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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Born Losers 1967  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Laughlin
Cast: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr., Robert Tessier, Jane Russell, Jack Starrett, Paul Bruce, Robert Cleaves, Paul Prokop, Jeff Cooper, Stuart Lancaster, Anne Bellamy, Susan Foster, Janice Miller
Half White-half Native American Indian Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is a Vietnam veteran trained in martial arts who rescues young Vicki (Elizabeth James) from a terrifying ordeal with a gang of bikers. But, Billy Jack's actions cause the gang to retaliate against him, and the racist Southern California police cause Billy Jack many problems. Meanwhile, the bikers will stop at nothing to keep Vicki from testifying against them.
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Darby's Rangers 1958 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes, Corey Allen, Stuart Whitman, Murray Hamilton, William Wellman Jr., Frieda Inescort, Reginald Owen
Colonel William Darby (James Garner) and his commando unit train in England for missions in Africa and Italy during World War II.
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The Disorderly Orderly 1964  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Everett Sloane, Karen Sharpe, Kathleen Freeman, Susan Oliver, Del Moore, Jack E. Leonard, Milton Frome, William Wellman Jr.
Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) works at a nursing home after failing as a medical student. The problem standing in the way of Jerome's medical career is that he takes on his patients' symptoms.
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The Happiest Millionaire 1967 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Geraldine Page, Gladys Cooper, Hermione Baddeley, Lesley Ann Warren, John(2) Davidson, William Wellman Jr., Sean McClory
Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray) has his hands full of complications when his daughter, Cordy (Lesley Ann Warren), falls in love with Angier Buchanan Duke (John Davidson). There are several versions out there of different lengths. Disney.
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High School Confidential! 1958  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Young Hellions
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Barrymore Jr., Mamie Van Doren, Diane Jergens, Ray Anthony, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jackie Coogan, Lyle Talbot, William Wellman Jr.
The high-school drug scene in the 1950s is revealed through a new "student" who enters school and becomes involved in the illegal activities on campus. Terrible!
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 It's Alive 1974 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, James Dixon, Michael Ansara, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke, Daniel Holzman, Robert Emhardt, Mary Nancy Burnett, Diana Hale
Frank and Lenore Davies (John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell) get a terrible surprise when Lenore gives birth to a mutated baby who needs to drink human blood for survival. The baby tears the doctor to pieces, escapes from the hospital, and destroys everything in its path. Frank joins the police manhunt searching for his murdering infant, but at a crucial moment he has a change of heart and tries to defend his baby.
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Lafayette Escadrille 1958 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Tab Hunter, Etchika Choureau, William Wellman Jr., Jody McCrea, David Janssen, Will Hutchins, Clint Eastwood, Marcel Dalio, Paul Fix, Tom Laughlin
During World War I an American, Thad Walker (Tab Hunter), joins the French Foreign Legion and later becomes a flyer in the French Air Corps.
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The Trial of Billy Jack 1974  PG, 175 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: Tom Laughlin
Cast: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Victor Izay, George Aguilar, William Wellman Jr., Sacheen Littlefeather, Russell Lane, Michelle Wilson, Geo Anne Sosa, Lynn Baker, Teresa Kelly, Riley Hill, Sparky Watt, Bong Soo Han, Kathy Cronkite
In this sequel to "Billy Jack" (1971), the Indian reservation's Freedom School, under the guidance of Jean Roberts (Delores Taylor), is thriving. Half-breed Billy Jack is sentenced to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. After serving his time, Billy Jack is released, and more problems are brewing at Freedom School. Racial prejudice against the Native American students causes Billy Jack to come to their aid–as he did in the original film–and his actions upset the governor. Now, the National Guard is sent to the school, and, once again, Billy Jack tries to save the day.
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Young Fury 1965 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, Lon Chaney Jr., Richard Arlen, John Agar, William Wellman Jr., William Bendix, Preston Pierce, Merry Anders, Jody McCrea
There are several old-time stars in this Western, which brings a gunslinger (Rory Calhoun) home, after a long absence, with a gang on his tail. His son (Preston Pierce) has his own gang at home and relations are strained as dad tries to make up. After finding out why he left, the son repents and rides to save dad, who's being chased by the gang who has now caught up with him.
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| 1. Black Caesar (1973)
2. Born Losers (1967)
3. Darby's Rangers (1958)
4. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
5. The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
6. High School Confidential! (1958)
aka: Young Hellions
7. It's Alive (1974)
8. Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
9. The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
10. The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
11. Young Fury (1965)
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