 The Cannonball Run 1981  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Fonda, Jackie Chan, Bert Convy, Jamie Farr
This is another Hal Needham/Burt Reynolds predictable story about beer-drinking rednecks who, this time, participate in a coast-to-coast car race. Old story, old gags.
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Cannonball Run II 1984  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Marilu Henner, Sid Caesar, Jack Elam, Jamie Farr, Frank Sinatra
This film features the same humor found in "Cannonball Run" and "Smokey and the Bandit;" however, Burt Reynolds fans will probably enjoy it.
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Combat High 1986 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Combat Academy
Director: Neal Israel
Cast: Keith Gordon, Wallace Langham, George Clooney, Dana Hill, Tina Caspary, Danny Nucci, Elya Baskin, Jamie Farr, Sherman Hemsley, Robert Culp, Kevin Haley, Richard Moll, Marc Price
After they are suspended from their high school because of their pranks, teenagers Max (Keith Gordon) and Perry (Wallace Langham) are sent to Kirkland Military Academy where the pranks continue–even bigger than before.
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The Curse II: The Bite 1988 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Bite
Director: Frederico Prosperi
Cast: Jill Schoelen, J. Eddie Peck, Jamie Farr, Savina Gersak, Marianne Muellerleile, Al Fann, Sydney Lassick, Terrence Evans, Sandra Sexton, Bruce Marchiano, Shiri Appleby, Bo Svenson, Jose Garcia, Tiny Wells
While on a road trip through New Mexico, Lisa and Clark (Jill Schoelen and J. Eddie Peck) come across an abandoned nuclear test site that is teeming with radioactive snakes. One such snake bites Clark's hand, and now his arm becomes a lethal snake head. To top it off, his body produces snakes by the dozens. The special effects are good in this sequel to 1987's "The Curse," though there is no common storyline between the two.
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Kismet 1955   N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam, Ted de Corsia, Ross Bagdasarian, Mike Mazurki, Reiko Sato, Julie Robinson, Jamie Farr
Howard Keel plays Baghdad beggar, The Poet, whose daughter Marsinah (Ann Blyth) falls in love with the young Caliph (Vic Damone) while the sexy wife (Dolores Gray) of the Wazir (Sebastian Cabot) has her eyes on The Poet. Fate steps in, and all live happily ever after. The songs "Stranger in Paradise" and "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" are highlights of this Arabian Nights musical.
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No Time for Sergeants 1958  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams, Murray Hamilton, William Fawcett, Don Knotts, Jean Willes, Will Hutchins, Dub Taylor, Jamie Farr
This is the film version of Ira Levin's Broadway play that also starred Andy Griffith as Will Stockdale. The dialogue is very funny as Georgia farm boy Will "adjusts" to the United States Army after being drafted.
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Ride Beyond Vengeance 1966  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Night of the Tiger
Director: Bernard McEveety
Cast: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays, Joan Blondell, Gloria Grahame, Gary Merrill, Bill Bixby, Claude Akins, Paul Fix, Harry Harvey, Jamie Farr, Arthur O'Connell
Told in flashbacks by a bartender (Arthur O'Connell), this is the violent tale of Jonas Trapp (Chuck Connors) who returns to his small Texas town, after an 11-year absence, with a fortune made by hunting buffalo. He had originally married Jessie (Kathryn Hays) to have access to her aunt's money. Now, he receives a brutal homecoming from thugs who think he made his money rustling cattle, and they brand Jonas with a "T." Jonas' revenge will be bloody.
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Who's Minding the Mint? 1967 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Bob Denver, Walter Brennan, Victor Buono, Jack Gilford, Jamie Farr, Jackie Joseph
After U.S. Mint worker Harry Lucas (Jim Hutton) accidentally destroys new bills worth $50,000, he plots to reprint the money–with the help of some very unsavory characters.
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With Six You Get Eggroll 1968 G, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Pat Carroll, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin, Alice Ghostley, Vic Tayback, Jamie Farr
Widow Abby McClure (Doris Day) falls in love with a widower, Jake Iverson (Brian Keith), and they decide to marry–this will bring together their four children into one "happy" family.
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| 1. The Cannonball Run (1981)
2. Cannonball Run II (1984)
3. Combat High (1986)
aka: Combat Academy
4. The Curse II: The Bite (1988)
aka: The Bite
5. For Love or Money (1984)
6. Kismet (1955)
7. No Time for Sergeants (1958)
8. Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
aka: Night of the Tiger
9. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
10. With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
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