Movies by Arthur Hiller
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Holes in My Shoes (2006)
Cast: Jack Beers, Katherine Oliver, Arthur Hiller …
Directed by: David Wachs
New Yorker Jack Beers, 94 years young, defies and redefines society's concept of aging in this inspiring documentary that chronicles his diverse achievements and captures his infectious…
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Speakeasy (2002)
Cast: David Strathairn, Nicky Katt, Stacy Edwards …
Directed by: Brendan Murphy
Although Bruce Hickman (David Strathairn) and Frank Marnikov (Nicky Katt) meet after their involvement in a minor traffic accident, their relationship develops into a lasting friendship.…
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A Dirty Little Business (1998)
Cast: Andy Bell, Eugene Buica, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Len Richmond
Eager to find a good job in the United States, Alex (Michael York), a recent Russian immigrant, searches relentlessly for work but can only find employment in a sex-toy plant. Despite his…
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National Lampoon's Pucked (2006)
Cast: Jon Bon Jovi, Estella Warren, David Faustino …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Jon Bon Jovi stars as Frank, a down-on-his-luck lawyer who hatches a scheme to finance a women's ice hockey league with credit cards. But when his plan backfires, Frank finds himself on…
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D. …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller, Alan Smithee
In this satire skewering Hollywood moviemaking, Eric Idle stars as a film editor who gets a shot at directing a big-budget film (starring Sylvester Stallone and Whoopi Goldberg, no less) but…
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Carpool (1996)
Cast: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Endearing Franklin Laszlo (Tom Arnold) is an unlikely bank robber, but that's what he does. During one bungled robbery attempt, he's forced to take some unusual hostages: a bus…
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Married to It (1993)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
In this ensemble comedy, three New York City couples experiencing marital problems become friends -- despite differences in their ages and economic statuses -- when they're thrown…
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The Babe (1992)
Cast: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
John Goodman stars as legendary ballplayer Babe Ruth, who pulled himself up from a childhood in reform school to become one of the most talented hitters ever to grace a baseball diamond. The…
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Taking Care of Business (1991)
Cast: James Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne De Salvo …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Well-meaning big galoot (and prison escapee) Jim Belushi tries to return a lost date book to its owner (Charles Grodin) in Malibu. Finding no one at home, Belushi co-opts Grodin's…
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance …
Directed by: Arthur Hill, Arthur Hiller
In Arthur Hiller's lighthearted comedy, Wally (Richard Pryor) is blind, and Dave (Gene Wilder) is deaf. But when a man is murdered outside the newsstand where they work, the police…
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Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Cast: Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Two aspiring actresses -- refined Lauren (Shelley Long) and brassy Sandy (Bette Midler) -- seem to have nothing in common, until they learn they share the same boyfriend (Peter Coyote). When…
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The Lonely Guy (1984)
Cast: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
The one and only Steve Martin stars along with Charles Grodin and Tony Award winner Judith Ivey in a funny and poignant romance inspired by Bruce Jay Friedman's tongue-in-cheek survival…
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Teachers (1984)
Cast: Lee Grant, Judd Hirsch, Nick Nolte …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Threatened by the bad publicity of a class action lawsuit, the administration at JFK High School is looking to weed out any teachers who are critical of the school's policies, most…
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Romantic Comedy (1983)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Based on Bernard Slade's hit play, this faithful screen adaptation follows thoroughly compatible writing partners Jason Carmichael (Dudley Moore) and Phoebe Craddock (Mary Steenburgen),…
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Author! Author! (1982)
Cast: Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
A playwright's work is never done, especially when it's Ivan Travalian, a down-on-his-luck scribe who desperately needs a hit. But before he can attend to his flailing career, he…
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Making Love (1982)
Cast: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Successful TV executive Claire (Kate Jackson) is half right when she suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Claire's husband, Zack (Michael Ontkean), is…
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The In-Laws (1979)
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Alan Arkin stars as a dentist who quickly grows skeptical about his daughter's wild claims that her future father-in-law, Vince (Peter Falk), is a CIA agent. But when he's sucked…
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Silver Streak (1976)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
In this original teaming of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, George Caldwell (Wilder) witnesses a murder aboard a train, but no one believes him. When a detective finally agrees to look into…
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W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
Cast: Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
To some he was the most gifted comic of his time; to others he was a cantankerous drunk. In this biopic, both sides of W.C. Fields come to light. Rod Steiger plays the comedian, following his…
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The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Arthur Goldman (Maximillian Schell), a Jewish businessman living in 1965 Manhattan, is kidnapped by a group of Israeli underground agents who put him on trial as a Nazi war criminal. Goldman…
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Man of La Mancha (1972)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
The hit Broadway musical based on Miguel de Cervantes's novel &NFi;Don Quixote&NFi_; is brilliantly adapted for the screen by director Arthur Hiller with Peter O'Toole in the title…
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The Hospital (1971)
Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
George C. Scott stars in this black comedy as Herbert Bock, a suicidal doctor who struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital. Herbert's life…
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Plaza Suite (1971)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Walter Matthau stars in three charming vignettes -- each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel -- that make up this classic comedy. Matthau plays a cheating husband, a Hollywood…
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Love Story (1970)
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Privileged Harvard jock Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) sparks the anger of his steely, demanding father (Ray Milland) by falling in love with and marrying plebeian Radcliffe student…
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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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Popi (1969)
Cast: Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Miguel Alejandro …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
From director Arthur Hiller comes this charmingly offbeat tale about a widowed Puerto Rican father (Alan Arkin) living in New York City's crime-ridden Spanish Harlem and dreaming of a…
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Tobruk (1967)
Cast: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Three teams of troops -- British, German-Jewish and American commandos -- engage in battle against German forces led by Erwin Rommel. They trek across the Sahara to assist in an amphibous…
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Promise Her Anything (1965)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Robert Cummings …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
After becoming a widow, Michelle O'Brien (Leslie Caron) moves with her infant son to a Greenwich Village apartment, where bohemian upstairs neighbor Harley Rummell (Warren Beatty), who…
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The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Cast: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Arthur Hiller helmed this trenchantly funny adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's script about cynical American Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Madison (James Garner), who wants nothing to do with frontline…
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Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
Cast: Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
The ravages of World War II threaten the lives of the legendary Lipizzan stallions in this family drama. As the war closes in around them, the horses' trainers and riders must risk their…
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The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Cast: James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
In this romantic comedy, Texas oil wildcatter Henry Tyroon (James Garner) is in the Big Apple to borrow a couple million -- but not without launching a financial scheme or two first. Along…
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The Careless Years (1957)
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Youthful obsession goes head-to-head with the more sober realities of life in this earnest family drama. Two teenagers in love, played by Dean Stockwell and Natalie Trundy, decide to defy…