The neglected wife of an ambitious district attorney starts an affair with an ex-convict he had sent to prison. Read More »
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Flicks (1983) Peter Winograd, Kirk Henderson, Pamela Sue Martin, Joan Hackett, Martin Mull
A parody of TV and old movies in the tradition of Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon. Read More »
The Long Days of Summer (1980) Dan Curtis, Dean Jones, Joan Hackett, Ronnie Scribner
In 1939, Daniel, a young Jewish boy, and his attorney father, fight against prejudice in a New England town. Read More »
Reflections of Murder (1974) John Badham, Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett, Sam Waterston
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy’s school plot and carry out his murder. Read More »
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) Burt Kennedy, James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Comedy, Romance, Western
McCullough is”passing on my way to Australia” if he takes a job in a gold rush town. Read More »
The Long Summer of George Adams (1982) Stuart Margolin, James Garner, Joan Hackett, Alex Harvey, Drama
James Garner stars in a lighthearted tale about the vices and virtues of small-town life, based on the novel by Weldon Hill. Read More »
The Group (1966) Sidney Lumet, Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Drama
It’s 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl’s school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.
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The Terminal Man (1974) Mike Hodges, George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Sci-Fi, Thriller
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
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Will Penny (1967) Tom Gries, Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Romance, Western
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn’t just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
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