Addicted to His Love 1988  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Sisterhood
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Polly Bergen, Barry Bostwick, Colleen Camp, Hector Elizondo, Rosemary Forsyth, Erin Gray, Linda Purl, Dee Wallace, Rusty Schwimmer, Peggy Lipton
Womanizer Larry Hogan (Barry Bostwick) loves and leaves four women in this film. When the women find out about each other they decide to get even with him.
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At War with the Army 1950 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee, Dick Stabile, Tommy Farrell, Polly Bergen, Angela Greene, Douglas Evans, Frank Hyers, Danny Dayton, William Mendrek, Kenneth Forbes, Paul Livermore, Jean Ruth
This is Dean Martin's and Jerry Lewis' first film in which they are the headliners. They play two Army friends, 1st Sgt. Vic Puccinelli and Pfc. Alvin Korwin, who have grown up together and performed as a song-and-dance team before enlisting in the Army. Their lives are heading in different directions, both professionally and personally. Vic has done well in the Army, but Alvin continues to bumble his way through assignments. Alvin is married, but Vic is involved in womanizing adventures with beautiful Helen (Polly Bergen) while his pregnant ex-girlfriend Millie (Jean Ruth) continues to pursue him. Nevertheless, Vic and Alvin do stick together through a number of escapades.
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Cape Fear 1962  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam, Jack Kruschen, Telly Savalas, John McKee, Edward Platt, Will Wright, Barrie Chase, Paul Comi, Page Slattery, Ward Ramsey, Joan Staley
When ex-con Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released from an eight-year prison term for rape and assault, he vows to get even with the Georgia lawyer, Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), who had testified against him. He arrives in town and intends to get revenge by raping Bowden's wife Peggy (Polly Bergen) and daughter Nancy (Lori Martin). Police Chief Dutton (Martin Balsam) tries to help, but his hands are tied. Finally, to escape Cady, Bowden moves Peggy and Nancy to a houseboat on the river–where a showdown awaits.
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The Caretakers 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Robert Stack, Joan Crawford, Polly Bergen, Susan Oliver, Janis Paige, Constance Ford, Barbara Barrie, Herbert Marshall, Diane McBain, Robert Vaughn
A West Coast mental hospital is the subject of this drama providing insightful views from both medical staff and patients' perspectives.
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Champion 1949 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Lola Albright, Ruth Roman, John Daheim, Luis Van Rooten, Harry Shannon, Ralph Sanford, Esther Howard, Polly Bergen, Tim Ryan, Hal March, George Meader
This is the story of boxer Michael 'Midge' Kelly (Kirk Douglas) who fights his way to a championship despite physical and mental problems. He lets nothing and no one–including his shotgun wife Emma (Ruth Roman), his manager Tommy Haley (Paul Stewart), and his crippled brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy)–stand in his way. He wins fights easily, but, after almost losing his crown, Midge tries to turn his life around and keep his championship. Several Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actor (Douglas), and the film won an Oscar for Best Film Editing.
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 Cry-Baby 1990  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: John Waters
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer, Troy Donahue, Joe Dallesandro, Mink Stole, Alan J. Wendl, Kim Webb
Set in Baltimore in 1954, it is the "Drapes" vs. the "Squares" in this good comedy/musical. Cry-Baby (Johnny Depp) is the bike-riding, black-jacketed, juvenile delinquent from the wrong side of the tracks, while Allison (Amy Locane) is a good girl who falls for Cry-Baby and is looking for a new lifestyle. The 1950s are recreated well, complete with jukeboxes and music of the era.
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Price
Cast: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harvey Fierstein, Thea Vidale, Jeremy Piven, Polly Bergen, Stephen Shellen, Sheena Larkin, John Franklyn-Robbins, Aron Tager, Kim Morgan Greene, Jane Connell, Julie Cobb
A frustrated chemist, Dr. Richard Jacks (Tim Daly), creates perfumes in NYC. One day, Jack reads the notebooks filled with experiments of his great-grandfather, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Jack decides to try his own experiment; however, the results are different from those of his ancestor. Instead of creating a beast, Jack creates a beautiful woman, Helen Hyde (Sean Young). But wait, Helen's nymphomaniac personality may just be Jack's ticket to the top of the perfume industry.
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Escape from Fort Bravo 1953 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest, Richard Anderson, Polly Bergen, Carl Benton Reid, William Campbell, John Lupton, Howard McNear, Glenn Strange, Alex Montoya, Charles Stevens, William Newell, Harry Cheshire
During the Civil War, Confederate Captain John Marsh (John Forsythe) is being held prisoner at the prison camp where Southern belle Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) is brought in to distract Union Army Captain Roper (William Holden) and aid in a prison break. The ploy works, Roper falls in love with Carla, and she leaves with the escaping rebels including Marsh who has also fallen for Carla. But, Roper catches up with them and leads them back to Fort Bravo. It proves to be a difficult trek–especially when they meet up with a Mescalero Apache hunting party and must form an alliance to fend off the attack.
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In the Blink of an Eye 1996  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Micki Dickoff
Cast: Veronica Hamel, Mimi Rogers, Carlos Gomez, Polly Bergen, Piper Laurie, Keith Brunsmann, Denise Richards, Brian Markinson, Mary Mara, J. Scott Bronson
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film concerns movie producer/director Micki Dickoff (Veronica Hamel) who directs this account of her story. She puts her career on hold to help a friend when she finds out that the friend has been in prison for over 15 years, along with her husband, after being convicted of murder. 1 User Review
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Kisses for My President 1964 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, Eli Wallach, Donald May, Harry Holcombe, Bill Walker, Adrienne Marden
Roles are reversed in this comedy about Doris Reid (Polly Bergen) who is elected the first woman President of the United States, and her husband Thad (Fred MacMurray) must adapt to his new role in the public arena.
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Making Mr. Right 1987 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf, Polly Bergen, Hart Bochner, Polly Draper, Harsh Nayyar, Susan Berman
A woman is promoting an android when she becomes romantically interested in him. Although the plot is rather weak, the acting makes up for the lack of depth.
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Move Over, Darling 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Chuck Connors, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, Elliott Reid, Edgar Buchanan, John Astin
This remake of Garson Kanin's "My Favorite Wife" isn't quite as good, but it is still fine viewing–especially for Doris Day fans. Doris takes on the role of the shipwrecked, and presumed dead, wife who returns only to find that her husband (James Garner) has remarried.
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Murder on Flight 502 1975 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Robert Stack, Ralph Bellamy, Theodore Bikel, Walter Pidgeon, Hugh O'Brian, Farrah Fawcett, Polly Bergen, Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Fernando Lamas, Brooke Adams, Sonny Bono, George Maharis, Danny Bonaduce
After a jumbo jet takes off from New York to London, a note is found with the message that some of the passengers are going to be killed. At first, the message is not taken seriously, but when two on board are murdered, the pilot (Robert Stack) tries to calm his passengers while background checks on the passengers are performed at the airport.
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My Brother's Wife 1989 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Bender
Cast: Mel Harris, John Ritter, Dakin Matthews, Polly Bergen, Lee Weaver, David Byron, Richard Marion, Glenn Dixon, Ruth C. Engel
This made-for-TV film is based on A.R. Gurney's play, "The Middle Ages." Barney (John Ritter) meets Eleanor (Mel Harris)–who would become his brother's wife–and it's love at first sight. Years pass in Barney's upper-crust Boston family's life until, 27 years later, Barney again meets his long-time love Eleanor at a funeral. True to many plays, most of the film takes place in one room.
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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored 1996 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Tim Reid
Cast: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Richard Roundtree, Polly Bergen, Paula Kelly, Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Salli Richardson, Anna Maria Horsford, Willis Norwood Jr., Karen Malina White, Damon Hines, Iona Morris, Taj Mahal
Based on Clifton L. Taulbert's book, this is the inspiring story of young Clifton who is born to an unmarried sharecropper and sent to live with his grandpa (Al Freeman Jr.) and then to his loving aunt (Phylicia Rashad). Cliff grows up in Mississippi amidst the Jim Crow laws aimed at keeping him segregated and unable to achieve success in the mid-20th-century American South.
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The Stooge 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall, Eddie Mayehoff, Frances Bavier, Richard Erdman, Oliver Blake, Don Haggerty, Donald MacBride
Singer Bill Miller (Dean Martin) has problems accepting the fact that his success is largely based on the presence of his comic sidekick (Jerry Lewis).
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 That's My Boy 1951  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey, Eddie Mayehoff, Marion Marshall, Polly Bergen, John McIntire, Selmer Jackson, Hugh Sanders, Francis Pierlot
Martin and Lewis fans are the only ones who will enjoy this outing as Bill Baker (Dean Martin) tries to teach "Junior" Jackson (Jerry Lewis) the intricacies of playing college football.
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The Winds of War 1983 TV, 882 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, Polly Bergen, Lisa Eilbacher, David Dukes, Topol, Peter Graves, Jeremy Kemp
This epic World War II Herman Wouk story is about a U.S. Navy family's ordeals from 1939 to 1941. Robert Mitchum plays the patriarch, Commander Victor (Pug) Henry, and Ali MacGraw is Natalie, the beautiful Jewish woman stranded behind Nazi lines.
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| 1. Addicted to His Love (1988)
aka: Sisterhood
2. At War with the Army (1950)
3. Born Beautiful (1982)
4. Cape Fear (1962)
5. The Caretakers (1963)
6. Champion (1949)
7. Cry-Baby (1990)
8. Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
9. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
10. In the Blink of an Eye (1996)
11. Kisses for My President (1964)
12. Making Mr. Right (1987)
13. Move Over, Darling (1963)
14. Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
15. My Brother's Wife (1989)
16. Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (1996)
17. The Stooge (1952)
18. That's My Boy (1951)
19. The Winds of War (1983)
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