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 Posted:   Apr 15, 2010 - 7:17 PM   
 By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member)

THANK YOU, MR. TRAVIS (Made for TV CBS 1975)
Brooklyn housing inspector Travis Dumont (Robert Hooks) befriends and comes to the rescue of a group of down on their luck tenants that are facing eviction proceedings in this heartfelt, uplifting family drama. Bernie Hamilton, Gloria Hendry, Franklyn Ajaye, Herb Edelman, Liz Torres, DeVeren Bookwalter, Roger Bowen, James Spinks.

 
 Posted:   Apr 18, 2010 - 10:55 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

THANK YOU, MR. TRAVIS (Made for TV CBS 1975)
Brooklyn housing inspector Travis Dumont (Robert Hooks) befriends and comes to the rescue of a group of down on their luck tenants that are facing eviction proceedings in this heartfelt, uplifting family drama. Bernie Hamilton, Gloria Hendry, Franklyn Ajaye, Herb Edelman, Liz Torres, DeVeren Bookwalter, Roger Bowen, James Spinks.


It just reeks of Norman Lear. LOL

 
 Posted:   Apr 18, 2010 - 11:11 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

FISTS OF CLAY (1983)
Directed by George P. Cosmatos.
An unassuming pottery instructor (Charles Bronson) wages war on the racketeers bullying his fellow business owners in a dillapidated downtown area of Los Angeles--using weapons constructed from hardened adobe. Alex Rocco; Jill Ireland; Jim Carrey; Morgan Brittany; Chad Allen. A Golan-Globus production.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2010 - 7:08 PM   
 By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member)

THANK YOU, MR. TRAVIS (Made for TV CBS 1975)
Brooklyn housing inspector Travis Dumont (Robert Hooks) befriends and comes to the rescue of a group of down on their luck tenants that are facing eviction proceedings in this heartfelt, uplifting family drama. Bernie Hamilton, Gloria Hendry, Franklyn Ajaye, Herb Edelman, Liz Torres, DeVeren Bookwalter, Roger Bowen, James Spinks.


It just reeks of Norman Lear. LOL


You're right. And it probably could have even evolved into a "short lived" series.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2010 - 10:08 PM   
 By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member)

IN WITH THE NEW (1978)
Vincent Gardenia stars as a Sales Manager for a top Palm Beach Cadillac dealership who discovers that he can make more money by torching the premise than relying on his quirky staff of salesman, in this black comedy. Robert Reed, Leslie Ackerman, Mark Shera, Vic Tayback, John Schuck, and Frank Gorshin as "Sheldon Wint"


Frank Gorshin deserved a nomination for this role.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 19, 2010 - 11:45 PM   
 By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member)

SENIOR CITIZEN (2008)
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this easygoing drama about a 78 year old retired former tough guy police detective who becomes inspired to write an award winning book about his secrets to growing tasty fresh vegetables and herbs all in the limited space of his condomium garden. David Morse, Veronica Cartwright, Arye Gross, Lilli Taylor, David Hornsby, Felton Perry, and Susan Sarandon as "Susan".

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2010 - 7:56 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

APACHE CHIEF (2005)
Directed by Mike Newell.
Tagline: "Inyuk-chyuk!"
Apache Chief (Benecio Del Toro) does battle against the minions of a petroleum company, whose CEO (Robert Duvall) is determined to turn the reservation into a hugely-profitable oil field. Jesper Christensen, Scarlett Johanssen, John C. Reilly, and Wes Studi as "Wise One."

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2010 - 10:43 AM   
 By:   Max Bellochio   (Member)

IN WITH THE NEW (1978)
Vincent Gardenia stars as a Sales Manager for a top Palm Beach Cadillac dealership who discovers that he can make more money by torching the premise than relying on his quirky staff of salesman, in this black comedy. Robert Reed, Leslie Ackerman, Mark Shera, Vic Tayback, John Schuck, and Frank Gorshin as "Sheldon Wint"


Frank Gorshin deserved a nomination for this role.


It was the only role in which he did not "chain smoke" throughout the picture.

MaxB

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2010 - 10:52 AM   
 By:   Max Bellochio   (Member)

SCEPTRE OF A GOLDEN GOD (1976)
Ron Ely essays an archaeologist who discovers a lost Sumerian "staff" that contains mysterious powers that enable him to fight for the forces of good, as he battles an evil rich aristocrat (Curt Jurgens) from destroying the world. Barry Morse, Ian McShane, Yvette Mimieux, John Saxon, and Severn Darden as "Dr. Leon Winstead."

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2010 - 11:07 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

CONCOMITANCE (1977)
Directed by Michael Winner.
A Scotland Yard inspector (Michael Caine) investigates a series of murders in London that all have one connection: a solitary drummer silently observing the crimes. Ian Hendry; Susannah York; Ian Ogilvy; Laurence Naismith; Burgess Meredith; Joan Collins; and Klaus Kinski as "The Drummer Man."

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2010 - 7:02 PM   
 By:   Max Bellochio   (Member)

MENTAL MEN (1991)
Story about five metally unstable convicts (Michael Ironside, Reginald Vel Johnson, William Sadler, Reuben Blades, and Lou Diamond Phillips) who become concession clerks during the 1986 Detroit Tigers season and plan to rob the stadium vault. Geena Davis, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Peterson, Joe Pesci, and John hurt as "The Colonel"

 
 Posted:   Apr 20, 2010 - 7:47 PM   
 By:   Viscount Bark   (Member)

CABARET (1969)

MGM's attempt to make one more Freed Unit-styled musical. The Kander-Ebb Broadway sensation is brought to the screen with direction by Vincente Minnelli and starring Leslie Caron as Sally, Fred Astaire as Herr Schlutz, Kathryn Grayson as Fraulein Schneider, Carleton Carpenter as Clifford and Gene Kelly as the Emcee. 1930 Berlin is brought to vivid life right in the studio.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2010 - 7:31 AM   
 By:   Donna   (Member)

SOME GUESTS; LIKE FISH...(1967)
When an act of nature strands the British relatives of a straight-laced Dallas family, tensions run from church service fistfights to carving knife incidents! Michael Caine, Slim Pickens, Judy Carne, Davy Jones, Michael Anderson Jr., Skeeter Davis, Dolly Parton, Willy Nelson, and Tuesday Weld as "Sweet Cheeks"

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2010 - 9:20 PM   
 By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member)

WHEN A HUSBAND KNOWS (Made for TV Movie Of The Week ABC 1974)
A seemingly happily married family man (Lawrence Pressman) begins to have doubts about his loving wife (Stockard Channing) when mysterious letters from doctors are being hidden from him concerning a possible sex change operation. Lloyd Bridges, Dana Elcar, Tige Andrews, Diana Muldaur, Margot Kidder, Graham Beckel.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2010 - 11:37 PM   
 By:   ANZALDIMAN   (Member)

THE ECHO ROOM (1975)
After a celebrated psychologist (Robert Foxworth) discovers a bit too much about a political murder, he is spirited away by a group of radicals to a remote tropical island complex where a series of drug induced experiments are performed in an attempt to alter his memory. Anthony Zerbe, Jonathan Frid, Don Stroud, Pamela Tiffin, Charles Dierkop, David Hinton, Betty Ann Rees, Warren Stevens.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 22, 2010 - 9:20 AM   
 By:   Donna   (Member)

THREE-BEAN SALAD ON THE SIDE (1980)
After her cheating husband leaves her with 2 young children to raise, a distraught housewife (Michelle Pffeifer) learns how to find new love and a career in the processed food industry. Peter Coyote, Alyssa Milano, Michael J Fox, Sidney Poitier, Gary Coleman, Molly Ringwald, and Kirk Cameron as Little Stringer.

 
 Posted:   Apr 22, 2010 - 9:37 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN AND THE CASE OF THE PARTED PASTRAMI (1988)
Directed by Nicholas Roeg.
When students' lunchboxes begin vanishing at an alarming rate, teen detective Encyclopedia Brown (Tobey Maguire) is on the case despite the interference of an unscrupulous PTA president (Jeffrey Jones), a shrewish teacher (Kim Cattrall), and arch-enemy Bugs Meany (Courtney Gains). Mary Steenbergen; Geoffrey Lewis; Winona Ryder.

 
 Posted:   Apr 22, 2010 - 10:43 AM   
 By:   Max Bellochio   (Member)

BUCKS COUNTY (1979)
A seasoned Philadelphia Police detective (Severn Darden) is brought on to solve a series of Lancaster Amish murders, which may be connected to one of his previous investigations. Morgan Woodward, William Windom, Perry King, Gloria McMillan, Susanna Dalton, and Martin Balsam as "Arnold Lapp"

 
 Posted:   Apr 22, 2010 - 8:21 PM   
 By:   Max Bellochio   (Member)

THE PENNSYLVANIA DETECTIVES (1981)
Philadelphia Police Detective Mason James (Severn Darden) is back on the case as he investigates the murders of a prominent socialite and her connection to an Atlantic City mobster in this follow-up to BUCKS COUNTY. Tom Conti, Teri Garr, Laura Dean, Booth Colman, and William Windom as "Commissioner Lew Hirsch"

 
 Posted:   Apr 23, 2010 - 6:28 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

VEGEMITE METERLONG (1989)
Directed by Yahoo Serious.
Brisbane P.I. Tal Wizrain (Yahoo Serious) takes on seedy cases of infidelity, kidnapping, and...you guessed it- a missing sandwich in this affectionate Australian homage to Film Noir. Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Su Cruickshank, and John Inman as "Uncle Mr Humphries."

 
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