The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin 1967  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Richard Haydn, Hermione Baddeley, Bryan Russell, Cecil Kellaway, Parley Baer, Arthur Hunnicutt
Set during the 1849 California gold rush, this Disney story is about butler Bullwhip Griffin (Roddy McDowall) who aids his employer, Arabella (Suzanne Pleshette), in searching for her brother, Jack Flagg (Bryan Russell).
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1960  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore, Buster Keaton, Tony Randall, Mickey Shaughnessy, Patty McCormack, Neville Brand, Judy Canova, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Sherry Jackson, Finley Currie, Josephine Hutchinson, Parley Baer, Royal Dano
In this version of Mark Twain's story, Huckleberry Finn (Eddie Hodges) escapes from his brutal alcoholic father, Pap (Neville Brand), and joins runaway slave Jim (Archie Moore) on a rafting trip down the Mississippi River. Along the way, they meet con-men "King" and "Duke" (Tony Randall and Mickey Shaughnessy) who find work on a riverboat and join the circus–neither the riverboat nor the circus were in Twain's book. Reluctantly, Huckleberry and Jim are drawn into the schemes of "King" and "Duke."
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Almost an Angel 1990  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Cornell
Cast: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Charlton Heston, Elias Koteas, Doreen Lang, Robert Sutton, Joe Dallesandro, David Alan Grier, Douglas Seale, Parley Baer
Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) is a thief who, after a car accident, is given a second chance to redeem himself by performing good deeds.
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 Bedtime Story 1964 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Levy
Cast: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Dody Goodman, Norman Alden, Parley Baer, Marie Windsor, Rebecca Sand, Frances Robinson, Aram Stephan
In a contest over territory, Freddy (Marlon Brando) and Lawrence (David Niven) decide to settle their differences through whoever can win the attentions of "Soap Queen" Janet (Shirley Jones).
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Breaking Home Ties 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties
Director: John Wilder
Cast: Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Doug McKeon, Erin Gray, Claire Trevor, J. Eddie Peck, Parley Baer, Kristen Lux, David Denney, Norman Bennett
College students in the 1950s make for good nostalgia, and this film does a fine job of it. It is well written and directed by John Wilder, as well as having great photography.
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Carbon Copy 1981  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Denzel Washington, Jack Warden, Paul Winfield, Dick Martin, Tom Poston, Macon McCalman, Parley Baer, Edward Marshall
Years after Walter Whitney's (George Segal) affair with an African-American woman, their son Roger (Denzel Washington) comes knocking on the door. This is an inane comedy that attempts to blend humor with racial prejudice.
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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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 Dave 1993  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Parley Baer, Stefan Gierasch, Faith Prince, Laura Linney, Tom Dugan, Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Hallahan
Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline), who looks exactly like U.S. President Bill Mitchell (also played by Kline), runs an employment agency specializing in temp. work. The President's Chief-of-Staff Bob Alexander (Frank Langella) asks Dave to stand in for the President at a luncheon, and Dave agrees. While Dave is attending the luncheon, the President suffers a stroke when he is having sex with his mistress. In order to keep the indiscretion a secret, Dave agrees to continue his impersonation of the President. It doesn't take long for Dave to learn how to run the government and promote changes he feels will improve the country. And, in the process, he also falls in love with the President's wife Ellen (Sigourney Weaver). 1 User Review
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 The FBI Story 1959 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Nick Adams, Diane Jergens, Jean Willes, Parley Baer, Fay Roope, Ann Doran
This film follows the career and federal cases of FBI agent Chip Hardesty (James Stewart) from the Prohibition era through the Cold War.
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Fearless Fagan 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson, Ellen Corby, Barbara Ruick, John Call, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Parley Baer
When circus performer Floyd Hilston (Carleton Carpenter) is drafted into the army, he brings along his trained lion, Fagan.
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Follow Me, Boys! 1966 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt Russell, Luana Patten, Sean McClory, Steve Franken, Parley Baer
Musician Lemuel Siddons (Fred MacMurray) decides to stop traveling, settle down in a small town, and dedicate himself to a troop of young Boy Scouts. Disney.
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 Gypsy 1962 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Parley Baer, Harry Shannon, Morgan Brittany, Ann Jillian, Jack Benny, Diane Pace, Faith Dane, Roxanne Arlen, Ben Lessy, George Petrie
This version of the Broadway musical production, based on the life of Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick, stars Natalie Wood in the title role. Gypsy's mother, Mama Rose (Rosalind Russell), always wanted fame but never achieved it. So, she is determined to make vaudeville stars of her daughters June (Ann Jillian) and Louise. June bails out leaving an unwilling Louise to do Mama Rose's bidding. Vaudeville is on the wane, but Louise does get a booking in a burlesque house where she finds stardom as stripper "Gypsy Rose Lee." Songs include "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Let Me Entertain You," and "All I Need Is a Girl." The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Music, Cinematography, and Costume Design.
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The Money Trap 1965 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Elke Sommer, Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Argentina Brunetti, Parley Baer, Ted de Corsia, Eugene Iglesias
Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is a cop who gets in over his head when he steals money while investigating a drug-related murder.
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Family / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, Paul Richards, Parley Baer, Walter Burke, Lillian Bronson, Jonathan Hole, Burt Mustin, Don Wilbanks, Pepper Martin, Eddie Quillan
The old-timer Texas Rangers (Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, and Chill Wills–without Pat O'Brien) are at it again as they head to Waco to help another retired Ranger (Fred Astaire) in his rehabilitation–from being the town drunk. Again, it's fun, though inane. Astaire, in his only "western" role, is excellent–complete with mustache.
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Pickup on South Street 1953 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Milburn Stone, George E. Stone, Parley Baer, Henry Slate
The small-time crime of pickpocketing leads to espionage involvement for Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) who unwittingly has stolen government secrets. Thelma Ritter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Those Calloways 1965 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon DeWilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Linda Evans, Philip Abbott, Parley Baer, Tom Skerritt, John Larkin
The Calloways are Vermonters who seek to provide a bird sanctuary for wild geese despite resistance from local residents. Disney.
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Union Station 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts, James Seay, Herbert Heyes, Fred Graham, Parley Baer
Following the kidnapping of a woman, Chicago police Lieutenant William Calhoun (William Holden) leads fellow cops in a suspense-filled effort to trap the kidnapper.
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Vicki 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel, Parley Baer, Stuart Randall, Russ Conway, Frank Fenton, Frank Gerstle
Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.
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Wake Me When It's Over 1960 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Ernie Kovacs, Dick Shawn, Jack Warden, Margo Moore, Nobu McCarthy, Don Knotts, Robert Strauss, Marvin Kaplan, Parley Baer, Ralph Dumke, Noreen Nash, Robert Emhardt, Raymond Bailey, Linda Wong, Richard Tyler
While stationed on a Pacific island off Shima, Captain Stark (Ernie Kovacs) and Gus Brubaker (Dick Shawn), who has been re-drafted after a clerical error, use Army supplies from their base to set themselves up in a thriving Pacific island hotel business. The 100 servicemen under Stark's command help build the hotel, and this work helps relieve their boredom. All goes well–until an article about the hotel is published, and an investigation is ordered.
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Young Billy Young 1969 G, 89 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jr., David Carradine, Jack Kelly, Paul Fix, Willis Bouchey, John Anderson, Parley Baer, Rodolfo Acosta, Robert Anderson, Deana Martin, Christopher Mitchum
Seeking revenge because Frank Boone (John Anderson) killed U.S. Deputy Marshal Ben Kane's (Robert Mitchum) son, Kane hunts down Frank. Kane teams up with sharp-shooter Billy Young (Robert Walker Jr.) who was once the partner of Jesse Boone (David Carradine)–the son of Frank Boone. Kane's love interest, dance hall girl Lily Beloit (Angie Dickinson) warns Kane that Jesse is plotting to kill him, and Kane sets a trap to use Jessie as bait and finally catch Frank.
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The Young Lions 1958 N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, Maximilian Schell, Mai Britt, Barbara Rush, Lee Van Cleef, Dora Doll, Parley Baer
This film does an excellent job of examining Nazi beliefs and how one young German soldier (Marlon Brando) becomes disillusioned with the cause for which he fights.
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| 1. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
3. Almost an Angel (1990)
4. The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
5. Bedtime Story (1964)
6. Breaking Home Ties (1987)
aka: Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties
7. Carbon Copy (1981)
8. Cash McCall (1960)
9. Dave (1993)
10. The FBI Story (1959)
11. Fearless Fagan (1952)
12. Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
13. Gypsy (1962)
14. The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977)
15. License to Drive (1988)
16. The Money Trap (1965)
17. The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
18. Pickup on South Street (1953)
19. Those Calloways (1965)
20. The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
21. Union Station (1950)
22. Vicki (1953)
23. Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
24. Young Billy Young (1969)
25. The Young Lions (1958)
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