Movies by Darren McGavin
As part of the cast:
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The Greatest '70s Cop Shows (2003)
Cast: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith …
Directed by: Michael Caffey, Harry Falk, Alvin Ganzer …
Ten-four! Relive your youth courtesy of five of the most popular cop shows from 1970s American television: "Charlie's Angels," "Starsky and Hutch," "S.W.A.T.," "Police Woman" and "The…
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Pros & Cons (1999)
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Wayne Knight, Delroy Lindo …
Directed by: Boris Damast
Two ordinary Joes (played by Tommy Davidson and Larry Miller, who also wrote the script) wind up in jail for a crime they didn't commit in this deft comedy. Desperate to escape, they…
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Still Waters Burn (1996)
Cast: Ian Hart, Claudia Wells, Darren McGavin …
Directed by: Halfdan Hussey
Jack Price (Ian Hart) was once a great college basketball player. But because he didn't make it into the pros, he's lived an unsatisfying life full of disappointment. When Jack…
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Billy Madison (1995)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson …
Directed by: Tamra Davis
Job-averse goofball Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) stands to inherit a fortune when his hotel magnate father retires and leaves him in charge. But Billy's dad won't trust him with the…
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Danielle Steel's A Perfect Stranger (1994)
Cast: Robert Urich, Stacy Haiduk, Darren McGavin …
Directed by: Michael Miller
Life couldn't be better for Rafaella (Stacy Haiduk), a young woman completely in love with her older husband, John (Darren McGavin). But when he falls gravely ill, Rafaella's life…
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Mysteries of the Ancient World (1993)
Cast: Darren McGavin, Dennis Weaver, William Devane …
Directed by: Doug Campbell
Join host Darrin McGavin for an intriguing investigation into some of history's most enduring mysteries. Delve into the questions surrounding the builders of the ancient pyramids of Giza…
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Happy Hell Night (1992)
Cast: Nick Gregory, Darren McGavin, Sam Rockwell …
Directed by: Brian Owens
A psychotic serial killer escapes from an insane asylum in this slasher. Nearly 30 years ago, man-of-the-cloth Father Malius (Charles Cragin) brutally murdered several college students. Now…
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The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark (1992)
Cast: Darren McGavin
Actor Darren McGavin hosts this investigation into the mystery of Noah's ark in this engrossing program. The show examines the discovery of a 5,000-year-old wooden ship on a remote…
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Perfect Harmony (1991)
Cast: Peter Scolari, Darren McGavin, Catherine Mary Stewart …
Directed by: Will Mackenzie, Michael Robison
Taylor (Justin Whalin) is a top student and choir star at his prep school in South Carolina. But his cachet soon suffers a dip when he befriends an African-American orphan, Landy (Eugene…
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By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Powers Boothe …
Directed by: Jack Sholder
Based on a book by William Prochnau, this tense drama catches the superpowers -- the United States and Russia -- at the thaw of the Cold War. Relations appear to be improving, until a…
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Dead Heat (1988)
Cast: Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost …
Directed by: Mark Goldblatt
At a suspect laboratory, two cops uncover a high-tech "resurrection room" that recycles criminals -- and makes them virtually indestructible. The cops take a fall but get a new lease on life…
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Inherit the Wind (1988)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin …
Directed by: David Greene
Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards star in this Emmy-winning television remake of the 1960 film classic, a dramatization of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial involving a high school teacher charged…
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From the Hip (1987)
Cast: Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt …
Directed by: Bob Clark
Jealous superiors assign brash maverick lawyer Robin "Stormy" Weathers (Judd Nelson) to an impossible, high-profile case. Soon, it sinks his confidence as he must defend an uncooperative,…
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Raw Deal (1986)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin …
Directed by: John Irvin
As the Chicago Mafia attempts to murder witnesses who could incriminate them in court, Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a former FBI agent, sets out to infiltrate the organization and…
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Turk 182! (1985)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall …
Directed by: Bob Clark
Artist Jimmy Lynch (Timothy Hutton) goes on a graffiti rampage after his injured firefighter brother (Robert Urich) is denied pension in this action-packed comedy. Lynch boldly tags his…
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The Natural (1984)
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Gifted baseball player Roy Hobbs -- whose life has taken some unexpected turns -- becomes a 35-year-old rookie sensation who helps a cellar-dwelling team get back in the game in this mythic…
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The Baron and the Kid (1984)
Cast: Claude Akins, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Johnny Cash heads the cast in this sentimental drama, which follows a famed pool hustler (Cash) whose reunion with his long-lost son (Greg Webb) sets the stage for a series of adventures as…
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A Christmas Story (1983)
Cast: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Bob Clark
This humorous, nostalgic look at Christmas in 1940s Indiana is a holiday classic concerning 9-year-old Ralphie's (Peter Billingsley) desperate wish for a "Red Ryder carbine-action,…
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Hangar 18 (1980)
Cast: Gary Collins, Robert Vaughn, James Hampton …
Directed by: James L. Conway
An unidentified object comes crashing to Earth after colliding with an American satellite, and when the President learns the object contains alien remains, he orders it hidden so as not to…
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Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Cast: Jim Dale, John Williams, Karen Valentine …
Directed by: Robert Butler
This rollicking Western follows the comedic exploits of two dueling twin brothers (Jim Dale, in a dual role) with very different occupations -- one is a harsh gunslinger, and the other is a…
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Zero to Sixty (1978)
Cast: Darren McGavin, Sylvia Miles, Joan Collins …
Directed by: Don Weis
After his own car is hauled away by the repo men, the recently divorced Michael Nolan (Darren McGavin) ends up taking a job repossessing vehicles himself. Teaming up with a 16-year-old girl…
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Airport '77 / The Concorde: Airport '79 (1977)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Jerry Jameson, David Lowell Rich, Olivia de Havilland …
The third film in the Airport series finds a jet full of people 50 feet below sea level in the Bermuda Triangle. The oxygen supply dwindles for an art collector (Jimmy Stewart), the pilot…
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No Deposit No Return (1976)
Cast: David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts …
Directed by: Norman Tokar
When their mother goes on a vacation to Hong Kong, two mischievous siblings are sent to stay with their boring grandfather (David Niven). The children come across two inept criminals (Don…
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The Night Stalker / The Night Strangler (1973)
Cast: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Carol Lynley …
Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey
Darren McGavin stars as hard-nosed reporter Carl Kolchak in this creepy double feature. Set in Las Vegas, The Night Stalker has Kolchak tracking a string of murders where all the victims are…
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Mrs. Pollifax: Spy (1971)
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff …
Directed by: Leslie H. Martinson
Mrs. Pollifax (Rosalind Russell), a bored widow looking for excitement, convinces the CIA to make her a volunteer spy. But when her first assignment lands her in an Albanian prison, she must…
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The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer …
Directed by: Don McGuire
Before falling in with a bad group of juvenile delinquents, gawky teen Sidney Pythias (Jerry Lewis) is taken under the wing of cop Mike Damon (Darren McGavin), who attempts to keep Sidney on…
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Summertime (1955)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda …
Directed by: David Lean
Dreams of romance for American spinster Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn) become a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome but married antiques dealer (Rossano Brazzi) while vacationing…
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The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th Anniversary Special Edition (1955)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak …
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Under the watchful eye of director Otto Preminger (Carmen Jones, Anatomy of a Murder), "Old Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra explores controversial territory in an Oscar-nominated performance as…
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The Cheney Vase (1955)
Cast: Patricia Collinge, Darren McGavin, Carolyn Jones …
Directed by: Robert Stevens
This Season 1 episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" follows the machinations of Lyle Endicott (Darren McGavin), a charming con man who overhears an intriguing exchange about a priceless…
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The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak …
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Frank Sinatra turns in an Oscar-nominated performance as Frankie Machine, a heroin addict and gifted card dealer trying to kick his drug habit so he can pursue his dream of becoming a…