Any Gun Can Play 1967  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: For a Few Bullets More
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Edd Byrnes, Gilbert Roland, George Hilton, Stefania Careddu, Ivano Staccioli, Gerard Herter, Ignazio Spalla, Jose Torres, Riccardo Pizzuti, Adriana Giuffre, Valentino Macchi, Rodolfo Valadier, Marco Mariani, Sal Borgese, Jose Yepes
This spaghetti Western takeoff on "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" features bounty hunter Django (George Hilton), bandit Monetero (Gilbert Rowland), and bank agent Clayton (Edd Byrnes) all of whom are in pursuit a fortune in gold.
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Darby's Rangers 1958  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes, Corey Allen, Stuart Whitman, Murray Hamilton, William Wellman Jr., Frieda Inescort, Reginald Owen
Colonel William Darby (James Garner) and his commando unit train in England for missions in Africa and Italy during World War II.
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Fear Strikes Out 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Edd Byrnes, Bart Burns, Bing Russell, Peter J. Votrian, Don Brodie, Richard Bull, June Jocelyn, George Pembroke, Jeffrey Sayre, Gary Vinson
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall (Anthony Perkins) suffered from mental illness that led to a nervous breakdown. This is the story of how his desire to please his pugnacious father, John (Karl Malden), brought on the breakdown and how Jimmy fights to overcome adversity and return to baseball.
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 Grease 1978  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Dinah Manoff, Didi Conn, Jamie Donnelly, Barry Pearl, Kelly Ward, Eve Arden, Michael Tucci, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell, Edd Byrnes, Sid Caesar
Two high-school gangs of the 1950s, the T-Birds (guys) and the Pink Ladies (girls), are the centerpiece of this film. T-Bird leader Danny (John Travolta) falls for Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) during the summer. When school begins in the fall, Sandy's family has moved to town, and she is the "new girl" on campus–an event that does not go unnoticed by the Pink Ladies. A fun musical look at the 1950s.
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Secret Invasion 1964 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, Henry Silva, William Campbell, Peter Coe, Spela Rozin, Helmo Kindermann, Enzo Fiermonte, Nan Morris, Helmuth Schneider, Todd Williams
During World War II, British Intelligence officer Maj. Richard Mace (Stewart Granger) recruits five convicts ((Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Henry Silva, William Campbell, and Edd Byrnes) for a secret mission against the Nazis. Their mission: rescue Italian Gen. Quadri (Enzo Fiermonte) from prison in Dubrovnik so that he can convince his troops to turn against their German allies and help end the war. They complete their mission only to find that the "General" is an imposter, and that is only one of the problems that will ultimately result in only one surviving convict.
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Stardust 1974 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Ines Des Longchamps, Rosalind Ayres, Marty Wilde, Edd Byrnes, Michael Elphick, Keith Moon, Dave Edmunds
Jim Maclaine (David Essex) is a member of a working-class British rock group that gains fame and fortune. But Jim succumbs to the trappings of money, groupies, and, finally, drugs. This film is the second part of a "two-parter"–the first was "That'll Be the Day."
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Troop Beverly Hills 1989  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross, Audra Lindley, Stephanie Beacham, Edd Byrnes, Jenny Lewis, David Wohl, Frankie Avalon
This film just doesn't come off right as it tells the story of a Beverly Hills mother (Shelley Long) who is troop leader for her daughter's scout troop. A few good scenes from the rich girls save it some.
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Up Periscope 1959 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford, William Leslie, Richard Bakalyan, Edd Byrnes, Sean Garrison
Navy frogman Lt. Ken Braden (James Garner) is on a mission to sneak onto a little Japanese-held island and steal a secret code book. But to get there he must travel on a submarine commanded by a captain (Edmond O'Brien) that he just can't seem to get along with. Average World War II fare.
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| 1. Any Gun Can Play (1967)
aka: For a Few Bullets More
2. Darby's Rangers (1958)
3. Fear Strikes Out (1957)
4. Grease (1978)
5. Secret Invasion (1964)
6. Stardust (1974)
7. Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
8. Up Periscope (1959)
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