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.
Death at Love HouseDeath at Love House · 1976
Death at Love House
★ 5.01976
MovieTV MovieHorror
Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about the long dead Hollywood goddess. Joel, whose father had a passionate affair with Lorna, becomes obsessed with her. His wife attempts to break the spell which threatens their marriage and their very lives.
Terror at London BridgeTerror at London Bridge · 1985
Terror at London Bridge
★ 5.41985
MovieHorrorThriller
London Bridge, London, England, 1888: Jack the Ripper dies in the Thames river. London Bridge, Lake Havasu, Arizona, 1985: the last original stone used to rebuild London Bridge is laid and all the city is happy...but then some strange murders start happening. Policeman Don Gregory has some suspects, but when he develops a theory that Jack the Ripper has been resurrected, no one believes him.
Night TerrorNight Terror · 1977
Night Terror
★ 6.41977
MovieTV MovieThriller
A housewife flees from a policeman's killer on the road between Phoenix and Denver.
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.
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.
The Winds of Kitty HawkThe Winds of Kitty Hawk · 1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
MovieHistoryDrama
The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
Cocaine and Blue EyesCocaine and Blue Eyes · 1983
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
★ 4.31983
MovieDramaAction
Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.

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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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