Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free 1976  TV, 98 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Banjo Hackett
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Don Meredith, Ike Eisenmann, Jeff Corey, Gloria DeHaven, L.Q. Jones, Jennifer Warren, Chuck Connors, Dan O'Herlihy, Jan Murray, Anne Francis, Slim Pickens, John O'Leary
Horse trader Banjo Hackett (Don Meredith) travels west with his young nephew, Jubal (Ike Eisenmann), in search of a rare Arabian horse that was stolen from Jubal's mother before her death. But they're not alone in their quest. A slow, made-for-TV film.
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Cross Creek 1983  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard, Joanna Miles, Ike Eisenmann, Jay O. Sanders, Malcolm McDowell, Cary Guffey, Toni Hudson, Bo Rucker, John Hammond, Tommy Alford, C.T. Wakefield
The Florida backwoods home of "The Yearling" author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) and her life prior to publishing her first novel are the basis for this story. Rawlings leaves her husband and moves to a Florida orange grove where she begins life anew hoping to find needed peace to write her story. Among her new-found friends are her servant Geechee (Alfre Woodard), her lover Norton (Peter Coyote), and father and daughter Marsh and Ellie Turner (Rip Torn and Dana Hill)–all of whom give her the inspiration to write her novel. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Torn for Best Supporting Actor and Woodard for Best Supporting Actress.
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Richard Crenna, Yvette Mimieux, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Lou Frizzell, Ken Kercheval, Martine Beswick, Warren Munson, Bill Zuckert
First shown on TV on Halloween, 1978, this is the tale of a family that obtains dog, which is possessed by Satan. The dog causes all sorts of terrible things to happen, especially to the family's neighbors and other friends.
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Escape to Witch Mountain 1975 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: John Hough
Cast: Eddie Albert, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Walter Barnes, Reta Shaw, Denver Pyle, Alfred Ryder, George Chandler, Lawrence Montaigne, Shepherd Sanders, Don Brodie, Terry Wilson, Dermott Downs
In this Disney film, orphaned adolescents, brother and sister Tony and Tia Malone (Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards), have unusual psychic powers but suffer from amnesia, which prevents them from being aware that they are space aliens. Evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) realizes that Tony and Tia have supernatural powers and tries to exploit them. Aristotle holds them in his mansion against their will–until Jason (Eddie Albert), who is grieving over his wife's death, takes Tony and Tia in his RV on a cross-country trek during which Aristotle is in hot pursuit. After the RV is transformed into a space ship, they arrive at Witch Mountain where long-hidden secrets are revealed.
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Race to Witch Mountain 2009  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comedy
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Marquette, Billy Brown, Garry Marshall, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Cheech Marin, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Duff, Bob Koherr
Once a mob runner, Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is now happy to be out of the business and driving a cab in Las Vegas. One day, teenagers Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) appear in the back seat of Jack's taxi, give him a big wad of cash, and ask to be driven to the desert. Jack thinks there is something peculiar about Sara and Seth but takes the money and sets out on the trek. It turns out that Sara and Seth are space aliens trying to reach Witch Mountain where their space ship awaits. But, the trip will not be easy and will involve black cars chasing them with government agents, led by Henry Burke (Ciaran Hinds), and even an alien assassin in hot pursuit.
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Return from Witch Mountain 1978 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: John Hough
Cast: Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Jack Soo, Denver Pyle, Richard Bakalyan, Anthony James, Ward Costello, Christian Juttner, Brad Savage, Stu Gilliam, William Bassett, Pondexter Yothers, Jeffrey Jacquet
In Disney's sequel to "Escape from Witch Mountain," teenagers Tia (Kim Richards) and Tony (Ike Eisenmann) leave Witch Mountain and visit Los Angeles for a vacation. They meet mad scientist Victor (Christopher Lee) who realizes that Tia and Tony have supernatural powers, and he kidnaps Tony with the intent of brainwashing him into helping him and his accomplice Letha (Bette Davis) accomplish their evil deeds. But, Tia uses her telepathic powers to contact Tony, and she and a gang of kids (Christian Juttner, Brad Savage, Pondexter Yothers, and Jeffrey Jacquet) set out to rescue Tony.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Kirstie Alley, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Ike Eisenmann, John Vargas, John Winston
Newly promoted Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) joins Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) aboard the Enterprise for a space mission and crosses paths with his nemesis, the extraordinary villain Khan (Ricardo Montalban). Khan is seeking revenge against Kirk for having been exiled on a desolate planet and steals the Genesis device that can transform long-dead planets. Khan plots to use the device for his own evil purpose, and while Kirk battles him, Spock sacrifices himself to save his shipmates on the Enterprise.
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| 1. Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (1976)
aka: Banjo Hackett
2. Cross Creek (1983)
3. Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
4. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
5. Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
6. Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
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