6 Movies Starring Will Geer

Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-03-14

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1961 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Fullplot:

Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces.

Seconds

Seconds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-11-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (10255 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lewis John Carlino (screenplay)

David Ely (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy, Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant, a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results.

Pieces of Dreams

Pieces of Dreams

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (223 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Haller

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

William E. Barrett (novel)

Roger O. Hirson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have philosophical differences with the church, most specifically the senior parish priest, Father Paul Schaeffer. In dealing with the incident of one of his young parishioners - a student at the church's school, he who came from a less than privileged background unlike most parishioners - Greg meets social worker and divorcèe Pamela Gibson, who is able to live in comfort the result of the divorce settlement. Despite their differences in how to deal with the incident in question, Greg and Pamela begin a sexual relationship. Having already questioned his career path prior to Pamela entering his life, Greg has to decide where the church and Pamela fit into his future.

Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-09-10

Languages:

English, Crow, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (19816 Reviews)

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Cast:

Writer:

Vardis Fisher (novel)

Raymond W. Thorp (story)

Robert Bunker (story)

John Milius (screenplay)

Edward Anhalt (screenplay)

Fullplot:

During the mid-nineteenth century, Jeremiah Johnson, after a stint in the US Army, decides that he would prefer a life of solitude and more importantly peace by living with nature in the mountains of the frontier of the American west. This plan entails finding a piece of land upon which to build a house. This quest ends up being not quite what he envisioned as he does require the assistance of others to find his footing, and in turn he amasses friends and acquaintances along the way, some who become more a part of his life than he would have imagined. Perhaps most importantly, some of those people provide him with the knowledge of how to co-exist with some of the many Indian tribes, most importantly the Crow, on whose land in Colorado Jeremiah ultimately decides to build his home. But an act by Jeremiah upon a request by the US Cavalry leads to a chain of events that may forever change the peaceful relationship he worked so hard to achieve with his neighbors and their land.

The Mafu Cage

The Mafu Cage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (247 Reviews)

Director:

Karen Arthur

Cast:

Writer:

Don Chastain

èric Wesphal (play)

Fullplot:

Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.

Seconds

Seconds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-11-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (10212 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lewis John Carlino (screenplay)

David Ely (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy, Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant, a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results.

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