Movies directed by George McCowan (35)
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War of the Worlds (1988) USA,  CanadaGenre: Action / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller Release: 1988 October, 7 At the end of the 1953 film "War of the World", earth is saved from alien invaders when they are apparently killed by common bacteria... IMDb: 6.5/10 (1 557) |
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Night Heat (1985) Canada, USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1985 January, 31 The exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist Tom Kirkwood and his "Night Heat" column... IMDb: 7.4/10 (446) |
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Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982) USA Genre: Adventure Release: 1982 September, 24 US adventurer Frank Buck lives in colonial Singapore... IMDb: 7.1/10 (493) |
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Seeing Things (1981) Canada Genre: Comedy / Mystery Release: 1981 September, 15 Louis Ciccone is a reporter for the Toronto Gazette, but life's given him a forced side activity... IMDb: 7.8/10 (355) |
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Nero Wolfe (1981) USA Genre: Drama / Mystery Release: 1981 January, 16 The short-lived adventures of portly detective Nero Wolfe, who would rather eat and tend to his orchids than hit the streets tracking down leads... IMDb: 7.2/10 (436) |
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Shannon (1981) USA Genre: Drama / Crime Release: 1981 November, 11 Jack Shannon is a New York cop and a single father... IMDb: 6.3/10 (36) |
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The Return of Mod Squad (1979) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1979 May, 18 Three undercover detectives who once worked together are called back to team up again after several attempts are made on the life of their former commander... IMDb: 6.8/10 (146) |
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Hart to Hart (1979) USA Genre: Action / Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Romance Release: 1979 August, 25 Jonathan Hart was a self-made millionaire--the CEO of Hart Industries, a global conglomerate... IMDb: 6.7/10 (9 373) |
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The Littlest Hobo (1979) Canada Genre: Adventure / Drama / Family Release: 1979 October, 11 London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble... IMDb: 7.7/10 (1 434) |
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Vega$ (1978) USA Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery Release: 1978 April, 25 Dan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada... IMDb: 6.9/10 (2 391) |
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Fantasy Island (1977) USA Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy Release: 1977 January, 14 Fantasy Island is a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr... IMDb: 6.6/10 (9 462) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Charlie's Angels (1976) USA Genre: Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery Release: 1976 March, 21 TV series about a wealthy mystery-man who runs a detective agency via a speaker-phone and his personal assistant, Bosley... IMDb: 6.6/10 (15 237) |
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S.W.A.T. (1975) USA Genre: Action / Crime / Drama Release: 1975 February, 17 This series features the missions of the fictional W.C.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team... IMDb: 6.7/10 (2 250) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Murder on Flight 502 (1975) USA Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller Release: 1975 November, 21 A jumbo jet leaves New York... IMDb: 5.3/10 (864) |
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Starsky and Hutch (1975) USA Genre: Action / Crime / Drama Release: 1975 April, 30 Tough Starsky and educated Hutch are plainclothes cops taking on dope dealers, muggers and other thugs, aided by their red 1974 Torino and informant Huggy Bear... IMDb: 7.0/10 (11 267) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Barnaby Jones (1973) USA Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery Release: 1973 January, 28 Barnaby Jones was a former private eye who temporarily came out of retirement to track down the killer of his son Hal, who had taken over the family business... IMDb: 6.9/10 (3 362) |
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The Starlost (1973) Canada Genre: Sci-Fi Release: 1973 September, 22 This very low budget TV show (which was shot on video, as opposed to film, as most regular TV shows are) involved a giant spaceship called THE ARK which was composed of hundreds of domes, each of which (supposedly) contained a sample culture from the planet Earth, which had long since died out due to some thing or other (If memory serves, it was pollution)... IMDb: 6.2/10 (620) |
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The Streets of San Francisco (1972) USA Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery Release: 1972 September, 16 A pair of plainclothes homicide detectives, Lt... IMDb: 7.3/10 (7 374) |
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The Rookies (1972) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1972 March, 7 The exploits of three rookie police officers in a large unnamed Southern California city are followed in this weekly series... IMDb: 6.8/10 (1 311) |
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1972 January, 30 An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town... IMDb: 7.8/10 (176) |
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Cannon (1971) USA Genre: Action / Crime / Mystery / Drama Release: 1971 September, 14 The weekly adventures of Frank Cannon, an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures, who becomes a high-priced private investigator... IMDb: 6.8/10 (3 838) |
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Norman Corwin Presents (1971) Canada An anthology drama series originating in Canada but relying heavily on American actors and syndicated in the United States... IMDb: 6.7/10 (20) |
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The Young Rebels (1970) USA Genre: Adventure Release: 1970 September, 20 This short-lived series tried to apply the ideals of the '60s youth culture to the American Revolution... IMDb: 7.4/10 (142) |
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Dan August (1970) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1970 September, 23 Lt... IMDb: 7.1/10 (382) |
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Medical Center (1969) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1969 April, 17 Located in the Los Angeles area, Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a large university campus... IMDb: 7.1/10 (944) |
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The Mod Squad (1968) USA Genre: Action / Crime / Drama Release: 1968 September, 24 Young people in trouble with the law (wealthy Pete stole a car; Linc arrested during Watts riots; Julie ran away from her San Francisco prostitute mother) can avoid jail by infiltrating the counter culture and exposing badguys who prey on other kids... IMDb: 7.0/10 (2 551) |
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Judd for the Defense (1967) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1967 September, 8 High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd, and his assistant Ben Caldwell, take cases throughout the USA... IMDb: 7.6/10 (280) |
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The Invaders (1967) USA Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller Release: 1967 January, 10 David Vincent, an architect returning home after a hard, hard, day parks his car in an old ghost town in order to rest for a while before continuing on home... IMDb: 8.0/10 (3 655) |
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Felony Squad (1966) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1966 September, 12 Twenty year veteran Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis... IMDb: 7.4/10 (186) |
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Run for Your Life (1965) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1965 September, 13 Ben Gazzara plays a successful lawyer who is told by his doctor in the first episode that he will die in one to two years... IMDb: 7.6/10 (450) |
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The F.B.I. (1965) USA Genre: Drama / Crime Release: 1965 September, 16 Cases, based on real FBI files, were handled by Inspector Lewis Erskine and several coworkers over the years... IMDb: 7.4/10 (1 522) |
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Seaway (1965) Canada Genre: Adventure / Drama Release: 1965 September, 15 Nick King, working for a consortium of ship owners, teams up with Admiral Henry Fox in dealing with problems that occur on the St... IMDb: 7.9/10 (65) |
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The Forest Rangers (1963) Canada Genre: Family The Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965... IMDb: 7.6/10 (168) |
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Festival (1960) Canada Genre: Drama Release: 1960 October, 10 IMDb: 5.8/10 (27) |
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General Motors Presents (1952) Canada Genre: Drama Release: 1952 September, 18 An anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both CBC Television and ABC... IMDb: 7.4/10 (50) |
