Movies by Gary Nelson
As part of the cast:
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Agatha Christie Classic Mystery Collection: Murder in Three Acts (1986)
Cast: Gary Nelson, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis …
Set in Acapulco, this made-for-television mystery based on Agatha Christie's book finds brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) swept up in a pair of murder cases…
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Get Smart, Again! (1989)
Cast: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Bernie Kopell …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Agent 86, Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), returns to duty when KAOS develops a dangerous "weather machine." Although instructed to keep his mission secret from his wife, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon),…
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
In this sequel to 1985's King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) returns to the jungles of Africa with his fiancée (Sharon Stone) to look for his missing…
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: More Than Murder (1984)
Cast: Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
When his longtime adversary, police Capt. Chambers (Don Stroud), is wounded in a drug bust and falsely accused of consorting with the bad guys, private detective Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach)…
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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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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
Cast: Stacy Keach, Kent Williams, Delta Burke …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
When private eye Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) agrees to protect star witness Chris Jameson (Michelle Phillips), who just so happens to be his former lover, he has no idea what he's getting…
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The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
Cast: Johnny Cash, Eli Wallach, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
This made-for-television movie features country-western singer Johnny Cash at his stoic best. Jesse Hallam (Cash), a coal miner since the age of 14, has recently been widowed and is facing…
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The Black Hole (1979)
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Disney goes sci-fi in this futuristic adventure about a team of space travelers who stumble upon a black hole. Fearful of being pulled into the abyss, the explorers try for a quick exit --…
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Freaky Friday (1976)
Cast: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Ellen Andrews (Barbara Harris) and her teenage daughter, Annabel (Jodie Foster), can barely stand each other. Ellen thinks her daughter is an incorrigible rebel, and Annabel thinks her mother…
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Santee (1973)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Michael Burns, John Larch …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
This moving Western directed by Gary Nelson stars Glenn Ford as the titular Santee, a bounty hunter who takes pity on Jody (Michael Burns), the son of a man he's just killed. Jody's…
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Molly and Lawless John (1972)
Cast: Vera Miles, Sam Elliott, Clu Gulager …
Directed by: Gary Nelson
Captured killer Johnny Lawler (a young Sam Elliott) persuades the sheriff's neglected wife, Molly (Vera Miles), to help him stage a jailbreak. But after Johnny and Molly flee into the…