At War with the Army 1950  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee, Dick Stabile, Tommy Farrell, Polly Bergen, Angela Greene, Douglas Evans, Frank Hyers, Danny Dayton, William Mendrek, Kenneth Forbes, Paul Livermore, Jean Ruth
This is Dean Martin's and Jerry Lewis' first film in which they are the headliners. They play two Army friends, 1st Sgt. Vic Puccinelli and Pfc. Alvin Korwin, who have grown up together and performed as a song-and-dance team before enlisting in the Army. Their lives are heading in different directions, both professionally and personally. Vic has done well in the Army, but Alvin continues to bumble his way through assignments. Alvin is married, but Vic is involved in womanizing adventures with beautiful Helen (Polly Bergen) while his pregnant ex-girlfriend Millie (Jean Ruth) continues to pursue him. Nevertheless, Vic and Alvin do stick together through a number of escapades.
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The Boston Strangler 1968   N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Sally Kellerman, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, William Marshall, George Voskovec, Leora Dana, Carolyn Conwell, Jeanne Cooper, Austin Willis, Lara Lindsay
For more than two years, from 1962 to 1964, Boston women seemed to be at the mercy of a psychopathic killer. He began strangling and raping elderly women and then switched to younger women–a total of 13 victims–by the end of his reign of terror. Boston Police Department detective John S. Bottomly (Henry Fonda) directs the investigation, and it is not until one victim, Diane Cluny (Sally Kellerman), survives her attack and reports that she bit her attacker's hand that the clues fit together and lead to the capture of serial killer Albert DeSalvo (Tony Curtis). 1 User Review
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| | Brilliantly noir & Tony at his serious best. | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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Echoes 1983 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Living Nightmare
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Richard Alfieri, Nathalie Nell, Ruth Roman, Gale Sondergaard, Mercedes McCambridge, Mike Kellin, John Spencer, Paul Joynt, Leonard Crofoot, Dennis Wayne
In this psychic tale, Michael Durant (Richard Alfieri) is suffering from recurrent nightmares about being attacked by his unborn twin brother.
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Girlfriends 1978 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Claudia Weill
Cast: Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner, Eli Wallach, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Amy Wright, Viveca Lindfors, Mike Kellin, Jean De Baer, Kenneth McMillan
Photographer Susan Weinblatt (Melanie Mayron)–young, lonely, confused–tries to cope after her roommate leaves to get married.
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God Told Me To 1976  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Demon
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Sam Levene, Robert Drivas, Mike Kellin, Richard Lynch, Sammy Williams, Jo Flores Chase, Andy Kaufman
The perpetrators of murders without motives freely admit their guilt with the statement that "God told me to." Detective Peter Nicholas (Tony Lo Bianco) investigates, and the answers appear to lie with a Christ-like figure and aliens.
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Hell Is for Heroes 1962 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Don Haggerty, Nick Adams, Bob Newhart, L.Q. Jones, Mike Kellin, Joseph Hoover, Bill Mullikin, Michele Montau, Chuck Hicks, Robert Phillips
In this World War II drama, Sergeant John Reese (Steve McQueen) has been demoted because of his drinking and is sent back to his old squad, which is assigned to defend an area near a German pillbox. Reese persuades his squad leader Sgt. Larkin (Harry Guardino) to convince the Germans that the U.S. squad is much larger than it really is. Then, against orders, Reese leads two members of his squad in an attack on the pillbox. The attack fails, and the two men are killed, but Reese, despite being threatened with court martial, once again attacks the pillbox–this time alone. Reese is killed in his effort, but he has enabled the Allies to overtake the Germans.
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Invitation to a Gunfighter 1964 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Wilson
Cast: Yul Brynner, Janice Rule, Brad Dexter, Alfred Ryder, George Segal, Pat Hingle, Mike Kellin, Bert Freed, Strother Martin, Clifton James
Returning home to the New Mexico Territory following action in the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier (Yul Brynner) finds he has lost his land. He fights a psychotic gunslinger as the balance of power in his part of the West is at stake.
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 The Jazz Singer 1980  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Nicholas, Sully Boyar, Mike Kellin, James Booth, Luther Waters, Rod Gist, Walter Janovitz, Janet Brandt, John Witherspoon
Cantor Rabinovitch (Laurence Olivier) wishes a different life for his son Yussel (Neil Diamond) when Yussel leaves his family behind in New York City and travels to Los Angeles. He hooks up with recording company executive Molly (Lucie Arnaz) who promotes his career. Stardom is just around the corner when Yussel–now known as Jess Robin–realizes that leaving his synagogue and family just might have been a mistake.
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Just Before Dawn 1981 R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeff Lieberman
Cast: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson, Ralph Seymour, Katie Powell, John Hunsaker, Charles Bartlett, Jamie Rose, Hap Oslund, Barbara Spencer
Forest Ranger McLean (George Kennedy) warns the camping party who arrive that a crazed man, with machete in hand, has been terrorizing the mountains. After the warning, campers start disappearing, one-by-one.
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Lonelyhearts 1958  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Dolores Hart, Maureen Stapleton, Frank Maxwell, Jackie Coogan, Mike Kellin, Frank Overton, Onslow Stevens
Based on Nathaniel West's novel, this is a fair representation of his story about Adam White (Montgomery Clift) who takes on the "Miss Lonelyhearts" column for his newspaper. Maureen Stapleton received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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Midnight Express 1978 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith, Mike Kellin, Norbert Weisser, Michael Ensign, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Diogene, Kevork Malikyan, Peter Jeffrey
This film is based on the true story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) who, as an American college student, was arrested for smuggling hashish in Turkey. The story details the suffering Billy endured during his five-year imprisonment and subsequent escape. The film won two Academy Awards (Best Writing and Musical Score), and four nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (John Hurt).
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The Mountain Road 1960  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Glenn Corbett, Harry Morgan, Alan Baxter, Frank Silvera, James Best, Rudy Bond, Mike Kellin, Eddie Firestone
United States fighter pilots, stationed in China during World War II, try to fend off the advancing Japanese army. 1 User Review
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| | American retreating through the mountain roads in China | Greg 05/03/2009 | | The might of the American soldiers was bruised by the advancing Japanese in China. The adventure through the mountain roads with the Chinese encounter reveals the courage, anger, hardship, and love. |
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village 1976 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken, Lou Jacobi, Jeff Goldblum, Antonio Fargas, Don Brenner, Mike Kellin
Written and directed by Paul Mazursky, this is a semi-autobiography about life among actors living in Greenwich Village in the 1950s.
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On the Yard 1978 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raphael D. Silver
Cast: John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin, Richard Bright, Joe Grifasi, Lane Smith, David Clennon, Don Blakely, J.C. Quinn, Dominic Chianese
Convict Juleson (John Heard) becomes involved in a power struggle with inmate kingpin Chilly (Thomas D. Waites) in this well-acted, but not very exciting, prison drama.
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Paternity 1981  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Steinberg
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Paul Dooley, Elizabeth Ashley, Lauren Hutton, Juanita Moore, Mike Kellin
Bachelor Buddy Evans (Burt Reynolds) wants to be a father–without the benefit of marriage. He finds the ideal surrogate mother; Maggie (Beverly D'Angelo) is a musician in need of money. 1 User Review
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| | Oldie but goodie | Anonymous 06/20/2009 | | I had forgotten the name of this film, it's so ling since I've seen it. That being said, I'm now going to buy it just to watch it again. It is dated by today's standards, but it will never really go out of fashion. |
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Sleepaway Camp 1983 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Hiltzik
Cast: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Mike Kellin, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, John Dunn, Robert Earl Jones, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo, Tom Van Dell
Angela (Felissa Rose), a girl with a troubled past, and her cousin, Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), head to Camp Arawak where a series of murders occur, each one in a different manner. Could they have anything to do with Angela and her past? Two sequels follow.
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So Fine 1981 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel, Fred Gwynne, Mike Kellin, David Rounds, Joel Stedman, Irving Metzman, Angela Pietropinto
Bobby (Ryan O'Neal) is a college professor whose father Jack (Jack Warden) owns a NYC garment business. Bobby suggests that they introduce see-through jeans after he had split his jeans. While the idea is a success, the movie only gets a so-so.
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Murphy
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, Richard Anderson, Mike Kellin, Alvy Moore
Lieutenant Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) commands a battered old SAILING ship during World War II that is assigned a mission that involves heading through Japanese-controlled waters.
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| 1. At War with the Army (1950)
2. Banning (1967)
3. The Boston Strangler (1968)
4. Echoes (1983)
aka: Living Nightmare
5. Freebie and the Bean (1974)
6. Girlfriends (1978)
7. God Told Me To (1976)
aka: Demon
8. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
9. Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
10. The Jazz Singer (1980)
11. Just Before Dawn (1981)
12. Lonelyhearts (1958)
13. Midnight Express (1978)
14. The Mountain Road (1960)
15. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
16. On the Yard (1978)
17. Paternity (1981)
18. Riot (1969)
19. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
20. So Fine (1981)
21. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
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