 Against All Odds 1984  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Swoosie Kurtz, Dorian Harewood, Saul Rubinek, Pat Corley, Bill McKinney, Allen Williams, Tamara Stafford, Jon St. Elwood, Sam Scarber
Based on the 1947 film "Out of the Past," a love triangle develops when a gambling man, Jake Wise (James Woods), hires injured football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) to track down his missing girlfriend, Jessie (Rachel Ward), in Mexico. Once Terry finds Jessie in Cozumel, he falls in love with her. But, there is more to Jessie than meets the eye, and there's also a lot of plot out there besides the obvious.
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Angel Unchained 1970  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lee Madden
Cast: Don Stroud, Luke Askew, Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly, Aldo Ray, Neil Moran, Jean Marie, Bill McKinney, Jordan Rhodes, Peter Lawrence
Motorcycle gang leader Angel (Don Stroud) joins a group of hippies attacked by dune buggy-riding rednecks from a nearby town. Angel and company take on the bad guys in this violent (for the time period) biker action film.
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Any Which Way You Can 1980  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Michael Cavanaugh, Barry Corbin, Roy Jenson, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, John Quade, Al Ruscio, Dan Vadis
Clint Eastwood is back as Philo with Clyde the orangutan in this funny sequel to "Every Which Way But Loose". Now the fisticuffs king is enticed into fighting for a ton of money. Entertaining film with a hilarious performance by Ruth Gordon.
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Bronco Billy 1980  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Sam Bottoms, Bill McKinney, Sierra Pecheur, William Prince, Walter Barnes, Woodrow Parfrey
The wild adventures of Clint Eastwood and the shabby traveling Wild West show. Sondra Locke is the wealthy love interest.
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Cannonball 1976 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bartel
Cast: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Judy Canova, Belinda Balaski, Martin Scorsese, Roger Corman, Sylvester Stallone, Dick Miller
This is a funny account of a Trans-American Grand Prix in which the winning purse is $100,000. Among those making brief appearances are Sylvester Stallone, Roger Corman, and Martin Scorsese.
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 Carny 1980 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Kaylor
Cast: Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Kenneth McMillan, Elisha Cook Jr., Tim Thomerson, John Lehne, Bert Remsen, Bill McKinney
This semi-documentary is an insightful look at carnival life through the experiences of young Donna (Jodie Foster) who quits her waitress job to join the carnival, which is passing through her town.
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
aka: City Slickers II
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz, Patricia Wettig, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Noble Willingham, David Paymer, Josh Mostel, Bill McKinney, Lindsay Crystal, Beth Grant, Jayne Meadows, Alan Charof
In this sequel, the story begins with Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) walking down the street telling his friend that he is getting too heavy. The camera pans to the "friend," who turns out to be Norman, the pet calf from the original "City Slickers." This time around, Mitch is lamenting the death of Curly, and, with his two friends Glen and Duke (Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern) heads for the hills around Las Vegas and join Curly's twin brother Duke (Jack Palance) in search of a buried treasure.
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 Cleopatra Jones 1973  G, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters, Brenda Sykes, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Bill McKinney, Dan Frazer, Esther Rolle, Stafford Morgan, Albert Popwell, Angela Gibbs, John Alderman
This could be a nice twist with a sexy female agent–but! Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) is sent in to fight world drug trade. The nemesis is played by Shelley Winters...a stretch! Lots of violence.
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Deliverance 1972   R, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, James Dickey, Bill McKinney, Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, Ed Ramey, Billy Redden, Seamon Glass, Randall Deal, Lewis Crone, Ken Keener
Survival of the fittest is the agenda of this film when four friends (Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox), from the city take a treacherous trip down a river. All four are tested by the events that occur during the adventure. Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Director were received. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 02/25/2007 | | doesnt get much better than this movie.writing and direction and acting are dead on all the time.One of the best movies ever.Unforgettable. |
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Every Which Way But Loose 1978 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Walter Barnes, George Chandler, Roy Jenson, James McEachin, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, John Quade, Dan Vadis, Hank Warden
Clyde (an orangutan) actually steals the show in this weak film about beer-drinking truck driver Philo (Clint Eastwood) who travels with the ape. To earn extra money, Philo participates in bar room fights. Along the way, he picks up as many enemies as friends, and the chase is on.
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Final Justice 1985 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Venantino Venantini, Rossano Brazzi, Bill McKinney, Patrizia Pellegrino, Greydon Clark, Lino Grech, Helena Abella, Elvisio Cannori, John Suda
After they killed his co-worker, Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III (Joe Don Baker) tracks down Mafia hit men Joseph and Tony Palermo (Venantino Venantini and Elvisio Cannori) across the border from Texas into Mexico. Geronimo kills Tony, captures Joseph, and then attempts to return Joseph to Sicily for his trial. But, Mafia boss Don Lamanna (Rossano Brazzi) orders the plane down at Malta, and Joseph escapes in the confusion. Now, Geronimo must battle the Mafia in his efforts to recapture Joseph.
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 First Blood 1982 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Rambo: First Blood
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, Bill McKinney, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, David Petersen, Michael Talbott, Alf Humphreys, David L. Crowley, Don MacKay
A guerilla war in Idaho? That is exactly what happens when a former Green Beret, mentally unstable John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), is hounded by the local sheriff (Brian Dennehy). The sheriff objects to Rambo's appearance and demeanor, and when he attempts an arrest, the action begins. Two more "Rambo" films follow.
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The Gauntlet 1977 R, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Michael Cavanaugh, Carole Cook, Mara Corday, Doug McGrath, Jeff Morris, Samantha Doane, Roy Jenson, Dan Vadis
Clint Eastwood plays alcoholic policeman Ben Shockley who is assigned the duty of bringing prostitute Gus Mally (Sondra Locke) to Las Vegas to be a witness in a mob trial. In the process, he discovers that they are both targets of the mob, and problems ensue.
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Heart Like a Wheel 1983 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Hoyt Axton, Bill McKinney, Dean Paul Martin, Dick Miller, Anthony Edwards, Paul Bartel, Ellen Geer
The National Hot Rod Association was for men only until Shirley Muldowney earned the right to compete big time. This is her story.
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Junior Bonner 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Don "Red" Barry, Dub Taylor, Sandra Deel, Charles H. Gray, Matthew Peckinpah, Sundown Spencer, Rita Garrison
Rodeo performer Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) has passed his prime and returns home to Prescott, Arizona, where he finds that his parents, Ace and Elvira (Robert Preston and Ida Lupino), are breaking up their marriage, and his brother Curley (Joe Don Baker) is striking it rich selling off parcels of the family's land. Trying to regain his self-esteem, Junior enters the town's Fourth of July rodeo and wins the bull-riding event. Now, Junior buys an airplane ticket with the winnings and heads to Australia for more rodeos.
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 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, John Mitchum, John Russell, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sam Bottoms, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Paula Trueman, Geraldine Keams, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Will Sampson
After the killing of his wife and son by Union soldiers, Missouri farmer Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) sets out on a mission to avenge their deaths. First, he joins Confederate raiders, but after the war ends Josey sets out on his own and is deemed a dangerous outlaw. He is pursued by bounty hunters and U.S. cavalry soldiers, led by Terrill (Bill McKinney) and Fletcher (John Vernon). Along his trek, Josey gains traveling companions Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George), Laura Lee (Sondra Locke), and her Grandma Sarah (Pauls Trueman) who offers Josey a home in her farmhouse. Just when it looks like Josey will settle down, Terrill appears on the scene.
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The Parallax View 1974 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Kenneth Mars, Kelly Thordsen, Stacy Keach Sr., Paula Prentiss, Anthony Zerbe, Bill McKinney, Ted Gehring, Walter McGinn, Chuck Waters, Earl Hindman, William Joyce, Jo Ann Harris
Following the assassination of a U.S. senator at the Seattle Space Needle, reporter Joseph Frady (Warren Beatty) gets involved in the case when he realizes that eyewitness reporters at the assassination are dying mysteriously. His ex-girlfriend and colleague Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss) was an eyewitness, and Frady is determined to uncover the truth behind the murders. His investigation leads him to a conspiracy involving the Parallax Corporation, and Frady, aided by his editor Bill Rintels (Hume Cronyn), goes undercover to infiltrate the corporation. But, Parallax knows about Joe, and he may be the next in line to lose his life. Thrilling all the way.
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She Freak 1967 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Alley of Nightmares
Director: Byron Mabe
Cast: Claire Brennen, Lee Raymond, Lynn Courtney, Bill McKinney, Van Teen, Felix Silla, Claude Smith, Ben Moore, Madame Lee, Marsha Drake, William Bagdad, Sandra Holcomb
Waitress Jade (Claire Brennen) needs more excitement in her life, so she joins a carnival that comes to town. She marries the owner of the carnival's freak show but has an affair with another. When one of the freaks rats on Jade to her husband, a fight ensues and her husband is killed. Now the owner of the freak show, Jade takes revenge on the informer. But the freaks are not happy about this and have the last word.
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The Shootist 1976 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney
A gunfighter dying of cancer (John Wayne) is haunted by his own reputation in the search for a way to die. This is Wayne's final film, and it is one of his best.
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St. Helens 1981 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Cast: Art Carney, David Huffman, Cassie Yates, Ron O'Neal, Bill McKinney, Albert Salmi, Tim Thomerson, Henry Darrow, Nehemiah Persoff, Redmond Gleeson
This film is based on a true story, which took place as warnings were given to residents around the area that Mt. St. Helens was going to erupt. One old man, Harry Truman (Art Carney), refused to leave his home.
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Tex 1982 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Hunter
Cast: Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Frances Lee McCain, Ben Johnson, Emilio Estevez, Phil Brock, Zeljko Ivanek, Pamela Ludwig
Disney Studios produced this coming-of-age adventure about teenaged brothers Tex (Matt Dillon) and Mason (Jim Metzler) in Oklahoma who live on their own without parental support. Their experiences are touched by sex and drugs as the brothers struggle to find their way in the world.
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 Undertow 2004 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan, Dermot Mulroney, Shiri Appleby, Kristen Stewart, Robert Longstreet, Pat Healy, Bill McKinney, Terry Loughlin, Eddie Rouse, Patrice Johnson
Widower John Mann (Dermot Mulroney) has retreated into an idyllic life of farming with his sons Chris (Jamie Bell) and Tim (Devon Alan). When John's fresh-out-of-prison brother, Deel (Josh Lucas), appears on the scene, tragedy follows close behind him.
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Valentino 1977 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel, Peter Vaughan, Huntz Hall, David de Keyser, Alfred Marks, Anton Diffring, Jennie Linden, William Hootkins, Bill McKinney, Don Fellows
This biopic of famous sex idol Rudolph Valentino's (Rudolf Nureyev) life begins with his funeral, and then the story is told through flashbacks. Valentino started out as a dishwasher, then found employment as a dancer, and quickly rose to stardom. Along the way, Valentino serves time in prison before finding work in films. Valentino died in 1926 after a short life during which he became a national celebrity.
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? 1979 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Candy Clark, Marjoe Gortner, Stephanie Faracy, Lee Grant, Hal Linden, Peter Firth, Pat Hingle, Bill McKinney, Audra Lindley
This story, based on Mark Medoff's play, is about the terror experienced by patrons of a diner who are victimized by the visit of a psychopath.
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| 1. Against All Odds (1984)
2. Angel Unchained (1970)
3. Any Which Way You Can (1980)
4. Bronco Billy (1980)
5. Cannonball (1976)
6. Carny (1980)
7. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
aka: City Slickers II
8. Cleopatra Jones (1973)
9. Deliverance (1972)
10. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
11. Final Justice (1985)
12. First Blood (1982)
aka: Rambo: First Blood
13. The Gauntlet (1977)
14. The Godchild (1974)
15. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
16. Junior Bonner (1972)
17. Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1988)
18. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
19. The Parallax View (1974)
20. She Freak (1967)
aka: Alley of Nightmares
21. The Shootist (1976)
22. St. Helens (1981)
23. Tex (1982)
24. Undertow (2004)
25. Valentino (1977)
26. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
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