Production

Martin Manulis

Born 1915-05-30 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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

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

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

Luv poster
4.8

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

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

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

The Playroom poster
NR

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

The Playroom

1957

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sincerely, Willis Wade poster
8.0

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

Sincerely, Willis Wade

1956

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

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

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

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