The Adventures of Nellie Bly 1981  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henning Schellerup
Cast: Linda Purl, Gene Barry, Ray Buktenica, J.D. Cannon, John Randolph, Cliff Osmond, Michael Ruud, Fran Ryan, Milton Selzer
Nellie Bly, the adventuresome and crusading journalist, is brought to life in this TV film with Linda Purl as Nellie.
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Chances Are 1989   PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald, Josef Sommer, Joe Grifasi, Henderson Forsythe, Susan Ruttan, Fran Ryan, Lester Lanin, Richard DeAngelis, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Jacquelyn Drake, Don Richards
Corinne (Cybill Shepherd) and Louie (Christopher McDonald) are married and live happily in Washington, D.C., until Louie is killed in a car accident leaving Corinne with a baby on the way. For the next 20 years, Louie's best friend Philip (Ryan O'Neal) serves as the surrogate father for Corinne's daughter Miranda (Mary Stuart Masterson). Meanwhile, Louie's soul is reincarnated in the body of Alex Finch (Robert Downey Jr.). Now, Alex and Miranda become involved romantically, and Alex's memory of his life as Louie comes back to him. Alex/Louie realizes that Miranda is the daughter he never met, and complications ensue after Alex sees Corinne for the first time and tries to woo her. 1 User Review
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| | Love anything Robert Downey, Jr. is in | Carole Ann 01/28/2007 | | But this one in particular. Everyone in it performs in a stellar style. Very enjoyable! Good message. Fun in every way! |
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Johnny Belinda 1982   TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Richard Thomas, Dennis Quaid, Rosanna Arquette, Candy Clark, Roberts Blossom, Fran Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Lineback, Mickey Jones, Penelope Windust
This TV remake of the award-winning 1948 film is certainly worth a look. Rosanna Arquette is excellent as the deaf mute with a baby which resulted from a rape. She now tries to retain custody as her father attempts to take the baby from her. 1 User Review
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| | Johnny Belinda Movie | Lousnfl 03/10/2007 | | I love this movie . I first watchedthis move when it had differant people played in it . but Richard Thomas and Dennis Quaid made it a little differant and both ways are both great movies. Im looking to buy both moveis of the same show. try it and see. |
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Out Cold 1989  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Cast: John Lithgow, Teri Garr, Randy Quaid, Bruce McGill, Lisa Blount, Morgan Paull, Barbara Rhoades, Fran Ryan
When a husband runs around with other women, he better watch out! At least, this is the case in this film where Teri Garr has stowed her unfaithful mate in a meat locker.
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Private School 1983  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Private School...For Girls
Director: Noel Black
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Kathleen Wilhoite, Matthew Modine, Michael Zorek, Fran Ryan, Ray Walston, Sylvia Kristel, Jonathan Prince, Kari Lizer, Richard Stahl, Julie Payne, Frances Bay, Frank Aletter
This teen-sexploitation film features plenty of nudity as the boys from a boys academy mix in their own unique ways with the girls attending a private girls' school.
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Straight Time 1978 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Fran Ryan, Rita Taggart, Jake Busey
Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) is an ex-con whose probation officer (M. Emmet Walsh) creates so many problems for him that he returns to the criminal world.
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Suture 1993 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Scott McGehee
Cast: Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill, David Graf, Michael Harris, Fran Ryan, John Ingle, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Sanford Gibbons
Two brothers are separated at birth–Vincent (Mel Harris) and Clay (Dennis Haysbert) later meet at their father's funeral. Clay is a good, unsuspecting man who gets blown up by a car bomb–set off by his brother Vincent in order to cover Vincent's murder of their father. Clay lives, suffers amnesia, goes through plastic surgery, and is helped by his psychiatrist (Sab Shimono) to become "Vincent" (who everyone believes he is). The question is–will Clay regain his true identity before the real Vincent returns? (It's also clever that one brother is white, the other black.)
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Tough Enough 1983  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Carlene Watkins, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier, Warren Oates, Bruce McGill, Wilford Brimley, Fran Ryan, Christopher Norris, Terra Perry, Big John Hamilton, Steve Ward
Art Long (Dennis Quaid) wants to be a Country-Western singer but just can't make it in that field. He then enters the world of amateur boxing and does well in the "Tough Man" competition. Hoping to make ends meet at home, Art now dedicates himself to boxing. His wife Caroline (Carlene Watkins) and parents (Wilford Brimley and Fran Ryan) support him, and his manager (Warren Oates) promotes Art all the way to the nationals. Along the way, Art makes friends with P.T. Coolidge (Stan Shaw) and Myra (Pam Grier), but enemies abound in the ring.
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| 1. The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981)
2. Chances Are (1989)
3. Johnny Belinda (1982)
4. Out Cold (1989)
5. Private School (1983)
aka: Private School...For Girls
6. Straight Time (1978)
7. Suture (1993)
8. Tough Enough (1983)
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