The Bell Jar 1979  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson, Barbara Barrie, Robert Klein, Donna Mitchell, Mary Louise Weller, Scott McKay, Roxanne Hart, Jameson Parker, Thaao Penghlis, Meg Mundy, Carol Monferdini, Dick Carballo, Elizabeth Hubbard
Sylvia Plath's novel is brought to the screen in this story about Esther (Marilyn Hassett) who suffers a nervous breakdown brought about by problems encountered because of her over-achieving personality.
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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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Jackals 1986 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: American Justice
Director: Gary Grillo
Cast: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Wilford Brimley, Jack Lucarelli, Jeannie Wilson, Rosanna DeSoto, Roman Cisneros, David Steen, Danelle Hand, Randy Hall, Del Zamora
LA cop Joe Case (Jack Lucarelli) visits his former partner Dave Buchanon (Jameson Parker) in an Arizona border town and witnesses a murder. The killer is Jake Wheeler (Gerald McRaney) who happens to be a deputy working for Sheriff Mitchell (Wilford Brimley). Joe reports the murder, but no one appears to believe him. When Dave realizes that corruption is the name of the game in his department and that illegal immigrants are being victimized, he and Joe join forces only to discover that the police scandal and the usual dirty politics are only a few of the obstacles with which they must deal.
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Prince of Darkness 1987 R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Marie Howard, Ann Yen, Peter Jason, Jesse Lawrence Ferguson, Ken Wright, Dirk Blocker, Robert Grasmere, Thom Bray, Joanna Merlin
A priest (Donald Pleasence) learns of the existence of a large tube, with green swirling fluid, in the cellar of an old church. The priest, a physicist friend, and two graduate students stay in the church to uncover the truth behind the fluid. The truth is that the devil has been "sleeping" for thousands of years and now is the time to awaken. John Carpenter all the way.
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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, Jason Laskay, Jamie Squire, Mary Margaret Amato, David Hollander, Frank Rich
College life in the turbulent 1960s–amidst anti-Vietnam protests, drugs, and the sexual revolution at Harvard is depicted in this story when three students band together and challenge the system.
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White Dog 1982  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Trained to Kill
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker, Lynne Moody, Marshall Thompson, Bob Minor, Vernon Weddle, Christa Lang, Tony Brubaker, Samuel Fuller, Paul Bartel
Julie (Kristy McNichol) has adopted a dog that, unknown to her, has been trained to kill Blacks. Once she discovers what her dog is capable of, she asks for help from Black animal-trainer Keys (Paul Winfield) who takes on the challenge.
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| 1. The Bell Jar (1979)
2. Dead Before Dawn (1993)
3. Jackals (1986)
aka: American Justice
4. Prince of Darkness (1987)
5. A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
6. White Dog (1982)
aka: Trained to Kill
7. Women at West Point (1979)
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