Arthur Hill Archives

The Chairman (1969)

Rating: ★★

Jun 8, 2001Spy Thriller/Journey to Communist China

Big-budgeted spy thriller with Gregory Peck as a scientist who poses as a defector to Communist China. This never enervates much as a thriller but its recreations of Communist China are amazing

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Actors: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Keye Luke, Arthur Hill, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 June 200111 February 2026 by Roog

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Rating: ★★★★½

Jul 6, 1999Virus from Space/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Robert Wise's standout adaptation of Michael Crichton's first novel about scientists trying to contain a virus brought back from space. This does a very faithful job of capturing Crichton's fascination with the science

Director: Robert Wise

Actors: James Olson, Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 July 199925 May 2026 by Roog

Futureworld (1976)

Rating: ★

Apr 13, 2000Android Amusement Park/Westworld Sequel

A sequel to the original Westworld. Here the cleverness of Michael Crichton's film is rehashed as a B movie plot about the amusement park now hosting android takeover conspiracies

Director: Richard T. Heffron

Actors: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Stuart Margolin, Arthur Hill, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 April 200013 February 2026 by Roog

Murder in Space (1985)

Rating: ★★

Oct 1, 2024Murder Mystery Aboard a Space Mission

TV movie that had a unique selling point – a whodunit set aboard an international space mission – where viewers were invited to guess who the killer was

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern

Actors: Wilford Brimley, Michael Ironside, Martin Balsam, Damir Andrei, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 October 202413 November 2025 by Roog