A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

Viva Zapata!

1952

English

7.2

♡ 26

53%

presidential election

usa president

Western

Elia Kazan Director

Joseph Wiseman as Fernando

Nestor Paiva as New General

Henry Corden as Senior Officer

Fred Sadoff as Soldier

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

The Quiet American

1958

English

6.7

♡ 7

50%

52%

Action

based on novel or book

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Fred Sadoff as Dominguez

Giorgia Moll as Phuong

Audie Murphy as The American

Michael Redgrave as Thomas Fowler

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

Appointment with a Shadow

1957

English

6.5

♡ 2

Richard Carlson Director

Frank DeKova as Dutch Hayden

Brian Keith as Lt. Spencer

Joanna Moore as Penny Spencer

Fred Sadoff as (uncredited)

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

The Questor Tapes

1974

English

6.8

♡ 10

Richard A. Colla Director

Ian Abercrombie as Charlie

Fred Sadoff as Dr. Audret

James Shigeta as Dr. Chen

Alan Caillou as Immigration Offical

Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed. But Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who's now under suspect of having stolen the android.

The Terminal Man

1974

English

5.6

♡ 11

50%

Mike Hodges Director

Joan Hackett as Dr. Janet Ross

Victor Argo as Orderly

Fred Sadoff as Police Doctor

Ian Wolfe as Priest

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.

Papillon

1973

English

8.0

♡ 106

73%

90%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

Franklin J. Schaffner Director

Fred Sadoff as Deputy Warden

Len Lesser as Guard

Victor Jory as Indian Chief

Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.