Movies starring Donald Pleasence
Forever remembered as the "Japanese Bond", You Only Live Twice takes 007 to the Far East for his fifth screen adventure, Sean Connery's final consecutive appearance as the top British agent (the actor returned to the role twice more: 1971's D...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, ...
1988. New York City, overrun by crime, is walled in. It becomes the world's largest, most uncontrolled prison, with the inmates prevented from escaping by armed guards who man the walls twenty-four hours a day. Those confined within the cit...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, ...
When the original Halloween reached screens in 1978, director John Carpenter intended for it to be a one-off project. However, the film's unexpected financial success paved the road for Halloween II, an inferior sequel that tied up most of the loo...
U.S. Release Date: 1988-10-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Dwight H. Little
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, ...
Terror in the Aisles is a clip-fest. With excerpts from nearly 80 horror movies that run the gamut from classics to long-forgotten duds, the film provides glimpses of cinematic scares and gore covering the period between the 1930s and the early 19...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-02-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: Documentary/Horror
Director: Andrew J. Keuhn
Cast: Nancy Allen, Donald Pleasence
When John Carpenter's Halloween was released in 1978, no one (least of all the filmmakers) could have predicted the phenomenon it would create. Not only did Halloween turn into one of the most profitable movies of all time, but it spawned a class ...
U.S. Release Date: 1981-10-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Ford Rainey, Ana Alicia, ...
Spoilers aplenty! You have been warned.The ending of Halloween 4, one of the stronger sequels in the long-running horror franchise, promised something special for Halloween 5. Alas, the filmmakers, concerned about losing audiences if the famil...
U.S. Release Date: 1989-10-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Bloody violence, gore, profanity, sexual content, profanity, nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, ...
Before Jason and Freddy, there was Michael Myers, wearing his white-painted Captain Kirk mask and stalking Jamie Lee Curtis. Michael made his debut in John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic, Halloween, possibly the best scare movie to come along...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-09-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Joe Chappelle
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Marianne Hagen, Devin Gardner, ...