The Beach Girls and the Monster 1965  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Monster from the Surf
Director: Jon Hall
Cast: Jon Hall, Sue Casey, Walker Edmiston, Arnold Lessing, Elaine DuPont, Read Morgan, Clyde Adler, Dale Davis, Gloria Neil, Tony Roberts
Surfers are murdered by a sea monster–or is it something else? Another teen film of the era with plenty of surfing and music, etc. Bad directing and acting–just bad enough to get a half-star for the (unintended) laughs.
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 Dillinger 1973  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: John Milius
Cast: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss, Geoffrey Lewis, John P. Ryan, Steve Kanaly, Roy Jenson, John Martino, Read Morgan, Frank McRae, David Dorr, Catherine Tambini
In the early 1930s, John Dillinger was on the FBI's "most wanted" list; his bank robberies had made him famous, but he is captured by "Big Jim" Wollard (Read Morgan) and sent to prison. He escapes from jail and rejoins the gang of hoods that now includes Pretty Boy Floyd (Steve Kanaly) and Baby Face Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss). They continue the bank robberies while FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Ben Johnson) is determined to put an end to their illegal activities. This story is seen through the eyes of Purvis who is behind the gunning down of Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago.
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Just Between Friends 1986  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Burns
Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Ted Danson, Sam Waterston, Salome Jens, Susan Rinell, Julie Payne, Read Morgan, Jane Greer, Beverly Sanders, Mark Blum, Timothy Gibbs, Diane Stilwell, Castulo Guerra
Holly Davis (Mary Tyler Moore) is a happily married housewife, with no apparent problems, who runs into a big one when she discovers that her new friend Sandy Dunlap (Christine Lahti) and she are in love with the same man: Holly's husband Chip (Ted Danson). Chip dies suddenly, and, in the midst of the tragedy, Holly discovers that Sandy is pregnant and has been trying to keep it a secret. Problems rise to the fore, but Chip's friend Harry Crandall (Sam Waterston) steps in to help.
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| 1. The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
aka: Monster from the Surf
2. Dillinger (1973)
3. Just Between Friends (1986)
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