Bombers B-52 1957  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Marsha Hunt, Don Kelly, Ann Doran, Nelson Leigh, Robert Nichols, Ray Montgomery, Robert Hover, Nicky Blair, Russ Conway, John Doucette, James Garner, Olin Howland
In the 1950s, during the Cold War, a B-52 Superfortress takes a test flight from the U.S. to Africa and then back home again. When not flying his B-52, Air Force pilot Col. Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is romancing young Lois (Natalie Wood). The problem is that Lois is the daughter of ground-crew chief Sgt. Chuck Brennan (Karl Malden) who has no trust or respect for Herlihy and has trouble believing this could be a match made in heaven.
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Cash McCall 1960  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger, E.G. Marshall, Henry Jones, Otto Kruger, Roland Winters, Edward Platt, Edgar Shehli, Linda Watkins, Parley Baer, Dabbs Greer, Nicky Blair, Gregory Gaye
Corporate raider Cash McCall (James Garner) buys failing businesses and uses them as a tax relief for thriving firms' profits. When McCall sets out to buy Grant Austen's (Dean Jagger) failing business, he hopes that the purchase will impress Austen's daughter Lory (Natalie Wood). But, business conflicts will play a big role in McCall's chance for a successful romance with Lory.
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 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Grandon Rhodes, Harry Lauter, Thomas Browne Henry, Charles Evans, Frank Wilcox, Larry J. Blake, Nicky Blair, Paul Frees, Clark Howat, Arthur Tovey
When UFOs attempt to make peaceful communications with Earth, their mission is mistaken for an invasion. They land on an Army base and are the target of gunfire. Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) is on hand when the pilots announce that they plan to take over Earth within 60 days, and he is given the job of heading up Operation Skyhook, which will probe the atmosphere for future space flights. Dr. Marvin and his team develop a missile that, when fired, shatters the flying saucers. But big problems result from the attack, and the saucers crash into Washington, D.C., landmarks. Special effects by the master: Ray Harryhausen 1 User Review
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| | 07/20/2009 | | Fantastic film, Ray Harryhausen is genius! |
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Portrait of a Showgirl 1982 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Rita Moreno, Tony Curtis, Barry Primus, Dianne Kay, Kip Gilman, Howard Morris, Hamilton Camp, Floyd Levine, Douglas Dirkson, Stephen Young, Nicky Blair
Las Vegas life in general and Caesar's Palace in particular are highlighted in this film about a dancer (Lesley Ann Warren) who comes to realize there is more to life than dancing in Vegas. Made for TV. Rita Moreno is great as her dancer friend.
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Submarine Seahawk 1959 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: John Bentley, Brett Halsey, Wayne Heffley, Paul Maxwell, Henry McCann, Jan Brooks, Steve Mitchell, Nicky Blair, Frank Gerstle, Jan Brooks
During World War II, mutiny is in the air when an inexperienced instructor is put in command of the U.S.S. Seahawk.
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That's Life! 1986 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman, Robert Loggia, Jennifer Edwards, Robert Knepper, Chris Lemmon, Felicia Farr, Nicky Blair, Biff Elliot
In just one weekend, a married couple (Jack Lemmon and Julie Andrews) face a 60th birthday, sexual impotency, a cancer biopsy, and becoming grandparents. There is humor in the pathos, and Lemmon puts on another good performance.
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 Viva Las Vegas 1964 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann - Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair, Teri Garr, Jack Carter, Robert Williams, Roy Engel, Eddie Quillan
A singing racecar driver (not simultaneously) Lucky Jackson (Elvis Presley) falls in love with dancer Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret) on his way to a Grand Prix victory.
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| 1. Bombers B-52 (1957)
2. Cash McCall (1960)
3. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
4. Portrait of a Showgirl (1982)
5. Submarine Seahawk (1959)
6. That's Life! (1986)
7. Viva Las Vegas (1964)
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