 Against All Odds 1984  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Swoosie Kurtz, Dorian Harewood, Saul Rubinek, Pat Corley, Bill McKinney, Allen Williams, Tamara Stafford, Jon St. Elwood, Sam Scarber
Based on the 1947 film "Out of the Past," a love triangle develops when a gambling man, Jake Wise (James Woods), hires injured football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) to track down his missing girlfriend, Jessie (Rachel Ward), in Mexico. Once Terry finds Jessie in Cozumel, he falls in love with her. But, there is more to Jessie than meets the eye, and there's also a lot of plot out there besides the obvious.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996  G, 84 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Larry Leker, Paul Sabella
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Dom DeLuise, Sheena Easton, Ernest Borgnine, Bebe Neuwirth, Wallace Shawn, Jim Cummings, Pat Corley, Hamilton Camp, Dan Castellaneta, Steve Mackall, Tony Jay, George Hearn, Adam Wylie, Kevin Michael Richardson
In this animated feature film, Charlie Barken (voice of Charlie Sheen) is a dog angel and is bored by the eternal bliss of Heaven. Charlie finds relief when another angel, Carface (voice of Ernest Borgnine) tries to steal Gabriel's horn, and Charlie comes to Gabriel's defense. Along the way, Sasha La Fleur (voice of Sheena Easton) sashays her way into Charlie's life, and love blooms.
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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training 1977  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: William Devane, Clifton James, Jackie Earle Haley, Jimmy Baio, Chris Barnes, Fred Stuthman, Lane Smith, Pat Corley, Alfred Lutter III, Erin Blunt, George Gonzales, Jaime Escobedo, Brett Marx, David Pollock, David Stambaugh
This sequel to "The Bad News Bears" just does not have the gusto of the original film. Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) is back on the team, and his father, Mike (William Devane), is coerced into becoming the coach.
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The Best Little Girl in the World 1981  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam O'Steen
Cast: Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Mayron, Viveca Lindfors, Jason Miller, Jessica Lange, Ally Sheedy, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley
Anorexia nervosa is the theme of this made-for-TV movie starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as a model teenager who becomes a victim of the eating disorder.
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The Black Marble 1980 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, James Woods, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley, Judy Landers
Joseph Wambaugh's screenplay provides good entertainment as he, once again, presents a police story. This time around, two cops, Valmikov (Robert Foxworth) and Natalie Zimmermann (Paula Prentiss), fall for each other while pursuing a dognapper.
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The Calendar Girl Murders 1984 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson, Robert Beltran, Pat Corley, Robert Morse, Alan Thicke, Rip Taylor, Silvana Gallardo, Michael C. Gwynne, Robert Culp, Barbara Parkins
Richard Trainor (Robert Culp) has produced a new calendar filled with a nude model for every month. The calendar is a big success, but there is a problem: the models are being killed off in the order they appeared in the calendar, and Miss April is next. Detective Dan Stoner (Tom Skerritt) and photographer Cassie Bascomb (Sharon Stone) race to find the killer before more tragedy occurs.
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Come Early Morning 2006 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joey Lauren Adams
Cast: Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Laura Prepon, Diane Ladd, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Pat Corley, Ray McKinnon, Candyce Hinkle, Wally Welch, Jeff Nichols, Christine Renee Ward, Tim Blake Nelson
Lucy Fowler (Ashley Judd) lives in a Southern, small town where she works as a building contractor by day, consumes too much alcohol at the local bar, and engages in casual sex by night. When Lucy meets Cal Percell (Jeffrey Donovan), she wants to change her lifestyle. But, first Lucy must look into her family's past and find out what it is that causes her degrading behavior if she is ever to have a lasting relationship with Cal.
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The Executioner's Song 1982 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Jordan Clarke, Steven Keats, Richard Venture, Walter Olkewicz, Jenny Wright, Michael LeClair, Pat Corley, Mary Ethel Gregory, John Dennis Johnston, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien
Tommy Lee Jones takes on the role of convicted killer Gary Gilmore who was the first man executed in the USA after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The last nine months of Gilmore's life are the basis for this story. Gilmore is 35 years old when he is released from prison for armed robbery. He tries to go straight and fails. After killing two men during separate robberies, Gilmore is sentenced to death in Utah. Jones won the Emmy for his very believable performance as the villainous Gilmore.
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The Hand 1981  R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, Bruce McGill, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary Murphy, Pat Corley, Charles Fleischer
This is Oliver Stone's first studio film; it stars Michael Caine as Jon Lansdale, a cartoonist, who loses his hand in a car accident. The "hand" subsequently develops a life of its own and murders people with whom Jon has problems.
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Hanky Panky 1982 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Prosky, Josef Sommer, Johnny Sekka, Jay O. Sanders, Sam Gray, Larry Bryggman, Pat Corley, James Tolkan
Chicago architect Michael Jordon (Gene Wilder) takes a cab ride with a stranger, Janet (Kathleen Quinlan), who just happens to be on the run from Ransom (Richard Widmark). She is carrying a mysterious package that Ransom wants. Michael tries to help Janet, but she is killed by Ransom, and Michael becomes the prime suspect. Now, Michael teams up with Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) who helps him locate Janet's package. The search ends in the Grand Canyon where the real showdown takes place.
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Law and Disorder 1974 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Anita Dangler, Karen Black, Jack Kehoe, David Spielberg, Pat Corley, Leslie Ackerman, Joe Ragno
Two New Yorkers (Carroll O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine) are fed up with the city's crime rate and become auxiliary policemen to help curb the problem.
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Mr. Destiny 1990 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Orr
Cast: James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Jon Lovitz, Hart Bochner, Bill McCutcheon, Rene Russo, Jay O. Sanders, Maury Chaykin, Pat Corley, Douglas Seale, Courteney Cox
Larry (James Belushi) is not happy in his life. His marriage to the beautiful Ellen (Linda Hamilton) isn't what it should be, his friend won't leave him alone, his car breaks down, his dog has bladder problems, etc. He KNOWS his life would had been different if he hadn't struck out in the bottom of the ninth inning when he was 15 years old. Despondent, he goes into a bar and tells his problems to the bartender (Michael Caine), who mixes a potion, and Larry walks out into the world that he would have experienced had he made that hit. He finds that all is not perfect in that world, either.
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Night Shift 1982 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Kevin Costner, Gina Hecht, Pat Corley, Bobby DiCicco, Nita Talbot, Basil Hoffman, Clint Howard
Two men on the night shift at the city morgue (Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton) decide to add life to their evenings and wallets by becoming pimps for a prostitute-in-need (Shelley Long).
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 Of Mice and Men 1981 TV, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Reza Badiyi
Cast: Robert Blake, Randy Quaid, Mitch Ryan, Ted Neeley, Cassie Yates, Pat Hingle, Lew Ayres, Whitman Mayo, Pat Corley, Dennis Fimple, Sondra Blake
This is a good TV re-make of the classic John Steinbeck story of itinerant workers, George (Robert Blake) and mentally retarded Lenny (Randy Quaid), who dream of owning their own ranch. They are hired to work in the Salinas Valley but run into problems with the boss's son Curley (Ted Neeley) and his flirtatious wife Mae (Cassie Yates). Matters get out of hand with Lenny and Mae and culminate in tragedy.
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The Stepford Children 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Horror
Director: Alan J. Levi
Cast: Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren, Ken Swofford, Pat Corley, Richard Anderson, Dick Butkus, James Coco, Sharon Spelman, James Staley, Raye Birk, Debbie Barker, Randall Batinkoff, John Cameron Mitchell, Judith Baldwin
Once more the town of Stepford, Connecticut, with its peculiar women, is brought to the screen. This time around, not only the wives but the children as well are being turned into robots by the Men's Club members. Laura and Steven Harding (Barbara Eden and Don Murray) have just moved to Stepford with their children David and Mary (Randall Batinkoff and Tammy Lauren). Steven's first wife had mysteriously died in Stepford years before. What problems will Steven's family encounter, and will Laura be able to save her family from being turned into robots?
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| 1. Against All Odds (1984)
2. All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
3. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
4. The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
5. The Black Marble (1980)
6. The Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
7. Come Early Morning (2006)
8. The Executioner's Song (1982)
9. The Gift (1979)
10. The Hand (1981)
11. Hanky Panky (1982)
12. Law and Disorder (1974)
13. Mr. Destiny (1990)
14. Night Shift (1982)
15. Nightwing (1979)
16. Of Mice and Men (1981)
17. The Stepford Children (1987)
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