The Last Starfighter 1984 PG, 101 min. Genre: Family / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Nick Castle Cast: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Barbara Bosson, Norman Snow, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Bruce Abbott, John O'Leary, Chris Hebert, George McDaniel, Charlene Nelson, John Maio, Robert Starr, Al Berry
Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), an avid video game player, is visited by alien Centauri (Robert Preston) and is recruited to join a star league where he will use his video game-playing experience to fight intergalactic invaders.
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Midas Valley 1985 TV, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis Cast: Jean Simmons, Robert Stack, George Grizzard, Brett Cullen, France Nuyen, Linda Purl, Catherine Mary Stewart, Joseph Hacker, James Read, Shanna Reed
"Midas" is short for "Silicon," so that pretty much says what this "Knots Landing"-like TV movie is all about. The hoped-for series that this was the pilot for didn't happen.
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Mischief 1985 R, 97 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mel Damski Cast: Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash, D.W. Brown, Jami Gertz, Margaret Blye, Graham Jarvis, Terry O'Quinn, Darren Ewing, Dennis L. O'Connell, Bob McGuire
Shy Jonathan (Doug McKeon) is a nerd in the 1950s who has dreamed of a romance with sexy Marilyn (Kelly Preston). Jonathan gets help from his extroverted, motorcyclist friend Gene (Chris Nash) who has his own girlfriend Bunny (Catherine Mary Stewart). Gene teaches Jonathan how to attract women, and Jonathan steps up his pursuit of Marilyn.
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Murder by the Book 1987 TV, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Damski Cast: Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Celeste Holm, Fred Gwynne, Christopher Murney, Lewis J. Stadlen, Martin Neufeld, Jacques Sandulescu, Robin Ward, Jonathan Moore
Quiet, unassuming Hank Mercer (Robert Hays) is the author of detective mysteries. He finds that he can't help but play the hard-boiled private eye of his stories is his day-to-day life. In this role, he comes to the rescue of a woman in distress.
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Night of the Comet 1984 PG-13, 95 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Thom Eberhardt Cast: Robert Beltran, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov, Geoffrey Lewis, John Achorn, Michael Bowen, Devon Ericson, Peter Fox
A comet wipes out most of the Southern California population–leaving two sisters, Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Samantha (Kelli Maroney), among the few survivors. Now they are faced with yet another danger: many unfortunate souls have been turned into flesh-eating zombies that are displacing the few remaining people.
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Nighthawks 1981 R, 99 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Bruce Malmuth Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Nigel Davenport, Lindsay Wagner, Joe Spinell, Catherine Mary Stewart, Edward Fox, Persis Khambatta, Hilary Thompson, Walter Mathews, E. Brian Dean, Caesar Cordova, Charles Duval, Tony Munafo
Two N.Y.C. cops–Deke DaSilva (Sylvester Stallone) and Matthew Fox (Billy Dee Williams)–are recruited to track down international terrorist Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer) who has detonated a bomb in a department store and killed several children. DaSilva and Fox enter a cat-and-mouse game in their effort to catch Wulfgar and track him down via a variety of urban locations including subways, discos, and even a tram above Manhattan.
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Passion and Paradise 1989 TV, 200 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Harvey Hart Cast: Armand Assante, Catherine Mary Stewart, Mariette Hartley, Rod Steiger, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Sarrazin, Wayne Rogers
Based on the unsolved murder of Sir Harry Oakes (Rod Steiger) during World War II, this is the story of the investigation of his son-in-law, Alfred de Marigny (Armand Assante), who leads all others as the prime suspect.
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Perfect Harmony 1991 TV, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Will Mackenzie, Michael Robison Cast: Peter Scolari, Darren McGavin, Catherine Mary Stewart, Moses Gunn, Justin Whalen, Eugene Byrd, David Faustino, Casey Ellison, Richie Havens, Cleavon Little, Jeff Cohen, Devin Ratray
In the 1950s, Derek Sanders (Peter Scolari) serves as a choirmaster at a South Carolina prep school where he tries to reduce racial tensions among members of his all-White boys' choir. When one choir member, Taylor Bradshaw (Justin Whalen), befriends orphaned, Black Landy Allen (Eugene Byrd), Derek is impressed with Landy's voice and tries to find a place for him in the choir.
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The Sea Wolf 1993 TV, 100 min. Genre: Action
Director: Michael Anderson Cast: Charles Bronson, Christopher Reeve, Catherine Mary Stewart, Marc Singer, Clive Revill, Len Cariou, Shane Kelly, Gary Chalk, Tom McBeath, Stan Barrett
Jack London's classic story doesn't quite come to life in this story of sea captain Wolf (Charles Bronson) rescuing shipwrecked Reeve and Stewart only to hold them hostage. A far cry from Edward G. Robinson's old version.
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| 1. The Last Starfighter (1984)
2. Midas Valley (1985)
3. Mischief (1985)
4. Murder by the Book (1987)
5. Night of the Comet (1984)
6. Nighthawks (1981)
7. Passion and Paradise (1989)
8. Perfect Harmony (1991)
9. The Sea Wolf (1993)
10. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
11. With Intent to Kill (1984)
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