Telly Savalas

  • Joseph Sargent – Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

    Joseph Sargent1971-1980ActionCrimeUSA

    This film is based on a real case, the Wylie-Hoffert murder. A case that led to a fundamental change in US law. 
Two young girls are found murdered in their apartment in East Manhattan and Theo Kojack heads up the investigation. When a young black man is arrested and confesses to the murder Kojack is suspicious. Getting a lead from a junkie, Kojack goes on to prove the innocence of one man and the guilt of another.Read More »

  • Silvio Narizzano – Senza ragione AKA Redneck [Italian version] (1973)

    1971-1980CrimeItalySilvio NarizzanoThriller

    Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take another unaware that there is a teenager hiding in the back. As the flight becomes more frantic, the young man is discovered, upsetting the balance of the thieves.Read More »

  • Brian G. Hutton – Kelly’s Heroes (1970)

    1961-1970Brian G. HuttonClassicsUSAWar

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    During World War II, German Colonel Dankhopf (David Hurst) is captured by the Americans, but before he can be interrogated, an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk, and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship sixteen million dollars of gold to a base in France. Kelly is determined to get the gold, and plans for himself and a few of his fellow soldiers to slip into enemy territory and steal the bullion.Read More »

  • Sydney Pollack – The Slender Thread (1965)

    Drama1981-1990Sydney PollackUSA

    Plot Synopsis by Paul Brenner
    Sidney Pollack marked his feature film directing debut with this taut suspense drama, based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine. Sidney Poitier stars as Alan Nuell, a student volunteer at a medical clinic in Seattle who answers the phone to find Inge Dyson (Anne Bancroft) on the other end. Inge, depressed about her life, has just taken an overdose of sleeping pills. With Inge slowly dying, Alan tries to keep her talking on the phone while the police try to trace the call and save her life. Inge tells Alan that she has decided to end it all because her husband has discovered that he is not the father of her son.Read More »

  • Alberto De Martino – L’assassino… è al telefono AKA The Killer… is on the Telephone (1972)

    1971-1980Alberto De MartinoGialloItaly


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    A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he doesn’t know is that the shock of his murder caused her to have amnesia, and she doesn’t remember anything.Read More »

  • Telly Savalas – Beyond Reason (1977)

    1971-1980DramaTelly SavalasUSA

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    Telly Savalas wrote, directed, and starred in this obscure late 70’s thriller.

    Savalas stars as Dr. Nicholas Mati, a disturbed psychologist tormented by the memory of a patient that committed suicide. Dr. Mati feels that he was responsible in some sort of way and that he could saved his life. Through flashbacks, we as the audience can get an opinion. I think that the patience was a really tormented soul that wanted suicide; Dr. Mati didn’t have a chance to save him.Read More »

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