Cash McCall 1960  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger, E.G. Marshall, Henry Jones, Otto Kruger, Roland Winters, Edward Platt, Edgar Shehli, Linda Watkins, Parley Baer, Dabbs Greer, Nicky Blair, Gregory Gaye
Corporate raider Cash McCall (James Garner) buys failing businesses and uses them as a tax relief for thriving firms' profits. When McCall sets out to buy Grant Austen's (Dean Jagger) failing business, he hopes that the purchase will impress Austen's daughter Lory (Natalie Wood). But, business conflicts will play a big role in McCall's chance for a successful romance with Lory.
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Father's Little Dividend 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Harvey, Richard Rober, Frank Faylen, Tom Irish, Hayden Rorke, Marietta Canty, Dabbs Greer, Howard M. Mitchell
This sequel to "Father of the Bride (1950)" has Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) trying to adjust to becoming a grandfather. His daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now married to Buckley (Don Taylor), and they are expecting a baby. Stanley's overbearing wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) is worried throughout the pregnancy, but their young grandson arrives safely. The baby now screams whenever Stanley comes near–until Stanley mistakenly leaves the baby alone in his carriage for a half hour. When Stanley returns, he is greeted by a smiling baby, and he is finally a proud grandfather.
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The Green Mile 1999  R, 182 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Sam Rockwell, Graham Greene, Bonnie Hunt, Doug Hutchison, Patricia Clarkson, Berry Pepper, Jeffrey DeMunn, Harry Dean Stanton, Dabbs Greer, Eve Brent
Based on Stephen King's novel set in the 1920s, this strong docudrama examines the relationship of prison guards and their death row prisoners. When a gigantic Black man, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), arrives after being convicted of killing two White girls, his very presence affects all around him. Coffey seems to have healing powers for which one guard in particular (Tom Hanks) becomes a believer. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Duncan)
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Hit the Deck 1955  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Tony Martin, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn, Ann Miller, J. Carrol Naish, Jane Darwell, Richard Anderson, Gene Raymond, Kay Armen, Alan King, Henry Slate, Dabbs Greer
While on leave from their ship, three sailors–William F. Clark (Tony Martin), Rico Ferrari (Vic Damone), and Danny Xavier Smith (Russ Tamblyn)–arrive in San Francisco for rest and relaxation. They meet three girls–Susan (Jane Powell), Carol (Debbie Reynolds), and Ginger (Ann Miller). Hi-jinks follow, and the sailors end up in the brig, even though Danny's father (Walter Pidgeon) is an admiral! But, romance is in the air, and all ends well amidst jokes, dancing, and songs including "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know that You Know," and "Hallelujah."
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Hot Rod Girl 1956  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Lori Nelson, John Smith, Chuck Connors, Frank Gorshin, Mark Andrews, Roxanne Arlen, Eddie Ryder, Fred Essler, Del Erickson, Russell Thorson, Dabbs Greer, Charles Keane
Hot rodding was a big deal in the 1950s, and this film, set in the San Fernando Valley of California, homes in on that fad. Ben (Chuck Connors) is a cop who attempts to set up a drag strip to keep the young hot rodders off the streets. Two deaths associated with the races make Ben's job more difficult.
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 House of Wax 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, Frank Lovejoy, Roy Roberts, Paul Picerni, Angela Clarke, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Benjamin, Dabbs Greer, Reggie Rymal, Jack Mower, Paul Cavanagh, Roy Roberts
When first released into theaters, this movie caused quite a stir in its use of 3-D with all types of gimmicks to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. At home, viewing does not permit the 3-D effect, but this is still a good film about sculptor Professor Henry Jarrod (Vincent Price) who lost his hands in a fire and now has turned to the murder of pretty young women to complete his work.
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space 1958 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: It! The Vampire from Beyond Space
The Terror from Beyond Space
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Richard Benedict, Ray Corrigan, Paul Langton, Robert Bice, Richard Hervey
The sole survivor of an expedition to Mars is rescued by another ship, and the survivor–the expedition's commander–is accused of killing his shipmates. He contends that a Martian monster was responsible, which proves to be right as the monster is a stowaway and starts wreaking havoc. Good, though the low budget shows. The plot was re-used in "Alien."
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Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Ziva Rodann, Brad Dexter, Walter Sande, Val Avery, Brian G. Hutton, Bing Russell, Dabbs Greer, Ty Hardin, Dick Haynes, Henry Wills
U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) arrives in the town of Gun Hill while tracking down the vicious killer of his wife. He realizes that one of the killers is Rick (Earl Holliman) who is the son of one of his best friends, Craig Belden (Anthony Quinn). Morgan is able to take Rick prisoner and holes up in a hotel waiting for the last train from Gun Hill that is scheduled to leave at 9 P.M. A standoff ensues, and no one–including Sheriff Bartlett (Walter Sande)–will come to Morgan's aid. Then Morgan receives help from the local madam, Linda (Carolyn Jones), and gets a shotgun and handcuffs. But more violence lies ahead before that last train from Gun Hill leaves town.
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The Little Giants 1994  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, John Madden, Shawna Waldron, Emmett Smith, Harry Shearer, Mary Ellen Trainor, Devon Sawa, Brian Haley, Dabbs Greer
When Becky O'Shea (Shawna Waldron) is not chosen as a team member on an Urbana, Illinois, Pop Warner football team, she joins with others who were rejected, and they form their own team. One of the highlights of this film is the pep talk Becky's team gets from John Madden and a group of L.A. Raiders.
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 My Man Godfrey 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor, Jay Robinson, Martha Hyer, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Anderson, Eric Sinclair, Dabbs Greer, Harry Cheshire, Fred Essler, Jack Mather, Paul Levitt
While on a scavenger hunt for a "Forgotten Man," socialite Irene Bullock (June Allyson) finds down-on-his-luck Godfrey (David Niven) and brings him back to the party hoping to win the prize. That event leads to Godfrey being taken into the Bullock home where he serves as the family's butler and works to bring some sense into the lives of the screwball Bullock family.
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 Roustabout 1964 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Rich
Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Sue Ane Langdon, Steve Brodie, Jack Albertson, Pat Buttram, Raquel Welch, Dabbs Greer
A roaming singer (Elvis Presley) finds a home in the carnival owned by Maggie (Barbara Stanwyck), and he pursues co-worker Cathy (Joan Freeman). But, Cathy's father Joe (Leif Erickson) objects to the relationship, and problems ensue. Look for Raquel Welch and Terri Garr in bit parts.
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The Sound of Fury 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Try and Get Me
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke, Adele Jergens, Irene Vernon, Art Smith, Cliff Clark, Dabbs Greer
Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges) draws family-man Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) into his world of robbery and kidnapping–leading to tragic results.
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Spirit of St. Louis 1957 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Stewart, Marc Connelly, Patricia Smith, Murray Hamilton, Bartlett Robinson, Robert Cornthwaite, Arthur Space, Sheila Bond, Harlan Warde, Dabbs Greer
This is the story about Charles Lindbergh's trials and tribulations when he became the first man to fly solo on his 33 1/2-hour, 3,600-mile flight from New York to Paris in 1927.
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 1991 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Western
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Morgan Brittany, Bruce Campbell, David Carradine, John Ireland, Bert Remsen, M. Emmet Walsh, Maxwell Caulfield, Deborah Foreman, Jim Metzler, Dabbs Greer, Dana Sshbrook, John Hancock, Marion Eaton, Sunshine Parker, Helena Carroll
It's been a hassle, all those years with vampires vs. humans. So, it seemed the right time for the vampires to live in peace in an old ghost town with their sun block 30, etc., and artificial blood made from plants. When the blood plant does not produce enough blood, its designer David Harrison (Jim Metzler) and his wife Sarah (Morgan Brittany) arrive in the ghost town and find themselves in the middle of trouble. There are those fundamentalists, led by Jefferson (John Ireland), who want the real thing and are ready to rise up against the peaceful vampire leader, Count Mardulak (David Carradine), who ordered the blood plant as a method of integrating the vampires into the human world. War it shall be.
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The Vampire 1957 PG, 74 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: Mark of the Vampire
Director: Paul Landres
Cast: John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Lydia Reed, Dabbs Greer, Herb Vigran, Ann Staunton, James Griffith, Paul Brinegar, Budd Buster, Anne O'Neal, Brad Morrow, Mauritz Hugo, Raymond Greenleaf
Scientist/Doctor Paul Beecher (John Beal) received pills from his dying associate who had been conducting experiments on animals to support his work on improving the human brain. Suffering from migraine headaches, he takes his pill to relieve the headache but inadvertently takes the wrong pill. He turns into a killer vampire, and, even worse, the pill is addictive, and he must take it daily–and the killing continues.
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White Lightning 1973 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Action
aka: McKlusky
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Louise Latham, Diane Ladd, R.G. Armstrong, Conlan Carter, Dabbs Greer, John Steadman, Iris Korn
Offered release from prison if he would help catch a moonshine operation gang, moonshiner Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) agrees in order to avenge his brother's death and bring the crooked sheriff (Ned Beatty) to justice. And the rip-roarin' action begins. There is a sequel: "Gator."
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| 1. Cash McCall (1960)
2. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
3. The Green Mile (1999)
4. Hit the Deck (1955)
5. Hot Rod Girl (1956)
6. House IV (1992)
7. House of Wax (1953)
8. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
aka: It! The Vampire from Beyond Space
aka: The Terror from Beyond Space
9. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
10. The Little Giants (1994)
11. My Man Godfrey (1957)
12. Roustabout (1964)
13. The Sound of Fury (1950)
aka: Try and Get Me
14. Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
15. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
16. The Vampire (1957)
aka: Mark of the Vampire
17. White Lightning (1973)
aka: McKlusky
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