Movies by John Forsythe
As part of the cast:
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu …
Directed by: McG, Joseph McGinty Mitchell
In this reboot of the TV classic, the Angels are tasked with finding a pair of missing rings encoded with the personal information of people in witness protection. As informants are bumped…
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The Greatest '70s Cop Shows (2003)
Cast: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith …
Directed by: Richard Lang, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Michael Caffey …
Ten-four! Relive your youth courtesy of five of the most popular cop shows from 1970s American television: "Charlie's Angels," "Starsky and Hutch," "S.W.A.T.," "Police Woman" and "The…
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Classic Mystery Movies: And Then There Were None / Cry Panic / The Bat (2003)
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward …
Directed by: Rene Clair, James Goldstone, Crane Wilbur …
Thrill-seekers will delight in this mystery movie. And Then There Were None retells an Agatha Christie favorite, where visitors to a remote island are killed one by one -- and a…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Cast: Treat Williams, Jeremy London, Tushka Bergen …
Directed by: George Miller, George T. Miller, George T. Miller …
George Miller's made-for-TV adaptation of Jules Vernes' classic adventure novel recounts a daring and dangerous voyage -- led by scientist Dr. Theodore Lytton (Treat Williams) -- to…
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Scrooged (1988)
Cast: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe …
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cold-hearted TV exec Bill Murray is about to discover the true meaning of Christmas -- the hard way. Director Richard Donner's wild, woolly spin on Dickens's &NFi;A Christmas Carol…
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A Time for Miracles (1980)
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Rossano Brazzi …
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton…
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...And Justice for All (1979)
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
America's justice system comes under indictment in director Norman Jewison's penetrating film starring Al Pacino as upstanding attorney Arthur Kirkland, who's tasked with…
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Charlie's Angels: Angels Under Covers (1976)
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith …
Two episodes from the 1970s TV show feature the comely crime-fighting troika (Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith) in its video debut. In "To Kill an Angel," Kelly (Smith) attends…
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The Best of Charlie's Angels (1976)
Cast: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith …
Directed by: Phil Bondelli, George Brooks, Cliff Bole …
Aaron Spelling spun gold with this 1970s series about three female police academy students (played in various succession by Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley…
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The Happy Ending (1969)
Cast: Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones …
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Strung out on an endless parade of pills and liquor that blunt the sting of her farcical marriage to philandering lawyer Fred (John Forsythe), Denver housewife Mary Wilson (Jean Simmons)…
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Topaz (1969)
Cast: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Karin Dor …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Based on the Leon Uris best-seller of the same name, Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz is a spy thriller set in the Cold War period surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis (fall 1962). Competing…
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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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Madame X (1966)
Cast: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban …
Directed by: David Lowell Rich
Lana Turner delivers a fine performance as Holly Parker Anderson, who sacrifices her happiness to save her family from scandal in this 1966 tearjerker. Forced to vanish and live under an…
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Kitten with a Whip (1964)
Cast: Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown …
Directed by: Douglas Heyes
Ann-Margret goes from sex kitten to hellcat in the blink of an eye in this "juvie" classic about a teenage reform-school escapee who knifes a warden and torches the building, then takes…
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Portrait in Black (1960)
Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Constance Bennett, Lana Turner …
Directed by: Michael Gordon, David Lowell Rich
In love with her invalid husband's physician (Anthony Quinn), beautiful Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) persuades him to murder her rich spouse in this glossy thriller. Believing they've…
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What Makes Sammy Run? (1959)
Cast: Larry Blyden, John Forsythe, Barbara Rush …
Directed by: Budd Schulberg
Fibbing, backstabbing and plagiarism are just part of the job for unscrupulous screenwriter Sammy (Larry Blyden), who will do whatever it takes to climb to the top of the entertainment…
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The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: Norman Krasna
Aching to escape her dull duties as daughter of the U.S ambassador to France, Joan Fisk (Olivia de Havilland) sets out to demonstrate a point to her father and his small-minded friends in…
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The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's second American comedy demonstrates the director's flair for gallows humor. The trouble with Harry is ... he's "expired," and the residents of a quaint New…
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Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe …
Directed by: John Sturges
During the Civil War, Capt. Roper (William Holden) rules prison camp Fort Bravo with an iron fist. When beautiful Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) visits the fort, she distracts the ruthless…
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The Captive City (1952)
Cast: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy …
Directed by: Robert Wise
Small-town newspaper co-owners and old army buddies Jim Austin (John Forsythe) and Don Carey (Harold J. Kennedy) find themselves up against a powerful gambling syndicate that's…
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Wuthering Heights / A Bolt of Lightning / The Wings of the Dove (1951)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lloyd Bochner, June Dayton …
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner, Paul Nickell
Actor Charlton Heston shows off his talent as a leading man in this collection of early television performances. In an adaptation of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," Heston stars as…
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None But My Foe / Trial of Peter Zenger (1951)
Cast: John Forsythe, Eddie Albert, Howard Freeman …
Directed by: Paul Nickell
The challenges of democracy drive this pair of episodes from Westinghouse's "Studio One" anthology series. John Forsythe stars in "None But My Foe" (1951), a tale of World War II-era…
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Telephone Time (1948)
Cast: John Nesbitt, Roland Young, Sandra Bernhard …
Television's Golden Age returns in four episodes of Bell's "Telephone Time." Victor Jory stars in "I Am Not Alone" as a Polish prisoner subjected to the brutality of a Soviet…
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Destination Tokyo (1943)
Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale …
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Helmed by Delmer Daves, this suspenseful World War II adventure centers on an American submarine crew -- led by Capt. Cassidy (Cary Grant) -- sent to infiltrate enemy waters to gather…