Casino Royale 1967  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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A Cry in the Wilderness 1974  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Roy Poole, Liam Dunn, Bing Russell, Irene Tedrow, Robert Brubaker, Anne Seymour
The Hadleys live in the wilderness. When Sam (George Kennedy) is bitten by a rabid skunk, he insists that he be chained to a post in the barn so that his family will not be infected. Sam also cautions that his pleas to be released should not be carried out. When a dam bursts and his farm is sure to be flooded, Sam must convince his family to release him to save the day. Good, taut, TV fare.
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The Group 1966  N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, James Broderick, Jessica Walter, Larry Hagman, Richard Mulligan, Hal Holbrook, Joanna Pettet
This film adaptation of Mary McCarthy's novel provides good viewing. The plot revolves around eight Vassar graduates and how their lives diverge in the years after graduation. A pretty long super soaper.
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The Night of the Generals 1967 PG, 148 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray, Coral Browne, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, Christopher Plummer, Juliette Greco, Yves Brainville, Sacha Pitoeff, Charles Millot
When Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the 1942 murder of a Warsaw prostitute, the evidence points to three German Generals (Donald Pleasence, Charles Gray, and Peter O'Toole). The case remains unsolved, and Grau is taken off the case. Two years later, Grau is in Paris when another prostitute is killed. With help from Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret), Grau obtains evidence that traps the General, but then Grau is killed. The case continues on until 1965 when Morand confronts the General with the evidence, and then the General kills himself.
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Pioneer Woman 1973 TV, 85 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Pioneers
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Joanna Pettet, William Shatner, David Janssen, Lance LeGault, Helen Hunt, Russell Baer, Linda Kupecek, Lloyd Berry, Robert Koons, Agatha Mercer, John Scott, Les Kimber
The movement West after the Civil War included the Sergeant family who homesteaded in Wyoming. Maggie (Joanna Pettet) soon had to make a decision after her husband died: whether or not to try to make a life in Wyoming, with help only from her two children, or move back to the security of the East. Made for TV.
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| 1. Casino Royale (1967)
2. A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
3. Cry of the Innocent (1980)
4. The Group (1966)
5. The Night of the Generals (1967)
6. Pioneer Woman (1973)
aka: Pioneers
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