Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel

Filmography

Filmography 343 The Naked Hills (1956) La Salle Productions/Allied Artists Pictures Director: Josef Shaftel Producer: Josef Shaftel Writers: Helen S. Bilkie (story); Josef Shaftel (screenplay) Cinematographer: Frederick Gately Art Director: Rudi Feld Editors: Gene Fowler Jr.; Hal Ashby (assistant editor, uncredited) Cast: David Wayne (Tracy Powell), Keenan Wynn (Sam Wilkins), James Barton (Jimmo McCann), Marcia Henderson (Julie), Jim Backus (Willis Haver), Denver Pyle (Bert Killian/Narrator) Running Time: 72 minutes Release Date: June 17, 1956 The Pride and the Passion (1957) Stanley Kramer Productions/United Artists Director: Stanley Kramer Producer: Stanley Kramer Writers: C. S. Forester (novel: The Gun); Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt (screen story and screenplay); Earl Felton (uncredited) Cinematographer: Franz Planer Production Designer: Rudolph Sternad Editors: Ellsworth Hoagland, Frederic Knudtson; Hal Ashby (assistant editor, uncredited) Cast: Cary Grant (Anthony), Frank Sinatra (Miguel), Sophia Loren (Juana), Theodore Bikel (General Jouvet), John Wengraf (Sermaine) Running Time: 132 minutes Release Date: July 10, 1957 The Big Country (1958) United Artists Director: William Wyler Producers: Gregory Peck, William Wyler; Robert Wyler (associate producer) 344 Filmography Writers: Donald Hamilton (novel); Jessamyn West, Robert Wyler (adaptation); James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder (screenplay) Cinematographer: Franz Planer Art Director: Frank Hotaling Editors: Robert Belcher, John Faure, Robert Swink; Hal Ashby (assistant editor ) Music: Jerome Moross Cast: Gregory Peck (James McKay), Jean Simmons (Julie Maragon), Carroll Baker (Patricia Terrill), Charlton Heston (Steve Leech), Burl Ives (Rufus Hannassey ), Charles Bickford (Major Henry Terrill), Alfonso Bedoya (Ramón Guiteras), Chuck Connors (Buck Hannassey) Running Time: 165 minutes Release Date: October 1, 1958 The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) George Stevens Productions/Twentieth Century–Fox Director: George Stevens Producers: George Stevens; George Stevens Jr. (associate producer) Writers: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett (screenplay adapted from their own play); Anne Frank (book: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl) Cinematographer: William C. Mellor Art Directors: George W. Davis, Lyle R. Wheeler Editors: David Bretherton, William Mace, Robert Swink; Hal Ashby (assistant editor) Music: Alfred Newman Cast: Millie Perkins (Anne Frank), Joseph Schildkraut (Otto Frank), Shelley Winters (Mrs. Petronella Van Daan), Richard Beymer (Peter Van Daan), Gusti Huber (Mrs. Edith Frank), Lou Jacobi (Mr. Hans Van Daan) Running Time: 180 minutes Release Date: March 18, 1959 The Young Doctors (1961) Millar/Turman Productions/United Artists Director: Phil Karlson Producers: Stuart Millar, Lawrence Turman Writers: Arthur Hailey (novel); Joseph Hayes (screenplay) Cinematographer: Arthur J. Ornitz Production Designer: Richard Sylbert Editor: Robert Swink; Hal Ashby (assistant editor) Music: Elmer Bernstein Cast: Fredric March (Dr. Joseph Pearson), Ben Gazzara (Dr. David Coleman), Dick Clark (Dr. Alexander), Ina Balin (Cathy Hunt), Eddie Albert (Dr. Charles Dornberger) Filmography 345 Running Time: 100 minutes Release Date: August 23, 1961 The Children’s Hour (1961) The Mirisch Corporation/United Artists Director: William Wyler Producers: William Wyler; Robert Wyler (associate producer) Writers: Lillian Hellman (adapting from her own play), John Michael Hayes (screenplay) Cinematographer: Franz Planer Art Director: Fernando Carrere Editors: Robert Swink; Hal Ashby (assistant editor) Music: Alex North Cast: Audrey Hepburn (Karen Wright), Shirley MacLaine (Martha Dobie), James Garner (Dr. Joe Cardin), Miriam Hopkins (Mrs. Lily Mortar), Fay Bainter (Mrs. Amelia Tilford) Running Time: 107 minutes Release Date: December 19, 1961 Captain Sindbad (1963) King Brothers Productions/MGM Director: Byron Haskin Producers: Frank King, Herman King Writers: Ian McLellan Hunter, Guy Endore Cinematographers: Günther Senftleben, Eugen Schüfftan (uncredited) Art Directors: Isabella Schlichting, Werner Schlichting Editors: Robert Swink; Hal Ashby (assistant editor) Music: Michel Michelet Cast: Guy Williams (Captain Sindbad), Heidi Brühl (Princess Jana), Pedro Armend áriz (El Kerim), Abraham Sofaer (Galgo), Bernie Hamilton (Quinius) Running Time: 85 minutes Release Date: June 19, 1963 The Best Man (1964) Millar/Turman Productions/United Artists Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Producers: Stuart Millar, Lawrence Turman Writer: Gore Vidal (from his own play) Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler Production Designer: Lyle R. Wheeler Editors: Robert Swink; Hal Ashby (editorial consultant) Music: Mort Lindsey 346 Filmography Cast: Henry Fonda (William Russell), Cliff Robertson (Joe Cantwell), Edie Adams (Mabel Cantwell), Margaret Leighton (Alice Russell), Shelley Berman (Sheldon Bascomb), Lee Tracy (President Art Hockstader), Ann Sothern (Sue Ellen Gamadge) Running Time: 102 minutes Release Date: April 5, 1964 The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) George Stevens Productions/United Artists Directors: George Stevens; David Lean, Jean Negulesco (uncredited) Producers: George Stevens; George Stevens Jr., Antonio Vellani (associate producers ); Frank I. Davis (executive producer) Writers: Fulton Oursler (book); Henry Denker (source writings); James Lee Barrett (screenplay); George Stevens (screenplay); Carl Sandburg...