6 Movies Directed by William A. Graham

Thief

Thief

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-10-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

74 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (71 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaCrime

Fullplot:

A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.

21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-11-07

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (637 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Edward Hume (screenplay)

Howard Fast (screenplay)

Serge Groussard (book)

Fullplot:

The infamous attack on Isreali athletes and coaches in the Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympics is chronicled in this made-for-TV movie and supplemented with archive footage from the actual games. Members of the Palestinian Black September Movement kill two and hold nine others as hostages to exchange for hundreds of Arab prisoners in Isreali jails. The Isreali government adheres to its policy of not negotiating with terrorists, and German Holocaust guilt will not permit West German officials to allow the terrorists to leave the country with the hostages. Therefore, it falls to Chief of Police Manfred Schreiber to delay fulfilling the Palestinian demands through ongoing negotiation, but sooner or later he knows that tough decisions will have to be made.

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-01-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

192 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (924 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ernest Tidyman (teleplay)

Charles A. Krause (book)

Fullplot:

Based upon the true story of Jim Jones, a self-proclaimed prophet. In the 1960s, he began as an idealist helping minorities and working against racism. Later, after increased power and attention, Jim Jones became focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust. He had a loyal following of about 1000 people, who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune. When possible illegal activities came to the attention of the authorities, they started to investigate. Rather that faces the charges, Jim Jones committed suicide, and convinced virtually all of his followers to do the same.

Return to the Blue Lagoon

Return to the Blue Lagoon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-08-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(13046 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Henry De Vere Stacpoole (book)

Leslie Stevens (screenplay)

Fullplot:

While the general theme of this film resembles "The Blue Lagoon" (the film for which this is a sequel), the basic plot is quite different. We open the film with a ship finding the craft with our original characters in it, Richard and Emmeline dead and Paddy alive. Established in the first film, the only word Paddy ever says is "Richard", so the crew assumes Richard is the infant's name. Taken in by Sarah, a widow with an infant baby girl Lilli, Richard (Paddy) is cared for in a return to civilization. Struck by cholera, the crew of the ship start to die and the captain sets Sarah, Richard, Lilli and a healthy crew member on a lifeboat in an attempt to preserve their lives. With water and food running short, the crew member escorting Sarah and the children becomes dangerous, so Sarah takes the only course of action she feels suitable to preserve the children: she strikes him and throws him overboard. Taking control of the small craft, she eventually guides them back to the island of the first film. The infant Richard, recognizing where he is, finds his home and is very upset not to find his parents. Fixing up the hut and settling in the children, Sarah begins their life on the island, slowly teaching the children survival tools, as well as schooling them as though they were in school, and teaching them slowly about the facts of life, including Lilli's eventual growth to womanhood. When Sarah dies from pneumonia, she leaves the children far more prepared than Richard and Emmeline in the first film. Years later as the children grow into adulthood, the film skims the same themes as the first of their developing relationship, and introduces the characters to civilization when a ship, low on fresh water, stops on their island and offers to take them home. After a confrontation with one of the crew and the captain's daughter, Lilli finds herself pregnant and they decide to stay, as they feel the civilization the visitors have to offer will not compare to the life they lead on the island.

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 Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-05-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

240 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (557 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Levy (book)

Bruce Graham (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fact-based story about Ira Einhorn, a 70's peace-nik who is generally credited as one of the founders of Earth Day. In the late 60's and early 70's, Ira lived with Holly Maddux. But when she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears. Later her body is discovered in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment. Let out on bail, Einhorn flees from the country and manages to elude authorities for years. Meanwhile he is convicted in absentia and sentenced to prison. Holly's father is determined to see his daughter's murderer brought to justice and has him tracked and is eventually caught in France in 1997. Martin Donovan appears as the assistant D.A. who put the case together. Today, Einhorn is now appealing his conviction.

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