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Tom Gries is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 20 december 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Tom Gries est un producteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain, né le 20 décembre 1922 à Chicago, dans l'Illinois, et mort le 3 janvier 1977 à Pacific Palisades, en Californie (États-Unis).
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Tom Gries
Nationality USA
Birth 20 december 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Death 3 january 1977 (at 54 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 20 december 1922 at Chicago (USA)
Death 3 january 1977 (at 54 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)
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Filmography of Tom Gries (20 films)
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The Greatest (1977)
, 1h38Directed by Monte Hellman, Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about the Olympic Games, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Ernest Borgnine, David Clennon, Lucille Benson, Drew Bundini Brown, James Gammon, Lloyd Haynes
Rating58%
L'histoire retrace la carrière de Mohamed Ali, de sa victoire aux Jeux olympiques de Rome à sa reconquête de son titre de champion face à George Foreman, en passant par sa conversion à l'Islam et à son refus d'incorporation dans l'armée.
Helter Skelter (1976)
, 3h14Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical, Crime, Animation
Themes Serial killer films
Actors George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Marilyn Burns, Christina Hart Doubleday, Alan Oppenheimer, Read Morgan
Rating72%
Le 9 août 1969, l'actrice Sharon Tate est poignardée à mort dans sa villa de Beverly Hills. Il s'agit d'un véritable carnage puisque quatre autres cadavres sont découverts dans et autour de la maison. Le lendemain soir, le couple Leno et Rosemary Labianca sont assassinés à leur tour dans leur demeure dans les mêmes circonstances.
Breakout (1975)
, 1h36Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, Randy Quaid, John Huston, Roy Jenson
Rating61%
Harris Wagner (Huston) frames Jay Wagner (Duvall). In order to keep him silent, Jay is incarcerated in a Mexican prison.
Breakheart Pass (1975)
, 1h35Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about viral outbreaks, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland, Ed Lauter, Charles Durning
Rating66%
In the 1870s, residents of the garrison at the Fort Humboldt Army outpost are supposedly suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. A train is heading towards the fort filled with reinforcements and medical supplies. There are also civilian passengers on the train – Nevada Governor Fairchild (Richard Crenna) and his fiancée Marica (Jill Ireland), among others.
Lady Ice (1973)
, 1h34Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neill, Robert Duvall, Patrick Magee, Jon Cypher, Eric Braeden
Rating48%
Call to Danger (1973)
Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Peter Graves, Diana Muldaur, Clu Gulager, Stephen McNally, Ina Balin, John Anderson
Rating58%
Journey Through Rosebud (1972)
, 1h33Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Forster, Kristoffer Tabori, Eddie Little Sky, Roy Jenson, Wright King, Robert O. Cornthwaite
Rating65%
The Hawaiians (1970)
, 2h14Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako Iwamatsu, Bette Midler, John Phillip Law, Alec McCowen
Rating60%
The story begins forty years after the events depicted in the original Hawaii, as a new generation of Americans and Asians must deal with a changing island and world; one of them is a sea captain.
Fools (1970)
, 1h33Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Suzanne Somers, Mako Iwamatsu, Scott Hylands, Jack Nance
Rating51%
Aging actor Matthew South falls in love with a much younger married woman, the wife of his attorney.
100 Rifles (1969)
, 1h50Directed by Chuck Roberson, Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Fernando Lamas, Dan O'Herlihy, Eric Braeden, Michael Forest
Rating59%
In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, Lyedecker (Brown) is an Arizona lawman who travels to a remote village looking for Yaqui Joe (Reynolds), a half-Indian, half-white bank robber who has stolen $6,000 (in Arizona) to buy 100 rifles for his Yaqui people who are being repressed by the government.
Number One (1969)
, 1h45Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Charlton Heston, Jessica Walter, Bruce Dern, John Randolph, Diana Muldaur, G. D. Spradlin
Rating55%
Ron "Cat" Catlan once led the New Orleans Saints to a championship (something the real-life Saints wouldn't experience until Super Bowl XLIV in the 2009 NFL season). After fifteen years in pro football, he tries to compensate for his failing skills with booze and an extramarital affair. ("You're not even worth the price of a ticket anymore," a fan yells at him after Cat refuses her an autograph.)
Will Penny (1967)
, 1h48Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Lee Majors, Anthony Zerbe, Ben Johnson
Rating70%
Will Penny (Charlton Heston) is an aging cowhand who at the end of a long trail hires on to ride the boundary of a ranch over the winter. He immediately comes across a woman, Catherine Allen (Joan Hackett), and her son Horace (Jon Gries) using one of the remote cabins to over-winter, having been deserted by the guide that her husband paid in advance to lead her and her son over the mountains. Despite his boss' instructions Penny lets them stay in the cabin and gives them a week to move out.
Mustang! (1959)
, 1h13Directed by Peter Stephens, Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Forrest Tucker, Jack Buetel
Rating42%
Girl in the Woods (1958)
, 1h11Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Forrest Tucker, Margaret Hayes, Barton MacLane, Murvyn Vye, Paul Langton, Joyce Compton
Hell's Horizon (1955)
, 1h20Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Ireland, William Schallert, Jerry Paris, Marla English, Bill Williams, Hugh Beaumont
Rating52%
Capt. John Merrill (John Ireland) is the pilot of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber based in Okinawa who is ordered to destroy a Yalu River bridge in Korea. The mission is continually delayed due to bad weather. His co-pilot (Bill Williams) has to step in when the bored and frustrated crew members begin to fight over Sammi (Marla English), a local woman who is employed as a laundress at their base.