Movies by Don Taylor
As part of the cast:
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Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Mort Abrahams, James Brolin …
Directed by: Kevin Burns, David Comtois
Roddy McDowall hosts this documentary that takes an exclusive in-depth look at the five Planet of the Apes films, along with the television series and the animated cartoon inspired by the…
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Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
Cast: Don Taylor, Fabian, Shelley Fabares …
Directed by: William Castle
Shoot the curl and get tubular with this vintage surfing flick that includes a cast of cut-ups such as Fabian, Tab Hunter, Shelly Fabares, Barbara Eden and Jim Mitchum. Highlights include the…
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Cast: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert …
Directed by: Daniel Mann
Susan Hayward won the Best Actress prize at Cannes and earned an Oscar nomination for her stunning portrayal of singer Lillian Roth in this emotional biopic. Deprived of a normal childhood by…
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The Last Time I Saw Paris / Father's Little Dividend (1954)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks
This set spotlights two of Elizabeth Taylor's better-known works from the 1950s. In The Last Time I Saw Paris, Charles Wills (Van Johnson) returns to the City of Lights to reminisce…
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Stalag 17 (1953)
Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
For the Allied prisoners of Stalag 17, every escape attempt ends the same way: disaster. Cynical Sgt. Sefton (William Holden, in his Oscar-winning role) thinks they're all fools for…
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The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
Cast: Leo Genn, Don Taylor, Gene Barry …
Directed by: Alvin Ganzer, F. Hugh Herbert
In 1945, British official Roger Halyard (Leo Genn) is distraught upon learning that 1,500 Marines are about to land on the isolated South Pacific island where he's raised his daughters…
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Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Stanley Banks returns in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride sequel. Stanley's heart rate is now stable at the mention of his daughter's wedding, but now he faces a new…
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Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
They've gotta hate you to love you! John Wayne is a Marine fighter-pilot officer who earns the enmity of his men via his obsession with downing Japanese flyboys in World War II. Actual…
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Submarine Command (1951)
Cast: William Holden, William Bendix, Nancy Olson …
Directed by: John Farrow
Lt. Cmdr. Ken White is haunted by his fateful order to submerge the USS Tiger Shark during World War II. Given command of the same vessel at the beginning of the Korean War, will the…
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Father of the Bride (1950)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Spencer Tracy renders one of his most endearing roles as Stanley Banks, the befuddled title character in this charming comedy directed by Vincente Minnelli. Stanley gets caught up in the…
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Battleground (1949)
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Director William Wellman dedicated this taut war film to "the battered bastards of Bastogne." The film tells the story of a U.S. Army division that's overrun by the Germans during the…
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The Naked City (1948)
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart …
Directed by: Jules Dassin
When a model is found drowned in her bathtub, homicide detectives Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) are on the case. Their investigation, the inner workings of…
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Elizabeth Taylor Triad (1947)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks …
Three great Elizabeth Taylor movies on a single disc! In The Last Time I Saw Paris, veteran Van Johnson meets the lovely and lively Elizabeth Taylor in Paris after the war and falls in love.…
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Classic Cinema: Elizabeth Taylor Triple Feature (1947)
Cast: Spencer Treat Clark, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli, Michael Curtiz, Richard Brooks …
A stunningly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor stars in three vintage films. In Father's Little Dividend (a sequel to Father of the Bride), Liz is in a family way, much to the chagrin of her…
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Secret Weapons (2002)
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Geena Davis, Sally Kellerman …
Directed by: Don Taylor
Linda Hamilton stars in this made-for-television drama as a Russian beauty trained by the KGB to seduce and destroy U.S. officials, passing herself off as an all-American girl and convincing…
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Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983)
Cast: Frank Barrie, Tesse Peake-Jones, Hetta Charnley …
Directed by: Don Taylor
John Hudson and Joanne Pearce star in this BBC production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy about two friends who travel to Milan and fall in love with the same woman. Proteus and…
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Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981)
Cast: Barry Bostwick, William Devane, George Coe …
Directed by: Don Taylor
Two top-notch Air Force fighter pilot trainees push the outside of the envelope as they vie to be the best in a simulated war-game competition. But they become caught up in the rivalry of the…
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The Final Countdown (1980)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: Don Taylor
What if a 1980s American aircraft carrier (with its modern firepower) time-warped back to Pacific waters just outside Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? That's the intriguing premise behind…
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Damien: Omen II (1978)
Cast: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor …
Directed by: Don Taylor
Seven years after Damien Thorn's dad tried to slay him, the demon child has grown into an angry teenager (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) now living with his aunt (Lee Grant) and uncle (William…
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The Island of Dr. Moreau: Director's Cut (1977)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport …
Directed by: Don Taylor
This 1977 adaptation of H.G. Wells's sci-fi novel stars Michael York as Andrew Braddock, a shipwrecked sailor who washes up on a mysterious island inhabited by mad scientist Dr. Paul…
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Echoes of a Summer / Mesmerized (1976)
Cast: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Michael Laughlin, Don Taylor
This double feature collects two early movies of Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster. In Echoes of a Summer, Foster stars as Deirdre, a dying 11-year-old girl who strikes up a…
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Tom Sawyer (1973)
Cast: Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates …
Directed by: Don Taylor
Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster and Johnny Whitaker ("Family Affair") star in this musical adaptation of Mark Twain's classic tale. Orphan Tom Sawyer (Whitaker) and his scrappy pal…
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman …
Directed by: Don Taylor
In this third installment of the Planet of the Apes series, Cornelius (Roddy McDowall), Zira (Kim Hunter) and Milo (Sal Mineo) travel back in time to escape the destruction of their world.…