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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The Concrete Cowboys 1979  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Ramblin' Man
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Jerry Reed, Barbara Mandrell, Tom Selleck, Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins, Gene Evans, Roy Acuff, Grace Zabriskie, Bob Hannah, Lucille Benson
Montana cowboys (Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck) head to Nashville and open a detective agency. While learning to adapt to big city life, they get cases that will help them learn how to be sleuths. Harmless, lighthearted entertainment.
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Duel 1971  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Gene Dynarski, Tim Herbert, Jacqueline Scott, Lou Frizzell, Lucille Benson, Dale Van Sickel, Dick Whittington, Charles Seel, Alexander Lockwood, Amy Douglass
David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is driving alone on a lonely stretch of road when he unwittingly angers a trucker (Cary Loffin) who then chases him all over California. A good, tense film.
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The Fugitive Kind 1959 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Emory Richardson, Lucille Benson, Madame Spivy, Virgilia Chew, Ben Yaffee, Joe Brown Jr., John Baragrey
This screen adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play stars Marlon Brando as Val Xavier, a drifter involved in a love affair with Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani)
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The Greatest 1977  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Muhammad Ali, John Marley, Robert Duvall, David Huddleston, Ben Johnson, James Earl Jones, Lloyd Haynes, Paul Winfield, Dina Merrill, Roger E. Mosley, Annazette Chase, Lucille Benson, Skip Homeier
This is the biography of boxer Muhammad Ali who plays himself–beginning as 18-year-old boxer Cassius Clay who wins a Gold medal at the Olympic Games. Later, he trains under Angelo Dundee (Ernest Borgnine) and wins the World Heavyweight title from Sonny Liston (Roger E. Mosley). Now, he converts to Islam, refuses to join the Army, and goes through a three-and-a-half year court battle before returning to the ring to retake the World Heavyweight title. Throughout the film, Muhammad Ali's actual fight sequences are inter-cut into the story.
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Little Fauss and Big Halsy 1970 R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery Jr., Lucille Benson, Ray Ballard, Linda Gaye Scott, Erin O'Reilly
Two motorcycle racers take a trip, and Little Fauss (Michael J. Pollard) learns a lot about his idol, Halsy (Robert Redford), and even more about himself.
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Mame 1974 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Beatrice Arthur, Bruce Davison, Kirby Furlong, Jane Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Doria Cook-Nelson, Don Porter, John McGiver, Audrey Christie, Bobbie Jordan, Patrick Labyorteaux, Lucille Benson, Ruth McDevitt
In this film version of Patrick Dennis' novel–not to be confused with "Auntie Mame" (1958)–Lucille Ball is cast in the title role of Mame who during the 1930s' Depression Era enrolls her nephew Patrick (Kirby Furlong) in a private school and, with help from her friend Vera (Bea Arthur), tries to get into show business. Mame's financial problems are solved when she falls in love with and marries well-to-do Southerner Beauregard Jackson (Robert Preston) and goes to live with him on his plantation. Later, Beauregard dies, and Mame is left to contend with grown-up Patrick (now played by Bruce Davison), his girlfriend Gloria (Doria Cook-Nelson), and her bourgeoisie parents (Audrey Christie and Don Porter). 2 User Reviews
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| | Lucy was Wonderful | Lucy1 08/11/2007 | | Lucille Ball was wonderful as the eccentric auntie Mame. Lucy was better then the loud english woman ( Angela Lansbury) So Enjoy Lucy in this wonderful Musical Comedy !!!!!!!!! I Love Lucy !!!!!!!! |
| | Lucy was good | Dana 101 08/11/2007 | | I love old fashion musicals with lovely music and costumes. Lucy was a 1st class actress with a lot of talent. we miss you lucy - Dana- |
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Message to My Daughter 1973  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Cast: Martin Sheen, Bonnie Bedelia, Kitty Winn, Neva Patterson, Mark Slade, Lucille Benson, Jerry Ayres, King Moody, Bob Goldstein, John Crawford
A troubled teenager (Kitty Winn) unearths some tapes her mother (Bonnie Bedelia) recorded before her untimely death several years earlier.
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Tom Sawyer 1973 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East, Jodie Foster, Lucille Benson, Henry Jones, Noah Keen, Dub Taylor, Richard Eastham
This musical version of "Tom Sawyer" is entertaining. It features Johnny Whitaker in the title role, while Jeff East takes on the role of Tom's friend, Huckleberry Finn. The film includes episodes of the boys many pranks–all of which are delightfully choreographed.
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| 1. Amy (1981)
2. The Concrete Cowboys (1979)
aka: Ramblin' Man
3. Duel (1971)
4. The Fugitive Kind (1959)
5. The Greatest (1977)
6. Huckleberry Finn (1974)
7. Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
8. Mame (1974)
9. Message to My Daughter (1973)
10. Tom Sawyer (1973)
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