John Saxon
Actor
- Unguarded Moment, The (1956)
- Dir. Harry Keller
Feat. Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon…
- Film noir with MGM star Esther Williams playing a High School music teacher and unmarried 'career woman' who is targeted by a stalker.
Although…
- Portrait in Black (1960)
- Dir. Michael Gordon
Feat. Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart…
- Sudsy potboiler with Turner and Quinn murdering Turner's wealthy husband, unfortunately the perfect crime does not go undetected. Campy fun.
- Journey to the Seventh Planet / Planet of Blood (1962-1966)
- Dir. Sidney Pink, Curtis Harrington
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, John Saxon…
- Two inventive low–budget science fiction films from the 1960s that influenced later films.
JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET (1962) –…
- Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian…
- James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, and a gaggle of kids take the holiday from hell in this early, jovial precursor to NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION.
- Cardinal, The (1963)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, John Saxon…
- Otto Preminger draws out an epic crisis of faith in this examination of an ordained Catholic Priest’s struggle to reconcile family turmoil and his…
- Appaloosa, The (Southwest to Senora) (1966)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon…
- Minor, though well–crafted and photographed Western set around Brando's attempts to recover his prized horse from a Mexican bandit (Saxon).
- Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
- Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor…
- The first Alan Smithee film is a hard–bitten western with Widmark as an old–fashioned lawman in a town determined to modernise. The title…
- Joe Kidd (1972)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon…
- An amoral Clint Eastwood gets involved in a range fued between land baron Robert Duvall and Mexican settlers. Despite a screenplay by Elmore Leonard,…
- Enter the Dragon (1973)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Bruce Lee, John Saxon
- The martial arts film by which all others are measured, Lee gets to display his masterful skill at every opportunity. Virtually plotless, but loaded…
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder…
- A superior precursor to psychological 'slasher' films like HALLOWEEN, this is set around a group of women in a sorority house, about to return home…
- Fast Company (1979)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon
- Dir. Cronenberg's least typical movie – a straightforward car racing actioner – about a team of drag racers who must overcome their…
- Electric Horseman, The (1979)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine…
- Curious romantic western with Redford as a former rodeo star who turns his back on his lucrative gig advertising cereal, and heads off to the desert…
- Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
- Dir. Jimmy T. Murakami
Feat. John Saxon, Richard Thomas
- A campy space–set reworking of THE SEVEN SAMURAI/MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, produced by Roger Corman and scripted by John Sayles. The effects shine…
- Wrong is Right (1982)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad…
- Patchy media satire with Connery as a newsman on the trail of two nuclear weapons that have fallen into terrorist hands. Some fine supporting turns…
- Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp…
- The maiden nightmare of the razor–fingered dream–demon Freddie Krueger, who went on to become the pre–eminent horror icon of the…
- Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)
- Dir. Chuck Russell
Feat. Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne…
- Improving on the perfunctory Pt. 2, this ups the ante on the gross–out special effects as Freddy wreaks further havoc on the kids he's helped…