Joseph Wiseman
10 titles
Filmography
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Dr. No
(1962)In the first James Bond spy classic, Sean Connery is the ever-suave and fearless secret Agent 007 on a mission in Jamaica to thwart a fanatical scientist's world-threatening scheme.

Seize the Day
(1986)As in Saul Bellow’s esteemed novel, in the dramatic course of one day, a middle-aged man, who loses his job and maybe his wife, searches for purpose.

The Happy Thieves
(1961)A suave art thief and his alluring accomplice are blackmailed into attempting to steal a priceless painting from Madrid's famed Prado Museum.

Viva Zapata!
(1952)Marlon Brando stars as the outlaw who becomes revolutionary Mexican leader Emiliano Zapata in this powerful production of John Steinbeck's screenplay that also stars Anthony Quinn.

The Valachi Papers
(1972)Sentenced to 15 years in prison, a former mobster turns into an informant when he learns a mafia capo has put a $100,000 contract out on his life.

Journey into Fear
(1975)When an American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkey, a cadre of assassins is sent to eliminate him as he romances a French singer.

The Night They Raided Minsky's
(1968)To distance herself from her strict Amish family, naïve Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) escapes to New York City to become a dancer. While Rachel's dances based on Biblical stories are too innocent for Minsky's Burlesque House, club-owner Billy Minsky (Elliott Gould) plans on using Rachel's routine to humiliate critics of his business. But trouble arises when partners in a comedy duo (Jason Robards, Norman Wisdom) compete for Rachel's affections.
The Silver Chalice
(1954)He looks like Marlon Brando, some reviewers said of this movie's 29-year-old star, but those comparisons would soon end. Soon to impress with his own intense brilliance, Paul Newman made his movie debut in this Biblical saga in the mode of Quo Vadis and The Robe. Set in Rome during the early Christian era, if focuses on an ill-fated sculptor sold into slavery and torn between his adoring wife (Pier Angeli) and a wily temptress (Virginia Mayo) - and threatened in his work by a power-mad sorcerer (Jack Palance) bent on overturning Christianity and becoming his own "true Messiah." The Silver Chalice's cast also includes Lorne Green, E.G. Marshall and a blonde Natalie Wood. But Newman is the movie's heart. "This young man," director Victor Saville predicted, "is destined for great things."

Jaguar Lives!
(1979)The world's new Karate hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs, and help save the world from an evil con (Sir Christopher Lee).

The Betsy
(1978)The aging founder of an auto company comes out of retirement to develop a fuel-efficient automobile named after his daughter, Betsy.