Movies by Tony Bill
As part of the cast:
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One Six Right: The Romance of Flying (2005)
Cast: Sydney Pollack, Lorenzo Lamas, Hal Fishman …
Directed by: Brian Terwilliger
This documentary tells the history of the busiest airport for general aviation, California's Van Nuys Airport. Featuring interviews with flight enthusiasts Sydney Pollack, Tony Bill and…
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Lying in Wait (2000)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Virginia Madsen, Thomas Newton …
Directed by: D. Shone Kirkpatrick
Babee (Thomas Newton), the son of a Hollywood big shot, comes home and takes up residence at his family's run-down mansion so he can spend his time painting. He also reacquaints himself…
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Less Than Zero (1987)
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Marek Kanievska
When Clay (Andrew McCarthy) comes home from college, he finds that his former girlfriend (Jami Gertz) and his best friend (Robert Downey Jr.) have established a relationship -- and with it, a…
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Are You in the House Alone? (1978)
Cast: Kathleen Beller, Blythe Danner, Tony Bill …
Directed by: Walter Grauman
Teenager Gail Osborne (Kathleen Beller) is plagued by strange phone calls and a series of scary notes left in her school locker. She sets out to identify the culprit, but her terror mounts…
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The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
Cast: Kay Lenz, Shelley Winters, Tony Bill …
Directed by: Robert Day
Humiliated and rejected by the stuck-up Alpha Nu Sigmas who accepted her more popular sister, Patty (Morgan Brittany), insecure Sarah (Kay Lenz) joins a less prestigious sorority and uses her…
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Shampoo (1975)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn …
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Warren Beatty stars in this farcical satire of '70s sexual practices, which was chosen as one of the AFI's 100 funniest movies. Beatty plays George, a Beverly Hills hairdresser who…
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Castle Keep (1969)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack directs an all-star cast (Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Bruce Dern, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Patrick O'Neal) in an allegorical tale about an American military squad that,…
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Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan …
Directed by: John Sturges
American sub commander Ferraday (Rock Hudson) and his crew navigate dangerous waters in this Cold War nail-biter. Sent under false pretenses to the North Pole, Ferraday and his eclectic crew…
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Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine …
Directed by: Jerry Paris
Jack (Dick Van Dyke) is an unsuccessful actor who gets mistaken for an art thief by a mobster (Edward G. Robinson) anxious to get his hands on a valuable painting. Although Jack has…
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Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Deborah Kerr …
Directed by: Jack Donohue
In this farcical comedy, unhappily married Val (Deborah Kerr) and Dan (Frank Sinatra) take a second honeymoon in Mexico, where they accidentally get a divorce. When Dan is called away, his…
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None But the Brave (1965)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker, Tommy Sands …
Directed by: Frank Sinatra
Enemies are forced into an uneasy alliance as a matter of survival in this affecting World War II drama starring Frank Sinatra as a Marine medic. Stranded after crash-landing with his…
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Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon …
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
Frank Sinatra stars as playboy Alan Baker in Norman Lear's adaptation of Neil Simon's play. Alan enjoys a steady stream of women in his Manhattan apartment -- something his brother,…
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Flyboys (2006)
Cast: James Franco, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Directed by Oscar winner Tony Bill, this epic drama tells the true story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of Americans who volunteered for the French military before the United States…
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Harlan County War (2000)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Ruby Kincaid (Holly Hunter) is the wife of a hardworking coal miner in Harlan County, Ky., in the 1970s. After she witnesses two deaths, her husband's near-fatal accident and his…
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Oliver Twist (1997)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood, David O'Hara …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Lavish production values inform this TV adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel about life on the mean streets of 19th-century London. Young orphan Oliver (Alex Trench) joins a…
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Beyond the Call (1996)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard …
Directed by: Tony Bill
It's been years since Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek) has seen her high school boyfriend, Russell Cates (David Strathairn). But getting in touch with him is no ordinary trip down memory…
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One Christmas (1994)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, Swoosie Kurtz …
Directed by: Tony Bill
It's Christmas 1930, and young Buddy is spending the holidays with his estranged father, a con man who cares more about the latest scam than spending time with his son. This timeless…
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Untamed Heart (1993)
Cast: Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez …
Directed by: Tony Bill
When a quiet, mysterious restaurant dishwasher named Adam (Christian Slater) rescues Caroline (Marisa Tomei) -- an outgoing but unlucky-in-love waitress -- from attackers, the two form a…
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A Home of Our Own (1993)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Edward Furlong, Clarissa Lassig …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Wanting to trade the dangers of 1960s Los Angeles for a simpler life in the country, a widowed mother of six packs up the kids and heads to rural Idaho, where she finds a place for her brood…
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Crazy People (1990)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Emory (Dudley Moore) is a stressed-out advertising exec who sets off a company scandal with his unorthodox, but truthful, ad campaigns. Sent to a mental institution, he finds understanding…
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Five Corners (1987)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, John Turturro …
Directed by: Tony Bill
This award-winning film centers on the lives of the inhabitants of the Five Corners section of the Bronx in 1964. Jodie Foster stars as Linda, a young woman who turns to her ex-boyfriend…
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Love Thy Neighbor (1984)
Cast: John Ritter, Penny Marshall, Cassie Yates …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Suburban neighbors Danny (John Ritter) and Linda (Penny Marshall) can't stand each other. But when Danny's wife runs off with Linda's husband, the abandoned spouses must turn…
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My Bodyguard (1980)
Cast: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Tormented by a gang of bullies -- led by Matt Dillon, in one of his first film roles -- sheltered new kid Clifford (Chris Makepeace) seeks protection from older student Linderman (Adam…