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George Kennedy

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Flight of the Phoenix, TheFlight of the Phoenix, The (1965) Recommended
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
One of the great survival–adventure films has an all–star cast crash landing their cargo plane deep in the Sahara, with no obvious means…
MirageMirage (1965)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau
An excellent example of the Hitchcockian thriller with Peck an amnesiac caught up in the murder of a philanthropist.
Dirty Dozen, TheDirty Dozen, The (1967) Recommended
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
A group of hardened criminals redeem themselves when recruited for a suicide mission during World War 2. An exciting adventure classic.
Cool Hand LukeCool Hand Luke (1967) Recommended
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Paul Newman, George Kennedy
Sure–footed, entertaining chain–gang yarn with a famously repulsive egg–eating contest.
Boston Strangler, TheBoston Strangler, The (1968)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Undeniably fascinating but somewhat static docudrama about placid 1960s serial–killer Albert De Salvo (Tony Curtis), who underwent…
Bandolero! Bandolero! (1968)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch
Number three in James Stewart's Western repertoire centred on two brawling brothers who must find a way to work together to avoid the death sentence…
AirportAirport (1970) Recommended
Dir. George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg
A big–city airport is disrupted one hectic night, with hijackings, bombings, stowaways etc. The whole cast struggle to cope. Adapted from…
Airport 1975Airport 1975 (1974)
Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy
First sequel to the 'disaster' blockbuster of 1970, this places its star–cast in a disabled Boeing 747 with both pilots down and the chief…
Eiger Sanction, TheEiger Sanction, The (1975)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee
Star/director Eastwood plays a mountaineering, art–loving version of James Bond in this bumbling thriller. Lame dialogue and cool threads…
Airport '77Airport '77 (1977)
Dir. Jerry Jameson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart
This third installment in the Airport franchise has a jetliner plunging into the mid–Atlantic's Bermuda Triangle where a fresh celebrity…
Brass TargetBrass Target (1978)
Dir. John Hough
Feat. Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn
A classic 70's all–star cast feature in this post–World War II suspense film that suggests that the German automobile crash involving…
The Concorde: Airport '79The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner
The final gasp of the AIRPORT series of disaster thrillers, which still attracted top stars right up to this nadir. Here, the titular supersonic…
Death ShipDeath Ship (1980)
Dir. Alvin Rakoff
Feat. George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso
Cult horror follows survivors of a tragic shipping collision who are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog.
Modern RomanceModern Romance (1981) Recommended
Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Bruno Kirby
Essentially a sustained neurotic monologue, this early gem from director/star Brooks examines the dilemmas of a…
Delta Force, TheDelta Force, The (1986)
Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam
Typically explosive Cannon Films production that marked the last box office hit for the martial–artist–turned–film–star Chuck…
Creepshow 2Creepshow 2 (1987)
Dir. Michael Gornick
Feat. George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini
George Romero and Stephen King present three stories of bloodcurdling horror that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a…
Naked Gun, TheNaked Gun, The (1988) Recommended
Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson
Leslie Neilsen perfects his deadpan for the Zucker Bros., who do for police work what their classic FLYING HIGH did for air travel. A…
Gambler, TheGambler, The (2014)
Dir. Rupert Wyatt
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman
Mark Wahlberg is cast against type as a literature professor whose gambling addiction has him in a continuous state of debt.

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