William A. Graham

Directing

William A. Graham

Born — Died

1926-05-15 — 2013-09-12

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

William A. Graham is an American television and film director. Graham directed episodes of many TV series including The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, The Big Valley, Batman and Ironside. He also produced and directed the romance adventure sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). Graham was the director of Elvis Presley's final acting in a motion picture, Change of Habit in 1969. Description above from the Wikipedia article  William A. Graham (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Known for

Behind the camera

Return to the Blue Lagoon poster
6.2

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991

Return to the Blue Lagoon poster
6.2

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991

Calendar Girl Murders poster
4.7

During the launch party of a nude calendar, one of the models is thrown to her death by a black gloved killer. When the killer begins to strike again, going in the order of the calendar itself, a hard nosed cop realizes that he needs to solve the mystery, or risk all of the models ending up in the morgue!

Calendar Girl Murders

1984

A Friend to Die For poster
6.3

Who could have stabbed popular, beautiful cheerleader Stacy to death? It could have been antisocial Goth girl Monica; it could've been angst-ridden Jill -- or maybe it was the plain girl nobody suspected.

A Friend to Die For

1994

Jigsaw poster
7.0

In this pilot for the 1972-73 series, a detective specializing in missing persons cases finds himself accused of murder after being found unconscious in the apartment of a slain state official.

Jigsaw

1972

The Amazing Howard Hughes poster
6.4

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

21 Hours at Munich poster
6.3

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

21 Hours at Munich

1976

Waterhole #3 poster
5.9

After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried. He plans to retrieve it, but others are searching for it too.

Waterhole #3

1967

Change of Habit poster
5.4

Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church wants to improve the neighborhood but fears that nuns in full habit would be poorly received. Unaware of her unavailability, John falls for Sister Michelle, serenading her with his guitar — which, luckily for him, effectively wears away at her religious resolve.

Change of Habit

1969

Women of San Quentin poster
5.0

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

Women of San Quentin

1983

Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story poster
5.3

The story of the relationship between Elvis Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, from its beginnings in 1955 right the way through until Presley's death on August 16, 1977.

Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story

1993

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James poster
5.3

This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery. Frank is shown to be a book-loving and family-oriented man, while brother Jesse is a money-hungry womanizer. The movie follows their lives through Jesse's death at the hands of the "rotten little coward" Bob Ford and Frank's death in 1892.

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

1986

The Last Ninja poster
3.6

A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcement agent approaches the dealer (Beck). Mr. Cosmo, the agent believes the dealer to be linked to the ninja responsible for tracking down criminals and serving them justice. Mr. Cosmo hopes that the ninja's seemingly supernatural skills will remedy this impossible hostage situation.

The Last Ninja

1983

Police Story: The Freeway Killings poster
6.3

Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987

Bed of Lies poster
6.0

Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while awaiting trial for the murder of her husband, who happens to have been the son of the powerful ex-governor of Texas.

Bed of Lies

1992

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers poster
7.0

A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

1983

Dying to Belong poster
5.5

When a girl's friend is killed by a college hazing, she is the only one who can find out the truth.

Dying to Belong

1997

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer poster
4.8

An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

1999

The Man Who Captured Eichmann poster
6.2

Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who ran from Germany to Argentina and took the name Ricardo Clement. He was wanted for the murders of both Europeans and Jews during the Holocaust. Learning of Eichmann's living in Argentina, the Mossad sends a team to capture him, led by agent Peter Malkin. The standing order: bring Eichmann back alive to Israel for trial.

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

1996

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside poster
7.0

Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

1973

Birds of Prey poster
5.8

Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. Harry goes into pursuit which leads to an exciting conclusion.

Birds of Prey

1973

Marriage: Year One poster
6.0

A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.

Marriage: Year One

1971

No artwork available
3.0

A man going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one and he thinks he has it all. That is until her pimp starts hounding him.

Secrets of a Married Man

1984

Blood Crime poster
5.5

For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. Enraged, Pruitt pummels the man. Once at the ER, however, she changes her mind and names a male nurse as her attacker. But before Pruitt can make amends, he learns that his victim, the son of Sheriff Morgan McKenna, is dead

Blood Crime

2002

Where the Lilies Bloom poster
5.9

A family of children decide not to tell anyone their father has died, and to live on their own in the backwoods of rural North Carolina. If the state finds out they are on their own, they will be split up and sent to live in foster homes.

Where the Lilies Bloom

1974

Larry poster
6.7

A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged is transferred to a state mental hospital when the home is shut down. Staff discover that, despite outward appearances, the man was wrongly confined and is of average intelligence.

Larry

1974

Sleeping with the Devil poster
7.2

Professional nurse Rebecca Dubrovich is swept off her feet by charming millionaire Dick Strang, and the two begin a passionate romance. Only when it is too late does Rebecca discover that Strang has a very dark side...

Sleeping with the Devil

1997

Montana poster
6.0

Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and Hoyce wants to sell while Bess hopes to keep the land in the family for future generations.

Montana

1990

Congratulations, It's a Boy! poster
6.5

A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son.

Congratulations, It's a Boy!

1971

Contract on Cherry Street poster
6.8

A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is brutally gunned down.

Contract on Cherry Street

1977

Submarine X-1 poster
6.3

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.

Submarine X-1

1968

Betrayed: A Story of Three Women poster
5.7

Joan Bixler and Amanda Nelson have known each other for several years and lead successful and seemingly functional families. However, their friendship is ripped to shreds and their families shattered when the husband of one of the women has an affair with the other woman's daughter.

Betrayed: A Story of Three Women

1995

A Chant of Silence poster
NR

A murdering skyjacker parachutes to safety and poses as a novice monk in an isolated New Mexico monastery.

A Chant of Silence

1973

Billy the Kid poster
7.1

Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.

Billy the Kid

1989

Beauty's Revenge poster
5.7

An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.

Beauty's Revenge

1995

Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway poster
NR

Aired on Omnibus , Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway is a three-act musical by George M. Cohan written about the town of New Rochelle, New York. The title refers to the 45-minute train ride from New Rochelle to Broadway. The story concerns a romance between a maid who stands to inherit a fortune and an unpopular out-of-towner. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1906 and was briefly revived in 1912. Broadcast live on television on March 15, 1959.

Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway

1959

Together Brothers poster
4.8

A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.

Together Brothers

1974

No artwork available
NR

The first U.S. president (Barry Bostwick) and his wife (Patty Duke) endure two terms of turmoil from 1789 to 1797.

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

1986

Shark Kill poster
5.3

Two adventurers set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.

Shark Kill

1976

Cry for Me, Billy poster
4.8

Drifter falls in love with Native American girl, with tragic results.

Cry for Me, Billy

1972