Jessie Lee Fulton

Paper Moon (1973)

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl—who may or may not be his daughter—and the two forge an unlikely partnership.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Ryan O'Neal  •  Tatum O'Neal  •  Madeline Kahn  •  John Hillerman

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl—who may or may not be his daughter—and the two forge an unlikely partnership.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Ryan O'Neal  •  Tatum O'Neal  •  Madeline Kahn  •  John Hillerman

The Last Picture Show (1971)

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Timothy Bottoms  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Cybill Shepherd  •  Ben Johnson

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Bogdanovich
CAST:  Timothy Bottoms  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Cybill Shepherd  •  Ben Johnson

The Sugarland Express (1974)

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Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Goldie Hawn  •  William Atherton  •  Ben Johnson  •  Louise Latham

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Goldie Hawn  •  William Atherton  •  Ben Johnson  •  Louise Latham

Resurrection (1980)

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Ellen Burstyn  •  Sam Shepard  •  Richard Farnsworth  •  Roberts Blossom

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  Ellen Burstyn  •  Sam Shepard  •  Richard Farnsworth  •  Roberts Blossom

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)

After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Ned Beatty  •  John Beck  •  Billy Green Bush  •  Dabney Coleman

After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Ned Beatty  •  John Beck  •  Billy Green Bush  •  Dabney Coleman

Cotton Candy (1978)

An uncool high-schooler forms his own group to beat the local hotshots in a battle of the bands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Charles Martin Smith  •  Clint Howard  •  Leslie King  •  Kevin Lee Miller

An uncool high-schooler forms his own group to beat the local hotshots in a battle of the bands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Charles Martin Smith  •  Clint Howard  •  Leslie King  •  Kevin Lee Miller

The Long Summer of George Adams (1982)

A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Margolin
CAST:  James Garner  •  Joan Hackett  •  Alex Harvey  •  Juanin Clay

A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Margolin
CAST:  James Garner  •  Joan Hackett  •  Alex Harvey  •  Juanin Clay

Keep My Grave Open (1977)

A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S.F. Brownrigg
CAST:  Camilla Carr  •  Gene Ross  •  Stephen Tobolowsky  •  Ann Stafford

A crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S.F. Brownrigg
CAST:  Camilla Carr  •  Gene Ross  •  Stephen Tobolowsky  •  Ann Stafford

A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)

A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after seeking revenge for his father's murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Buchanan
CAST:  Fabian  •  Jocelyn Lane  •  Astrid Warner  •  Adam Roarke

A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after seeking revenge for his father's murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Buchanan
CAST:  Fabian  •  Jocelyn Lane  •  Astrid Warner  •  Adam Roarke

Don't Look in the Basement (1973)

A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S.F. Brownrigg
CAST:  Bill McGhee  •  Jessie Lee Fulton  •  Robert Dracup  •  Harryette Warren

A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S.F. Brownrigg
CAST:  Bill McGhee  •  Jessie Lee Fulton  •  Robert Dracup  •  Harryette Warren

Raggedy Man (1981)

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Fisk
CAST:  Sissy Spacek  •  Eric Roberts  •  Sam Shepard  •  William Sanderson

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Fisk
CAST:  Sissy Spacek  •  Eric Roberts  •  Sam Shepard  •  William Sanderson

Ruby and Oswald (1978)

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated events and eyewitness accounts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Stuart
CAST:  Michael Lerner  •  Frederic Forrest  •  Doris Roberts  •  Lou Frizzell

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated events and eyewitness accounts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Stuart
CAST:  Michael Lerner  •  Frederic Forrest  •  Doris Roberts  •  Lou Frizzell

Skyward (1980)

Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Howard Hesseman  •  Suzy Barbieri  •  Marion Ross

Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Howard Hesseman  •  Suzy Barbieri  •  Marion Ross

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

Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976)

A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael O'Herlihy
CAST:  Stella Stevens  •  Michael Anderson Jr.  •  Dabney Coleman  •  Bruce Boxleitner

A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael O'Herlihy
CAST:  Stella Stevens  •  Michael Anderson Jr.  •  Dabney Coleman  •  Bruce Boxleitner

Drive-In (1976)

The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rod Amateau
CAST:  Glenn Morshower  •  Billy Milliken  •  Lisa Lemole  •  Trey Wilson

The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rod Amateau
CAST:  Glenn Morshower  •  Billy Milliken  •  Lisa Lemole  •  Trey Wilson

Five Days from Home (1978)

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Peppard
CAST:  George Peppard  •  Neville Brand  •  Sherry Boucher  •  Victor Campos

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Peppard
CAST:  George Peppard  •  Neville Brand  •  Sherry Boucher  •  Victor Campos

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