Barbarosa 1982  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega, Gilbert Roland, Danny De La Paz, Alma Martinez, George Voskovec, Howland Chamberlin, Harry Caesar
Two outcasts, Barbarosa (Willie Nelson) and Karl Westover (Gary Busey), try to elude several young men who are tracking them down to avenge their brothers' deaths. It is a story about senseless hatred and the utter futility it creates.
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Bird on a Wire 1990  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Romance / Thriller / Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance, Harry Caesar, Jeff Corey, Alex Bruhanski, John Pyper-Ferguson, Clyde Kusatsu, Jackson Davies, Florence Patterson, Tim Healy
Lots of chase scenes fill the screen in this film about lawyer Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) who saves her ex-fiance, FBI informer Rick Jarmin) (Mel Gibson), whose life is in jeopardy after he leaves the witness protection program.
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Casey's Shadow 1978  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber, Murray Hamilton, Andrew A. Rubin, Steve Burns, Harry Caesar, Joel Fluellen, Whit Bissell
Lloyd Bourdelle (Walter Matthau) is a widower who trains horses for a living and manages to raise his kids alone. He owns a quarter horse that he plans to race at Ruidoso, New Mexico but must contend with those who want to get the rights to his horse.
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The Emperor of the North 1973 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Emperor of the North Pole
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner, Simon Oakland, Malcolm Atterbury, Harry Caesar, Matt Clark, Elisha Cook Jr., Sid Haig
Smack (Ernest Borgnine) is a sadistic train conductor who is determined to kill all the hobos riding his rails. He succeeds until he encounters "A No. 1" (Lee Marvin) who is not about to become a victim.
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The Escape Artist 1982 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall, David Clennon, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, Harry Caesar
Based on David Wagoner's novel, this story involves young magician Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) who is always getting in trouble. Danny steals the wallet of Stu Quinones (Raul Julia) who just happens to be the son of corrupt Mayor Leon Quinones (Desi Arnaz). Danny finds that the wallet is filled with graft money, and this time, he finds himself in over his head and suffers the consequences.
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 The Longest Yard 1974 R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Bernadette Peters, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson, Pervis Atkins, Tony Cacciotti, Anitra Ford, Michael Fox
Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert) wants a winning football team to represent his prison, and he knows just the person to assure his team of prison guards a victory. He chooses a prisoner who is an ex-pro football player Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds). To achieve his goal, Warden Hazen makes a deal with Crewe and tells him that if he will put together a team of prisoners and agree to lose to the guards' football team led by Captain Knauer (Ed Lauter), then Crewe will be given parole. The challenge is on, and Crewe forms his team. As game time approaches, will Crewe accept the deal, or will the convicts achieve dignity as winners of the Penitentiary Bowl?
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The Offspring 1987  R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: From a Whisper to a Scream
Director: Jeff Burr
Cast: Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar, Cameron Mitchell, Rosalind Cash, Susan Tyrrell, Martine Beswick, Angelo Rossitto, Lawrence Tierney
Vincent Price narrates this anthology of horror tales about people and events that took place in the same small town over a period of years.
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A Small Circle of Friends 1980 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Brad Davis, Karen Allen, Jameson Parker, Shelley Long, John Friedrich, Gary Springer, Richard Nelson, Harry Caesar, Nan Martin, Daniel Stern
College life in the turbulent 1960s–amidst anti-Vietnam protests, drugs, and the sexual revolution is depicted in this less-than-deep story.
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| 1. Barbarosa (1982)
2. Bird on a Wire (1990)
3. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
4. Casey's Shadow (1978)
5. The Emperor of the North (1973)
aka: Emperor of the North Pole
6. The Escape Artist (1982)
7. The Longest Yard (1974)
8. The Offspring (1987)
aka: From a Whisper to a Scream
9. A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
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