Frank D. Gilroy — Director (4)

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Nero Wolfe (1979)
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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.

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The Gig (1985)
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other title: Sechs Jazzer im Dreivierteltakt
Six amateur musicians accept an offer to play a 2-week gig in the Catskills. When the bass player suddenly falls ill, they recruit a genuine pro to fill in. As they embark on the opportunity of a lifetime, dreams and reality begin to collide.

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Desperate Characters (1971)
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Frank D. Gilroy actor: Shirley McLaine
other title: 两口之家 / 绝望人生 …
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.

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From Noon Till Three (1976)
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弗兰克·D·吉尔罗伊 actor: 查尔斯·布朗森 / 吉尔·爱兰德 …
other title: 独龙难过美人关 / 老查的故事 …
查尔斯.布朗森一贯给人粗犷的动作片英雄形象,但他跟爱妻吉尔.艾尔兰合演的这部西部喜剧却吐露作声见的诙谐感。剧情在荒谬之中带有一点小小的嘲讽,气概颇为别致。老查在片中饰演一个小毛贼,在作案途中临阵逃走,躲藏孀妇茕居的豪宅中,使尽花言巧语将孀妇骗得团团转,使他在平易近团前来围捕前得以诈死溜走。不意孀妇竟将两人独处的故事酿成畅销小说,小毛贼顿变年夜英雄,使真正的主角啼笑皆非。导演弗兰克.吉尔原为驰誉编剧,剧情架构不落俗套,映象叙事手法也轻松流利。