The Black Orchid 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, Jimmy Baird, Naomi Stevens, Whit Bissell, Ina Balin, Robert Carricart, Joe Di Reda, Jack Washburn, Lili Valenty, Nina Varela, Fank Yaconelli
The Black Orchid is Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren), a gangster's widow, who strives for a chance for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn).
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Dark Intruder 1965  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Gilbert Green, Charles Bolender, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith, Werner Klemperer, Peter Brocco, Vaughn Taylor, Bill Quinn
In this TV pilot, Bret Kingsford (Leslie Nielsen) is an amateur detective who fights against demons trying to take over the body of San Francisco socialites.
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Dempsey 1983  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Treat Williams, Sam Waterston, Victoria Tennant, Sally Kellerman, Peter Mark Richman, Jesse Vint, Robert Harper, John McLiam, Bonnie Bartlett, John Lehne, Michael McManus, Mark L. Taylor
This made-for-TV biography of boxing great Jack Dempsey–the "Manassa Mauler"–stars Treat Williams as Dempsey. The story covers his life from the early teens, through his reign as heavyweight champion, and the trials of his private life as he went through five wives.
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Friday the 13th, Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Hedden
Cast: Jensen Daggett, Kane Hodder, Peter Mark Richman, Scott Reeves, Barbara Bingham, Vincent Craig Dupree, Todd Caldecott, Tiffany Paulsen, Tim Mirkovich, Alex Diakun, Warren Munson, Fred Henderson, Gordon Currie, Saffron Henderson, Martin Cummins
In this slasher film in the "Friday the 13th" series, Jason (Kane Hodder) is again resurrected–this time when an anchor tears a cable releasing electricity into him. He boards a cruise ship filled with Crystal Lake teenagers heading to Manhattan for their senior class trip. Among the teens is Rennie Wickham (Jensen Daggett) who Jason almost drowned when she was younger. Jason kills many of the students on the boat and then follows the surviving teens to Manhattan where he roams through the city continuing his violent murders.
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Friendly Persuasion 1956  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Phyllis Love, Marjorie Main, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Walter Catlett, Richard Hale, Joel Fluellen, Peter Mark Richman, Theodore Newton, John Smith, Marjorie Main
The Civil War interferes with a Quaker farm family's peaceful existence in Indiana. Son Josh (Anthony Perkins) defies his parents' (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) beliefs and enlists on the Union side as a soldier. The film accumulated several major Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Anthony Perkins), Song, Writing, and Sound).
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 1991 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Richard Griffiths, Jacqueline Brookes, Anthony James, Lloyd Bochner, Tim O'Connor, Peter Mark Richman, Ed Williams, John Roarke, Margery Ross, Peter Van Norden
Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is still on the police force, and now he is involved in keeping ecology safe by stopping the power brokers from talking the country into passing a new energy policy. Drebin investigates when energy czar Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths) is kidnapped by the energy industries–with help from villain Quentin Hapsburg (Robert Goulet)–so that they can substitute a conspirator in his place who will then enact an energy policy more favorable to those who supply the energy. Once again, Jane (Priscilla Presley) is there to help Drebin. Still lots of funny things going on.
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| 1. The Black Orchid (1958)
2. Dark Intruder (1965)
3. Dempsey (1983)
4. Friday the 13th, Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
5. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
6. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
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