Tom Spratley
Actor · 1914 – 1987 · East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Movies22
Movie7.6ComedyAfter high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · 5.6K votes
Movie6.9HorrorActionOn a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
The Hitcher
1986 · 1.1K votes
Movie8.0ComedyCrimeA novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
The Sting
1973 · 3.1K votes
Movie6.5ThrillerCrimeWhen a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Sudden Impact
1983 · 1K votes
Movie6.8Science FictionDramaIn the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
The Day After
1983 · 463 votes
Movie6.2ComedyScience FictionA brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
The Man with Two Brains
1983 · 502 votes
Movie6.2HorrorScience FictionWhen tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.
Deadly Friend
1986 · 274 votes
Movie6.7ThrillerScience FictionJoanna Eberhart comes to the town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
The Stepford Wives
1975 · 384 votes
Movie6.6ComedyDramaDr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
The Hospital
1971 · 114 votes
Movie5.5ActionCrimeSet in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
City Heat
1984 · 222 votes
Movie6.9ComedyLewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
The Sunshine Boys
1975 · 111 votes
Movie5.5ComedyA Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.
Protocol
1984 · 99 votes
Movie6.8DramaTV MovieA big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979 · 4 votes
Movie6.6ComedyDramaAn English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Max Dugan Returns
1983 · 58 votes
Movie9.0ComedyDramaHarry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads a revolt by the other goated senior citizen residents against the establishment.
Better Late Than Never
1979 · 1 votes
Movie5.9DramaA 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 · 14 votes
Movie6.1DramaA man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.
Cockfighter
1974 · 64 votes
Movie7.5HistoryJohn Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making up Independence National Historical Park. Through vignettes, the people and events are re-created for the present-day visitor. Featuring Eli Wallach as Benjamin Franklin.
Independence
1976 · 2 votes
Movie6.4DramaAfter doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend. But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy, shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge.
Going Home
1971 · 19 votes
Movie7.0ComedyFantasyA deceased couple affectionately haunt a living friend while trying to get into heaven.
Topper
1979 · 2 votes
Movie6.3ThrillerRomanceA wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening activities becomes romantically involved with a female university professor who has the same proclivities.
Kicks
1985 · 3 votes
Movie6.7DramaA close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
Below the Belt
1980 · 6 votes