Billy Two Hats 1974  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Lady and the Outlaw
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden, Sian Barbara Allen, David Huddleston, John Pearce, Dawn Little Sky, Vince St. Cyr, Henry Medicine Hat, Zeev Berlinsky
Aging bandit Deans (Gregory Peck) coerces a half-Indian boy, Billy (Desi Arnaz Jr.), into helping him commit one last robbery.
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 First Blood 1982  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Rambo: First Blood
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, Bill McKinney, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, David Petersen, Michael Talbott, Alf Humphreys, David L. Crowley, Don MacKay
A guerilla war in Idaho? That is exactly what happens when a former Green Beret, mentally unstable John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), is hounded by the local sheriff (Brian Dennehy). The sheriff objects to Rambo's appearance and demeanor, and when he attempts an arrest, the action begins. Two more "Rambo" films follow.
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Folks! 1992  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson, Robert Pastorelli, Michael Murphy, Kevin Chevalia, Margaret Kay Murphy, Joseph Miller, T.J. Parish, J. Patrick McCormack, Jon Favreau
Stockbroker Jon Aldrich (Tom Selleck) lives the good life with his wife Audrey (Wendy Crewson) and kids–until his parents (Don Ameche and Anne Jackson) move in with them. The move triggers problems: Audrey moves out, and then Jon is fired for insider trading. As if things were not bad enough, Jon's sister, Arlene (Christine Ebersole), moves in with him and brings her kids along. What more could go wrong?
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 Fun with Dick and Jane 1977 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon, Allan Miller, Dick Gautier, John Dehner, Mary Jackson, Walter Brooke, Fred Willard, Sean Frye, Hank Garcia, James Jeter, Maxine Stuart, Selma Archard, John Brandon
This is not the story of a couple who takes adversity lying down. After Dick Harper (George Segal) loses his job unexpectedly, his wife, Jane (Jane Fonda), joins him on a crime spree. As armed robbers, they manage to maintain their accustomed manner of living.
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Life at the Top 1965  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig, Donald Wolfit, Robert Morley, Margaret Johnston, Allan Cuthbertson, Nigel Davenport, George A. Cooper, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Paul A. Martin, Frances Cosslett, Ian Shand, Andrew Laurence
This sequel to "Room at the Top" takes place 10 years later as Joe (Laurence Harvey) finds that marrying Susan (Jean Simmons), who is the daughter of the boss (Donald Wolfit), presents problems of which he never dreamed. Joe rises to power in the company and in politics. He is elected to a seat on the town council where he votes for a slum clearance, which is against company interests. His marriage falls apart, and both Joe and Susan engage in separate love affairs. The marriage appears to be over, or is it? Followed by "Man at the Top."
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North Dallas Forty 1979 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Steve Forrest, Bo Svenson, G.D. Spradlin, Dabney Coleman, Savannah Smith, Marshall Colt
This film provides a glimpse into the inner workings of professional football. It features an aging star player, Phillip Elliott, who finds that he is just a number when he fails to produce for the financial benefit of the team owner.
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The Shooter 1995 R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Hidden Assassin
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Maruschka Detmers, Assumpta Serna, Gavan O'Herlihy, John Ashton, Simon Andreu, Pablo Scola, Petr Drozda, Jiri Krause, Roslav Walter, Michael Rogers, Pavel Vokoun, Martin Hub, Guilio Kukurugya, Enid Rose
After a Cuban ambassador is killed in New York, U.S. agent Michael Dane (Dolph Lundgren) is sent to Prague where a U.S./Cuban summit is being held. His task: apprehend the suspected killer, Simone (Maruschka Detmers). But he believes her claim of innocence, and the two work together to find out what is really going on.
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Split Image 1982 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, James Woods, Pamela Ludwig, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush
This film is about religious cults and what happens when young people are caught in the web. Danny Stetson (Michael O'Keefe) joins a cult led by Neal Kirklander (Peter Fonda), and his parents (Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Dennehy) strive to bring their son to his senses.
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Switching Channels 1988 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern, Al Waxman, Joe Silver, Ken James, Anthony Sherwood
This story originated as a Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Broadway play "The Front Page"; later three movie versions (one titled "His Girl Friday") were made. The story revolves around television news director John L. Sullivan IV (Burt Reynolds) who tries to keep his ex-wife, Christy Colleran (Kathleen Turner), from marrying again.
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Tiara Tahiti 1962 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: James Mason, John Mills, Claude Dauphin, Herbert Lom, Roy Kinnear, Jacques Marin, Peter Barkworth, Gary Cockrell, Rosenda Monteros, Libby Morris
Brett Aimsley (James Mason) and Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Southey (John Mills) compete with each other in all phases of their lives.
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Uncommon Valor 1983 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Gail Strickland, Jeremy Kemp
A retired Marine (Gene Hackman) has evidence that his son and others may still be alive in a Vietnamese prison. With financial backing from another father (Robert Stack), he puts together an invasion force whose mission is to free the missing men.
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Joss Ackland, Daniel Emilfork, Nigel Havers, John Le Mesurier
Junk-food magnate Robby (George Segal) travels to Europe, determined to gain the favors of his pastry-chef ex-wife, Natasha (Jacqueline Bisset) while all around him the great chefs are being systematically murdered in the method of how their famous recipes are prepared. Some good Morley scenes in this comedy/mystery.
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| 1. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
2. Billy Two Hats (1974)
aka: The Lady and the Outlaw
3. First Blood (1982)
aka: Rambo: First Blood
4. Folks! (1992)
5. Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
6. Joshua Then and Now (1985)
7. Life at the Top (1965)
8. North Dallas Forty (1979)
9. The Shooter (1995)
aka: Hidden Assassin
10. Split Image (1982)
11. Switching Channels (1988)
12. Tiara Tahiti (1962)
13. Uncommon Valor (1983)
14. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
15. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
16. Winter People (1989)
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