Baby Blue Marine 1976  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, Glynnis O'Connor, Katherine Helmond, Dana Elcar, Richard Gere, Kenneth Tobey, Bert Remsen, Adam Arkin, Bruno Kirby, Art Lund
Marion Hedgepeth (Jan-Michael Vincent) is kicked out of boot camp but returns home pretending to be a war hero.
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Black Caesar 1973 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin, Julius Harris, Minnie Gentry, Philip Roye, William Wellman Jr., Val Avery, James Dixon, Patrick McAllister, Don Pedro Colley, Myrna Hansen, Omer Jeffrey, Michael Jeffrey
Tommy Gibbs (Omer Jeffrey) was a tough kid from the ghetto who aimed to be a big-time gangster. Tommy's (now played by Fred Williamson) dreams are fulfilled, and he has risen near the top in the crime scene and is a member of "The Family." But he doesn't intend to stop there. There is a sequel: "Hell Up in Harlem."
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It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Neal Israel, Art Lund, Ann Dane, Macdonald Carey, Gerrit Graham, William Watson, Patch Mackenzie, Rick Garia, C.L. Sussex, Carlos Palomino, Tony Abatemarco
Following on with the story started in "It's Alive!" and "It Lives Again," the monster babies that have survived are shipped off to a remote island to live out their lives. When checked on several years later, it is found that they have reproduced and are ready to invade the mainland. Cohen continues his satire on the issues alive in the 1980s, such as abortion and AIDS, in an effective manner.
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The Last American Hero 1973 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hard Driver
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Art Lund, Ed Lauter, William Smith, Gregory Walcott, Tom Ligon, Lane Smith, Ernie F. Orsatti
Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges) gained his driving skills as a moonshiner's son who learned to evade the law while running whiskey. Now, Junior decides to put his past behind him but to use the skills he learned to become a race car driver. As he begins his rise in the world of stock cars, Junior is confronted by corporate sponsorship realities that threaten to infringe on his independence.
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The Molly Maguires 1970 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Zerbe, Art Lund, Frank Finlay, Bethel Leslie, John Alderson, Anthony Costello, Philip Bourneuf, Brendan Dillon, Frances Heflin, Malachy McCourt, Susan Goodman, Chuck Hicks
This film is based on the true story of Irish emigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and worked in coal mines during the 1800s. The miners form a secret group, the "Molly Maguires" whose aim is to correct abuse in the mines. Jack Kehoe (Sean Connery) serves as their leader, and sabotage and murder are how they fight the mine owners. The owners hire Pinkerton detective James McParlan (Richard Harris) to go undercover, infiltrate the Molly Maguires, and report on their activities. McParlan does get first-hand information and begins to understand that the Molly Maguires are protesting truly miserable conditions and exploitation in the mines. Now, McParlan's loyalties become divided between the mine owners who hired him and the struggling miners.
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| 1. Baby Blue Marine (1976)
2. Black Caesar (1973)
3. Bucktown (1975)
4. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
5. The Last American Hero (1973)
aka: Hard Driver
6. The Molly Maguires (1970)
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