The Best of Everything 1959  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans, Louis Jourdan, Joan Crawford, Brett Halsey
Three women seek success in the Big Apple in this somewhat dated story adapted from Rona Jaffe's novel.
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Beulah Land 1980 TV, 265 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Falk, Virgil W. Vogel
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin, Eddie Albert, Hope Lange, Paul Rudd, Dorian Harewood, Martha Scott, Paul Shenar, Allyn Ann McLerie, Jenny Agutter, Don Johnson, Meredith Baxter
This three-part, TV miniseries based on Lonnie Coleman's novel spans the era from 1827 to the end of the century and revolves around the changing fortunes of two Georgia families before, during, and after the Civil War.
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 Blue Velvet 1986 R, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Brad Dourif, George Dickerson
This film begins with the discovery of an ear in a field. The police have no leads, but two young people (Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern) become involved when they decide to investigate a cabaret singer (Isabella Rossellini). Kinda weird. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Director.
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 Bus Stop 1956  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Wrong Kind of Girl
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Hope Lange, Hans Conried, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray, Max Showalter, Henry Slate
A waitress, Cherie (Marilyn Monroe), dreams of her name in lights in Hollywood. Don Murray plays Bo, a cowboy, who becomes enamored with Cherie and thinks she is the "angel" he wants to marry.
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 Clear and Present Danger 1994  PG-13, 142 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Donald Moffat, Harris Yulin, Joaquim de Almeida, Dean Jones, Thora Birch, Hope Lange, Henry Czerny, Miguel Sandoval, Benjamin Bratt, Raymond Cruz, Ann Magnuson
In the United States, the President is given the power to order military might only in the case of "clear and present danger" to the national security. This is the reasoning behind President Edward Bennett (Donald Moffat) ordering Special Forces into Colombia to break up a drug cartel. Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is the President's intelligence deputy who leads the covert military attack. Intrigue and action prevail from beginning to end.
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Dead Before Dawn 1993  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Correll
Cast: Cheryl Ladd, Jameson Parker, G.W. Bailey, Kim Coates, Matt Clark, Keone Young, Stanley Anderson, Hope Lange, Jensen Daggett, Hollis McCarthy, Debra Bluford, Kip Niven
While in the process of divorcing her abusive husband Robert (Jameson Parker) Linda (Cheryl Ladd) learns that he has hired a hit man to kill her as a means of saving his reputation and keeping custody of the children. There is one problem: Robert's hit man is really an FBI agent, and Linda must pretend to have been murdered so that the FBI can trap Robert.
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 Death Wish 1974 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Olympia Dukakis, Christopher Guest, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace
When a liberal architect's (Charles Bronson) wife (Hope Lange) is murdered and his daughter (Kathleen Tolan) is terrorized into a comatose state by muggers, he takes the law into his own hands and becomes an urban vigilante. A fascinating, almost terrifying, statement about gun control laws.
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I Am the Cheese 1983  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Jiras
Cast: Robert MacNaughton, Hope Lange, Don Murray, Robert Wagner, Cynthia Nixon, Frank McGurran, Russell Goslant, Robert Cormier, Dorothea MacNaughton, Lee Richardson, Sudie Bond, John Fiedler
This story, adapted from Robert Cormier's novel, involves a teenager (Robert MacNaughton) who tries to uncover facts from his childhood that are locked in his subconscious mind.
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Jigsaw 1968 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Hope Lange, Pat Hingle, Diana Hyland, Victor Jory, Paul Stewart, Susan Saint James, Michael J. Pollard, Susanne Benton, James Doohan, Donald Mitchell, Roy Jenson, Lev Mailer, Kent McCord
This remake of 1965's "Mirage" features Bradford Dillman as Jonathan Fields, a scientist who is drugged and then faced with the possibility that he may be a murderer after he awakens in an apartment where a dead woman's body lies in the bathtub. Fields hires private detective Arthur Belding (Harry Guardino) to investigate and learns that Field's supervisor Dr. Arkroyd (Victor Jory) had been involved with the dead woman. Now, pieces of the puzzle fit together, and they figure out that Field's co-worker Lew Haley (Pat Hingle) is the guilty culprit. Dillman and Haley have a confrontation, and Haley crashes through the hi-rise office window and plummets to the pavement below.
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Just Cause 1995 R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee, Ed Harris, Hope Lange, Daniel J. Travanti, Kevin McCarthy, Ned Beatty, Christopher Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Victor Slezak, Kevin McCarthy, Lynne Thigpen
In this adaptation of John Katzenbach's novel, Sean Connery plays a Harvard law professor, Paul Armstrong. Opposed to the death penalty, Armstrong agrees to investigate the facts behind Bobby Earl Ferguson's (Blair Underwood) murder conviction.
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Like Normal People 1979  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Shaun Cassidy, Linda Purl, Zalman King, Hope Lange, Michael McGuire, Rhea Perlman, James Keach
Rock star Shaun Cassidy makes his acting debut in this TV movie about a mentally challenged couple who decide to get married despite the outcries of their families. You will note the great similarity between this film and "No Other Love," which came out the same year. If you want to see just one, see "No Other Love."
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Love Is a Ball 1963 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalban, Telly Savalas, Ruth McDevitt, Ulla Jacobsson, Georgette Anys, John Wood, Andre Luguet
Pimm (Charles Boyer) is a matchmaker who creates romantic unions for those who graduate from his mail-order school.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge 1985 R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Robert Rusler, Marshall Bell, Sydney Walsh, Robert Englund, Melinda O. Fee, Tom McFadden, Christie Clark, Lyman Ward
Freddy (Robert Englund) is back in business five years later and is trying to take over another dreamer. It doesn't measure up to the original, and pretty gruesome in spots.
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Peyton Place 1957 N/R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, David(1) Nelson, Arthur Kennedy, Terry Moore, Russ Tamblyn, Betty Field
Life in a small New Hampshire town centers on Constance (Lana Turner), owner of the local dress shop, and her Daughter Allison (Diane Varsi), who have a falling out over Allison's friend Norman (Russ Tamblyn). Allison's friend Selena Cross (Hope Lange) is murdered, and Allison is there for Selena's stepfather's murder trial. The film received nine Academy Award nominations (but won none), including Best Picture, Actress (Lana Turner), Kennedy and Tamblyn for Supporting Actor, Lange and Varsi for Supporting Actress, and Director. Sequel: "Return to Peyton Place."
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Pocketful of Miracles 1961 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ann - Margret, John Litel, Thomas Mitchell
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a gambler who turns Apple Annie (Bette Davis) into a socialite–for one day–when her daughter, Louise (Ann-Margret), comes to visit. Peter Falk was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. This Damon Runyon story was previously filmed in 1933 as "Lady for a Day."
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That Certain Summer 1972 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Hope Lange, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Scott Jacoby, Marlyn Mason, James McEachin, Jan Shepard, Clarke Gordon, Carolyn Bueno
A divorced father (Hal Holbrook) comes to terms with his homosexuality and now must make his young son understand his new lifestyle.
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The True Story of Jesse James 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The James Brothers
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale Jr., Alan Baxter, John Carradine, Rachel Stephens, Barney Phillips, Biff Elliot
Embittered by the changes taking place after the Civil War, the James brothers (Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter) turn to a life of crime to "make a living." Before long, they are in too deep and cannot escape their lifestyle.
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Tune in Tomorrow... 1990 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Director: Jon Amiel
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Bill McCutcheon, Patricia Clarkson, Jerome Dempsey, Dan Hedaya, Buck Henry, Hope Lange, Richard Portnow
Martin (Keanu Reeves) is a young scriptwriter at a radio station in the early 1950s. To improve ratings, a well-known writer, Pedro (Peter Falk), is hired and takes Martin under his wing. Meanwhile, Julia (Barbara Hershey)–Martin's aunt (by marriage)–returns home in search of a new husband. With prompting from Pedro, Julia and Martin begin an affair, which becomes the storyline of Pedro's radio script. Falk is great!
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Wild in the Country 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Dunne
Cast: Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, Rafer Johnson, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood, Jason Robards Sr., William Mims, Raymond Greenleaf, Alan Napier
A troubled young man (Elvis Presley) is encouraged by his psychologist (Hope Lange) to work towards his goal of becoming a writer.
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The Young Lions 1958 N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, Maximilian Schell, Mai Britt, Barbara Rush, Lee Van Cleef, Dora Doll, Parley Baer
This film does an excellent job of examining Nazi beliefs and how one young German soldier (Marlon Brando) becomes disillusioned with the cause for which he fights.
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| 1. The Best of Everything (1959)
2. Beulah Land (1980)
3. Blue Velvet (1986)
4. Bus Stop (1956)
aka: The Wrong Kind of Girl
5. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
6. Dead Before Dawn (1993)
7. Death Wish (1974)
8. I Am the Cheese (1983)
9. Jigsaw (1968)
10. Just Cause (1995)
11. Like Normal People (1979)
12. Love Is a Ball (1963)
13. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
14. Peyton Place (1957)
15. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
16. That Certain Summer (1972)
17. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
aka: The James Brothers
18. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
aka: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
19. Wild in the Country (1961)
20. The Young Lions (1958)
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