
Directing
Burt Brinckerhoff
Born 1936-10-25 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Burt Brinckerhoff was born on October 25, 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Lou Grant (1977), The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972) and Remington Steele (1982).
Acting credits
6.4From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
6.8In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation against Hauptmann, the trial, and the execution, painting a picture of a corrupt police force under pressure to finger a killer framing an innocent man by manufacturing evidence, paying-off and blackmailing witnesses, and covering up exculpatory evidence.
Crime of the Century
1996
6.0A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.
The Goddess
1958
8.0A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
Inherit the Wind
1965
9.0An old farmer, who has raised his daughter and son with the utmost severity, is soon faced with a mess in the family: the daughter sets fire to a barn, is shot while trying to escape, the son becomes an avenging murderer and almost sends an innocent. man to jail...
The Devil's Children
1962
NRFollows the story of Joseph Howe, an English teacher at Channing University. His new job is complicated by an intelligent but unyielding student.
The Best Years
1963
8.7The life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer to winning the Presidency in 1860.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1964
Behind the camera
7.0An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Frankenstein
1986
6.1A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.
Brave New World
1980
9.3Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.
The Cracker Factory
1979
NRThe cure is more dangerous than the malady as a mild-mannered woman who is slowly summoning the strength to rid herself of a cruel and domineering husband ... permanently.
Nightmare Step
1973
5.6On the quiet campus of the remotely-located SouthWestern University, something strange is happening. All of the dogs in the area, once loyal, gentle pets, are now banding together in wild packs and hunting down their former masters. Could the strange transformation have anything to do with the secret government experiments being conducted in the school's physics laboratory? More importantly, can the dogs be stopped before it's too late?
Dogs
1976
4.6A social worker tries to break up a ring of crooks who buy newborn babies from teenaged mothers and sell them to couples who can't obtain them through legal adoption channels.
Born to Be Sold
1981
Dramatizes a father’s repressed psyche and hidden prejudices at the scene of his daughter’s murder.
Clara
1991
9.0The wife of an executive finds her husband shot to death and destroys his suicide note in order to claim his insurance.
Please Call It Murder
1975
4.9Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.
The Invasion of Carol Enders
1974
3.8In this rollicking adventure set on the high seas, an innocent insurance agent working on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai, is framed as a drug smuggler. He gets help from a most unlikely source - the town drunk who knows more than anyone suspects.
Acapulco Gold
1976
5.1Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.
Steambath
1973
6.0A man kills his older brother when he is refused a loan and then is held in bondage by the housekeeper, who knows of the murder.
Come Die with Me
1974
10.0A love-hate relationship among three generations of women, spanning 30 years.
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War
1980
7.0A teenage girl living in rural Indiana in 1908 attends high school, despite her mother's fierce opposition of her life. The friendship of a free-spirted older woman helps her stick to her goals.
A Girl of the Limberlost
1990
5.5Four suburban housewives, with a love for the theater, set out to foil an unscrupulous talent agent who has threatened to blackmail another woman to the point of an attempted suicide.
The Day the Women Got Even
1980
6.0The true and tragic story of a very young and very talented comedian from the 70's whose sudden rise to fame had some of its benefits -- and some of its burdens.
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979
7.7Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed together.
Jailbirds
1991
NRA police lieutenant’s routine Sunday afternoon is interrupted by the deaths of a hoodlum and a socialite.
Police Headquarters
1974
3.8Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people.
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989
6.7Robert Blake's second (of three) "Joe Dancer" movies has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (who also happens to be an expert thief), and an electronics genius of questionable repute to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II.
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
1981
7.0Ranch hand Stubby Pringle journeys to a Christmas dance, hoping to find his true love, and learns a valuable lesson about the spirit of the holiday along the way.
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978