Barbara Turner
Know for: Writing
Born: 1936-07-14
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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Monster from Green Hell (1957)
A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth,...
Portrait of a Murderer (1958)
Based on a true story, Donald Bashor robs and bludgeons two women to their deaths. While committing the crimes he maintans a normal existence with...
Wink of an Eye (1958)
A chemist in a perfume factory seems to have killed his wife, cut her up, and stuck her remains in the freezer.
Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
The story of a serial killer known as "Georgie Porgie." The Chicago turnpike is threatened over a three-day period as the police try to catch him by...
Two-Gun Lady (1955)
A young woman teaches herself to become a sharpshooter so she can hunt down the three men who murdered her parents. She finds a sheriff who is...
Operation Eichmann (1961)
Drama about the life Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the deaths of countless Jewish people during World War II.
Cujo (1983)
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
Pollock (2000)
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United...
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed...
The War Between the Tates (1977)
A college professor's well-ordered life is disrupted when his wife discovers he is having an affair with one of his students.
Sessions (1983)
High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight"...
The Company (2003)
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
The Company (2003)
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
Georgia (1995)
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her...
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Sharing the Secret (2000)
A teenage girl, who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends, secretly binges and purges.
Those Secrets (1992)
A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.
The Affair (1973)
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer who becomes her first love.
Out of Darkness (1994)
Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.
Petulia (1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye...
Sessions (1983)
High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight"...
Eye on the Sparrow (1987)
True story of a blind couple who fought the authorities to acquire the right to adopt a child.
Widow (1976)
A woman is left on her own to raise her two children after the unexpected death of her husband.
The Dark Side of Innocence (1976)
A suburban housewife's feeling that her life is standing still causes her to divorce her husband. This causes tension with her daughter, who bitterly...
Freedom (1981)
Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits...
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Deathwatch (1966)
Based on a play by Jean Genet, a small-time thief battles with his gay cellmate over a third illiterate, muscular convict.
Somebody's Daughter (1992)
A stripper and her bodyguard become involved in a murder.
Eye on the Sparrow (1987)
True story of a blind couple who fought the authorities to acquire the right to adopt a child.
Freedom (1981)
Talented musician and free spirit Libby chafes under the rule of her divorced journalist mother, so she seeks emancipation from her parents and hits...
Georgia (1995)
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her...