Bound for Glory 1976  PG, 147 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Randy Quaid, M. Emmet Walsh, Allan Miller
During the Depression, Woody Guthrie (David Carradine), like many others, rode the trains throughout America. Broke and disillusioned, these people hoped for more out of life. One man, Woody Guthrie, survived and lived to write music for the whole world to enjoy. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Writing and won for Cinematography and Musical Score.
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 The Drowning Pool 1975  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo, Coral Browne, Andrew Robinson
This is a sequel to "Harper" in which Lew Harper (Paul Newman) answers a call from Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward) and ends up in the middle of a murder.
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Letters from Frank 1979 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Parone
Cast: Art Carney, Maureen Stapleton, Mike Farrell, Lew Ayres, Margaret Hamilton, Michael J. Fox, Gail Strickland, Jenny O'Hara, Blu Mankuma
Newspaperman Frank (Art Carney) is forced into retirement due to a computer taking over his work. Frank bucks the system and, with the help of his wife (Maureen Stapleton), succeeds in his efforts to overturn the decision. Nineteen-year-old Michael J. Fox makes his debut in this good film. (The "letters" referred to in the title are those sent to his oldest son (Mike Farrell) expressing frustrations with his situation.)
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The Man in the Moon 1991   PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Jason London, Emily Warfield, Gail Strickland, Bentley Mitchum, Ernie Lively, Dennis Letts, Earleen Bergeron, Anna Chappell, Sandi & Brandi Smith, Derek & Spencer Ball
It is Summer in 1957, and teenage sisters Dani (Reese Witherspoon) and Maureen (Emily Warfield) both fall in love with Court Foster (Jason London) who has just moved into their rural Louisiana neighborhood. Maureen must decide whether or not to accept Court's love and betray her sister. Meanwhile, Dani must deal with her jealousy. Then, fate steps in with a tragedy, and Dani and Maureen must use their love for each other to get through the crisis.
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Norma Rae 1979 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland, Morgan Paull, Noble Willingham, Lonny Chapman, John Calvin, Robert Broyles, Booth Colman, Lee de Broux, James Luisi, Vernon Weddle
With encouragement from New York union organizer Ruben (Ron Leibman), Southern textile worker Norma Rae (Sally Field) tries to unionize her work place. Problems arise at home because Norma Rae's husband, Sonny (Beau Bridges), becomes jealous and suspects a romance is taking place between Norma Rae and Ruben. Based on a true story. Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress, and an Oscar was also won for Best Song ("It Goes Like It Goes"). The film was nominated for Best Picture.
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One on One 1977 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G.D. Spradlin, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Lamont Johnson, Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, Hector Morales
College basketball is the theme of this film starring Robby Benson as the naive Henry Steele who has much to learn. With the help of beautiful tutor Janet Hays (Annette O'Toole) he manages to make the grade academically so that he can compete in his scholarship sport of basketball.
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Oxford Blues 1984  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Boris
Cast: Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Julian Sands, Amanda Pays, Michael Gough, Aubrey Morris, Gail Strickland, Cary Elwes, Alan Howard, Julian Firth
This remake of "A Yank at Oxford" features Rob Lowe as the American athlete who tries to adapt to life as an Oxford student.
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Protocol 1984 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland, Cliff De Young, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Begley Jr., Kenneth Mars, Keith Szarabajka
Goldie Hawn plays a cocktail waitress propelled into the world of international diplomacy. Along the way, she changes from a brainless bimbo into a person with self-determination who knows where she is going.
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Three of Hearts 1993 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yurek Bogayevicz
Cast: William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Joe Pantoliano, Gail Strickland, Cec Verrell, Claire Callaway, Marek Johnson, Monique Mannen, Timothy Stickney, Tony Amendola, Gloria Gifford
When college professor Ellen (Sherilyn Fenn) leaves, her lover Connie (Kelly Lynch) is left with a problem: Ellen will not be available to escort her to her sister's wedding. Solution: hire an escort, Joe (William Baldwin). After Joe and Connie hit it off, she convinces him to pursue Ellen and then drop her so she will return heartbroken to Connie. A plot much easier planned than executed.
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Uncommon Valor 1983 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Gail Strickland, Jeremy Kemp
A retired Marine (Gene Hackman) has evidence that his son and others may still be alive in a Vietnamese prison. With financial backing from another father (Robert Stack), he puts together an invasion force whose mission is to free the missing men.
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When a Man Loves a Woman 1994 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Mandoki
Cast: Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Ellen Burstyn, Tina Majorino, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mae Whitman, LaTanya Richardson, Eugene Roche, Gail Strickland, Susanna Thompson, Al Franken
Finally, alcoholism is portrayed as what it is–an illness and NOT a personality flaw. Meg Ryan plays Alice Green, wife, mother, and alcoholic, who hits her low point and recovery begins. The message is great, but there's not much entertainment value.
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Who'll Stop the Rain? 1978 R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dog Soldiers
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Mazur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, David Opatoshu, Charles Haid, Joaquin Martinez, Timothy Blake, James Cranna, Jean Howell, Shelby Balik, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel "Dog Soldiers," this story begins with Marine Corps combat veteran John Converse (Michael Moriarty) returning to Vietnam as a journalist and deciding to smuggle heroin into the United States. Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks (Nick Nolte) delivers the drugs to John's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld) in California, but then thugs–Smitty and Danskin (Ray Sharkey and Richard Mazur)–steal the drugs. It isn't long before Ray and Marge are on the lam–with crooked narcotics agent Antheil (Anthony Zerbe) close behind.
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| 1. Bittersweet Love (1976)
2. Bound for Glory (1976)
3. The Drowning Pool (1975)
4. Letters from Frank (1979)
5. The Man in the Moon (1991)
6. Norma Rae (1979)
7. One on One (1977)
8. Oxford Blues (1984)
9. Protocol (1984)
10. Three of Hearts (1993)
11. Uncommon Valor (1983)
12. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
13. Who'll Stop the Rain? (1978)
aka: Dog Soldiers
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