Movies by Dina Merrill
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Shade (2003)
Cast: Stuart Townsend, Gabriel Byrne, Thandie Newton …
Directed by: Damian Nieman
Looking for a chance to take down a legendary cardsharp, a trio of grifters tries to bankroll their scheme by bilking a mob bagman. But all bets are off when his Mafia pals come looking for…
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The Glow (2002)
Cast: Portia de Rossi, Dean Cain, Hal Linden …
Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
When it comes to apartment hunting, remember this: If something looks too good to be true, it probably is. When Jackie (Portia de Rossi) and Matt (Dean Cain) move into a unit that's…
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The Magnificent Ambersons (2000)
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys Meyers …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
When Orson Welles's 1942 film was first produced, it was drastically reedited by its studio, RKO Pictures, prompting a battle that raged for years. In 2001, A&E took Welles's…
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The Other Sister (1999)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Juliette Lewis, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Carla Tate (Juliette Lewis) has an independent streak a mile wide. Trouble is, she's mentally handicapped, and her overprotective parents (Diane Keaton and Tom Skerritt) have misgivings…
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Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija …
Directed by: Ron Underwood
In a remake of the 1949 classic, director Ron Underwood's Oscar-nominated adventure follows Gregg O'Hara's quest to capture a two-ton African gorilla and transport him to a…
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Milk and Money (1996)
Cast: Peter Boyle, Margaret Colin, Olympia Dukakis …
Directed by: Michael Bergmann
David (Robert Petkoff), a med school dropout, agrees to help two women he meets on a New York street in this independent feature from Michael Bergmann. The resulting screwball comedy includes…
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Open Season (1995)
Cast: Lloyd Adams, Robert Wuhl, Eric Bryson …
Directed by: Robert Wuhl
A former exec at a television ratings firm makes the move to a public broadcasting station, where, due to a technical glitch, the channel's ratings suddenly skyrocket. Now, it's…
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Suture (1993)
Cast: Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono …
Directed by: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
A father's funeral brings half-brothers Clay and Vincent together, but it's not a heartfelt reunion. Greedy sibling Vincent plots to kill Clay and pretend the body is his own so he…
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The Player (1992)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Director Robert Altman's wickedly funny masterpiece about a slick Hollywood studio executive named Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) -- a hotshot whose life is falling apart -- is packed with…
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True Colors (1991)
Cast: John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
In this absorbing morality play, two law-school roommates fulfill their ambitions by taking different paths, as one accepts a job at the Department of Justice, while the other enters the…
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Caddyshack 2 (1988)
Cast: Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon …
Directed by: Allan Arkush
With Bill Murray gone, Jackie Mason fills the position of chief funnyman in this sequel. Wealthy contractor Jack Hartounian (Mason) and his daughter Kate (Jessica Lundy) want to join a…
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Anna to the Infinite Power (1982)
Cast: Martha Byrne, Dina Merrill, Jack Gilford …
Directed by: Robert Wiemer
Anna (Martha Byrne), a brilliant but troubled young girl attending a school for the gifted, is disturbed by a series of terrifying nightmares. Her dreams are only the beginning of a dangerous…
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The Greatest: Muhammad Ali (1977)
Cast: Robert Duvall, Muhammad Ali, James Earl Jones …
Directed by: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
Muhammad Ali stars as himself in this 1977 biopic, which traces the iconic fighter's career from his days as an 18-year-old Olympic champ eager to seek the heavyweight title all the way…
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The Walking Major (1970)
Cast: Dale Robertson, Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara …
Directed by: Keith Larsen, Koji Senno
When U.S. Army Maj. Clark Allen (Dale Robertson) begins walking the length of Japan to raise money to rebuild an orphanage destroyed during the war, he gets the attention of Japanese citizens…
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I'll Take Sweden (1965)
Cast: Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon …
Directed by: Frederick De Cordova
Widower Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope) is forced to think twice after he tries to keep his teenage daughter, JoJo (Tuesday Weld), from marrying "good for nothing" Kenny (Frankie Avalon) in this…
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Ron Howard …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
After Tom Corbett's (Glenn Ford) wife dies, Tom's young son Eddie (Ronny Howard) has definite ideas about who he wants his father to marry -- namely, Elizabeth (Shirley Jones), the…
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The Young Savages (1961)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews …
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
When three Italian teens are accused of stabbing a young Puerto Rican in East Harlem, an ambitious district attorney pushes for the death penalty, but wary assistant DA Hank Bell (Burt…
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Butterfield 8 (1960)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher …
Directed by: Daniel Mann
Elizabeth Taylor won a Best Actress Oscar as Gloria Wandrous, a stylish call girl who yearns to go straight, especially after she thinks she's found Mr. Right. But self-loathing…
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The Sundowners (1960)
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov …
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Set in 1920s Australia, this Western-style drama stars Robert Mitchum as an Irish sheep drover who finds his nomadic lifestyle at odds with his family's desire to put down roots. Born to…
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Operation Petticoat (1959)
Cast: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cary Grant, captain of the Sea Tiger submarine, faces a multitude of hurdles to World War II battle -- severe damage to his vessel, countless supply problems and a conniving supply officer…
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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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Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer …
Directed by: Norman Taurog
After he's summoned to court on his wedding night, bumbling Navy lieutenant John Paul Steckler VII sets off on a series of misadventures to prove he didn't steal the USS Kornblatt,…
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Desk Set (1957)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young …
Directed by: Walter Lang
Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is a reference librarian whose tepid long-term relationship with television executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young) is fizzling. Enter Richard Sumner (Spencer…