Joan Hackett — Actor (18)
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One Trick Pony (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
One Trick Pony
director: Robert M. Young actor: Paul Simon / Blair Brown …
An aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.
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The Escape Artist (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Escape Artist
director: Caleb Deschanel actor: Raúl Juliá / Griffin O'Neal …
other title: 60 minuti per Danny Masters / Der große Zauber …
The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
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Reflections of Murder (1974) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Reflections of Murder
director: John Badham actor: Tuesday Weld / Joan Hackett …
other title: Angustia de un crimen / Riflessi di un assassinio
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.
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The Group (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Group
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Candice Bergen / Joan Hackett …
other title: Il gruppo / O Grupo …
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper-class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.
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The Terminal Man (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Terminal Man
director: Mike Hodges actor: George Segal / Joan Hackett …
other title: L'uomo terminale / Homicides Incontrôlés …
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
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Rivals (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Rivals
director: Krishna Shah actor: Joan Hackett / Robert Klein …
A boy with an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother becomes increasingly jealous of the new man in her life. After his mother remarries, his rage and misery overwhelm him and he plots to kill his stepfather.
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The Possessed (1977) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Possessed
director: Jerry Thorpe actor: James Farentino / Claudette Nevins …
other title: Les envoûtés / Satán, fuerza del mal …
A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.
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Dead of Night (1977) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dead of Night
director: Dan Curtis actor: Ed Begley Jr. / E.J. André …
other title: Notte di morte / Mit der Nacht kommt der Tod …
This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for.
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How Awful About Allan (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
How Awful About Allan
director: Curtis Harrington actor: Anthony Perkins / Julie Harris …
other title: Che succede al povero Allan? / La Noche del Juglar …
After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
director: Michael O'Donoghue actor: Michael O'Donoghue / Dan Aykroyd …
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
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Will Penny (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Will Penny
director: Tom Gries actor: Charlton Heston / Joan Hackett …
other title: Costretto ad uccidere / ...E o Bravo Ficou Só …
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.