Alexander Scourby — Actor (11)
Giant (1956) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Giant
director: George Stevens actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Rock Hudson
other title: Il gigante / Giganten
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Giant (1956) [Movie]
Giant
director: George Stevens actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Rock Hudson
other title: Il gigante / Giganten
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
The Stuff (1985) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Stuff
director: Larry Cohen actor: Michael Moriarty / Andrea Marcovicci
other title: Stuff - Il gelato che uccide / A Coisa
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
The Wall (1962) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Wall
director: Walter de Hoog actor: Alexander Scourby
Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gathered footage from U.S. and German newsreel sources and crafted this taut short film about the first year of the Berlin Wall. Straightforward, keenly balanced narration portrays Berliners as "accepting the wall but never resigned to it". The extraordinary footage of the first escapes was propaganda enough-- His challenge was to make the politics human.
1999 A.D. (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
1999 A.D.
director: Lee Madden actor: Marj Dusay / Kerry MacLane
A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer Philco-Ford. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow", each family member's activities are enabled by a central computer and revolve around products remarkably similar to those made by the sponsor. Power comes from a self-contained fuel cell which supports environmental controls, an automatic cooking system, and a computer-assisted "education room".
Ransom! (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ransom!
director: Alex Segal actor: Glenn Ford / Donna Reed
other title: Il ricatto più vile / Menschenraub
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
The Night America Trembled (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Night America Trembled
director: Tom Donovan actor: Edward R. Murrow / Alexander Scourby
A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The Worlds in 1938. [An episode of the CBS anthology series "Studio One".]
This Other Eden (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
This Other Eden
director: Joseph Vadala actor: Alexander Scourby
A study of England's history, with particular emphasis on the role religion has played in shaping the nation and its people. Includes scenes of Stonehenge, the sanctuary at Glastonbury, the fortress of Maiden Castle, and Bamburg Castle. (worldcat.org)
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter
director: Stanley Jackson actor: Alexander Scourby
The second of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada, People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter is compiled from some of the most vivid footage ever filmed of the life of the Netsilik Inuit in the Pelly Bay region of the Canadian Arctic. Together, the two films provide insight and understanding of a culture now almost vanished, as they show the incredible resourcefulness of the Netsilik (People of the Seal) who have adapted to one of the world's harshest environments. Part 2: Eskimo Winter shows how Inuit families gather in communities on the sea ice to harpoon seal as they come up through breating holes in the ice. Also seen is the mid-winter season, a time of intense socializing in the communal igloo, with games, contests and ceremonial activities.