Arctic Blue 1993  R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Masterson
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Dylan Walsh, Rya Kihlstedt, Jon Cuthbert, Richard Bradford, Bill Croft, Kevin Cooney, John Bear Curtis, Michael Lawrenchuk, Stephen E. Miller
City-bred conservation agent Eric (Dylan Walsh) and his wife (Rya Kihlstedt) take on a new lifestyle in Alaska. Eric gets an early indoctrination when he must take an illegal trapper and accused murderer Ben (Rutger Hauer) to Fairbanks by plane. After the plane crashes, Eric must depend on Ben for his survival. Meanwhile, Ben's friends are hot on their trail. Nice scenery.
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 The Chase 1966  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall, Angie Dickinson, Miriam Hopkins, Janice Rule, Richard Bradford, Martha Hyer, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Katherine Walsh
Bigoted citizens of a small Texas town react to news of Bubber Reeves' (Robert Redford) escape from prison. As they wait for Bubber to return home, their own moral behavior is examined. His own wife Anna (Jane Fonda), for example, is involved with married Jake Rogers (James Fox). Only Sheriff Caulder (Marlon Brando) appears to be morally upright–or is he?
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The Crossing Guard 1995  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Penn
Cast: David Morse, Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Anjelica Huston, Piper Laurie, Richard Bradford, Priscilla Barnes, David Baerwald, John Savage, Richard C. Sarafian
When a man's (Jack Nicholson) daughter is killed by a drunken driver (David Morse), both men's lives come close to being destroyed.
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An Enemy of the People 1977  G, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Richard Dysart, Michael Higgins, Richard Bradford, Ham Larsen
Adapted from the Ibsen play, this screenplay by Arthur Miller is about Doctor Thomas Stockmann (Steve McQueen) who tries to prevent the opening of a new health spa in his town because he has found that the hot springs are polluted. 1 User Review
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| | Memorable and Timely | Anonymous 09/20/2007 | | An outstanding performance by McQueen in this classic story in which one person has the courage to stand against evil regardless of others who choose to cower and criticize. Ibsen and McQueen clearly demonstrate once again that one person can change the world while also demonstrating the real danger of sometimes having that courage of conviction. I saw this sadly-unrecognized film in the late 1970s and it has "haunted" me ever since. I dearly wish it were available on DVD to view over and over and over. |
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Goin' South 1978 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Nicholson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi, Christopher Lloyd, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Bradford, Jeff Morris, Danny DeVito, Ed Begley Jr., Tracey Walter
An outlaw (Jack Nicholson) is headed for the gallows when he discovers a law that says that if one of the town's women wants to marry him, he can go free. Along comes a spinster (Mary Steenburgen) who takes him home because she needs help mining gold on her property.
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Gold Coast 1997 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
Director: Peter Weller
Cast: David Caruso, Barry Primus, Marg Helgenberger, Jeff Kober, Wanda De Jesus, Richard Bradford, Rafael Baez, Michael Daves, Fred Weller, Melissa Hickey
Karen DiCilia (Marg Helgenberger) is the wealthy widow of a gangster who set conditions of her inheritance to prevent her involvement with any man. Unaware of the will's provision, an opportunist, Maguire (David Caruso), and a professional killer, Roland Crowe (Jeff Kober), vie for Karen's affection.
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Hammett 1983  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook Jr., Lydia Lei, R.G. Armstrong, Royal Dano, Richard Bradford, David Patrick Kelly
Writer/detective Dashiell Hammett (Frederic Forrest) becomes involved in a real-life mystery in this recreation of the 1930s' era detective fare.
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Hoodlum 1997 R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Queen Latifah, Loretta Devine, Mike Starr, Beau Starr, Paul Benjamin, Joe Guzaldo
Set in Harlem during the 1930s, this story involves Black and White gangs fighting for control of the numbers racket in Harlem. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) works for the queen of the Harlem's numbers racket Stephanie St. Clair (Cicely Tyson)–despite the fact that social worker Francine Hughes (Vanessa Williams) urges him to get out of the numbers game. When a White gang intrudes on the Black gang's turf, Bumpy declares war on Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) who is leading the effort to get in on the action. Violence ensues as the body count escalates.
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Internal Affairs 1990 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, William Baldwin, Richard Bradford, Michael Beach, Annabella Sciorra, Katherine Borowitz, Faye Grant, John Kapelos, Xander Berkeley, John Capodice, Victoria Dillard, Pamella D'Pella
Sergeant Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) is an investigator for the Internal Affairs Department of the LAPD who is obsessed with getting the goods on another cop, Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Peck has criminals at his disposal and divides the bribery money collected among his four ex-wives and eight children with whom he is obsessed. When Avila finds officers willing to testify against Peck, they end up dead, and the investigation is filled with other problems–including resistance from Avila's superiors who consider Peck an asset to the force. Finally, Avila investigates Peck's partner, Stretch (William Baldwin), and Peck, who believes that Avila is investigating him only to seek a promotion, begins stalking Avila and even turns Avila against his wife, Kathleen (Nancy Travis).
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Just the Ticket 1999 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wenk
Cast: Andy Garcia, Andie MacDowell, Richard Bradford, Andre B. Blake, Elizabeth Ashley, Patrick Breen, Fred Asparagus, Laura Harris, Ron Leibman, Chris Lemmon
Gary Starke (Andy Garcia) is part of the unglamorous world of scalpers always on the lookout for a big deal. He thinks he has found the chance of a lifetime: scalping tickets for the Pope's visit. Unfortunately, too many sub-plots bog down the storyline in this not-very-entertaining offering.
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The Legend of Billie Jean 1985 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Richard Bradford, Peter Coyote, Martha Gehman, Yeardley Smith, Dean Stockwell, Barry Tubb, Mona Lee Fultz
Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater) and her friends become cult heroes when they confront thugs who trashed her brother Binx's (Christian Slater) motor scooter, and events soon accelerate to ludicrous proportions.
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Little Nikita 1988 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Richard Bradford, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava, Richard Lynch, Loretta Devine, Lucy Deakins
Russia planted agents in San Diego 20 years ago; they are now "the family next door" and are very well accepted in the area. Then, when an FBI check is run on them, suspicion results. Sidney Poitier plays the agent who tracks down the real story.
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Lookin' to Get Out 1982 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Jon Voight, Ann - Margret, Burt Young, Bert Remsen, Jude Farese, Allen Keller, Richard Bradford, Stacey Pickren, Marcheline Bertrand, Fox Harris, Samantha Harper, Kenneth L. Cohen, Angelina Jolie, Jack Andreozzi, Siegfried Fischbacher
Two small-time hustlers, Alex Kovac (Jon Voight) and Jerry Feldman (Burt Young), head for Las Vegas and the MGM Grand Hotel with big plans to change their string of bad luck after Alex loses $10,000 in a poker game with mob members. When they arrive in Las Vegas, Alex reunites with his ex-girlfriend former call girl Patti Warner (Ann-Margret), and they set out to make big money at the casino.
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The Lost City 2006 R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andy Garcia
Cast: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Tomas Milian, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Steven Bauer, Richard Bradford, Jsu Garcia, Enrique Murciano, Elizabeth Pena, Millie Perkins, Nestor Carbonell, Victor Rivers, Juan Fernandez
Fico (Andy Garcia) owns the popular El Tropico nightclub in Havana and adopts the hands-off policy on government shared by his university professor father (Dustin Hoffman) and tobacco plantation owner uncle (Richard Bradford). But the year is 1960, Batista has decamped, and Castro has taken power. Fico tries to hold his upper-class family together while his brothers, Ricardo and Luis (Enrique Murciano and Nestor Carbonell), support the revolution. Later, after Ricardo is killed, Fico falls in love with Ricardo's widow, Aurora (Ines Sastre). This story of romance in the midst of revolution captures the culture of one privileged group in Havana during the revolution. 1 User Review
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| | FRECKLES 05/26/2007 | | I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THIS MOVIE. GREAT STORY (AND PRETTY MUCH TRUE) , GREAT MUSIC, GREAT WRITING AND ACTING. I DON'T KNOW WHY I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT SOONER. MAJOR KUDOS. |
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The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, James Coburn, Olivia Williams, Anjelica Huston, Michael Des Barres, Maureen McCormack, Joe Santos, Richard Bradford, Xander Berkeley
Elysian Fields is a male escort service that unsuccessful novelist Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) turns to for work when his novels don't pay the rent. The owner, Luther (Mick Jagger), assures the happily married Byron that the clients are old, rich women who probably don't want sex. To Byron's surprise, his first client is the beautiful young wife (Olivia Williams) of a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (James Coburn) who encourages his wife's extramarital sex.
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The Mean Season 1985 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phillip Borsos
Cast: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Bradford, Andy Garcia, Rose Portillo, William Smith, John Palmer
A serial killer (Richard Jordan) is on the loose in Miami, and he is communicating with one person, a newspaper reporter (Kurt Russell). Russell gets caught up in all the publicity he is receiving for his involvement with the killer–which is giving him more credibility as a valued journalist.
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The Milagro Beanfield War 1988 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Redford
Cast: Chick Vennera, Christopher Walken, Sonia Braga, Ruben Blades, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, M. Emmet Walsh
When big money interests want to build a resort near a small town, a group of its citizens fight for the right to cultivate the land. Great scenery.
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 Missing 1982 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule, Charles Cioffi, Jerry Hardin, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto, Keith Szarabajka, John Doolittle, Ward Costello, Hansford Rowe
This fine drama concerns a family's frantic search for journalist Charles Horman (John Shea) who disappeared during a coup in Chile. Jack Lemmon plays the father who teams up with his daughter-in-law (Sissy Spacek) in an attempt to uncover the truth in a very tense situation. The film received an Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for three others: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress.
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The Missouri Breaks 1976 PG, 126 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Lloyd, Randy Quaid, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John P. Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, Luana Anders
Rancher David Braxton (John McLiam) hires Lee Clayton (Marlon Brando) to hunt down horse thieves. Using costumes and other ruses, Clayton begins to kill off the rustlers. But, following the hanging of a horse rustler, war breaks out between the ranchers and horse thieves with Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson) leading the remaining horse thieves–and he is not going to give up.
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Permanent Record 1988 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marisa Silver
Cast: Alan Boyce, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin, Michelle Meyrink, Pamela Gidley, Michael Elgart, Richard Bradford, Dakin Matthews, Barry Corbin, Kathy Baker
This film does a good job of dealing with teenage suicide. The plot involves Chris (Keanu Reeves) whose best friend kills himself, and the focus is on the effect of the tragedy on those friends left behind.
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Resting Place 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: John Lithgow, M. Emmet Walsh, Brian Tarantina, Morgan Freeman, G.D. Spradlin, Richard(2) Brooks, Richard Bradford, CCH Pounder, Frances Sternhagen, John Philbin, Bob Hannah, Marc Clement, Mert Hatfield, Elliott Street, Tegan West
Major Kendall Laird (John Lithgow) accompanies the body of a Black lieutenant, who was killed in action, to his hometown in Georgia. When Laird arrives in town, he meets the deceased soldier's parents, Luther and Ada Johnson (Morgan Freeman and CCH Pounder) and learns that he must deal with racial tension when it is recognized that the Black lieutenant is slated to be buried in a White cemetery.
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The Servants of Twilight 1991 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeffrey Obrow
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Jarrett Lennon, Belinda Bauer, Grace Zabriskie, Richard Bradford, Carel Struycken, Jack Kehoe, Dale Dye, James Harper, Kelli Maroney
Private detective Charlie (Bruce Greenwood) is hired to protect a boy from the religious cult whose leader thinks the boy is the Antichrist. Based on the Dean R. Koontz book, "Twilight."
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Steal Big, Steal Little 1995 PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Davis
Cast: Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Pantoliano, David Ogden Stiers, Charles Rocket, Holland Taylor, Richard Bradford, Kevin McCarthy, Ally Walker
Ruben Partida Martinez (Andy Garcia) is a good citizen, but his identical twin, Robby Martin (Andy Garcia), is a greedy businessman. The twins were adopted by a California couple who subsequently divorced, with the mother taking Ruben and the father getting custody of Robby. When the mother dies, Ruben inherits her Santa Barbara ranch, but Robby decides to stake his claim.
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Sunset 1988  R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Dallesandro, Jennifer Edwards, Patricia Hodge, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Bradford
During the making of a Hollywood movie, cowboy star Tom Mix (Bruce Willis) teams up with the subject of his film, Wyatt Earp (James Garner), to solve a real murder. This is a real dog.
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Sweet Revenge 1984 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Code of Honor
Director: David Greene
Cast: Kevin Dobson, Kelly McGillis, Alec Baldwin, Wings Hauser, Alfre Woodard, Helen Hunt, Savannah Smith, Dana Elcar, Merritt Butrick, Richard Bradford
Unable to erase the memory of a tragic event that took place in her childhood, a woman seeks revenge against an army officer.
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The Trip to Bountiful 1985  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Masterson
Cast: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Bradford, Kevin Cooney, Norman Bennett, Gil Glasgow, Kirk Sisco, Dave Tanner, Harvey Lewis, Mary Kay Mars, David Romo, Peggy Ann Byers, Wezz Tildon
Bountiful was once a beautiful town, but it no longer exists. Elderly Carrie Watts (Geraldine Page) discovers that fact when she leaves the unhappy home of her son Ludie (John Heard) and his wife Jessie Mae (Carlin Glynn) hoping to find happiness in the town of her youth. On the bus ride to Bountiful, Carrie meets young Thelma (Rebecca De Morney), and they enjoy each other's company. When Carrie reaches Bountiful, she looks beyond its dilapidated state and sees Bountiful as it once was. Now, for the first time in years, Carrie finds peace. Geraldine Page carried away an Oscar for her performance.
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 The Untouchables 1987 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Vito D'Ambrosio, Steven Goldstein, Peter Aylward, Don Harvey, Robert Swan
During the Prohibition Era in Chicago, Federal Agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) sets out to stop Al Capone (Robert De Niro) who controls the underworld alcohol empire. Sean Connery won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor as Jim Malone, the cop who Ness asks for help in beating the mob:.
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| 1. Arctic Blue (1993)
2. The Chase (1966)
3. The Crossing Guard (1995)
4. An Enemy of the People (1977)
5. Goin' South (1978)
6. Gold Coast (1997)
aka: Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
7. Hammett (1983)
8. Heart of Dixie (1989)
9. Hoodlum (1997)
10. Internal Affairs (1990)
11. Just the Ticket (1999)
12. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
13. Little Nikita (1988)
14. Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
15. The Lost City (2006)
16. The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
17. The Mean Season (1985)
18. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
19. Missing (1982)
20. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
21. Permanent Record (1988)
22. Resting Place (1986)
23. The Servants of Twilight (1991)
24. Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)
25. Sunset (1988)
26. Sweet Revenge (1984)
aka: Code of Honor
27. The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
28. The Untouchables (1987)
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