Abbott and Costello in Hollywood 1945  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Robert(1) Stanton, Warner Anderson, Mike Mazurki, Jean Porter, Dean Stockwell
Buzz Kurtis (Bud Abbott) is a barber and Abercrombie (Lou Costello) is a shoeshine boy in Hollywood who cannot resist getting involved in the movie profession when they try to help out their friend, Jeff (Robert Stanton), who wants a singing career.
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 Air Force One 1997  R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell, Xander Berkeley, Tom Everett, Jurgen Prochnow, Donna Bullock, Carl Weintraub, Michael Ray Miller, Elester Latham
President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is returning from the USSR after delivering a speech deploring terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) when all aboard Air Force One including Marshall's wife and daughter (Wendy Crewson and Liesel Matthews) are taken hostage. This daring act leaves Vice President Kathryn Bennett (Glenn Close) in the position of trying to maintain world peace until the President and his entourage can be rescued.
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 Anchors Aweigh 1945  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Dean Stockwell, Leon Ames, Edgar Kennedy, Steve Brodie, Pamela Britton, Grady Sutton, Rags Ragland, Billy Gilbert, Henry O'Neill, James Flavin, Sharon McManus
This story revolves around two sailors, Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra), on shore leave who help aspiring singer Susan Abbott (Kathryn Grayson) get an audition. Love blooms between Joe and Susan. The highlight of this film is Kelly's dance with the animated mouse, Jerry. Among the nominations this film received for Academy Awards were Best Picture, Actor (Gene Kelly), Cinematography, and Song ("I Fall in Love Too Easily"). It won for Best Musical Score.
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Backtrack 1991 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Joe Pesci, Fred Ward, Julie Adams, Charlie Sheen, Sy Richardson
Dennis Hopper is an assassin hired to kill Jodie Foster–who witnessed a murder. However, he falls in love with her and they take off together.
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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker 2000 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Curt Geda
Cast: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Angie Harmon, Dean Stockwell, Teri Garr, Arleen Sorkin, Tara Strong, Melissa Joan Hart, Don Harvey, Mathew Valencia, Frank Welker, Michael Rosenbaum, Henry Rollins, Rachael Leigh Cook
Young Terry McGinnis (voice of Will Friedle), who discovered Batman's secret in the original "Batman Beyond," now receives aid from Bruce Wayne (voice of Kevin Conroy) when the Joker (voice of Mark Hamill) returns to Gotham City.
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Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jurgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Dean Stockwell, Allen Garfield, Paul Reiser, Robert Ridgely, Gilbert R. Hill, Paul Guilfoyle, Brian O'Connor, Alice Adair, Eugene Butler
Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back in this sequel to the first movie. When Axel learns that Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) had been shot, he heads back to Beverly Hills and visits Bogomil in the hospital. Again, he teams up with Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton). Now Axel is up against arms dealer Maxwell Dent (Jurgen Prochnow) who has made the mistake of sending Karla Fry (Brigitte Nielsen) to shoot Bogomil. Lots of guns and action.
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The Blue Iguana 1988  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Lafia
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James Russo, Pamela Gidley, Tovah Feldshuh, Dean Stockwell, Yano Anaya, Flea, Michele Seipp, Katia Schkolnik, John Durbin, Don Pedro Colley, Pedro Altamirano
This spoof on private-eye movies involves the blackmail of bounty hunter Vince Holloway (Dylan McDermott) by I.R.S. agents (Tovah Feldshuh and Dean Stockwell). Under pressure, Holloway agrees to travel to the Latin American town of El Diablo to stop the illegal transfer of $20 million between crooked banker Cora (Jessica Harper) and gangster Reno (James Russo). Double crosses reign in a very tough environment.
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 Blue Velvet 1986 R, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Brad Dourif, George Dickerson
This film begins with the discovery of an ear in a field. The police have no leads, but two young people (Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern) become involved when they decide to investigate a cabaret singer (Isabella Rossellini). Kinda weird. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Director.
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Born to Be Sold 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Cast: Lynda Carter, Harold Gould, Dean Stockwell, Sharon Farrell, Philip Sterling, Lloyd Haynes, Ed Nelson, Joy Garrett, Bernard Behrens, Rita Taggart
The underworld practice of selling babies is the subject of this made-for-TV thriller starring Linda Carter in the role of the social worker who tries to crack down on the world of black market babies.
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The Boy with Green Hair 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell, Richard Lyon, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds, Regis Toomey, Dwayne Hickman, Russ Tamblyn
Following his parents' death during an air raid, Peter Frye's (Dean Stockwell) hair turns green, and he becomes a social outcast in this insightful fable.
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Buffalo Soldiers 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Dean Stockwell, Elizabeth McGovern, Gabriel Mann, Leon, Michael Pena, Brian Delate, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Kick Gurry
Set in West Germany during 1989, this is the story of a U.S. Army supply clerk, Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix), who solves his own problems with boredom by running a lucrative black market involving products ranging from Mop 'n' Glo to heroin.
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Chasers 1994 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Tom Berenger, Erika Eleniak, William McNamara, Crispin Glover, Matthew Glave, Grand L. Bush, Dean Stockwell, Gary Busey, Dennis Hopper, Marilu Henner
Two Navy men (Tom Berenger and William McNamara) get the dubious job of taking a very good-looking prisoner (Erika Eleniak) back to the Naval Base. They set out on what turns out to be quite an adventure.
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Compulsion 1959 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ed Binns, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Gavin MacLeod, Louise Lorimer, Terry Becker, Russ Bender
This is a fictionalized version of the 1920s' Leopold and Loeb case in which law school students–in this case Artie Straus and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell)–carry out the "perfect" murder. The crime was perpetrated solely because they were convinced of their own intellectual superiority and wanted to prove their theory. Their parents hire defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) because of his reputation for fighting against the death penalty.
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 CQ 2001 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roman Coppola
Cast: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Elodie Bouchez, Gerard Depardieu, Massimo Ghini, Giancarlo Giannini, John Phillip Law, Jason Schwartzman, Dean Stockwell, Billy Zane
A French director (Gerard Depardieu) is making a sci-fi film but cannot seem to find an ending for his story. The solution: A young American, Paul (Jeremy Davies), who is already in Paris documenting his own life on film. The problem: Paul begins to intertwine his own life story with that of the sci-fi movie.
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Dune 1984 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Jurgen Prochnow, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Linda Hunt, Paul L. Smith, Max von Sydow, Silvana Mangano
Based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, this is the story of struggle for control of a distant planet–all for a monopoly of the inter-galactic spice trade.
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The Dunwich Horror 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Daniel Haller
Cast: Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Fox, Sam Jaffe, Barboura Morris, Donna Baccala, Joanne Moore Jordan, Talia Shire
A young student, Nancy (Sandra Dee), falls under the spell of magician Wilbur Whateley (Dean Stockwell) in this entertaining horror film.
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Gardens of Stone 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, James Earl Jones, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Laurence Fishburne
This movie tries to show the inner workings of the brotherhood of soldiers. "Gardens of Stone" refers to Arlington National Cemetery, and the story centers on the Old Guard of elite soldiers who perform the internment ceremonies at Arlington.
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Gentleman's Agreement 1947  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, Sam Jaffe, Nicholas Joy, Harold Vermilyea
Journalist Phil Green (Gregory Peck) pretends to be Jewish for an article he is writing; in the process he encounters anti-Semitism. This experiment affects his family when his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) suffers prejudice at school as a direct result of his father's article. The film won the Best Picture Academy Award, Elia Kazan won for Best Director, and Celeste Holm carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Nominations went to Peck, McGuire, and Revere.
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The Green Years 1946 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Jessica Tandy, Richard Haydn, Andy Clyde, Wallace Ford
This is a saga of a boy growing into manhood. Following the death of his parents, Robert Shannon (Dean Stockwell and later Tom Drake) goes to Scotland where he lives with his great-grandfather (Charles Coburn). Of note in this film is the casting of Jessica Tandy as Kate Leckie, the daughter of Papa Leckie (Hume Cronyn).
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Gun for a Coward 1957 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Abner Biberman
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter, Janice Rule, Chill Wills, Dean Stockwell, Josephine Hutchinson, Bob Steele, Iron Eyes Cody, Betty Lynn, John Larch
Cattle rancher Will Keough (Fred MacMurray) has problems with his younger brothers (Jeffrey Hunter and Dean Stockwell) in this psychological Western that examines family relationships.
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The Happy Years 1950  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore, Leo G. Carroll, George Chandler, Danny Mummert, Peter M. Thompson
Based on Owen Johnson's "Lawrenceville Stories," Dean Stockwell plays prep-schooler John Humperdink Storer who struggles with professors, girls, and older students as he grows through his adolescent years. 1 User Review
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Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues 1987  TV, 190 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gambler III: The Legend Continues
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Gray, Jeffrey Jones, George Kennedy, Matt Clark, Charles Durning, Colm Meaney, Dean Stockwell, Marc Alaimo, George American Horse, Terrence Evans
In this, the third episode of the popular "Gambler" series, Brady "The Gambler" Hawkes (Kenny Rogers) and sidekick Billy (Bruce Boxleitner) find that there's corruption in the ranks of the cavalry who steal cattle and blame it on the Sioux. This prompts Brady and Billy into action.
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A Killing Affair 1977 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Behind the Badge
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, O.J. Simpson, Rosalind Cash, Dean Stockwell, Dolph Sweet, Todd Bridges, John P. Ryan, Priscilla Pointer, John Mahon, Charles Robinson, Fred Stuthman, John Steadman
In this made-for-TV cop movie, two detectives sent on an investigation have their work complicated by an interracial love affair that ensues.
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Kim 1950 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway, Reginald Owen, Arnold Moss, Richard Hale, Hayden Rorke, Laurette Luez, Roman Toporow, Ivan Triesault, Olaf Hytten, Hamilton Camp
Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this plot revolves around an orphaned boy, Kim (Dean Stockwell), who is recruited by the Secret Service in India and trained by Mahbub Ali (Errol Flynn) to become an espionage agent for the British. Kim's mission: work with Mahbub Ali and help rid India of the Czarist Russians who are causing trouble in India.
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The Langoliers 1995 PG-13, 180 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Stephen King's The Langoliers
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, David Morse, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Frankie Faison, Baxter Harris, Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot
In this Stephen King story, several people on an airplane awaken to find that all of the other passengers (and the plane's crew as well) have disappeared. The survivors are able to land the plane but note that time is at a standstill. Now they must contend with the Langoliers, who are out to erase time.
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The Legend of Billie Jean 1985 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Richard Bradford, Peter Coyote, Martha Gehman, Yeardley Smith, Dean Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Mona Lee Fultz
Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater) and her friends become cult heroes when they confront thugs who trashed her brother Binx's (Christian Slater) motor scooter, and events soon accelerate to ludicrous proportions.
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Long Day's Journey Into Night 1962 N/R, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell, Jeanne Barr
A dysfunctional family faces a crisis in this story about a New England family during the early 1900s. Katharine Hepburn takes on the role of the drug-addicted mother, and Ralph Richardson plays the self-centered actor father of two sons–one (Jason Robards) is dying of tuberculosis, while the other (Dean Stockwell) is an alcoholic. Hepburn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in this excellent adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play. There is also a shorter version (about 40 minutes shorter) available.
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Married to the Mob 1988 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Charles Napier, David Johansen, Joe Spinell
When her mobster husband is killed, Angela (Michelle Pfeiffer) heads for New York with her son and delightfully funny experiences as she finds that it is not easy to extricate herself from her past. Dean Stockwell received an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor).
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McHale's Navy 1997 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bryan Spicer
Cast: Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing, David Alan Grier, Tim Curry, Ernest Borgnine, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Danton Stone, Brian Haley, Honorato Magaloni, Eduardo Lopez Rojas
Retired skipper McHale (Tom Arnold) steams around the Caribbean in his PT boat peddling his wares to the sailors. But his old foe, Vladikov (Tim Curry), is tired of being called the "second best terrorist" and takes over an island on which to take over the world by building a nuclear site. So McHale is brought out of retirement, gathers his motley old crew, and attempts to stop this nonsense. Speaking of nonsense... Highlight: the original McHale in the 1960s' TV series, Ernest Borgnine, puts in an appearance.
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Mr. Wrong 1996 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright, Dean Stockwell, John Livingston, Robert Goulet, Peter White, Hope Davis, Polly Holliday
Martha is a TV producer who, at 31 years of age, is under pressure from her family and friends to get married. The problem is finding the RIGHT man, not the WRONG one.
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Paris, Texas 1984 R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Carson, Bernhard Wicki, Tom Farrell, John Lurie, Sam Berry, Claresie Mobley, Viva, Justin Hogg, Jeni Vici
This excellent film tells the story of Travis Clay Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) who returns after four years to try to win back the love and respect of his son Hunter (Hunter Carson) he left behind. Accomplishing this, the two of them go in search of their missing wife and mother (Nastassja Kinski).
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 The Player 1992 R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts, Rod Steiger, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Ray Walston, Bruce Willis
Film studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) accidentally kills a screenwriter, and a police detective (Whoopi Goldberg) investigates while stars–playing themselves–react in this satire on the Hollywood scene. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Director.
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Psych-Out 1968   N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Rush
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Adam Roarke, Max Julien, Henry Jaglom, Linda Gaye Scott, Ken Scott, Garry Marshall
This film gets its "1/2 star" rating only because it is an EARLY Jack Nicholson film. However, the plot is weak and involves a deaf girl (Susan Strasberg) searching for her brother among the 1960's "hippies" of San Francisco. Of course, some of those who were part of that culture may enjoy it. 1 User Review
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The Quickie 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dean Stockwell, Lesley Ann Warren, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Henry Thomas, Jsu Garcia, Brenda Bakke, Bailey Thompson, Randy Lowell
Oleg (Vladimir Mashkov), a Russian Mafia boss who is tired of his "work," moves to a mansion in Southern California. There he reunites with his mother (Lesley Ann Warren) who has had several husbands and children since she left Russia many years before. He takes a liking to his half-brother, Alex (Henry Thomas), and decides to turn his part of the business over to him. Meanwhile, his life without women changes when an exterminator (Jennifer Jason Leigh) arrives for a service call at his home. His life also takes a turn when he realizes that someone is out to get him.
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 The Rainmaker 1997 PG-13, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Virginia Madsen, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Roy Scheider, Jon Voight, Teresa Wright, Dean Stockwell, Andrew Shue, Red West, Johnny Whitworth, Wayne Emmons
Young Memphis attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) teams up with loser Deck Shiffler (Danny DeVito) who has failed six times to pass the bar exam. Together, they take on powerful company lawyers, led by Leo Drummond (John Voight), at Great Benefit Insurance Company. The company denied potentially life-saving treatment of a bone marrow transplant to Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth), and now Rudy and Deck win the case of a lifetime when they prove that the company always denies its claims.
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Restraining Order 1999 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Eric Roberts, Hannes Jaenicke, Dean Stockwell, Tatjana Patitz, Kevin Dobson, Steve Franken, Franc Luz, Rif Hutton, Sondra Spriggs, Kenny Blank, Natalia Nogulich, James Antonio
Criminal attorney Robert Woodfield (Eric Roberts) successfully defends Martin Ritter (Hannes Jaenicke), and he is set free. But later, while dining with his friend Jerry (Steve Franken), Robert witnesses masked men entering the room and killing Jerry. One killer takes off his mask, and it is Martin Ritter. Robert decides to perform his own investigation, and it doesn't take long before Robert and his wife Leigh (Tatjana Patitz) find themselves caught in the middle of a world filled with blackmail, lies, and corruption.
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Rites of Passage 1999 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Salva
Cast: Dean Stockwell, James Remar, Jason Behr, Robert Glen Keith, Jaimz Woolvett, Joseph Kell, Thomas G. Waites, Rondell Sheridan, Marianna Elliott, Brenda James
After D.J. (Robert Glen Keith) catches his father, Del (Dean Stockwell), with a mistress, father and son decide to go their cabin to talk it out. Upon arrival, D.J.'s estranged brother, Campbell (Jason Behr), is already there. It has been some time since Del had seen the gay son after past confrontations, but Campbell joins in the discussion. When two convicts show up, one of whom knows Campbell things are really get dicey.
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge 1947 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Selena Royle, Charles Dingle, Dean Stockwell, Guy Kibbee, Elisabeth Risdon, Russell Simpson
In Janet Leigh's film debut she plays Lissy Anne MacBean whose father Gill (Thomas Mitchell) is against her suitor, Henry Carson (Van Johnson), because of ill feelings coming out of the Civil War.
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 The Secret Garden 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper, Reginald Owen, Aubrey Mather, George Zucco, Lowell Gilmore
This is, perhaps, the best of several filmed versions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic story. Orphaned and spoiled Mary (Margaret O'Brien) is sent to live with her uncle (Herbert Marshall) in his dark, run-down mansion. The uncle has turned gruff and uncaring since his wife died in a walled garden on the estate, which he now keeps locked. Likewise, he keeps his crippled son, Colin (Dean Stockwell), hidden away. Mary finds the key to the garden, and, with the help of another youth (Brian Roper), brings the garden to life. She also sneaks Colin into the garden on a daily basis. Each family member grows up in the process.
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The Shadow Men 1998 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Timothy Bond
Cast: Eric Roberts, Sherilyn Fenn, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Dean Stockwell, Andrew Prine, Chris McCarty, Tom Poster, Valerie Swift, Hans Howes, David Bowe, Ben Slack, Treva Tegtmeier
Bob, Dez, and son Andy Wilson (Eric Roberts, Sherilyn Fenn, and Brendon Ryan Barrett) experience an alien encounter and report it to authorities. But when a trio of Men In Black begin to stalk and menace the family, the Wilsons decide to fight back with the help of sci-fi writer Stan Mills (Dean Stockwell).
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Song of the Thin Man 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Philip Reed, Patricia Morison, Gloria Grahame, Jayne Meadows, Don Taylor, Leon Ames
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) stumble onto a murder, and soon they are in the middle of the investigation. This time around (their sixth and last film in the series) is still fun.
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Sons and Lovers 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, Mary Ure, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Thesiger, William Lucas, Conrad Phillips, Rosalie Crutchley, Elizabeth Begley, Edna Morris
Paul Morel (Dean Stockwell) was encouraged by his well-bred mother (Wendy Hiller) to escape the dreary life of his youth and not follow in the footsteps of his coal miner father (Trevor Howard). The film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and was nominated for six others including Best Picture, Actor (Howard), Supporting Actress (Mary Ure), and Director.
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They Nest 2000 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Creepy Crawlers
Director: Ellory Elkayem
Cast: Thomas Calabro, Dean Stockwell, John Savage, Kristen Dalton, Tom McBeath, Mark Schooley, Travis MacDonald, Dean Wray, Lee Jay Bamberry, Shaina Tianne Unger, Marcel Maillard, Alexander Pollock
Recovering alcoholic Ben Cahill (Thomas Calabro) moves to Maine and finds that his new home is filled with giant cockroaches. When townsfolk start turning up dead, Ben tries to convince the inhabitants that the cockroaches are carnivorous and thrive on human food. Made for Cable TV.
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The Time Guardian 1987 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Brian Hannant
Cast: Tom Burlinson, Dean Stockwell, Carrie Fisher, Nikki Coghill, Tim Robertson, Peter Merrill, Jim Holt, Damon Sanders, Tom Karpanny, Henry Salter
The special effects are very good in this movie about enemies of the future who go back in time to do battle. Other than that, there's not much here.
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To Kill a Stranger 1985 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Juan Lopez Moctezuma
Cast: Angelica Maria, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence, Aldo Ray, Sergio Aragones, Ken Grant, Jill Franklyn, Rick Sharp, Juan Jose Gurrola, Jose Angel Espinosa
Christina (Angelica Maria) arrives in a South American country on her way to see husband John (Dean Stockwell). But, before she reaches John, she wrecks her rented car and gets a ride from war-hero Col. Kostik (Donald Pleasence) who turns out to be a sex predator. After Kostik attacks her, Christina kills him, and now it is up to John to protect her from falling into the hands of biased authorities who would not give her a fair deal.
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: William Petersen, Dean Stockwell, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Robert Downey Sr., Christopher Allport., Dwier Brown, Steve(2) James, Anne Betancourt, Jack Hoar, Valentin de Vargas, Michael Chong
A counterfeiter, Eric "Rick" Masters (Willem Dafoe), has eluded the police for years. After Rick kills a Secret Service agent, the partner of the deceased agent, Agent Richard Chance (William Petersen), joins forces with Agent John Vukovich (John Pankow), and the violence escalates as they break all the rules and stop at nothing in their pursuit of Rick.
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Tracks 1976  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell, Topo Swope, Michael Emil, Zack Norman, Alfred Ryder, Barbara Flood, Cayle Chernin, James Frawley
When a Vietnam veteran (Dennis Hopper) escorts home the dead body of his war buddy, the time spent on the train provides an insightful look at what war can do to the psyche.
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 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Martin Landau, Joan Allen, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Dean Stockwell, Christian Slater, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Donat, Don Novello, Elias Koteas, Nina Siemaszko, Corin Nemec, Marshall Bell, Jay O. Sanders
Following World War II, Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges) dreams of competing with Detroit in the manufacture of cars. With support from his wife Vera (Joan Allen), son Junior (Christian Slater), and business manager Abe (Martin Landau), Tucker does manage to produce his "car of the future." This true story shows how Tucker was able to get 50 of his cars out of production only to be hauled into court by Detroit's Big Three. Martin Landau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Valley of Decision 1945 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea, Jessica Tandy, Dean Stockwell
Although he is responsible for the deaths of her father and brother, Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson) works as a maid for Paul Scott's (Gregory Peck) wealthy family and falls in love with him.
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Water Damage 1999 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Murray Battle
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Leslie Hope, Dean Stockwell, John Neville, Roberta Maxwell, Eugene Lipinski, Mimi Kuzyk, Peter Keleghan, Morgan(2) Freeman, Laura Catalano
Paul (Daniel Baldwin) is surprised when he arrives at the high-school reunion–only he and two others were invited. Before long, the other two are dead by water torture and now Paul has a real problem, as will viewers who try to get through this disaster of a film.
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The Werewolf of Washington 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Milton Moses Ginsberg
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Katalin Kallay, Biff McGuire, Clifton James, Michael Dunn, Beeson Carroll, Jane House, Barbara Spiegel, Despo Diamantidou, Thayer David, Nancy Andrews, Henry Ferrentino, Jacqueline Brookes
White House Press Secretary Jack Whittier (Dean Stockwell) is bitten by a werewolf while visiting Hungary, returns to Washington, D.C., and turns into a deadly beast at night attacking politicians. Now, the President (Biff McGuire) appears to be his next intended victim.
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