Audrey Rose 1977  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd, John Hillerman, Robert Walden, Philip Sterling
In this too-long horror film, Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins) tries to convince the Templetons–Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill (John Beck)–that their child is really a reincarnation of his dead daughter, Audrey Rose.
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The Bat People 1974  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror
aka: It Lives By Night
It's Alive!
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr, Arthur Space, Robert Berk, Pat Delaney, George Paulsin, Bonnie Van Dyke, Jennifer Kulik, Lauie Brooks Jefferson, John Beck
On their honeymoon, John and Cathy Beck (Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew) join a group on a cavern trip. Since his current specialty is studying bats, scientist John is on the lookout, and he indeed finds bats, one of which bites him. He proceeds to turn in to a Bat-"were-bat," and eventually Cathy does likewise. And the killing begins.
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The Big Bus 1976 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Ned Beatty, Jose Ferrer, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Lynn Redgrave, Rene Auberjonois
In this satire on disaster movies, a bus powered by nuclear energy and its riders encounter zany adventures on the inaugural journey.
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Billy the Kid 1930 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Highwayman Rides
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane, Roscoe Ates, Wyndham Standing, Russell Simpson, Blanche Friderici, Warner Richmond, James A. Marcus, Nelson McDowell, Jack Carlyle, Chris-Pin Martin, John Beck, Marguerita Padula
A Marshal (Wallace Beery) is determined to capture and bring to justice the infamous Billy the Kid (Johnny Mack Brown) in this early talkie Western.
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Call of the Wild 1976 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: John Beck, Donald Moffat, Bernard Fresson, John McLiam, Michael Pataki, Billy Green Bush, Penelope Windust, Johnny Tillotson, Dennis Burkley, Rene Enriquez, Larry Golden, Raymond Guth, Paul Harper, Juaquin Martinez, Marvin Miller
Once again, Jack London's story is brought to the screen in this TV version of the tale of gold prospectors in Alaska and their relationships with their dogs. Prospectors John Thornton and Francois (John Beck and Bernard Fresson) buy a stolen dog, "Buck," and battle the frozen Klondike in their search for gold. But, problems may lie ahead as Buck appears ready to listen to the call of the wild and run off on his own.
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Everyman's Law 1936  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Albert Ray
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Beth Marion, Frank Campeau, Roger Gray, John Beck, Lloyd Ingraham, Horace Murphy, Richard Alexander, Slim Whitaker, Budd Buster, Herman Hack, Tex Palmer, Francis Walker, Ed Cassidy, George Morrell
Sheriff Chris Bradley (Horace Murphy) and cattle rancher Jim Morgan (Lloyd Ingraham) want to drive homesteaders off their land, and Bradley deputizes three gunmen–Dog Town Kid (Johnny Mack Brown), Thinker Gibbs (Frank Campeau), and Ramrod Pike (John Beck)–to do the job. When the deal fails, Bradley hires Lobo Joe (Roger Gray) and his gang instead, but Lobo and his gang rob both Bradley and Morgan. Meanwhile, Dog Town falls for Marion (Beth Marion) and later reveals that he is a Texas Ranger in disguise. He straightens things out, arrests the guilty culprits, and promises Marion that he will return.
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Lock, Stock and Barrel 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Cast: Tim Matheson, Belinda Montgomery, Claude Akins, Jack Albertson, Neville Brand, Burgess Meredith, Robert Emhardt, John Beck, Charles Dierkop, Joe Di Reda, Timothy Scott, Mills Watson, Marlene Tracy, Dal Jenkins
During the 1880s, Clarence and Roselle (Tim Matheson and Belinda Montgomery) elope and head West. As they travel through the untamed land, they hook up with escaped convict Punck Logan (Claude Akins) and charlatan preacher Reverend Willie Pursle (Burgess Meredith) and experience many adventures in this comedy/western that spawned a sequel, "Hitched."
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The Other Side of Midnight 1977  R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, Clu Gulager, Christian Marguand, Michael Lerner, Howard Hesseman
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel, this is the story of prostitute Noelle Page's (Marie-France Pisier) rise to fame as a movie star. But, she can never forget her hatred for the man who, during World War II, left her pregnant and alone to face the world.
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 Rollerball 1975 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley, Ralph Richardson, Shane Rimmer, Burt Kwouk, Angus MacInnes, Barbara Trentham, John Normington, Nancy Bleier, Richard LeParmentier, Robert Ito
The year is 2018, and crime and wars have ended–corporations, not nations, rule the world. Rollerball is supported by those in power as a futuristic sport combining danger and excitement and is allowed because it gives society a release from pent-up hostilities and teaches the power of teamwork. Corporate executives ask champion rollerball player Jonathan E. (James Caan) to retire because they fear that he is so popular with the people that he has power over them. When Jonathan E. refuses to retire, the rules of the game are changed to make rollerball a fight to the death. But even that does not stop Jonathan E. from participating with his teammates in the sport of rollerball.
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Sidekicks 1974 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr., Blythe Danner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Hal Williams, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jr., Denver Pyle, John Beck
Quince (Larry Hagman) and Jason (Louis Gossett Jr.) are inept con men out West in the Civil War era. They are bounty hunters also working a scam in which Quince continuously sells Jason as a slave. OK fun, but the TV pilot didn't generate a series.
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Sky Riders 1976  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, Kenneth Griffith, Zouzou, Steven Keats, John Beck, Anthony Antypas
Hang-gliding stunts provide the backdrop for this action film involving the rescue of a mother and her children caught up in an international terrorist's kidnapping scheme.
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Sleeper 1973 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Marya Small, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer, John McLiam, Bartlett Robinson, Peter Hobbs, Chris Forbes
Woody Allen plays a man who has been asleep for 200 years and wakes up in a futuristic world where he becomes involved with a rebel cause and falls in love with a poetess (Diane Keaton).
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The Spoilers 1930 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western / Action
Director: Edwin Carewe
Cast: Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, Betty Compson, William "Stage" Boyd, Oscar Apfel, James Kirkwood, Slim Summerville, Harry Green, Lloyd Ingraham, George Irving, Knute Erickson, Merrill McCormick, John Beck, Jack Holmes, Charles K. French
In this early Western film, gold prospector Roy Glenister (Gary Cooper) meets and falls in love with Helen (Kay Johnson) while voyaging to the Yukon. When Glenister arrives in Alaska, his partners Slapjack Simms and Joe Dextry (Slim Summerville and James Kirkwood) inform him that they are in danger of losing their mine because U.S. marshal Voorhees (Jack Holmes), Judge Stillman (Lloyd Ingraham), and politician Alec McNamara (William "Stage" Boyd) are conspiring to gain ownership of the mines in the area. Helen suggests that they take the matter to court, but that turns out to be impossible. Finally, Glenister takes matters into his own hands and whips McNamara in a powerful fistfight. 1 User Review
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| | orlalobo1 01/30/2007 | i would be happy to rate this movie if i could ever see it. i am 65 & this is the only
gary cooper movie i have never(of sound pictures). why isn't it ever shown on
tv or out on dvd. i like the john wayne version but i really want to see the 1930 version with gary cooper.
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Suspect Device 1995 R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Rick Jacobson
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Stacey Travis, Jed Allan, John Beck, Marcus Aurelius, Jonathan Fuller, Jeff Allin, Heidi Sorenson, Mark Ginther, Betty Vaughan
Dan Jericho (C. Thomas Howell) realizes that the CIA is trying to erase him from existence, and he finds brick walls in his paths to escape.
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| 1. Audrey Rose (1977)
2. The Bat People (1974)
aka: It Lives By Night
aka: It's Alive!
3. The Big Bus (1976)
4. Billy the Kid (1930)
aka: The Highwayman Rides
5. Black Day, Blue Night (1995)
6. Call of the Wild (1976)
7. Deadly Illusion (1987)
aka: Love You to Death
8. Everyman's Law (1936)
9. Flamingo Road (1980)
10. Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the... (1994)
11. Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971)
12. The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
13. Rollerball (1975)
14. Sidekicks (1974)
15. Sky Riders (1976)
16. Sleeper (1973)
17. The Spoilers (1930)
18. Suspect Device (1995)
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