Steve Abbott - Turner Classic Movies

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Fierce Creatures (1997)

Executive Producer

Brassed Off (1997)

American Friends (1993)

Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Executive Producer

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

Assistance (Prominent Features)

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Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Think I'm Too Old?

Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Justice, Peace And Humanity

Biography

Filmography

Producer (Feature Film)

Fierce Creatures (1997)

Executive Producer

Brassed Off (1997)

American Friends (1993)

Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Executive Producer

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

Assistance (Prominent Features)

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Girls on the Beach - Lobby Card

Here is a Lobby Card from The Girls on the Beach (1965), starring the Beach Boys. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Think I'm Too Old? First appearance of top-billed Robert Mitchum, in Los Angeles, as low-energy detective and WWII vet Harry, taking a call from war buddy and Tokyo-based businessman Tanner (Brian Keith), who’s just been threatened by Japanese gangsters, who mentions an old love interest (Keiko Kishi), in The Yakuza, 1974.

Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Justice, Peace And Humanity Complex exposition by director Sydney Pollack, from the screenplay by Leonard and Paul Schrader and Robert Towne, as Japanese-resident American WWII vet Wheat (Herb Edelman) explains for youngster Dusty (Richard Jordan), the son of another war-buddy, the background of Harry (Robert Mitchum), with whom he’s traveling, and his old-flame Eiko (Keiko Kishi), in The Yakuza, 1974.

Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Get Rid Of Thinking Director and producer Sydney Pollack introduces the celebrated Japanese actor Ken Takakura, in only his second Hollywood picture and his first substantial role, as Kendo martial arts guru and underworld figure Tanaka Ken, visited in Kyoto by American private eye and WWII vet Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum), to whom he owes a profound family debt, in The Yakuza, 1974.

Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Open, A Losing Number Stylish framing and staging in the opening, compromised maybe by dorky 1970's men's fashion which has, evidently, consumed Tokyo, with Kyosuke Machida as Japanese mob messenger Kato performing a rite (with Akiyama Masaru) in service of chieftan Tono (Eiji Okada), in Sydney Pollack's often-overlooked The Yakuza, 1974, starring Robert Mitchum and Ken Takakura.

Wild Boys Of The Road (1933) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Feel Anything Mournful scene as Tommy (Edwin Phillips), who lost his leg riding the rails, keeps the upper lip stiff while Eddie (Frankie Darro) doesn't and the doctor (Arthur Hohl) closes in, from William A. Wellman's Wild Boys of the Road, 1933.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Open, You Got A Gift Opening from director Barry Levinson, with Robert Redford in the title role, boarding a train, then a flashback, with Paul Sullivan as the young Roy, Robert Rich his father, Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry’s screenplay from the 1952 Bernard Malamud novel, from The Natural, 1984, with Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley and Robert Duvall.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Get In The Cage After much delay, assistant coach Red (Richard Farnsworth) summons Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) to batting practice, manager Pop (Wilford Brimley) duly attentive, in Barry Levinson's The Natural, 1984.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) He Looks Wild At a rail stop, sportswriter Max (Robert Duvall) arranges a showdown between "The Whammer" (Joe Don Baker) and young Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), John Finnegan as "Sam," Barbara Hershey observing, in The Natural 1984.

Natural, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Shoulda Been A Farmer Manager Pop (Wilford Brimley) with commentary from Bernard Malamud's original novel, assistant Red (Richard Farnsworth) supporting, meets middle aged rookie Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford), in Barry Levinson's The Natural, 1984.

Being There (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Chauncey Gardiner Aimless gardener Chance (Peter Sellers) fascinated by a Washington, D.C. shop window TV display, meets well-to-do Eve (Shirley MacLaine) who surmises a name for him, in Hal Ashby's Being There, 1979.

Black Stallion, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Off The Coast Of North Africa, 1946 Director Carroll Ballard’s opening, dialogue free, evoking the initial premise of the novel by Walter Farley, introducing star Kelly Reno as young American Alec, and Cass-Olé, the Texas-bred Arabian trained for the film by Glen, J.R. and Corky Randall, in The Black Stallion, 1979.

Black Stallion, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) He'll Die Without Me Nearly 30 minutes since the last spoken line, Alec (Kelly Reno) is surprised when fishermen appear at the Mediterranean island where he and the stallion he now calls “Black” have been stranded for weeks, in director Carroll Ballard’s The Black Stallion, 1979.

Black Stallion, The - (Original Trailer) A boy and a horse forge a close friendship after being shipwrecked together in Africa in The Black Stallion (1979), directed by Carroll Ballard and produced by Fred Roos and Tom Sternberg.

Being There - (Original Trailer) Peter Sellers gave perhaps his greatest performance in Hal Ashby's wicked satire Being There (1979).

Natural, The - (Original Trailer) An overaged baseball player (Robert Redford) comes out of nowhere to save his team in The Natural (1984).

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