Anne of the Thousand Days 1969  PG, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Michael Hordern, Peter Jeffrey, Katherine Blake, Joseph O'Conor, Vernon Dobtcheff
Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold), married to Henry VIII (Richard Burton), becomes the victim when divorce is not granted by the Pope. Henry solves the problem by ordering Anne's execution, withdrawing from the Roman Catholic Church, and forming the Church of England. The film had nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actor (Anthony Quinn), and won for Best Costume Design.
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Battlestar: Galactica 1979  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Ray Milland, John Colicos, Patrick Macnee, Lew Ayres, Jane Seymour, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ed Begley Jr.
Taken from clips of the TV series, Lorne Greene is the captain of a starship whose mission is to transport survivors from a doomed planet to a safer habitat in the galaxy.
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Breaking Point 1976  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos, Belinda Montgomery, Stephen Young, Jeff Lynas, Richard M. Davidson, Linda Sorenson, Gerry Salsberg, Jonathan White, John "Bud" Cardos, Alan McRae, Joanna Noyes, Ken Camroux
Michael McBain (Bo Svenson) is a mild-mannered judo instructor who witnesses a Cosa Nostra murder, agrees to testify, and is put into the witness protection program. But, the mob finds him and targets his family. Now, McBain takes the law into his own hands and goes after the mob.
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The Changeling 1979 R, 113 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh, Barry Morse, James B. Douglas, Eric Christmas, Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Behrens, Madeleine Sherwood, Helen Burns, Frances Hyland, Ruth Springfield, J. Kenneth Campbell
After music professor John Russell (George C. Scott) moves into a mansion in Seattle, he realizes that his new home is haunted. Working with Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), John figures out that the haunting comes from the ghost of a murdered boy whose father wanted to collect on his life insurance policy. When the father realized that he could not collect on the boy's insurance, the father substituted another boy for his son, and now the "changeling"–wealthy Joseph Carmichael–believes that John is finding information about his past and could blackmail him.
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No Contest 1994  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Paul Lynch
Cast: Shannon Tweed, Robert Davi, Andrew Dice Clay, Roddy Piper, Nicholas Campbell, John Colicos, Judith Scott, James Purcell, Louis Wrightman, Keram Malicki-Sanchez
The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest, hosted by former winner Sharon Bell (Shannon Tweed), is interrupted by the violent Raymond (Andrew Dice Clay). He and his henchmen kill over 30 bystanders while he takes the contestants and hostess hostage with a goal of demanding millions in diamonds. But he doesn't know that Sharon is a kickboxing expert. Another "Diehard" rip-off.
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Nowhere to Hide 1987 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Mario Azzopardi
Cast: Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Robin MacEachern, Michael Ironside, John Colicos, Chuck Shamata, Clark Johnson, Maury Chaykin, Timothy Webber
A Marine Corps officer has discovered something that is causing helicopter accidents in his squadron. He is killed, and the murderers think that his widow (Amy Madigan) has the evidence.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, William Traylor, Thomas Hill, Albert Henderson, Jon Van Ness, Brian Farrell, Ken Magee, Don Calfa, Brion James
In this remake of the 1946 film, Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Chambers, the drifter who takes a job at Nick Papadakis' (John Colicos) diner and is soon involved in an affair with Nick's wife Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick has no idea that the affair is going on as Frank and Cora plot to kill Frank and collect on his insurance. But fate steps in, and "living happily ever after" may not be as easy as Frank and Cora think.
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Scorpio 1973 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, James Sikking, Mel Stewart, Vladek Sheybal, Mary Maude, Jack Colvin, Burke Byrnes, William Smithers, Shmuel Rodensky
The daring world of espionage is the setting for this film about Soviet defector Cross (Burt Lancaster) who tries to escape the bullet of a CIA-blackmailed assassin, Laurier (Alain Delon).
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The Wrath of God 1972 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Hutchison, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth, Victor Buono, John Colicos, Gregory Sierra, Paula Pritchett
This is Rita Hayworth's last film. In it, she played Senora De La Plata, the wife of a psychotic rebel in a south-of-the-border town.
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| 1. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
2. Battlestar: Galactica (1979)
3. Breaking Point (1976)
4. The Changeling (1979)
5. Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971)
6. No Contest (1994)
7. Nowhere to Hide (1987)
8. Phobia (1980)
9. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
10. Scorpio (1973)
11. The Wrath of God (1972)
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