Widowed John Brady is the Chief of Police in small town Galesburg, Illinois, where he has lived most of his life. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Christina (1984) Francisco Lara Polop, Jewel Shepard, Ian Sera, Enrique Johnson, Drama, Erotic
Jewel plays Christina Von Belle, the world’s richest playgirl, who gets kidnapped an all female all lesbian terrorist group. Read More »
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983) John Hough, Richard Harris, Michael Beck, Ana De Sade, Western
An Englishman, John Morgan, lives 30 years as a Sioux named Man Called Horse. In 1874, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, on tribal land guaranteed to the Sioux in the Laramie Treaty of 1868. Read More »
The Idolmaker (1980) Taylor Hackford, Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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Danton (1983) Andrzej Wajda, Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Biography, Drama, History
Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre’s incitement Read More »
Black Arrow (1985) John Hough, Benedict Taylor, Georgia Slowe, Oliver Reed, Adventure, History
In England, during the 15th century, many lords and noblemen vie for the throne.Among the contenders, two of the most powerful nobles fight a bitter war among one another. Read More »
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) John Hough, Emma Samms, Oliver Reed, Claire Bloom, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
The young lady Panthea Vyne falls in love with the handsome highwayman who saves her from her brutal husband. Read More »
Warsaw Bridge / Pont de Varsòvia (1989) Pere Portabella, Carme Elias, Francisco Guijar, Jordi Dauder, Drama
A female professor, a writer, and an orchestra conductor -three characters, two couples- attend a grand literary cocktail party. Read More »
The Bay Boy (1984) Daniel Petrie, Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat, Drama
A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a priest? Read More »
Het dak van de Walvis / On Top of the Whale (1982) Raoul Ruiz, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Fantasy
A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia Read More »