Production

Martin Manulis

Born — Died

1915-05-30 — 2007-09-28

Place of birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known for

Production

Credits

38 titles

Known for

Days of Wine and Roses poster
7.5

An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

Luv poster
4.9

Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped by old friend Milt Manville, a successful stock broker. Milt, however, is facing his own problem: he has fallen out of love with his argumentative wife, Ellen. In a misguided effort to solve both of their problems, he introduces Ellen to Harry, hoping the two will fall in love.

Luv

1967

The Comedian poster
9.0

Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.

The Comedian

1957

The Day Christ Died poster
6.3

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.

The Day Christ Died

1980

The Great Gatsby poster
NR

Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

The Great Gatsby

1958

Requiem for a Heavyweight poster
8.0

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.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1956

Film credits

Behind the camera

Days of Wine and Roses poster
7.5

An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.

Days of Wine and Roses

1963

Luv poster
4.9

Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped by old friend Milt Manville, a successful stock broker. Milt, however, is facing his own problem: he has fallen out of love with his argumentative wife, Ellen. In a misguided effort to solve both of their problems, he introduces Ellen to Harry, hoping the two will fall in love.

Luv

1967

The Comedian poster
9.0

Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.

The Comedian

1957

The Day Christ Died poster
6.3

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.

The Day Christ Died

1980

The Great Gatsby poster
NR

Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.

The Great Gatsby

1958

Requiem for a Heavyweight poster
8.0

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.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1956

No artwork available
NR

A group of university students beat and kill an outspoken journalist for the school newspaper. One of the students struggles with his conscience over his vow to remain silent about the event.

The Troublemakers

1957

The Dark Side of the Earth poster
NR

A drama set in 1956, during the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising against the Russians.

The Dark Side of the Earth

1957

No artwork available
7.5

Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will anyone believe him?

Forbidden Area

1956

Grass Roots poster
8.0

This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.

Grass Roots

1992

Eloise poster
NR

It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.

Eloise

1956

If You Knew Elizabeth poster
NR

The life and complex relationships of ambitious college professor Walter Hubbard and the titular character, Elizabeth Owen, exploring the deeply intertwined personal and professional conflicts he faces, and how Elizabeth's presence and their history together reshape his trajectory.

If You Knew Elizabeth

1957

The Playroom poster
NR

Three siblings return home when their mother wins a "Mother of the Year" award from a magazine.

The Playroom

1957

Portrait of a Murderer poster
9.0

Based on a true story, Donald Bashor robs and bludgeons two women to their deaths. While committing the crimes he maintans a normal existence with his girlfriend Florry.

Portrait of a Murderer

1958

Dear Heart poster
6.5

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

Dear Heart

1965

Where's Charley? poster
NR

Lord Fancourt Babberley is forced to disguise himself as a woman - his aunt from Brazil, "where the nuts come from".

Where's Charley?

1957

No artwork available
NR

The investigation into a plane crash concludes that it was caused by pilot error. At the inquiry, the co-pilot seeks to place the blame on the captain who died in the crash.

Panic Button

1957

Duffy poster
6.2

Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth with his sons, Stefane and Antony ask hip American thrill-seeker Duffy to help steal the money they believe is their birthright. When Charles decides to move a large portion of his savings from Morocco to France, Duffy has an opportunity to stage a daring burglary attempt at sea.

Duffy

1968

James at 15 poster
7.0

A 15-year-old whose family moves from Oregon to Boston misses the girlfriend he left behind, so he runs away to see her. On the way he hooks up with a female art student in her 20s who is also hitchhiking across the country, from whom he learns some valuable lessons about life. This was the pilot film for the two-season series.

James at 15

1977

Made in Heaven poster
NR

When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.

Made in Heaven

1956

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn poster
5.0

This made-for-TV production originally aired on the "Climax!" show and opened up its second season. Huck and his buddy Tom Sawyer become blood brothers right before Huck takes off down the Mississippi River to try and get away from his abusive father. Along his journey Huck comes across a wide range of characters including The Duke.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1955

No artwork available
NR

After the first atom bomb test, scientists realize the bomb was more powerful than they expected - which may have terrible results.

Nightmare at Ground Zero

1958

A Sound of Different Drummers poster
NR

A young security police officer in a future totalitarian state is assigned to suppress illegal intellectual activity, including executing book readers. He catches a librarian hiding a banned book and joins her in reading books.

A Sound of Different Drummers

1957

No artwork available
NR

A psychoanalyst treats a noted atomic physicist who believes that he lives on Earth as a scientist in a government research laboratory, and on another planet where he is the dominant authority and has powers of telepathy and teleportation.

The Jet-Propelled Couch

1957

Sincerely, Willis Wade poster
8.0

A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.

Sincerely, Willis Wade

1956

Night of Execution poster
5.0

A woman is forced to leave her marriage by her violent, over-bearing husband whose objective is to train their young son to follow his evil footsteps.

Night of Execution

1955

Mr. Matches poster
NR

An arsonist-for-hire dubbed "Mr. Matches" has been been torching buildings all around the city. Bernard Frank, head of the fire bureau, knows who he's looking for because he's spotted in the crowd at each of his jobs admiring his work. To catch "Mr. Matches" in the act, the department has an ex-con hire him to take down a building they're monitoring. His capture becomes personal after Frank's son is killed in one of the arsonist's fires.

Mr. Matches

1953

Rendezvous in Black poster
NR

Johnny Marr's fiancee is killed by a whiskey bottle thrown from an airplane. Marr seeks revenge by killing the loved ones of the passengers on the flight.

Rendezvous in Black

1956

Clash by Night poster
NR

Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.

Clash by Night

1957

No artwork available
NR

A young stranger, Brat Farrar, shows up claiming to be the twin brother of a young Englishman, Peter Ashby, who is set to inherit a huge fortune. Farrar claim to have a right to half of the estate.

The Clouded Image

1957

Sizeman and Son poster
NR

Morris Sizeman is a successful garment manufacturer in New York City. His son, Harold Sizeman, returns from the Korean War with new ideas about human rights, believing that the quest for wealth is the cause of the world's difficulties.

Sizeman and Son

1956

Double Solitaire poster
10.0

With his parents about to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a middle-aged husband agrees to renew his vows to his longtime wife. But as they assess their relationship, the couple discovers that their marriage no longer has any meaning. A televised production of Robert Anderson's thoughtful play, this fascinating drama deftly examines the institution of marriage and the nature of love.

Double Solitaire

1974

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses poster
NR

Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hynotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957

Topaze poster
NR

A mild-mannered schoolteacher gradually abandons all his principles - and finds the success which has always hitherto eluded him.

Topaze

1957

The Family Nobody Wanted poster
NR

A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children.

The Family Nobody Wanted

1956

The Fabulous Irishman poster
NR

Romanticized life story of Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.

The Fabulous Irishman

1957

The Big Slide poster
NR

A down-and-out vaudeville comedian, Buddy McCoy, becomes a successful silent movie star, but experiences tragedy in his personal life. May Marley is an alcoholic friend who Buddy tries to help.

The Big Slide

1956