American Dream 1981 TV, 74 min. Genre: Family
Director: Mel Damski Cast: Stephen Macht, Karen Carlson, Michael Hershewe, Hans Conried, John McIntire, Scott Brady, Murray Hamilton, John Malkovich, J.D. Cannon, Harold Gould
A Chicago family moves from an affluent suburb to the integrated inner city in this good drama that received several Emmy nominations.
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Mischief 1985 R, 97 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mel Damski Cast: Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston, Chris Nash, D.W. Brown, Jami Gertz, Margaret Blye, Graham Jarvis, Terry O'Quinn, Darren Ewing, Dennis L. O'Connell, Bob McGuire
Shy Jonathan (Doug McKeon) is a nerd in the 1950s who has dreamed of a romance with sexy Marilyn (Kelly Preston). Jonathan gets help from his extroverted, motorcyclist friend Gene (Chris Nash) who has his own girlfriend Bunny (Catherine Mary Stewart). Gene teaches Jonathan how to attract women, and Jonathan steps up his pursuit of Marilyn.
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Murder by the Book 1987 TV, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Damski Cast: Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Celeste Holm, Fred Gwynne, Christopher Murney, Lewis J. Stadlen, Martin Neufeld, Jacques Sandulescu, Robin Ward, Jonathan Moore
Quiet, unassuming Hank Mercer (Robert Hays) is the author of detective mysteries. He finds that he can't help but play the hard-boiled private eye of his stories is his day-to-day life. In this role, he comes to the rescue of a woman in distress.
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Yellowbeard 1983 PG, 101 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Damski Cast: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Martin Hewitt, Marty Feldman, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason, John Cleese
Seventeenth-century pirate Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) sets out–after release from prison–with his son (Martin Hewitt) and wife (Madeline Kahn) to recover a fortune he buried years ago. Gobble, gobble, gobble.
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| 1. American Dream (1981)
2. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989)
3. Mischief (1985)
4. Murder by the Book (1987)
5. Yellowbeard (1983)
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