Amy 1981  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Barry Newman, Kathleen Nolan, Chris Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, Nanette Fabray, Lou Fant, Lucille Benson, Lonny Chapman, Frances Bay
Amy Medford (Jenny Agutter) is a dedicated teacher in the early 1900s who leaves her home to teach at a school for the deaf and blind children.
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Baby Doll 1956 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, Lonny Chapman, Eades Hogue, Noah Williamson, R.G. Armstrong, Madeleine Sherwood
The setting for this Tennessee Williams tale is Mississippi where Silva Vacarro (Eli Wallach) runs a cotton mill, and Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden) lives with his young wife, Baby Doll (Carroll Baker), who sleeps in a crib. Following a suspicious fire at Vacarro's mill, he plays on Baby Doll's naivete to invalidate Meighan's alibi. Academy Award nominations included Best Actress (Carroll Baker), and Mildred Dunnock was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Aunt Rose.
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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan 1978  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Hatsune Ishihara, George Wyner, Lonny Chapman, Antonio Inoki, Matthew Anton, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Brett Marx, David Pollock, David Stambaugh, Jeffrey Louis Starr, Scoody Thornton
Small-time Hollywood agent Marvin Lazar (Tony Curtis) sets up a match between the Bad News Bears Little League team and an all-star team in Japan. And, off they go to Japan for the Little League World Series in Tokyo where adventures await.
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The Border 1982  R, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Shannon Wilcox, Jeff Morris, Lonny Chapman, Alan Fudge, William Russ
U.S. Border Patrolman Charlie (Jack Nicholson) rebels against the corruption and physical violence he encounters in his chosen profession.
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 The Cowboys 1972 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, Lonny Chapman, A Martinez, Allyn Ann McLerie, Robert Carradine, Matt Clark, Nicolas Beauvy, Sean Kelly, Charles Tyner, Jerry Gatlin, Walter Scott
When a cattleman, Wil Anderson (John Wayne), loses his experienced drovers to the lure of the gold rush, he is forced to hire raw recruits in the form of teenagers to get the cattle to market. When Wil is slain by a psychopath Long Hair (Bruce Dern) during the cattle drive, the boys become killers in their attempt at revenge.
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 East of Eden 1955 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives, Albert Dekker, Lois Smith, Lonny Chapman, Timothy Carey, Harold Gordon, Nick Dennis, Richard Garrick, Earle Hodgins, John Halloran
In this film, James Dean's first starring role, he plays Cal Trask, a rebellious son who wants his father Adam's (Raymond Massey) love; however, religious zealot Adam appears to favor Cal's brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Cal is always in trouble, and only Aron's girlfriend Abra (Julie Harris) and sheriff Sam (Burl Ives) see the good in him. Adam, who owns a Salinas Valley lettuce farm, invests in a new method to ship his crops. But, the venture fails, and Adam loses a fortune. Cal goes to his long-lost mother Kate (Jo Van Fleet), who now owns a brothel. She gives him money, and Cal invests in a bean crop that proves very successful. Cal offers Adam money from the profits. Adam refuses Cal's offer to help, and tragedy ensues. Jo Van Fleet won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and nominations were received for Best Actor (Dean) and Director.
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Hour of the Gun 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, Larry Gates, William Windom, Frank Converse, Lonny Chapman, William Schallert
After Wyatt Earp (James Garner) kills members of the Clampton gang, remaining members retaliate by killing his brother, and Wyatt gets help from Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) to track down the killers.
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 The Hunted 2003 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, Jose Zuniga, Ron Canada, Mark Pellegrino, Aaron Brounstein, Carrick O'Quinn, Lonny Chapman, Rex Linn, Eddie Velez
Retired FBI Agent L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) agrees to aid FBI Agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielson) in tracking down a trained assassin (Benicio Del Toro) who is leaving hunters' corpses in his wake. A brutal chase movie.
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Hurricane 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Larry Hagman, Martin Milner, Jessica Walter, Barry Sullivan, Will Geer, Michael Learned, Patrick Duffy, Lonny Chapman, Frank Sutton, Ayn Ruymen, Barry Livingston, Jim Antonio, Ric Carrott, Jack Colvin, Alan Landers
Hurricane chasers Major Stoddard (Martin Milner) and Paul Damon (Larry Hagman) rescue victims of a killer hurricane in this made-for-TV disaster film that is based on William C. Anderson's novel "Hurricane Hunters." Actual pictures from 1969's Hurricane Camille add to the great film footage of hurricanes.
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King 1978 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
Director: Abby Mann
Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lonny Chapman, Ossie Davis, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman Jr., Clu Gulager, Dick Anthony Williams, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren J. Kemmerling
This TV miniseries is a good chronicle of Martin Luther King's (Paul Winfield) early peaceful protests against segregation through his assassination in 1968.
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Marriage: Year One 1971   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Sally Field, Robert Pratt, Cicely Tyson, William Windom, Agnes Moorehead, Neville Brand, Bob Balaban, Lonny Chapman, Michael Lerner, Mantan Moreland
Sally Field is the only bright spot in this comedy/love story as a poor medical student (Robert Pratt) and a rich, strong heiress (Field) marry and try to live on his meager salary.
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Moving Violation 1976 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Cast: Stephen McHattie, Kay Lenz, Eddie Albert, Lonny Chapman, Will Geer, Jack Murdock, John S. Ragin, Dennis Redfield, Michael Ross Verona, Francis de Sales, Dick Miller
After witnessing a crime committed by Sheriff Rockfield (Will Geer), Eddie Moore (Stephen McHattie) and Cam Johnson (Kay Lenz) are forced to flee for their lives, and the chase is on.
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Nightwatch 1998  R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ole Bornedal
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette, Alix Koromzay, Lauren Graham, John C. Reilly, Brad Dourif, Lonny Chapman, Charles Fleischer
Ewan McGregor stars as a law school student, Martin Bells, who takes on a job as night watchman at a local morgue. He soon learns from Inspector Thomas Cray (Nick Nolte) that it is possible one of Martin's friends is setting him up as the prime suspect in a murder mystery.
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Norma Rae 1979  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland, Morgan Paull, Noble Willingham, Lonny Chapman, John Calvin, Robert Broyles, Booth Colman, Lee de Broux, James Luisi, Vernon Weddle
With encouragement from New York union organizer Ruben (Ron Leibman), Southern textile worker Norma Rae (Sally Field) tries to unionize her work place. Problems arise at home because Norma Rae's husband, Sonny (Beau Bridges), becomes jealous and suspects a romance is taking place between Norma Rae and Ruben. Based on a true story. Sally Field won the Oscar for Best Actress, and an Oscar was also won for Best Song ("It Goes Like It Goes"). The film was nominated for Best Picture.
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The Reivers 1969 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Steve McQueen, Will Geer, Sharon Farrell, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel, Michael Constantine, Lonny Chapman, Juano Hernandez, Clifton James, Dub Taylor
Set in 1905, this good film adaptation of William Faulkner's story is about young Lucius (Mitch Vogel) who joins Boon (Steve McQueen) and Ned (Rupert Crosse) on an adventure from rural Mississippi to the big city of Memphis. Their vehicle for transportation is the stolen car of Lucius' grandfather (Will Geer). Crosse received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Stalking Moon 1968  G, 109 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster, Noland Clay, Nathaniel Narcisco, Russell Thorson, Frank Silvera, Lonny Chapman, Lou Frizzell, Henry Beckman, Charles Tyner, Richard Bull, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Joaquine Martinez, Sandy Brown Wyeth
After escaping from years of being held captive by Indians, Sarah Carver (Eva Marie Saint) and her son (Noland Clay) are taken in by Sam Varner (Gregory Peck). Trouble looms when Sarah's Indian mate, Salvaje (Nathaniel Narcisco) determines to recapture his "squaw."
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Take the Money and Run 1969 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Marcel Hillaire, Janet Margolin, Jacquelyn Hyde, Lonny Chapman, Jan Merlin, James Anderson, Howard Storm, Jackson Beck, Mark Gordon, Minnow Moskowitz
Told in documentary style, this early Woody Allen film, about an inept crook, is very amusing.
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Where the Red Fern Grows 1974 G, 97 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman, Stewart Petersen, Jill Clark, Jeanna Wilson, Bill Dunbar, Bill Thurman, Rex Corley, Robert S. Telford, John Lindsey
In the 1930s, 12-year-old Oklahoman Billy Coleman (Stewart Petersen) saves up hard-earned money to buy two hunting dogs. The bond formed between Billy and his dogs teaches him the responsibility he needs to get through tough times.
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 Young at Heart 1954 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Alan Hale Jr., Frank Ferguson, Elisabeth Fraser, Lonny Chapman
Laurie Tuttle (Doris Day) finds love and romance when Barney Sloan (Frank Sinatra) comes to her small town to help in writing a musical.
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| 1. 52 Pick-up (1986)
2. Amy (1981)
3. Baby Doll (1956)
4. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
5. The Border (1982)
6. The Cowboys (1972)
7. East of Eden (1955)
8. Hour of the Gun (1967)
9. The Hunted (2003)
10. Hurricane (1974)
11. I Walk the Line (1970)
12. King (1978)
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
13. Marriage: Year One (1971)
14. Moving Violation (1976)
15. Nightwatch (1998)
16. Norma Rae (1979)
17. The Reivers (1969)
18. The Stalking Moon (1968)
19. Take the Money and Run (1969)
20. Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
21. Young at Heart (1954)
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