John Chappell

10 (1979)

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Julie Andrews  •  Bo Derek  •  Robert Webber

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Julie Andrews  •  Bo Derek  •  Robert Webber

Claudine's Return (1998)

Italian Stefano arrives on Dolphin Island off the coast of Georgia and gets a job as a handyman at a motel. He strikes up a romance with an emotionally troubled young woman, who works as a motel maid/laundress and stripper in a small coastal town in Georgia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Tibaldi
CAST:  Christina Applegate  •  Stefano Dionisi  •  Matt Clark  •  Tony Torn

Italian Stefano arrives on Dolphin Island off the coast of Georgia and gets a job as a handyman at a motel. He strikes up a romance with an emotionally troubled young woman, who works as a motel maid/laundress and stripper in a small coastal town in Georgia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Tibaldi
CAST:  Christina Applegate  •  Stefano Dionisi  •  Matt Clark  •  Tony Torn

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1979)

The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Hessler
CAST:  Paul Stanley  •  Gene Simmons  •  Ace Frehley  •  Peter Criss

The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Hessler
CAST:  Paul Stanley  •  Gene Simmons  •  Ace Frehley  •  Peter Criss

Nickelodeon (1976)

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Ryan O'Neal  •  Burt Reynolds  •  Tatum O'Neal  •  Brian Keith

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Ryan O'Neal  •  Burt Reynolds  •  Tatum O'Neal  •  Brian Keith

Brubaker (1980)

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The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Alexander  •  Morgan Freeman

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Alexander  •  Morgan Freeman

The Choice (1981)

A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Susan Clark  •  Mitchell Ryan  •  Largo Woodruff  •  Paul Regina

A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Susan Clark  •  Mitchell Ryan  •  Largo Woodruff  •  Paul Regina

The Rebels (1979)

This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russ Mayberry
CAST:  Andrew Stevens  •  Don Johnson  •  Doug McClure  •  Jim Backus

This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russ Mayberry
CAST:  Andrew Stevens  •  Don Johnson  •  Doug McClure  •  Jim Backus

The Executioner's Song (1982)

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Schiller
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Christine Lahti  •  Rosanna Arquette  •  Eli Wallach

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Schiller
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Christine Lahti  •  Rosanna Arquette  •  Eli Wallach

Fast Break (1979)

David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Gabe Kaplan  •  Harold Sylvester  •  Michael Warren  •  Bernard King

David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Gabe Kaplan  •  Harold Sylvester  •  Michael Warren  •  Bernard King

My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)

After an encounter with a beautiful client, a teenage delivery boy finds himself being turned into a vampire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimmy Huston
CAST:  Robert Sean Leonard  •  Cecilia Peck  •  Leeanne Locken Emberlin  •  Cheryl Pollak

After an encounter with a beautiful client, a teenage delivery boy finds himself being turned into a vampire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimmy Huston
CAST:  Robert Sean Leonard  •  Cecilia Peck  •  Leeanne Locken Emberlin  •  Cheryl Pollak

Tail Gunner Joe (1977)

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  John Forsythe  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Patricia Neal

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  John Forsythe  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Patricia Neal

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)

Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Krasny
CAST:  Michael Beck  •  Art Carney  •  Alex Karras  •  Telly Savalas

Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Krasny
CAST:  Michael Beck  •  Art Carney  •  Alex Karras  •  Telly Savalas

Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980)

Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Lieberman
CAST:  Robert Urich  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Richard Herd  •  Art Carney

Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Lieberman
CAST:  Robert Urich  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  Richard Herd  •  Art Carney

The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)

When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wanamaker
CAST:  Hal Holbrook  •  Dixie Carter  •  James Whitmore Jr.  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh

When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wanamaker
CAST:  Hal Holbrook  •  Dixie Carter  •  James Whitmore Jr.  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh

Hard Country (1981)

Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Kim Basinger  •  Michael Parks  •  Gailard Sartain

Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Kim Basinger  •  Michael Parks  •  Gailard Sartain

Buster and Billie (1974)

Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Joan Goodfellow  •  Pamela Sue Martin  •  Clifton James

Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Joan Goodfellow  •  Pamela Sue Martin  •  Clifton James

Two Soldiers (1986)

Charming tale of a small farm boy who runs away from his rural environment in search of his older brother who has joined the Army to fight the Japanese in World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Lapalm
CAST:  Huckleberry Fox  •  Christopher Kowanko  •  Barbara Erwin  •  Rance Howard

Charming tale of a small farm boy who runs away from his rural environment in search of his older brother who has joined the Army to fight the Japanese in World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Lapalm
CAST:  Huckleberry Fox  •  Christopher Kowanko  •  Barbara Erwin  •  Rance Howard

Nashville Grab (1981)

A dashing, fast-living country singer almost turns Nashville upside-down after he is kidnapped by a pair of conniving female convicts determined to use him as a passport to freedom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James L. Conway
CAST:  Jeff Conaway  •  Cristina Raines  •  Dianne Kay  •  Slim Pickens

A dashing, fast-living country singer almost turns Nashville upside-down after he is kidnapped by a pair of conniving female convicts determined to use him as a passport to freedom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James L. Conway
CAST:  Jeff Conaway  •  Cristina Raines  •  Dianne Kay  •  Slim Pickens