 The AristoCats 1970  G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, Vito Scotti, Nancy Kulp, Pat Buttram, Paul Winchell, George Lindsey, Thurl Ravenscroft, Hermione Baddeley, Charles(2) Lane, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Roddy Maude-Roxby
When wealthy Mme. Bonfamille (voice of Hermione Baddeley) dies, she leaves her fortune to her cat Duchess (voice of Eva Gabor) and her three kittens. The jealous butler, Edgar (voice of Roddy Maude-Roxby), abandons the cats in the French countryside so that he will have the fortune. But, there are rescuers out there in the form of alley cat Thomas O'Malley (voice of Phil Harris), mouse Roquefort (voice of Sterling Holloway), and hounds Lafayette and Napoleon (voices of George Lindsey and Pat Buttram) who come to their aid, and by story's end the cats are back home where they belong.
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Charley and the Angel 1973  G, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kurt Russell, Kathleen Cody, Vincent Van Patten, George Lindsey, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Bakalyan, Edward Andrews
When an angel (Harry Morgan) visits workaholic dad Charley Appleby (Fred MacMurray), Charley changes his priorities and spends more time with his family.
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The Rescuers 1977 G, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens
Cast: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram, Jim Jordan, John McIntire, Bernard Fox, Dub Taylor, Michelle Stacy, James MacDonald, George Lindsey
In this Disney animated tale, two brave mice–Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voice of Eva Gabor)–try to save a little girl (voice of Michelle Stacy) who has been kidnapped by the diabolical Madame Medusa (voice of Geraldine Page).
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 Robin Hood 1973 G, 83 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Romance
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Brian Bedford, Roger Miller, Monica Evans, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Carole Shelley, Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas, Pat Buttram, George Lindsey, Ken Curtis, Billy Whitaker, J. Pat O'Malley, John Fiedler, Candy Candido
In this Disney animated version of the classic tale, animals take on all of the roles. For example, Robin Hood (voice of Brian Bedford) is a fox, Allan-A-Dale (voice of Roger Miller) is a rooster, and Maid Marian (voice of Monica Evans) is also a fox. The storyline fits with the legend of Robin Hood and his gang who steals from the rich and gives to the poor because Prince John (voice of Peter Ustinov) is overtaxing them for his own personal gains.
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Snowball Express 1972  G, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Johnny Whitaker, Michael McGreevey, George Lindsey, Kathleen Cody, Mary Wickes, David White, Dick Van Patten, Alice Backes
New Yorker Johnny Baxter (Dean Jones) inherits a Colorado ski lodge and leaves the big city with his family for a new start in the clean air of Colorado. The lodge is a real fixer-upper to say the least, but the Baxter family works to make a go of it, despite setbacks such as banker Martin (Keenan Wynn) who wants the property himself. Typical Disney family comedy which ends with a wild and wacky snowmobile race.
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Take This Job and Shove It 1981  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Robert Hays, Art Carney, Barbara Hershey, David Keith, Tim Thomerson, Martin Mull, Eddie Albert, Penelope Milford, George Lindsey, Johnny Paycheck, David Allan Coe, James Karen, Mike Genovese, Len Lesser, Charlie Rich
After being away for 10 years, business executive Frank Maclin (Robert Hays) returns to his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa, to modernize the Pickett Brewery for Charlie Pickett (Art Carney). Maclin organizes the brewery's blue-collar workers who include his old buddies Harry Meade and Ray Binkowski (David Keith and Tim Thomerson). He also finds his ex-girlfriend "J.M." (Barbara Hershey), and their relationship picks up where it once left off. When Frank learns that Pickett is going to resell the brewery, he must consider his position with the company vs. the interests of his worker friends and, in the process, make some very serious choices.
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Treasure of Matecumbe 1976 G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran, Billy "Pop" Atmore, Jane Wyatt, Virginia Vincent, Dub Taylor, Dick Van Patten, Robert DoQui, Don Knight, Mills Watson, Valentin de Vargas, George Lindsey
With map in hand, Davie (Johnny Doran) and Thad (Billy Attmore) set out in search of a buried treasure and run into some unsavory characters–Lauriette Paxton (Joan Hackett), Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass (Peter Ustinov), and Jim (Robert Foxworth)–along the way. Meanwhile, the dastardly Spangler (Vic Morrow) is in hot pursuit. Good Disney fare.
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| 1. The AristoCats (1970)
2. Charley and the Angel (1973)
3. The Rescuers (1977)
4. Robin Hood (1973)
5. Snowball Express (1972)
6. Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
7. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
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