 Butterfield 8 1960  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Susan Oliver, Jeffrey Lynn, Kay Medford, George Voskovec
Elizabeth Taylor won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance as a high-priced call girl. The story is pure soap, but it is glitzy, and Elizabeth Taylor's acting is impressive.
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The Caretakers 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Robert Stack, Joan Crawford, Polly Bergen, Susan Oliver, Janis Paige, Constance Ford, Barbara Barrie, Herbert Marshall, Diane McBain, Robert Vaughn
A West Coast mental hospital is the subject of this drama providing insightful views from both medical staff and patients' perspectives.
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Carter's Army 1970  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Black Brigade
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier, Moses Gunn, Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Stewart, Bobby Johnson, Napoleon Whiting, Paul Mooney
Captain Beau Carter (Stephen Boyd) is ordered to lead an all-Black unit on a suicide mission to take a bridge under Nazi control. An even bigger problem than taking the bridge is that Carter is a redneck and has been given only two days to train his men for the mission. Will he succeed?
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The Disorderly Orderly 1964 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Everett Sloane, Karen Sharpe, Kathleen Freeman, Susan Oliver, Del Moore, Jack E. Leonard, Milton Frome, William Wellman Jr.
Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) works at a nursing home after failing as a medical student. The problem standing in the way of Jerome's medical career is that he takes on his patients' symptoms.
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The Gene Krupa Story 1959 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Drum Crazy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver, Yvonne Craig, Lawrence Dobkin, Celia Lovsky, Red Nichols, Bobby Troup, Anita O'Day, Shelly Manne, Buddy Lester
Although not entirely accurate, this film is entertaining as it covers Gene Krupa's (Sal Mineo) life from his childhood, when he expected to become a priest; to his early days in friend Eddie's (James Darren) band; through his years of drug and alcohol addiction; and then his life as a great jazz drummer and band leader.
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Ginger in the Morning 1973  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Wiles
Cast: Monte Markham, Susan Oliver, Mark Miller, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens, David Doyle, Marion Charles, Ward "Kip" Allen, Fred Ward, Beatrice Kay
While driving along a New Mexico highway, middle-aged businessman Joe (Monte Markham) picks up free-spirited hitchhiker Ginger (Sissy Spacek), and romance blooms.
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Guns of Diablo 1964 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan Oliver, Kurt Russell, Jan Merlin, John Fiedler, Douglas Fowley, Rayford Barnes, Robert Carricart, Ron Hagerthy, Morris Ankrum, Russ Conway, Byron Foulger
Wagon train master Linc (Charles Bronson) and young sidekick Jamie (13-year-old Kurt Russell) arrive in a town where they are not treated well by the thugs–led by Rance (Jan Merlin)–that run the place. To make matters worse, Linc's old girlfriend, Maria (Susan Oliver), is married to Rance. After the inevitable shootout, Linc, Jamie, and Maria take off in search of a gold mine. The film is an expanded version of an episode in the TV series "The Travels of Jamie McPheeters."
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The Monitors 1969 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Shea
Cast: Guy Stockwell, Susan Oliver, Avery Schreiber, Keenan Wynn, Ed Begley, Larry Storch, Alan Arkin, Adam Arkin, Xavier Cugat, Stubby Kaye
During a mercy mission to bring peace on Earth, aliens are dismayed to find Earthlings not receptive to their cause.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 40 (Episodes 79&1) 1969 TV, 124 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Herb Wallerstein, Robert Butler
Cast: William Shatner, Jeffrey Hunter, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, John Hoyt, Meg Wylie, Susan Oliver
This is the final in the series of DVDs that presents all of the Original Star Trek episodes. This DVD contains the last episode and the pilot for the series. "Turnabout Intruder" (aired 6/3/1969, stardate 5928.5)-This final episode begins with the Enterprise receiving a distress call from Canus II. The landing party finds only an ill Janice Lester and Dr. Coleman, who claims the remainder of the group on the planet have died as a result of radiation. But Janice, an ex-associate of Kirk, is jealous of his success and is not really ill. She does the old body-swapping trick on Kirk and now, in Kirk's body, is out to wreak havoc unless someone can stop her. "The Cage"-This pilot for the series was shown in 1965 but didn't cut the mustard, so it was re-worked with a new cast (except Leonard Nimoy as Spock). The Enterprise answers a distress signal, and Captain Pike (Jeffrey Hunter) heads a landing party to investigate. But the distress call was a ruse and the highly intelligent inhabitants have plans for Pike.
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Star Trek: The Cage 1965  TV, 70 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Leonard Nimoy, Susan Oliver, Majel Barrett, John Hoyt, Peter Duryea, Laurel Goodwin, Michael Dugan, Robert Phillips, Ed Madden, Jon Lormer, Leonard Mudie, Janos Prohaska, Bob Johnson, Joseph Mell
This is the pilot for the original series; it was rejected by the network and was thus made over with a new cast, with Leonard Nimoy being the only major player to remain. Parts of this pilot were used in the two-part episode "The Menagerie," which brought back Enterprise's first captain, Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter), and again was set in Talos IV. This episode was released in 1986. Pike leads a landing party to Talos IV to investigate a distress signal and is captured by the highly intelligent inhabitants who are able to manipulate the mind through illusions. Now Spock and the rest of Enterprise's crew must figure out how to save the day. 1 User Review
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| | Best Trek | Anonymous 08/09/2007 | A must see classic Star Trek adventure.
More a journey of the mind then a visual cascade of today's sci fi stories.
It really does stand alone quite well as a work of provocative entertainment.
Star Trek: The Cage and the resulting 3 season of the original series are STAR TREK, PERIOD.
No to be confused with any of the bland spin off series that where to follow later. |
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Your Cheatin' Heart 1964 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gene Nelson
Cast: George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons, Arthur O'Connell, Shary Marshall, Rex Ingram, Chris Crosby, Rex Holman, Roy Engel, Donald Losby
The story of the Country and Western Singer Hank Williams is told in this pretty good biography/musical. George Hamilton is effective as Hank (who died at the early age of 29) and Susan Oliver is good as his wife. Hank Williams Jr. dubbed the singing voice.
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| 1. Butterfield 8 (1960)
2. The Caretakers (1963)
3. Carter's Army (1970)
aka: Black Brigade
4. Company of Killers (1970)
5. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
6. The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
aka: Drum Crazy
7. Ginger in the Morning (1973)
8. Guns of Diablo (1964)
9. Hardly Working (1981)
10. The Monitors (1969)
11. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 40 (Episodes 79&1) (1969)
12. Star Trek: The Cage (1965)
13. Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
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