Movies by George Seaton
As a director:
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Showdown (1973)
Cast: Dean Martin, Rock Hudson, Susan Clark …
Directed by: George Seaton
Dean Martin and Rock Hudson star in this 1970s Western as childhood friends who live their lives as polar opposites: While one slings a gun to uphold the law, the other carries a weapon with…
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Airport / Airport 1975 (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg …
Directed by: George Seaton, Jack Smight
The first Airport film focuses on a 12-hour period at a major airport where manager Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster) must deal with a powerful blizzard, a blocked runway and a mentally…
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Airport (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Van Heflin …
Directed by: George Seaton
Based on Arthur Hailey's best-selling novel, this is the granddaddy of disaster movies, starring Burt Lancaster as a harried airport manager facing an imminent blizzard, spineless…
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36 Hours (1965)
Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor …
Directed by: George Seaton
In this World War II thriller, Maj. Pike (James Garner) awakens in a hospital with amnesia. He's told D-Day occurred years ago and is asked pointed questions about the event by his…
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The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
Cast: William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith …
Directed by: George Seaton
William Holden stars as Swedish oil trader Eric Erickson, who's being blackmailed by the Allies to spy on the Nazis. While working undercover, Eric falls in love with a German woman, a…
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The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer …
Directed by: George Seaton
With San Francisco debutante Jessica Poole (Debbie Reynolds) preparing to marry a Napa Valley cattle rancher (Tab Hunter), her prodigal playboy father, Biddeford "Pogo" Poole (Fred Astaire),…
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Teacher's Pet (1958)
Cast: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young …
Directed by: George Seaton
Hard-nosed newspaperman Jim Gannon cleverly pretends to be a night school student to woo beautiful journalism teacher Erica Stone in this classic romantic comedy. But now, after falling for…
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The Proud and the Profane (1956)
Cast: William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter …
Directed by: George Seaton
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley (Deborah Kerr) arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the…
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The Country Girl (1954)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden …
Directed by: George Seaton
Once the toast of Broadway, washed-up thespian Frank Elgin (Bing Crosby) drinks himself into oblivion until red-hot director Bernie Dodd (William Holden) attempts to revive his career. An…
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Little Boy Lost (1953)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade …
Directed by: George Seaton
Hollywood crooner Bing Crosby stars in this family-oriented drama as an American war correspondent stationed in Paris who marries a beautiful French singer (Nicole Maurey) and fathers a son…
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The Big Lift (1950)
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers …
Directed by: George Seaton
Testing their post-World War II power, the Soviets choke off West Berlin, prohibiting the Allies from getting provisions to the city's starving people -- resulting in a gutsy but dicey…
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Miracle on 34th Street: B&W Version (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood …
Directed by: George Seaton
When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won…
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Miracle on 34th Street: Colorized Version (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: George Seaton
When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won…