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  • The Cat o'Nine Tails
  • The Cat o'Nine Tails review by wikkidsmyle from Newmarket
    Rated - 4.0 stars Cool, But Bizarre! 19 March 2008
    ...aphic, yet beautifully-filmed murders. In this case, we get the blond/blue-eyed James Franciscus playing an Italian journalist and Karl Malden playing a blind ex-journalist, bo...   Read customer review
  • The Valley Of Gwangi
  • The Valley Of Gwangi review by from ARMAGH
    Rated - 3.0 stars 24 June 2004
    ...See James Franciscus without the orangutan make up. Wonder at the crappy special effects we used to find impressive. Cheer as annoying characters are eaten one at a time. Th...   Read customer review

James Franciscus - filmography


  • Nightkill (1980)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Jaclyn Smith,  Mike Connors
    Director: Ted Post
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Eternally cool Robert Mitchum plays a world-weary private investigator hired by a wealthy industrialist's wife (Jaclyn Smith) to locate her missing husband. The woman seems anxious about her husband's disappearance but in reality knows more than she is letting on about his whereabouts--it was she ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 142 members
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  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Philip Ahn,  Richard Crenna,  James Franciscus
    Director: Hall Bartlett
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adapted from Richard Bach's best-selling novella, JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL tells the inspirational story of one seagull's quest for a higher purpose. Bored of the usual squabbles over food, Jonathan breaks away from his flock to pursue his dream of being able to fly. An outcast, he's befriended ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 163 members
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  • The Cat O'Nine Tails - Blu-ray (1971)
    Starring: James Franciscus,  Karl Malden,  Catherine Spaak
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 83 members
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  • The Cat o'Nine Tails on DVD (1971)
    Starring: James Franciscus,  Karl Malden,  Catherine Spaak
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Italian master of horror Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the 'animal trilogy' of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a suspenseful murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 754 members
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  • Marooned on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  Richard Crenna,  David Janssen
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Gregory Peck stars as Charles Keith, the ground-based supervisor of a crew of astronauts led by mission commander Jim Pruett (Richard Crenna) conducting a series of endurance tests while in space. When Keith orders the ship to reenter earth's atmosphere, their craft experiences a mechanical problem,..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 253 members
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  • The Valley Of Gwangi on DVD (1969)
    Starring: James Franciscus,  Gila Golan,  Richard Carlson
    Director: Jim O'Connolly
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Set during the era of the Wild West, VALLEY OF GWANGI (1968), sees cowboys from a Wild West Show trying to capture an Allosaurus, known locally as Gwangi ("The Terrible One"), so they can exhibit it. Although they capture the beast, it soon escapes and starts to terrorise the local population. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 626 members
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James Franciscus facts

5 most recent films

Nightkill - 2.0 stars
Killer Fish - 2.0 stars
Good Guys Wear Black - 2.5 stars
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - 2.5 stars
The Cat O'Nine Tails - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Valley Of Gwangi - 3.0 stars
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes - 3.0 stars
The Cat O'Nine Tails - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Cat o'Nine Tails - 3.0 stars
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Killer Fish - 2.0 stars
I Passed For White - 2.5 stars
Nightkill - 2.0 stars
Good Guys Wear Black - 2.5 stars
Marooned - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rada Rassimov - 3 times - show films
Pier Paolo Capponi - 3 times - show films
Horst Frank - 3 times - show films
Karl Malden - 3 times - show films
Catherine Spaak - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Dario Argento - 3 times - show films
Ted Post - 3 times - show films
Jim O'Connolly - 2 times - show films
Hall Bartlett - 1 times - show films
Antonio Margheriti - 1 times - show films