The Black Orchid 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, Jimmy Baird, Naomi Stevens, Whit Bissell, Ina Balin
The Black Orchid is Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren), a gangster's widow who strives for a chance for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn).
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The Helen Morgan Story 1957  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Ann Blyth, Richard Carlson, Paul Newman, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams, Virginia Vincent, Walter Woolf King, Dorothy Green, Edward Platt, Warren Douglas, Sammy White, Peggy de Castro, Cherie de Castro, Babette de Castro
Bootlegger Larry Maddux (Paul Newman) discovers Helen Morgan (Ann Blyth) while she is performing in a carnival and helps her rise to stardom on Broadway. But, Larry is using Helen for his own good, and Helen is torn between Larry and married lawyer Russell Wade (Richard Carlson). Helen turns to alcohol and, after the Stock Market crash in 1929, ends up in Bellevue Hospital. But, Helen rises above her problems and regains her stardom. Songs include "Sunny Side of the Street" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." (sung by Gogi Grant).
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 The Hills Have Eyes 1977 R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Virginia Vincent, Dee Wallace, Martin Speer, Russ Grieve, John Steadman, James Whitworth, Lance Gordon, Michael Berryman, Janus Blythe, Cordy Clark, Peter Locke, Brenda Marinoff
Horrible things happen when a middle-class family–the Carters–drive their mobile home through the desert on their way to California. A breakdown of their vehicle, caused when Air Force jets fly over, leaves them stranded in the territory of desert cannibals who find the Carter baby a likely item for their first dinner menu.
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I Want to Live! 1958  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau, Theodore Bikel, Philip Coolidge, James Philbrook, Bartlett Robinson, Joe De Santis, Gavin MacLeod, Lou Krugman, Gage Clark
This is the true story of Barbara Graham, a prostitute who maintains her innocence throughout her trial and subsequent execution for murder. Susan Hayward won an Oscar for her role as Barbara Graham.
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Invitation to Hell 1984  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci, Joe Regalbuto, Kevin McCarthy, Patty McCormack, Bill Erwin, Soleil Moon Frye, Barret Oliver, Nicholas Worth, Virginia Vincent, Greg Monaghan
Matt (Robert Urich) starts a new life in California working on a top secret space suit project. He and his wife and children are continuously being urged to join an exclusive country club, but he thinks the people in the club act strangely. His wife and children join the club, the demonic influences take hold, and Matt must resort to his space suit to overcome evil.
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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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The Million Dollar Duck 1971  G, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
aka: $1,000,000 Duck
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts, James Gregory, Lee Montgomery, Jack Kruschen, Virginia Vincent, Jack Bender, Frank Wilcox, Arthur Hunnicutt, Bryan O'Byrne
Research scientist Albert Dooley (Dean Jones) takes home a duck from the lab and gives it to his son, Jimmy (Lee Montgomery). The duck had wandered into the lab and was accidentally irradiated. Now, wonder of wonders, the duck lays golden eggs, which solves the Dooley family's financial problems. But other troubles come to the fore when the neighbors start snooping around. 1 User Review
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| | Tania 02/17/2007 | | Okay I'm an oldie...... well, old enough to have seen this as a kid when it first came to television here in Australia. I loved it then and have just recently seen it again with my children. We all loved it. |
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Never Steal Anything Small 1959 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Lederer
Cast: James Cagney, Shirley Jones, Roger Smith, Cara Williams, Nehemiah Persoff, Jack Albertson, Royal Dano, Anthony Caruso, Horace McMahon, Virginia Vincent
This musical-comedy-drama is about a waterfront racketeer who will do anything to become boss of the waterfront. Cagney is about the only thing good concerning this movie.
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 Sweet November 1968 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel, Burr DeBenning, Sandy Baron, Marj Dusay, Martin West, Virginia Vincent, King Moody, Robert Gibbons
Although Sara (Sandy Dennis) knows she is dying from a terminal disease, that doesn't stop her from finding one insecure man every month, allowing him to move in with her, helping him to gain self-confidence, and then sending him on his way. All goes well until Charlie Blake (Anthony Newley) becomes Sara's "man of the month." Charlie falls in love with Sara, and love does not fit into Sara's plans.
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Treasure of Matecumbe 1976 G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran, Billy "Pop" Atmore, Jane Wyatt, Virginia Vincent, Dub Taylor, Dick Van Patten, Robert DoQui, Don Knight, Mills Watson, Valentin de Vargas, George Lindsey
With map in hand, Davie (Johnny Doran) and Thad (Billy Attmore) set out in search of a buried treasure and run into some unsavory characters–Lauriette Paxton (Joan Hackett), Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass (Peter Ustinov), and Jim (Robert Foxworth)–along the way. Meanwhile, the dastardly Spangler (Vic Morrow) is in hot pursuit. Good Disney fare.
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| 1. The Black Orchid (1958)
2. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
3. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
4. I Want to Live! (1958)
5. Invitation to Hell (1984)
6. Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
7. The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
aka: $1,000,000 Duck
8. Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
9. Sweet November (1968)
10. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
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