1776 1972  G, 141 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Roy Poole, David Ford, Ronald Holgate, Ray Middleton, Blythe Danner, Donald Madden, John Cullum, William Hansen, Haward Caine, Virginia Vestoff, Emory Bass, Ralston Hill
Almost the entire cast of the popular Broadway musical is featured in this film about conflicts behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Act of Violence 1979  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Deadline Assault
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, James Sloyan, Sean Frye, Roy Poole, Biff McGuire, Linden Chiles, Dolph Sweet, Michael Goodwin, Grand L. Bush, Ed Bernard, Victor Millan, Fredric Cook
Following her divorce, a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery) optimistically sets out on a new career–until she is brutally attacked by a gang of muggers.
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A Cry in the Wilderness 1974  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Roy Poole, Liam Dunn, Bing Russell, Irene Tedrow, Robert Brubaker, Anne Seymour
The Hadleys live in the wilderness. When Sam (George Kennedy) is bitten by a rabid skunk, he insists that he be chained to a post in the barn so that his family will not be infected. Sam also cautions that his pleas to be released should not be carried out. When a dam bursts and his farm is sure to be flooded, Sam must convince his family to release him to save the day. Good, taut, TV fare.
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Experiment in Terror 1962 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Roy Poole, Anita Loo, Ross Martin, Dick Crockett, Ned Glass, Clifton James, Gilbert Green, Patricia Huston
Set in San Francisco, this story is about a psychopath (Ross Martin) who kidnaps a young woman (Stefanie Powers) as a means to force her sister (Lee Remick) to embezzle bank funds for him.
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Gaily, Gaily 1969 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Chicago, Chicago
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn, Margot Kidder, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Randolph, Melodie Johnson, Roy Poole, Charles Tyner, Joan Huntington
Based on Chicago journalist Ben Hecht's reminiscences, this story is about Ben Harvey (Beau Bridges) who is a young cub reporter under the wing of an older reporter. The setting is Chicago during the early 1900s.
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Mandingo 1975  R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward, Brenda Sykes, Ken Norton, Paul Benedict, Ben Masters, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Roy Poole
Lust and man's-inhumanity-to-man are the subject matter of this story of life on a Southern plantation before the Civil War. Unusual for Mason to be in such a weak film.
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Sometimes a Great Notion 1971  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Never Give an Inch
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Cliff Potts, Linda Lawson, Joe Maross, Lee de Broux, Roy Poole
An Oregon logging family, the Stampers, suffer personal tragedy through the accidental deaths of two members while refusing to go along with a labor strike. Richard Jaeckel was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in this film. The drowning scene in which Jaeckel dies is a movie highlight. 1 User Review
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| | good 12/23/2007 | | This was one of my all time FAVORITE movies! I would love to be able to purchase it on DVD. |
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A Stranger Is Watching 1982 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn, James Naughton, Shawn von Schreiber, Barbara Baxley, Stephen Joyce, James Russo, Frank Hamilton, Maggie Task, Roy Poole
Two years after Julie (Shawn von Schreiber) wrongfully identifies her mother's rapist murderer, the real killer, Artie Taggart (Rip Torn), kidnaps Julie and her father's lover, Sharon Martin (Kate Mulgrew). He takes them to his special hiding place in the bowels of Grand Central Station where he has plans for their futures.
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| 1. 1776 (1972)
2. Act of Violence (1979)
aka: Deadline Assault
3. A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
4. Experiment in Terror (1962)
5. Gaily, Gaily (1969)
aka: Chicago, Chicago
6. Mandingo (1975)
7. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
aka: Never Give an Inch
8. A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
9. Up the Down Staircase (1967)
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