The Big Heat 1953  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Lee Marvin, Carolyn Jones, Jeanette Nolan, Alexander Scourby, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey, Harry Lauter, Robert Burton, Adam Williams, Howard Wendell, Chris Alcaide, Dorothy Green
Following his colleague's suicide, homicide detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) investigates possible mob influence from within the city's police force. When a car bomb, meant for him, kills Bannion's wife Katie (Jocelyn Brando), he is taken off the case. Now, with help from Debbie (Gloria Grahame) who is the ex-mistress of gang leader Vince Stone (Lee Marvin), Bannion seeks revenge.
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 The Chase 1966  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall, Angie Dickinson, Miriam Hopkins, Janice Rule, Richard Bradford, Martha Hyer, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Katherine Walsh
Bigoted citizens of a small Texas town react to news of Bubber Reeves' (Robert Redford) escape from prison. As they wait for Bubber to return home, their own moral behavior is examined. His own wife Anna (Jane Fonda), for example, is involved with married Jake Rogers (James Fox). Only Sheriff Caulder (Marlon Brando) appears to be morally upright–or is he?
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Mommie Dearest 1981  PG, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Perry
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Mara Hobel, Howard Da Silva, Jocelyn Brando, Priscilla Pointer, Xander Berkeley, Robert Harper, Matthew Faison, Rutanya Alda, Harry Goz, Michael Edwards, Joe Abdullah, Jeremy Scott Reinbolt
Based on movie star Joan Crawford's daughter Christina Crawford's bestseller, this is the sordid story of what she went through growing up in the insecure world of Hollywood. Joan (Faye Dunaway) adopts Christina (Mara Hobel) and Christopher (Jeremy Scott Reinbolt) with plans to give them a happy family life. But, when Joan is troubled by problems with men and her sagging career, it is the children who bear the brunt of her problems. As they grow up, Christina and Christopher (now played by Diana Scarwid and Xander Berkeley) have memories of brutal treatment at the hands of their mother that continue to have an effect on them.
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Movie Movie 1978 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons, Eli Wallach, Harry Hamlin, Ann Reinking, Michael Kidd, Barry Bostwick, Art Carney, Jocelyn Brando
This parody of 1930's Depression Era films involves a double feature. The first is a boxing drama, and the second, of course, is a musical.
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Ten Wanted Men 1955  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Alfonso Bedoya, Donna Martell, Skip Homeier, Clem Bevans, Leo Gordon, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Dennis Weaver, Lee Van Cleef
Rancher John Stewart (Randolph Scott) gives shelter to Maria Segura (Donna Martell) who is the abused mistress of his chief rival, Wick Campbell (Richard Boone). Their animosity builds, and Campbell hires gunslinger Frank Scavo (Leo Gordon) and his crew to raid Stewart's ranch and claim it for Campbell. But, in the end, good does win over evil.
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The Ugly American 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Englund
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill, Jocelyn Brando, Judson Pratt, Philip Ober, Stefan Schnabel, Carl Benton Reid
An American ambassador, Harrison Carter MacWhite (Marlon Brando), mismanages his political duties with tragic results.
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Why Would I Lie? 1980 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Swann, Susan Heldfond, Anne Byrne, Valerie Curtin, Jocelyn Brando, Nicolas Coster, Severn Darden
Cletus (Treat Williams) is a compulsive liar who cannot resist interfering in the lives of Jorge (Gabriel Swann) and his ex-con mother, Kay (Lisa Eichhorn).
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| 1. The Big Heat (1953)
2. The Chase (1966)
3. Mommie Dearest (1981)
4. Movie Movie (1978)
5. Nightfall (1956)
6. Ten Wanted Men (1955)
7. The Ugly American (1962)
8. Why Would I Lie? (1980)
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