One-shot directors (RIP)
Actors who directed only one complete theatrical film during their lifetime.
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- DirectorWalter MatthauStarsWalter MatthauCarol GraceBruce MacFarlaneHoodlum Jack Martin is on the lam and robs a small town bank which brings the local cops and local crime boss into the mix.Directed by Walter Matthau
- DirectorJack LemmonStarsWalter MatthauDeborah WintersFelicia FarrIn order to avoid being consigned to a retirement home, former salesman Joseph Kotcher leaves his son's family home to embark on a road trip where he strikes up a friendship with a pregnant teenager.Directed by Jack Lemmon
- DirectorBarbara LodenStarsBarbara LodenMichael HigginsDorothy ShupenesWanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.Directed by Barbara Loden
- DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.Directed by Charles Laughton
- DirectorBruce LeeStarsBruce LeeChuck NorrisNora MiaoA man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.Directed by Bruce Lee
- DirectorRaymond St. JacquesStarsRaymond St. JacquesPhilip Michael ThomasFreda PayneTwo waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.Directed by Raymond St. Jacques
- DirectorJohn MillsStarsHayley MillsAnnette CrosbieLaurence NaismithA young, lonely, emotionally challenged teenage girl finds solace in burying dead animals after the sudden traumatic death of a childhood friend ten years earlier.Directed by John Mills
- DirectorNancy WalkerStarsRay SimpsonDavid HodoFelipe RoseA pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.Directed by Nancy Walker
- DirectorLew AyresStarsJames DunnMae ClarkeDavid MannersBest friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them.Directed by Lew Ayres
- DirectorRichard PryorStarsRichard PryorDebbie AllenArt EvansAfter severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.Directed by Richard Pryor
- DirectorRichard ConteStarsRichard ConteRory CalhounAili KingIn this thrilling war drama set in Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress.Directed by Richard Conte
- DirectorMarlon BrandoStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenPina PellicerAfter robbing a bank in Mexico, Dad Longworth absconds with the loot leaving his partner Rio to be captured by the Rurales. Rio escapes prison but struggles with his conflicting desires to love Dad's stepdaughter Louise and to get revenge.Directed by Marlon Brando
- DirectorFrank SinatraStarsFrank SinatraClint WalkerTatsuya MihashiDuring WW2, a platoon of Marines crash-lands on a tiny Pacific island occupied by a small Japanese unit.Directed by Frank Sinatra
- DirectorKarl MaldenStarsRichard WidmarkRichard BasehartDolores MichaelsDuring the Korean War former prisoner of war, Major Harry Cargill admits to having collaborated with the enemy but military investigator Colonel William Edwards wants the details.Directed by Karl Malden
- DirectorRobert JirasStarsRobert MacNaughtonHope LangeDon MurrayA teenage lad struggles to piece together his reality following a traumatic event.
- DirectorAlbert FinneyStarsAlbert FinneyColin BlakelyBillie WhitelawA married writer has an affair with his secretary.