John Huston
Director, Actor
- Chinatown (1974)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston…
- Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…
- Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sean Connery, Michael Caine
- Conmen Sean Connery and Michael Caine have grand old–fashioned adventures in remote India.
- Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
- Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Roger Moore, Patrick Macnee, John Huston…
- Fun addition to the Holmes canon with the great detective pursuing his arch rival Moriarty through New York after his nemesis pulls off a daring bank…
- Hobbit, The (1977)
- Dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jnr
Feat. Orson Bean, Richard Boone, John Huston…
- A homebody demi–human in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.…
- Wise Blood (1978)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Brad Dourif
- Brad Dourif plays the obsessed leader of the 'Church Without Christ' in this marvellous satire on contemporary evangelism in the American South. From…
- Winter Kills (1979)
- Dir. William Richert
Feat. Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins…
- Low–key but satisfying 'redux' of the Kennedy assassination posits a parallel scenario where the half–brother of an assassinated…
- Jaguar Lives! (1979)
- Dir. Ernest Pintoff
Feat. Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence…
- A Spanish–American actioner featuring "three Bond villains" and "one Bond beauty" in the cast but who, in true exploitation fashion, barely…
- Visitor, The (Stridulum) (1979)
- Dir. Giulio Paradisi
Feat. Joanne Nail, Lance Henriksen, Paige Conner…
- A young girl cursed with an inhuman, malevolent power is central to a cosmic battle between forces of good and evil in this ambitious and at times…
- Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow
- Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…
- Annie (1982)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry
- Rumbunctious Broadway musical, set in the Depression–era, follows the young moptop's orphanage experiences, and fateful encounter with…
- Lovesick (1983)
- Dir. Marshall Brickman
Feat. Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness…
- A psychiatrist who falls in love with a patient is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
- Under the Volcano (1984)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews…
- Solid dramatisation of Malcolm Lowry's 'unfilmable' novel about the sordid death of an alcoholic diplomat in 30s Mexico. Distinguished by intense,…
- Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston
- Jack Nicholson plays a Mafia hitman, embroiled in some ripely comic and sexy intrigues.
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents… (1985)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Ned Beatty, John Huston, Steven Bauer…
- Four episodes from the TV–series, posthumously endorsed by Hitch, which replicate his blend of suspense, macabre humour and brutal…
- Dead, The (1987)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston
- James Joyce's novella adapted as personal, fascinating vignettes of family life in Ireland, 1904. Anjelica Huston stars in her father's final film.