Brother John 1971  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd, Paul Winfield, Ramon Bieri, Warren J. Kemmerling, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Richard Ward, Lois Smith
John Kane (Sidney Poitier) returns to his small Southern town where he appears as a Messiah, stirs up the gentry, and is an enigma to his old friends.
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 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977  PG, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Francois Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey, Bob Balaban, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom, Lance Henriksen, George DiCenzo, J. Patrick McNamara, Philip Dodds, Carl Weathers
Steven Spielberg's award-winning masterpiece is about the Earth's first communication with aliens. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is haunted by inexplicable images, and Gillian (Melinda Dillon) is the mother of a missing youngster presumably taken by the aliens. Gillian joins Roy on his quest to find the source of his torment. Oscars were presented for Best Cinematography and Sound Effects Editing (Special Achievement); seven nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actress (Dillon).
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The Dark 1979  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: The Mutilator
Director: John "Bud" Cardos
Cast: William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Warren J. Kemmerling, Biff Elliot, Jacquelyn Hyde, Casey Kasem, Vivian Blaine, John Bloom, Russ Marin, Vernon Washington
A seven-foot alien either decapitates or shoots laser beams into the eyes of victims as it stalks the streets of L.A. Reporter Roy Warner (William Devane), writer Zoe Owens (Cathy Lee Crosby), and police detective Dave Mooney (Richard Jaeckel) try to unravel the mystery.
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Family Plot 1976 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond, Ed Lauter, John Lehne, Warren J. Kemmerling, Edith Atwater
In Alfred Hitchcock's last film, the plot involves the search for a lost heir by a phony medium (Barbara Harris) and her cab driver boyfriend (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, a jeweler and his girl friend (William Devane and Karen Black) are planning a kidnapping in which they will be paid in diamonds. When the couples cross paths, chaos ensues.
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Framed 1975  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters, John Larch, Warren J. Kemmerling, Paul Mantee, Walter Brooke, Joshua Bryant
Following an unjustified prison sentence, gambler Ron Lewis (Joe Don Baker) leaves captivity in hot pursuit of those responsible for his misfortune.
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Gojira 1984 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller
aka: Godzilla 1985
Director: Kohji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer
Cast: Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Shin Takuma, Warren J. Kemmerling, James Hess, Eitaro Ozawa, Taketoshi Naito, Junkichi Orimoto, Mizuho Suzuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kei Sato, Takenori Emoto, Sho Hashimoto
After a fishing boat is destroyed in a storm, reporter Goro Maki (Ken Tanaka) arrives on the scene and finds mutilated bodies. He soon realizes that Godzilla has returned and wants to use his story, but the Prime Minister (Keiju Kobayashi) tells him not to print it in order to prevent a panic among the public. Godzilla then destroys a Soviet submarine, and the story is released to prevent war because the USSR believes that the United States is responsible. The Pentagon sends reporter Steven Martin (Raymond Burr) to investigate, and, meanwhile, Godzilla returns to Tokyo to wreak havoc that almost results in a nuclear attack before Godzilla falls into a volcano set off by explosions in the area.
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King 1978 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
Director: Abby Mann
Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lonny Chapman, Ossie Davis, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman Jr., Clu Gulager, Dick Anthony Williams, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren J. Kemmerling
This TV miniseries is a good chronicle of Martin Luther King's (Paul Winfield) early peaceful protests against segregation through his assassination in 1968.
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Savage 1973  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Watch Dog
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Paul Richards, Michele Carey, Barry Sullivan, Dabney Coleman, Pat Harrington Jr., Jack Bender, Louise Latham, Susan Howard, Victor Millan, Warren J. Kemmerling, Richard Stahl
Steven Spielberg moved away from TV after this entry that concerns TV investigative reporter Paul Savage (Martin Landau). He obtains a photo of a Supreme Court nominee that could destroy the nominee's career, but the photo is too hot to handle.
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| 1. Brother John (1971)
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
3. The Dark (1979)
aka: The Mutilator
4. Eat My Dust! (1976)
5. Family Plot (1976)
6. Framed (1975)
7. Gojira (1984)
aka: Godzilla 1985
8. King (1978)
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
9. Savage (1973)
aka: Watch Dog
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