Franklin J. Schaffner Movies

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds...

An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.

The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court...

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his...

Almost everyone who worked with director Franklin J. Schaeffer on the film is interviewed here, including George C. Scott (this piece was done before...

Business mogul's son David Grant uses his father's power to extricate himself from problems - until implication in a woman's death tests David's...

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and...

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the...

In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a one of its own.

Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy was a television special featuring the First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy on a...

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers.

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the...

Adaptation of the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald for "Playhouse 90." A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses...

A make-up test to determine the feasibility of 'Planet of the Apes' (1968).

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.

After the first atom bomb test, scientists realize the bomb was more powerful than they expected - which may have terrible results.

A lonely man and woman meet on rainy afternoon in New York. Studio One, Season 2, Episode 34

A woman is accused by a poison-pen letter of murdering her husband.