Badlands 1973  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller / Romance
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Alan Vint, Gary Littlejohn, John Carter, Terrence Malick, Bryan Montgomery, Gail Threlkeld, Dona Baldwin, John Womack Jr., Ben Bravo, Charles Fitzpatrick, Howard Ragsdale
Based on the true story of a murderous odyssey, Sissy Spacek narrates this strange tale of a series of murders in the 1950s when schoolgirl Holly Sargis (Sissy Spacek) joins garbage collector Kit Carruthers (Martin Sheen) after he kills her father (Warren Oates). Bounty hunters find their hiding place, and Kit and Holly set off on a trail of violence through Montana as Holly witnesses Kit's senseless crimes and wonders just what her future will hold.
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Breakout 1975  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, John Huston, Randy Quaid, Sheree North, Alejandro Rey, Paul Mantee, Roy Jenson, Alan Vint
When Jay Wagner (Robert Duvall) is sentenced to serve time in a Mexican prison, his wife, Ann (Jill Ireland), hires helicopter pilot Nick Colton (Charles Bronson) to perform a daring rescue of her husband.
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The Glass House 1972 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Alan Alda, Vic Morrow, Billy Dee Williams, Clu Gulager, Kristoffer Tabori, Dean Jagger, Luke Askew, Scott Hylands, Edward Bell, Tony Mancini, G. Wood, Roy Jenson, Alan Vint
Filmed on location at Utah State Prison, this made-for-TV film revolves around college professor Jonathan Paige (Alan Alda) who is serving his term for manslaughter. Needing protection from those around him, Paige gets close to a gang led by ruthless Hugo Slocum (Vic Morrow)–and his problems only grow worse. Troubles abound also for prison guards. The chief prison guard is Officer Brown (Roy Jenson) who is a pawn of Slocums. New recruit Brian Courtland (Clu Gulager) finds his hands are tied as well. Everything about this prison appears to be corrupt, but that does not stop Courtland from attempting to bring about reform.
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Macon County Line 1974 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard Compton
Cast: Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Joan Blackman, Timothy Scott, James Gammon, Doodles Weaver, Geoffrey Lewis, Leif Garrett, Sam Gilman, Emile Meyer, Jay Adler, David Orange
Bobbie Gentry sings her theme song in this film based on the true story about a 1954 Georgia murder in which redneck Deputy Sheriff Reed Morgan (Max Baer Jr.) mistakenly believes that brothers Chris and Wayne Dixon (Alan Vint and Jesse Vint) raped and murdered his wife. After returning home to the murder scene, Morgan finds the brothers in his barn, claims they are the murderers, and seeks revenge. Too late, he discovers who the real murderers are. Sequel: "Return to Macon County."
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The McMasters 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alf Kjellin
Cast: Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan, Jack Palance, David Carradine, John Carradine, R.G. Armstrong, Dane Clark, L.Q. Jones, Alan Vint
Following the Civil War, former slave Benji (Brock Peters) returns and tries to work–as a business partner–with his old master. There are two versions of this film–with different endings.
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The Panic in Needle Park 1971  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino, Joe Santos, Sully Boyar, Michael McClanathan, Larry Marshall
Set in New York City, this is the story of young drug addicts (Al Pacino and Kitty Winn) whose futures are going nowhere as they sink deeper and deeper into the abyss. A well-made film.
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Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, David Drake, Richard Ruth, Rudy Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman, Bill Keller, Harry Dean Stanton, Alan Vint, W.H. Harrison
An obsessed car racer, The Driver (James Taylor), and his cohort, The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson)–along with The Girl (Laurie Bird) who tags along with them after they pick her up while she is hitchhiking–live to be on the road in a 1955 Chevy heading from one race to the next. They meet middle-aged G.T.O. (Warren Oates) in his 1970 Pontiac, and he challenges them to a cross-country race. With the prize of the winner getting the loser's car, the race is on, and the interplay between the race, the highway, and human nature begins.
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Unholy Rollers 1972  R, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Vernon Zimmerman
Cast: Claudia Jennings, Louis Quinn, Betty Anne Rees, Roberta Collins, Alan Vint, Kathleen Freeman, John Harmon, Dan Seymour, Victor Argo
Karen Walker becomes a Roller Derby star, but her failure to become a team player creates major problems for her team.
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| 1. Badlands (1973)
2. Breakout (1975)
3. Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
4. The Glass House (1972)
5. Macon County Line (1974)
6. The McMasters (1969)
7. The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
8. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
9. Unholy Rollers (1972)
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