 Kansas City Bomber 1972  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerrold Freedman
Cast: Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy, Helena Kallianiotes, Norman Alden, Jeanne Cooper, Jodie Foster, William Gray Espy, Dick Lane, Ross Martin, Martine Bartlett
Raquel Welch is about the only highlight of this weak film centered on the tough sport of roller derby. Naive K.C. (Welch) is one of her team's star skaters. When she has an affair with the owner (Kevin McCarthy), jealous teammates–especially Jackie (Helena Kallianiotes)–make life tough for K.C., but she is determined to defend herself.
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No Way to Treat a Lady 1968  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn, Martine Bartlett, Barbara Baxley, David Doyle, Doris Roberts
A psychopathic actor, Christopher Gill (Rod Steiger), kills old women as a way to work out neuroses regarding his mother's (Eileen Heckart) constant interference in his life. Now Mo Brummel (George Segal) is on his trail in this good comedy/mystery.
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 Splendor in the Grass 1961 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Sean Garrison, Phyllis Diller, Sandy Dennis, Zohra Lampert, Barbara Loden, Gary Lockwood, Fred Stewart, Joanna Roos, John McGovern, Jan Norris, Martine Bartlett
This film marked Warren Beatty's film debut. He plays Bud Stamper whose family is affluent, and Natalie Wood plays Bud's girlfriend Deanie Loomis who has a nervous breakdown following the end of her romance with Bud. Soap? You bet. But there's some good acting, and the setting of the Midwest in the 1920s helps the atmosphere. Wood was nominated for an Oscar. Remade (for TV) in 1981.
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Sybil 1976  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Jane Hoffman, William Prince, Charles(2) Lane, Jessamine Milner, Gordon Jump, Natasha Ryan
Sally Field takes on the role of Sybil, and Joanne Woodward plays her psychiatrist in this powerful Emmy-winning drama of a young woman who developed 17 personalities due to disturbing childhood experiences.
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| 1. Kansas City Bomber (1972)
2. No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
3. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
4. Sybil (1976)
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