Body Chemistry 1990  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kristine Peterson
Cast: Marc Singer, Lisa Pescia, Mary Crosby, David Kagen, H. Bradley Barneson, Doreen Alderman, Lauren Tuerk, Joseph Campanella, Rhonda Aldrich
Tom (Marc Singer) is a sex researcher who is up for promotion. Then, along comes Claire (Lisa Pescia) with a government grant on abhorrent sexual behavior, and he agrees to assist. Well, she thinks they should get it on for the sake of "field research." It ends up being a "Fatal Attraction" scenario when he is not allowed to free himself. There are several sequels.
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Club Fed 1990  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nathaniel Christian
Cast: Burt Young, Judy Landers, Allen Garfield, Lance Kinsey, Karen Black, Sherman Hemsley, Joseph Campanella, Mary Woronov, Lyle Alzado, Wally George, Debbie Lee Carrington
High-ranking FBI official Vince Hooligan (Joseph Campanella) wants to shut down Club Fed, a minimum security federal prison. To that end, he sends in undercover Agent 976, Howard Polk (Lance Kinsey), to stake out the prison in order to uncover criminal activities among the inmates. While on the job, Howard meets and falls for sexy inmate Angelica (Judy Landers), and his worlds–both professional and personal–are turned upside down as he works to save Angelica and the prison as well.
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The Glow 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Cast: Portia de Rossi, Dean Cain, Hal Linden, Dina Merrill, Grace Zabriskie, Joseph Campanella, Jonas Chernick, Nelson Tynes, Roberta Angelica, Sabrina Grdevich
It's hard to find an apartment in NYC, so when newlyweds Jackie and Matt (Portia de Rossi and Dean Cain) are offered a cheap apartment in an extremely nice building, they quickly accept the offer. The inhabitants are elderly people who are also health nuts and appear to be in great shape. When other younger couples residing in the complex disappear, it is certain that something is going on. Made for TV.
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Hit Lady 1974  TV, 73 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tracy Keenan Wynn
Cast: Yvette Mimieux, Dack Rambo, Keenan Wynn, Clu Gulager, Joseph Campanella, Roy Jenson, Paul Genge, Del Monroe, Mitzi Hoag, Sam Edwards
Yvette Mimieux not only stars in this made-for-TV film but also wrote the screenplay. She plays a professional assassin, laying on the sex and charm and often clad in a bikini or other sexy outfits.
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Honor Thy Father 1973 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro, Raf Vallone, Marc Lawrence, Richard S. Castellano, Joe De Santis, Gilbert Green, Louis Zorich, Felice Orlandi, James Sloyan, Joseph Campanella, Carmine Caridi
Gay Talese's book about the Bonanno family of the Mafia and their participation in the internal fighting is the subject of this movie. Not bad.
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Meteor 1979 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Brian Keith, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Joseph Campanella, Bo Brundin
Huge chunks of a meteor are headed for Earth in this film that is aimed at those who are hooked on disaster movies. Will the U.S. convince Russia to join with them and divert their space-based atomic weapons and used them on the meteor? The good cast is largely wasted.
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No Retreat, No Surrender, Part 3: Blood Brothers 1991  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lucas Lo
Cast: Loren Avedon, Joseph Campanella, Keith Vitali, Wanda Acuna, Luke Askew, Sherrie Rose, Mark Russo
Terrorists kill a CIA agent, and his two sons determine to solve the crime and seek revenge.
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The President's Plane Is Missing 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Buddy Ebsen, Peter Graves, Arthur Kennedy, Raymond Massey, Mercedes McCambridge, Rip Torn, Louise Sorel, Dabney Coleman, Joseph Campanella, John Amos
There's a threat to overthrow the U.S. Government, and the action starts when the president's plane (with the president on board) mysteriously disappears. So-so made-for-TV flick.
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A Show of Force 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruno Barreto
Cast: Amy Irving, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey, Erik Estrada, Joseph Campanella, Priscilla Pointer, Hattie Winston, Juan Fernandez, Lupe Ontiveros
Kate Melendez (Amy Irving) is a TV reporter in Puerto Rico who begins to suspect FBI involvement in the killing of two terrorists seeking shelter in her country.
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Silent Running 1971  G, 89 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Cast: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Steve Brown, Cheryl Sparks, Joseph Campanella, Roy Engel, Larry Whisenhunt
Special effects are worth the price of admission for this film in which Bruce Dern plays the leader of a group of space scientists whose spaceship is the greenhouse supply for Earth's last vegetation. Joan Baez sings the environmental songs.
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Joseph Campanella, Frank Silvera, Bruce Dern, John Agar, Harold J. Stone, Jack Nicholson
This film is loaded with all the violence of the 1929 slaying of the Bugs Moran (Ralph Meeker) gang by the forces of Al Capone (Jason Robards). Star-loaded, but run-of-the-mill Roger Corman effort.
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Steele Justice 1987  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Boris
Cast: Martin Kove, Ronny Cox, Joseph Campanella, Sela Ward, Robert Kim, Soon-Tek Oh, Bernie Casey, Sarah Douglas, Shannon Tweed, Jan Gan Boyd
The Vietnamese Mafia is wreaking havoc on L.A. when Martin Kove is called in to save the day. He does–ho-hum.
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| 1. Ben (1972)
2. Body Chemistry (1990)
3. Club Fed (1990)
4. The Glow (2002)
5. Hangar 18 (1980)
aka: Invasion Force
6. Hit Lady (1974)
7. Honor Thy Father (1973)
8. Meteor (1979)
9. Murder Once Removed (1971)
aka: The Obsessive Doctor
10. No Retreat, No Surrender, Part 3: Blood Brothers (1991)
11. The President's Plane Is Missing (1971)
12. A Show of Force (1990)
13. Silent Running (1971)
14. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
15. Steele Justice (1987)
16. The Young Lovers (1964)
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