Movies starring Murray Hamilton

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

135 mins     Adventure , Biography, Drama      

Whilst rightly regarded as one of the acting greats James Stewart was also an accomplished pilot, leading bombing missions deep into enemy territory during WWII. One of his biggest inspirations when it came to flying was Char...

Darby's Rangers (1958)

121 mins     Action , Drama, War      

"Darby's Rangers" is meant to be a war movie about the US Army's First Ranger Battalion, it's meant to be about their formation, their training under the guidance of British Commando's and the impact they had in the war. That...

The Graduate (1967)

105 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

When it comes to iconic movies "The Graduate" is right up there with the best, so much so that even those who have never seen it will know about it and the infamous line "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me". With its c...

The Boston Strangler (1968)

116 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

So for the first half of "The Boston Strangler" we are presented with a heavy police procedural as the focus is on the detectives as they try and solve the case with very few clues to go on and ending up using a psychic to tr...

Jaws (1975)

124 mins     Action , Thriller      

Forget about the animatronic shark for a moment and the less than spectacular sequels one of the most amazing things about "Jaws" is that it is a PG. This is a movie which as a child I watched and to put it bluntly scared the...

Jaws 2 (1978)

116 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

"Jaws" was such a great and popular movie that whilst it may have sounded right to make a sequel it was in fact very wrong. And the biggest problem is that "Jaws 2" tries to give us more of the same to the point that the stor...

Casey's Shadow (1978)

117 mins     Drama, Family, Sport      

"Oh look another horse movie"; that was how I felt when I came across "Casey's Shadow" and having watched a variety of horse movies I had an inkling as to how this story was likely to play out as we have a poor family, a winn...

The Amityville Horror (1979)

117 mins     Horror      

I guess it is true what they say, as you get older the mind starts to play tricks on you or at least that is the only way I can account for how I feel having watched "The Amityville Horror". Now I had watched "The Amityville ...

1941 (1979)

118 mins     Action , Comedy, War      

Do you know what the problem with Steven Spielberg's "1941" is, it is public expectations especially those of 1979 as this wasn't a movie with a story it was a parody, it was a forerunner to "Airplane" with lots of daft gags ...

Mazes and Monsters (1982)

100 mins     Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie      

Tom Hanks in a TV Movie, that is what "Mazes and Monsters" is now, it is a look at the Oscar winning actor appearing not in his first movie but in his first lead role. And there is something quite nice about watching the unco...