John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), The Train (1964), Seconds (1966), Grand Prix (1966), French Connection II (1975), Black Sunday (1977), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), and Ronin (1998).
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title.
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time is a Canadian comedy film, directed by John Trent and released in 1975. One of John Candy's earliest films, he plays the minor role of an investigating police officer. However, for marketing/publicity reasons, Candy appears on the cover of the DVD release.
Self Defense is a 1983 Canadian action-thriller-film directed by Paul Donovan and Maura O'Connell, and starring Tom Nardini, Brenda Bazinet, Darel Haeny, and Terry-David Després.
Riel is a 1979 Canadian made-for-television biographical film about Métis leader Louis Riel.
Final Assignment is a 1980 Canadian thriller drama film, written by Marc Rosen and directed by Paul Almond.
Polygraph is a film by Canadian director Robert Lepage, released in 1996.
Best Revenge is a 1984 Canadian film directed by John Trent from a story by David Rothberg. Originally entitled Misdeal the film was renamed following a delayed release. The film was panned for its similarity to Midnight Express.
Class Warfare, also stylized as Cla$$ Warfare, is a 2001 American-Canadian made-for-television movie directed by Richard Shepard and starring Lindsey McKeon.
Title Shot is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Les Rose and released in 1979. Rose's second collaboration with writer and actor Richard Gabourie following 1978's Three Card Monte, the film stars Gabourie as Blake, a police detective in Toronto who is investigating an attempt by crime boss Frank Renzetti to rig the outcome of boxing matches.
The Art of Murder is a 1999 American-Canadian thriller television film that first aired on network television on December 14, 1999. It stars Michael Moriarty, Joanna Pacula, Boyd Kestner and Peter Onorati.
Gerald Arthur Pratley was a Canadian film critic and historian. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was historically most noted as founder and director of the Ontario Film Institute, a film archive and reference library which was acquired by the Toronto International Film Festival in 1990 and became the contemporary Film Reference Library and TIFF Cinematheque.
Equinox is a Canadian drama film, directed by Arthur Lamothe and released in 1986. Lamothe's first narrative feature film in 18 years after having concentrated exclusively on documentary films since 1968's Dust from Underground , the film stars Jacques Godin as Guillaume, a man returning to his hometown for the first time since being wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit, in order to confront the former friend whose false testimony resulted in Guillaume being sent to prison.
Onyx Films was a film production business in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1962 by Pierre Lamy and his brother André Lamy. Their films include Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce, a satire. Gilles Carle worked with the film company on several productions.
Dead Wrong is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Len Kowalewich and released in 1983. The film stars Winston Rekert as Sean Phelan, a financially struggling fisherman who agrees to smuggle marijuana into Canada aboard his boat, and Britt Ekland as Penny Lancaster, an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who joins his crew in an attempt to catch and arrest him, but finds herself falling in love with him.
Pigs Are Seldom Clean is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1973. The film stars Jean-René Ouellet as Bob Tremblay, an undercover Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in Hull, Quebec, whose fiancée Hélène is kidnapped and raped by the criminal gang he is infiltrating after his identity is discovered.
Stations is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by William D. MacGillivray and released in 1983. The film stars Michael Jones as Tom Murphy, a former Roman Catholic priest turned television journalist; after undergoing a crisis of faith when his deep questioning of his old friend Harry in an interview leads to Harry's suicide, he is assigned to undertake a train trip across Canada to interview various everyday people he meets at train stations across the country.
A Great Big Thing is a Canadian-American comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till and released in 1968. The film stars Reni Santoni as Vinny Shea, an aimless young man and aspiring writer who gets into various misadventures around Montreal while trying to write his first novel.
The Last Act of Martin Weston is a Canadian-Czech drama film, directed by Michael Jacot and released in 1970. The film stars Jon Granik as Martin Weston, an American businessman working in Prague who is dissatisfied with his life and planning his suicide.
Sunday in the Country is a 1974 Canadian-British crime thriller film, directed by John Trent. The film stars Ernest Borgnine as Adam Smith, a country farmer who decides to enact vigilante justice when he discovers fugitive criminal Leroy and his accomplices Dinelli and Ackerman hiding out in his barn.
