92 in the Shade 1975 R, 93 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas McGuane Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder, Burgess Meredith, Harry Dean Stanton, Sylvia Miles, Elizabeth Ashley, William Hickey, Louise Latham, Joe Spinell
Set in Key West, this is the film adaptation of Thomas McGuane's novel about competition between captains of fishing boats.
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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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Hail, Hero! 1969 PG, 97 min. Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller Cast: Michael Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, John Larch, Louise Latham, Charles Drake, Peter Strauss, Virginia Christine, John Qualen, Deborah Winters
Carl Dixon (Michael Douglas) takes on the task of trying to explain to his parents (Arthur Kennedy and Teresa Wright) his antiwar feelings and telling them that he will NOT fight in Vietnam.
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Love Field 1992 PG-13, 104 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie McFadden, Brian Kerwin, Louise Latham, Peggy Rea, Beth Grant, Cooper Huckabee, Troy Evans, Johnny Ray McGhee, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Pearl Jones, Janell McLeod, Rhoda Griffis, Bob Gill
Lurene (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a Dallas housewife who is enamored with Jacqueline Kennedy. Following the assassination of J.F.K., Lurene takes off on a bus to attend the funeral and befriends Paul Cater (Dennis Haysbert) and his daughter Jonell (Stephanie McFadden) along the way. Michelle received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress.
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Marnie 1964 PG, 130 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker, Louise Latham, Martin Gabel, Bob Sweeney, Henry Beckman, Alan Napier, Bruce Dern, Mariette Hartley
Marnie (Tippi Hedren) works in an office until she finds the opportunity to steal company funds and then moves on to the next business. When her new boss (Sean Connery) recognizes her from a previous heist, instead of turning her in, he marries her and tries to find out what makes her behave in such strange ways. An interesting Alfred Hitchcock tale.
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Mass Appeal 1984 PG, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan Cast: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham, Talia Balsam, James Ray, Alice Hirson, Helene Heigh, Jerry Hardin, Gloria Stuart
An idealistic seminarian, Mark Dolson (Zeljko Ivanek), does not listen to the advice of Father Farley (Jack Lemmon) and delivers a sermon that is spurned by the parishioners. This brings on concern by church officials that Dolson will not make it as a good priest, but Father Farley comes to his aid. From a Broadway play.
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Paradise 1991 PG-13, 111 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Agnes Donoghue Cast: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch, Sheila McCarthy, Eve Gordon, Louise Latham, Sarah Trigger, Richard K. Olsen, Anthony Romano, Greg Travis, Rick Andosca, Timothy Erskine, Chestley Price, Dave Hager
A woman (Eve Gordon) with marital difficulties sends her 10-year-old son Willard (Elijah Wood) to a friend's house for the summer. In this quiet Southern town, the boy is befriended by a girl (Thora Birch), and attempts to find out why the couple (Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson) who he is staying with are so unhappy with each other. He makes them contemplate their lives, which had been marred by the death of their own child.
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The Philadelphia Experiment 1984 PG, 101 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stewart Raffill Cast: Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Eric Christmas, Kene Holliday, Louise Latham, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Currie, Ralph Manza
A U.S. Navy vessel is part of a top-secret experiment during World War II. In the course of the operation, the ship disappears, and the ship with its crew is thrown ahead in time to 1984.
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Savage 1973 TV, 90 min. Genre: Drama aka: Watch Dog
Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Paul Richards, Michele Carey, Barry Sullivan, Dabney Coleman, Pat Harrington Jr., Jack Bender, Louise Latham, Susan Howard, Victor Millan, Warren J. Kemmerling, Richard Stahl
Steven Spielberg moved away from TV after this entry that concerns TV investigative reporter Paul Savage (Martin Landau). He obtains a photo of a Supreme Court nominee that could destroy the nominee's career, but the photo is too hot to handle.
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The Sugarland Express 1974 PG, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Ben Johnson, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly, Louise Latham, Dean Smith, Bill Thurman, Harrison Zanuck, Jessie Lee Fulton, Ted Grossman
This story is based on the real-life experience of Clovis Poplin (William Atherton) and wife Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) who escaped from prison and attempted to reclaim their baby from foster parents. Spielberg's first feature film.
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White Lightning 1973 PG, 101 min. Genre: Action aka: McKlusky
Director: Joseph Sargent Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Louise Latham, Diane Ladd, R.G. Armstrong, Conlan Carter, Dabbs Greer, John Steadman, Iris Korn
Offered release from prison if he would help catch a moonshine operation gang, moonshiner Gator McKlusky (Burt Reynolds) agrees in order to avenge his brother's death and bring the crooked sheriff (Ned Beatty) to justice. And the rip-roarin' action begins. There is a sequel: "Gator."
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Winter Kill 1974 TV, 100 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Jud Taylor Cast: Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O'Connor, Sheree North, Nick Nolte, Charles Tyner, Joyce Van Patten, Louise Latham
In this pilot for a TV series, Andy Griffith plays a laid-back sheriff in a ski resort town. A serial killer hits town and leaves a spray-painted message at the scene of each of his crimes. The series didn't make it, but Griffith and crew tried the same formula twice more while trying.
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| 1. 92 in the Shade (1975)
2. Adam at 6 A.M. (1970)
3. Hail, Hero! (1969)
4. Love Field (1992)
5. Marnie (1964)
6. Mass Appeal (1984)
7. Paradise (1991)
8. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
9. Savage (1973) aka: Watch Dog
10. The Sugarland Express (1974)
11. White Lightning (1973) aka: McKlusky
12. Winter Kill (1974)
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