 Blue Hawaii 1961  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Nancy Walters, Roland Winters, Steve Brodie, Angela Lansbury, John Archer, Howard McNear, Gregory Gaye, Iris Adrian
Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) leaves the Army and returns to his home on a successful Hawaiian pineapple plantation. When he decides to work for the tourist bureau, his family is disappointed that he is not tending to the family fortune.
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Career 1959 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine, Carolyn Jones, Robert Middleton, Donna Douglas, Joan Blackman, Jerry Paris, Frank McHugh, Mary Treen
Sam Lawson (Tony Franciosa) suffers trials and tribulations on his way to stardom in a Broadway play.
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Daring Game 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Nico Minardos, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, Brock Peters, Alex Montoya, Shepperd Strudwick, Perry Lopez
This was a pilot for a TV series that never made the grade. The story is bout a team of commandos, "The Flying Fish," who perform rescues on land, sea, and air. The plot is set around the rescue of a doctor and his daughter from a Caribbean dictatorship. 1 User Review
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| | outstanding | Anonymous 01/06/2008 | | one of the best movies i've ever seen |
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Good Day for a Hanging 1959 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Maggie Hayes, Robert Vaughn, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Denver Pyle, Harry Lauter, Edmon Ryan, Bing Russell, Stacy Harris
After Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray) captures the killer of the town's sheriff, the citizens sympathize with the prisoner, "The Kid" (Robert Vaughn), and lose respect for Cutler.
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The Great Impostor 1960  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Tony Curtis, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill, Joan Blackman, Raymond Massey, Robert Middleton, Jeanette Nolan, Sue Ane Langdon
The humorous, as well as the serious, side of the exploits of impostor Ferdinand Demara (Tony Curtis) is depicted in this story of a man who successfully posed in many different roles during his lifetime. 1 User Review
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| | If you liked 'Catch Me If You Can' ... you'll love this | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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Kid Galahad 1962  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson, Ned Glass, Robert Emhardt, David Lewis, Edward Asner, George Mitchell, Liam Redmond, Roy Roberts, Judson Pratt, Michael Dante, Richard Devon
This musical remake of the 1937 drama stars Elvis Presley as ex-GI Walter Gulick who works out at Willie Grogan's (Gig Young) training camp to achieve his goal of becoming a successful boxer. After Gulick saves Grogan's partner Dolly (Lola Albright) from gangsters' clutches, she gives him the name "Kid Galahad," and he rises through the boxing ranks. Gulick knows he has the talent to win the upcoming championship, but his trainer Lew (Charles Bronson) has been bribed to contribute to Gulick losing his big fight. The fight begins, and "Kid Galahad" refuses to give up. He wins the match–and the love of his life, Rose (Joan Blackman), as well.
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Macon County Line 1974 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard Compton
Cast: Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Joan Blackman, Timothy Scott, James Gammon, Doodles Weaver, Geoffrey Lewis, Leif Garrett, Sam Gilman, Emile Meyer, Jay Adler, David Orange
Bobbie Gentry sings her theme song in this film based on the true story about a 1954 Georgia murder in which redneck Deputy Sheriff Reed Morgan (Max Baer Jr.) mistakenly believes that brothers Chris and Wayne Dixon (Alan Vint and Jesse Vint) raped and murdered his wife. After returning home to the murder scene, Morgan finds the brothers in his barn, claims they are the murderers, and seeks revenge. Too late, he discovers who the real murderers are. Sequel: "Return to Macon County."
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Visit to a Small Planet 1960 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams, Jerome Cowan, Gale Gordon, Lee Patrick, Ellen Corby
Based on Gore Vidal's satirical play, this is the story of an alien (Jerry Lewis) who visits Earth to study its inhabitants.
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| 1. Blue Hawaii (1961)
2. Career (1959)
3. Daring Game (1968)
4. The Destructors (1968)
5. Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
6. The Great Impostor (1960)
7. Kid Galahad (1962)
8. Macon County Line (1974)
9. Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
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