Tag Archives: stirling silliphant

Shaft in Africa (1973)

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Guillermin Writer: Stirling Silliphant (Based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman)

Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller | Tagged 1973, action, adaptation, africa, african, blaxploitation, chain gang, crime, ernest tidyman, human trafficking, john guillermin, john shaft, johnny pate, marcel grignon, max benedict, paris, private investigator, richard roundtree, roger h. lewis, roger lewis, sequel, shaft, shaft in africa, slave, slavery, stirling silliphant, thriller, voncetta mcgee | Leave a comment

Village of the Damned (1995)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Carpenter Writer: David Himmelstein (Based on the book “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham)

Posted in Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Tagged 1995, adaptation, alien, aliens, birth, children, christopher reeve, dave davies, david himmelstein, doctor, drama, edward a. warschilka, gary b. kibbe, george barclay, george flower, horror, john carpenter, john wyndham, kid, kids, kirstie alley, larry sulkis, linda kozlowski, mark hamill, meredith salenger, michael pare, michael preger, powers, pregnancy, pregnant, psychic, remake, reverend, ronald kinnoch, sandy king, sci-fi, science fiction, seth meyers, small town, steven siebert, stirling silliphant, supernatural, the midwich cuckoos, thriller, village, village of the damned, wolf rilla | Leave a comment

Over the Top (1987)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Menahem Golan Writers: Stirling Silliphant and Sylvester Stallone (Story by Gary Conway and David C. Engelbach)

Posted in Action, Drama | Tagged action, arm wrestle, arm wrestling, champ, champion, championship, chris mccarty, david c. engelbach, drama, driver, estranged, father, father and son, gary conway, giorgio moroder, las vegas, menahem Golan, nevada, over the top, robert loggia, son, stirling silliphant, susan blakely, sylvester stallone, terry funy, tournament, truck driver, trucker, wrestle, wrestling | Leave a comment

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Norman Jewison Writer: Stirling Silliphant (Based on a novel by John Ball)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1967, academy award, best picture, cop, crime, drama, in the heat of the night, investigation, john ball, lee grant, mississippi, murder, mystery, norman jewison, philadelphia, police, quincy jones, race, racism, ray charles, rod steiger, sidney poitier, stirling silliphant, thriller, virgil tibbs, walter mirisch, warren oates | Leave a comment

The Enforcer (1976)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: James Fargo Writer: Stirling Silliphant and Dean Riesner (Story by Gail Morgan Hickman & S.W. Schurr) (Based on characters created by Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink)

Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller | Tagged action, california, clint eastwood, cop, crime, dean riesner, detective, dirty harry, gail morgan hickman, harry guardino, harry julian fink, inspector, james fargo, john mitchum, organization, police, r.m. fink, s.w. schurr, san francisco, sequel, stirling silliphant, terrorism, terrorist, the enforcer, thriller, tyne daly | Leave a comment