6 Movies Starring Arliss Howard

The Lightship

The Lightship

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-09-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (513 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Siegfried Lenz (book)

William Mai (screenplay)

David Taylor (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Just when US Coast Guard captain Miller takes his teenage son Alex to his lightship off the coast of Virginia, Calvin Caspary and two criminal accomplices, on the run for the police, decide to hijack it. What the crazy trio didn't count on is that this small crew doesn't just keep taking it lying low, they will put up a fight. Alex hides dad's gun and wrestles his his war past and courage.

Men Don't Leave

Men Don't Leave

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-06-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1929 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Brickman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Barbara Benedek (screen story)

Barbara Benedek (screenplay)

Paul Brickman (screenplay)

Moshè Mizrahi (film La Vie Continue)

Fullplot:

A mother of two sons finds life considerably difficult on her own after the death of her beloved husband. Due to debt she must move them to Baltimore, and deal with the hardships and all that comes with the city life.

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-10

Languages:

English, Spanish, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (489 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Z. Malkin (book)

Harry Stein (book)

Lionel Chetwynd (teleplay)

Fullplot:

In 1960, the Israeli Secret Service learns that former SS-Lietuenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who was one of the key figures in the Jewish holocaust of World War II, is living under the assumed name Ricardo Clement in Argentina. The film thus explores the Isreali effort to capture Eichmann, as seen from the perspective of the leading agent of the project, as well as giving focus to Eichmann's own explanations as to the crimes he commited.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-05-23

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (246558 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Crichton (novel)

David Koepp (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Four years after the failure of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, John Hammond reveals to Ian Malcolm that there was another island ("Site B") on which dinosaurs were bred before being transported to Isla Nublar. Left alone since the disaster, the dinosaurs have flourished, and Hammond is anxious that the world see them in their "natural" environment before they are exploited.

Dandelion

Dandelion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1799 Reviews)

Director:

Mark Milgard

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Milgard

Robb Williamson

Richard Murphy

Fullplot:

In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender bond is soon tested after a fatal accident and a series of complications takes Mason away for something he didn't do. Upon his return, the two find what they're looking for - but with tragic consequences.

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (106254 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Joel Rubin (screenplay)

Audrey Niffenegger (novel)

Fullplot:

When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she knows much more about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have already met. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare.

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