Movies by Joseph Wiseman
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Seize the Day (1986)
Cast: Robin Williams, Jerry Stiller, Joseph Wiseman …
Directed by: Fielder Cook
Robin Williams turns in a captivating performance in this sleeper. Tommy Wilhelm (Williams) is not only about to turn 40, but he's also experiencing a major midlife crisis: He's…
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Jaguar Lives (1979)
Cast: Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Ernest Pintoff
Joe Lewis stars as Jonathan Cross -- aka the Jaguar -- a special agent with prodigious kung fu skills who's dispatched across the globe to take down an international narcotics ring and…
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The Betsy (1978)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
An auto-dynasty family experiences scandal, adultery, incest and power struggles in a juicy adaptation of Harold Robbins's best-selling novel. Ruthless patriarch Loren (Laurence Olivier)…
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Homage to Chagall (1977)
Cast: James Mason, Joseph Wiseman, Jean Gascon …
Directed by: Harry Rasky
In this Oscar-nominated documentary, director Harry Rasky explores the life and groundbreaking work of Russian artist Marc Chagall, including a candid interview with the artist and a close…
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Zalmen or the Madness of God (1975)
Cast: Robert Prosky, Dianne Wiest, Joseph Wiseman …
A stage production recorded for television, this play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely…
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Richard Dreyfuss stars as Duddy Kravitz, a Jewish teenager from Montreal who dreams of carving out a better life for himself, whether that means waiting tables, selling pinball machines or…
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Pursuit (1972)
Cast: Ben Gazzara, E.G. Marshall, Martin Sheen …
Directed by: Michael Crichton
This suspenseful thriller pits a veteran government spy, Steven Grave (Ben Gazzara), against a domestic terrorist, James Wright (E.G. Marshall), who wants to unleash biological weapons in the…
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland …
Directed by: Terence Young
Based on Peter Maas's best-selling account of Joseph Valachi's prison confessions and Senate testimony, this fascinating Mafia exposé was forced to film abroad in Italy, bowing…
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Lawman (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: Michael Winner
Director Michael Winner's stoic interpretation of a timeless Western motif stars Burt Lancaster as flinty, uncompromising Marshal Jered Maddox. He's out to jail seven cowpunchers…
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The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Cast: Jason Robards, Elliott Gould, Britt Ekland …
Directed by: William Friedkin
After fleeing to New York City to escape her rigid Amish father, aspiring dancer Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) lands a job at Minsky's Burlesque House, where she captures the…
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Dr. No (1962)
Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman …
Directed by: Terence Young
Sent to locate a colleague who's vanished in Jamaica, debonair Agent 007 -- in the first of the James Bond films -- finds villainous scientist Dr. No plotting to derail the U.S. space…
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 22 (1960)
Cast: Rod Serling, Howard Duff, Eileen Ryan …
Directed by: William Asher, Jus Addiss
Creator Rod Serling's long-running, Emmy-winning television series brought science fiction to the masses. Viewers enjoyed the twisted, often-humorous mysteries as well as the show's…
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The Unforgiven (1960)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy …
Directed by: John Huston
It's 1865, and the Southwest is plagued by post-Civil War tensions. But winsome Rachel Zachary (Audrey Hepburn) lives unperturbed with her mother Matilda on a Texas cattle ranch. One…
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The Garment Jungle (1957)
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala …
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
When Korean War vet Alan Mitchell (Kerwin Mathews) returns home to work for the family clothing manufacturing company, he discovers that his father (Lee J. Cobb) is in cahoots with gangsters…
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The Prodigal (1955)
Cast: Neville Brand, Louis Calhern, Walter Hampden …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
A selfish young man named Micah (Edmund Purdom), restless living in the country with his father, runs away to Damascus, where he's led astray by pagan priestess Samarra (Lana Turner).…
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The Silver Chalice (1954)
Cast: Virginia Mayo, Jack Palance, Paul Newman …
Directed by: Victor Saville
After he's sold into slavery by his villainous uncle, Greek sculptor Basil (Paul Newman, in his big-screen debut) is forced to fashion a silver chalice intended to hold the cup Christ…
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Viva Zapata! (1952)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Marlon Brando earned an Oscar nod for his portrayal of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, an illiterate peasant who rallies the countryside against the government and eventually ascends…
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Detective Story (1951)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix …
Directed by: William Wyler
This gritty urban drama chronicles a day in the lives of detectives at a Manhattan police precinct, including James McLeod (Kirk Douglas), a cop who sees everything in black-and-white terms.…