John Guillermin

King Kong is a 1976 American motion picture produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a remake of the 1933 classic ''King Kong '', about how a giant ape is captured and imported to New York City for exhibition.

In this article: Kong, King Kong, Rick Baker, Jessica Lange, and King Kong

The Bridge at Remagen is a war film released in 1969, directed by John Guillermin and starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn. The film is based on the book by Ken Hechler, adapted for screen by Richard Yates and William...

In this article: The Bridge at Remagen, Paul Kruger, Rhine, Robert Vaughn, George Segal, Ben Gazzara, and Remagen

House of Cards is a 1968 mystery film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, Inger Stevens and Orson Welles. Reno Davis (George Peppard) is an American writer who has recently retired from boxing. Now unemployed and...

In this article: House of Cards, Orson Welles, Inger Stevens, George Peppard, Stoicism, and Keith Michell

...Wolper he couldn't set foot on the set one day because of the complexity of the filming. Wolper told Guillermin he was therefore fired. Guillermin apologized and was rehired immediately. Ralph E. Winters was hired as editor for King Kong...

In this article: Ralph E. Winters, The Blue Max, King Kong, London, Cambridge University, and Royal Air Force

Condor, El is a 1970 film directed by John Guillermin. Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef lead a band of Apaches (including Iron Eyes Cody) against a fortress commanded by Patrick O'Neal. The fortress is said to contain the gold reserves of...

In this article: DVD and Lee Van Cleef

...Beatrice Straight as Ghislaine, and Mildred Natwick reprising her stage role of Mme. St. Pe. A 1962 feature film directed by John Guillermin transported the setting to England and Anglicized the lead characters' names to General Leo...

In this article: The Waltz of the Toreadors, Mildred Natwick, Ralph Richardson, Hugh Griffith, Harold Clurman, and Peter Sellers

King Kong Lives is a 1986 film that serves as a sequel to the 1976 version of ''King Kong ''. The film was directed by John Guillermin and starred Linda Hamilton. The screenplay was written by Ronald Shusett and Steven Pressfield. The...

In this article: King Kong Lives, Kong, MSX, Peter Michael Goetz, Linda Hamilton, Borneo, and King Kong

...publication for roughly $400,000, and Stern's book eventually became the movie ''The Towering Inferno, directed by Irwin Allen and John Guillermin and featuring an all-star cast. With an incredible fourteen million dollar budget, the film went...

In this article: Richard Martin Stern, The Tower, Towering Inferno, Warner Brothers, Irwin Allen, World Trade Center, and Santa Fe

I Was Monty's Double is a book by M. E. Clifton James, first published in London in 1954. It was made into a film in 1958, directed by John Guillermin, from a screenplay adapted by Bryan Forbes. James had an uncanny resemblance to Field...

In this article: M. E. Clifton James, I Was Monty's Double, Danny Kaye, Leslie Phillips, Bryan Forbes, Private Eye, and Barbara Hicks

...crushing of democracy in Czechoslovakia in 1968," Melounek told Variety. The movie uses the true story of British-born director John Guillermin's WWII epic "The Bridge at Remagen," that was shooting on location outside Prague when the...

In this article: Prague, Democracy, Jan Nemec, The Bridge at Remagen, Communism, Italy, and U.S.