List of the best John McLiam movies: Riverrun(1970), The Dove(1974), Split Decisions(1988), The Culpepper Cattle Company(1972), The Missouri Breaks(1976), Halls of Anger(1969), The Ambush Murders(1982), Lucky Lady(1975), In Cold Blood(1967), My Fair Lady(1964), First Blood(1982), Bite the Bullet(1975) ... ...
Drama
USA
1970
87 Minutes
Jeffries
Louise Ober John McLiam Mark Jenkins
Conscientious objector Dan and student Sarah leave Berkeley for life in San Marino County, away from the horrors of city life. Moving to a sheep farm, the couple anticipates the birth of ... See full summary »
Adventure
1974
105 Minutes
Lyle Graham
Joseph Bottoms Deborah Raffin John McLiam Dabney Coleman John Anderson Colby Chester Ivor Barry Setoki Ceinaturoga John Meillon Gordon Glenwright Garth Meade
A young man's (Joseph Bottoms) girlfriend (Deborah Raffin) follows him from port to port as he sails a small boat solo around the world.
Drama
USA
1988
95 Minutes
Pop McGuinn
Gene Hackman Craig Sheffer Jeff Fahey Jennifer Beals John McLiam Eddie Velez Carmine Caridi James Tolkan
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.
Western
USA|Mexico
1972
92 Minutes
Thorton Pierce
Gary Grimes Billy Green Bush Luke Askew Bo Hopkins Geoffrey Lewis Wayne Sutherlin John McLiam Matt Clark Raymond Guth Anthony James Charles Martin Smith
teen boy cowboy cook mother cattle rustler leader gritty bleak offbeat striking california colorado farm trail american west frontier life disillusionment work responsibility loneliness
Young farmboy who always wanted to be a cowhand talks a tough trail boss into hiring him on a cattle drive.
Western, Drama
USA
1976
125 Minutes
David Braxton
Marlon Brando Jack Nicholson Randy Quaid Kathleen Lloyd Frederic Forrest Harry Dean Stanton John McLiam John P. Ryan Sam Gilman Steve Franken Richard Bradford
thief land baron daughter bounty hunter farmer gritty offbeat tense railway ranch camp forest montana horse thieves farming old west train robbery love revenge escape
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Drama
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Boyd Wilkerson
Calvin Lockhart Janet MacLachlan Jeff Bridges James A. Watson Jr. De Wayne Jessie Ed Asner John McLiam Rob Reiner Patricia Stich Gary Tigerman
student teacher principal militant basketball player teen boy fiery powerful los angeles locker room classroom library racism race relations high school illiteracy strike growing up rivalry 1960s
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
Drama
USA
1982
100 Minutes
Judge Collier
James Brolin Dorian Harewood Alfre Woodard Antonio Fargas Robert Denison Louis Giambalvo Amy Madigan John McLiam Theodore Wilson Marc Alaimo
Two astronauts return to Earth to find that it has been destroyed by nuclear war. L.A. has been taken over by Cutter and his gang of outlaw bikers. Cutter rapes and pillages. There are also... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
118 Minutes
Rass Huggins
Gene Hackman Liza Minnelli Burt Reynolds Geoffrey Lewis John Hillerman Robby Benson Michael Hordern Anthony Holland John McLiam Val Avery Louis Guss
smuggler best friend cabaret performer criminal police captain engaging playful boat mexico club alcohol love triangle crime mobsters prohibition jealousy love pursuit 1930s
A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.
Drama
USA
1967
134 Minutes
Robert Blake Scott Wilson John Forsythe Paul Stewart Gerald S. O'Loughlin Jeff Corey Will Geer John Gallaudet James Flavin Charles McGraw John McLiam
victim perry smith reporter police chief richard "dick" hickock dark uneasy chilling holcomb, kan. prison family home manhunt murder crime family trial execution pursuit revenge 1960s
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Musical
USA
1964
170 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Gladys Cooper Jeremy Brett Theodore Bikel Isobel Elsom Mona Washbourne John Alderson John McLiam
professor pretty woman peasant suitor amusing charming winsome london aspirations wager class distinctions high society love discovery quest transformation 1900s
Snobbish phonetics Professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
Action, Adventure
USA
1982
95 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Richard Crenna Brian Dennehy David Caruso Jack Starrett Michael Talbot David Crowley Chris Mulkey Don Mackay Alf Humphreys John McLiam
veteran sheriff commanding officer deputy rambo vietnam vet brutal gripping suspenseful intense washington state small town police station mountain abandoned mine forest vietnam war bigotry torture guerrilla warfare
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Western
USA
1975
131 Minutes
Gene Hackman Candice Bergen James Coburn Ben Johnson Ian Bannen Jan-Michael Vincent Mario Arteaga Robert Donner Robert F. Hoy Jean Willes John McLiam
cowboy woman old man englishman mexican rousing inspiring wild west horse racing respect competition culture clash gender bias quest rivalry 1900s
A group of ex-rough riders, an ex-prostitute and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert.
Western
USA
1970
106 Minutes
Lee Marvin Jeanne Moreau Jack Palance Mitchell Ryan Jim Davis John Hudkins Raymond Guth John McKee Michael Conrad Tom Heaton G.D. Spradlin
cowboy criminal storekeeper prostitute rancher brooding emotional thrilling wild west arizona ranch store small town house cowboys small-town life changing times settling down disillusionment friendship
An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
107 Minutes
Steve McQueen Rupert Crosse Mitch Vogel Sharon Farrell Will Geer Michael Constantine Lonny Chapman Juano Hernandez Clifton James Ruth White Dub Taylor
young boy handyman best friend grandfather prostitute uncle amusing emotional mississippi farm household memphis, tenn. brothel unlikely friendship road trip coming of age racism prostitution corruption growing up
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.