Writing

George Kirgo

Born 1926-03-26 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Spinout poster
5.6

Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.

Spinout

1966

Don't Make Waves poster
5.2

Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside romances.

Don't Make Waves

1967

Red Line 7000 poster
5.4

The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.

Red Line 7000

1965

No Room to Run poster
6.5

Concert promoter Nick Loomis is sent to Sydney by his ex father-in-law and boss Garth Kingswood, and asked to deliver a briefcase to a foreigner. When the man is killed in the airport, Loomis ends up entangled in corporate spying and is forced to fight for his life with the help of Terry McKenna, a woman from Austin working for the Sydney Opera House.

No Room to Run

1977

Voices poster
5.4

After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be, the couple begin to feel an uneasy and oppressive presence, and the mother starts to see things that may, or may not, be hallucinations.

Voices

1973

The Kid with the Broken Halo poster
6.7

Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the problems of three cases. First, the Desautel family, who are on the edge of breaking up. Then, the McNulty family, who are workaholics. Finally, Dorothea Powell who is a secluded, grumpy old woman. Andy's guide on earth is Blake, who is none too thrilled to work with Andy.

The Kid with the Broken Halo

1982

Terraces poster
5.4

Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment building.

Terraces

1977

Brenda Starr poster
6.8

A newspaper reporter trying to track down a hermit-like billionaire goes to the Brazilian jungle, where she finds herself in the middle of an extortion plot, voodoo and supernatural occurrences.

Brenda Starr

1976

Side Show poster
8.5

A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.

Side Show

1981

Side Show poster
8.5

A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.

Side Show

1981

Angel on My Shoulder poster
6.6

A small-time Chicago hood, now deceased, gets a second chance at life by striking a bargain with the Devil to inhabit and attempt to corrupt a totally honest politician.

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

Massarati and the Brain poster
5.7

A secret agent searches for a sunken treasure of rare coins. He must battle a Nazi who is also searching for the treasure, and is helped by a 10-year-old genius who builds electronic weapons for him.

Massarati and the Brain

1982

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit poster
5.0

The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. Their lives are inexorably changed by their experience of playing Santa Claus.

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

1979

Shimmering Light poster
9.0

1978 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave. It was one of six TV movies made in Australia by Transatlantic Enterprises.

Shimmering Light

1978