The Amityville Horror 1979   R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver, Val Avery, John Larch, Amy Wright, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Irene Dailey
When newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) move into the house of their dreams, unbelievable horrors haunt the hapless couple. This story is based on real-life events that took place in a house in New York, which was once the scene of a gory, mass murder.
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The Anderson Tapes 1971  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, Christopher Walken, Stan Gottlieb, Margaret Hamilton, Scott Jacoby, Richard B. Shull, Ralph Meeker, Val Avery, Dick Anthony Williams, Garrett Morris, Paul Benjamin, Conrad Bain
Ex-con Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) develops a scheme to rob a New York apartment building. He needs money, and the mob funds his robberies. What Anderson does not know is that government agencies, aware that he is linked to the mob, are taping his every move. Now, the apartment building is filled with video cameras ready to tape Anderson's every move. The good supporting cast includes Christopher Walken in his film debut, and Alan King does a very good job playing Mafia don Pat Angelo.
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Assault on a Queen 1966 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Alf Kjellin, Murray Matheson, Reginald Denny, Val Avery, John Warburton, Lester Matthews
Rod Serling adapted this script from a Frank Finney novel. The plot involves a group planning to salvage a submarine and use it in a planned robbery aboard the Queen Mary. However, the salvage work proves exhausting, and they never get around to the actual crime.
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Black Caesar 1973  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin, Julius Harris, Minnie Gentry, Philip Roye, William Wellman Jr., Val Avery, James Dixon, Patrick McAllister, Don Pedro Colley, Myrna Hansen, Omer Jeffrey, Michael Jeffrey
Tommy Gibbs (Omer Jeffrey) was a tough kid from the ghetto who aimed to be a big-time gangster. Tommy's (now played by Fred Williamson) dreams are fulfilled, and he has risen near the top in the crime scene and is a member of "The Family." But he doesn't intend to stop there. There is a sequel: "Hell Up in Harlem."
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The Brotherhood 1968 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray Hamilton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe De Santis, Val Avery, Alan Hewitt, Connie Scott, Val Bisoglio, Barry Primus, Louis Badolati, Michele Cimarosa
Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas) is an old-line Mafioso on the board of the New York syndicate. Frank's younger brother, Vince (Alex Cord), enters the scene and has many new ideas to modernize the operation. When Frank doesn't go along with Vince's plans, Vince tries to get his father-in-law Dominick Bertolo (Luther Adler) to encourage mob members to rebel. Frank has Bertolo killed, and now Vince gets the assignment to kill Frank.
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Brubaker 1980 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David Keith, Morgan Freeman, Matt Clark, Tim McIntire, Val Avery, M. Emmet Walsh
Henry Brubaker is a prison reformer who is the new warden at a prison. When he looks into problems at his prison, he finds that the entire system is corrupt. During his relentless search for truth, he threatens the jobs of his supervisors and is fired.
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Choices 1981 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Cast: Paul Carafotes, Victor French, Val Avery, Lelia Goldoni, Dennis Patrick, Don Stark, Demi Moore, William R. Moses, Stephen Nichols, Pat Buttram
Good student John Carluccio (Paul Carafotes) also plays football for his high school. After he is diagnosed with partial deafness, he is told by the school that he can no longer play football. This alienates John and causes him to get in with the wrong crowd. That girlfriend of John's is Demi Moore in her first film, brief though it is.
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The Chosen 1982 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Hildy Brooks, Ron Rifkin, Val Avery
Danny Saunders (Robby Benson) is a young Hasid Jewish man who is influenced by the secular interests of his friend Reuven Malters (Barry Miller). Reuven's father (Maximilian Schell) is a Jewish professor who is also a Zionist activist. Conflicts between family and friends arise when Danny's father (Rod Steiger) tries to break up the boys' friendship.
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 Cobra 1986  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Lee Garlington, John Herzfeld, Val Avery, Art LaFleur, Brian Thompson, David Rasche
L.A. cop Marion Cobretti, alias Cobra (Sylvester Stallone), helps track down a serial killer in this extremely violent film.
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 Donnie Brasco 1997 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, Anne Heche, James Russo, Andrew Parks, Zach Grenier, Gretchen Mol, Val Avery, Zeljko Ivanek, Gerry Becker, Robert Miano, Brian Tarantina, Rocco Sisto
Based on FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone's 1989 memoirs, this is the story of how Pistone/Donnie Brasco (Johnny Depp) was able to infiltrate a Brooklyn mob, by acting as a mole, and win the trust of hit-man Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). However, once he wins that trust, the two form a friendship that threatens to undermine Brasco's reason for infiltrating the gang. His friendship with Ruggiero also presents problems in his marriage to Maggie (Anne Heche) as well as his devotion to law and order.
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A Dream of Kings 1969 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens, Sam Levene, Val Avery, Radames Pera, Peter Mamakos, Alan Reed, Zvee Scooler, Alberto Morin
Matsoukas (Anthony Quinn) is a marriage counselor living in the Greek section of Chicago who wants to take his ailing back to Greece–a trip he can ill afford.
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Easy Money 1983 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Signorelli
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Candice Azzara, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Val Avery, Tom Noonan, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Ewell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeff Altman
Rodney Dangerfield inherits a 10 million dollar department store, but can collect only if he stops gambling, drinking, smoking dope, and other nasty vices. A few funny situations ensue as Dangerfield tries desperately to fulfill the conditions of the will.
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Edge of the City 1957 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Robert F. Simon, Ruth White, Val Avery, John Kellogg, David Clarke, William A. Lee, Estelle Hemsley, Mike Dana, Roy Glenn, Ralph Bell
Longshoremen–cohorts Axel North (John Cassavetes) and Army deserter Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier)–confront their bullying, racist supervisor Charles Malik (Jack Warden). The result is death for Tyler. The police investigate, but North, who knows that Malik killed Tyler, keeps silent. It isn't until later that North challenges Malik to a showdown in a one-on-one fight to avenge Tyler's death.
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Faces 1968 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Fred Draper, Val Avery, Dorothy Gulliver, Joanne Moore Jordan, Darlene Conley, Gene Darfler, Elizabeth Deering, Ann Shirley, O.G. Dunn, James Bridges, Laurie Mock
Richard (John Marley) and Maria (Lynn Carlin) have been married for 14 years but are growing apart, neither one being content with his/her life. While Richard visits young prostitute Jeannie Rapp(Gena Rowlands), Maria meets a younger man, Chet (Seymour Cassel), in a bar and takes him to bed. But, their extramarital affairs do not satisfy either one. Carlin and Cassel received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Actor.
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The Harder They Fall 1956 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Jack Albertson, Val Avery
Boxing provides the backdrop for this film about sports writer Eddie Willis' (Humphrey Bogart) increasing recognition of the exploitation of boxers. Bogart's last film.
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Harry and Walter Go to New York 1976 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning, Lesley Ann Warren, Val Avery, Jack Gilford, Carol Kane, Dennis Dugan
A vaudeville team of Harry (James Caan) and Walter (Elliott Gould) become involved in a bank robbery scheme.
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Heroes 1977 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Olivia Cole, Hector Elias, Dennis Burkley, Tony Burton, Fred Stuthman, Michael Cavanaugh, Helen Craig, John P. Finnegan, Betty McGuiree, John O'Leary
A Vietnam veteran, Jack Dunne (Henry Winkler), takes a bus trip across the country to work out his troubles. Along the way, he meets fellow bus rider Carol Bell (Sally Field) who has just broken up with her fiance. Carol sympathizes and helps Jack find solutions to his problems.
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Hombre 1967  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Rush, Skip Ward, Margaret Blye, Martin Balsam, Frank Silvera, Peter Lazer, Val Avery, David Canary, Larry Ward, Linda Cordova
In this well-acted and entertaining film, John "Hombre" Russell (Paul Newman) is a White man raised by Apaches. He inherits property in the city and travels by stagecoach to trade the property. Passengers on the stagecoach, including Dr. Alex Faver (Fredric March) and his wife Audra (Barbara Rush), exhibit racial bias and force John to ride on top of the stagecoach. Cicero Grimes (Richard Boone) leads his bandits on a raid of the stagecoach, and they take Audra hostage. Now, it is only John who performs the ultimate sacrifice in leading the passengers to safety and rescuing Audra.
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Hud 1963 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon DeWilde, Whit Bissell, John Ashley, Val Avery, Crahan Denton, Yvette Vickers, Curt Conway, George Petrie, Pitt Herbert, Sheldon Allman, Carl Low, Robert Hinkle
Cattle rancher Hud (Paul Newman) wants profits in oil and tries to talk his father (Melvyn Douglas) into turning the ranch into an oil field. Alma (Patricia Neal) watches as Hud tries to coerce his father and tries to ward him off when Hud drunkenly propositions her. Neal won the Best Actress Oscar, and Douglas won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won for Cinematography and received for other nominations, including Best Actor and Director.
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Jinxed! 1982  R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery, Jack Elam, Benson Fong, Jacqueline Scott, F. William Parker, Ian Wolfe, George Dickerson
Las Vegas lounge singer Bonita (Bette Midler) teams up with blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl), who has been "jinxed" by Bonita's lover, Harold (Rip Torn). Bonita and Willie hatch a plot to kill Harold and collect on his life insurance.
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Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Ziva Rodann, Brad Dexter, Walter Sande, Val Avery, Brian G. Hutton, Bing Russell, Dabbs Greer, Ty Hardin, Dick Haynes, Henry Wills
U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) arrives in the town of Gun Hill while tracking down the vicious killer of his wife. He realizes that one of the killers is Rick (Earl Holliman) who is the son of one of his best friends, Craig Belden (Anthony Quinn). Morgan is able to take Rick prisoner and holes up in a hotel waiting for the last train from Gun Hill that is scheduled to leave at 9 P.M. A standoff ensues, and no one–including Sheriff Bartlett (Walter Sande)–will come to Morgan's aid. Then Morgan receives help from the local madam, Linda (Carolyn Jones), and gets a shotgun and handcuffs. But more violence lies ahead before that last train from Gun Hill leaves town.
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Let's Do It Again 1975 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Julius Harris, Val Avery
Two Atlanta members (Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby) of a fraternal lodge find a way to con gamblers by using the occult to turn Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a winning prizefighter. This film follows "Uptown Saturday Night" and is followed by "A Piece of the Action."
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The Long, Hot Summer 1958  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, Val Avery, Sarah Marshall, William Walker, George Dunn, Jess Kirkpatrick, I. Stanford Jolley
Drifter Ben Quick (Paul Newman) arrives in town and changes the lives of the Varner family. Big Daddy Varner (Orson Welles) recognizes that Ben Quick is a man to be reckoned with; however, daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward) is attracted to Quick. Weak son Jody (Tony Franciosa) is jealous of Quick's decisiveness. It all makes for one long, HOT summer.
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Love with the Proper Stranger 1963 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Herschel Bernardi, Edie Adams, Tom Bosley, Harvey Lembeck, Penny Santon, Virginia Vincent, Val Avery, Richard Mulligan
A love affair BEGINS with a pregnancy following a one-night stand. Slowly, the couple (Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen) learns to communicate and fall in love. Natalie Wood received an Oscar nomination, and the film had four other nominations.
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Lucky Lady 1975 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, Michael Hordern, John Hillerman, Anthony Holland, John McLiam, Val Avery
Set during the era of prohibition, this is a wacky tale of a trio of California rumrunners (Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, and Burt Reynolds).
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Minnie and Moskowitz 1971 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, Timothy Carey, Katherine Cassavetes, Elizabeth Deering, Elsie Ames, Lady Rowlands, Holly Near, Judith Roberts
Divorced, proper, well-educated Minnie (Gena Rowlands) is having an affair with an abusive married man. After he stops the relationship with her when his wife threatens suicide, Minnie tries the blind-date route that turns out badly. She then meets Moskowitz (Seymour Cassel), a parking lot attendant who rescues her from an angry date. A love affair between opposites follows in this enjoyable film.
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Nevada Smith 1966 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Martin Landau, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva, Paul Fix, Val Avery, John Doucette, Gene Evans, Josephine Hutchinson
After the senseless, brutal murder of his parents, Indian half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) wants revenge. Gun merchant Jonas Cord (Brian Keith) teaches Max how to use weapons, and, as "Nevada Smith," he goes from town to town hunting down the killers. One of them, Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy) is now in prison, and Nevada commits a crime to get himself into the same prison in order to kill him. Remade in 1975 for TV.
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Papillon 1973 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Gregory Sierra, Ratna Assan, Val Avery, William Smithers, Vic Tayback, Mills Watson
The infamous French Guinea prison colony, Devil's Island, was an inhumane place on which to exist. One resident, Henri "Papillon" Charriere (Steve McQueen), claiming that he was falsely accused and convicted of murder, tries again and again to escape. After saving the life of fellow prisoner Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), Papillon receives help from Dega in his escape attempts. This film is based on the true story of his many escape attempts that finally culminate in his harrowing escape from Devil's Island.
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 The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan, Tony Musante, M. Emmet Walsh, Burt Young, Val Avery, Joe Grifasi, Philip Bosco, Jack Kehoe, Tony DiBenedetto, Ronald Maccone, Betty Miller
Two Italian distant cousins (Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts) are fired from their jobs and continue to get involved in sometimes dangerous, slightly illegal schemes. Geraldine Page was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress).
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Requiem for a Heavyweight 1962 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Blood Money
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Nancy Cushman, Madame Spivy, Stanley Adams, Muhammad Ali, Val Avery, Rory Calhoun
Has-been heavyweight boxer Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) must find a new life. His money-hungry manager (Jackie Gleason) does NOT have his client's best interest in mind when he aggressively encourages him to become a wrestler. Good acting all around.
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A Tattered Web 1971 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Frank Converse, Sallie Shockley, Murray Hamilton, Broderick Crawford, Anne Helm, Val Avery, Walter Brooke, Whit Bissell, Ellen Corby
Police Sergeant Ed Stagg (Lloyd Bridges) finds out that his son-in-law is cheating on Ed's daughter. Ed tracks down the woman, but tragedy strikes when Ed accidentally kills her. He decides to pin the murder on a homeless drunk. Not a bad made-for-TV flick.
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alastair Reid
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Jeff Daniels, Maria Conchita Alonse, Eli Wallach, Robert Prosky, Donald Moffat, Al Waxman, Tony Lo Bianco, Kate Reid, Brad Sullivan, Val Avery, Jude Ciccolella, Victor Slezak, Frank Pellegrino, Henderson Forsythe
This true story involves the activities of Jackie Presser (Brian Dennehy) who became president of the Teamsters Union following the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Presser had problems with the FBI and the Mafia, and his rise to power proved to be short-lived.
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Up in Smoke 1978 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lou Adler
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Edie Adams, Stacy Keach, Strother Martin, Tom Skerritt, Louisa Moritz, Zane Buzby, Karl Johnson, Val Avery
This is truly Cheech and Chong at their crazy best dodging the cops while pursuing "quality" marijuana.
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 Vanishing Point 1971 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Severn Darden, Victoria Medlin, Timothy Scott, Karl Swenson, Lee Weaver, Tom Reese, Owen Bush, John Amos, Val Avery, Rita Coolidge
While driving a supercharged Dodge Challenger from Colorado to California, Kowalski (Barry Newman) leads the police on a merry chase and is aided by a blind jockey, Super Soul (Cleavon Little), who monitors police radios and clues Kowalski in as to their whereabouts.
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 The Wanderers 1979 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Alan Rosenberg, Jim Youngs, Tony Ganios, Linda Manz, Samm-Art Williams, Val Avery, Olympia Dukakis, William Andrews
Based on Richard Price's novel, this parody on 1960s movies focuses on ethnic gangs at a Bronx high school. The gangs–the Irish Ducky Boys, the Baddies, the Wongs, and the Fordham Baddies–come to terms with themselves and each other in this film, which has become a cult favorite.
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| 1. The Amityville Horror (1979)
2. The Anderson Tapes (1971)
3. Assault on a Queen (1966)
4. Black Caesar (1973)
5. The Brotherhood (1968)
6. Brubaker (1980)
7. Choices (1981)
8. The Chosen (1982)
9. Cobra (1986)
10. Continental Divide (1981)
11. Donnie Brasco (1997)
12. A Dream of Kings (1969)
13. Easy Money (1983)
14. Edge of the City (1957)
15. Faces (1968)
16. The Harder They Fall (1956)
17. Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
18. Heroes (1977)
19. Hombre (1967)
20. Hud (1963)
21. Jinxed! (1982)
22. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
23. Let's Do It Again (1975)
24. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
25. Love and Bullets (1979)
26. Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
27. Lucky Lady (1975)
28. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
29. Nevada Smith (1966)
30. Papillon (1973)
31. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
32. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
aka: Blood Money
33. A Tattered Web (1971)
34. Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
35. Up in Smoke (1978)
36. Vanishing Point (1971)
37. The Wanderers (1979)
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