Gloria Stroock

The Competition (1980)

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Oliansky
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Amy Irving  •  Lee Remick  •  Sam Wanamaker

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Oliansky
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Amy Irving  •  Lee Remick  •  Sam Wanamaker

Uncommon Valor (1983)

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Fred Ward  •  Robert Stack  •  Patrick Swayze

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Fred Ward  •  Robert Stack  •  Patrick Swayze

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  George Segal  •  Jane Fonda  •  Ed McMahon  •  Fred Willard

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  George Segal  •  Jane Fonda  •  Ed McMahon  •  Fred Willard

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)

The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Barbara Parkins  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Darleen Carr

The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Barbara Parkins  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Darleen Carr

The Patricia Neal Story (1981)

The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page  •  Anthony Harvey
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Ken Kercheval  •  Jane Merrow

The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page  •  Anthony Harvey
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Ken Kercheval  •  Jane Merrow

Seed of Innocence (1980)

A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boaz Davidson
CAST:  Timothy Wead  •  Azizi Johari  •  Mary Cannon  •  Tom Davidson

A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boaz Davidson
CAST:  Timothy Wead  •  Azizi Johari  •  Mary Cannon  •  Tom Davidson

City in Fear (1980)

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor  •  Alan Smithee
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Robert Vaughn  •  Perry King  •  Mickey Rourke

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor  •  Alan Smithee
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Robert Vaughn  •  Perry King  •  Mickey Rourke

Death Car on the Freeway (1979)

A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the road with his powerful van.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Needham
CAST:  Shelley Hack  •  Frank Gorshin  •  Peter Graves  •  Harriet Nelson

A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the road with his powerful van.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Needham
CAST:  Shelley Hack  •  Frank Gorshin  •  Peter Graves  •  Harriet Nelson

The Day of the Locust (1975)

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Karen Black  •  Burgess Meredith  •  William Atherton

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Karen Black  •  Burgess Meredith  •  William Atherton

Passions (1984)

A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Joanne Woodward  •  Lindsay Wagner  •  Richard Crenna  •  Mason Adams

A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Joanne Woodward  •  Lindsay Wagner  •  Richard Crenna  •  Mason Adams

The Snoop Sisters (1972)

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are the authors of murder-mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. This TV pilot film became a series of rotating movies the following season.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard B. Stern
CAST:  Helen Hayes  •  Mildred Natwick  •  Art Carney  •  Paulette Goddard

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are the authors of murder-mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. This TV pilot film became a series of rotating movies the following season.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard B. Stern
CAST:  Helen Hayes  •  Mildred Natwick  •  Art Carney  •  Paulette Goddard

No Easy Way (1996)

Matthew, a concert pianist played by Alan Boyce, has kept his HIV positive status secret and refuses help from family and doctors. On the night he loses his job playing mood music in a fancy hotel, Matthew meets a streetwise panhandler Diana and the pair become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Fine
CAST:  Alan Boyce  •  Khandi Alexander  •  Gloria Stroock

Matthew, a concert pianist played by Alan Boyce, has kept his HIV positive status secret and refuses help from family and doctors. On the night he loses his job playing mood music in a fancy hotel, Matthew meets a streetwise panhandler Diana and the pair become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Fine
CAST:  Alan Boyce  •  Khandi Alexander  •  Gloria Stroock

Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (1977)

A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation of a mysterious intruder provides them with a rather weak case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Astin
CAST:  Tony Roberts  •  Squire Fridell  •  Jane Elliot  •  Susan Anspach

A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation of a mysterious intruder provides them with a rather weak case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Astin
CAST:  Tony Roberts  •  Squire Fridell  •  Jane Elliot  •  Susan Anspach