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Lee Grant has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by In the Heat of the Night.
The Valachi Papers
1972
Crime · Drama
In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Movie · Actor
Top 40%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Marooned
1969 · Movie · Actor
Top 70%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Airport '77
1977 · Movie · Actor
Top 83%Netflix · Included
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Movie · Actor
Top 83%Prime Video · Included
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
Dir. Don Taylor · With William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Dir. Albert Brooks · With Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
Dir. William Wyler · With Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn
On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Jackie.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn
A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
Dir. Jean-Claude Lord · With Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
Dir. John Sturges · With Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
Dir. Jerry Jameson · With Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro
Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."
Dir. Mark Robson · With Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
Dir. Irwin Allen · With Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark
