Jack Smight

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​ Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78.

Most Popular Jack Smight Trailers

Total trailers found: 33

Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound Trailer (2005)

01 June 2005

An exemplary television program performance (New York, 1959) with the legendary Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb and enhanced by the Gil Evans Orchestra.

Midway Trailer (1976)

18 June 1976

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Rabbit, Run Trailer (1970)

01 October 1970

Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass in hand.

Strategy of Terror Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

A reporter and a New York City cop team up to find out who is trying to assassinate a UN leader. Film was a re-edit of two Kraft Suspense Theatre episodes.

Loving Couples Trailer (1980)

24 October 1980

Walter is a successful doctor, and so is his wife Evelyn. Wealthy and good-looking, they should be a happily married couple, but they're not.

Fast Break Trailer (1979)

02 March 1979

David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college.

The Sound of Miles Davis Trailer (1959)

09 April 1959

Miles playing with sextet and Evans orchestra. A TV program hosted by Robert Herridge, The Robert Herridge Theater from Studio 61, and recorded in New York in 1959.

The Screaming Woman Trailer (1972)

29 January 1972

A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground.

The Traveling Executioner Trailer (1970)

01 October 1970

Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair.

The Third Day Trailer (1965)

04 August 1965

A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets suggests that he is a ruthless man with an aggressive temper.

Airport 1975 Trailer (1974)

18 October 1974

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls.

Partners in Crime Trailer (1973)

24 March 1973

A retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.

Harper Trailer (1966)

22 February 1966

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Legend in Granite Trailer (1973)

14 December 1973

Follows Vince Lombardi's football career from one of Fordham University's legendary "Seven Blocks of Granite" to one of American football's greatest professional coaches.

Airports Trailer (2025)

17 September 2025

Edited together from all four Airport movies by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence, Infested) and veteran genre fellow screenwriter Adam Rifkin (Small Soldiers, Mouse Hunt), Airports is an exercise in narrative truncation for both newcomers and fans alike in the vein of Soderbergh’s Psychos edit.

Damnation Alley Trailer (1977)

10 September 1977

Following World War III, four survivors at a desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.

The Longest Night Trailer (1972)

12 September 1972

The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a custom-built, ventilated coffin while her family and the police search for her.

No Way to Treat a Lady Trailer (1968)

20 March 1968

Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance as a result.

The Secret War of Harry Frigg Trailer (1968)

29 February 1968

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape.

The Man from Independence Trailer (1974)

11 March 1974

The Story of Harry S. Truman as he begins his political career in 1929.

Number One with a Bullet Trailer (1987)

27 February 1987

A pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.

Kaleidoscope Trailer (1966)

01 July 1966

Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe.

Double Indemnity Trailer (1973)

13 October 1973

A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident.

The Illustrated Man Trailer (1969)

26 March 1969

A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations".

I'd Rather Be Rich Trailer (1964)

25 August 1964

An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather.

Remembrance Of Love Trailer (1982)

06 December 1982

Joe Rabin is a Holocaust survivor. After the war he went to America, married someone and had a family.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Trailer (1978)

02 June 1978

1978 movie starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is the shortened version that was released from the original 3 part mini series back in 1978.

Frankenstein: The True Story Trailer (1974)

19 September 1974

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr.

Tattooed Steiger Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

A behind-the-scenes look on the making of the movie "The Illustrated Man" featuring scenes from the movie and the design and application process of tattooing lead actor Rod Steiger by make-up artists.

The Favorite Trailer (1989)

09 August 1989

A French girl is kidnapped and sold as slave to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Linda Trailer (1973)

03 November 1973

A woman kills her lover's wife, then sets out to frame her husband for the murder.

The Making of Midway Trailer (2001)

03 October 2001

A behind-the-scenes look at the 1976 epic film Midway. Hosted by star Charlton Heston, the featurette explores the production's efforts to balance historical accuracy with dramatic, star-studded storytelling, featuring interviews with producer Walter Mirisch.

The Sound of Jazz Trailer (1957)

08 December 1957

The Sound of Jazz is an historic episode from the "Seven Lively Arts" anthology series featuring jazz greats in concert.