 The Hunter 1980  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Richard Venture, Tracey Walter, Thomas Rosales Jr., Teddy Wilson, Ray Bickel, Bobby Bass, Karl Schueneman, Margaret Mary O'Hara, Lillian Adams, Jodi Moon
Ralph "Papa" Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a bounty hunter who searches for bail jumpers. The story involves his bringing criminals to jail and his relationship with his pregnant wife Dotty (Kathryn Harrold). While on the trail of fugitives in Illinois, Nebraska, and Texas, Thorson himself is pursued by a psychotic killer seeking revenge after Thorson apprehended him. This was Steve McQueen's last movie.
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Kiss Shot 1989  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Dennis Franz, Tasha Scott, David Marciano, Teddy Wilson, Dorian Harewood, Adilah Barnes, Charles Branklyn, Phyllis Coates, Richard Dupell, Bob Ernst, Kathryn Keats
In this made-for-TV movie, a single mother (Whoopi Goldberg) loses her job. In order to get enough money to pay the bills, she takes advantage of her skills in pool by playing for money. 1 User Review
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| | Christian Soldier 07/17/2009 | | this movie was a fabulous way of expressing whoopi's pool skill. |
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The River Niger 1976  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Krishna Shah
Cast: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Roger E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen, Hilda Haynes, Tony Burton, Ralph Wilcox, Teddy Wilson, Shirley Jo Finney, Zakes Mokae, Ed Crick, Charles Weldon
Based on Joseph Walker's Broadway play, this is the story of an African-American family's–Mattie (Cicely Tyson) and her middle-aged house painter husband Johnny (James Earl Jones)–struggling adjustments and conflicting aims in dealing with the world around them. Mattie has learned that she has incurable cancer, and son Jeff (Glynn Turman) returns home with news that he was kicked out of the Air Force Officer's School. Unable to deal with the problems, Johnny goes on a drinking spree and becomes an alcoholic. Will this family be able to adjust and find their place in the world?
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Rip Torn, Valerie Perrine, Ruta Lee, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Geer, Megan Blake, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Cheryl Paris, Charles Lucia, Teddy Wilson, Tom Nolan
In this version of Tennessee Williams' play, Elizabeth Taylor plays the aging actress Alexandra Del Lago, and Mark Harmon is her young lover Chance Wayne who plans to use her as his steppingstone to success. However, he joins her in sinking into the mire of drugs and alcohol.
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| 1. The Hunter (1980)
2. Kiss Shot (1989)
3. The River Niger (1976)
4. Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
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