Across 110th Street 1972  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Ed Bernard, Richard Ward, Antonio Fargas, Norma Donaldson, Tim O'Connor
When three gang members in Harlem steal $300,000 from the Mafia, a blood bath results as they are tracked down by both the Mafia and the police.
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Night Gallery 1969  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, Boris Sagal, Barry Shear
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ossie Davis, Joan Crawford, Sam Jaffe, Barry Sullivan, George Macready, Richard Kiley, Tom Bosley, Norma Crane, Barry Atwater, George Murdock, Byron Morrow, Garry Goodrow, Shannon Farnon
In this three-story anthology, the offering "Eyes" is Steven Spielberg's directorial debut. It features Joan Crawford as a blind woman who dreams of seeing. Other stories, "The Cemetery" and "Escape Route" were directed by Boris Sagal and Barry Shear.
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Power 1980 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Shear, Virgil W. Vogel
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Bellamy, Red Buttons, Jo Van Fleet, Brian Keith, Victor Jory, Paul(2) Stewart, Scott Brady
This TV drama is full of veteran stars, and tells the story of a labor leader's rise to power in the depression era. Could we be talking Jimmy Hoffa here? It's a pretty good show.
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Strike Force 1975  TV, 75 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Crack
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Cliff Gorman, Don Blakely, Richard Gere, Edward Grover, Joe Spinell, Allan Rich, Mimi Cecchini, Marilyn Chris, Arnold Soboloff, Stephen Zulick
The FBI, state police, and NYC police team up to rid the city of a drug ring. An early Richard Gere film.
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 Wild in the Streets 1968 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley, Richard Pryor, Bert Freed, Kevin Coughlin, Larry Bishop
In this 1960s fantasy, pop singer/drug pusher Max Frost (Christopher Jones) is President of the United States–a position he won after 14(!)-year olds obtained the vote. Now Frost wants to ship all adults to internment camps.
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| 1. Across 110th Street (1972)
2. Night Gallery (1969)
3. Power (1980)
4. Strike Force (1975)
aka: Crack
5. Wild in the Streets (1968)
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