Audrey Rose 1977  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd, John Hillerman, Robert Walden, Philip Sterling
In this too-long horror film, Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins) tries to convince the Templetons–Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill (John Beck)–that their child is really a reincarnation of his dead daughter, Audrey Rose.
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Betrayal 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, John Hillerman, Peggy Ann Garner, Bibi Besch, Ron Silver, Richard Masur, Stephen Elliott, Bob Delegall
Based on a real case, this is the story of a young woman (Lesley Ann Warren) who feels the need for therapy. Unfortunately, she picks an unethical doctor (Rip Torn), who convinces her that the therapy she needs is a sexual relationship with him.
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 Blazing Saddles 1974  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, Jack Starrett
This is a hilarious satire on Western movies by the master of wacky, Mel Brooks. Ex-convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is offered amnesty if he becomes sheriff of a Western town that is (unknown to the population) about to be taken over by the railroad. Great cast having lots of fun. Madeline Kahn was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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 Chinatown 1974  R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Perry Lopez, Darrell Zwerling, Roy Jenson, Richard Bakalyan, Roman Polanski, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Roy Roberts, Noble Willingham
It's Los Angeles in the 1930s, and J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is a P.I. hired by a strange woman (Faye Dunaway). The more he becomes involved in her case, the more he realizes that there is something much bigger going on, and his client has a dark, secret past. Robert Towne won an Oscar for his great screenplay, and Robert Evans produced this outstanding film, which had 10 Academy Award nominations in addition to the Oscar.
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Hands of a Murderer 1990  TV, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Prince of Crime
Director: Stuart Orme
Cast: Edward Woodward, John Hillerman, Anthony Andrews, Kim Thomson, Peter Jeffrey, Warren Clarke, Terence Lodge, Christopher Fairbank, Harry Audley, David Sibley
Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Moriarty is back in business after escaping from jail and then stealing secret government documents from Sherlock's brother, Mycroft, while kidnapping Mycroft in the process. Made-for-TV.
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 High Plains Drifter 1973 R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Billy Curtis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch, Geoffrey Lewis, Walter Barnes, Paul Brinegar, Ted Hartley, Richard Bull, Robert Donner, John Hillerman
Clint Eastwood plays a cowboy known only as "the Stranger" who drifts into the town of Lagos that contains more dishonest citizens than one could count. As a matter of fact, it is hard for "the Stranger" to keep track of the good guys and the bad guys when the townsfolk hire him for protection from outlaws.
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Little Gloria...Happy at Last 1982  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Plummer, Maureen Stapleton, Martin Balsam, Glynis Johns, Michael Gross, John Hillerman, Barnard Hughes, Lucy Gutteridge
Based on a true story, this plot involves the 1934 custody trial of eight-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt whose Aunt Gertrude (Angela Lansbury) fights for control of her niece.
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Lucky Lady 1975  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, Michael Hordern, John Hillerman, Anthony Holland, John McLiam, Val Avery
Set during the era of prohibition, this is a wacky tale of a trio of California rumrunners (Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, and Burt Reynolds).
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Paper Moon 1973 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, P.J. Johnson, Noble Willingham, Randy Quaid, Burton Gilliam, Jessie Lee Fulton, James N. Harrell, Lila Water, Liz Ross, Bob Young, Jack Saunders, Jody Wilber
Orphaned ten-year-old Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) is cared for by Bible salesman, con artist Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal) while he is taking her to relatives in St. Joseph, Missouri. Along the way, Addie becomes adept at selling Bibles, and Moses is thrilled that Addie is turning into a great con artist as well. In fact, Addie likes working as a team with Moses and even breaks up his romance with Trixie Delight (Madeline Kahn) in order to assure herself a place in Moses' life. The question soon becomes, "Who can out-con the other?" Ryan's daughter Tatum is definitely a chip off the old block, and she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Madeline Kahn was also nominated for Supporting Actress.
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Sunburn 1979  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels, John Hillerman, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Jack Kruschen, Alejandro Rey
Jake (Charles Grodin) and Marcus (Art Carney) are insurance investigators who use Ellie (Farrah Fawcett) as a decoy posing as Jake's wife in order to solve a murder/suicide case.
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Up the Creek 1984 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Tim Matheson, Jennifer Runyon, Stephen Furst, Dan Monahan, Sandy Helberg, Jeff East, Blaine Novak, James Sikking, John Hillerman, Mark Andrews, Will Bledsoe, Grant Wilson, Julia Montgomery, Jeana Tomasina, Robert Costanzo
A raft race between college students is the basis for this average teen comedy.
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What's Up, Doc? 1972 G, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Sorrell Booke, Michael Murphy, Mabel Albertson, John Hillerman, M. Emmet Walsh, Madeline Kahn
Four suitcases get mixed up, and their owners' lives are changed forever. During the process of retrieving the correct luggage, Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal), a somber musicologist, meets Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand), a dizzy student, who keeps popping back into his life.
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| 1. At Long Last Love (1975)
2. Audrey Rose (1977)
3. Betrayal (1978)
4. Blazing Saddles (1974)
5. Chinatown (1974)
6. Hands of a Murderer (1990)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Prince of Crime
7. High Plains Drifter (1973)
8. Little Gloria...Happy at Last (1982)
9. Lucky Lady (1975)
10. Paper Moon (1973)
11. Sunburn (1979)
12. Up the Creek (1984)
13. What's Up, Doc? (1972)
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