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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House II: The Second Story 1987  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ethan Wiley
Cast: Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano, Bill Maher, Lar Park-Lincoln, John Ratzenberger, Amy Yasbeck, Gregory Walcott, Dwier Brown, Lenora May
The body of the great-great-grandfather of the man who inherited a mansion is exhumed; surprise, surprise, the man is alive! This sequel does not continue the story of "House," but has a new story, as bad as it is. There are other living dead that add to the "fun."
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Joe Kidd 1972 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, Pepe Hern, Joaquin Martinez, John Carter, Ron Soble
After cheating Mexicans out of their land, rancher Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall) is forced to hire ex-bounty hunter Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) to take care of the rebelling victims, led by Luis Chama (John Saxon), who are fighting for land reform. At first, Kidd refuses to help, but after his own ranch is raided, he accepts Harlan's deal and rounds up Mexican hostages. One of the hostages is Helen Sanchez (Stella Garcia), and Kidd falls in love with her. Now there are more problems–including a shoot-out between Harlan and Kidd before Kidd and Stella can return to his ranch and live happily ever after.
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The Last American Hero 1973 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hard Driver
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Art Lund, Ed Lauter, William Smith, Gregory Walcott, Tom Ligon, Lane Smith, Ernie F. Orsatti
Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges) gained his driving skills as a moonshiner's son who learned to evade the law while running whiskey. Now, Junior decides to put his past behind him but to use the skills he learned to become a race car driver. As he begins his rise in the world of stock cars, Junior is confronted by corporate sponsorship realities that threaten to infringe on his independence.
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The McConnell Story 1955  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen, Robert Ellis, Willis Bouchey, Sarah Selby, Gregory Walcott, Frank Ferguson, Perry Lopez
This is a fictionalized biography of Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., a jet pilot who returned from the Korean War as a hero but lost his life while performing as a test pilot.
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On the Double 1961 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Margaret Rutherford, Diana Dors, Allan Cuthbertson, Jesse White, Gregory Walcott, Rex Evans, Edgar Barrier
Private First Class Ernie Williams (Danny Kaye) impersonates a high-ranking British officer to confuse the Nazis about D-Day plans.
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The Outsider 1961  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett, Vivian Nathan, Ralph Moody, Stanley Adams, Vince Edwards, Gertrude Michael, Miriam Colon, Edmund Hashim, Paul Comi, Wayne Heffley, Jeffrey Silver, James Beck
Pima Indian Ira Hayes was one of the four men who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima. This story begins when Hayes (Tony Curtis) leaves his Arizona reservation and joins the U.S. Marine Corps. He and Pvt. James B. Sorenson (James Franciscus) become friends in boot camp and go off to fight in World War II. Sorenson is also one of the four men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima, but he is later killed in battle. Hayes is not able to deal with the death of his friend and, at war's end, cannot adjust to the civilian world. He is found dead at age 32.
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 Plan 9 from Outer Space 1959 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Grave Robbers from Outer Space
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Gregory Walcott, Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove, Tor Johnson, Bela Lugosi, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon, Joanna Lee, Lyle Talbot, Vampira, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Bill Ash, David De Mering
Many critics rate this film as the worst movie ever made. It stars Bela Lugosi, but Bela died early in the making of the movie. Undaunted, Ed Wood used old home movies and an actor, holding a cape across his face, to fill in for Lugosi's role in the story.
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Prime Cut 1972 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Howard Platt, Eddie Egan
This film, Sissy Spacek's debut, is the gruesome story about Chicago gangsters who have their own methods of keeping Kansas City cattlemen in line.
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The Sugarland Express 1974 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Ben Johnson, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly, Louise Latham, Dean Smith, Bill Thurman, Harrison Zanuck, Jessie Lee Fulton, Ted Grossman
This story is based on the real-life experience of Clovis Poplin (William Atherton) and wife Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) who escaped from prison and attempted to reclaim their baby from foster parents. Spielberg's first feature film.
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Tilt 1979 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rudy Durand
Cast: Brooke Shields, Ken Marshall, Charles Durning, John Crawford, Gregory Walcott, Karen Lamm, Robert Brian Berger, Lorenzo Lamas, Geoffrey Lewis, Don Stark
Young Tilt (Brooke Shields) is a pinball wizard and leaves home to head across country with would-be rock star Neil (Ken Marshall). They hustle their way along, until the ultimate test–a game with pinball champ "The Whale" (Charles Durning). Highlight: watching the game from inside the machine.
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| 1. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
2. House II: The Second Story (1987)
3. Joe Kidd (1972)
4. The Last American Hero (1973)
aka: Hard Driver
5. The McConnell Story (1955)
6. On the Double (1961)
7. The Outsider (1961)
8. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
aka: Grave Robbers from Outer Space
9. Prime Cut (1972)
10. The Sugarland Express (1974)
11. Tilt (1979)
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