Bound for Glory 1976  PG, 147 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, John Lehne, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Randy Quaid, M. Emmet Walsh, Allan Miller
During the Depression, Woody Guthrie (David Carradine), like many others, rode the trains throughout America. Broke and disillusioned, these people hoped for more out of life. One man, Woody Guthrie, survived and lived to write music for the whole world to enjoy. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Writing and won for Cinematography and Musical Score.
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 Carny 1980 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Kaylor
Cast: Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Kenneth McMillan, Elisha Cook Jr., Tim Thomerson, John Lehne, Bert Remsen, Bill McKinney
This semi-documentary is an insightful look at carnival life through the experiences of young Donna (Jodie Foster) who quits her waitress job to join the carnival, which is passing through her town.
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 Charlie's Angels 1976  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle, David Ogden Stiers, Tommy Lee Jones, Diana Muldaur, Bo Hopkins, John Lehne, John Forsythe, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, Tanya Roberts, Robert Loggia, James Sikking
This was the pilot for what became one of the most popular TV series of the 1970s. In this story, three attractive detectives, the Angels–Sabrina Duncan, Jill Munroe, and Kelly Garrett (Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Jaclyn Smith)–pursue the murderer of a wealthy vineyard owner.
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Dempsey 1983 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Treat Williams, Sam Waterston, Victoria Tennant, Sally Kellerman, Peter Mark Richman, Jesse Vint, Robert Harper, John McLiam, Bonnie Bartlett, John Lehne, Michael McManus, Mark L. Taylor
This made-for-TV biography of boxing great Jack Dempsey–the "Manassa Mauler"–stars Treat Williams as Dempsey. The story covers his life from the early teens, through his reign as heavyweight champion, and the trials of his private life as he went through five wives.
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Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach, Judith Lowry, Richard Venture, Will Hare, David Spielberg, John Lehne
An unhappy alcoholic mother, Beatrice (Joanne Woodward), constantly criticizes her daughters, Matilda (Nell Potts) and Ruth (Roberta Wallach). Relief comes in the form of a high-school science experiment with man-in-the-moon marigolds that points the way away from Beatrice's clutches.
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Family Plot 1976 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond, Ed Lauter, John Lehne, Warren J. Kemmerling, Edith Atwater
In Alfred Hitchcock's last film, the plot involves the search for a lost heir by a phony medium (Barbara Harris) and her cab driver boyfriend (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, a jeweler and his girl friend (William Devane and Karen Black) are planning a kidnapping in which they will be paid in diamonds. When the couples cross paths, chaos ensues.
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| 1. American Hot Wax (1978)
2. Bound for Glory (1976)
3. Brothers (1977)
4. Carny (1980)
5. Charlie's Angels (1976)
6. Dempsey (1983)
7. Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
8. Family Plot (1976)
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