Acting
Grant Williams
Born August 18, 1931 · New York City, New York
Died July 28, 1985 · aged 53
Grant Williams (born John Joseph Williams; August 18, 1931 – July 28, 1985) was an American film actor and operatic tenor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Scott Carey in the seminal science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). The film has become a cult classic.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man · 1957The Incredible Shrinking Man
★ 7.51957
MovieScience FictionAdventure
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Written on the Wind · 1956Written on the Wind
★ 7.01956
MovieDramaRomance
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
The Monolith Monsters · 1957The Monolith Monsters
★ 6.51957
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
PT 109 · 1963PT 109
★ 6.11963
MovieDramaWar
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
Red Sundown · 1956Red Sundown
★ 6.11956
MovieWestern
When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy to sheriff Jade Murphy, an honest man caught between small farmers and a local cattle baron. And he has a pretty daughter. So Longmire decides to stay and see if he can use his expertise with firearms for good.
Susan Slade · 1961Susan Slade
★ 5.91961
MovieDramaRomance
A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.
Showdown at Abilene · 1956Showdown at Abilene
★ 5.31956
MovieWestern
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.
Brain of Blood · 1971Brain of Blood
★ 2.91971
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton transplants his brain into the body of a simpleton in a classic "assistant got the wrong kind of body" plot line. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the women chained in the basement. It's up to Amir's friend Bob and wife Tracey to try and salvage this tale.
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The Peter Tchaikovsky Story · 1959The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
★ 8.31959
MovieMusicHistory
The story of young Tchaikovsky through the premiere of his "Sleeping Beauty" ballet.
Peter Tchaikovsky (the man)



















