Adam at 6 A.M. 1970   G, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Charles Aidman, Marge Redmond, Louise Latham, Dana Elcar, Meg Foster, Anne Gwynne
Adam Gaines (Michael Douglas) is not happy with his life as a California college professor. Searching for inner-peace, he takes a summer hiatus laboring in the Missouri countryside.
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Cape Fear 1991  R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam, Illeana Douglas, Fred Dalton Thompson, Antoni Corone, Zully Montero, Joel Kolker, Tamara Jones, Will Knickerbocker
After serving a 14-year prison sentence for sexual assault, psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is released from prison and sets out to get revenge against the lawyer, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), who was responsible for him being found guilty. Cady arrives in town and terrorizes the Bowden family–Sam, his wife Leigh (Jessica Lange), and teenage daughter Danielle (Juliette Lewis). Cady's acts of vengeance, including poisoning the family dog and sexually harassing Danielle, terrorize the family, and force the Bowden family into the inevitable final showdown. De Niro was nominated for Best Actor Oscar and Lewis received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Charley Varrick 1973   PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Jacqueline Scott, Tom Tully, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Marjorie Bennett, Ruby Diaz, Charlie Briggs, Colby Chester
Bank robber Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) and his partner Garman Sullivan (Andrew Robinson) rob a small bank in Tres Cruces, New Mexico, and later learn that they have stolen $750,000 in Mafia funds. Now, they must find a way to return the money in order to escape being killed by the Mob hit man Molly (Joe Don Baker) who is hot on their trail and killing everyone in the way.
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Citizen Cohn 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders, Lee Grant, Frederic Forrest, Pat Hingle, John McMartin, Josef Sommer, Daniel Benzali
This made-for-HBO film tells the story of Roy Cohn (James Woods), Senator Joseph McCarthy's right-hand man and chief counsel during the 1950s. This was the time when McCarthy and Cohn promoted the "Red Scare" as they hunted down Communists. Cohn used this notoriety to his advantage in his career. Now, as he lies dying of AIDS, he reflects on his life.
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 Congo 1995 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell, James Karen, Mary Ellen Trainor, Stuart Pankin, Grant Heslov, Lorene Noh, Misty Rosas, Carolyn Seymour, Romy Rosemont, Bill Pugin
This film is based on Michael Crichton's novel about Transicom (a greedy American corporation) whose C.E.O., R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker), sends a group to search for diamonds in Africa. When the group goes missing, Travis sends former CIA operative Karen Ross (Laura Linney) into the jungles in search of the group and the diamonds. Karen travels with a researcher of ape development, Peter (Dylan Walsh), and a Romanian, Herkermer (Tim Curry), who is searching for the Lost City of Zinj. Once they reach Africa, they are met by "great white hunter" Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson). While on their journey, they encounter a danger they had not planned on in the form of bloodthirsty gorillas. Special effects are a good addition to the story.
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Criminal Law 1989  R, 113 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Karen Young, Tess Harper, Joe Don Baker, Sean McCann, Ron Lea, Karen Woolridge, Tyrone Benskin
After an attorney (Gary Oldman) successfully defends an accused murderer, he discovers that not only was he indeed guilty, but he intends to kill again.
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The Distinguished Gentleman 1992 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Victoria Rowell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, Kevin McCarthy, Charles S. Dutton, Noble Willingham, James Garner, Gary Frank
This satire on Washington, D.C. politics involves a con man (Eddie Murphy) elected to public office who later sees the error of his ways.
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 The Dukes of Hazzard 2005 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson, M.C. Gainey, David Koechner, Lynda Carter, Michael Weston, Joe Don Baker, Steve Lemme, Alice Greczyn, Michael Roof, James Roday, David Leitch
Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds) has plans to strip mine the land in Hazzard, and cousins Luke (Johnny Knoxville) and Bo (Seann William Scott), along with cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and Uncle Jessie (Willie Nelson), create chaos–even with Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (M.C. Gainey) in hot pursuit–to prevent Boss Hogg from succeeding with his plans.
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Felony 1996  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: David A. Prior
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Ashley Laurence, Leo Rossi, Lance Henriksen, Joe Don Baker, Charles Napier, David Warner, Patrick J. Gallagher, Corinna Everson, Red West
A SWAT team attempt at a New Orleans drug raid goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. A TV cameraman (Jeffrey Combs) has the tape of what happened and, as a result, is hunted down by police, the drug pushers, and crooked federal agents.
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Final Justice 1985 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Venantino Venantini, Rossano Brazzi, Bill McKinney, Patrizia Pellegrino, Greydon Clark, Lino Grech, Helena Abella, Elvisio Cannori, John Suda
After they killed his co-worker, Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III (Joe Don Baker) tracks down Mafia hit men Joseph and Tony Palermo (Venantino Venantini and Elvisio Cannori) across the border from Texas into Mexico. Geronimo kills Tony, captures Joseph, and then attempts to return Joseph to Sicily for his trial. But, Mafia boss Don Lamanna (Rossano Brazzi) orders the plane down at Malta, and Joseph escapes in the confusion. Now, Geronimo must battle the Mafia in his efforts to recapture Joseph.
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Fletch 1985 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Libertini, George Wendt, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis, Bill Henderson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, William Traylor, George Wyner, Tony Longo, Ralph Seymour, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I.M. "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) is a big city newspaperman who goes undercover and poses as a bum. He stumbles onto a story when Santa Monica aviation executive Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson), who has bone cancer, offers him $50,000 to murder him so that his family can collect on his life insurance. Fletch believes that there is more to the story and, before long, uncovers a drug dealing connection between Stanwyk and police Chief Karlin (Joe Don Baker).
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Framed 1975  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters, John Larch, Warren J. Kemmerling, Paul Mantee, Walter Brooke, Joshua Bryant
Following an unjustified prison sentence, gambler Ron Lewis (Joe Don Baker) leaves captivity in hot pursuit of those responsible for his misfortune.
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 GoldenEye 1995 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Joe Don Baker, Tcheky Karyo, Famke Janssen, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Michael Kitchen, Serena Gordon, Simon Kunz
It has been six years since the last James Bond film entry. GoldenEye is named after Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate, and Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan in his debut as James Bond) is back in business with lots of gadgets, beautiful ladies, and location filming in Monte Carlo, the Caribbean, and St. Petersburg. In this film, 1990s' Russia is chaotic and filled with scheming military officers and an underworld syndicate. Great scene alert: Bond rolling a tank over St. Petersburg's cars.
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The Grass Harp 1996 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Matthau
Cast: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong, Jack Lemmon, Mary Steenburgen, Nell Carter, Roddy McDowall, Charles Durning, Joe Don Baker
Based on Truman Capote's novella, this is the story of a family and the maturing process of Colin (Edward Furlong) who, following his mother's death, is sent to live with his aunts, Verena (Sissy Spacek) and Dolly (Piper Laurie).
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven 1969 G, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: George Kennedy, Monte Markham, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Joe Don Baker, Scott Thomas, Michael Ansara, Fernando Rey, Frank Silvera
Once again the "magnificent seven" gunslingers pivot into action–this time they plan to free a Mexican revolutionary from his prison fortress where he is being held as a rebel leader.
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Junior Bonner 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Don "Red" Barry, Dub Taylor, Sandra Deel, Charles H. Gray, Matthew Peckinpah, Sundown Spencer, Rita Garrison
Rodeo performer Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) has passed his prime and returns home to Prescott, Arizona, where he finds that his parents, Ace and Elvira (Robert Preston and Ida Lupino), are breaking up their marriage, and his brother Curley (Joe Don Baker) is striking it rich selling off parcels of the family's land. Trying to regain his self-esteem, Junior enters the town's Fourth of July rodeo and wins the bull-riding event. Now, Junior buys an airplane ticket with the winnings and heads to Australia for more rodeos.
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 The Living Daylights 1987 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Art Malik, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Walter Gotell, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, John Terry, Virginia Hey
Timothy Dalton takes on the role of James Bond, Agent 007, whose mission this time around is to help Soviet General Koskov (Jeroen Krabbe) defect from Russia. Problems ensue when Koskov is recaptured, and Bond, with beautiful cellist Kara (Maryam d'Abo) in tow, follows a trail that leads to arms dealer Brad Whitaker (Joe Don Baker) in Soviet occupied Afghanistan.
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 Mitchell 1975 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans, Merlin Olsen, Morgan Paull, Harold J. Stone, Robert Phillips, Jerry Hardin, Sidney Clute
Action abounds as tough cop Mitchell (Joe Don Baker) closes in on a drug-ring operation. A weak effort.
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Mongo's Back in Town 1971 TV, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Telly Savalas, Sally Field, Anne Francis, Charles Cioffi, Martin Sheen, Johnny Haymer, Gregg Palmer, Ned Glass, Angelo Rossitto
An ex-con returns home where he is hired to kill in this story based on that of a real criminal.
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 The Natural 1984 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Darren McGavin, John Finnegan, Alan Judge, Paul Sullivan Jr., Robert Rich III, Michael Madsen
Nineteen-year-old farm boy Roy Hobbs (Paul Sullivan Jr.) arrives on the baseball scene with his homemade bat "Wonderboy." He is ready to try out for the Chicago Cubs when his dreams hit a snag. A mysterious woman, Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey), shoots him with a silver bullet forcing Roy to drop out of baseball. Now, 15 years later, Roy (Robert Redford) is back in baseball as a 35-year-old rookie with the New York Knights where he becomes the star player attracting fans AND women, including sultry siren Memo Paris (Kim Basinger) and his high-school girlfriend Iris Gaines (Glenn Close). It is an old-fashioned story of good triumphing over evil. The climax of Roy's home-run hit is a classic. The film received four Oscar nominations, including Glenn Close for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Outfit 1974 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Flynn
Cast: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Robert Ryan, Timothy Carey, Richard Jaeckel, Sheree North, Marie Windsor, Jane Greer, Henry Jones
When his brother is killed by the Mob, Macklin (Robert Duvall) avenges the murder by attacking Mafia financial operations.
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Panther 1995 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance, Marcus Chong, Joe Don Baker, Robert Culp, Richard Dysart, M. Emmet Walsh, James Russo, Mario Van Peebles
This is a fictionalized version of the 1960's Black Panthers and their movement to encourage guns in the fight against racial oppression.
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Power 1980 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Shear, Virgil W. Vogel
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Bellamy, Red Buttons, Jo Van Fleet, Brian Keith, Victor Jory, Paul(2) Stewart, Scott Brady
This TV drama is full of veteran stars, and tells the story of a labor leader's rise to power in the depression era. Could we be talking Jimmy Hoffa here? It's a pretty good show.
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Reality Bites 1994 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney, Keith David, Anne Meara, Renee Zellweger, Barry Del Sherman, Andy Dick, Harry O'Reilly, Susan Norfleet
Lelaina (Winona Ryder) was valedictorian of her college class and is working at a Houston television station–a glamorous job, but the pay is low. She and her friends represent the 1990s generation of graduates who really thought that hard work and good grades were all they needed to find good jobs. They do not pound pavement nor do they sit and wait for anyone else to open doors to their futures.
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That Certain Summer 1972 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Hope Lange, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Scott Jacoby, Marlyn Mason, James McEachin, Jan Shepard, Clarke Gordon, Carolyn Bueno
A divorced father (Hal Holbrook) comes to terms with his homosexuality and now must make his young son understand his new lifestyle.
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 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Gotz Otto, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewelyn, Samantha Bond, Joe Don Baker, Vincent Schiavelli, Ricky Jay, Colin Salmon, Geoffrey Palmer, Julian Fellowes, Terence Rigby
This top-flight James Bond adventure stars Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007 battling media baron Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) who will stop at nothing to boost his ratings–even starting World War III as he and his cohorts plot to sink a British naval ship and then place the blame on China. Bond teams up with Chinese External Security Force agent Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) to bring an end to Carver's madness. Carver is married to Paris (Teri Hatcher) who just happens to be one of Bond's former lovers, and his superior, M (Judi Dench), ensures that the past relationship is exploited as Bond and Wai Lin go after the ruthless Carver.
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The Underneath 1995 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Paul Dooley, Elisabeth Shue, Anjanette Comer, Joe Don Baker, Shelley Duvall, Dennis Hill, Harry Goaz, Mark Feltch
Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) returns to his hometown of Austin, Texas, and runs into his love from the past, Rachel (Alison Elliott). It turns out that Rachel is only one of his obsessions. Through a series of flashbacks, the depth of Michael's addictive personality is revealed.
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 Walking Tall 1973 R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans, Rosemary Murphy, Noah Beery Jr., Lurene Tuttle, Kenneth Tobey, Felton Perry, Brenda Benet, John Brascia, Bruce Glover, Arch Johnson, Richard X. Slattery, Lynn Borden, Ed Call
In this first in a series of "Walking Tall" films, Buford Pusser (Joe Don Baker) plans to settle down with his wife Pauline (Elizabeth Hartman) in his home town in Tennessee. Once there, Pusser is shocked by the criminal activity, and after Pauline is murdered, Pusser runs for sheriff and relentlessly fights crime. Whether it is organized crime, gambling, or prostitution, Pusser uses violence to bring about justice, and his efforts accelerate into a crime war.
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| 1. Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)
2. Cape Fear (1991)
3. Charley Varrick (1973)
4. Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
5. Citizen Cohn (1992)
6. Congo (1995)
7. Criminal Law (1989)
8. The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
9. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
10. Felony (1996)
11. Final Justice (1985)
12. Fletch (1985)
13. Framed (1975)
14. GoldenEye (1995)
15. The Grass Harp (1996)
16. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
17. Junior Bonner (1972)
18. Leonard Part 6 (1987)
19. The Living Daylights (1987)
20. Mitchell (1975)
21. Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
22. The Natural (1984)
23. The Outfit (1974)
24. Panther (1995)
25. Power (1980)
26. Reality Bites (1994)
27. That Certain Summer (1972)
28. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
29. The Underneath (1995)
30. Walking Tall (1973)
31. Wild Rovers (1971)
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