Bat 21 1988 PG-13, 105 min. Genre: Action
Director: Peter Markle Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, Clayton Rohner, David Marshall Grant, Erich Anderson, Joe Dorsey, Alan King
During the Vietnam War, Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton (Gene Hackman) is lost in the jungles of Vietnam after his aircraft is shot down behind enemy lines. The only man who can rescue him is Capt. Bartholomew Clark (Danny Glover), and he can only be reached through his radio transmitter.
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Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace 1991 R, 95 min. Genre: Drama aka: Mob Justice
Director: Peter Markle Cast: Tony Danza, Ted Levine, Dan Lauria, Frank Vincent, Joe Lisi, James Rebhorn, Nicholas Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Caroline Aaron, Leonardo Cimino, Wendy Makkena, Kevin Corrigan
Gus Farace (Tony Danza) is a small-time gangster by night and a trusted member of a mob family by day. After he kills a cop (Samuel L. Jackson), both the police and, at police request, the mob are after Gus. But Gus still has friends in the mob that may help. As expected, the film heads to the inevitable showdown. Originally made for TV.
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Faith of My Fathers 2005 PG-13, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Markle Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Scott Glenn, J.D. Evermore, Erin Cottrell, Korbi Dean, Chi Muoi Lo, Shea Whigham, Joseph Chrest, Michael Arata, Ashley Taylor, Troy Ruptash
This made-for-TV production is based on Senator John McCain's memoirs. The story includes his life as a Navy Junior and his years of school and training in the U.S. Navy, but it focuses mainly on his six years as a POW in Vietnam.
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Nightbreaker 1989 TV, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Markle Cast: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, Joe Pantoliano, Nicholas Pryor
Thirty years after the 1950s atomic bomb tests, a research doctor realizes the horror of what was involved. In telling this story, Martin and his son, Emilio Estevez, play the role of the same man–before and after.
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Wagons East 1994 PG, 105 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Markle Cast: John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo, Ed Lauter, William Sanderson, Rodney A. Grant, Russell Means, Charles Rocket
Not all settlers in the latter half of the 1800s could handle the challenges of the frontier. One such group hires drunken wagon master James Harlow (John Candy) to lead them East to St. Louis. The adventures of the oddball group are chronicled in this terrible, terrible film. John Candy died during the shooting of the film.
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| 1. Bat 21 (1988)
2. Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991) aka: Mob Justice
3. Faith of My Fathers (2005)
4. Hot Dog...The Movie (1984)
5. The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1997) aka: Frankie the Fly
6. Nightbreaker (1989)
7. Wagons East (1994)
8. Youngblood (1986)
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