Movies by Joseph Sargent
As part of the cast:
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The Wall (1998)
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Ruby Dee, Frank Whaley …
This unique collection of short films tells the story of three brave soldiers who never came home from the Vietnam War. "The Pencil Holder" follows a tough colonel (Edward James Olmos)…
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From Here to Eternity (1953)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr …
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
This gripping adaptation of James Jones's novel about Army life in Hawaii in the idyllic days just before Dec. 7, 1941, boasts one of the hottest love scenes in screen history: Burt…
As a director:
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Sybil (2007)
Cast: Tammy Blanchard, Jessica Lange, Joey Campbell …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Suffering from dissociative identity disorder, once known as multiple personality disorder, Sybil (Tammy Blanchard) seeks treatment from psychiatrist Dr. Cornelia Wilbur (Jessica Lange)…
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Warm Springs (2005)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) faces personal and political crises in this biopic that begins not long after the future U.S. president is paralyzed by polio. Roosevelt endures…
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Something the Lord Made (2004)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
This Emmy-winning HBO film based on a true story follows white surgeon Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and his black assistant, Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), who teamed in the 1940s to develop a…
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Out of the Ashes (2003)
Cast: Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Based on a true story, this heart-wrenching film follows the journey of Gisella Perl (Christine Lahti), a Jewish-Hungarian doctor who survives Auschwitz. Decades later, she applies for U.S.…
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Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
A star-studded cast including Kirstie Alley, Rebecca De Mornay, Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine and Alan Bates headlines this engrossing dramatization of what led to the infamous 1692 witch…
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2001)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, David Paymer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the…
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Bojangles (2001)
Cast: Gregory Hines, Peter Riegert, Kimberly Elise …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Emmy nominee Gregory Hines stars in this made-for-TV biopic as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the legendary dancer who worked his way up from vaudeville to headline both Broadway shows and…
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A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
When a young black man (Mekhi Phifer) is wrongly condemned for the murder of a white man, his family convinces a trusted schoolteacher (Don Cheadle) to visit him daily. In the process, both…
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Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Laurence Fishburne stars in this Emmy-winning HBO drama about the Tuskegee Experiment, a government program that withheld penicillin from some African American men infected with syphilis so…
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Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Tina Lifford …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine turn in a pair of Emmy-nominated performances as Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk, respectively, in this thought-provoking drama about the end of apartheid in…
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The Bible Collection: Abraham (1994)
Cast: Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey, Maximilian Schell …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
This engrossing dramatization of the life of Abraham (Richard Harris), the most tested servant of God and the father of Judaism, spans from the patriarch's quest for the Promised Land to…
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The Incident (1990)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Susan Blakely, Robert Carradine …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
In this drama set in 1944, small-town lawyer Harmon Cobb must defend the most hated man in town -- a man who represents pure evil -- when Cobb's friend Doc Hansen (Barnard Hughes) dies…
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A Green Journey (1990)
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Denholm Elliott, Cynthia Nixon …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
After recent clashes with a new bishop (Robert Prosky), weary Catholic schoolteacher Agatha McGee (Angela Lansbury) ends her years of selfless service, leaving behind Minnesota for a getaway…
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Day One (1989)
Cast: Barnard Hughes, Hal Holbrook, Brian Dennehy …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
This Emmy-winning docudrama chronicles America's development of the atomic bomb, centering on the collaboration and conflict among Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard (Michael Tucker), Gen.…
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Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Cast: Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael (Lance Guest),…
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Memorial Day (1983)
Cast: Mike Farrell, Shelley Fabares, Keith Michell …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Mike Farrell ("M*A*S*H") plays Matt Walker, an attorney attending a reunion of the platoon he served with in Vietnam, who ends up dealing with more disturbing recollections and emotions than…
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Coast to Coast (1980)
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Robert Blake, Quinn K. Redeker …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
After escaping from a New York mental institution, Madie Levrington (Dyan Cannon) falls for a rough-edged truck driver (Robert Blake) who agrees to help her get back to California. But they…
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Playing for Time (1980)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams …
Directed by: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent
When Jewish songstress Fania Fénelon (Vanessa Redgrave) is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task: using their…
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MacArthur (1977)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Gregory Peck delivers a solid performance in this introspective biopic that charts a decade in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's career, starting in 1942 as he takes command of a regiment in the…
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Hustling (1975)
Cast: Lee Remick, Monte Markham, Jill Clayburgh …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Reporter Fran Morrison (Lee Remick) pursues a forceful investigation of the Manhattan prostitution industry, delving deep into the world of working girls such as Wanda (Jill Clayburgh), their…
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Beatrice Winde, Robert Shaw …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Deep in the bowels of New York City, a gang of men led by "Mr. Blue" (Robert Shaw) hijacks a subway car and radios the transit authority with a demand: Deliver $1 million in cash in the next…
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White Lightning (1973)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jennifer Billingsley …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
One of the best Burt Reynolds "rednecks and cars" movies, White Lightning serves up some great auto chases through a sweaty, dirt-poor Southern atmosphere. Reynolds is a good ol' boy who…
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The Man (1972)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
When top-level government officials are killed, Senate President Pro Tempore Douglass Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly finds himself ascending to the White House as the first…
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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)
Cast: Sally Field, David Carradine, Eleanor Parker …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Teenage runaway Dennie (Sally Field) returns to her parents' home after spending a year living with hippies. Her image-conscious mother (Eleanor Parker) and father (Jackie Cooper)…
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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Cast: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
A Department of Defense supercomputer known as Colossus develops its own intelligence independent of the machine's programmers; starts sharing classified information with Guardian, its…