Jack Palance
1) Dracula
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Sit back and sink your teeth into Dan Curtis’ Dracula, hailed by Variety as “fresh, realistic…designed to chill.” Curtis’ production is a terrifying version of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire legend.
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This gem of a production was nominated for six Emmy Awards and is acclaimed as the finest of all the interpretations. Called "ornately atmospheric horror," by The Hollywood Reporter, it is a powerful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's unforgettable tale, featuring Jack Palance as the mild Dr. Jekyll and the brutally evil Mr. Hyde.
3) Bagdad Cafe
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Set in the Mojave Desert, this bittersweet delightful comedy brings together a German tourist and a black motel owner. Initially wary of each other, the two become close friends and transform the rundown café/motel into the hottest magical nightspot this side of Las Vegas.
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London, 1888 on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, Mr. Slade (Jack Palance) a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, in a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley (Frances Bavier) finds Slade odd and suspects the worst. Her niece Lily (Constance Smith)(star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and attractive. Is Lily in danger?
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From a story by Rod Serling - An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect. This famous TV presentation, (originally broadcast live) was later made into the motion picture of the same name.
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Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. Revak has only one thirst: bloody revenge, at all cost, so the barbarian makes common cause with the attacking Romans, Carthage's historical enemy and rival for Mediterranean hegemony, scorning love...
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Dustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf (Jack Palance), wish to sever ties with organized-crime, leave the drug world behind and concentrate on music.
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Hollywood superstar Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) has it all...but no way out. When he tries to quit show business, his studio boss (Rod Steiger) blackmails him with a secret that could ruin him. A starlet (Shelley Winters) also knows the secret, and when she threatens to talk, Hoff plans murder. Now, Charlie is trapped and could lose everything...including his soul!
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From Czarist Russia's Moscow Art Theatre to Hollywood's biggest film, narrator Gregory Peck joins an A-list of Hollywood stars to take us through the odyssey of two Russian born Hollywood legends: The great acting teacher Michael Chekhov and the amazing director George Shdanoff. With actors Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Jack Palance, Patricia Neal, Mala Powers and many more. We follow the lives of those who made Hollywood what it is...
11) Bagdad Cafe
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A mysterious German woman named Jasmin comes across a dilapidated motel and diner in the American desert. The diner's owner, Brenda, is initially taken aback by Jasmin's appearance and demeanor; but eventually the women find that there is a chemistry between them. Gradually, by using their unique individual skills, Jasmin and Brenda turn the once-fledgling diner into a thriving desert oasis.
12) Contempt
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When he is asked to rewrite the screenplay of the Odyssey, which is being filmed by Fritz Lang in Rome, he sets in motion his own odyssey. En route to Rome with his wife Camille, who he adores, his wife tells him that she has nothing but CONTEMPT for him.
13) Shane
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Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...