Movies directed by Tom Gries

Will Penny (1967)

108 mins     Western      

Will Penny (1967) Charlton Heston stars as old wrangler Will Penny who having taken a job as a line rider finds himself caring for a woman and her son who he finds squatting in his shack...

The Glass House (1972)

90 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Sometimes I wish I could jump back in time, forgetting all which I know and experience a movie for the first time when it came out. That is most certainly how I feel when it comes to "The Glass House" the prison movie from 19...

Breakheart Pass (1975)

95 mins     Mystery, Western      

When is a western not a western, when it is "Murder on the Orient Express" in disguise or at least that is how "Breakheart Pass" comes across. It is an interesting idea to have a western mystery movie and to be frank a welcom...

Breakout (1975)

96 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

"Breakout" is one of those movies which technically isn't very good but it's still entertaining thanks to plenty of daftness. Ironically the daftness is part of the reason why "Breakout" isn't very good because it jars with t...

The Greatest (1977)

101 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

I would take a guess that if there are any teenagers out there who have heard of Muhammad Ali but only heard that he was a boxing great now ravaged by Parkinson's Disease "The Greatest" might be interesting. But for those who...