 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1997  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Michael Jayston, Paul Gross, Jeff Harding, David Henry, James Vaughan, Nicholas Hammond, Phillip Van Dyke, Susannah Fellows, Joshua Brody
Marine biologist Professor Aronnax (Richard Crenna) and his crew, including his scientist daughter Sophie (Julie Cox) and harpooner Ned (Paul Gross), take a sea voyage in search of a sea monster that has been sinking ships. Their ship is rammed, and they discover that instead of a sea monster it is the submarine Nautilus that has been sinking the ships. The Nautilus' Captain Nemo (Ben Cross) has been sinking the ships with plans to take over the world. The castaways are taken board the Nautilus where they must confront Nemo. Good special effects.
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Body Heat 1981  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Mickey Rourke, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Lanna Saunders, Carola McGuinness, Michael(3) Ryan, Lynn Hallowell, Larry Marko, Thom Sharp, Deborah Lucchesi
This is a steamy film with a well-written script about dull, Florida lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) who has a relationship with an intriguing woman Matty (Kathleen Turner) who he first sees at an outdoor concert. Later, Matty invites Ned into her home and manipulates him into killing her older husband, Edmund (Richard Crenna). Matty uses Ned because she believes that his legal expertise will ensure not getting caught. But, unplanned events turn the "easy" killing into something else, and Matty and Ned become prime suspects. A real sizzler by Lawrence Kasdan.
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Breakheart Pass 1976  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Jill Ireland, Richard Crenna, Charles Durning, Roy Jenson, Ed Lauter, David Huddleston, Archie Moore, Boyd "Red" Morgan
Undercover agent John Deakin (Charles Bronson) puts an end to the exploits of murdering desperadoes. One highlight of this film is the great fight between our hero, Bronson, and Archie Moore.
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Catlow 1971  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy, Daliah Lavi, Jo Ann Pflug, Jeff Corey, Bessie Love, David Ladd, Julian Mateos, Michael Delano, Robert Logan, John Clark, Dan van Husen, Cass Martin, Jose Nieto
Based on Louis L'Amour's novel, this is the story of Catlow's (Yul Brynner) attempt to take off with a fortune in gold and the subsequent hunt for him by friend and foe alike. Hot on Catlow's trail is Marshal Ben Cowan (Richard Crenna) who was Catlow's Civil War buddy. Also in pursuit is a killer, Miller (Leonard Nimoy), who has been hired to kill Catlow. The action sequences in this film are very good.
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A Cop 1972 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Un Flic
Dirty Money
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Crenna, Riccardo Cucciolla, Michael Conrad, Paul Crauchet, Simone Valere, Andre Pousse, Jean Desailly, Valerie Wilson, Henri Marteau, Catherine Rethi
Police inspector Edouard Coleman (Alain Delon) has a friend, Simon (Richard Crenna), who owns a small nightclub in Paris. But, unbeknownst to Coleman, Simon also leads a gang of bank robbers. As if that were not enough, both men are having an affair with the same woman, Cathy (Catherine Deneuve). As Coleman begins putting the pieces together, matters grow more and more tense.
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The Day Reagan Was Shot 2001 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cyrus Nowrastch
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Crenna, Yannick Bisson, Colm Feore, Michael Murphy, Holland Taylor, Kenneth Welsh, Leon Pownall, Robert Bockstael, Beau Starr
On March 30, 1981, John Hinkley shot President Reagan in an assassination attempt. This made-for-cable TV film covers the events that followed over the next day as the confused (according to the film) Reagan staff reacted. Based on press accounts and other written materials; there were no interviews with participants.
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The Deserter 1971  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Ride to Glory
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Ian Bannen, Brandon DeWilde, Slim Pickens, Woody Strode, Patrick Wayne
This run-of-the-mill Western involves battles between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians along the Mexican border in the 19th century.
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Richard Crenna, Yvette Mimieux, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Lou Frizzell, Ken Kercheval, Martine Beswick, Warren Munson, Bill Zuckert
First shown on TV on Halloween, 1978, this is the tale of a family that obtains dog, which is possessed by Satan. The dog causes all sorts of terrible things to happen, especially to the family's neighbors and other friends.
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Doctors' Wives 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Anderson, Cara Williams, Scott Brady
This less-than-glamorous depiction of the lives of doctors' wives is boring, artless fare.
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 Double Indemnity 1973   TV, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Samantha Eggar, Kathleen Cody, Arch Johnson, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, John Elerick, Gene Dynarski, Joan Pringle, Ken Renard, Arnold F. Turner, Rand Brooks, Tom Curtis, Joyce Cunning
Scheming housewife Phyllis Dietrickson (Samantha Eggar) seduces insurance salesman Walter Neff (Richard Crenna) into helping her in a scheme to murder her husband (Arch Johnson). Neff's job will be to falsify the accident insurance that carries a double indemnity clause, which will pay twice as much if he is killed in a train accident. The scheme works–until Neff's boss Barton Keyes (Lee J. Cobb) suspects foul play and investigates.
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 First Blood 1982 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Rambo: First Blood
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, Bill McKinney, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, David Petersen, Michael Talbott, Alf Humphreys, David L. Crowley, Don MacKay
A guerilla war in Idaho? That is exactly what happens when a former Green Beret, mentally unstable John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), is hounded by the local sheriff (Brian Dennehy). The sheriff objects to Rambo's appearance and demeanor, and when he attempts an arrest, the action begins. Two more "Rambo" films follow.
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The Flamingo Kid 1984 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman, John Turturro, Frank Campanella, Joe Grifasi, Marisa Tomei, Carole Davis, Janet Jones, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, Leon
When a Brooklyn youth, Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon), takes a summer job at a New York beach resort, he is confronted with a glamorous world of which he had no knowledge and must make choices that will affect his life. Among the influences is wealthy car salesman Phil Brody (Richard Crenna) who tries to help Jeffrey. Jeffrey is very impressed by Brody's lifestyle and reputation as a gin rummy champion. Meanwhile, Jeffrey's father Arthur (Hector Elizondo) is upset when Jeffrey takes on airs while enjoying his new lifestyle.
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Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, David Wohl, Mitch Ryan, Gregory Sierra
In this satire on adventure films, Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) rescues U.S. prisoners who are still in the Persian Gulf area following the war.
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Jade 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Donna Murphy, Richard Crenna, Angie Everhart, Michael Biehn, Kevin Tighe
Three people, including a psychiatrist (Linda Fiorentino), become trapped in a world of passion and deceit after a San Francisco socialite is brutally murdered.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home 1965 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady, Harry Morgan, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jackie Coogan, Charles(2) Lane, Jerome Cowan
When a U-2 pilot is downed in the Middle East, he coaches the kingdom's football team into a winning entity who is ready to play Notre Dame.
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Last Flight Out 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Elikann
Cast: Richard Crenna, James Earl Jones, Eric Bogosian, Haing S. Ngor, Rosalind Chao, Barry Corbin, Lee Garlington, Molly Hagan
Just before the fall of Saigon, the Americans and Vietnamese residing in the city need to be rescued, so they head for safety.
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Made in Paris 1966 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Ann - Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams, Chad Everett, John McGiver, Marcel Dalio, Count Basie, Marcel Hillaire, Reta Shaw
Maggie Scott (Ann-Margret) is a fashion buyer who heads to Paris where she contends with the amorous advances of Marc Fontaine (Louis Jourdan).
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Marooned 1969 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Space Travelers
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, David Janssen, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley, Scott Brady, Craig Huebing
While serving on a space mission, astronauts encounter major problems and must rely on a second spaceship to bring them home. This film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, the only saving grace of this long, boring flick.
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Montana 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Richard Crenna, Lea Thompson, Justin Deas, Elizabeth Berridge, Darren Dalton, Scott Coffey, Michael Madsen, Jim Bishop, Dana Andersen, A.J. Kallan, Dean Norris, Kurt Bushnell, Dean Folkvord, Tammy Lewis
Good action prevails in this Western film about a long-married couple Bess and Hoyce Guthrie (Gena Rowlands and Richard Crenna). They are at a crisis point in their lives over the decision of whether to remain ranchers or allow progressive technology to take over their lives.
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Out of the Ashes 2003 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Jolyon Baker, Jessica Beichman, Oliver Cotton, Michelle Fine, Zoie Palmer, Ingrid Veninger, Nina Young
This made-for-TV movie is based on Hungarian Dr. Gisella Perl's (Christine Lahti) memoirs and is told in flashback as she endures intense interrogation by U.S. officials when she attempts to gain U.S. citizenship in 1946. She lost her entire family at the Auschwitz death camp and had come to the U.S. to begin life anew. The interrogation centered around her work as a gynecologist who performed morally questionable abortions at Auschwitz in an effort to save pregnant women from the gas chambers.
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 The Pride of St. Louis 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Hylton, Richard Crenna, Hugh Sanders, James Brown, Philip Van Zandt, Damian O'Flynn, John McKee, Stuart Randall
This biography of baseball pitcher Jerome Herman "Dizzy" Dean stars Dan Dailey as the Ozarks player found in 1928 by big league scouts and brought onto the hallowed fields of major league baseball.
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Rambo III 1988 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Marc de Jonge, Kurtwood Smith, Spiros Focas, Sasson Gabai, Doudi Shoua, Randy Raney, Marcus Gilbert, Alon Abutbul, Mahmoud Assadollahi, Joseph Shiloach
In this second sequel in the "Rambo" series, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) leaves his monastery in Thailand and heads for Afghanistan. His mission is to fight ruthless Soviet Col. Zaysen (Marc de Jonge) who has captured Rambo's friend, Col. Trautman (Richard Crenna). Rambo finds allies in the Mujahedeen rebels who lead him across high cliffs and desert mountains around the border in Afghanistan and help him in his attempt to rescue Trautman from Zaysen's clutches. Once again, Rambo lives up to his reputation in this exciting movie.
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 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier, Richard Crenna, Martin Kove, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson-Soul, George Cheung, Andy Wood, William Ghent, Voyo Goric, Dana Lee, Baoan Coleman
In this sequel, Rambo's (Sylvester Stallone) former superior officer Col. Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) is authorized to release Rambo from prison and send him on a journey to Vietnam searching for POWs. Rambo teams up with Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao (Julia Nickson-Soul), and he falls in love with her. After Co Bao is killed by Captain Vinh (William Ghent), Rambo goes on a killing spree, and the action accelerates.
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Red Skies of Montana 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone, Warren Stevens, James Griffith, Joe Sawyer, Richard Crenna, Ralph Reed, Charles Bronson
Forest firefighters lose their lives in the line of duty, and their leader, Cliff Mason (Richard Widmark), tries to remember if he must take the blame for the tragedy.
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Sabrina 1995 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, Lauren Holly, John Wood, Angie Dickinson, Richard Crenna, Miriam Colon, Dana Ivey
In this remake of Billy Wilder's 1954 fable, Julia Ormond takes on the role of Sabrina, the chauffeur's daughter who is infatuated with rich playboy David (Greg Kinnear). Her father sends her to work in Paris, and years later when Sabrina returns, Linus (Harrison Ford) tries to keep his brother, David, away from her. The question is "why?" Is it because Linus sees her as a threat, or is he really in love with Sabrina?
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The Sand Pebbles 1966 N/R, 193 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Emmanuelle Arsan, Mako, Simon Oakland, Larry Gates, Charles Robinson, Ford Rainey, Gavin MacLeod, Joe Turkel, Barney Phillips, Richard Loo, Joe Di Reda
A U.S. Navy gunboat–nicknamed "Sand Pebbles" by the crew–patrolling the Yangtze River in 1926 is caught up in battles of Chinese warlords. One of the crewmen (Steve McQueen) tries to warn the Captain (Richard Crenna) of the potential for diplomatic problems as the crew tries to protect American lives. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (McQueen) and Supporting Actor (Mako).
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Star! 1968 G, 174 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Those Were the Happy Times
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed, Bruce Forsyth, Beryl Reid, Jenny Agutter, Alan Oppenheimer, Roy Scheider
This biography of stage star Gertrude Lawrence flopped at the box office but received seven Academy Award nominations. Julie Andrews as Lawrence and Daniel Massey as Noel Coward are superb. Daniel Massey received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. 1 User Review
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| | Best I have Ever Seen | Ethel 02/28/2007 | | So underated! Better than the original title of STAR! Excellent songs and excellent performances! |
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Summer Rental 1985 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Karen Austin, Rip Torn, Kerri Green, John Larroquette, Dick Anthony Williams, Richard Herd, Carmine Caridi, Santos Morales, Joseph Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Lois Hamilton, Francis X. McCarthy, Pierrino Mascarino
Stressed-out air traffic controller Jack Chester (John Candy) is urged to take a vacation. He takes his wife Sandy (Karen Austin), their three children, and their dog to a resort at Citrus Cove, Florida. Instead of being able to relax, Jack endures one problem after another, which includes a sailing race against a snobby foe Jason (Richard Crenna) who he meets at the resort.
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Table for Five 1983 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Marie-Christine Barrault, Millie Perkins, Roxana Zal, Robby Kiger, Kevin Costner, Erik Holland, Son Hoang Bui, Maria O'Brien
This film concerns the ordeals of divorce and its impact on children; a divorced father (Jon Voight) plans a cruise with his children to renew their deteriorating relationship.
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Wait Until Dark 1967 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna, Alan Arkin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston, Samantha Jones, Jean Del Val, Julie Herrod, Mel Ferrer, Robby Benson
Susie Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn) is a blind housewife whose life hinges on her own wits when she is confronted in her apartment by a pathological criminal, Roat (Alan Arkin), who is determined to find drugs. The drugs are hidden in a baby doll that, unbeknownst to Susie, her husband Sam (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) had accepted from a woman on an international flight. Susie does not know where the doll is, and tensions rise as Roat's violent behavior leads to a final confrontation in Susie's kitchen. Hepburn was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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Wrongfully Accused 1998 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat Proft
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly LeBrock, Richard Crenna, Michael York, Melinda McGraw, Aaron Pearl, Pat Proft, Sandra Bernhard, Gerard Plunkett, Leslie Jones
Ryan Harrison (Leslie Nielsen) has been wrongfully accused of murder and is sentenced to death. But he manages a last minute escape, and now the law is in hot pursuit as Harrison tries to find the real killer.
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| 1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
2. Body Heat (1981)
3. Breakheart Pass (1976)
4. Catlow (1971)
5. A Cop (1972)
aka: Un Flic
aka: Dirty Money
6. The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
7. Death Ship (1980)
8. The Deserter (1971)
aka: Ride to Glory
9. Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
10. Doctors' Wives (1971)
11. Double Indemnity (1973)
12. First Blood (1982)
aka: Rambo: First Blood
13. The Flamingo Kid (1984)
14. Honky Tonk (1974)
15. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
16. Jade (1995)
17. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)
18. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
19. Last Flight Out (1990)
20. Made in Paris (1966)
21. Marooned (1969)
aka: Space Travelers
22. Montana (1990)
23. Out of the Ashes (2003)
24. The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
25. Rambo III (1988)
26. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
27. Red Skies of Montana (1952)
28. Sabrina (1995)
29. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
30. Star! (1968)
aka: Those Were the Happy Times
31. Summer Rental (1985)
32. Table for Five (1983)
33. Wait Until Dark (1967)
34. Wrongfully Accused (1998)
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