Movies by Sandy Dennis
As part of the cast:
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The Indian Runner (1991)
Cast: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino …
Directed by: Sean Penn
Sean Penn wrote and directs this poignant drama inspired by Bruce Springsteen's song "Highway Patrolman." When small-town deputy sheriff Joe Roberts (David Morse) takes in his troubled…
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Parents (1989)
Cast: Randy Quaid, Sandy Dennis, Mary Beth Hurt …
Directed by: Bob Balaban
In this horror-comedy set in the stuffy 1950s, Michael has everything his 10-year-old heart could desire, including a great dinner every night. Soon he questions where all the leftovers come…
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976-Evil (1989)
Cast: Stephen Geoffreys, Sandy Dennis, Jim Metzler …
Directed by: Robert Englund
When a repressed teenage boy named Hoax (Stephen Geoffreys) finds the phone number 976-EVIL and gives it a jingle for his daily "horrorscope," he gets more than he bargained for -- including…
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Another Woman (1988)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Woody Allen
A university professor (Gena Rowlands) experiences a midlife crisis, so she rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office in order to write a book. There, she inadvertently…
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The Execution (1985)
Cast: Michael Lerner, Sandy Dennis, Loretta Swit …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Haunted by memories of the cruel treatment they received as young female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp, five Holocaust survivors (Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit, Jessica Walter,…
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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black …
Directed by: Robert Altman
In this finely acted ensemble drama from director Robert Altman, the members of a 1950s James Dean fan club gather in the tiny town of McCarthy, Texas, for a reunion. As the ladies arrive,…
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The Four Seasons (1981)
Cast: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou …
Directed by: Alan Alda
Chronicling the upscale neuroses of three middle-aged couples, this wry comedy of manners stars Alan Alda (who also writes and directs), Carol Burnett, Sandy Dennis, Len Cariou, Jack Weston…
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God Told Me To (1976)
Cast: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis …
Directed by: Larry Cohen
A rooftop sniper picks off 14 pedestrians on the streets of New York City. A mild-mannered dad takes a shotgun and blows away his wife and children. A cop goes on a sudden shooting spree at…
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The Out-of-Towners (1970)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
&NFb;&NFb_;Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis are spectacular as George and Gwen Kellerman, an Ohio couple heading to New York City for George's big job interview in this Neil Simon comedic…
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The Fox (1968)
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Keir Dullea, Anne Heywood …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Two female lovers, Jill Banford (Sandy Dennis) and Ellen March (Anne Heywood), have sequestered themselves away in an isolated farmhouse. Trouble begins when one of them begins secretly…
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Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart …
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Sandy Dennis stars as Sylvia Barrett, a green but idealistic young teacher who takes a job at a tough inner-city high school. Troubled by the apathy of both her students and fellow teachers,…
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
On a serene New England campus, emasculated professor George (Richard Burton) and his rancorous wife, Martha (Elizabeth Taylor), turn an evening of cocktails into an unrelenting onslaught of…
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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Young lovers Deanie Loomis (Natalie Wood) and Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty, in his big-screen debut) find their awakening sexuality at odds with their own moral standards -- and those of their…