The Beast Within 1982  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, Don Gordon, R.G. Armstrong, Katherine Moffat, L.Q. Jones, Luke Askew, Logan Ramsey, John Dennis Johnston, Ron Soble, Meshach Taylor, Boyce Holleman, Malcolm McMillan, Natalie Nolan Howard
While on her honeymoon in Mississippi, Caroline (Bibi Besch) is raped by a hairy-legged creature. Eighteen years later, her son Michael (Paul Clemens) by that incident is acting strange, so he is taken back to Mississippi in hopes that his behavior has something to do with the rape. Well, wouldn't you know it–he turns into an insect-like creature and starts dismembering and eating people.
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Betrayal 1978  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, John Hillerman, Peggy Ann Garner, Bibi Besch, Ron Silver, Richard Masur, Stephen Elliott, Bob Delegall
Based on a real case, this is the story of a young woman (Lesley Ann Warren) who feels the need for therapy. Unfortunately, she picks an unethical doctor (Rip Torn), who convinces her that the therapy she needs is a sexual relationship with him.
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The Day After 1983 TV, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Bibi Besch, Lori Lethin, Jeff East, Georgann Johnson, William Allen Young, Calvin Jung
A Soviet-launched nuclear bomb falls on a small Kansas town. This made-for-TV film follows the aftermath, highlighting the effects and actions of the residents. The graphic nature of the film resulted in a massive public reaction.
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Doing Time on Maple Drive 1992  TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Olin
Cast: James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook, David Byron, Lori Loughlin, Jim Carrey, Philip Linton, Bennett Cale, Richard Israel, Janice Lynde, Mark Chaet
In this made-for-Fox-TV movie, matters in the lives of a dysfunctional family come to a head when it is discovered that their pride and joy, Matt (William McNamara), is gay.
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Hardcore 1979  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Leonard Gaines, Dave Nichols, Ed Begley Jr., Bibi Besch, Tracey Walter, Reb Brown
When his teenage daughter is missing in the Los Angeles area, Calvinist fundamentalist Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) leaves his Midwestern home to find her after his private detective uncovers clues that lead to the seedy pornographic film industry. Van Dorn enlists the aid of prostitute Niki (Season Hubley) and, in the process of his quest, learns more about the alien world of sex and drugs.
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Kill Me Again 1989 R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer, Michael Madsen, Pat Mulligan, Bibi Besch, Jon Gries, Michael Greene, Nick Dimitri, Robert Schuch, Duane Tucker
After a rip-off of mobsters, the team of Fay Forrester (Joanne Whalley) and Vince Miller (Michael Madsen) split up when Forrester takes a hike–with the money! She hires Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer) to fake her death, but he ends up empty-handed as well.
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Harold Gould, David Ogden Stiers, Charles(2) Frank, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott, Brenda Forbes, Suzanne Lederer, John Pleshette, Kathryn Walker, Babs Chula, Tom Heaton
Wealthy, WASP, widowed Margaret Delafield (Katharine Hepburn) falls in love with a Jewish doctor, Marvin Elias (Harold Gould)–an event that throws both families into tailspins.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Kirstie Alley, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Ike Eisenmann, John Vargas, John Winston
Newly promoted Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) joins Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) aboard the Enterprise for a space mission and crosses paths with his nemesis, the extraordinary villain Khan (Ricardo Montalban). Khan is seeking revenge against Kirk for having been exiled on a desolate planet and steals the Genesis device that can transform long-dead planets. Khan plots to use the device for his own evil purpose, and while Kirk battles him, Spock sacrifices himself to save his shipmates on the Enterprise.
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 Steel Magnolias 1989  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sam Shepard, Bill McCutcheon, Ann Wedgeworth, Jonathan Ward, Bibi Besch, Janine Turner
Strong women take care of their weak men in this film about the Southern way of life. Taken from Robert Harling's play, this is a warm-hearted, humorous, and sympathetic look at high and low points of women who see each other regularly at Truvy Jones' (Dolly Parton) beauty salon in a Louisiana town. The story involves M'Lynn (Sally Field), how she deals with her daughter Shelby's (Julia Roberts) failing health, and the relationships among the women–among them are nasty gossip Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and recently widowed Clairee (Olympia Dukakis)–she sees regularly at the beauty shop. Julia Roberts received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Who's That Girl? 1987 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Foley
Cast: Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin, John Mills, Robert Swan, Bibi Besch, Drew Pillsbury, Coati Mundi, Dennis Burkley, Robert Cornthwaite, Kimberlin Brown, Crystal Carson
Nikki Finn (Madonna) is released from prison after serving four years for a murder she did not commit. Yuppie lawyer Louden Trott (Griffin Dunne)–who has plans to be married that afternoon to spoiled socialite Wendy Worthington (Haviland Morris)– is given the job of driving Nikki from prison to the bus station. It turns out that Nikki is not interested in catching the bus. Instead, she wants to track down the real killer and uses Louden as her less-than-willing assistant. Chaos ensues.
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| 1. The Beast Within (1982)
2. Betrayal (1978)
3. The Day After (1983)
4. Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
5. Distance (1975)
6. Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
7. Hardcore (1979)
8. Kill Me Again (1989)
9. The Lonely Lady (1983)
10. Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
11. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
12. Steel Magnolias (1989)
13. Who's That Girl? (1987)
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