Movies by Lee Grant
As part of the cast:
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Going Shopping (2005)
Cast: Victoria Foyt, Rob Morrow, Lee Grant …
Directed by: Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom's comic tribute to consumerism stars Victoria Foyt as Holly, a clothing designer who runs a successful boutique. But when her accountant boyfriend (Bruce Davison) embezzles…
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Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Cast: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring …
Directed by: David Lynch
Writer-director David Lynch weaves another mysteriously complex tale in this story about an amnesiac woman (Laura Harring) who's left stranded on Mulholland Drive and gets taken in by a…
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The Omen Legacy (2001)
Cast: Jack Palance, Richard Donner, Lance Henriksen …
Directed by: Brent Zacky
When The Omen opened in theaters in 1976, no one knew it would become a runaway hit, spawning sequels and best-selling books. Also unpredictable was the spate of strange events that befell…
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Dr. T & the Women (2000)
Cast: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Wealthy, successful gynecologist Sullivan Travis loves his seemingly perfect life -- until his wife has a sudden mental breakdown, his lesbian daughter prepares to tie the knot with a man,…
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The Substance of Fire (1996)
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton, Sarah Jessica Parker …
Directed by: Daniel J. Sullivan
Domineering publishing magnate Isaac Geldhart (Ron Rifkin) has never been much of a father to his three children (Timothy Hutton, Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony Goldwyn). When he refuses to…
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It's My Party (1996)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Lee Grant …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
This bittersweet film stars Eric Roberts as Nick, a gay man with AIDS who learns he's contracted a terminal brain disease. Nick decides to throw himself a two-day farewell party, where…
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A Season of Hope / Seasons of the Heart (1994)
Cast: Carol Burnett, Lee Grant, Stephen Lang …
Directed by: Marcus Cole, Lee Grant
Families in crisis must confront reality in this affecting twin bill. A Season of Hope finds Hackett clan matriarch Elizabeth (JoBeth Williams) struggling to keep her family together when a…
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Citizen Cohn (1992)
Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
James Woods plays Roy Cohn, the controversial "enforcer" to Senator Joe McCarthy during the paranoid 1950s, in this political drama that explores the Rosenberg trial and House Un-American…
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Fatal Love (1992)
Cast: Martin Landau, Molly Ringwald, Perry King …
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
Cosmopolitan commercial artist Alison Gertz (Molly Ringwald) enjoys the fast-paced Manhattan lifestyle, until a one-night encounter brings everything to a screeching halt when she contracts…
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Defending Your Life (1991)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse …
Directed by: Albert Brooks
After Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) crashes his BMW convertible into a bus, he's transported to "Judgment City," where he meets the love of his life, Julia (Meryl Streep). Unfortunately,…
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The Big Town (1987)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Ben Bolt
In this drama set in 1957 Chicago, J.C. Cullen (Matt Dillon) is a small-town gambler who heads to the Windy City to hit it big. Far from making the fortune he set out to find, he instead…
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Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Cast: George C. Scott, Lee Grant, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio …
Directed by: William A. Graham
George C. Scott, Lee Grant, Virginia Madsen, Raul Julia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Gabriel Byrne star in this Emmy-nominated program about the rise and fall of Italy's fascist…
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A Billion for Boris (1984)
Cast: Lee Grant, Scott Schutzman Tiler, Mary Tanner Bailey …
Directed by: Alexander Grasshoff
Teenage Boris (Scott Schutzman Tiler) realizes that his television set is somehow receiving broadcasts from the future, so he starts betting piles of cash on horse races and making himself…
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Teachers (1984)
Cast: Lee Grant, Judd Hirsch, Nick Nolte …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Threatened by the bad publicity of a class action lawsuit, the administration at JFK High School is looking to weed out any teachers who are critical of the school's policies, most…
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Visiting Hours (1982)
Cast: Lee Grant, Michael Ironside, William Shatner …
Directed by: Jean-Claude Lord
After airing an outspoken report on domestic violence, anchorwoman Deborah Ballin (Lee Grant) receives an unexpected visit from a displeased viewer, who takes out his anger by savagely…
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson …
Directed by: Clive Donner
The iconic and enigmatic gumshoe Charlie Chan (played by the legendary Peter Ustinov) takes on a most perplexing case and heads to the City by the Bay, San Francisco, to solve it. Victims are…
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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 Swarm (1978)
Cast: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark …
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Entomologist Brad Crane (Michael Caine) and his crack team of scientists attempt to intervene when swarms of voracious killer bees begin attacking a number of cities in Texas, and an army…
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The Good Doctor (1978)
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Lee Grant, Marsha Mason …
Starring as dramatist Anton Chekhov, Richard Chamberlain unifies a series of humorous sketches adapted for the small screen by legendary playwright Neil Simon in this witty homage to the…
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The Mafu Cage (1978)
Cast: Will Geer, Lee Grant, Carol Kane …
Directed by: Karen Arthur
This dark, suspenseful film explores the bizarre relationship between two adult sisters. Ellen (Lee Grant) is a successful astronomer saddled with caring for the mentally disturbed Cissy…
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Airport '77 (1977)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Jerry Jameson
After thieves hijack a luxury 747 carrying a priceless art collection to be delivered to a private estate, the plot goes terribly awry and the plane sinks in the Bermuda Triangle, stranding…
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Airport '77 / The Concorde: Airport '79 (1977)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Jerry Jameson, David Lowell Rich, Olivia de Havilland …
The third film in the Airport series finds a jet full of people 50 feet below sea level in the Bermuda Triangle. The oxygen supply dwindles for an art collector (Jimmy Stewart), the pilot…
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The Spell (1977)
Cast: Lee Grant, Susan Myers, Lelia Goldoni …
Directed by: Lee Phillips
Misery chases overweight teen Rita Matchett (Susan Myers), who is rejected by her classmates and ridiculed by her sister, Kristina (Helen Hunt), but when the brooding outcast discovers her…
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Shampoo (1975)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
In this racy satire set in the narcissistic world of late 1960s Los Angeles, a womanizing hairdresser trying to open his own salon in Beverly Hills has trouble juggling his business and…
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The Seagull (1975)
Cast: Frank Langella, Olympia Dukakis, Blythe Danner …
Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull" is brought to life in this acclaimed 1975 production directed by John Desmond. Seeking to reform the theater, Konstantin (Frank Langella) has written…
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The Internecine Project (1974)
Cast: James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews …
Directed by: Ken Hughes
James Coburn stars in this British thriller as former secret agent Robert Elliot, whose recent appointment as an adviser to the U.S. president leaves him scrambling to erase his shady past.…
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Plaza Suite (1971)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Walter Matthau stars in three charming vignettes -- each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel -- that make up this classic comedy. Matthau plays a cheating husband, a Hollywood…
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The Landlord (1970)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby makes his directorial debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges as the wealthy but naïve Elgar Enders, who buys a Brooklyn tenement, plans to evict the African…
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There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, John Randolph …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kirk Douglas stars in this classic Western about amiable convict Paris Pitman, who's hidden a half million in stolen loot. Now, he just needs to persuade his prison cronies to escape and…
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Marooned (1969)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen …
Directed by: John Sturges
In this tense 1969 thriller, commander Jim Pruett (Richard Crenna) leads a team of astronauts on a fact-finding space mission that leaves them stranded when their vehicle develops a problem.…
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The Big Bounce (1969)
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Van Heflin …
Directed by: Alex March
Ryan O'Neal is suave and deadly as Vietnam vet Jack Ryan in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's gripping novel. When Jack meets party girl Nancy (Leigh Taylor-Young,), the daughter…
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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers …
Directed by: Melvin Frank
With her long-held secret about to emerge, winsome Carla Campbell (Gina Lollobrigida) is in a fix. It seems that during World War II, Carla slept with three U.S. soldiers (Phil Silvers, Peter…
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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Black Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs helps a redneck Southern sheriff solve a murder in this riveting study in racism that still strikes a chord. Rod Steiger won a Best Actor Oscar for…
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Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate …
Directed by: Mark Robson
In this movie based on Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel, small-town girl Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) heads to Broadway, where she meets Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke),…
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Divorce American Style (1967)
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards …
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
Ex-couple Richard (Dick Van Dyke) and Barbara (Debbie Reynolds) Harmon come to realize that after the trials and tribulations of dating, debilitating alimony payouts and commiserations with…
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The Balcony (1963)
Cast: Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant …
Directed by: Joseph Strick
Joseph Strick helmed this adaptation of playwright Jean Genet's surrealistic political satire about customers who continue their fantasy role-playing in a brothel, oblivious to the…
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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.…
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A Father ... a Son ... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas
Directed by: Lee Grant
Aiming her camera lens at Oscar winners Kirk and Michael Douglas, Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Lee Grant captures an extraordinary portrait of a father and son whose lives have…
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A Season of Hope / Seasons of the Heart (1994)
Cast: Carol Burnett, Lee Grant, Stephen Lang …
Directed by: Marcus Cole, Lee Grant
Families in crisis must confront reality in this affecting twin bill. A Season of Hope finds Hackett clan matriarch Elizabeth (JoBeth Williams) struggling to keep her family together when a…
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Reunion / Secrets (1994)
Cast: Richard Kiley, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Strauss …
Directed by: Lee Grant, Jud Taylor
Two women are pushed to the edge in this dramatic double feature. In Reunion, Marlo Thomas plays Jessie Yates, a mother seemingly driven to madness after a family tragedy involving her young…
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Following Her Heart (1994)
Cast: Ann-Margret, George Segal, Sandra Reaves …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Following the death of her domineering husband, middle-aged widow Lena (Ann-Margret) joins a bus tour to Nashville, and along the way, she makes new friends, connects with a longtime pen pal…
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Staying Together (1989)
Cast: Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Brian (Tim Quill), Kit (Dermot Mulroney) and Duncan (Sean Astin) have always expected they'd take over their father's (Jim Haynie) restaurant once he retires. That may be why…
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Homeless (1989)
Cast: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Kyndra Joy Casper …
Directed by: Lee Grant
After their apartment burns down, Mike and Zan Cooper (Jeff Daniels and Christine Lahti) move with their two children into the home of Mike's brother, but tension between the families…
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Nobody's Child (1986)
Cast: Marlo Thomas, Ray Baker, Caroline Kava …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Marlo Thomas won an Emmy for her performance of a mentally ill woman in this fact-based made-for-TV movie. After trying to commit suicide at age 16, Marie Balter (Thomas) spends the next 20…
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A Matter of Sex (1984)
Cast: Nancy Beatty, Peter Dvorsky, Judge Reinhold …
Directed by: Lee Grant
After watching men with less impressive credentials pad their salaries with high-paying promotions, disgruntled female bank tellers (led by Jean Stapleton of "All in the Family" fame) stage…
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Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Elderly husband and wife David and Eva (Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova) rediscover each other when they embark on a cross-country road trip after learning that Eva is suffering from a…
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Broadway Theatre Archive: For the Use of the Hall (1974)
Cast: Susan Anspach, David Hedison, Barbara Barrie …
Directed by: Lee Grant
Filmed for television, this adaptation of Oliver Hailey's comedic stage play stars George Furth as Martin, a neurotic playwright who seeks refuge at his mother's (Aline MacMahon)…