40 Carats 1973 PG, 108 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Forty Carats
Director: Milton Katselas Cast: Liv Ullmann, Eddie Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Billy Green Bush, Nancy Walker, Rosemary Murphy, Don Porter, Natalie Schafer
This film adaptation of the Broadway smash is about an older woman and her young daughter who both experience May/December romances.
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 PG, 112 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Green Bush, Diane Ladd, Alfred Lutter III, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Vic Tayback, Lelia Goldoni, Valerie Curtin, Lane Bradbury, Murray Moston, Harry Northrup
Ellen Burstyn won the Oscar for her portrayal of Alice, a widow who wants to be a singer. On the trip to Hollywood with her son (Billy Green Bush), Alice's stardom is put on hold when they run out of money in Arizona, and Alice finds work and happiness as a waitress. Diane Ladd was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Call of the Wild 1976 TV, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson Cast: John Beck, Donald Moffat, Bernard Fresson, John McLiam, Michael Pataki, Billy Green Bush, Penelope Windust, Johnny Tillotson, Dennis Burkley, Rene Enriquez, Larry Golden, Raymond Guth, Paul Harper, Juaquin Martinez, Marvin Miller
Once again, Jack London's story is brought to the screen in this TV version of the tale of gold prospectors in Alaska and their relationships with their dogs. Prospectors John Thornton and Francois (John Beck and Bernard Fresson) buy a stolen dog, "Buck," and battle the frozen Klondike in their search for gold. But, problems may lie ahead as Buck appears ready to listen to the call of the wild and run off on his own.
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Conagher 1991 PG, 94 min. Genre: Western
Director: Reynaldo Villalobos Cast: Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush, Ken Curtis, Dub Taylor, Paul Koslo, Gavan O'Herlihy, James Parks, Pepe Serna, Daniel Quinn, Buck Taylor
Evie (Katharine Ross), alone and raising two children, runs a stagecoach station, and cowhand Conn (Sam Elliott) works hard–including keeping rustlers in check. Their paths cross in this tribute to the old West. This made-for-TV film is based on a Louis L'Amour novel.
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The Culpepper Cattle Company 1972 PG, 92 min. Genre: Western aka: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Director: Dick Richards Cast: Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, Wayne Sutherlin, John McLiam, Matt Clark, Raymond Guth, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Hal Needham, Jerry Gatlin, Royal Dano
Sixteen-year-old Ben Mockridge (Gary Grimes) talks trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) into hiring him as a cook's helper on a cattle drive, and Ben learns first-hand just how rugged the life of a cowboy can be.
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Electra Glide in Blue 1973 PG, 106 min. Genre: Action
Director: James William Guercio Cast: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitch Ryan, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook Jr., Royal Dano, Hawk Wolinski, Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Lee Loughnane
Small in stature, Arizona Motor Officer John "Big John" Wintergreen (Robert Blake) joins Detective Harve Poole (Jeannine Riley) and uncovers drugs and police corruption while solving a murder case.
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Five Easy Pieces 1970 R, 98 min. Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bob Rafelson Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, John P. Ryan, Marlena MacGuire, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, Lorna Thayer, William Challee
After an extended separation from his wealthy family, California oil rigger Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) returns to Puget Sound to visit his ailing father Nicholas (William Challee) with his pregnant girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) in tow. Bobby cannot stand the atmosphere in his family's upper-class mansion and seduces his uptight brother Carl's (Ralph Waite) fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach). Now pulled between Rayette and Catherine and his family, Bobby cannot decide which way to go and simply runs away from it all. Several Oscar nominations were received including Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), and Supporting Actress (Black).
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The Hitcher 1986 R, 97 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Harmon Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush, Jack Thibeau, Gene Davis, Henry Darrow, Colin(3) Campbell, Armin Shimerman, Jon Van Ness, Tony Epper, Tom Spratley
On a car trip to California, Jim (C. Thomas Howell) picks up psychotic hitchhiker John Ryder (Rutger Hauer), and, from that point on, his excursion turns into a nightmare. John points a switchblade at Jim's crotch, but when Jim escapes, a game of cat-and-mouse begins. John is a serial killer, and he leaves corpses of victims in their cars for Jim to discover, and Jim is framed as the chief suspect in the killings. When Jim meets truck-stop waitress Nash (Jennifer Jason Leigh), the two of them set out, evading the police, to stop John's murder spree and clear Jim's name.
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993 R, 88 min. Genre: Horror / Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller aka: Friday the 13th, Part 9
Director: Adam Marcus Cast: John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Kane Hodder, Steven Williams, Erin Gray, Billy Green Bush, Rusty Schwimmer, Steven Culp, Richard Gant, Leslie Jordan, Kipp Marcus, Allison Smith, Andrew Bloch, Adam Cranner, Julie Michaels
After all of the "Friday the 13th" movies, the long series continues. Jason (Kane Hodder) isn't really dead, and he needs a new body, which can only be obtained through a Voorhees family member. So, back we go to the killing grounds of Camp Crystal Lake. Bounty hunter Creighton Duke (Steven Williams) thinks that Jason's next intended victim is his girlfriend Jessica because she is the sole surviving member of the Voorhees family. Creighton believes that he knows how to REALLY get rid of Jason. But does he?
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Mackintosh and T.J. 1975 PG, 96 min. Genre: Western
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky Cast: Roy Rogers, Clay O'Brien, Billy Green Bush, Andrew Robinson, Joan Hackett, James Hampton, Luke Askew, Dennis Fimple, Larry Mahan, Walter Barnes
Roy Rogers is an aging ranch hand in this Western set in the modern day. He takes a young boy under his wing to mature the boy to manhood. Waylan Jennings' music is the highlight of this film–only for Roy Rogers fans who want to see his comeback.
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The River 1984 PG-13, 124 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Don Hood, Billy Green Bush, James Tolkan, Jack Starrett, Lisa Sloan
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No sooner does the Garver family (Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek) watch the flood waters recede than a land grabber (Scott Glenn) tries to buy their land. The film won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing and had four nominations, including Best Actress (Spacek).
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Tom Horn 1980 R, 98 min. Genre: Western
Director: William Wiard Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook Jr., Peter Canon, Roy Jenson, James Kline, Geoffrey Lewis
The last days of one of the Wild-West's legends is portrayed by Steve McQueen as Tom Horn, bounty hunter.
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| 1. 40 Carats (1973) aka: Forty Carats
2. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
3. Amazing Stories: Book 5 (1991)
4. Call of the Wild (1976)
5. Conagher (1991)
6. Critters (1986)
7. The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972) aka: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
8. Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
9. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
10. The Hitcher (1986)
11. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) aka: Friday the 13th, Part 9
12. Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
13. The River (1984)
14. Tom Horn (1980)
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