7 Movies Starring William Daniels

The Graduate

The Graduate

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-12-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(196810 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Nichols

Cast:

Writer:

Calder Willingham (screenplay)

Buck Henry (screenplay)

Charles Webb (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter.

Two for the Road

Two for the Road

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-04-27

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (8194 Reviews)

Director:

Stanley Donen

Fullplot:

Joanna is in a touring girl's choir and Mark is a struggling architect. when they first meet on the road in Europe. The film follows their life together --- through courtship and marriage, infidelity and parenthood --- all on the road in a variety of cars through a score of time-shifting vignettes.

1776

1776

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

141 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6067 Reviews)

Director:

Peter H. Hunt

Cast:

Writer:

Sherman Edwards (play)

Peter Stone (play)

Peter Stone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a single "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.

The Parallax View

The Parallax View

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-06-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (10196 Reviews)

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

David Giler

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Loren Singer (novel)

Fullplot:

Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work from colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth.

The Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-07-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (47088 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Henry De Vere Stacpoole (novel)

Douglas Day Stewart

Fullplot:

On a journey to San Francisco, Richard, his father and cousin Emmeline find themselves on a ship about to explode. Rushed to a lifeboat with Paddy Button, the two children escape while their father (and uncle) are on another lifeboat. In the chaos following, the lifeboats are separated. Paddy, Richard and Emmeline find themselves with no food and no water stuck in the middle of nowhere. After some time, the three come across an uncharted paradise, where Paddy quickly teaches the children fishing, hunting and building. After maybe a month or two, Paddy gets very drunk off a barrel of rum found on the island when they first arrive, and drowns in the middle of the night. Emmeline and Richard, now alone and very scared, move location and rebuild their island home. Many years later, the two young teenagers have developed a very real home, but hormones and feelings between the two strain their friendship, until Richard, who is still very determined to reach San Francisco, is let down by Emmeline when a ship passes by the island and she does not light the signal fire. Throwing her out of the home they had built together, Emmeline attempts to survive on her own but is hurt. After Richard finds her dying, he realizes how he really feels for her and manages to save her. Nature runs its course and their friendship turns into love as the couple learn about the facts of life, when Emmeline has a baby and does not understand why.

Blind Date

Blind Date

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-03-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (15741 Reviews)

Director:

Blake Edwards

Fullplot:

Walter Davis is a workaholic. His attention is all to his work and very little to his personal life or appearance. Now he needs a date to take to his company's business dinner with a new important Japanese client. His brother sets him up with his wife's cousin Nadia, who is new in town and wants to socialize, but he was warned that if she gets drunk, she loses control and becomes wild. How will the date turn out - especially when they encounter Nadia's ex-boyfriend David?

Her Alibi

Her Alibi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-02-03

Languages:

English, Romanian, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (5244 Reviews)

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Fullplot:

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment. He is still falling for her, but more and more nervous as time passes, and there are more close calls with death on his part.

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