The Doomsday Machine 1972  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
aka: Escape from Planet Earth
Director: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem
Cast: Grant Williams, Henry Wilcoxon, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, Bobby Van, Denny Miller, Casey Kasem, Mike Farrell, James Craig, Essie Lin Chia, Lori Scott, Raymond Mayo, Ted Markland
The crew of a U.S. spaceship headed for Venus watches as Earth is destroyed by a doomsday machine developed by the Chinese. The rest of the film is devoted to squabbles and debates between crew members as to whether or not to start the human race again. This low budget film uses much stock footage.
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Fighting Mad 1976  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, John Doucette, Philip Carey, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Miller, Harry Northrup, Ted Markland, Noble Willingham
When a land baron schemes to get their land, the Hunter family is threatened. Tom Hunter (Peter Fonda) takes on the evil land baron to protect his family.
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The Hired Hand 1971 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Fonda
Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden, Ted Markland, Ann Doran, Owen Orr, Rita Rogers, Al Hopson, Megan Denver, Gray Johnson, Michael McClure, Larry Hagman
Harry Collings (Peter Fonda) has been wandering from town to town with his friends Arch Harris (Warren Oates) and Dan (Robert Pratt). Dan is killed by McVey (Severn Darden), and Arch and Harry avenge his death. Now, Harry returns to his wife Hannah's (Verna Bloom) good graces after a seven-year absence. She will not reconcile right away, but she will take him back on a trial run as her hired hand. This works for awhile–until Arch is taken hostage, and Harry must decide where his loyalties really lie.
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 Last Man Standing 1996  R, 103 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly, Michael Imperioli, Karina Lombard, Ned Eisenberg, Alexandra Powers, Ken Jenkins, R.D. Call, Ted Markland, Patrick Kilpatrick, Luis Contreras, Leslie Mann
During Prohibition, John Smith (Bruce Willis) passes through Jericho, Texas, on his way to Mexico. He encounters bootleggers Fredo Strozzi (Ned Eisenberg) and Giorgio (Michael Imperioli) who run the Italian Strozzi gang and Doyle (David Patrick Kelly) and Hickey (Christopher Walken) who head up the Irish Doyle gang. Smith sees the chance for making money and hires himself out to both gangs, plotting to play one against the other, stay in the middle, and take the profits for his own financial gain.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975   R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Michael Berryman, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Brocco, William Duell, Dean R. Brooks, Alonzo Brown, Nathan George, Sydney Lassick, Ted Markland
Jack Nicholson's performance is great as Randle Patrick McMurphy, a convict who feigns mental problems to get himself out of prison. He is admitted to a psychiatric ward, realizes that jail was not so bad, and fights the system of drugging patients to keep them "quiet." In the process, he helps the other patients to gain a sense of self-worth. All this is done under the disapproving eye of insensitive Nurse Ratched (Louise Fledcher). The picture won five Academy awards: Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman), and Writing and was nominated for four others, including Best Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif).
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Wanda Nevada 1979  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Fonda
Cast: Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew, Henry Fonda, Paul Fix, Ted Markland, Severn Darden
A gambler, Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda), wins Wanda Nevada (Brooke Shields) in a poker game. The duo obtains a map indicating a gold strike, and they head for the Grand Canyon in search of the fortune.
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Waterhole #3 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Margaret Blye, Claude Akins, Bruce Dern, Joan Blondell, James Whitmore, Robert Cornthwaite, Timothy Carey, Roy Jenson, Harry Davis, Jim Boles, Steve Whittaker, Ted Markland, Rupert Crosse
During the 1880s, Cavalry Sergeant Henry J. Foggers (Claude Akins), with help from Hilb (Timothy Carey), robs gold from the Army and buries it in a waterhole in the middle of a desert. Lewton Cole (James Coburn) wants to get his hands on the treasure map showing where the gold is buried. He steals Sheriff Copperude's (Carroll O'Connor) horse and makes love to Copperude's daughter Billee (Margaret Blye). Billee tells her father that she was raped, and they follow Cole to bring him to justice. They catch up with Cole, but then Foggers arrives and takes the gold. Later, a shootout ensues, and Billee finds where the gold is hidden. But, Cole also arrives, takes the gold and Billee's clothing, and rides off to Mexico.
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| 1. The Doomsday Machine (1972)
aka: Escape from Planet Earth
2. Fighting Mad (1976)
3. The Hired Hand (1971)
4. Last Man Standing (1996)
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
6. Wanda Nevada (1979)
7. Waterhole #3 (1967)
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