Cuba 1979  R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Hector Elizondo, Denholm Elliott, Chris Sarandon, Lonette McKee, Martin Balsam, Alejandro Rey, Danny De La Paz, Wolfe Morris, David Rappaport, Walter Gotell, Louisa Moritz, Dave King
Set during the Cuban Revolution in 1959, this is the love story of a British missionary Major Robert Dapes (Sean Connery) and his re-discovered love for Alexandra Lopez de Pulido (Brooke Adams) who find themselves in the middle of a country undergoing a bloody revolution.
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The Long Good Friday 1980  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie Constantine, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Pierce Brosnan, George Coulouris, Paul Freeman, P.H. Moriarty, Daragh O'Malley, Alan Ford, Leo Dolan, Patti Love, Olivier Pierre
In this good gangster film, London mob boss Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is fighting to keep power in his dangerous world when bombs explode in his Rolls Royce and the pub he owns. Then, a third bomb is discovered in his casino. It is Easter weekend, and Shand appears to be doomed because the IRA is behind the bombings, and he cannot defend himself against their terrorism.
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Pirates of Tortuga 1961  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Ken Scott, Leticia Roman, Dave King, John Richardson, Rafer Johnson, Robert Stephens, Rachel Stephens, Stanley Adams, Edgar Barrier, James Forrest, Arthur Gould-Porter, Charles Horvath
Commissioned by England's King Charles II, Bart Paxton (Ken Scott) is sent to infiltrate a pirate band operating from the island of Tortuga and capture the leader, Captain Henry Morgan (Robert Stephens). Plans change when Paxton attacks the pirates, and the ensuing hand-to-hand fight between the Paxton and Morgan leaves both men unconscious and at the mercy of the governor of Tortuga.
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Revolution 1985  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Annie Lennox, Dave King, Steven Berkoff, Gian Maria Volonte, Richard O'Brien, Harry Ditson
This story uses a few people as its core to show how they were affected and participated in America's Revolutionary War. The idea was good, but the movie comes off looking like a movie that might be shown in History 101.
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The Ritz 1976  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams, Bessie Love, John Ratzenberger, George Coulouris, Dave King, Paul B. Price, Tony De Santis
An interesting cast of talented stars contribute to this story about the experiences of Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) when he chooses a gay bath house, the Ritz, as the perfect place to hide from his brother-in-law Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller) who has promised his dying father that he will "Get Proclo!"
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Strange Bedfellows 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young, Edward Judd, Howard St. John, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, Nancy Kulp, Arthur Haynes, Peggy Rea, Joseph Sirola, Bernard Fox, Lucy Landau, Edith Atwater, Hedley Mattingly
Carter (Rock Hudson), a stuffy executive for an oil company, meets Toni (Gina Lollobrigida), a Bohemian artist. The impulsive couple marry but soon find that they disagree on everything and separate. Five years later, they meet on the eve of their divorce, and the impulsiveness returns, but the fighting continues. When Carter finds that he is up for a promotion and realizes that being married will be helpful in get the promotion, the fun really begins.
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| 1. Cuba (1979)
2. The Long Good Friday (1980)
3. Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
4. Revolution (1985)
5. The Ritz (1976)
6. Strange Bedfellows (1965)
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