The best Thayer David’s movies

Thayer David

Thayer David

04/03/1927- 17/07/1978
Today we present the best Thayer David’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Thayer David’s movies.
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Rocky

Rocky
8.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/11/1976
  • Character: George "Miles" Jergens
When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man
5.2/10
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.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth
7/10
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

The Eiger Sanction

The Eiger Sanction
6.4/10
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

Little Big Man

Little Big Man
7.5/10
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Peeper

Peeper
5.6/10
A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.

The Story of Ruth

The Story of Ruth
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/06/1960
  • Character: Hedak
Ruth is an unusual character in the Bible. First she's a female protagonist, one of a select few there. Secondly her story gets its own book in the Old Testament, a short item of only four chapters. Lastly she's the first non-Hebrew protagonist in the Bible since Abraham sired the Hebrew people. It's a simple story in the Old Testament. Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her. She's going to give up the life and culture of Moab and her people will be Naomi's people in the most famous line from the Book of Ruth.

Savages

Savages
5.5/10
A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party. There follows an allegory of upper-class behavior. At last, they begin to devolve toward their original status, and after a battle at croquet, they disappear into the woods.

Night of Dark Shadows

Night of Dark Shadows
5.4/10
A newlywed painter and his wife move into his family's ancestral home and find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.

The Crucible

The Crucible
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/05/1967
  • Character: Thomas Putnam
Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
7.6/10
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 01/04/1976
  • Character: Josiah Widdicombe (Mormon patriarch)
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 18/03/1977
  • Character: Deacon
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

Save the Tiger

Save the Tiger
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/02/1973
  • Character: Charlie Robbins
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

House of Dark Shadows

House of Dark Shadows
6.2/10
The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe
6.9/10
Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.

Wolf Larsen

Wolf Larsen
6.2/10
A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising.

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 29/09/1976
  • Character: Nikita Khrushchev
The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.

The Stoolie

The Stoolie
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 31/10/1972
  • Character: Lattimore
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.

The Secret Night Caller

The Secret Night Caller
6.7/10
A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.

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