 Blazing Saddles 1974  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, Jack Starrett
This is a hilarious satire on Western movies by the master of wacky, Mel Brooks. Ex-convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is offered amnesty if he becomes sheriff of a Western town that is (unknown to the population) about to be taken over by the railroad. Great cast having lots of fun. Madeline Kahn was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Born Losers 1967  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Laughlin
Cast: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr., Robert Tessier, Jane Russell, Jack Starrett, Paul Bruce, Robert Cleaves, Paul Prokop, Jeff Cooper, Stuart Lancaster, Anne Bellamy, Susan Foster, Janice Miller
Half White-half Native American Indian Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is a Vietnam veteran trained in martial arts who rescues young Vicki (Elizabeth James) from a terrifying ordeal with a gang of bikers. But, Billy Jack's actions cause the gang to retaliate against him, and the racist Southern California police cause Billy Jack many problems. Meanwhile, the bikers will stop at nothing to keep Vicki from testifying against them.
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 Cleopatra Jones 1973  G, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters, Brenda Sykes, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Bill McKinney, Dan Frazer, Esther Rolle, Stafford Morgan, Albert Popwell, Angela Gibbs, John Alderman
This could be a nice twist with a sexy female agent–but! Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) is sent in to fight world drug trade. The nemesis is played by Shelley Winters...a stretch! Lots of violence.
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Cry Blood, Apache 1970 R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Jody McCrea, Dan Kemp, Marie Gahva, Don Henley, Rick Nervick, Jack Starrett, Robert Tessier, Carolyn Stellar, Joel McCrea, Carroll Kemp, Dawn Lyn
An old prospector and gang member (Joel McCrea) tells the story in flashback of his (played by Joel's son Jody McCrea) and the gang's massacre of an Indian settlement. One survivor (Marie Gahva) is spared if she will lead them to a hidden gold mine, but the survivor's brother is out for revenge and picks off gang members, one-by-one.
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Final Chapter: Walking Tall 1977 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Walking Tall: The Final Chapter
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Bo Svenson, Margaret Blye, Forrest Tucker, Lurene Tuttle, Morgan Woodward, Bruce Glover, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn, Simpson Hemphill, Sandy McPeak, Logan Ramsey, Clay Tanner, David Adams, Michael Allen Honaker, Vance Davis
In this third installment of Sheriff Buford Pusser's trials and tribulations while avenging his wife's murder, Pusser (Bo Svenson) now sells his story to Hollywood. Meanwhile, he continues to fight the corruption in McNairy County, Tennessee, and does not give up on his efforts to end gambling, moonshining, and prostitution forever. But, his fate is sealed.
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 First Blood 1982  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Rambo: First Blood
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, Bill McKinney, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, David Petersen, Michael Talbott, Alf Humphreys, David L. Crowley, Don MacKay
A guerilla war in Idaho? That is exactly what happens when a former Green Beret, mentally unstable John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), is hounded by the local sheriff (Brian Dennehy). The sheriff objects to Rambo's appearance and demeanor, and when he attempts an arrest, the action begins. Two more "Rambo" films follow.
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Hell's Bloody Devils 1970  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: The Fakers
Smashing the Crime Syndicate
Operation M
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: John Gabriel, Kent Taylor, Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Keith Andes, Robert Dix, Erin O'Donnell, Vicki Volante, Anne Randall, Jack Starrett, William Bonner
A Neo-Nazi group led by Nazi war criminal Baron von Delberg (Kent Taylor) teams with the Las Vegas Mafia and the vicious "Bloody Devils" motorcycle gang to further their cause and spread terror throughout the city. FBI agent Mark Adams (John Gabriel) is assigned the task of infiltrating the gang to bring down the bad guys. Extreme violence in another Al Adamson bomb.
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The Losers 1970  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Nam's Angels
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage, Eugene Cornelius, Paul Koslo, John Garwood, Ana Corita, Lillian Margarejo, Paraluman, Paul Nuckles, Jack Starrett, Vic Diaz
During the Vietnam War, the C.I.A. hires a Biker gang led by Link Thomas (William Smith) to ride into Cambodia and rescue agent Chet Davis (Jack Starrett) who is being held captive. Madness and mayhem reign.
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Race with the Devil 1975 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Peter Fonda, Loretta Swit, Warren Oates, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong, Clay Tanner, Carol Blodgett, Paul A. Partain, Jack Starrett
Two couples–Roger and Kelly Marsh (Peter Fonda and Lara Parker) and Frank and Alice Stewart (Warren Oates and Loretta Swit)–are vacationing when they accidentally spy a sacrificial ceremony by devil worshippers. Members of the satanic cult realize they have been spotted, and the chase is on.
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The River 1984  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Don Hood, Billy Green Bush, James Tolkan, Jack Starrett, Lisa Sloan
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. No sooner does the Garver family (Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek) watch the flood waters recede than a land grabber (Scott Glenn) tries to buy their land. The film won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing and had four nominations, including Best Actress (Spacek).
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Run, Angel, Run 1969 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: William Smith, Valerie Starrett, Gene Shane, Lee de Broux, Eugene Cornelius, Paul Harper, Earl Finn, William Bonner, Dan Kemp, Ann Fry, Margaret Markov
After motorcycle gang member Angel (William Smith) takes an offer of $10,000 from a magazine to expose stories about inner-workings of his gang, his fellow bikers seek revenge.
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Slaughter 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, Robert Phillips, Marion Brash, Norman Alfe, Eddie Lo Russo, Buddie Garion, Lance Winston, Francisca Lopez de Laboriel, Roger Cudney, Juan Jose Laboniel
After the mob kills his parents, Vietnam veteran, ex-Green Beret Captain Slaughter (Jim Brown), avenges their murders. He accomplishes his mission and then heads to Mexico to hunt down even more dangerous gangsters. Rip Torn adds to the action in his role as mob boss Hoffo.
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A Small Town in Texas 1976 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, George "Buck" Flower, Susan George, Art Hindle, Bo Hopkins, John Karlen, Morgan Woodward, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Mark Silva
Following a prison term for which he was set up by Sheriff Duke (Bo Hopkins), Poke Jackson (Timothy Bottoms) returns home seeking revenge.
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| 1. Blazing Saddles (1974)
2. Born Losers (1967)
3. Cleopatra Jones (1973)
4. Cry Blood, Apache (1970)
5. Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
aka: Walking Tall: The Final Chapter
6. First Blood (1982)
aka: Rambo: First Blood
7. Hell's Angels on Wheels (1967)
8. Hell's Bloody Devils (1970)
aka: The Fakers
aka: Smashing the Crime Syndicate
aka: Operation M
9. The Losers (1970)
aka: Nam's Angels
10. Race with the Devil (1975)
11. The River (1984)
12. Run, Angel, Run (1969)
13. Slaughter (1972)
14. A Small Town in Texas (1976)
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