Bronco Billy 1980  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Sam Bottoms, Bill McKinney, Sierra Pecheur, William Prince, Walter Barnes, Woodrow Parfrey
The wild adventures of Clint Eastwood and the shabby traveling Wild West show. Sondra Locke is the wealthy love interest.
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Daddy's Deadly Darling 1972  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Pigs
Director: Marc Lawrence
Cast: Toni Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Paul Hickey, Katharine Ross, Iris Korn, Jim Antonio, William Michael, Erik Holland, Walter Barnes
Lynn (Toni Lawrence) escapes from the mental hospital where she was sent after killing her father. She flees to a small town where she meets Zambrini (Marc Lawrence) who just happens to own pigs that love human flesh. As Lynn kills men who remind her of her father, Zambrini takes care of the bodies. Violent, gory, and terrible. A candidate for the worst 10 list.
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Day of the Animals 1977  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Something Is Out There
Director: William Girdler
Cast: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Leslie Nielsen, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Ansara, Ruth Roman, Jon Cedar, Paul Mantee, Walter Barnes, Andrew Stevens
The ozone layer is destroyed, and radiation has turned forest animals into crazed beasts that attack a group of hikers.
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Escape to Witch Mountain 1975  G, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: John Hough
Cast: Eddie Albert, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Walter Barnes, Reta Shaw, Denver Pyle, Alfred Ryder, George Chandler, Lawrence Montaigne, Shepherd Sanders, Don Brodie, Terry Wilson, Dermott Downs
In this Disney film, orphaned adolescents, brother and sister Tony and Tia Malone (Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards), have unusual psychic powers but suffer from amnesia, which prevents them from being aware that they are space aliens. Evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) realizes that Tony and Tia have supernatural powers and tries to exploit them. Aristotle holds them in his mansion against their will–until Jason (Eddie Albert), who is grieving over his wife's death, takes Tony and Tia in his RV on a cross-country trek during which Aristotle is in hot pursuit. After the RV is transformed into a space ship, they arrive at Witch Mountain where long-hidden secrets are revealed.
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Every Which Way But Loose 1978 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Walter Barnes, George Chandler, Roy Jenson, James McEachin, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, John Quade, Dan Vadis, Hank Warden
Clyde (an orangutan) actually steals the show in this weak film about beer-drinking truck driver Philo (Clint Eastwood) who travels with the ape. To earn extra money, Philo participates in bar room fights. Along the way, he picks up as many enemies as friends, and the chase is on.
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 High Plains Drifter 1973  R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Billy Curtis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch, Geoffrey Lewis, Walter Barnes, Paul Brinegar, Ted Hartley, Richard Bull, Robert Donner, John Hillerman
Clint Eastwood plays a cowboy known only as "the Stranger" who drifts into the town of Lagos that contains more dishonest citizens than one could count. As a matter of fact, it is hard for "the Stranger" to keep track of the good guys and the bad guys when the townsfolk hire him for protection from outlaws.
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Mackintosh and T.J. 1975  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Roy Rogers, Clay O'Brien, Billy Green Bush, Andrew Robinson, Joan Hackett, James Hampton, Luke Askew, Dennis Fimple, Larry Mahan, Walter Barnes
Roy Rogers is an aging ranch hand in this Western set in the modern day. He takes a young boy under his wing to mature the boy to manhood. Waylan Jennings' music is the highlight of this film–only for Roy Rogers fans who want to see his comeback.
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Pete's Dragon 1977  G, 128 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Sean Marshall, Jim Backus, Shelley Winters, Jeff Conaway, Charlie Callas, Robert Foulk, Jane Kean, Charles Tyner, Gary Morgan, Cal Bartlett, Walter Barnes
Pete (Sean Marshall) is a nine year-old, orphaned boy in Maine who runs away from his foster family. Along the way, Pete encounters a 12-foot tall dragon named Elliott (voice of Charlie Callas), and they become friends. Elliot is visible only to Pete, and they arrive in the ocean-front town of Passamaquaddy where problems arise. Nora (Helen Reddy) takes Pete to her home in the lighthouse where her father, Lampie (Mickey Rooney), invites him to live with them, and they form a "new" family–despite problems from con artist Dr. Terminus (Jim Dale).
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Smokey Bites the Dust 1981 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Charles B. Griffith
Cast: Jimmy McNichol, Janet Julian, Walter Barnes, John Blyth Barrymore, Patrick Campbell, William Forsythe, Kari Lizer, Charles Howerton, Kedric Wolfe
If you are into car chases then this film might appeal to you, but don't expect anything more as Sheriff Turner (Walter Barnes) spends the entire movie chasing after Roscoe Wilton (Jimmy McNichol) who has kidnapped Turner's homecoming-queen daughter, Peggy Sue (Janet Julian).
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| 1. Bronco Billy (1980)
2. Daddy's Deadly Darling (1972)
aka: Pigs
3. Day of the Animals (1977)
aka: Something Is Out There
4. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
5. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
6. High Plains Drifter (1973)
7. Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
8. Pete's Dragon (1977)
9. Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
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