Adam at 6 A.M. 1970   G, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Charles Aidman, Marge Redmond, Louise Latham, Dana Elcar, Meg Foster, Anne Gwynne
Adam Gaines (Michael Douglas) is not happy with his life as a California college professor. Searching for inner-peace, he takes a summer hiatus laboring in the Missouri countryside.
|  | |
Hour of the Gun 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, Larry Gates, William Windom, Frank Converse, Lonny Chapman, William Schallert
After Wyatt Earp (James Garner) kills members of the Clampton gang, remaining members retaliate by killing his brother, and Wyatt gets help from Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) to track down the killers.
| | |
Kotch 1971  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Lemmon
Cast: Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, Ellen Geer, Darrell Larson, Paul Picerni, Biff Elliot, Dee Carroll, Lucy Saroyan
This is Jack Lemmon's directorial debut, and he directs pal Walter Matthau as well as his own wife, Felicia Farr. Joseph P. Kotcher (Walter Matthau) is an older man who fights off his family's attempt to put him in a retirement home. Meanwhile, he becomes friend and advisor to a young, pregnant woman, Erica Herzenstiel (Deborah Winters). Matthau received an Oscar nomination.
| | |
The New Adventures of Heidi 1978  TV, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Ralph Senensky
Cast: Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin, Sean Marshall, Marlyn Mason, Sherrie Wills, Alex Henteloff, Charles Aidman, Walter Brooke, Amzie Strickland, Adrienne Marden, Barry Cahill, Molly Dodd, Arlen Stuart, Bartlett Robinson
This made-for-TV remake of the popular story is set in modern times. Heidi (Katy Kurtzman) is living in the Swiss Alps with her beloved Grandfather (Burl Ives) who is going blind. After Grandfather wanders away from the cabin and is lost, Heidi is sent to live with her friend Elizabeth's (Sherrie Wills) relatives in NYC where she enjoys the holidays in New York at Elizabeth's family mansion. When Heidi returns to the Swiss Alps after the holidays, she is reunited with Grandfather who is now totally blind. Elizabeth's father, Dan Wyler (John Gavin), takes him to Zurich where a surgeon restores his eyesight. Now, their problem is solved, and Heidi and Grandfather happily return to the Swiss Alps. The story is complemented by several original songs.
| | |
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here 1969  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Cast: Robert Blake, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan, John Vernon, Charles Aidman, Charles McGraw, Lloyd Gough, Ned Romero
This tension-filled movie is set in 1909 and is the story of a Paiute Indian (Robert Blake) who kills in self-defense and is now being hunted by the sheriff (Robert Redford).
| | |
War Hunt 1962 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Denis Sanders
Cast: John Saxon, Robert Redford, Charles Aidman, Sydney Pollack, Gavin MacLeod, Tom Skerritt, Tommy Matsuda, Anthony Ray, William Challee, Nancy Hsueh
During the Korean War, an American soldier displays opposing personality traits; he ignores government orders by performing his own violent sniper attacks AND makes friends with an orphaned Korean boy.
| | |
Zoot Suit 1981 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Valdez
Cast: Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly, Lupe Ontiveros, John Anderson, Tony Plana, Kurtwood Smith
Based on a true story, this is a compelling crime drama about a Hispanic gang that is framed, in 1942, on a murder charge in Chicago. Filmed on a stage, with, presumably, an audience.
| | |
| 1. Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)
2. Countdown (1968)
3. Hour of the Gun (1967)
4. Kotch (1971)
5. The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
6. Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
7. War Hunt (1962)
8. Zoot Suit (1981)
In The News
|
