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John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929-1989)
December 9, 1929 (February 3, 1989)
U.S. 1997. Dramatic comedy by Nick Cassavetes with Sean Penn, Robin Wright, John Travolta. The crazy love of a clueless couple is put to the test when the husband is sentenced to ten years in prison.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Eric Weston with John Cassavetes, Gibran Brown, Billy Dee Williams. The friendship between an alcoholic homeless person and an illiterate but resourceful kid.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1985. Police comedy by John Cassavetes with Alan Arkin, Peter Falk, Beverly d'Angelo. An insurance agent gets caught up in a dubious plot to pocket money for his sons' education.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1984. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Diahnne Abbott. While trying to solve his personal problems, a divorcee sets out to transform her novelist brother's self-indulgent life.
Runtime: 141 min.
U.S. 1982. Satire by Paul Mazursky with John Cassavetes, Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia. On a Greek island, a New York architect hosts a curious reception for his ex-wife.
Runtime: 140 min.
Can. 1982. Horror by John Hough with John Cassavetes, Kerrie Keane, John Ireland. A doctor tries to discover the identity of a monstrous maniac who preys on teenagers.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1981. Psychological drama by John Badham with Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1980. Thriller by John Cassavetes with Gena Rowlands, John Adames, Buck Henry.
Runtime: 123 min.
Runtime: 240 min.
U.S. 1978. Fantasy by Brian De Palma with Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes. A former secret agent searches for his son who was kidnapped by an intelligence agency that wants to use his telepathic powers.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1978. Crime drama by John Hough with John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow, Sophia Loren.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 1977. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell. Upset by the death of a fan, an aging actress struggles to rehearse a new play.
Runtime: 144 min.
U.S. 1976. Crime drama by Larry Peerce with Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Beau Bridges. The police try to catch a killer on the loose at a football game.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1976. Social drama by John Cassavetes with Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel. An inveterate gambler must kill a Chinese man to pay off a debt he owes to gangsters.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1976. Crime drama by Elaine May with Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty. Two childhood friends in the underworld meet again when one of them feels threatened with death.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1974. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Katherine Cassavetes. A loving but awkward worker is convinced by his controlling mother to have his mentally unbalanced wife committed to a psychiatric clinic.
Runtime: 155 min.
U.S. 1972. Crime drama by Nicholas Colasanto with Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, James Olson. A police lieutenant seeks to charge a conductor with the murder of his mistress.
U.S. 1971. Mores comedy by John Cassavetes with John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel. The surprising romance between two people from different backgrounds.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 1970. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk. Following the funeral of a mutual friend, three old middle-aged buddies take a walk on the wild side.
Runtime: 138 min.

Machine Gun McCain

V.O.: Gli Intoccabili
It. 1969. Crime drama by Giuliano Montaldo with John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Gabriele Ferzetti. After being released from prison, a criminal participates in a new robbery.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1968. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin. A man quarrels with his wife and tells her that he wants a divorce.
Runtime: 130 min.

Rome Like Chicago

V.O.: Banditi a Roma
It. 1968. Crime drama by Alberto de Martino with John Cassavetes, Nikos Kourkoulos, Gabriele Ferzetti. The police search for the perpetrators of a hold-up at the train station in Rome.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1968. Fantasy by Roman Polanski with Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon. A young pregnant woman becomes convinced that she is being subjected to witchcraft.
Runtime: 136 min.
U.S. 1967. War drama by Robert Aldrich with Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes. In 1944, twelve soldiers convicted of serious crimes are recruited to form a commando unit for a special mission.
Runtime: 148 min.
U.S. 1966. Social drama by Daniel Haller with John Cassavetes, Leo Gordon, Mimsy Farmer. Around twenty bikers and their leader go in search of a mythical refuge.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1964. Thriller by Don Siegel with Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson. Surprised by the attitude of one of their victims in front of death, two contract killers undertake an investigation into his past.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Bruce Ritchey. A young woman works as an instructor in an institution for developmentally challenged children.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by John Cassavetes with Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Cliff Carmell. The story of a young jazz band leader in search of fame.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1960. Mores drama by John Cassavetes with Lelia Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Hugh Hurd. A young Black New Yorker with white skin falls in love with a White person who is reluctant to marry her after he meets her Black brothers.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1958. Comedy by Pat Jackson with John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell, Sidney Poitier. A young couple settles on an uninhabited island in the West Indies.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1957. Western by Robert Parrish with Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes. A former outlaw-turned-rancher gets into trouble with his younger brother.
Runtime: 79 min.
U.S. 1957. Melodrama by Laslo Benedek with John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr, Lilia Lazo. A disabled millionaire seeks revenge for his young wife's infidelity.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1957. Psychological drama by Martin Ritt with John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Maguire. A deserter working as a labourer has a wake-up call when he meets a Black man.
Runtime: 85 min.
U.S. 1956. Social drama by Don Siegel with James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo. A young delinquent plots the murder of a man who insulted him.
Runtime: 90 min.

Fourteen Hours

V.O.: 14 Hours
U.S. 1950. Psychological drama by Henry Hathaway with Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes. In New York, perched on the eighteenth floor ledge of a skyscraper, a desperate man threatens to jump.
Runtime: 92 min.

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