James B. Harris

Production

James B. Harris

Born August 3, 1928 · New York City, New York, USA (age 98)

James B. Harris (born August 3, 1928) is an American producer and writer. He is known for his early collaborations with Stanley Kubrick on the films The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and Lolita (1962), as well as for directing The Bedford Incident (1965) and Cop (1985).

Known For

Paths of GloryPaths of Glory · 1957
Paths of Glory
★ 8.31957
MovieWarDrama
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
LolitaLolita · 1962
Lolita
★ 7.31962
MovieDramaComedy
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
The KillingThe Killing · 1956
The Killing
★ 7.61956
MovieCrimeThriller
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Boiling PointBoiling Point · 1993
Boiling Point
★ 4.91993
MovieDramaAction
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.
CopCop · 1988
Cop
★ 6.41988
MovieCrimeDrama
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
The Bedford IncidentThe Bedford Incident · 1965
The Bedford Incident
★ 7.01965
MovieActionDrama
During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.
TelefonTelefon · 1977
Telefon
★ 6.61977
MovieThrillerAction
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.
The Christian Licorice StoreThe Christian Licorice Store · 1971
The Christian Licorice Store
★ 4.81971
MovieComedyDrama
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

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