 The Day of the Locust 1975  R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart, Bo Hopkins, Billy Barty, Jackie Earle Haley, Pepe Serna
Nathaniel West's novel makes a fascinating screenplay telling the story of those living on the fringe of success in Hollywood during the 1930s.
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Firepower 1979  R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, Anthony Franciosa, George Grizzard, Vincent Gardenia, Fred Stuthman, Billy Barty, Dominic Chianese
As Adele Tasca (Sophia Loren) seeks revenge for her husband's murder, her search leads to the Caribbean where the villain, a tycoon, hides out. While the plot lacks insight, the scenery is gorgeous.
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Foul Play 1978  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Colin Higgins
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Marilyn Sokol, Don Calfa, Bruce Solomon, Cooper Huckabee, Pat Ast
A librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn), becomes the "girl who knew too much" when she unwittingly discovers a plot to kill the Pope. Never fear, undercover cop Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase) comes to her rescue, and they encounter unforgettable characters, and even a car chase through the streets of San Francisco, in their efforts to prevent the horrendous crime.
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 Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Warren William, Ned Sparks, Ginger Rogers, Sterling Holloway, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Billy Barty, Hobart Cavanaugh, Busby Berkeley, Charles(1) Lane, Tammany Young
This musical proved so popular that two sequels were made: one in 1935 and another in 1937. Unemployed showgirls Carol (Joan Blondell), Polly (Ruby Keeler), and Trixie (Aline MacMahon) want to perform in a musical, and IF Polly will play the lead, singer-composer Brad Roberts (Dick Powell) will foot the bill. Brad and Polly are in love, but Brad's wealthy family disapproves and will stop at nothing to break them up–but they fail, and the show goes on. Ginger Rogers sings "We're in the Money" while wearing only silver dollars in one of the great Busby Berkeley production numbers.
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The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington 1977  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Levey
Cast: Joey Heatherton, George Hamilton, Ray Walston, Jack Carter, Phil Foster, Billy Barty, Adam West, David White, Will Hutchins, Joe E. Ross, Louisa Moritz, Larry Storch, Rip Taylor, Harold Sakata, Edy Williams
The happy hooker, Xaviera Hollander (Joey Heatherton), heads for Washington, D.C. where she testifies before Congress to defend her lifestyle and, in the process, becomes involved in CIA intrigue.
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Harum Scarum 1965 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gene Nelson
Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Jay Novello, Philip Reed, Theo Marcuse, Billy Barty, Dirk Harvey, Jack Constanzo
Swashbuckling movie star Johnny Tyronne (Elvis Presley) goes to the Middle East for his latest film's premiere. Once there, he becomes involved in an assassination attempt and also falls in love with Princess Shalimar (Mary Ann Mobley).
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 Legend 1985 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Annabelle Lanyon
In this fairy tale, Jack (Tom Cruise) takes Princess Lili (Mia Sara) on a journey to show her the unicorns whose existence is being threatened by Darkness (Tim Curry).
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Life Stinks 1991 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin, Howard Morris, Rudy De Luca, Matthew Faison, Billy Barty, Michael Ensign
A callous land developer wants to buy the poorest section of Los Angeles and develop it, leaving the poor people with nowhere to go. On a bet, he decides to live as a homeless person in the area for a month. Lots of silly humor in this vacuous comedy.
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Lobster Man from Mars 1989 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Sheff
Cast: Tony Curtis, Deborah Foreman, Dean Jacobson, Patrick Macnee, Anthony Hickox, S.D. Nemeth, Billy Barty, Bobby Pickett, Mindy Kennedy, Phil Proctor, Tim Halderman, Todd Kutcher
In this film-within-a-film, producer J.P. Shelldrake (Tony Curtis) needs a tax write-off, and quickly. His needs appear to be fulfilled when young Stevie (Dean Jacobson) appears to sell his movie–"Lobster Man from Mars"–a sure bet to lose money. The story involves the Lobster Man arriving on Earth with the mission of stealing Earth's air due to the loss on air on Mars. His reward: feasting on humans. Of course the film becomes a hit and J.P. is in REAL trouble with the IRS.
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Masters of the Universe 1987  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Gary Goddard
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Jon Cypher, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Chelsea Field, Christina Pickles, Tony Carroll
First it was toy action figures, then a TV cartoon series for the young ones, and now He-Man (Dolph Lundgren) comes to the movies in this fantasy action story. He-Man takes on his arch rival, Skeletor (Frank Langella), to save the planet Eternia, but a cosmic key sends both to Earth's California, where He-Man enlists the aid of two teens. Disappointing.
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The Naked Truth 1992 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nico Mastorakis
Cast: Robert Caso, Kevin Schon, Courtney Gibbs, M. Emmet Walsh, Herb Edelman, Erik Estrada, Shannon Tweed, Billy Barty, Little Richard, Yvonne De Carlo, Norman Fell, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Many old-time (and newer-time) Hollywood stars show up in this comedy in which Frank and Frank (Robert Caso and Kevin Schon) head to Hollywood to try getting into show biz. The Mob sends hit men on their trail after they inadvertently witness a hit and come upon a suitcase with more evidence. Meanwhile, the FBI needs their help as witnesses, so Frank and Frank disguise themselves as women working on an upcoming beauty pageant. Unfortunately, the pageant is also run by the Mob. And so it goes.
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Night Patrol 1985  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jackie Kong
Cast: Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Jaye P. Morgan, Jack Riley, Billy Barty, Murray Langston, Pat Morita, Andrew Dice Clay
This not-so-funny comedy is about "The Unknown Comic" (Murray Langston) who disguises himself by wearing a bag on his head. As if that is not bad enough, during the day, he is a rookie on the L.A. police force.
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Pufnstuf 1970 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Cast: Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Mama Cass Elliot, Billy Barty, Roberto Gamonet, Sharon Baird, Johnny Silver, Andy Ratoucheff, Felix Silla, Joy Campbell, Jane Dulo, Jan Davis, Angelo Rossitto, Allison McKay
This film version of the Saturday morning kids' TV show features many of the same players. In this story, Jimmy (Jack Wild) takes his magic flute to a land where plants and animals can speak, and he meets the good dragon Pufnstuf (Roberto Gamonet). All goes well–until the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) steals Jimmy's flute so that she will be named "Witch of the Year" at the Witches Convention. Jimmy, Pufnstuf, and friends must now retrieve the flute from Witchiepoo's enchanted castle.
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 The Rescuers Down Under 1990 G, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel
Cast: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers, George C. Scott, Wayne Robson, Frank Welker, Bernard Fox, Peter Firth, Billy Barty, Douglas Seale, Ed Gilbert, Russi Taylor
Disney succeeds in this well-made animated sequel to "The Rescuers." Once again, the Rescue Aid Society, led by the mice Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voice of Eva Gabor), comes to the rescue. This time they thwart the efforts of the villainous Mc Leach (voice of George C. Scott) who is poaching native animals.
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Rumpelstiltskin 1987 G, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: David Irving
Cast: Amy Irving, Clive Revill, Billy Barty, Priscilla Pointer, Robert Symonds, John Moulder-Brown, Jack Messinger, Yehuda Efroni, Jonathan Phillips, Michael Schneider, Julian Chagrin, Danny Segev
In this adaptation of the classic story, veteran actor Billy Barty takes on the role of Rumpelstiltskin who helps young Katie (Amy Irving) spin straw into gold in order to marry Prince Henry (John Moulder-Brown). Katie spins the straw and makes gold, but when Katie has a baby, Rumpelstiltskin kidnaps the infant and tells her that she can have the baby back only if she guesses his name.
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 Snow White 1988 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Michael Berz
Cast: Diana Rigg, Sarah Patterson, Nicola Stapleton, Billy Barty, Mike Edmonds, Arturo Gil, Malcolm Dixon, Gary Friedkin, Tony Cooper, Amnon Meskin, James Ian Wright
The Prince (James Ian Wright) meets seven dwarfs guarding the glass coffin of Snow White (Sarah Patterson) who tell him the story of how she was born to be a queen but her evil stepmother (Diana Rigg) has been trying to kill her.
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Tough Guys 1986  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Billy Barty, Matthew Faison, Nathan Davis
Two old guys finish serving 30 years for train robbery. When they are released, they find they have trouble finding a respectable place in society, so they go back to their old ways. 1 User Review
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UHF 1989 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jay Levey
Cast: Weird Al Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Stanley Brock, Anthony Geary, Trinidad Silva, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, John Paragon, Fran Drescher
Loser George (Weird Al Yankovic) is put in charge of a failing UHF station that his uncle won in a poker game. After the frustrated George walks out during a program, the dimwitted janitor finishes the show. The show is a hit, and the recipe of stupid programming saves the struggling station. But an unethical rival station doesn't like the success George's station is enjoying.
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The Undead 1957 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val DuFour, Mel Welles, Dorothy Neumann, Billy Barty, Richard Devon, Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota
Prostitute Diana Love (Pamela Duncan) time-travels, via hypnosis, to the Middle Ages where she is thought to be Helen, the witch in a previous life. Trying to tamper with history can have grave repercussions in this pretty good Corman caper.
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Under the Rainbow 1981 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Billy Barty, Eve Arden, Robert Donner, Adam Arkin, Mako, Jack Kruschen, Gary Friedkin, Joseph Maher
Bruce Thorpe investigates espionage via the little people playing "Wizard of Oz" Munchkins on the set in Hollywood. Talk about a terrible "comedy,"...
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W.C. Fields and Me 1976 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Kenneth Tobey, Linda Purl
Rod Steiger takes on the role of famed comedian W.C. Fields, and Valerie Perrine plays his mistress Carlotta Monti in this biography centering on Fields' later years.
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 Willow 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Warwick Davis, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Rick Overton, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, David Steinberg
Willow (Warwick Davis) is a wizard who must keep a special child away from the clutches of the wicked queen (Jean Marsh). This movie is an enchanting fantasy.
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| 1. The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
2. The Day of the Locust (1975)
3. Firepower (1979)
4. Foul Play (1978)
5. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
6. The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
7. Harum Scarum (1965)
8. Legend (1985)
9. Life Stinks (1991)
10. Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
11. Masters of the Universe (1987)
12. The Naked Truth (1992)
13. Night Patrol (1985)
14. Pufnstuf (1970)
15. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
16. Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
17. Snow White (1988)
18. Tough Guys (1986)
19. UHF (1989)
20. The Undead (1957)
21. Under the Rainbow (1981)
22. W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
23. Willow (1988)
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