Airport 1970  G, 137 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Helen Hayes, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barry Nelson, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins, Jessie Royce Landis, Whit Bissell
Of the five "Airport" films, this first one is the only one worth your time. Based on Arthur Haley's novel by the same name it is filled with suspense as a plane is stuck on the needed runway during a VERY snowy night. Helen Hayes won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton).
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Airport 1975 1974  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Karen Black, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair
This sequel to "Airport" falls short of the original as a small plane crashes into the flight deck of a 747. Heston is on the way to save the day as a flight attendant pilots the plane.
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Airport '77 1977  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Christopher Lee, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, M. Emmet Walsh
Another sequel to "Airport"–if you can watch yet another disaster film, then this one is for you as a private plane crashes into the ocean after being sabotaged. Will there be a rescue?
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The Ballad of Josie 1967  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine, William Talman, David Hartman, Paul Fix, Elisabeth Fraser, Don Stroud, Guy Raymond
Josie is a widow who tries to raise sheep in the wrong place–cattle country. The story falls flat, but then, counting sheep is a good way to fall asleep.
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Bandolero! 1968 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, Will Geer, George Kennedy, Andrew Prine, Denver Pyle, Sean McClory, Don "Red" Barry, Dub Taylor
James Stewart and Dean Martin star as two outlaws on the run who meet up with Mexican renegades south of the border.
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Bolero 1984  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Derek
Cast: Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregon, Olivia d'Abo, Greg Bensen, Ian Cochrane, Mirta Miller, Mickey Knox
In the 1920s an American heiress, Ayre (Bo Derek), travels to Spain looking for the most romantic way to lose her virginity.
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The Boston Strangler 1968  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Sally Kellerman, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, William Marshall, George Voskovec, Leora Dana, Carolyn Conwell, Jeanne Cooper, Austin Willis, Lara Lindsay
For more than two years, from 1962 to 1964, Boston women seemed to be at the mercy of a psychopathic killer. He began strangling and raping elderly women and then switched to younger women–a total of 13 victims–by the end of his reign of terror. Boston Police Department detective John S. Bottomly (Henry Fonda) directs the investigation, and it is not until one victim, Diane Cluny (Sally Kellerman), survives her attack and reports that she bit her attacker's hand that the clues fit together and lead to the capture of serial killer Albert DeSalvo (Tony Curtis). 1 User Review
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Cahill U. S. Marshall 1973 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Cahill: United States Marshall
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Denver Pyle, Jackie Coogan, Harry Carey Jr., Pepper Martin, Paul Fix, Clay O'Brien, Morgan Paull, Royal Dano, Dan Vadis, Hank Worden
A United States Marshal (John Wayne) must deal with the fact that one of his sons has chosen a life of crime.
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Cats Don't Dance 1997  G, 69 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie Cole, John Rhys-Davies, George Kennedy, Rene Auberjonois, Hal Holbrook, Don Knotts, Ashley Peldon, Kathy Najimy
Warner Bros. produced this entertaining animated film about a cat, Danny (voice of Scott Bakula), that heads for Hollywood in the 1930s hoping for stardom but finding that there is not a big demand for animal actors in starring roles.
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Charade 1963 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ned Glass, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Dominique Minot, Thomas Chelimsky, Gregoire Aslan, Monte Landis
Audrey Hepburn stars as widow Regina "Reggie" Lampert fleeing from criminals and government agents who are after the $25,000 her murdered spouse supposedly pilfered during World War II. Cary Grant plays the love interest Peter Joshua who isn't who he pretends to be in this comedy/mystery.
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The Concorde...Airport '79 1979 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
aka: Airport '79
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, George Kennedy, Sylvia Kristel, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, Martha Raye, Cicely Tyson, John Davidson, Andrea Marcovicci, Jimmie Walker, David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge
Co-pilots (George Kennedy and Alain Delon) are flying a Concorde jet from Washington, D.C., to Moscow when their jet becomes the target of missile fire and in danger of crashing over the Alps. The reason behind their dangerous situation is that a passenger, reporter Maggie (Susan Blakely), is carrying secret documents that threaten Harrison Industries, and its leader (Robert Wagner) wants to destroy the information and the carrier as well.
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 Cool Hand Luke 1967  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Robert Drivas, Clifton James, Morgan Woodward, Dennis Hopper, Luke Askew, Marc Cavell, Richard Davalos, Robert Donner, Harry Dean Stanton
Lucas "Luke" Jackson (Paul Newman), a prisoner on a chain gang, refuses to crack under pressure as is shown in a fight with fellow inmate Dragline (George Kennedy) when Luke is beaten badly but still refuses to give up. His rebellious attitude earns him his "Cool Hand Luke" title. But, problems arise for Luke when he realizes that he must now live up to the expectations that other prisoners have for him. Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in this film, and Newman was nominated for Best Actor. Policeman: "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
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Creepshow 2 1987 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Gornick
Cast: Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Tom Savini, Stephen King, Domenick John, Frank Salsedo, David Holbrook, Paul Satterfield, Jeremy Green, Joe Silver, Tom Wright, David Beecroft, Daniel Beer, Dean Smith
"Creepshow" returns–this time in the form of a trilogy. The first is "Old Chief Wood'nhead" about a wooden Indian that comes to life. In the second story, "The Raft," pot smoking teenagers are floating on a raft when they are attacked by a blob of oil. Finally, in "The Hitchhiker," a hit-and-run driver is haunted by her victim. Watch for Stephen King as the truck driver.
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A Cry in the Wilderness 1974 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Roy Poole, Liam Dunn, Bing Russell, Irene Tedrow, Robert Brubaker, Anne Seymour
The Hadleys live in the wilderness. When Sam (George Kennedy) is bitten by a rabid skunk, he insists that he be chained to a post in the barn so that his family will not be infected. Sam also cautions that his pleas to be released should not be carried out. When a dam bursts and his farm is sure to be flooded, Sam must convince his family to release him to save the day. Good, taut, TV fare.
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Death on the Nile 1978 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jon Finch, Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Harry Andrews, I.S. Johar
Written by Agatha Christie, this is another intriguing mystery for master sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to solve. Poirot and his traveling companion Colonel Race (David Niven) are in Africa enjoying a cruise on the S.S. Karnak, sailing down the Nile River, when a passenger, heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Poirot investigates, and among the suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury), Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Dr. Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow)–nearly all of whom have motives for murder.
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The Delta Force 1986 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Lee Marvin, Chuck Norris, Lainie Kazan, Shelley Winters, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forester, George Kennedy, Susan Strasberg, Hanna Schygulla
Loosely based on the TWA hijacking in 1985, Delta Force–led by Major McCoy and Colonel Alexander (Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin)–is sent to save the day by rescuing the airline passengers.
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Dennis the Menace Strikes Again 1998  G, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Charles T. Kanganis
Cast: Don Rickles, George Kennedy, Justin Cooper, Brian Doyle-Murray, Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Betty White, Dwier Brown, Heidi Swedberg, Keith Reece, Jacqueline Steiger, Danny Turner, Alexa Vega
Hank Ketcham's mischievous Dennis (Justin Cooper) returns in this direct-to-video/DVD film, and he does his best to wreck the entire neighborhood. Next-door neighbor Mr. Wilson (Don Rickles) continues to be the major victim, but when Dennis' Grandpa (George Kennedy) moves in with Dennis, Mr. Wilson finds that it's tough to keep up with Grandpa.
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 The Dirty Dozen 1967   N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Sutherland, Jim Brown, Clint Walker, John Cassavetes, Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Telly Savalas, Tom Busby, Robert Webber
During World War II, Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) is assigned by General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) to train 12 convicts to go behind enemy lines on a special mission for the Allied Forces. The convicts have either been sentenced to death or life imprisonment and include sexual pervert Archer Maggott (Telly Savalas), psychotic Victor Franko (John Cassavetes), and lame-brained killer Vernon Pinkley (Donald Sutherland). Reisman must train them how to perform as a unit when they dress in Nazi uniforms and overtake a French chateau occupied by German officers. Filled with suspense along with comedy to lighten the mood.
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Earthquake 1974 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Richard Roundtree, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Matthau, Ava Gardner, Genevieve Bujold, Lorne Greene, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Victoria Principal, Monica Lewis, Gabriel Dell, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Lloyd Gough
Construction engineer Stewart Graff (Charlton Heston) is undergoing marital problems with his wife Remy (Ava Gardner) and is having an affair with Denise (Genvieve Bujold). Now, his problems multiply when a devastating earthquake hits Los Angeles. It is the special effects that won this film an Oscar.
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The Eiger Sanction 1975 R, 128 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller / Romance
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, Thayer David, Vonetta McGee, Heidi Bruhl, Reiner Schone, Michael Grimm, Jean-Pierre Bernard, Brenda Venus, Gregory Walcott, Candice Rialson, Elaine Shore, Dan Howard, Jack Kosslyn
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is a college professor who just happens to be a government secret intelligence agent during his off-hours. It seems there is a problem in the Swiss Alps, and Hemlock, hoping that this will be his last mission, is sent into training for his assassination assignment. Hemlock's victim will be one of three men attempting to climb the Eiger mountain range in the Swiss Alps, and he joins their expedition.
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 The Flight of the Phoenix 1966 N/R, 147 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya
James Stewart plays the pilot of an airplane that crashes in the Sahara Desert. The only hope for the survivors comes from a model-plane designer Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger).
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Gaily, Gaily 1969 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Chicago, Chicago
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn, Margot Kidder, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Randolph, Melodie Johnson, Roy Poole, Charles Tyner, Joan Huntington
Based on Chicago journalist Ben Hecht's reminiscences, this story is about Ben Harvey (Beau Bridges) who is a young cub reporter under the wing of an older reporter. The setting is Chicago during the early 1900s.
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine, Martin Balsam, Tina Louise, John Carradine, Douglas Fowley, Lois Nettleton, John Davis Chandler, Marie Windsor
Flagg (Robert Mitchum) is a retired–and over the hill–sheriff who has a final showdown with his long-time adversary, has-been-train-robber McKay (George Kennedy).
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven 1969 G, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: George Kennedy, Monte Markham, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Joe Don Baker, Scott Thomas, Michael Ansara, Fernando Rey, Frank Silvera
Once again the "magnificent seven" gunslingers pivot into action–this time they plan to free a Mexican revolutionary from his prison fortress where he is being held as a rebel leader.
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Hurry Sundown 1967 N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Robert Hooks, Diahann Carroll, Faye Dunaway, Burgess Meredith, George Kennedy, Jim Backus, Robert Reed
An avaricious Southerner, Henry Warren (Michael Caine), plots to expand his landholdings and has his eye on his cousin's land. Rad McDowell (John Phillip Law) and Reeve Scott (Robert Hooks) try to stop him.
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Victor Buono, Mary Astor, Bruce Dern, George Kennedy, Cecil Kellaway, Wesley Addy, William Campbell, Frank Ferguson, Dave Willock, John Megna
Haunted by memories of her murdered fiance, Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) has only her housekeeper Velma (Agnes Moorehead) for company. When she learns that her decaying Southern mansion is slated for demolition, she calls her cousin Miriam (Olivia de Havilland) for help. Miriam arrives on the scene with the family doctor (Joseph Cotten) to help, but he causes even more problems, and now Charlotte fights for her sanity as her Southern lifestyle is about to disintegrate, and Miriam tries to drive her crazy. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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In Harm's Way 1965 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Burgess Meredith, Slim Pickens, Dana Andrews, Brandon DeWilde, Jill Haworth, Stanley Holloway, Franchot Tone, Carroll O'Connor
The heroic efforts of the U.S. Navy following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the camaraderie of those men and women as they found ways to fight back is the theme of this movie. John Wayne plays the hero and romantic lead Capt. Rockwell Torrey, while Kirk Douglas takes on the role of the executive officer Commander Paul Eddington Jr. who creates problems.
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The Jesse Owens Story 1984 TV, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Irving
Cast: Dorian Harewood, Tom Bosley, Ronny Cox, Georg Stanford Brown, George Kennedy, Debbi Morgan, Greg Morris, Vic Tayback, LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, Barry Corbin, Norman Fell
Dorian Harewood stars as Black athlete Jesse Owens who won four gold medals and became a star at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-dominated Berlin.
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Just Before Dawn 1981 R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeff Lieberman
Cast: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson, Ralph Seymour, Katie Powell, John Hunsaker, Charles Bartlett, Jamie Rose, Hap Oslund, Barbara Spencer
Forest Ranger McLean (George Kennedy) warns the camping party who arrive that a crazed man, with machete in hand, has been terrorizing the mountains. After the warning, campers start disappearing, one-by-one.
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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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Lonely Are the Brave 1962 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Miller
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane, Carroll O'Connor, George Kennedy, William Schallert, Karl Swenson, Bill Bixby, Martin Garralaga, William Mims, Lalo Rios, Harry Lauter, Charles Wagenheim, Dan White
Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) is an aging cowboy having trouble relating to the contemporary world. He gets imprisoned in an effort to rescue his jailed friend, Paul Bondi (Michael Kane). When Burns discovers that Bondi is reluctant to escape, he breaks out of jail alone. Now Burns escapes on his horse, and he is chased by Sheriff Morey Johnson (Walter Matthau)–along with jeeps and helicopters–as he heads for the border.
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 Lost Horizon 1973 G, 145 min.
Genre: Musical / Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, Charles Boyer, John Gielgud, John Van Dreelen, Kent Smith, Larry Duran, Hedley Mattingly, Michael Bernal
A revolution is taking place in Southeast Asia, and a group of refugees, led by Richard Conway (Peter Finch) and his brother George (Michael York), evacuate on a plane that crashes in the Himalayas. The survivors find refuge in Shangri-La, which is ruled by the High Lama (Charles Boyer), and discover a new world of peace and tranquility. But, their new-found happiness results in more than a few conflicts between the survivors. Musical production numbers with songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David are interspersed with the drama.
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McHale's Navy 1964 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Montagne
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway, Carl Ballantine, Claudine Longet, George Kennedy, Bob Hastings, John Wright, Gavin MacLeod, Gary Vinson
McHale's (Ernest Borgnine) PT Boat crew finds unique ways to pay off their gambling debts.
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Mirage 1965 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Leif Erickson, Anne Seymour, Hari Rhodes, Robert H. Harris, House Jameson, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald
After a blackout at a Gotham skyscraper, everything inside the building changes for David Stillwell (Gregory Peck). He knows that he is linked to the death of Charles Calvin (Walter Abel) who fell out of the 27th-story window, but Stillwell suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything. Stillwell does know that danger lurks and seeks help from private eye Ted Caselle (Walter Matthau) who doesn't appear to believe that Stillwell has a problem–and then Caselle is murdered. The plot twists and turns as Stillwell finds himself the intended victim in a series of murder attempts. Remade in 1968 as "Jigsaw."
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Modern Romance 1981 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Tyann Means, Bruno Kirby, Jane Hallaren, James L. Brooks, George Kennedy, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Dennis Kort, Bob Einstein
Written by, directed by, and starring Albert Brooks as film editor Robert Cole, this is the story of Cole's and Mary Harvard's (Kathryn Harrold) on-again, off-again romance.
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 1991 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Richard Griffiths, Jacqueline Brookes, Anthony James, Lloyd Bochner, Tim O'Connor, Peter Mark Richman, Ed Williams, John Roarke, Margery Ross, Peter Van Norden
Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is still on the police force, and now he is involved in keeping ecology safe by stopping the power brokers from talking the country into passing a new energy policy. Drebin investigates when energy czar Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths) is kidnapped by the energy industries–with help from villain Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet)–so that they can substitute a conspirator in his place who will then enact an energy policy more favorable to those who supply the energy. Once again, Jane (Priscilla Presley) is there to help Drebin. Still lots of funny things going on.
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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994 PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Fred Ward, Kathleen Freeman, Anna Nicole Smith, Ellen Greene, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Joe Grifasi, Pia Zadora, Julie Strain, Bill Zuckert, Raquel Welch, Olympia Dukakis
Imperturbable Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is back. Never mind that he is now retired from the police force and married to Jane (Priscilla Presley), he is needed to fight off terrorists and is happy to comply. Drebin goes undercover in a state prison in order to obtain information from the terrorists, led by Rocco (Fred Ward), who are planning to set off a bomb at the Oscars. Nielsen fans will enjoy this one. Several cameo appearances.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad 1988 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
aka: The Naked Gun
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Nancy Marchand, John Houseman, Jeannette Charles, Joe Grifasi, Susan Beaubian, Raye Birk, Ed Williams, Weird Al Yankovic, Leslie Maier, Winifred Freedman
Leslie Nielsen plays inept police Detective Frank Drebin in this slapstick movie that is filled with gags and innuendoes. Drebin's partner Det. Norberg (O.J. Simpson) is killed by drug dealers, and Drebin suspects that shipping magnate Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo montalban) is behind the murder. After being bumped from the police force, Drebin gets help from Ludwig's ex-girlfriend Jane (Priscilla Presley) in his search for answers. The trail leads to a baseball game where Reggie Jackson has been programmed with a mind control device that will make him kill Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to America. The finale at the baseball game is a near classic.
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Nightmare at Noon 1990 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nico Mastorakis
Cast: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy, Kimberly Beck, Brion James, Kimberly Ross, Neal Wheeler, David Christiansen, Mark Haarman, Jean Pflieger
After agents contaminate the water supply of a small Utah town, people who drink the water turn into raving maniacs who kill, kill, kill.
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See How They Run 1964 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: John Forsythe, Senta Berger, Jane Wyatt, Franchot Tone, Leslie Nielsen, Pamela Franklin, George Kennedy, John Van Dreelen, Harlan Warde, Robert Carricart
Based on Michael Blankfort's novel "The Widow Makers," this is the first movie made for TV. The plot involves the journey to America of three orphans who are not aware that their father's murderers are pursuing them.
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Shenandoah 1965 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: James Stewart, Rosemary Forsyth, Doug McClure, Katharine Ross, George Kennedy, Patrick Wayne, Strother Martin, Glenn Corbett, Philip Alford, Charles Robinson
The Civil War is the backdrop for this story about Charlie Anderson (James Stewart) and his family who must make life-changing decisions when their peaceful world of Virginia is shattered. 2 User Reviews
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| | trixish 10/25/2007 | | great movie on of my favorites, Jimmy Stewert at his best. |
| | anonymous 10/25/2007 | | great movie , Jimmy Stewert is great ! |
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Small Soldiers 1998 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: David Cross, Jay Mohr, Denis Leary, Kirsten Dunst, Kevin Dunn, Phil Hartman, Ernest Borgnine, Tommy Lee Jones, George Kennedy, Dick Miller, Alexandra Wilson, Gregory Smith, Jacob Smith, Ann Magnuson
This partially animated film is filled with great special effects. The focus is on a set of children's toy soldiers that battle the Gorgonites, a collection of toy aliens. While this sounds like a cute children's movie, the violence could be too much for little ones.
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The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr., Martha Hyer, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, George Kennedy, James Gregory, Paul Fix, Jeremy Slate, John Litel, John Doucette, James Westerfield, Rhys Williams
Ranch owner Katie's sons John, Tom, Matt, and Bud (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson Jr.) come home for her funeral and stay long enough to fight for their land and their lives.
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Steel 1980 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Men of Steel
Look Down and Die
Director: Steve Carver
Cast: Lee Majors, Jennifer O'Neill, Art Carney, George Kennedy, Harris Yulin, Redmond Gleeson, Terry Kiser, Richard Lynch, Albert Salmi, R.G. Armstrong
Mike Catton (Lee Majors) comes out of retirement and confronts his fear of heights to lead construction workers in their race against odds to finish building a skyscraper on schedule.
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Strait-Jacket 1964 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Howard Hoffman, Mitchell Cox, Lee Majors, Vicki Cos
Twenty years after she was sentenced to prison for murder, Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) is released and reunited with her daughter, Carol (Diane Baker)–then more murders begin to take place.
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The Terror Within 1989 R, 86 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Thierry Notz
Cast: George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Starr Andreef, Terri Treas, John Lafayette, Tommy Hinchley, Yvonne Saa
Most of the population has been turned into Zombies following a plague, but a small group of scientists in an underground lab were spared and now, alone, must fight the mutants.
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, Gary Busey, Catherine Bach, Burton Gilliam, Roy Jenson, Dub Taylor, Vic Tayback
Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges play two partners in crime who hid the loot in an old school house and now are out to retrieve it. There are two problems: the school building has been torn down and replaced, and their other two partners are out to get the prize for themselves. Bridges is great and he was nominated for an Oscar.
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Virus 1980 PG, 155 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Sonny Chiba, Chuck Connors, Stephanie Faulkner, Glenn Ford, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Henry Silva, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn, Masao Kusakari, Julie Khaner, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Kensaku Morita, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Doctor Yamauchi (Sonny Chiba) wanders the frozen Earth after its near destruction from a deadly virus. In the aftermath, there are only 858 men and eight women left in the world. They are members of international Antarctic research teams of scientists, and the reason they are still alive is that the cold is killing off the germs. The second disaster is nuclear, and now the question is, "Will there be any survivors?"
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Zigzag 1970 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: False Witness
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, Joe Maross, Dana Elcar, Walter Brooke, Anita O'Day, Joan Tompkins
Dying of a brain tumor, Paul Cameron (George Kennedy) frames himself for a murder so that his family will get the reward money. After he collapses at the trial, laser surgery on his tumor is performed and he is cured. Now Paul must find the real murderer in order to clear himself.
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1. Airport (1970)
2. Airport 1975 (1974)
3. Airport '77 (1977)
4. The Ballad of Josie (1967)
5. Bandolero! (1968)
6. Bolero (1984)
7. The Boston Strangler (1968)
8. Cahill U. S. Marshall (1973)
aka: Cahill: United States Marshall
9. Cats Don't Dance (1997)
10. Charade (1963)
11. The Concorde...Airport '79 (1979)
aka: Airport '79
12. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
13. Creepshow 2 (1987)
14. A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
15. Death on the Nile (1978)
16. Death Ship (1980)
17. The Delta Force (1986)
18. Dennis the Menace Strikes Again (1998)
19. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
20. The Double McGuffin (1979)
21. Earthquake (1974)
22. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
23. The Flight of the Phoenix (1966)
24. Fool's Parade (1971)
25. Gaily, Gaily (1969)
aka: Chicago, Chicago
26. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
27. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
28. The Human Factor (1975)
29. Hurry Sundown (1967)
30. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
31. In Harm's Way (1965)
32. The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
33. Just Before Dawn (1981)
34. Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987)
aka: The Gambler III: The Legend Continues
35. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
36. Lost Horizon (1973)
37. McHale's Navy (1964)
38. Mirage (1965)
39. Modern Romance (1981)
40. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
41. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
42. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
aka: The Naked Gun
43. Nightmare at Noon (1990)
44. Search and Destroy (1981)
45. See How They Run (1964)
46. Shenandoah (1965)
47. Small Soldiers (1998)
48. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
49. Steel (1980)
aka: Men of Steel
aka: Look Down and Die
50. Strait-Jacket (1964)
51. The Terror Within (1989)
52. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
53. Virus (1980)
54. Zigzag (1970)
aka: False Witness
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