thriller, the president of the United States is stressed out and seeks help from psychiatrist Sidney Schaefer. But soon, Sidney himself…
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Seconds (1966)
Cast: Rock Hudson, John Randolph, Salome Jens …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
In director John Frankenheimer's chilling exploration of midlife malaise, aging Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) feels stuck in a dead-end existence until he discovers a mysterious…
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Salt of the Earth (1954)
Cast: Will Geer, Charles Coleman, David Wolfe …
Directed by: Herbert Biberman
Director Herbert Biberman's prescient drama incited a furor upon its release with the political overtones in its story about the Mexican-Americans who went on strike to protest unsafe…
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Yankee Buccaneer / Double Crossbones (1951)
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball …
Directed by: Frederick De Cordova, Charles Barton
There's action on the high seas with these two classic pirate adventures. In Double Crossbones, Dave Crandall's (Donald O'Connor) honor is besmirched when his honesty is called…
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Winchester '73 (1950)
Cast: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Perhaps the pinnacle in the series of Anthony Mann/Jimmy Stewart Westerns, Winchester '73 stars Stewart as obsessed cowhand Lin McAdam. The trouble starts when McAdam wins a valuable…
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Broken Arrow (1950)
Cast: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget …
Directed by: Delmer Daves
By the 1870s, the battle between settlers and the Apaches had raged for 10 years. When a chance encounter brings Army scout Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) into Apache territory, he comes to…
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To Please a Lady / Jeopardy (1950)
Cast: Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou …
Directed by: Clarence Brown, John Sturges
Barbara Stanwyck stars in two early-1950s classics in this double bill: the 1950 fast-paced racing drama To Please a Lady and the 1953 film noir thriller Jeopardy. In To Please a Lady,…
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The Kid from Texas (1950)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker …
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Audie Murphy plays the infamous gunslinger Billy the Kid, who tries to leave behind his violent past when he takes a job as a ranch hand but soon finds himself enmeshed in a range war being…
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Lust for Gold (1949)
Cast: Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young …
Directed by: S. Sylvan Simon
The grandson of Jacob "Dutch" Waltz (Glenn Ford), the man who discovered the famed -- and cursed -- "Lost Dutchman" mine, sets out to relocate the repository of a reputed $20 million in gold.…