All Quiet on the Western Front 1979  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Paul Mark Elliott, David Bradley, Mathew Evans, George Winter, Dominic Jephcott, Mark Drewry, Colin Mayes, Evan Stewart, Michael Sheard, Katerina Lirova
This remake of the 1930 classic is, in many respects, just as good. It tells the story of Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas) and his German classmates who are urged by their patriotic teacher Kantorek (Donald Pleasence) to enlist in the army during World War I. They do enlist, are trained by Corporal Himmelstoss (Ian Holm) and then head for the battlefield where they serve under Stanislaus Katczinsky (Ernest Borgnine). Many of Paul's friends are killed in battle, and after Paul stabs and kills a French soldier, he is convinced that fighting a war is not the patriotic game he believed it was. The film received seven Emmy nominations, including Best Supporting Actor and Actress (Borgnine and Patricia Neal for her role as Paul's mother).
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Battle Beyond the Stars 1980  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Cast: Richard Thomas, John Saxon, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, Darlanne Fluegel, Sybil Danning, Sam Jaffe, Morgan Woodward, Jeff Corey, Lynn Carlin
A planet must be saved from the hooligans of intergalactic criminals. Richard Thomas stars in this clever, humorous, cheap takeoff of Star Wars from Roger Corman.
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Brief Encounter 1945  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg, Irene Handl, Valentine Dyall, Sydney Bromley, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton, Alfie Bass, Wallace Bosco, Dennis Harkin, Richard Thomas
In pre-World War II England, British housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) and a married doctor, Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), meet in a train station and form a friendship during which they meet weekly at the station. They realize that they have fallen in love, but both Laura and Alec know that neither will be able to break their ties to the families they love. The story is sympathetic to their chaste affair.
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Fifth of July 1982 TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kirk Browning, Marshall W. Mason
Cast: Richard Thomas, Jeff Daniels, Swoosie Kurtz, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Hogan, Joyce Reehling, Helen Stenborg, Danton Stone
Lanford Wilson's play, directed by Marshall W. Mason, was brought to TV and now to video/DVD with satisfactory results. Kenneth (Richard Thomas), who lost both legs in the Vietnam War, shares a farm with his lover, Jed (Jeff Daniels). A death brings family and friends to their Missouri home on Independence Day where they reflect on their lives.
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Flood: A River's Rampage 1997  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Pittman
Cast: Richard Thomas, Kate Vernon, Nigel Bennett, Jan Rubes, Gabriel Hogan, Mairon Bennett, Kristen Bone, Vince Corazza, Bill MacDonald, J. Winston Carroll
Based on the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River, this is the fictionalized account of two people who bring their small town together to save it from the flood waters.
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Go Toward the Light 1988  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Go to the Light
Director: Mike Robe
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Richard Thomas, Piper Laurie, Ned Beatty, Joshua Harris, Brian Bonsall, Rosemary Dunsmore, Steven Eckholdt, Robert Sampson, Madison Mason, Jack Tate, John Wesley
Based on Chris Oyler's autobiography, this made-for-TV film concerns a mother and father (Linda Hamilton and Richard Thomas) who discover that their nine-year-old, hemophiliac son, Ben (Joshua Harris), has contracted AIDS through a transfusion. They are determined to make each remaining day of his life a good one.
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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story 1971 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby, Dorothy Stickney, Josephine Hutchinson, William Windom, Cleavon Little, Andrew Duggan, David Huddleston, Woodrow Parfrey, Jon Walmsley
In this made-for-TV film based on the popular "The Waltons" TV series, the Waltons are preparing for Christmas in 1933. But Father is late to arrive as the snowstorm hits, and John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is sent out to locate him. Patricia Neal won a Golden Globe award for Best Actress and an Emmy nomination for her role as the mother. A Golden Globe nomination was also received for best TV movie.
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Johnny Belinda 1982  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Richard Thomas, Dennis Quaid, Rosanna Arquette, Candy Clark, Roberts Blossom, Fran Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Lineback, Mickey Jones, Penelope Windust
This TV remake of the award-winning 1948 film is certainly worth a look. Rosanna Arquette is excellent as the deaf mute with a baby which resulted from a rape. She now tries to retain custody as her father attempts to take the baby from her. 1 User Review
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| | Johnny Belinda Movie | Lousnfl 03/10/2007 | | I love this movie . I first watchedthis move when it had differant people played in it . but Richard Thomas and Dennis Quaid made it a little differant and both ways are both great movies. Im looking to buy both moveis of the same show. try it and see. |
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Last Summer 1969 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Perry
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison, Catherine Burns, Ernesto Gonzales, Bibi Andersson, Conrad Bain, Ralph Waite, Peter Turgeon, Lou Gary
Four teens–Sandy (Barbara Hershey), Peter (Richard Thomas), Dan (Bruce Davison), and Rhoda (Catherine Burns)–come of age during one summer of discovery on Fire Island. Catherine Burns was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Rhoda.
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The Master of Ballantrae 1984 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Richard Thomas, Michael York, John Gielgud, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Nickolas Grace, Ian Richardson, Finola Hughes, John Hallam, Ed Bishop
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, this is a remake of an earlier film starring Errol Flynn. In this made-for-TV version, Michael York takes on the Flynn role of the Scottish brother who fights the British king–and his own brother.
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The Miracle of the Cards 2001 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Griffiths
Cast: Catherine Oxenberg, Thomas Sangster, Richard Thomas, Peter Wingfield, Kirk Cameron, Duncan Fraser, Jeremy Guilbaut, Jennifer Carmichael, Sean Campbell, Michael Dobson, Karin Konoval, Chang Tseng
While eight-year-old Craig (Thomas Sangster) undergoes treatment for a brain tumor, the world response is miraculous–and the miracles continue.
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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis 1991 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Iscove
Cast: Stacy Keach, Richard Thomas, Don Harvey, Robert Cicchini, David Caruso, Bob Gunton, Steve Landesberg, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tim Guinee, Andrew Prine
It is World War II, and the USS Indianapolis had just delivered the atomic bomb that would be used on Hiroshima. A Japanese submarine torpedoed the ship, but due to the secrecy surrounding the mission, rescue attempts were not made for several days and by then hundreds of crews' lives were lost in the shark-infested waters. Following the war, an expedient court martial dealt with the cover-up.
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 Winning 1969 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, David Sheiner, Clu Gulager, Maxine Stuart, Karen Arthur, Robert Quarry, Ray Ballard
Capua (Paul Newman) puts winning above everything else and spends more time with his racing team than he does with his wife, Elora (Joanne Woodward). The racing scenes in this film are excellent and provide an exciting backdrop for Elora's brief affair.
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Wonder Boys 2000 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Jane Adams, Richard Knox, Philip Bosco, Michael Cavadias, Alan Tudyk, Kelly Bishop, George Grizzard, Bingo O'Malley
Writer/professor Grady (Michael Douglas) had a bestseller seven years ago, but he can't seem to finish his current effort. Grady gets the chancellor (Frances McDormand) pregnant–whose husband (Richard Thomas) is Grady's boss. Grady's agent is hounding him, and his wife has left him. Meanwhile, Grady and a student (Tobey Maguire) embark on a road trip in search of a Marilyn Monroe artifact. Good acting, directing, and story do justice to Michael Chabon's book. Bob Dylan's song "Things Have Changed" won an Academy Award.
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| 1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
2. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
3. Brief Encounter (1945)
4. Fifth of July (1982)
5. Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)
6. Go Toward the Light (1988)
aka: Go to the Light
7. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
8. It (1990)
aka: Stephen King's It
9. Johnny Belinda (1982)
10. Last Summer (1969)
11. The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
12. The Miracle of the Cards (2001)
13. Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
14. No Other Love (1979)
15. Winning (1969)
16. Wonder Boys (2000)
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