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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The Amazing Howard Hughes 1977 TV, 215 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton, Tovah Feldshuh, Lee Purcell, Jim Antonio, Howard Hesseman, Sorrell Booke, Arthur Franz, Ed Harris
Ambitious but often dull, this is the story of the life of the famous millionaire recluse, both the great achievements and strange downhill spiral.
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 Big Wednesday 1978  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Summer of Innocence
Director: John Milius
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Barbara Hale, Robert Englund, Joe Spinell, Steve Kanaly, Reb Brown
This surfing film involves three California surfers–Matt (Jan-Michael Vincent), Jack (William Katt), and Leroy (Gary Busey)–whose exploits are covered from 1962 to 1974.
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Eddie Macon's Run 1983  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Leah Ayres, Lisa Dunsheath, Tom Noonan, J.C. Quinn, Jay O. Sanders, J.T. Walsh, John Goodman
Eddie (John Schneider) has escaped from prison and is determined to get to Mexico where his family is. Police officer Marzack (Kirk Douglas) is one small step behind. John Goodman's film debut.
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The Gambler 1980 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Lee Purcell, Harold Gould, Clu Gulager, Christine Belford, Lance LeGault, Ronnie Scribner, Noble Willingham, Bruce M. Fischer, Lee Paul, Robert Lussier
Gambler Brady Hawkes (Kenny Rogers) takes to the road to visit his son. Along the way, he meets Billy Montana (Bruce Boxleitner), an Easterner who thinks he knows all about cards but learns a few lessons from Brady. Nonetheless, they team up, and their adventures include coming to the aid of a woman (Lee Purcell) in distress as they head to Yuma. Four sequels follow.
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Homework 1982  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Beshears
Cast: Joan Collins, Michael Morgan, Shell Kepler, Lee Purcell, Carrie Snodgress, Wings Hauser, Mel Welles, Beverly Todd, Betty Thomas, Lanny Horn, Erin Donovan
Tommy (Michael Morgan) is a young teenager who experiences his sexual awakening thanks to the services of Diana (Joan Collins), a woman old enough to be his mother.
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Kid Blue 1973 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson, Janice Rule, Lee Purcell, Ralph Waite, Clifton James, Howard Hesseman, M. Emmet Walsh
Kid Blue (Dennis Hopper) tries to adapt to living an honest life, but he cannot seem to make it. Set in the early 1900s in Texas.
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Mr. Majestyk 1974 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Alejandro Rey, Taylor Lacher, Frank Maxwell, Jordan Rhodes, Bert Santos
A poor farmer who grows melons, Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson), is involved in a labor dispute, and the battle for his very survival results when the mob has eyes on his land.
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways...The Legend of Errol Flynn 1985 TV, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: Duncan Regehr, Barbara Hershey, Darren McGavin, Lee Purcell, George Coe, Michael C. Gwynne, Hal Linden, Michael Callan, Deborah Richter, Stefan Gierasch
This made-for-TV biography of Errol Flynn draws heavily from his autobiography, and covers his life to the mid-1940s.
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Necromancy 1972 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Witching
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell, Michael Ontkean, Harvey Jason, Sue Bernard, Lisa James, Stephen Knight, Brinke Stevens, Terry Quinn
Mr. Cato (Orson Welles) owns a toy factory that makes objects for witchcraft. His son (Terry Quinn) has died, and Mr. Cato wants to use the soul of Lori Brandon (Pamela Franklin) as part of his satanic experiment that will result in bringing his son back to life.
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Stir Crazy 1980 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Miguel Angel Suarez, Nicolas Coster, Jonathan Banks, Lee Purcell, Charles Weldon, Joel Brooks, Erland van Lidth, Lewis Van Bergen, Karmin Murcelo
Out-of-work friends Harry Monroe and Skip Donahue (Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder) dress up as woodpeckers to promote a bank opening. Their costumes are stolen and used for a bank robbery, and now they are sentenced to 120 years in prison for a crime they did not commit. From there on, comedy reigns as Harry and Skip frustrate prison officials and finally break out of prison to pursue the real thieves.
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Stranger in Our House 1978 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate, Jeff McCracken, Jeff East, Carol Lawrence, Macdonald Carey, Fran Drescher, Billy Beck, James Jarnigan
When cousin Julia (Lee Purcell) moves in with the Bryant family, after her parents are killed in an auto accident, she charms all in the household except Rachel (Linda Blair), who is sure that Julia is a witch.
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The Unknown 2005  R, 84 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller
aka: Clawed: Legend of Sasquatch
Director: Karl Kozak
Cast: Miles O'Keefe, Jack Conley, Michael Bailey Smith, Dylan Purcell, Brandon Henschel, Chelsea Hobbs, Casey LaBow, Nathaniel Arcand, Cooper Huckabee, Lee Purcell, Christian Boeving, Bill Bragg, John Patrick Lowrie, David "Shark" Fralick
The Northwest town of Pine Creek has a troubled history due to a long-ago incident when Native Americans were killed by Bigfoot, a huge bear-like monster. Now, hunters are killed on Echo Mountain, and the deaths are attributed to an attack by a grizzly bear. There are those who believe that it was Bigfoot that caused the massacre. A survivor of the attack gathers a group from Pine Creek and heads to the mountain to hunt down the creature. Meanwhile, a group of teens also heads there and are soon on the run from a monster. How will it all end?
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 Valley Girl 1983  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Cameron Dye, Heidi Holicker, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Lee Purcell, Colleen Camp, Frederic Forrest, Tony Plana, Michelle Meyrink, Richard Sanders, Tina Theberge, David Ensor, Joanne Baron
Randy (Nicolas Cage) is a punk rocker who falls in love with Valley-Girl Julie (Deborah Foreman). Although both live in the L.A. area, their lives in Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley are worlds apart.
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| 1. Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)
2. The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
3. Big Wednesday (1978)
aka: Summer of Innocence
4. Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
5. The Gambler (1980)
6. Homework (1982)
7. Kid Blue (1973)
8. Mr. Majestyk (1974)
9. My Wicked, Wicked Ways...The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
10. Necromancy (1972)
aka: The Witching
11. Stir Crazy (1980)
12. Stranger in Our House (1978)
13. The Unknown (2005)
aka: Clawed: Legend of Sasquatch
14. Valley Girl (1983)
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