All the Kind Strangers 1974  TV, 72 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Evil in the Swamp
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, John Savage, Robby Benson, John Connell, Arlene Farber, Brent Campbell, Tim Parkison, Patti Parkison
Motorists Jimmy and Carol Ann (Stacy Keach and Samantha Eggar) are taken prisoner by a group of hillbilly orphans and their mean dogs. The orphans only want a mom and dad, but they can't handle rejection. Made for TV.
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 Beauty and the Beast 1991  G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Rex Everhart, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Jo Anne Worley, Mary Kay Bergman, Bradley Pierce, Hal Smith, Tony Jay
The animation of this popular fairy tale is a highlight of this Disney film. It is the story of beautiful young Belle (voice of Paige (O'Hara) who is forced to live with a Beast (voice of Robby Benson). She learns to look beneath the surface of another and discovers a gentle kindness hidden behind the beast's gruff exterior. The song "Beauty and the Beast" won an Academy Award as did the musical score. The film was also nominated for Best Picture.
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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas 1997  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Andy Knight
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Paul Reubens, Angela Lansbury, Haley Joel Osment, Frank Welker, Kath Soucie
This sequel to "Beauty and the Beast" takes place BEFORE Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara) and the Beast (voice of Robby Benson) fall in love and tells the story of how the Enchanted Objects bring Christmas back into the castle.
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The Chosen 1982  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Hildy Brooks, Ron Rifkin, Val Avery
Danny Saunders (Robby Benson) is a young Hasid Jewish man who is influenced by the secular interests of his friend Reuven Malters (Barry Miller). Reuven's father (Maximilian Schell) is a Jewish professor who is also a Zionist activist. Conflicts between family and friends arise when Danny's father (Rod Steiger) tries to break up the boys' friendship.
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City Limits 1985  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Cast: Darrell Larson, John Stockwell, Kim Cattrall, Rae Dawn Chong, John Diehl, Don Keith Opper, James Earl Jones, Robby Benson, Danny De La Paz, Norbert Weisser
The world has been devastated by a plague and is now victimized by roving gangs on motorbikes. This sequel to "Android" is narrated by James Earl Jones.
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Dragonheart: A New Beginning 2000  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Doug Lefler
Cast: Christopher Masterson, Robby Benson, Harry Van Gorkum, Rona Figueroa, Matt Hickey, Henry O, Tom Burke, Ken Shorter, John Woodnutt, Lubomir Misak, Karin Hayduova, Peter Hric
Young stableboy Geoffrey (Christopher Masterson) checks out the cellar and, low and behold, comes face to face with dragon Drake (voice of Robby Benson). Drake and Geoffrey bond, and by story's end, save the kingdom.
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Jeremy 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Barron
Cast: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Len Bari, Leonardo Cimino, Ned Wilson, Chris Bohn, Pat Wheel, Ted Sorel, Bruce Friedman, Eunice Anderson
Teenagers–Jeremy and Susan (Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor)–fall in love only to learn that they will be separated when Jeremy's family moves away. This film promoted Robby Benson to full-fledged star status and represents Glynnis O'Connor's first starring role.
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Lucky Lady 1975  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, Michael Hordern, John Hillerman, Anthony Holland, John McLiam, Val Avery
Set during the era of prohibition, this is a wacky tale of a trio of California rumrunners (Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, and Burt Reynolds).
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National Lampoon Goes to the Movies 1981 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Director: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom
Cast: Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Riegert, Elisha Cook Jr., Robert Culp, Dick Miller, Ann Dusenberry, Teresa Ganzel, Olympia Dukakis, Titos Vandis, Joe Spinell, Fred Willard
Three short stories that spoof personal growth, soap operas, and police stories are provided in this extremely weak offering. It's not clear how some of the stars were talked into participating; some are shown in the above credits.
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Ode to Billy Joe 1976  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Baer Jr.
Cast: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak, James Best, Terence Goodman, Becky Bowen, William Hallberg, Simpson Hemphill, Ed Shelnut, Eddie Talr, Frannye Capelle, Ann Martin, Rebecca Jerrigan, Will Long
The tale told in Bobby Gentry's 1967 ballad about a pair of ill-fated lovers is brought to the screen with Robby Benson in the role of 18-year-old Billy Joe McAlister and Glynnis O'Connor as 15-year-old Bobbie Lee Hartley. Bobbie's parents (Sandy McPeak and Joan Hotchkis) tell her that she must wait until she is 16 years old to date, but she is in love with Billy Joe. Their romance is destroyed when Billy Joe tells Bobbie that he has had sexual relations with a man, and Billy Joe throws himself off the Tallahachee Bridge. 1 User Review
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| | Awsome!!!! | Deanna 01/30/2007 | | OMG THIS MOVIE WAS SO GOOD THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT!! AND I THINK THAT ROBBY BENSON WAS SO CUTE AT THAT TIME!!! BUT IT ALSO SO SAD THAT HE HAD TO DIE I CRIED SO MUCH THAT I HAD BIG RED PATCHES UNDER MY EYES!!!! AND I DIDNT REALLY GET WHY HE JUMPED OFF OF THE BRIDGE AND NOW I KNOW WHY AND IT WAS SO SAD I WHOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE GUY THAT OWNED THE LOMBER THING AND I DIDNT THINK THAT HE SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE GOTTEN DRUNK CAUSE THEN HE DIDNT HAVE TO HAVE IT WITH THAT MAN AND HIM AND GLYNNIS O CONNER WOULD HAVE REALLY HIT IT OFF!!!!!!! IF PEOPLE HAVENT WATCHED THIS MOVIE YET YOU WLL HAVE PLENTY OF LAUGHS AND CRING MOMENTS!!!!! AND THIS MOVIE IS SO SO SO SO SO SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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One on One 1977 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G.D. Spradlin, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Lamont Johnson, Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, Hector Morales
College basketball is the theme of this film starring Robby Benson as the naive Henry Steele who has much to learn. With the help of beautiful tutor Janet Hays (Annette O'Toole) he manages to make the grade academically so that he can compete in his scholarship sport of basketball.
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Our Town 1977 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Sada Thompson, Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Ronny Cox, Barbara Bel Geddes, John Houseman, Charlotte Rae, Don Beddoe, Charles Cyphers, Ford Rainey
This TV version of Thornton Wilder's play is a winner with Hal Holbrook starring as the Stage Manager who narrates and plays several roles depicting life in the town of Grovers Corners, New Hampshire, in the early years of the 20th century. Several Emmy nominations were received, including Outstanding Actor (Holbrook), Actress (Sada Thompson), Director (George Schaefer), and Special Drama or Comedy.
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 Rent-a-Cop 1988 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Dionne Warwick, Robby Benson, Richard Masur, Bernie Casey, Michael Rooker
After a Chicago cop (Burt Reynolds) is kicked off the force for dishonesty (a bum charge), he goes to work as a department store security man (dressed as Santa Claus). Liza Minnelli plays a hooker who Reynolds saves from the bad guy (James Remar). She knows a good thing when she sees it and latches on to Reynolds as her hero and protector. etc., etc., etc.
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Running Brave 1983 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.S. Everett, Donald Shebib
Cast: Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron, Jeff McCracken, August Schellenberg, Denis Lacroix, Graham Greene, Margot Kane, Kendall Smith, George Clutesi
This is the story of Native American Billy Mills (Robby Benson) who came out of nowhere to not only make the 1964 U.S. Olympic team but won the Gold Medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the 10,000-meter race.
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Tribute 1980 PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Robby Benson, Kim Cattrall, Colleen Dewhurst, John Marley, Gale Garnett, Teri Keane, Eileen Lehman, Trevor Daley
Jack Lemmon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role of Scottie Templeton in this film about a Broadway press agent who deals with his diagnosis of cancer while trying to renew a relationship with his son, Jud (Robby Benson).
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The Virginia Hill Story 1974 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, John Vernon, Herbert Anderson, Robby Benson, John Quade, Liam Dunn, Conrad Janis, Tom Reese
Told in flashback as she is testifying, this is the story of Hollywood starlet Virginia Hill (Dyan Cannon) who was the lover of Mafia gangster Bugsy Siegel (Harvey Keitel). Siegel went into debt opening a gambling casino in Las Vegas, upset opponents, and was murdered by rival mobsters.
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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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| 1. All the Kind Strangers (1974)
aka: Evil in the Swamp
2. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
3. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
4. The Chosen (1982)
5. City Limits (1985)
6. Die Laughing (1980)
7. Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
8. Harry and Son (1984)
9. Ice Castles (1978)
10. Jeremy (1973)
11. Jory (1972)
12. Lucky Lady (1975)
13. National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1981)
aka: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
14. Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
15. One on One (1977)
16. Our Town (1977)
17. Rent-a-Cop (1988)
18. Running Brave (1983)
19. Tribute (1980)
20. The Virginia Hill Story (1974)
21. Wait Until Dark (1967)
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