Fritz Weaver Trailers
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Fritz William Weaver (January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016) was an American actor in television, stage, and motion pictures. He portrayed Dr. Josef Weiss in the 1978 epic television drama Holocaust, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. In cinema, he made his debut in the film Fail Safe (1964) and also appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Creepshow (1982), and The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). Among many television roles, he performed in the movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975). He also worked in science fiction and fantasy, especially in television series and movies like The Twilight Zone, 'Way Out, Night Gallery, The X-Files, The Martian Chronicles, and Demon Seed.
Most Popular Fritz Weaver Trailers
Total trailers found: 65
03 March 1972
A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.
02 November 1970
Spy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
01 January 1980
Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.
27 May 2001
Documentary of the little-known Americans who defended Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
06 August 1995
A scrupulously honest judge finds he's a pawn in a federal sting to ferret out corrupt members of the bench, many of whom are his friends.
18 December 1972
A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.
27 April 1961
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester.
06 August 1999
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job.
09 January 1981
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
25 January 1994
Arbitrageur Constantine "Connie" Harper is sentenced to a maximum security prison for fraud and decking the DA at his trial.
24 November 1980
The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.
07 April 1977
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
08 October 1976
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
11 September 2014
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way.
02 May 1993
Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe, is propelled into a downward spiral.
07 October 1964
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
10 November 1982
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
22 September 1982
An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination.
24 April 1974
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars.
06 November 1994
The failing economic fortunes of a small turn-of-the-century Nebraska town interrupt a blossoming romance between a pair of star-crossed lovers.
29 November 1990
A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.
24 August 2011
A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.
09 April 2016
Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out another House member, confronts his angry ex-wife, and faces denunciation by the media for attacking one of the most cherished patriotic symbols in America.
25 February 1967
A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the syndicate doesn't want to give them up so easily.
28 January 2020
Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
04 December 1977
A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea captain.
30 April 1989
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes to grips with his alcoholism.
01 October 2014
Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control.
10 February 1975
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
31 January 1986
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country.
01 April 1977
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
31 May 1963
Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant determined to capture him.
04 May 1967
Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
15 January 1982
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
09 February 1986
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC.
26 August 1970
A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.
13 February 1974
A 1974 PBS production of Jean Anouilh's 1944 play "Antigone" adapted from the original Sophocles.
16 September 1977
Diana returned to Paradise Island after a 35 year absence and, slowly aging due to her Amazon nature.
19 March 1974
Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a sizable amount of money from each.
19 December 1973
A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
22 August 1992
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
05 October 1997
First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
01 January 1991
Three pig brothers set out on their own, but only one manages to survive his encounters with a hungry wolf.
02 July 1990
Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
04 October 2013
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.
18 December 1980
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit.
11 March 1991
Ironclads is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of the CSS Virginia from the remains of the USS Merrimack and the battle between the Virginia and the USS Monitor in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862-March 9, 1862.
01 January 1989
THE SPIRIT OF PITTSBURGH celebrates the human achievement of a city's continuing Renaissance. It is the heroic story of how Pittsburgh, once plagued by industrial pollution and urban blight, was transformed in just 40 years to what it is today.
06 October 1978
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
05 December 1973
A mystery writer's son is being held for $1 million ransom.
09 January 1973
A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.
19 March 1965
The men from U.N.C.L.E. must stop the assassination of an African head of state with the help of a simple housewife.
17 June 1970
A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer.
16 November 1983
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy.
01 January 1975
Expatriate Spencer Brydon returns to his now-empty childhood home, and finds himself obsessed with what his life would have been, had he not left America.
18 June 1969
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
01 January 1961
A documentary set in Tibet around the time of the Chinese annexation.
01 January 2004
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.
31 October 2000
Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.
