Toni Basil

Toni Basil is an American singer-songwriter, film and television actress, choreographer, and dancer, best known for her hit single "Mickey", which reached No. 1 in several countries in 1982.

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Catchfire (1990)

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper  •  Alan Smithee
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Jodie Foster  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Vincent Price

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper  •  Alan Smithee
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Jodie Foster  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Vincent Price

Easy Rider (1969)

A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Antonio Mendoza  •  Phil Spector

A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Antonio Mendoza  •  Phil Spector

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Karen Black  •  Billy Green Bush  •  Fannie Flagg

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Karen Black  •  Billy Green Bush  •  Fannie Flagg

Head (1968)

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Peter Tork  •  Davy Jones  •  Micky Dolenz  •  Michael Nesmith

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Rafelson
CAST:  Peter Tork  •  Davy Jones  •  Micky Dolenz  •  Michael Nesmith

Pajama Party (1964)

A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Tommy Kirk  •  Annette Funicello  •  Elsa Lanchester  •  Harvey Lembeck

A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Tommy Kirk  •  Annette Funicello  •  Elsa Lanchester  •  Harvey Lembeck

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Dean Martin  •  Sammy Davis Jr.  •  Bing Crosby

In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Dean Martin  •  Sammy Davis Jr.  •  Bing Crosby

The Last Movie (1971)

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Toni Basil  •  Stella Garcia  •  Julie Adams

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Toni Basil  •  Stella Garcia  •  Julie Adams

Village of the Giants (1965)

"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bert I. Gordon
CAST:  Tommy Kirk  •  Ron Howard  •  Beau Bridges  •  Johnny Crawford

"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bert I. Gordon
CAST:  Tommy Kirk  •  Ron Howard  •  Beau Bridges  •  Johnny Crawford

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Ann-Margret  •  William Demarest  •  Nicky Blair

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Elvis Presley  •  Ann-Margret  •  William Demarest  •  Nicky Blair

Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

Mother, Jugs and Speed work for a ambulance company competing for a L.A. city contract.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Bill Cosby  •  Raquel Welch  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Allen Garfield

Mother, Jugs and Speed work for a ambulance company competing for a L.A. city contract.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Bill Cosby  •  Raquel Welch  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Allen Garfield

Eating (1990)

At a spacious house in Los Angeles, Helene is turning 40-years old and her friends whom include French filmmaker Martine, house guest Sophie, and Lydia throw her a party. But also there is Kate a friend turning 30, and Sadie a Hollywood film agent turning 50. So, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Jaglom
CAST:  Nelly Alard  •  Lisa Blake Richards  •  Frances Bergen  •  Mary Crosby

At a spacious house in Los Angeles, Helene is turning 40-years old and her friends whom include French filmmaker Martine, house guest Sophie, and Lydia throw her a party. But also there is Kate a friend turning 30, and Sadie a Hollywood film agent turning 50. So, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Jaglom
CAST:  Nelly Alard  •  Lisa Blake Richards  •  Frances Bergen  •  Mary Crosby

Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)

A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy metal singer who was killed there tries to help the man fight the monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dimitri Logothetis
CAST:  Toni Basil  •  Tamara Hyler  •  Steven Brian Smith  •  Ty Miller

A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy metal singer who was killed there tries to help the man fight the monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dimitri Logothetis
CAST:  Toni Basil  •  Tamara Hyler  •  Steven Brian Smith  •  Ty Miller

Breakaway (1967)

Breakaway plays out like a visual symphony. A prototype for the best (but still, lesser) contemporary formalist music videos, like Peter Care’s “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” and “Drive” (both for REM), Conner’s movie is an experiment in the visual language of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Conner
CAST:  Toni Basil

Breakaway plays out like a visual symphony. A prototype for the best (but still, lesser) contemporary formalist music videos, like Peter Care’s “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” and “Drive” (both for REM), Conner’s movie is an experiment in the visual language of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Conner
CAST:  Toni Basil

Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)

Molly is now a freelance photographer in New York. She runs across a woman at an art show that looks familiar. She goes to L.A. to find out that this woman is in fact, her mother. She also finds out she has a sister. The reunion is short-lived when her mother calls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom DeSimone
CAST:  Mitzi Kapture  •  Maud Adams  •  Mark Blankfield  •  Julie K. Smith

Molly is now a freelance photographer in New York. She runs across a woman at an art show that looks familiar. She goes to L.A. to find out that this woman is in fact, her mother. She also finds out she has a sister. The reunion is short-lived when her mother calls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom DeSimone
CAST:  Mitzi Kapture  •  Maud Adams  •  Mark Blankfield  •  Julie K. Smith

Rockula (1990)

Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He's condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona be murdered by a pirate wielding a ham bone. But now? Now it's 1990, and Ralph is determined to break Mona's cycle of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Bercovici
CAST:  Dean Cameron  •  Toni Basil  •  Thomas Dolby  •  Tawny Fere

Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He's condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona be murdered by a pirate wielding a ham bone. But now? Now it's 1990, and Ralph is determined to break Mona's cycle of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Bercovici
CAST:  Dean Cameron  •  Toni Basil  •  Thomas Dolby  •  Tawny Fere

Greaser's Palace (1972)

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Allan Arbus  •  Albert Henderson  •  Hervé Villechaize  •  Toni Basil

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Allan Arbus  •  Albert Henderson  •  Hervé Villechaize  •  Toni Basil

Sweet Charity (1969)

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Fosse
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  John McMartin  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Sammy Davis Jr.

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Fosse
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  John McMartin  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Sammy Davis Jr.

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Sarne
CAST:  Raquel Welch  •  John Huston  •  Farrah Fawcett  •  Mae West

Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Sarne
CAST:  Raquel Welch  •  John Huston  •  Farrah Fawcett  •  Mae West

The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

Hailed by one music reviewer as "the grooviest, wildest, slickest hit ever to pound the screen," "The T.A.M.I. Show" is an unrelenting rock spectacular starring some of the greatest pop performers of the 60s. These top recording idols – representing the musical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Binder
CAST:  Chuck Berry  •  James Brown  •  Lesley Gore  •  Marvin Gaye

Hailed by one music reviewer as "the grooviest, wildest, slickest hit ever to pound the screen," "The T.A.M.I. Show" is an unrelenting rock spectacular starring some of the greatest pop performers of the 60s. These top recording idols – representing the musical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Binder
CAST:  Chuck Berry  •  James Brown  •  Lesley Gore  •  Marvin Gaye

Pacific Palisades (1990)

A woman from Paris, Bernadette, comes to the United States after being promised a job. When she arrives, however, she learns that she is a victim to a hoax. Unable to return to France, Bernadette looks for work while staying with her close friend Shirley, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Schmitt
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Adam Coleman Howard  •  Anne E. Curry  •  Toni Basil

A woman from Paris, Bernadette, comes to the United States after being promised a job. When she arrives, however, she learns that she is a victim to a hoax. Unable to return to France, Bernadette looks for work while staying with her close friend Shirley, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Schmitt
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Adam Coleman Howard  •  Anne E. Curry  •  Toni Basil
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