List of the best Val Avery movies: Minnie and Moskowitz(1971), Jinxed!(1982), Heroes(1977), Choices(1981), Black Caesar(1973), Faces(1968), Continental Divide(1981), In the Shadows(2001), The Anderson Tapes(1971), Harry and Walter Go to New York(1976), Hud(1963), Russian Roulette(1975) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
114 Minutes
Zelmo Swift
Gena Rowlands Seymour Cassel Val Avery Timothy Agoglia Carey Katherine Cassavetes Elizabeth Deering Elsie Ames Lady Rowlands Holly Near Judith Roberts Jack Danskin
parking lot attendant museum curator hippie mistress charming engaging offbeat witty los angeles unlikely romance unrequited love self-discovery heartbreak disillusionment love discovery transformation 1970s
A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.
Comedy
USA
1982
105 Minutes
Milt Hawkins
Bette Midler Ken Wahl Rip Torn Val Avery Jack Elam Benson Fong F. William Parker Ian Wolfe
gambler blackjack dealer lounge singer casino owner mistress offbeat las vegas lake tahoe reno, nev. casino hotel gambling bad luck deception love triangle transformation 1980s
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1977
113 Minutes
Bus Driver
Henry Winkler Sally Field Harrison Ford Val Avery Olivia Cole Hector Elias Dennis Burkley Tony Burton Michael Cavanaugh Helen Craig John P. Finnegan
A troubled Vietnam veteran (Henry Winkler) with plans for a worm farm meets a girl (Sally Field) and hops a bus to California.
Drama
1981
90 Minutes
Coach Rizzo
Paul Carafotes Victor French Lelia Goldoni Val Avery Dennis Patrick Demi Moore William R. Moses Pat Buttram
Impaired hearing keeps a high-school boy (Paul Carafotes) off the football team but not out of trouble with a gang.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
96 Minutes
Cardoza
Fred Williamson Art Lund Gloria Hendry Julius Harris Val Avery D'Urville Martin Minnie Gentry Philip Roye William Wellman Jr. James Dixon Patrick McAllister
kingpin police officer racist mafia boss reverend brutal unrestrained fiery harlem, n.y. manhattan vengeance racism mafia crime crooked cops revenge rise rivalry 1970s
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Drama
USA
1968
130 Minutes
Jim McCarthy
John Marley Gena Rowlands Lynn Carlin Fred Draper Seymour Cassel Val Avery Dorothy Gulliver Joanne Jordan Darlene Conley Gene Darfler Elizabeth Deering
husband wife mistress businessperson dark disheartening somber sad suburbia los angeles love marriage loneliness aging adultery discovery love temptation 1960s
A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1981
103 Minutes
Yablonowitz
John Belushi Blair Brown Allen Goorwitz Carlin Glynn Tony Ganios Val Avery Liam Russell Everett Smith Bill Henderson Bruce Jarchow Eddie Schwartz
reporter politician police officer editor scientist girlfriend playful heartwarming endearing chicago wyoming rocky mountains train newsroom corruption journalism courtship love adventure love
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2001
100 Minutes
Carlo Pierazzi
James Caan Cuba Gooding Jr. Matthew Modine Jeff Chase Joey Lauren Adams Val Avery Paul Louis Cat Wallace Scott Waugh
hit man gangster kingpin stuntman daughter suspenseful tense florida new york city movie set romantic dilemma betrayal murder organized crime loyalty temptation rise forbidden love discovery 2000s
A hitman, sent to kill a veteran Hollywood stuntman, falls in love with the target's daughter, and decides to become a stuntman himself.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Parelli
Sean Connery Diane Cannon Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Alan King Christopher Walken Val Avery Richard Williams Garrett Morris Stan Gottlieb Paul Benjamin
burglar ex-girlfriend mafia boss psychopath henchman gripping thrilling suspenseful crafty new york city apartment building crime surveillance robbery dangerous assignment fall temptation pursuit 1970s
After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Comedy
USA
1976
111 Minutes
James Caan Elliott Gould Michael Caine Diane Keaton Charles Durning Lesley Ann Warren Val Avery Jack Gilford Dennis Dugan Carol Kane Kathryn Grody
thief friend entertainer prisoner gangster bank robber engaging witty playful charming lighthearted positive prison bank new york city restaurant big city home bank robbery prison break
Two hopelessly-out-of-their-class conmen attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the nineteenth century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world, and the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Jose (cowhand)
Paul Newman Melvyn Douglas Patricia Neal Brandon de Wilde John Ashley Whit Bissell Crahan Denton Val Avery Sheldon Allman Pitt Herbert Curt Conway
anti-hero teenager housekeeper father rancher brash fiery dark ranch texas family alcoholism love triangle wretched excess 1960s
Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1975
93 Minutes
Henke
George Segal Tina Herazo Bo Brundin Denholm Elliott Gordon Jackson Peter Donat Richard Romanus Val Avery Nigel Stock Louise Fletcher Jacques Sandulescu
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When his prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assasination scheme.
Drama
USA
1957
85 Minutes
Brother
John Cassavetes Sidney Poitier Jack Warden Kathleen Maguire Ruby Dee Robert F. Simon Ruth White William A. Lee Val Avery John Kellogg David Clarke
dockworker boss friend wife manager gritty rousing manhattan docks racism labor union self-respect corruption secret awol underdog rivalry transformation 1950s
Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader whose growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, a notably repellent punk.
Horror
USA
1979
117 Minutes
Sgt. Gionfriddo
James Brolin Margot Kidder Rod Steiger Don Stroud Natasha Ryan K.C. Martel Meeno Peluce Michael Sacks Helen Shaver Val Avery Amy Wright
husband wife child police officer priest spirit melodramatic dark frightening incredible long island, n.y. haunted house basement burial grounds crime scene haunting marriage suburban life supernatural phenomenon murder
Newlyweds and their three kids move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living or visiting the house.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
118 Minutes
Dolph
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.
Crime, Drama
1979
103 Minutes
Caruso
Charles Bronson Rod Steiger Jill Ireland Strother Martin Bradford Dillman Henry Silva Paul Koslo Sam Chew Michael V. Gazzo Val Avery Billy Gray
The FBI sends a loner (Charles Bronson) to kidnap a mobster's (Rod Steiger) mistress (Jill Ireland) in Switzerland.
Drama
USA
1962
100 Minutes
Bobby Darin Stella Stevens Everett Chambers Cliff Carnell Seymour Cassel Bill Stafford Nick Dennis Rupert Crosse Richard Chambers Vincent Edwards Val Avery
Ghost is an ideological musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer Jess ... See full summary »
Western
Mexico
1966
100 Minutes
Robert Horton Diane Baker Sal Mineo Nehemiah Persoff Gary Merrill Robert H. Harris Lonny Chapman Royal Dano Zalman King Harry Dean Stanton Val Avery
El Santo is chased throughout 4 centuries by a mysterious masked man called El Encapuchado Negro.