Gilbert Green Movies
Supporting actor Gilbert Green first appeared onscreen in the '60s. ~ All Movie Guide
- 2002
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Hip-hop label Slip 'n' Slide Records has thrown one of the wildest beach parties to ever hit South Beach, and this video is your invitation to join in on the good times. Slip 'N' Slide: All Star Weekend features Trick Daddy and Trina playing host as they visit comedy shows, all-night beach parties, concert performances, basketball games, and women showing off the latest in beach attire as a parade of rap stars stop by to check out the action. Guest stars include Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Tre +6, Lost Tribe, Deuce Poppi, and members of the Ruff Ryders posse. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1983
Filmed in California, copyrighted in Turkey and enacted in Armenian, Forty Days of Musa Dagh is set in the decades following the Russo-Turkish war of 1878. Persecuted by their conquerors, a group of Armenian nationals form a resistance movement. The conquering Ottomans retaliate by committing some of the most egregious forms of genocide ever perpetrated. The bulk of the storyline takes place in 1915, when Armenian Gabriel Bagradian (Kabir Bedi), an officer in the Turkish military, relinquishes his commission and joins the resistance. The film culminates in the courageous defense against the Turks at Fort Musa Dagh. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kabir Bedi, Ronnie Carol, (more)
- 1982
Magnum (Tom Selleck) insists upon reopening a military court-martial that occurred some forty years earlier. The reason for this belated investigation is to determine the innocence--or guilt--of a sailor who was reported AWOL from the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941. The man's daughter (played by Kathleen Lloyd before she was established on Magnum, P.I. in the semi-recurring role of ADA Carol Baldwin) has been denied permission to scatter her father's ashes at the Pearl Harbor memorial, and Magnum wants the whole story. . .for better or worse. This episode once again touches upon the protagonist's fascination with such classic detective films as The Maltese Falcon: the allegedly AWOL sailor's name was Miles Archer, the same name as Sam Spade's unfortunate partner in Falcon; and his daughter's name is Bridget, as in "Bridget O'Shaughnessy", the duplicitous heroine in the same film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
An airliner crashes into the icy waters of Santa Monica Bay, killing several passengers. Investigating, Quincy (Jack Klugman) comes to the conclusion that many of the victims died needlessly, due to an insufficient supply of inflatable lifeboats. Thus begins another crusade for the feisty medical examiner, as he lobbies for stronger safety measures during over-the-water airline flights--and as usual, he meets with stiff opposition from the insensitive powers-that-be. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1979
No sooner has Jim (James Garner) arrived in Newark than he is robbed of his watch, wallet, luggage, and return plane ticket. The culprits are a couple of minor-league crooks who hope to break into the Big Time through the auspices of Jim's friend, reformed mobster Beppy Conigliaro (Simon Oakland). Female impersonator Jim Bailey appears as himself in this sequel to the 5th season episode "he Jersey Bounce", with Greg Antonacci and Gene Davis making return appearances as Eugene Conigliaro and Mickey Long. Both this episode and its predecessor were written by David Chase, who later parlayed his fascination with New Jersey mobsters into the groundbreaking cable-TV series The Sopranos. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Norma Rae finds Sally Field cast in the title role, a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill. The factory has taken too much of a toll on the health of Norma Rae's family for her to ignore her Dickensian working conditions. After hearing a speech by New York union organizer Reuben (Ron Leibman), Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes dissension at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny (Beau Bridges), assumes that her activism is a result of a romance between herself and Reuben. Despite the pressure brought to bear by management, Norma Rae successfully orchestrates a shutdown of the mill, resulting in victory for the union and capitulation to its demands. Based on a true story, Norma Rae is the film for which Sally Field won her first Oscar; an additional Oscar went to David Shire and Norman Gimbel for the film's theme song, "It Goes Like It Goes." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sally Field, Beau Bridges, (more)
- 1979
When a woman being treated for an ulcer by Dr. Barri Stoddard (Frances Lee McCain), a practitioner of holistic medicine, suddenly dies, an outraged Quincy (Jack Klugman) prepares to expose and denounce Stoddard as a quack. He changes his mind when he meets Barri and falls in love with her, though he is still skeptical of the woman's "all-natural" medical methods. Ultimately, Quincy ends up crusading to keep Dr. Stoddard's clinic open despite mounting public pressure to close her down--and this requires him to expose the person who was actually responsible for the ulcer patient's death. This is the final episode of Quincy, M.E.'s fourth season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1978
After being kidnapped and harrassed by the members of an Arab family, Jim (James Garner) tries to find out why his captors were so interested in his current client Sean Innes (Richard Romanus), who'd hired him to locate a woman named Khedra Azziz (Maria Grimm). It soon becomes clear that both Sean and Khedra are connected with crooked real-estate agent Cy Margulies (Robert Alda), who specializes in framing adulterous situations so that he can purchase the houses of wealthy divorced couples at rock-bottom prices. Jim must not only stop Margulies in his tracks, but also save Khedra from being murdered by her own family. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
This episode is something of an amalgam of the Martin-and-Lewis legend and the much-later TV series The Sopranos). Jim (James Garner) is hired to protect over-the-hill comedian Kenny Bell (Chuck McCann) from his mean-spirited former partner Lee Russo (Robert Quarry), only to find himself implicated in Russo's murder. At the same time, Kenny must ransom his "funny box", a catalogue of jokes that has been stolen. These two plot strands are connected by a sex scandal within a Mob family, which certain parties are determined to keep secret at any cost! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
After several weeks of pre-emptions and reruns, Streets of San Francisco returned to the ABC lineup in late April of 1977 for its final six episodes. This time, Stone (Karl Malden) and Robbins (Richard Hatch) put out an A.P.B. on a convicted killer who has escaped from an asylum. Refusing to believe that he has murdered his wife, the fugitive embarks upon a desperate search for the dead woman--and in the process imperils the lives of several innocent bystanders. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1976
Kim Hunter guest stars as Crazy Annie, a skid row derelict. Undercover detective Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) invades the shadowy, squalid world of Annie and her fellow down-and-outers as he searches for an elusive killer. Before he quite knows what has happened, Baretta is kidnapped by Annie, who is convinced that the cop is her long-lost son. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Blake, Edward Grover, (more)
Gay Talese's bestseller Honor Thy Father is given a superb, albeit slightly expurgated, treatment in this made-for-TV movie. Joseph Bologna plays Bill Bonanno, the son of New York City Mafia-don Joe "Bananas" Bonanno (Raf Vallone). When his father disappears in 1964, Bill is compelled to take over the "family business." This proves well-nigh impossible as several Mafiosi fall over themselves trying to stake their own claims within the Bonanno empire. Lewis John Carlino, the script writer for the 1968 Mafia flick The Brotherhood, adapted the Talese novel for television. Joseph Campanella "appears" as the slyly noncommittal off-screen narrator. Honor Thy Father was first telecast March 1, 1973. The producers sagaciously withheld the film from the critics until that night to make certain no reviewer would spoil the audience's enjoyment by prematurely cataloging the differences between the film and the book. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Bologna, (more)
If you think that Oliver Stone invented the "political paranoia" movie, take a glance at Executive Action sometime. Based on Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment, the conspiracy theorist's bible, Executive Action perpetuates the popular urban legend that John F. Kennedy was assassinated at the behest of a right-wing cartel with military and industrial interests. The film further hypothesizes that Lee Harvey Oswald not only didn't pull the trigger, but was also set up as a disposable dupe (this notion wasn't even new in 1973). Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Will Geer play the sinister conspirators. In the film's coda, still photos of 18 witnesses to the assassination are shown, while the accompanying text informs us that all of these people had died between 1963 and 1973. We are further told that the odds against this coincidence are one in a trillion. When Oliver Stone's thematically similar JFK came out in 1991, viewers with long memories were quick to notice the eerie similarities between the Stone film and Executive Action -- right down to choice of camera angles. Hmmm....a conspiracy, perhaps? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, (more)
Raymond St. Jacques both directs and stars in The Book of Numbers. St. Jacques and Philip Thomas play depression-era African Americans, barely making out an existence as waiters in a deep-south community. Both men decide that there's more money to be had on the shadier side of the law, so they set up a successful rural numbers racket. All goes well until the operation attracts the attention of white crime boss Gilbert Greene. Though no one is particularly admirable in The Book of Numbers, the audience remains firmly on the side of the black characters, if only by default. The film was based on a novel by Robert Dean Phaar. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Rod Serling, a master of speculative scriptwriting, penned the screenplay of The Man. Set a few days into the future, the story contrives to kill off the President, the vice president, and virtually everyone in line of succession in a bizarre accident. This turn of events elevates African-American senator James Earl Jones directly into the Oval Office. Based on a novel by Irving Wallace, The Man was originally intended as TV movie, but released theatrically because most sponsors were afraid of its supposed controversial content. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, (more)
- 1972
Ironside (Raymond Burr) searches for a resourceful burglar who has figured out a method of "taming" vicious guard dogs so that he can rob stores without interference. In order to flush out the villain, Ironside adopts his own dog and sets both himself and the pooch up as bait. With the preponderance of fierce-looking German shepherds and Doberman pinschers in this episode, one wonders how the actors got through their scenes without being ripped asunder after each take! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
In a plot reminiscent of such "perfect crime" films as The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing, three strangers are brought together to commit a $900,000 bank robbery. Much of the preliminary footage is devoted to establishing the personalities and motives of the three crooks. Playboy Eliot Fielding (Peter Haskell) has turned criminal in hopes of wooing and winning his wealthy girlfriend; George Whelan (Richard O'Brien wants to use his cut to open a hardware store; and lifelong loser Roy Mills (Albert Salmi) desires to fulfill his pathetically childish dreams of luxury. As expected, the best-laid plans go horribly awry when the three thieves end up as reluctant kidnappers (appearing as the father of the kidnap victim is former movie Tarzan Lex Barker). This is the final episode of The F.B.I.'s sixth season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1967
British director Alexander MacKendrick helmed this farcical romantic comedy set in Southern California. Carlo Cofield (Tony Curtis) is a footloose tourist who meets Laura Califatti (Claudia Cardinale) when she accidentally edges his car off the highway. Laura invites Carlo to her home; he seems interested in her, but discovers she's already involved with swimming pool magnate Rod Prescott (Robert Webber). The next day, Carlo hits the beach and nearly drowns in the ocean, until he's rescued by comely sky diver Malibu (Sharon Tate). Carlo blackmails Rod into giving him a job so he can stay in California and pursue a romance with Malibu, but he soon finds himself torn between her and Laura. Don't Make Waves also features a theme song by The Byrds. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, (more)
- 1966
Contacting the dreaded Martian "Virus M", Tim (Bill Bixby) develops red stripes on his face. Will Detective Brennan (Alan Hewitt) tumble to the fact that Martin (Ray Walston) is the source of this affliction? Nope: Brennan assumes that the red stripes are the result of a virus that Tim brought back from an assignment in Mexico, so he rushes both Tim and Martin to the hospital isolation ward. The trick now is to escape the ward before the staff finds out that Martin is "not of this world". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1966
Planning a full assault on the forces of German General Stofle (Gilbert Green), the Allies order Hogan to detain Stofle for 24 hours. At first, the assignment seems to be a cinch, inasmuch as Stofle and Col. Klink are old buddies. The fly in the ointment is suspicious Gestapo officer Major Zolle (Gavin MacLeod), who has arrived in camp to investigate Klink's perfect no-escape record. Written by David Chantler and Jack H. Robinson, "Hello, Zolle" first aired on January 21, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, (more)
- 1965
Bumbling Aunt Clara pays another visit to the Stephens family. Taking Clara at her word that she doesn't want to be pampered, Samantha and Darrin assign the old dear to babysit a pair of precocious children. This turns out to be a big mistake when Clara casually informs the kiddies that she is a witch -- then sets about to prove it. First shown on April 1, 1965, "There's No Witch Like an Old Witch" was written by Ted Sherdeman and Jane Klove. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, (more)
- 1965
Despite the efforts of detective Paul Drake (William Hopper) to protect a secret desalinization process developed by Tryon Labs, the formula is pirated by a rival company. Working undercover for Tryon's head man Dr. Malcolm Scranton (Gilbert Green), Horace Lehigh (Bryan O'Byrne) is on the verge of revealing the identity of the person responsible for the security leak when he is drowned in a chemical vat. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) ends up defending Dr. Todd Meade (Grant Williams), who apparently had both motive and opportunity to murder Lehigh. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1965
Eddie (Butch Patrick) hopes to enter his beloved bat Igor in a school pet contest, but Igor flaps away in anger after being insulted by Herman (Fred Gwynne). Resourcefully, Grandpa (Al Lewis) changes himself into a bat and takes Igor's place. Unfortunately, Grandpa neglects to inform Eddie about this metamorphosis--and soon regrets this lapse in judgement when Eddie trades his "new" bat for a squirrel! Alvy Moore, best remembered by TV fans as self-contradictory agriculture agent Hank Kimball on Green Acres, appears as Dr. Grant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1965
In this horror film, set in San Francisco during the Victorian age, a criminologist is often out-guessed by his little valet and a sensitive mandrake plant. He finds himself involved in a hellish situation when a disfigured wizard conjures up a demon to help him transfer his soul in to the perfect body of his popular twin brother. The criminologist stops the wizard in the nick of time. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leslie Nielsen, Gilbert Green, (more)
- 1964
Christopher Lee is sublimely typecast as Karl Jorla, a European horror film star who has arrived in Hollywood to make his first American picture. But Jorla has no intention of drawing attention to himself; he not only keeps his production schedule secret, but he also refuses to let anyone know where he is living during his Hollywood stay. The reason? Jorla has run afoul of a cult of devil worshippers, who fear that he intends to expose them in his upcoming film -- and who will stop at nothing to prevent this. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christopher Lee, Gia Scala, (more)
