Anne Bancroft — Actor (37)
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How to Make an American Quilt (1995) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
How to Make an American Quilt
director: Jocelyn Moorhouse actor: Winona Ryder / Anne Bancroft …
other title: Gli anni dei ricordi / Onde Reside o Amor …
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
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Home for the Holidays (1995) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Home for the Holidays
director: Jodie Foster actor: Holly Hunter / Robert Downey Jr. …
other title: A casa per le vacanze / Hjemme er bedst …
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.
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Garbo Talks (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Garbo Talks
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Anne Bancroft / Ron Silver …
other title: La Garbo dice / Fala Greta Garbo …
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase through the streets of New York City to track down the iconic star, at the expense of his personal life and much to the chagrin of his wife, Lisa. Can he find Garbo before it's too late?
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Critical Care (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Critical Care
director: Sidney Lumet actor: James Spader / Kyra Sedgwick …
other title: Se mi amate / Sterben und erben …
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
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The Raid (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Raid
director: Hugo Fregonese actor: Van Heflin / Anne Bancroft …
other title: La spia dei ribelli / Unter zwei Flaggen …
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
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The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Girl in Black Stockings
director: Howard W. Koch actor: Lex Barker / Anne Bancroft …
other title: F.B.I. Squadra Omicidi / Das Mädchen mit den schwarzen Strümpfen …
Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.
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An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
An Audience with Mel Brooks
director: Alasdair Macmillan actor: Mel Brooks / Anne Bancroft …
Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespearean actor Jonathan Pryce. Brooks Spontaneous humor, social commentaries and zany sketches leave the audience rolling in the aisles and will leave you wanting more of Mel!
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The Naked Street (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Naked Street
director: Maxwell Shane actor: Farley Granger / Anthony Quinn …
other title: Brooklyn chiama polizia / Nackte Straßen …
To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Rosalie’s condemned boyfriend, Nicky Bradna, out of prison. But Regal’s meddling deeds soon backfire.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Demetrius and the Gladiators
director: Delmer Daves actor: Victor Mature / Susan Hayward …
other title: I gladiatori / Demetrius og gladiatorerne …
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
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Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Honeymoon in Vegas
director: Andrew Bergman actor: James Caan / Nicolas Cage …
other title: Mi gioco la moglie... a Las Vegas / Lua-de-Mel em Las Vegas …
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.
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Fatso (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fatso
director: Anne Bancroft actor: Robert Costanzo / Dom DeLuise …
other title: Pastasciutta... amore mio! / Fetty – Der Dicke legt los …
Dominick DiNapoli is a man who loves food and is overweight as a result. After an obese cousin dies due to health problems, Dominick's sister Antoinette sets out to help him lose weight. Although he has a hard time trying to slim down, Dominick finds inspiration when he meets and falls for shop owner Lydia. Can he get up the courage to ask her out, or will he go back to the comfort of overeating?
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Gorilla at Large (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Gorilla at Large
director: Harmon Jones actor: Cameron Mitchell / Anne Bancroft …
other title: Gorilla in fuga / Der Würger von Coney Island …
At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
director: Melvin Frank actor: Jack Lemmon / Anne Bancroft …
other title: Prigioniero della seconda strada / Das Nervenbündel …
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
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The Hindenburg (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Hindenburg
director: Robert Wise actor: George C. Scott / Anne Bancroft …
other title: Hindenburg / Die Hindenburg …
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
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The Slender Thread (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Slender Thread
director: Sydney Pollack actor: Ed Asner / Sidney Poitier …
other title: La vita corre sul filo / Stimme am Telefon …
Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?