The Big Bus 1976  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Ned Beatty, Jose Ferrer, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Lynn Redgrave, Rene Auberjonois, Bob Dishy, Ruth Gordon, Harold Gould, Stuart Margolin, Richard B. Shull
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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The California Kid 1974  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips, Stuart Margolin, Nick Nolte, Joe Estevez, Janit Baldwin, Gary Morgan, Frederic Downs, Don Mantooth, Britt Leach, Norman Bartold, Barbara Collentine, Michael Richardson, Gavan O'Herlihy
Sadistic Sheriff Roy Childress (Vic Morrow) doesn't like speeders, and so he runs them off curving mountainous roads. Then along comes the hot-rodding brother Michael McCord (Martin Sheen) of one of the victims, Don McCord (Sheen's real-life brother Joe Estevez), and Michael is out for revenge.
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Class 1983  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, Stuart Margolin, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen, Casey Siemaszko, Anna Maria Horsford, Rodney Pearson, Deborah Thalberg, Fern Persons, Aaron Douglas, Remak Ramsay
Naive prep-school student Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) has an affair with his roommate Skip's (Rob Lowe) Andrew McCarthy) mother, Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset). Ellen puts an end to the love affair when she learns that Jonathan is only 17. Problems accelerate when Jonathan brings Skip home for Christmas and learns of the affair.
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Days of Heaven 1978  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke, Jackie Shultis, Stuart Margolin, Timothy Scott, Richard Libertini, Gene Bell, Doug Kershaw, Frenchie Lemond, Bob Wilson, Sahbra Markus, Muriel Jolliffe
Bill (Richard Gere) is a 1920s' Chicago steelworker who sets out with his girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) and sister Linda (Linda Manz) to work in the wheat fields of the Texas panhandle. They find work on a farmer's (Sam Shepard) ranch. When Bill learns that the farmer is terminally ill and that he has fallen in love with Abby, Bill convinces Abby to marry the farmer as the means of inheriting a fortune. But, plans go awry, and tragedy awaits. Beautifully photographed (and won an Oscar for Best Cinematography).
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Death Wish 1974  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Olympia Dukakis, Christopher Guest, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace
When a liberal architect's (Charles Bronson) wife (Hope Lange) is murdered and his daughter (Kathleen Tolan) is terrorized into a comatose state by muggers, he takes the law into his own hands and becomes an urban vigilante. A fascinating, almost terrifying, statement about gun control laws.
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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble 1993 TV, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Stuart Margolin
Cast: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman, Phil Fondacaro, Eric McCormack, Kelli Fox, Wayne Robson, Matthew Walker, Meshach Taylor, Denalda Williams, Gary Jones, Alex Green, Babs Chula, Bill Meilen, Nora McLellan
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are back–this time in dual roles of Kelly and Lynn Farmer and their young aunts Sofia and Agatha during their childhood. Kelly and Lynn try to save the family home from the clutches of their evil Aunt Agatha (now played by Cloris Leachman) who has managed to cast a spell on her own twin sister, Aunt Sophia (also Cloris Leachman).
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A Fine Mess 1986  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Ted Danson, Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Stuart Margolin, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Rick Ducommun, Keye Luke, Ed Herlihy, Walter Charles, Tawny Moyer, Emma Walton, Carrie Leigh, Sharan Lea
When an actor overhears a plot to drug racehorses, he immediately finds himself in jeopardy because of what he knows. Slapstick that does not work.
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Futureworld 1976 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner, John P. Ryan, Stuart Margolin, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Antonio, Angela Greene, Bert Conroy, Allen Ludden, Darrell Larson, Nancy Bell, Dana Lee, John Fujioka
This sequel to "Westworld" is every bit as gripping as its predecessor. Dr. Duffy (Arthur Hill) has been in charge of robots replacing his theme park Westworld with Futureworld. Investigative reporter Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda) teams up with Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) to investigate the park, and they discover that Duffy is plotting to take over the world by inviting world leaders to visit and then replacing them with robot clones.
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The Gambler 1974 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Morris Carnovsky, Burt Young, Stuart Margolin, M. Emmet Walsh, Vic Tayback, James Woods, Carmine Caridi, Steven Keats, London Lee, Allan Rich, Carl W. Crudup
Gambling addict Axel Freed (James Caan) is a professor at a New York university. However, when he is not in his classroom, Axel gambles and cannot be convinced that he has an illness. His family–mother Naomi (Jacqueline Brooke) and grandfather A.R. Lowenthal (Morris Carnovsky)–have helped him as has his girlfriend Billie (Lauren Hutton), but now he is hopelessly in debt. Axel owes thousands to his bookie Hips (Paul Sorvino) who is losing patience with him, and Axel now is forced to deal with the vindictive world of loan sharks.
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Guilty by Suspicion 1991 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker, Martin Scorsese, Brad Sullivan, Gailard Sartain, Stuart Margolin, Chris Cooper, Luke Edwards, Ben Piazza, Tom Sizemore, Roxann Dawson, Robin Gammell
America's 1950s witch-hunt for Communists is the focus of this movie about the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigation of creative forces in Hollywood's film industry. Film director David Merrill (Robert De Niro) is estranged from his wife Ruth (Annette Bening), but when his boss Darryl F. Zanuck (Ben Piazza) tells him that he has been summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Ruth sympathizes with him. In an effort to help his friend Bunny Baxter (George Wendt), Merrill refuses to testify, and Merrill is blacklisted. But, after reuniting with Ruth, Merrill agrees to testify despite problems with his conscience.
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The Hi-Line 1999 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Judkins
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Ryan Alosio, Tantoo Cardinal, Margot Kidder, Stuart Margolin, Rainer Judd, Peter Walther, Dana Latsch, Philip Winchester, Albert J. Kalanick
Sam (Ryan Alosio) arrives in Vera's (Rachael Leigh Cook) hometown pretending to be interviewing possible employees for a discount store. But, he is really carrying a letter from Vera's deceased father, and, when Vera finds out that her parents adopted her, she sets out with Sam to find her birth mother.
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How the West Was Fun 1994  G, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Stuart Margolin
Cast: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Martin Mull, Michele Greene, Patrick Cassidy, Ben Cardinal, Leon Pownall, Peg Phillips, Wes Tritter
During what was supposed to be an uncomplicated visit to their grandmother's ranch, Susie and Jessica (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) get in the middle of a fracas with would-be developers who have other plans for the dude ranch.
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Iron Eagle II 1988 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe, Sharon Brandon, Maury Chaykin, Colm Feore, Clark Johnson, Jason Blicker, Jesse Collins, Mark Ivanir, Uri Gavriel, Neil Munro, Douglas Sheldon, Azaria Rapaport
American pilot Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.) is back. This time, he and another American pilot, Captain Matt Cooper (Mark Humphrey), join forces with Russian pilots at a base in India where they plan a combined assault on a missile base in the Middle East. As they begin to put their plan together, Chappy learns that someone in the Pentagon plans to sabotage their top-secret mission. But, with Chappy's expert guidance and training, the teams successfully carry out the mission.
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Kelly's Heroes 1970 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Adventure / Drama
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, Stuart Margolin, Jeff Morris, Richard Davalos, Hal Buckley, Perry Lopez, Tom Troupe, Gene Collins, Dick Balduzzi
The time is World War II, and American serviceman Kelly (Clint Eastwood) learns that the Nazi's have $16 million in gold bullion. While on a three-day pass, Kelly leads a very unlikely group–Big Joe (Telly Savalas), Crapgame (Don Rickles), and Oddball (Donald Sutherland)–inside enemy territory with plans to steal the gold bullion for their own use at war's end.
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A Killer in the Family 1983 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Robert Mitchum, James Spader, Lance Kerwin, Eric Stoltz, Salome Jens, Lynn Carlin, Stuart Margolin, Arliss Howard, Catherine Mary Stewart, Amanda Wyss, Susan Swift, Nolan Adams, Spencer Alston, Craig Clyde, Tip Boxell
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film tells of the psychotic killer, Gary Tison (Robert Mitchum), who talks his three sons–Donny, Ray, and Ricky (James Spader, Lance Kerwin, and Eric Stoltz)–into helping him and his also-psycho buddy Randy Greenawalt (Stuart Margolin) get out of jail in 1978. After getting them out, the sons are caught up in a killing spree.
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The Room Upstairs 1987 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Margolin
Cast: Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Linda Hunt, Joan Allen, Clancy Brown, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Handy, Jerry O'Connell, De'voreaux White, Renee Estevez
Lonely Leah (Stockard Channing) teaches special needs children and rents rooms in her family house to make ends meet. A simple story of Leah and her boarders, including Cellist Travis (Sam Waterston) who may end her loneliness. Made for TV.
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S.O.B. 1981 R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Richard Mulligan, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Robert Preston, Loretta Swit, Robert Loggia, Stuart Margolin, Craig Stevens, Jennifer Edwards, Rosanna Arquette
Director Blake Edwards presented this satire on Hollywood's filmmaking that parallels the experiences of Edwards and his wife, Julie Andrews, as they rose to fame.
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The Stone Killer 1973 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, David Sheiner, Norman Fell, Ralph Waite, Walter Burke, John Ritter, Eddie Firestone, Charles Tyner, Paul Koslo, Jack Colvin, Stuart Margolin, Alfred Ryder, Kelley Miles, Lisabeth Hush
A cop, Detective Lou Torrey (Charles Bronson), is transferred to Los Angeles and tracks down low-life gangsters with Mafia connections in this violent–but entertaining–action film.
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To Grandmother's House We Go 1992 TV, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jeff Franklin
Cast: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Rhea Perlman, Cynthia Geary, J. Eddie Peck, Stuart Margolin, Jerry Van Dyke, Rick Poltaruk, Leslie Carlson, Florence Patterson
In this first of many films starring Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, the twins set off for Grandma's (Florence Patterson) house and, in the process, become involved in a whole set of adventures.
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| 1. The Big Bus (1976)
2. The California Kid (1974)
3. Class (1983)
4. Days of Heaven (1978)
5. Death Wish (1974)
6. Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
7. A Fine Mess (1986)
8. Futureworld (1976)
9. The Gambler (1974)
10. Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
11. The Hi-Line (1999)
12. How the West Was Fun (1994)
13. Iron Eagle II (1988)
14. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
15. A Killer in the Family (1983)
16. The Room Upstairs (1987)
17. S.O.B. (1981)
18. The Stone Killer (1973)
19. To Grandmother's House We Go (1992)
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