Harlan Jordan

Johnny Be Good (1988)

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud S. Smith
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Uma Thurman  •  Paul Gleason

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud S. Smith
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Uma Thurman  •  Paul Gleason

Local Hero (1983)

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Forsyth
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Peter Riegert  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Denis Lawson

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Forsyth
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Peter Riegert  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Denis Lawson

Talk Radio (1988)

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A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Eric Bogosian  •  Ellen Greene  •  Leslie Hope  •  John C. McGinley

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Eric Bogosian  •  Ellen Greene  •  Leslie Hope  •  John C. McGinley

Tender Mercies (1983)

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Robert Duvall  •  Tess Harper  •  Betty Buckley  •  Wilford Brimley

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Robert Duvall  •  Tess Harper  •  Betty Buckley  •  Wilford Brimley

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Chainsaw-wielding maniac Leatherface is up to his cannibalistic ways once again, along with the rest of his twisted clan, including the equally disturbed Chop-Top. This time, the masked killer has set his sights on pretty disc jockey Vanita "Stretch" Brock, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Caroline Williams  •  Jim Siedow  •  Bill Moseley

Chainsaw-wielding maniac Leatherface is up to his cannibalistic ways once again, along with the rest of his twisted clan, including the equally disturbed Chop-Top. This time, the masked killer has set his sights on pretty disc jockey Vanita "Stretch" Brock, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Caroline Williams  •  Jim Siedow  •  Bill Moseley

Square Dance (1987)

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Rob Lowe  •  Jason Robards  •  Jane Alexander

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Rob Lowe  •  Jason Robards  •  Jane Alexander

Harley (1991)

Harley is a 'troubled teen' from L.A. who is arrested. A progressive social worker has Harley sent to Texas to live with the Nortons, an open-minded, heartful Christian family, and spend two months on their ranch. Surrounded by a town full of doddering hicks, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Holmes
CAST:  Lou Diamond Phillips  •  Eli Cummins  •  Jan DeWitt  •  Kim Valentine

Harley is a 'troubled teen' from L.A. who is arrested. A progressive social worker has Harley sent to Texas to live with the Nortons, an open-minded, heartful Christian family, and spend two months on their ranch. Surrounded by a town full of doddering hicks, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Holmes
CAST:  Lou Diamond Phillips  •  Eli Cummins  •  Jan DeWitt  •  Kim Valentine

Fugitive Among Us (1992)

An increasingly obsessed detective chases an escaped rapist across the Southwest and enters into a complicated relationship with one of the victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Toshiyuki Uno
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Eric Roberts  •  Elizabeth Peña  •  Guy Boyd

An increasingly obsessed detective chases an escaped rapist across the Southwest and enters into a complicated relationship with one of the victims.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Toshiyuki Uno
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Eric Roberts  •  Elizabeth Peña  •  Guy Boyd

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stan Lathan
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Avery Brooks  •  Kate Burton  •  Bruce Dern

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stan Lathan
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Avery Brooks  •  Kate Burton  •  Bruce Dern

Holiday in Your Heart (1997)

LeAnn Rimes plays herself from her childhood in Nashville to her performing around the country as a country-western singer, until she has to make a choice: Does she perform at the Grand Ole Opry, following her dreams? Or does she not go to the concert, and stay at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Switzer
CAST:  LeAnn Rimes  •  Bernadette Peters  •  Rebecca Schull  •  Vernon Grote

LeAnn Rimes plays herself from her childhood in Nashville to her performing around the country as a country-western singer, until she has to make a choice: Does she perform at the Grand Ole Opry, following her dreams? Or does she not go to the concert, and stay at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Switzer
CAST:  LeAnn Rimes  •  Bernadette Peters  •  Rebecca Schull  •  Vernon Grote

Blaze (1989)

This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Shelton
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Lolita Davidovich  •  Jerry Hardin  •  Gailard Sartain

This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Shelton
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Lolita Davidovich  •  Jerry Hardin  •  Gailard Sartain

Innocent Prey (1984)

A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Eggleston
CAST:  P.J. Soles  •  Kit Taylor  •  Grigor Taylor  •  Martin Balsam

A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Eggleston
CAST:  P.J. Soles  •  Kit Taylor  •  Grigor Taylor  •  Martin Balsam

Papa Was a Preacher (1986)

Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Feke
CAST:  Robert Pine  •  Georgia Engel  •  Imogene Coca  •  Dean Stockwell

Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Feke
CAST:  Robert Pine  •  Georgia Engel  •  Imogene Coca  •  Dean Stockwell

Nadine (1987)

Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon, into going along when she returns to the office, where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Benton
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Kim Basinger  •  Rip Torn  •  Gwen Verdon

Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon, into going along when she returns to the office, where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Benton
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Kim Basinger  •  Rip Torn  •  Gwen Verdon

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Mann
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Charles Durning  •  Sônia Braga  •  Kyra Sedgwick

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Mann
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Charles Durning  •  Sônia Braga  •  Kyra Sedgwick

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979)

To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading squad and plants his reporter/girlfriend among the girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Bilson
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Bert Convy  •  Bucky Dent  •  Laraine Stephens

To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading squad and plants his reporter/girlfriend among the girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Bilson
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Bert Convy  •  Bucky Dent  •  Laraine Stephens

With Intent to Kill (1984)

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ultimately found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity and placed in an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Robe
CAST:  Karl Malden  •  Paul Sorvino  •  Shirley Knight  •  Timothy Patrick Murphy

A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ultimately found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity and placed in an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Robe
CAST:  Karl Malden  •  Paul Sorvino  •  Shirley Knight  •  Timothy Patrick Murphy

Broken Promise (1981)

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Melissa Michaelsen  •  George Coe  •  McKee Anderson

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Melissa Michaelsen  •  George Coe  •  McKee Anderson

Stormin' Home (1985)

An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Jameson
CAST:  Gil Gerard  •  Lisa Blount  •  Pat Corley  •  Emily Moultrie

An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Jameson
CAST:  Gil Gerard  •  Lisa Blount  •  Pat Corley  •  Emily Moultrie