Big Bad John 1990  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Jimmy Dean, Jack Elam, Ned Beatty, Doug English, Romy Windsor, Bo Hopkins, Jeff Osterhage, Ned Vaughn, Buck Taylor, Jerry Potter, Amzie Strickland, Red Steagall, Anne Lockhart
Based on the story told in Jimmy Dean's 1950's song, Dean plays retired Sheriff Cletus Morgan who travels across country to rescue his daughter who some think is in the car with Big Bad John Tyler (Doug English). Unknown to Cletus is that his nemesis, Charlie (Ned Beatty), has contracted for hired-guns to follow Cletus and then kill Big Bad John and Cletus' daughter.
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Misery 1990  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis, Jerry Potter, Thomas Brunelle, June Christopher, Julie Payne, Archie Hahn III, Gregory Snegoff, Wendy Bowers, Rob Reiner, J.T. Walsh
A famous author, Paul Sheldon (James Caan), has written a series of books with a heroine named Misery Chastain. When he has a car wreck, he is rescued by a mountain resident, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who tends to his injuries. Unfortunately, she is more than a little upset that Paul has ended Misery's life, and she decides to force him to bring Misery back to life in a new book. This movie is from the Stephen King novel by the same name. Kathy Bates won an Oscar for her performance.
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 The Quick and the Dead 1987  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison, Matt Clark, Patrick Kilpatrick, Del Shores, Billy Streater, Jerry Potter, R.L. Tolbert, Larry Sellers, Hardy Rawls
Based on Louis L'Amour's novel, this made-for-HBO television film tells the story of mountain man Con Vallian (Sam Elliott) who comes to the aid of homesteaders Duncan and Susanna (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw) when Doc Shabitt's (Matt Clark) gang picks on the newcomers.
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Rhinestone 1984  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, Tim Thomerson, Stephen Apostle Pec, Penny Santon, Russell Buchanan, Ritch Brinkley, Jerry Potter
Dolly Parton plays a singer who bets she can take anyone and turn him or her into a country singing star in two weeks. She runs into a New York cab driver (Sylvester Stallone), and he turns out to be more than a handful of trouble for her goal. Good duo, terrible movie.
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| 1. Big Bad John (1990)
2. Misery (1990)
3. The Quick and the Dead (1987)
4. Rhinestone (1984)
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