Leslie Stevens Movies
Writer/producer/director Leslie Stevens sold his first play, entitled Mechanical Rat, to Orson Welles's Mercury Theater when he was 15 years old. He continued writing, graduated from Yale Drama School, and after achieving the rank of captain in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, turned to producing and directing for the stage. He began in movies as a writer with Arthur Penn's Left-Handed Gun, a psychological study of the life of Billy the Kid starring Paul Newman, and produced and directed his first film, Private Property based on his own screenplay (1960). Marriage-Go-Round, based on his own play, followed a year later. Steven's 1962 feature Hero's Island, starring James Mason and Stevens' wife Kate Manx, with Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton in supporting roles, attracted some favorable critical attention with its unusual story, about the fight for possession of an island off the Carolinas in pre-Revolutionary America. During this period, Stevens also entered television production, with the 1962 rodeo-based series Stoney Burke, starring Jack Lord and Bruce Dern, and Outer Limits, a science-fiction anthology series that ran from 1963 thru 1965, achieving a major cult following, resulting in its release on videocassette and laserdisc in the '80s, and a planned revival in the '90s. Stevens later directed and wrote the movie Incubus (1966), worked as supervising producer on the series Battlestar Glactica (1979), and wrote Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
Set in San Francisco, this romantic comedy centers on the relationships between an aspiring actress and a blue-eyed handsome fellow who meets all her stringent requirements for being the "Perfect Boyfriend." Actress Frankie has spent much of her young-adult life living in an apartment of Uncle Leo's Café. She works there as a waitress along with Rob, her cousin. There they usually hang out with their friends, slacker Juice and fellow would-be star Allison. Before spying beautiful, blue-eyed David, Frankie refused to waste her time dating anyone "less than extraordinary." But the minute they meet, they begin exchanging literary quotes and from there it is love all the way, at least until Frankie learns that David has a girl friend. Adding further tension is Frankie's upcoming acting job, one that requires she move to LA. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
The friendship between a boy and a talking piglet forms the basis of this barnyard comedy. Gordy is the little porker who lives happily on a farm until the farmer goes bust and must sell everything, including Gordy's large family. When the wranglers come to load the pigs onto the truck, Gordy manages to escape. So begins his journey across the South as he searches for his doomed parents. The plucky pig finds a friend when he saves the life of a drowning boy, Hanky Royce, the heir to his grandfather's giant corporation. When grandpa dies, Hanky become CEO, but cannot actually take over until he becomes an adult, so all control is turned over to Gordy. Naturally, avaricious corporate villains oppose him, and even try to kill the precocious pig, who, along with Hanky, continues trying to find his parents before they are ground into sausage. In addition to popular C&W music star Doug Stone, who plays a major role, other country stars also make cameo appearances, including Boxcar Willie, Jim Stafford, Moe Band, and Roy Clark. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Doug Stone, Tom Lester, (more)
This sequel to the surprise box office hit The Blue Lagoon (1980) mimics its predecessor's romantic adventure formula of a lush tropical locale inhabited by scantily clad, nubile teens discovering their sexuality. Spotted adrift in a boat with his deceased parents Richard and Emmeline, a baby boy is rescued by a passing ship. Adopted by the widow Hargrove (Lisa Pelikan), infant Richard is soon at sea again after he, his new mother and her baby daughter Lilli abandon ship in the face of a cholera epidemic. Washing ashore on the same island populated by the first film's heroes, Hargrove protects and raises her young charges until a disease also claims her life. Years pass and both Richard (Brian Krause) and Lilli (Milla Jovovich) become young adults. While Richard discovers his manhood by racing a lagoon shark and spying on the island's dangerous natives, Lilli becomes a woman with her first period. Eventually their raging hormones lead the two into each other's arms. Marriage and a pregnancy follow, but Richard and Lilli's union is threatened by the arrival of a ship carrying a lovely captain's daughter (Nana Coburn) with eyes for the loincloth-clad Richard. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Starring:
- Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause, (more)
- 1987
- R
A trio of agents are summoned by Interpol to trail the villain Harry Pimm (Sylvester McCoy) in this low-budget spy feature. Elliot Cromwell (Robert Ginty), Sergeant Terry O'Shea (Victoria Barrett), and Major Shan (Shakti) combine forces to track down the international crime boss ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Ginty, Victoria Barrett, (more)
Based on the famous comic strip, Sheena chronicles the adventures of the title character (Tanya Roberts), a fair-skinned orphan taken in by a kindly Zambouli priestess (Elizabeth of Toro, a real-life African queen) in a remote African village and trained in the ancient arts of makeup and hairstyling. When American newsmen Fletcher (Donovan Scott) and Vic (Ted Wass) travel to her homeland to cover a story on Prince Otwani (Trevor Thomas), they uncover his plot to assassinate his brother, the reigning prince (a renowned field-goal kicker), and frame the priestess for the crime. Sheena joins forces with the newsmen to stop him and restore order to the country. Although Roberts looks great in a loincloth, her assets alone cannot save this turkey; one wonders where the jungle princess manages to plug in her blow-dryer. This ridiculous film was panned across the board upon its release and subsequently bombed. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, (more)
- 1979
Gil Gerard plays Buck Rogers, an American astronaut who awakens after 500 years in space to find a Draconian princess scheming to take over planet Earth. Of course, he is mistaken for a spy and must not only save himself but the galaxy as well. This sci-fi feature was intended as a pilot for the television series. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley, (more)
This feature-length movie is a re-edited version of the first few episodes of the TV series. The story line concerns a spaceship full of survivors of a doomed planet who are headed to the Earth. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), they encounter villainous robots, threatening their journey to find Earth. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, (more)
- 1978
In the conclusion of a two-part story, the fate of the Galactica rests in the hands of an army of criminals and misfits, under the command of Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict). This ragtag band must destroy the Cylon pulsar cannon mounted on the ice planet Arcta. Can they depend upon the help of a race of clone miners, who have as much reason to hate the Cylons as anyone in the universe -- but who may not be willing or able to fight? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, (more)
- 1978
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The first (and only) season of ABC's lavishly mounted sci-fi/fantasy series Battlestar Galactica begins with a spectacular (and spectacularly "hyped") three-hour opener, which in blatant Star Wars fashion rapidly establishes time, place, and characters. The time is the seventh millennium A.D. The place is Galactica, the only battlestar to survive a brutal attack by the evil Cylon androids (originally created as a worker race), which had the overall effect of virtually obliterating humankind and destroying the balance of interplanetary peace. The principal characters on the "good" side are Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), chief officer of the mile-wide Galactica; his only surviving son, Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch), head of Galactica's Viper (fighter) squadron; the resident "Han Solo" type, Apollo's cocksure ace pilot and all-around con artist, Lt. Starbuck (Dirk Benedict); Starbuck's fellow pilots, Boomer (Herbert Jefferson Jr.) and Jolly (Tony Swartz); Athena (Maren Jensen), Adama's daughter and second in command; Cassiopeia (Laurette Spang), Starbuck's erstwhile girlfriend; Colonel Tigh (Terry Carter), Galactica's first officer; Boxey (Noah Hathaway), Apollo's stepson; and, in the R2D2 tradition, a mechanical dog named Muffit. Leading the bad guys is the swarthy Count Baltar (John Colicos) and Baltar's willing if slightly dimwitted cyborg henchman Lucifer (voiced by an unbilled Jonathan Harris). In the course of the season, the crew of the Galactica, as well as those of the 220 minor space vehicles remaining in Galactica's fleet, race desperately toward the last known inhabited planet in space, an obscure little orb called Earth, with the relentless Cylons hot on their heels. Halfway through the season, the two-part episode "The Living Legend" introduces Sheba (Anne Lockhart), daughter of Colonel Cain, legendary skipper of the battlestar Pegasus. Sheba is briefly united with Adama and company when the Galactica and Pegasus join forces to ward off the latest Cylon assault. Beset by various lawsuits instigated by the creators of Star Wars and weighed down by low ratings, Battlestar Galactica comes to a climax after 24 episodes. The property, would, however, be revived in a dramatically altered format (set in the 20th century) as Galactica 1980; and a quarter of a century later, a new Battlestar Galactica (described as a "re-imagining") premiered over the Sci-Fi Channel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, (more)
- 1977
Barbara Eden, who's had more pilots than series to her name, goes the Police Woman route here as she plays the widow of a cop shot down while on duty. Honoring the memory of her husband, she becomes a private eye, devoted to tracking down those miscreants who've slipped through the long fingers of the Law. Her present case involves a missing porno stars, blackmail and murder. As a tip of the hat to her I Dream of Jeannie fans, Eden dons the revealing garb of an X-rated actress, then begins frequenting the adult-movie houses of LA in search of her missing quarry. Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? toted up impressive ratings when first shown on January 16, 1977, but a weekly series was not in the cards. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1976
Code Name: Minus One is the syndication title for the TV movie The Gemini Man. Ben Murphy stars as a secret agent for an organization called INTERSECT (International Security Technics). When saboteurs blow up an underwater testing lab, Murphy is exposed to radiation; as a result, he finds that he turns invisible every so often. Since the invisibility lasts for only 15 minutes at a time, Murphy must hustle if he hopes to capture the saboteurs. This pilot film was successful in selling the subsequent Gemini Man TV series, even though it drags badly at 100 minutes. When the film went out as Code Name: Minus One, 22 of the most boring minutes were snipped out. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1976
For its seventh and final season on the air, McCloud was cut back from 120 to 90 minutes per episode, as were the other rotating components of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, which this season included Columbo, McMillan, Quincy, M.E., and (Lanigan's Rabbi). Dennis Weaver is back in his familiar Stetson and sheepskin coat as Sam McCloud, a New Mexico lawmaker transplanted to New York City, in season seven's quota of six new episodes. First up is "Bonnie and McCloud," in which McCloud's girlfriend apparently commits cold-blooded murder before a battery of eyewitnesses. This is followed by "It Was the Fight Before Christmas," wherein a pall is cast over the Yuletide season when McCloud is targeted for assassination. Things aren't much better for our hero when he is framed for the murder of a drug-dealing hackie in "The Great Taxi Cab Stampede." On the lighter side, McCloud and his boss Chief Clifford (J.D. Cannon) go undercover as bodyguards for a country & western singer (Hoyt Axton) touring the Soviet Union in "The Moscow Connection." In another international jaunt, McCloud heads to the U.K. to track down Irish terrorists in "London Bridges." And in the series finale, McCloud follows a trail of corpses, all drained of their blood, in "McCloud Meets Dracula." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1975
Season six of McCloud finds the venerable series still a component of the weekly NBC Sunday Mystery Movie anthology, appearing in rotation with Columbo, McMillan and Wife, and McCoy. The first of the season's seven episodes (each running two hours) is "The Park Avenue Pirates," in which transplanted New Mexico lawman Sam McCloud (Dennis Weaver) takes on racketeers who have assumed control of a Manhattan record company. In "Showdown at Times Square," McCloud helps an aging Native American (Chief Dan George) save his grandson from a vicious street gang. In "Fire!," McCloud's sweetheart, journalist Chris Coughlin (Diana Muldaur), is victimized by an arsonist. A gang of paroled bank robbers convince themselves that McCloud has absconded with their stolen loot in "Three Guns for New York." In "Our Man in the Harem," a beauty pageant serves as a front for a gang of kidnappers in the employ of a Middle Eastern potentate. McCloud and his police colleagues face a terrifying variety of crises during a crippling snowstorm in "The Day New York Turned Blue." And in the season finale "Night of the Shark," McCloud tangles with American mobsters -- in Sydney, Australia. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1974
McCloud enters its fifth season as a stalwart component of the weekly anthology The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, this year appearing in rotation with Columbo, McMillan and Wife, and Amy Prentiss. Nine episodes are offered this season rather than the usual five; and as a bonus, each episode runs a full two hours, briefly abandoning the series' previous 90-minute length. The opening episode is "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street," in which New Mexico lawman Sam McCloud (Dennis Weaver), on "temporary" assignment in New York City, interrupts an ongoing robbery investigation to help a runaway unwed mother and her baby. Next up is "The Gang That Stole Manhattan," in which a team of clever crooks pretends to be filming a movie on location in New York as a cover for an intricately plotted robbery. In "Shivaree on Delancy Street," McCloud's police-sergeant friend Broadhurst (Terry Carter) is accused of being involved in a numbers racket, compelling Sam to go witness-hunting in Miami. Assigned to the NYPD mounted unit in "The 42nd Street Cavalry," unrefined cowboy McCloud marshals his "troops" to ride down a band of dangerous militants. In "The Concrete Jungle Caper," Sam goes undercover as a convict to trap an international drug dealer. In "The Man With the Golden Hat," someone is determined to steal McCloud's precious Stetson -- and he wants to know why. "Lady on the Run" takes McCloud to Mexico City to prevents a vengeful woman with murder on her mind from being murdered herself, "Sharks!" finds the cops following the wrong trail while tracking down some murderous loan sharks. And in the season's last offering, "Return to the Alamo," McCloud's journalist girlfriend Chris Coughlin (Diana Muldaur) returns to the Big Apple just as all hell breaks loose, with McCloud, subbing for an ailing Chief Clifford (J.D. Cannon), taking desperate measures to save the life of a drug-addicted newborn infant -- and to prevent a group of "peace" activists from blowing up the whole city! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1974
In this s-s-suspenseful drama, a submarine carrying a load of poisonous snakes accidentally wedges itself amidst the rocks near the bottom of the sea. Now the crew must somehow avoid the unwanted slitherers and manage to extricate themselves. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1973
The 90-minute crime series McCloud remained a component of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie as it entered its fourth season, still appearing in rotation with Columbo, McMillan and Wife, and Hec Ramsey. It goes without saying that Dennis Weaver continues to fill the boots of Sam McCloud, a New Mexico deputy sheriff plying his trade as a special police operative at Manhattan's Precinct Twenty-Seven. The first of the season's five episodes is "Butch Cassidy Rides Again," featuring veteran actors Pat O'Brien and Lloyd Nolan in the story of an elderly gang of outlaws who have horned in on a practice robbery staged by the NYPD. "The Solid Gold Swingers" involves McCloud with a disappearing corpse, a high-priced madam who caters only to VIPs, and a shadowy serial killer. In "McCloud in Paradise," Sam's superior Chief Clifford (J.D. Cannon) is framed for murder while attending a police conference in Hawaii. "The Colorado Cattle Caper" concerns a shipment of contaminated beef which might very well spark an outbreak of botulism in New York. And in the season's final offering, "This Must Be the Alamo," McCloud's police crony Sgt. Broadhurst is left in charge of the cop shop during a heat wave which culminates in an all-out assault on Precinct Twenty-Seven. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1973
I Love a Mystery was a campy TV revival of Phillips Lord's old radio series. The three adventure-loving heroes are Jack, Doc and Reggie (Les Crane, David Hartman and Hagan Beggs), insurance investigators hired to tackle a mystery at a remote island mansion. Ida Lupino plays a domineering matriarch whose billionaire husband is missing, and who seems to know more than she's letting on. The mystery's ingredients include the eerie nocturnal sound of a crying baby and a series of related murders and kidnappings. The heroes are occasionally distracted from their work by Lupino's nubile daughters Faith, Hope and Charity (Karen Jensen, Deanna Lund and Melodie Johnson). The script for I Love a Mystery was based on Philips Lord's classic radio serial "The Thing That Cries in the Night," but there's nothing classic or even remotely entertaining about the derisive, patronizing treatment of the source material herein. This made-for-TV "busted pilot" gathered dust for seven years before its 1973 premiere, and not without just cause. A further note: Though Don Knotts is advertised as one of the "stars," he shows up to sputter one miserable line at the end of the film! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
Season three of McCloud finds the 90-minute series securely installed as one of the four rotating components of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, along with Columbo, McMillan and Wife, and Hec Ramsey. Dennis Weaver is back as Sam McCloud, a Southwestern deputy sheriff applying his unorthodox crime-busting skills in the concrete canyons of New York City. Likewise returning are J.D. Cannon as McCloud's long-suffering boss, Chief Peter Clifford; Terry Carter as Sgt. Broadhurst, who frequently finds himself tagging along whenever McCloud is on the scent of a miscreant; and, in a handful of episodes, Diana Muldaur as journalist Chris Coughlin, McCloud's erstwhile girlfriend. New to the cast this season is Ken Lynch as Police Sergeant Grover. Five episodes are served up this season, beginning with "The New Mexican Connection," in which McCloud butts heads with an outspoken civil libertarian (played by Jackie Cooper) who wangles the release of a dangerous murder suspect (portrayed by Ricky Nelson). Next on the roster is "The Barefoot Stewardess Caper," wherein a group of attractive air hostesses launch a second career as a team of burglars. In "The Park Avenue Rustlers," McCloud is reluctantly assigned a female partner (Brenda Vaccaro) while going after a vicious gang of auto thieves. In "Showdown at the End of the World," our hero matches wits with an up-and-coming mobster who is using beautiful models as drug "mules." And finally, in "Million Dollar Roundup," McCloud gets swept up in a frantic search for The Saracen Horse, a priceless jewel-encrusted artifact. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1971
For its second season on the air, McCloud expanded from 60 to 90 minutes per episode, and joined Columbo and McMillan and Wife as one of the three rotating components of the weekly anthology The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie. Dennis Weaver returns as Sam McCloud, gonzo New Mexico deputy sheriff transplanted to Police Precinct 27 in New York City. Also back is J.D. Cannon as McCloud's ulcerated superior, Chief Peter Clifford. The first of the season's seven episodes is "Encounter With Aries," wherein McCloud uses his cowboy savvy to solve the mysterious kidnapping of a famous astrologer's wife. This is followed by "Top of the World, Ma?" in which our hero tangles with an ailing football player and a usurious mobster. In "Somebody's Out to Get Jennie," McCloud champions a young woman who has been shunted off to a mental institution after the mysterious death of her boss. Next up, a visiting dignitary is targeted for assassination in "The Disposal Man." McCloud follows the trail of clues in a case involving stolen penicillin to an upscale Manhattan cemetery in "A Little Plot, a Tranquil Valley." In "The Fifth Man in a String Quartet," our hero tries to clear a concert violinist who has been accused of murdering his mentor. The season ends with "Give My Regrets to Broadway," in which McCloud tries to determine if a famous Broadway producer (portrayed by Milton Berle) really did kill the detective probing into his questionable business dealings. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1970
Introduced as a two-hour TV movie special in February of 1970, McCloud became a regular series in September of that year, joining San Francisco International Airport, Night Gallery, and The Psychiatrist as one of the rotating components of the weekly NBC anthology Four in One. During his first season on the air, Sam McCloud (Dennis Weaver), rough-hewn deputy sheriff of Taos, NM, regularly clashes with his by-the-book superior Chief Peter Clifford (J.D. Cannon) in his new temporary post with Manhattan's 27th precinct. The first of the season's six episodes is "Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?," in which McCloud is sent packing back to Taos, only to be drawn into a delicate international mission in Paris when Chief Clifford is kidnapped. The next episode, "Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue" finds McCloud's growing popularity, largely engendered by his journalist girlfriend Chris Coughlin (Diana Muldaur), complicating the ongoing police investigation of a series of drugstore robberies . In "The Concrete Corral," McCloud is assigned to escort a pair of cowboys at a visiting rodeo -- but even this innocuous assignment involves a baffling murder. In "The Stage is All the World," McCloud provides protection to a visiting British theatrical personality (Richard Dawson) who has been receiving death threats. "Walk in the Dark" finds McCloud assigned to help Special Auxiliary Force VI catch a killer stalking Central Park. And in "Our Man in Paris" McCloud and a plucky stewardess (Susan Strasberg) team up to locate a fugitive smuggler during his second trip to the City of Light. Since their original telecasts during the 1970-1971 season, these six hour-long McCloud episodes have been combined and re-edited as three feature films: Man From Taos, Manhattan Manhunt, and Murder Arena. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, (more)
- 1970
A marshal (Dennis Weaver) from a small New Mexico town escorts a subpoenaed witness to New York City. When his witness is kidnapped, the marshall tries to track him down in the unfamiliar city. During his search, he finds himself in the middle of a murder case involving Puerto Rican nationalists, a beautiful novelist, a Wall Street lawyer and a dead beauty-contest winner. ~ Brian Gusse, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dennis Weaver
- 1970
Ricardo Montalban heads a team of undersea explorers dealing in below-the-surface scientific research. At the moment, a mysterious pollutant is killing all the fish off the coast of a fictional East African nation. The cause is a sunken ship that is leaking a deadly nerve gas. Montalban must race to neutralize the gas before mustache-twirling villain Jose Ferrer grabs the toxic fuel for his own evil purposes. Montalban's team includes a beautiful woman (Kate Woodville), who exists solely for the benefit of wetsuit-watchers in the audience. Filmed as the pilot for a TV series, The Aquarians was produced by Ivan (Sea Hunt) Tors in Florida and the Bahamas. It has also been telecast under the alternate title Deep Lab. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
One of the strangest productions ever committed to celluloid, and the first feature with all dialogue recorded in Esperanto, this bizarre supernatural art-horror epic, hailed by Famous Monsters founder Forrest J. Ackerman as "the movie-watching event of a lifetime," actually benefits from the presence of a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, whose operatic style somehow conforms to the story's deranged logic. Shatner plays Marc, a man lost in the mythical land of Nomen Tuum where he comes under psychic attack from both the evil witch Kia (Allyson Ames) and the title demon (Milos Milos), who procures female souls for Satan. The filmmakers reportedly adopted the "universal language" of Esperanto to give the dialogue a mystical feel, but the end product may leave audiences wondering if the entire project is an elaborate put-on. Thoroughly strange, Incubus is certainly not without merit: the film's strength comes primarily from sumptuous location cinematography by Conrad Hall, who may have taken inspiration from the works of Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa. Believed lost, the only surviving negative of this oddity was eventually rescued from 30 years of oblivion and released to home video. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Shatner, Allyson Ames, (more)
- 1965
The painstakingly accurate historical drama The War Lord is predicated on the old practice of le droit du seigneur. Norman knight Charlton Heston, in charge of an 11th century Druid community, exercises his right to claim bride Rosemary Forsyth on the night of her wedding to James Farentino. Forsyth becomes enamored of her abductor, refusing to leave his side. Seeking vengeance, Farentino, the son of Druidic leader Niall McGinniss, foments an all-out war between Heston and Heston's covetous brother Guy Stockwell. Despite the impressive scope of the battle scenes, The War Lord, based on a stage play by Leslie Stevens, is essentially an intimate human drama (in contrast, look what "droit du seigneur" sparked in the 1995 epic Braveheart). The surehanded direction of Franklyn Schaffner and the credible performances of Heston et. al. are brilliantly complemented by Jerome Morross' Stravinsky-like musical score. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, (more)
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