Old Man

In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.

Cast

Sterling Hayden

as Tall Convict

Geraldine Page

as Young Woman

Milton Selzer

as Second Convict

James Westerfield

as Warden

Malcolm Atterbury

as The Doctor

Sandy Kenyon

as The Deputy

Marc Lawrence

as The Cajun

Len Lesser

as Man with Gun

Richard LePore

as Man on Cotton House

Naomi Stevens

as Woman on Shanty Boat

Reviews

Similar Movies

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

⭐ 7.3

Waldrausch

In order to stop the annual flooding, a dam is to be built in the mountain valley; a life-threatening undertaking for the inhabitants.

⭐ 4.0

Flood

Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake.

⭐ 5.3

The Storm

A fictional story within the historical context of the disastrous flood that engulfed the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland in 1953. When their farmhouse is destroyed by the flood, teenage mother Julia gets separated from her baby boy, whom she kept hidden in a box. She is saved from drowning by a young air force lieutenant, who agrees to go help looking for Julia's little son.

⭐ 6.6

Lacuna

The Antarctica glaciers are heading in our direction three millimeters every year. One challenge is to calculate when they will arrive, using film to predict what will happen.

⭐ 0.0

Home for the Holidays

An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.

⭐ 5.5

The Johnstown Flood

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

⭐ 6.8

A Little Chaos

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

⭐ 6.3

Breakfast with the Devil

In 1947, among the ruins of war and in anticipation of a catastrophic flood, the locals of a Vojvodina village find themselves caught between the devastation of their livelihoods and the demands of the new Communist authorities.

⭐ 6.3

Dam 999

After many years two mariners return to homeland with the hope of a new beginning, little did they know about a disaster that would change their destiny.

⭐ 3.6

Campbell's Kingdom

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there is oil on the land, Campbell must face up to a ruthless contractor and work against the clock to find oil before "Campbell's Kingdom" is flooded by a new power dam.

⭐ 5.6

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

⭐ 6.4

The Red Turtle

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

⭐ 7.4

Green Fire

In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.

⭐ 6.2

The Plot to Kill Stalin

In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.

⭐ 0.0

The Greer Case

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

⭐ 0.0

No Time at All

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground.

⭐ 0.0

The Dark Knight Rises

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

⭐ 7.8

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physically and mentally strong, he searches for a meaning to his life in a new and uncompromising world.

⭐ 0.0

A Painted House

A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.

⭐ 7.0