Joseph Sargent Movies

After a young mother is diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, she begins writing a journal containing her most heartfelt thoughts. It is to be her legacy to her beloved husband and daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Filmed in Spain, this TV movie stars Stuart Whitman as a painter who drops out of sight for seven years. Upon resurfacing, he discovers that his name has been affixed to high-priced forgeries. What's more, a crooked art dealer is capitalizing on Whitman's supposed death. While mulling through all these plot developments, Whitman falls in love with Brigitte Fossey, whose previous lover is the duplicitous dealer who is benefitting from reports of the artist's demise. Originally titled A Spanish Portrait, this film was shot in 1970, then lay unseen on the shelf for nearly three years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this detective drama, a mismatched pair of gumshoes get into hot water with the Syndicate. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, threatening global destruction should anyone try to pull its plug. The film's climax is unsettling, but no more so than the actual state of world affairs in 1970. Colossus: The Forbin Project was filmed in Canada. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The TV movie Tribes struck a responsive chord with young TV hounds of the early 1970s. Jan-Michael Vincent plays a long-haired hippie who, despite his anti-war sentiments, ends up in the Marines. Though forced to endure the torture of a buzz-cut, Vincent remains flippant and rebellious. Nail-hard drill instructor Darren McGavin is determined to "break" Vincent and transform him into a lean, mean fighting machine. It was all done before in Jack Webb's 1957 theatrical feature The DI, but Tribes had a timeliness lacking in the earlier film, thanks to the ongoing Vietnam crisis. Tracy Keenan Wynn (son of Keenan, grandson of Ed) and Marvin Schwartz won Emmy Awards for their teleplay. A big ratings success when it first aired November 10, 1970, Tribes was later released theatrically in England and Europe under the title The Soldier Who Declared Peace. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Immortal is the pilot film for a TV series that reversed the concept of Run For Your Life: Instead of a hero with only a few years to live, the hero of The Immortal can never die! Injected with an experimental serum, Christopher George finds that his blood system has built up an immunity to all diseases and that his ageing process has been halted. That should have been the end of the story, but a dying millionaire (Barry Sullivan) hopes to drain George of his blood and transfuse it to his own body. George is forced to go into hiding; in the subsequent series, he did the "Fugitive" bit, travelling from town to town and touching the lives of the citizens therein. The Immortal was based on a novel by James Gunn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Two former World War II pilots take to running an air-freight company in South Africa after the war. They get mixed up with Lee Harris (Harry Guardino), the dangerous black-market crime boss who flaunts his beautiful mistress Elana (Claudia Cardinale). Brynie (Rod Taylor) and Mike (Peter Deuel) are the former ace flyboys who get on the wrong side of Harris and his henchmen. The action starts at Al Poland's (William Marshall), a favorite watering hole where everyone has one ear on the live music as the other listens to the next sordid smuggling plan hatched by shadowy underworld types. Harris and his gun-wielding thugs mean to bring down the high-flying operation. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Roy Thinnes was the star of this 1967-1968 science fiction series, about an Earth poised on the brink of alien takeover. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

In this episode from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series, the two good guy spies must stop a criminal mastermind from altering the course of the Gulf Stream. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

This episode is something of a family affair, with John McIntire, his wife Jeanette Nolan and their son Tim McIntire) cast in key roles. As "Mike Johnson", Kimble (David Janssen) blends into a community of migrant workers, befriending the nomadic Kelly family. Arriving in the community, Lt. Gerard threatens Lester Kelly (John McIntire) with arrest unless he reveals Kimble's whereabouts. But before Gerard can move in for the capture, a hurricane sweeps through the area, forcing everyone to take refuge in a single, none-too-solid structure. Ultimately, Kimble finds himself in the ironic position of begging the migrants to donate blood in order to save Gerard's life--even while the storm continues to rage all around them. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Originally telecast on December 2, 1966, this is the second half of the two-part episode "The Concrete Overcoat Affair." U.N.C.L.E. agent Solo finds himself facing a shotgun wedding when he is caught hiding in the bed of Pia Monteri (Leticia Roman), the niece of the retired Prohibition gangsters, the Stiletto brothers. Meanwhile, Solo's partner, Illya, falls into the clutches of Louis Strego (Jack Palance) and Miss Diketon (Janet Leigh), who take time out to torture Illya while still planning to divert the Mediterranean Gulf Stream. The finale finds Solo and the Stillettos settling their differences and joining forces to rescue Illya. The aforementioned Stilletto boys -- "Fingers," "Pretty," and "Feet" -- are played by crime-movie veterans Eduardo Ciannelli, Allen Jenkins, and Jack LaRue. Scripted by Peter Allan Fields from a story by David Victor, "The Concrete Overcoat Affair, Pt. 2" was later combined with part one as the theatrical feature The Spy in the Green Hat. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This episode served as the pilot for the spin-off series The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. -- and in fact, went into production under the title "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Affair." When agents Solo and Illya are incapacitated by a quartzite radiation projector, Mr. Waverly assigns their mission to UNCLE trainee April Dancer (Mary Ann Mobley) and veteran operative Mark Slate (Norman Fell). April and Mark have but 46 hours to locate the projector, which has the capacity to sabotage the U.S. space program. The trail of clues leads to a cosmetics firm run by Arthur Caresse (Kevin McCarthy) and his sister Jean (Mary Carver). Written by Dean Hargrove, "The Moonglow Affair" originally aired on February 25, 1966. Of course, by the time The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. went to series the following fall, the roles of April Dancer and Mark Slate had been recast with Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

An all-star cast enhances the enjoyment of the two-part Man From U.N.C.L.E. adventure "The Concrete Overcoat Affair." In part one, originally aired on November 25, 1966, Solo and Illya head to Sicily to thwart a T.H.R.U.S.H. plot to divert the Gulf Stream with heavy water. Along the way, the heroes cross swords with ex-Nazi Louis Strego (Jack Palance), his sadistic aide Miss Diketon (Janet Leigh), and the entire Stiletto family, a clan of retired Prohibition gangsters. The latter roles are filled by such familiar faces as Eduardo Ciannelli ("Fingers"), Allen Jenkins ("Pretty") and Jack LaRue ("Feet"). Also contributing to the overall nostalgia is another 1930s movie icon, Joan Blondell, as Mrs. Fingers Stiletto. Scripted by Peter Allan Fields from a story by David Victor, "The Concrete Overcoat Affair, Pt. 1" was later combined with part two as the theatrical feature The Spy in the Green Hat. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide