E.W. Swackhamer

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E.W. Swackhamer

Born January 17, 1927 · Middletown, New Jersey, USA

Died December 5, 1994 · aged 67

E.W. Swackhamer was an American television and film director with an extensive career spanning several decades. His credits include directing episodes of popular TV series such as MASH*, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Bewitched, and Law & Order. Notably, he directed 27 pilots for television series, 18 of which went into regular production, including Eight Is Enough, Quincy, M.E., and S.W.A.T.. Swack…

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Spider-ManSpider-Man · 1977
Spider-Man
6.31977
MovieScience FictionAction
When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
VampireVampire · 1979
Vampire
6.11979
MovieTV MovieHorror
Vampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but finds it's been confiscated by the authorities. He takes revenge on the architect responsible, who in turn, aided by a retired detective, tries to hunt down and destroy Anton.
Gidget Gets MarriedGidget Gets Married · 1972
Gidget Gets Married
6.31972
MovieTV MovieComedy
Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
In Name OnlyIn Name Only · 1969
In Name Only
7.01969
MovieComedyRomance
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.
Man and BoyMan and Boy · 1971
Man and Boy
6.71971
MovieWesternAdventure
At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.
RewardReward · 1980
Reward
6.51980
MovieCrimeDrama
A dispirited cop chucks his job on the force and, with the help of a college co-ed, sets out to solve the murder of a police colleague who had been his best friend.
CrunchCrunch · 1976
Crunch
8.01976
MovieCrimeDrama
Detective goes after drug-dealers in Manhattan.
Death SentenceDeath Sentence · 1974
Death Sentence
5.61974
MovieCrimeThriller
A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.

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Brothers-in-LawBrothers-in-Law · 1985
Brothers-in-Law
7.01985
MovieTV MovieAction
T.K. Kenny and Mickey Gubiacci are a highway patrolman and a trucker respectively. Now the two of them don't get along and have nothing in common except for the fact that they are both married to the daughters of Winston Goodhue, and that they don't like him. When Kenny divorces his wife, Goodhue makes it difficult for him to see his son, Win, and would like to keep him away from Win. Goodhue eventually gets Kenny thrown out of the department. Mickey, who has been hauling some illegal loads for Goodhue is arrested and Goodhue convinces his daughter to dump him. And Goodhue takes away his truck. Eventually, Kenny and Mickey get together and decide to get back at Goodhue. And the best way they decide to do that is to throw a monkey wrench into his new development project.

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MacShayne: Winner Takes AllMacShayne: Winner Takes All · 1994
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
5.01994
MovieDramaThriller
MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there, his ex-wife is no longer where she use to live and work and left no forwarding address. Leggett, a recently retired cop, approaches him and tells him that he will help him find his son, if he does something for him. It seems that he is planning to rob a hotel casino and he needs three guys to pull it off. Now two of the guys he recruited has agreed to it but the third is uncertain, so he sets up a poker game wherein MacShayne is suppose to clean him out thus giving Leggett some leverage on him. After doing that he discovers that Leggett is duplicitous and is going stab everybody in the back. So he decides to turn the tables on him.

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