Movies by Glenn Jordan
As a director:
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Let Me Hear You Whisper (2003)
Cast: Ruth White, Bil Baird, Elizabeth Wilson …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Ruth White shines in this filmed stage adaptation of Paul Zindel's play, staring as Helen, a modest cleaning woman who strikes up a unique and inspiring friendship with a dolphin housed…
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Lucy (2003)
Cast: Rachel York, Danny Pino, Ann Dowd …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
This made-for-TV biopic chronicles the story of comic genius Lucille Ball as she rises from poverty to the pinnacle of Hollywood success, getting her big break after landing a television show…
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The Typists (2002)
Cast: Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Real-life couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson star in this 1971 television adaptation of Murray Schisgal's moving play, in which married law student Paul Cunningham takes a job as a…
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Legalese (1998)
Cast: James Garner, Gina Gershon, Kathleen Turner …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
An actress (Gina Gershon) accused of murder hires a celebrity attorney (James Garner) to defend her. He, in turn, hires a media-friendly face (Edward Kerr) to pose as his front man. When the…
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The Long Way Home (1998)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sarah Paulson, Kristin Griffith …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
After his wife dies, Tom moves in with this son and daughter-in-law, but he feels stifled in his new surroundings. After meeting a free-spirited college student, he decides to hitchhike with…
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A Christmas Memory (1997)
Cast: Patty Duke, Piper Laurie, Jeffrey DeMunn …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
In this award-winning adaptation of an autobiographical story by Truman Capote, Eric Lloyd plays Buddy, who at age 7 is dumped by his parents at the home of some elderly spinster relations.…
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Neil Simon's Jake's Women (1996)
Cast: Alan Alda, Anne Archer, Lolita Davidovich …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Although he's supposed to be writing, Jake (Alan Alda) spends most of his time having imaginary conversations with a variety of women, and the distance he's created has left his…
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Mary & Tim / Ronnie and Julie (1996)
Cast: Teri Garr, Joshua Jackson, Richard Kiley …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan, Philip Spink
Love blossoms between improbable couples in this double bill of small-screen romances. Mary & Tim stars Candice Bergen as middle-aged widow Mary Horton, who faces public scorn after taking up…
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Mary & Tim (1996)
Cast: Candice Bergen, Thomas McCarthy, Richard Kiley …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
When wealthy but aging widow Mary Horton (Candice Bergen) hires Tim (Thomas McCarthy), a mildly developmentally challenged younger man, to care for her garden, the pair forms an unlikely bond…
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My Brother's Keeper (1995)
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Annette O'Toole …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
John Lithgow plays twin brothers Bo and Tom Bradley, both of whom are well-loved schoolteachers in a community on Long Island. Tom, who's HIV positive, is offered a unique opportunity to…
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Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
Cast: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
This seriocomedy based on the RJR-Nabisco leveraged buyout neatly encapsulates the greed that became synonymous with the 1980s. James Garner has never been better as charming, covetous CEO F.…
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To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Christine Baranski …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
An elderly Hume Cronyn copes with the death of his wife -- played in flashbacks by Jessica Tandy -- and his own fast encroaching infirmities. But he gets a new lease on life when he forms a…
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O Pioneers! (1992)
Cast: Jessica Lange, David Strathairn, Tom Aldredge …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Alexandra Bergson (Jessica Lange) inherits the family farm and struggles to carve a home and a fortune from the windswept prairie. Along the way, she forfeits her one chance for love, but…
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Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991)
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Michael Learned, Doug Savant …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
When his wife (Michael Learned) is viciously slain during an armed robbery, a small-town doctor and father of four (Richard Chamberlain) must help his children -- and himself -- find a way to…
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Home Fires Burning (1988)
Cast: Barnard Hughes, Sada Thompson, Robert Prosky …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Set in 1944 in a tiny Georgia town, this made-for-television movie tells the story of newspaper man Jake Tibbetts (Barnard Hughes), who's alienated almost everyone in his life --…
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Mass Appeal (1984)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Gregarious priest Father Farley (Jack Lemmon) takes under his wing Mark Dolson (Zeljko Ivanek), a bright, devout seminary student who shakes up the establishment of an affluent Los Angeles…
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Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982)
Cast: Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Marsha Mason stars in this inspirational made-for-TV movie as mother turned activist Lois Gibbs, who refused to keep quiet when she suspected that chemical waste was poisoning her children --…
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Les Miserables (1978)
Cast: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
This immortal story follows a minor thief (Richard Jordan) who rises above his past only to be hounded by an implacable chief inspector (Anthony Perkins) who fervently believes that law and…
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The Displaced Person (1977)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Dina Harris, John Houseman …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
A widow (Irene Worth) disturbs the social order of 1940s Georgia when she allows a family of Polish World War II refugees to live on her land in this adaptation of Flannery…
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
Cast: Nigel Davenport, Fionnula Flanagan, Shane Briant …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
After receiving a portrait from an artist (Charles Aidman) who paints him in a flattering light, Victorian gentleman Dorian Gray (Shane Briant) starts to notice that he stays handsome and…