Watch movies directed by James B. Clark

My Side of the Mountain

Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.

G

6.6

1969 Action 100 min Play

6.2

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Based on the beloved book by Scott O'Dell, this family movie tells the adventures of a young Native American girl. After her father is killed by a malevolent white trapper, Karana joins her community as they leave their island home in the Pacific to live on the mainland. Upon her departure, Karana realizes that her brother has been left behind. She immediately swims back to be with him and the two remain on the abandoned island. Though Karana is able to domesticate a wolf, her brother is ...

NR

6.2

1964 Drama 93 min Play

5.8

Flipper

Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into the world's minds and hearts in this 1963 film starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Sandy (a role he would continue in the 1964-68 TV series that followed.) James B. Clark, a long-time family filmmaker whose credits include "Island of the ...

NR

5.8

1963 Adventure 87 min Play

3

The Big Show

A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.

One Foot in Hell

Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitch to be a deputy sheriff, thereby enabling him to plot an elaborate bank robbery with the help of an artist, a pickpocket, a gunslinger and a bar-girl.

NR

5.7

1960 Western 90 min Play

4.8

A Dog of Flanders

The love and friendship of a boy and his dog as the boy tries to become an artist like his idol, Peter Paul Reubens.

NR

4.8

1959 Drama 96 min Play

4.4

Sierra Baron

Director James B. Clark's western, set in 1848 California, is about a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.

NR

4.4

1958 Western 80 min Play