The Bunker 1981  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Piper Laurie, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, James Naughton, Michael Lonsdale, Susan Blakely, Edward Hardwicke, Martin Jarvis, Michael Kitchen, Andrew Ray, Yves Brainville
Anthony Hopkins won the Emmy for his role of Adolph Hitler during the last weeks of Hitler's life, which were spent in a Berlin bunker. Piper Laurie was nominated for her role as Magda Goebbels.
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 Capone 1975  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Carver
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, Sylvester Stallone, Frank Campanella, Carmen Argenziano, George Chandler, Royal Dano, Dick Miller
This film is a biography of Chicago mobster Al Capone (Ben Gazzara) and the world of Chicago in the 1920s. Poor, despite the pretty good cast.
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The Concorde...Airport '79 1979  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
aka: Airport '79
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, George Kennedy, Sylvia Kristel, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, Martha Raye, Cicely Tyson, John Davidson, Andrea Marcovicci, Jimmie Walker, David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge
Co-pilots (George Kennedy and Alain Delon) are flying a Concorde jet from Washington, D.C., to Moscow when their jet becomes the target of missile fire and in danger of crashing over the Alps. The reason behind their dangerous situation is that a passenger, reporter Maggie (Susan Blakely), is carrying secret documents that threaten Harrison Industries, and its leader (Robert Wagner) wants to destroy the information and the carrier as well.
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Dream a Little Dream 1989 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Corey Feldman, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie, Corey Haim, Harry Dean Stanton, William McNamara, Alex Rocco, Victoria Jackson, Susan Blakely, Ria Pavia, Lala Sloatman, Laura Lee Norton, John ward, Matt Adler
Misfit Bobby (Corey Feldman) has a crush on Lainie (Meredith Salenger). Meanwhile, high-school teacher Coleman (Jason Robards) is working on an experiment to enable his and his wife's, Gena (Piper Laurie), minds to be swapped with younger bodies. When Bobby has a bicycle accident while cutting across Coleman's yard, both his and Lainie's minds are swapped with Coleman's and Gena's. But Bobby won't allow Coleman to swap him back to normal until Coleman helps fix Bobby's screwed-up life.
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The Incident 1990  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Walter Matthau, Susan Blakely, Robert Carradine, Peter Firth, Barnard Hughes, Harry Morgan, William Schallert, Ariana Richards, Norbert Weisser, Helen Stenborg
In a small town during World War II, Harmon Cobb (Walter Matthau) reluctantly defends a Nazi POW charged with the death of the town's doctor. While the townsfolk are ready for a hanging, the case becomes more complicated than expected. Made for TV.
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 The Lords of Flatbush 1974 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Verona
Cast: Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Paul Mace, Susan Blakely, Maria Smith, Dolph Sweet, Ray Sharkey, Armand Assante, Antonia Rey
Four members of a Brooklyn gang, the Lords of Flatbush, strut around their territory in this pre-stardom vehicle for Sylvester Stallone. Pretty good original music score, capturing the mood of the 1950s-style movie.
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 Over the Top 1987  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, David Mendenhall, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, Rick Zumwalt, Chris McCarty
A trucker, Lincoln Hawk (Sylvester Stallone), suddenly appears in his young son's (David Mendenhall) life after years of not seeing him. In an attempt to get better acquainted, father and son take a truck ride to L.A. On the trip, the father changes his son from a stuck-up kid to one of the guys.
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Report to the Commissioner 1975 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo, Tony King, William Devane, Stephen Elliott, Richard Gere, Vic Tayback, Michael McGuire
An innocent rookie cop, Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty), does not understand the politics at the NYPD and is caught in the middle when his supervisors hide evidence in a murder case. Richard Gere has a small role in his film debut as a pimp, Billy.
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Russian Holiday 1992 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Russian Roulette
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Susan Blakely, Barry Bostwick, E.G. Marshall, Victoria Barrett, Jeff Altman, Bunny Summers, Joyce Phillips
Filmed on a low budget (as usual for Director Greydon Clark) in St. Petersburg, Russia, this tale involves shoolteacher Susan (Susan Blakely) who is with a tour group visiting Russia. An American spy, Grant (Barry Bostwick), joins the group and confides in Susan that one of the group, Joe (E.G. Marshall), as well as a Russian hit man, are both after a valuable artifact. Things heat up when Joe and his wife locate the treasure.
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Savages 1972  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Lewis J. Stadlen, Thayer David, Susan Blakely, Russ Thacker, Salome Jens, Margaret Brewster, Neil Fitzgerald, Eva Saleh, Ultra Violet, Kathleen Widdoes, Sam Waterston, Martin Kove
As primitive mud people follow a croquet ball through the forest, the trail ends at a Long Island estate. Although no one is home, the mud people don clothes found on the estate, become civilized, and party as if they were upper-class society. But, civilization isn't far from the savage state as is shown when party-goers follow a croquet ball that is hit back into the forest and they re-enter their primitive world.
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 The Towering Inferno 1974  PG, 165 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Richard Chamberlain, Susan Blakely, Jennifer Jones, Robert Wagner, Robert Vaughn, O.J. Simpson, Susan Flannery, Sheila Allen, Jack Collins, Norman Burton
Architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) and builder James Duncan (William Holden) are hosting a party celebrating the construction of a 130-stories-tall office building and hotel in San Francisco. During the party, faulty wiring by subcontractor Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain) causes a spark that results in the building bursting into flames. As the building erupts, the guests are trapped in the building, and their fates rely on Fire Chief O'Hallorhan (Steve McQueen) to stop the fire and save their lives. The special effects are spectacular in this disaster film. An Oscar for Best Song went to "We May Never Love Like This Again." In addition to two other Oscars (Best Cinematography and Film Editing), the film was nominated for four others, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Fred Astaire for his role of con man Harlee Claiborne attending the party).
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Wildflower 1991 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Diane Keaton
Cast: Beau Bridges, Reese Witherspoon, Patricia Arquette, Susan Blakely, William McNamara, Norman Max Maxwell, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Richard K. Olsen, Allison Smith, Heather Lynch
This made-for-TV film is set in the 1930s and revolves around an abused, partially deaf girl (Patricia Arquette) and the efforts of two teens who attempt to bring her back into the world of the living.
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| 1. April Morning (1988)
2. The Bunker (1981)
3. Capone (1975)
4. The Concorde...Airport '79 (1979)
aka: Airport '79
5. Dream a Little Dream (1989)
6. Dreamer (1979)
7. Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the... (1994)
8. The Incident (1990)
9. The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
10. Over the Top (1987)
11. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
12. Russian Holiday (1992)
aka: Russian Roulette
13. Savages (1972)
14. The Towering Inferno (1974)
15. Wildflower (1991)
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