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BABE
1975
100 min.
Susan Clark, Alex Karras, Slim Pickens, Jeanette Nolan, Ellen Geer, Ford Rainey. Directed by Buzz Kulik.
Rich, absorbing film biography of Babe Didrickson Zaharias, America's foremost woman athelete, beautifully played by
Clark (who won an Emmy for her performance). Ex-football star Karras offers a sensitive portrayal of her wrestler
husband George, under Kulick's imaginative direction. The courageous Babe's tragic story leaves not a dry eye in the
house, but the secret ingredient here is taste. Adapted by Joanna Lee from the athelete's autobiography, THIS LIFE I'VE
LED. Above average.

BABY COMES HOME
1980
100 min.
Colleen Dewhurst, Warren Oates, Mildred Dunnock, Devon Ericson, Fred Lehne, David Huffman, James Noble, Dena Dietrich.
Directed by Waris Hussein.
A middle-aged couple, having raised three children, find themselves parents again in this sequel to AND BABY MAKES SIX
(1979). Average.

BABY SISTER
1983
100 min.
Ted Wass, Phoebe Cates, Hilliard Stern, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Virginia Kiser. Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern.
A free-spirited college dropout goes on the make for her sister's boyfriend. The same plot was used 53 years earlier in
WHAT MEN WANT -- and it hasn't improved with age. Below average.

THE BABYSITTER
1980
100 min.
Patty Duke Astin, William Shatner, Quinn Cummings, David Wallace, Stephanie Zimbalist, John Houseman. Directed by Peter
Medak.
Psychological thriller about the infiltration of a family by a seemingly charming babysitter, who then exploits the
needs and vulnerabilities of each member. Promising premise, but a fraud in the end. Average.

THE BAIT
1973
73 min.
Donna Mills, Michael Constantine, William Devane, June Lockhart, Thalmus Rasulala. Directed by Leonard Horn.
A policewoman-widow (Mills) puts herself on the line, demands assignment to a rape-murder case. Adaptation of Dorothy
Uhnak's novel has a distasteful point of view, occasional suspense, and unconvincing characters. Average.

BANACEK
1972
100 min.
George Peppard, Christine Belford, Don Dubbins, Murray Matheson, Ed Nelson, Ralph Manza. Directed by Jack Smight.
Boston-based insurance investigator T. Banacek (Peppard) is assigned to an unusual case of a Brinks truck vanishing in
the middle of a Texas highway. Some interesting situations, good direction. Above average; pilot for TV series. Now
titled DETOUR TO NOWHERE.

BANJO HACKETT: ROAMIN' FREE
1976
100 min.
Don Meridith, Ike Eisenmann, Jennifer Gloria DeHaven, Anne Francis, L.Q. Jones, Jeff Corey, Jan Murray. Direced by
Andrew V. McLaglen.
An intinerant horse trader travels the Old West with an orphaned 9-year-old nephew in quest of the youngster's stolen
Arabian mare. Episodic film benefits from Meredith's easygoing style, fine supporting cast. Average.

BANYON
1971
97 min.
Darren McGavin, Jose Ferrer, Herb Eldeman. Directed by Robert Forster.
A private-eye (and once time cop) is in hot water with police when a girl is discovered murdered in his office with his
gun. Standard, formula plot made interesting by 1930s-era atmosphere, unusually effective use of color and Ed Adamson's
no-nonsense script. Above average; pilot for TV series.

THE BARBARY COAST
1974
100 min.
William Shatner, Dennis Cole, Lynda Day George, John Vernon, Charles Aidman, Michael Ansara, Neville Brand, Bill Bixby.
Directed by Bill Bixby.
Undercover agent Shatner and casino owner Cole comb boomtown San Francisco for an extortionist. A lighthearted
adventure tale that attempted to capture the flair of TV's popular WILD, WILD WEST, and later became a short-lived
series under the same title. Average.

BARE ESSENCE
1982
200 min.
Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Genie Francis, Lee Grant, Joel Higgins, Donna Mills, Belinda Montgomery, Tim Thomerson,
France Benard, John Dehner. Directed by Walter Grauman.
Life among glamorous folks in the perfume business. Soap opera supreme, from Meredith Rich's novel, that later spun off
into a short-lived series. Originally shown in two parts. Average.

THE BARON AND THE KID
1984
100 min.
Johnny Cash, Greg Webb, Darren McGavin, June Carter Cash, Tracy Pollan, Richard Roundtree, Claude Akins. Directed by
Gary Nelson.
Schmaltzy, overlong drama about a father-and-son rift and reconciliation down South. Dad (Cash) is the Baron, a legendary
pool player who may or may not have won is fame by fraud. The kid (Webb) is the son he never knew, all grown up now and
ready to taked on the old man. Below average.

THE BASTARD
1978
200 min.
Andrew Stevens, Noah Beery, Peter Bonerz, Tom Bosley, Kim Catrall, John Colicos, William Daniels, Buddy Ebson, Lorne
Greene, James Gregory, Olivia Hussey, Cameron Mitchell, Harry Morgan, Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, Donald Pleasance,
William Shtner, Barry Sullivan, Keenan Wynn, Raymond Burr (narrator). Directed by Lee H. Katzin.
Illegitimate Philip Kent searches through Engalnd and France for his birthright and is ultimately involved in the
American Revolution. The first of three adaptations of John Jake's hitorical novels. The REBELS and THE SEEKERS later
completed the trilogy. Also called THE KENT CHRONICLES. Originally shown in two parts. Average.

BEACH PATROL
1979
100 min.
Robin Strand, Jonathan Frakes, Christine DeLisle, Richard Hill, Paul Burke, Michael V. Gazzo. Directed by Bob Kelljan.
A "Rookies"-in-dune-buggies series pilot for action freaks and bikini watchers. Below average.

THE BEASTS ARE ON THE STREETS
1978
100 min.
Carol Lynley, Dale Robinette, Billy Green Bush, Philip Michael Thomas, Anna Lee. Directed by Peter Hunt.
Dangerous beasts are accidentally set loose from a wild animal park and thousands panic in a nearby community.
Intelligent story stuffers from a medicre script. Average.

BECAUSE HE'S MY FRIEND
1978-Australian
93 min.
Karen Black, Keir Dullea, Jack Thompson, Tom Oliver, Don Reid, Barbara Stephens. Directed by Ralph Nelson.
A sensitive drama about the plight of parents with a retarded child and the effect on their marriage. The youngster is
especially well-played by Australian actor Warwick Poulsen. Above average.

BEFORE AND AFTER
1979
100 min.
Patty Duke Astin, Bradford Dillman, Barbara Feldon, Art Hindle, Rosemary Murphy, Kenneth Mars, Betty White. Directed by
Kim Friedman.
So-so comedy/drama about a housewife's battle with a weight problem that threatens her marriage. Average.

BEG, BORROW OR STEAL
1973
73 min.
Mike Connors, Michael Cole, Kent McCord, Leonard Stone, Henry Beckman, Joel Fabiani. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Three unemployed, handicapped men, failing to start their own business, eventually devise a plan to rob a museum of a
priceless statue, unaware that the second party has ideas of his own. Dismal miscasting of leads, forgettable action.
Below average.

BEGGERMAN, THIEF
1979
200 min.
Jean Simmons, Glenn Ford, Lynn Redgrave, Tovah Feldshuh, Andrew Stevens, Bo Hopkins, Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling,
Susan Strasberg. Directed by Lawrence Doheny.
The further travails of the Jordache family during the late '60s, set against the tinselly Cannes Film Festival. A
high-grade soap opera in the tradition of it's multipart predecessor, Irwin Shaw's RICH MAN, POOR MAN. Above average.

THE BELARUS FILE
1985
104 min.
Telly Savalas, Suzanne Pleshette, Max Von Sydow, George Savalas. Directed by Robert Markowitz.
Savalas returned to the rold of Kojak in good form in this taut murder mystery with a Nazi manhunt subplot. Kojak
investigates the deaths of Russian immigrants who have lived in America since the end of WW2 and have all shared a
terrible secret. A surprising resolution caps a fast-paced detective film. Above average.

BELLE STARR
1980
97 min.
Elizabeth Montgomery, Ciff Potts, Michael Cavanaugh, Fred Ward, Jesse Vint, Geoffrey Lewis. Directed by John A. Alanzo.
The Old West's legendary bandit queen rides again, beautified by Montgomery and played with a none-too-convincing 1980
sensibility. Script by James Lee Barrett. Average.

BENNY AND BARNEY: LAS VEGAS UNDERCOVER
1977
76 min.
Terry Kiser, Timothy Thomerson, Jack Colvin, Jane Seymour, Jack Cassidy, Hugh O'Brian, Pat Harrington, Rodney
Dangerfield, Marty Allen, George Gobel, Bobby Troup, Dick Gautier. Directed by Ron Satlof.
Cops moonlight as Vegas performers to thwart the kidnapping of a top entertainer. Banal adventure; busted TV pilot.
Below average.

BENNY'S PLACE
1982
100 min.
Louis Gossett, Jr., Cicely Tyson, David Harris, Bever-Leigh Banfield, Anna Maria Horsford, Terry Alexander. Directed by
Michael Schultz.
A powerful Gossett performance ignites this drama about a proud man who finds time nipping at his heels and his job
threatened by younger men. Above average.

BERLIN AFFAIR
1970
97 min.
Darren McGavin, Fritz Weaver, Claude Dauphin, Brian Kelly. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Spotty foreign thriller has OK performances in the story of a murder-for-hire organization. Music by Francis Lai.
Situations implausible, forgettable. Below average.

BERLIN TUNNEL 21
1981
150 min.
Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, Jose Ferrer, Jacques Breuer, Nicholas Farrell, Ken Griffith, Ute Christenson. Directed
by Richard Michaels.
Thomas masterminds an escape under the Berlin Wall with the help of structural engineer Buchholz. John Gay's teleplay
is based on Donald Lundquist's riveting novel. Above average.

BEST KEPT SECRETS
1984
100 min.
Patty Duke Astin, Frederic Forrest, Peter Coyote, Meg Foster, Howard Hesseman, Albert Salmi, Miriam Colon. Directed
Jerrold Freeman.
A cop's wife stumbles onto the fact that her husband is under investigation when an undercover sting backfires. Average.

THE BEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD
1981
100 min.
Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Melanie Mayron, Viveca Lindfors, Jason Miller, David Spielberg,
Lisa Pelikan. Directed by Sam O'Steen.
A model teenager from a middle-class family suffers from anorexia nervosa -- self-induced starvation -- and is slowly
killing herself. David Moessinger's teleplay, based on Steven Levenkron's novel, is especially well acted by Durning
and Saint as the girl's desperate parents and Miller as her psychiatrist. Above average.

THE BEST PLACE TO BE
1979
200 min.
Donna Reed, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Stephanie Zimbalist, Mildred Dunnock, John Phillip Law, Betty White, Leon Ames, Coleen
Gray, Timothy Hutton. Directed by David Miller.
Lavish "woman's" drama with enough plot threads to keep six soap operas running for months, taken Ross Hunter-style
from Helen Van Slyke's long-time best seller featuring Donna Reed in her widely heralded TV comeback following a 12-year
absence. Elegant, but tiresome and average.

BETRAYAL
1974
78 min.
Amanda Blake, Tisha Sterling, Dick Haymes, Sam Groom, Britt Leach, Ted Gehring. Directed by Gordon Hessler.
Lonely widow Blake hires a young woman companion, unaware that the girl and her boyfriend are killer-extortionists who
plan to make her their next victim. Standard suspense drama. Script by James Miller from Doris Miles Disney's novel
ONLY COUPLES NEED APPLY. Average.

BETRAYAL
1978
100 min.
Lesley Ann Warren, Rip Torn, Richard Masur, Ron Silver, Bibi Besch, John Hillerman, Peggy Ann Garner. Directed by Paul
Wendkos.
A young woman brings rape charges against her psychiatrist. Standard TV fare despite veering toward the lurid. Average.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
1979
100 min.
Harold Gould, Tyne Daly, Strother Martin, Harry Morgan, Victor Buono, George Gobel, Lou Jacobi, Donald Pleasance, Larry
Storch. Directed by Richard Crenna.
The revolt of a bunch of senior citizens in a retirement home against house rules that limit their freedom is less funny
than it could have been. And, yes, the fellow who sings the title song without credit is just who you think it is.
Average.

BETWEEN FRIENDS
1983
100 min.
Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Burnett, Barbara Bush, Stephen Young, Henry Ramer, Bruce Grey, Charles Shamata. Directed by Lou
Antonio.
Two middle-aged divorcees from totally different backgrounds run into each other -- literally -- and become fast
friends. Tour-de-force performances by the two leads, though it's stretching credibility that Carol is the desirable
sex object and Liz has trouble getting guys. Adapted by producers Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin from List's novel,
NOBODY MAKES ME CRY. Made for cable TV. Above average.

BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS
1982
100 min.
Michael Brandon, Pat Harrington, Helen Shaver, Mary Jackson, Peter White, Brad Savage, Maggie Sullivan. Directed by
Robert Lewis.
One's a prominent social-climbing attorney, the other's a blue collar worker harboring guilt for their father's
accidental death. Theirs is the grist for soaps. Average.

BEYOND THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
1975
78 min.
Fred MacMurray, Sam Groom, Donna Mills, Suzanne Reed, Dana Plato, Woody Woodbury. Directed by William A. Graham.
Retired businessman MacMurray probes into mysterious ship and plane disappearances off the Florida coast after his
friends and fiancee become involved. Foolish, two-dimensional drama; below average.

THE BIG BLACK PILL
1981
100 min.
Robert Blake, James Gammon, Veronica Cartwright, Edward Winter, Carol Wayne, Sondra Blake, Eileen Hechart. Directed by
Reza Badiyi.
The first of three pilot movies about a rugged private eye facing an unwarranted murder rap; created by Blake after
shaking the "Baretta" image. Average. Retitled JOE DANCER.

BIG BOB JOHNSON AND HIS FANTASTIC SPEED CIRCUS
1978
100 min.
Charles Napier, Maud Adams, Constance Ford, Robert Stoneman, William Daniels. Directed by Jack Starrett.
Rambunctious comedy pitting a rag-tag auto racing team against a blackguard in a Rolls-Royce for a run across Louisiana
with a fortune at stake. Average.


  

THE BIG RIP-OFF
1975
78 min.
Tony Curtis, Brenda Vaccaro, Roscoe Lee Browne, Larry Hagman, John Dehner, Morgan Woodwrd. Directed by Dean Hargrove.
Conman Curtis plots an elaborate swindle to recover ransom money from the kidnappers of a millionaire's wife. Reporter
Vaccaro and night club performer Browne are his cohorts in this big rip-off of THE STING that evolved into Curtis'
short-lived TV series McCOY. Average.

BIG ROSE: DOUBLE TROUBLE
1974
78 min.
Shelley Winters, Barry Primus, Lonny Chapman, Michael Constantine, Joan Van Ark, Peggy Watson. Directed by Paul Krasny.
Detectives Winters and Primus are hired to expose a team of con-artists blackmailing a wealthy contractor. It's fun
watching Winters in the unlikely role of a private investigator; everything else is strictly formula. Below average.

BILL
1981
100 min.
Mickey Rooney, Dennis Quaid, Largo Woodruff, Harry Goz, Anna Maria Horsford, Kathleen Maguire. Directed by Anthony Page.
The Mick is brilliant in the true story of Bill Sackter, a mentally retarded adult who is forced to cope with the world
outside the mental institution where he has spent 46 years. Emmys went to Rooney and Cory Blackman's script (from the
book by Barry Morrow). Above average. Sequel: BILL ON HIS OWN.

BILL: ON HIS OWN
1983
100 min.
Mickey Rooney, Helen Hunt, Teresa Wright, Dennis Quaid, Largo Woodruff, Paul Leiber, Harry Goz. Directed by Anthony
Page.
Rooney reprises his Emmy-winning role as Bill Sackter, a middle-aged mentally retarded man, in this nearly as luminous
sequel to BILL (1981). Above average.

THE BILLION DOLLAR THREAT
1979
100 min.
Dale Robinette, Ralph Bellamy, Kennan Wynn, Patrick Macnee, Ronnie Carol. Directed by Barry Shear.
Lighthearted pilot to a proposed series involving a James Bondish superspy assigned to thwart the plans of a master
agent threatening to destroy the planet. Written by Jimmy Sangster. Average.

BIRDMEN
1971
73 min.
Doug McClure, Chuck Connors, Richard Basehart, Rene Auberjonois, Max Baer, Don Knight, Tom Skerrit. Directed by Philip
Leacock.
Uninteresting rehash of a POW breakout plot. Captured Allies in a German castle build a glider to fly to freedom in
Switzerland ten miles away. Average. Retitled ESCAPE OF THE BIRDMEN.

BITTER HARVEST
1981
100 min.
Ron Howard, Art Carney, Tarah Nutter, David Knell, Barry Corbin, Richard Dysart. Directed by Roger Young.
Director Young and writer Richard Friedenberg received Emmy nominations for this illuminating drama about a young
dairy farmer's race to identify a deadly chemical that is killing his cattle and bringing a strange illness to his
child. Above average.

BJ AND THE BEAR
1978
100 min.
Greg Evigan, Claude Akins, Mills Watson, Penny Peyser, Julius Harris. Directed by John Peyser.
Pilot to the hit series (that later spun off SHERIFF LOBO) puts an independent trucker and his traveling buddy, a
fun-loving chimp, at odds with a slightly corrupt sheriff who is involved with white slavery. Average.

BLACK MARKET BABY
1977
100 min.
Linda Purl, Desi Arnaz, Bill Bixby, Jessica Walter, David Doyle, Tom Bosley. Directed by Robert Day.
An unmarried couple struggle with a black market adoption ring out to take their baby. Unpleasantly expoitative social
drama done better as a sleazy B movie of yore. Based on the novel A NICE ITALIAN GIRL by Elizabeth Christman. Below
average.

BLACK WATER GOLD
1969
75 min.
Keir Dullea, Lana Wood, Ricardo Montalban, Bradford Dillman, France Nuyen. Directed by Alan Landsburg.
Fairly intense (for TV) story of various forces vying for the sunken Spanish galleon treasure of Panama Eagles. Above
average.

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
1980
100 min.
Kristy McNichol, Michael McGuire, Jenny O'Hara, Phillip Allen, Keith Andes. Directed by John A. Alanzo.
Kristy tries to rescue her brother (played by real-life brother Jimmy) from a religious cult that has brainwashed him.
Based on the novel by Robin F. Brancato. Average.

BLOOD FEUD
1983
200 min.
Robert Blake, Cotter Smith, Danny Aiello, Edward Albert, Brian Dennehy, Ernest Borgnine, Jose Ferrer, Forrest Tucker,
Michael V. Gazzo, Michael C. Gwynne, Nicholas Pryor, Sam Groom. Directed by Mike Newell.
Blake's in his glory as Jimmy Hoffa in this depiction of the lengthy conflict between the Teamsters Union leader and
Robert Kennedy (played by newcomer Cotter Smith). Originally shown in two parts. Above average.

BLOODSPORT
1973
73 min.
Ben Johnson, Larry Hagman, Gary Busey. Directed by Jerrold Freedman.
A young boy (Busey) groomed by his father to become a pro football player in an exceptional combination character study
and drama. Written by Freedman. Above average.

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
1982
245 min.
John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Colleen Dewhurst, Lloyd Bridges, Diane Baker, Gregory Peck, Sterling Hayden, Robert Vaughn,
Paul Winfield, David Doyle, Warren Oates, Geraldine Page. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.
Originally telecast as an eight-hour miniseries, this adaptation of Bruce Catton's brilliant Civil War history is just
what you'd expect: one part plodding historical pageantry, one part fictionalized subplots, and more than a dash of
self-importance. Average.

THE BLUE KNIGHT
1975
78 min.
George Kennedy, Alex Rocco, Glynn Turman, Verna Bloom, Michael Margotta, Seth Allen. Directed by J. Lee Thompson.
Kennedy assumes the role of Bumper Morgan (which he later played in a weekly series) as he searches for the killer of
an aging fellow officer. Kennedy puts his own stamp on the role, but the story and approach are definitely formula.
Average.

BLUE MONEY
1984 - Great Britain
82 min.
Tim Curry, Debby Bishop, Billy Connolly, Dermot Crowly, Frances Tomelty. Directed by Colin Bucksey.
Ramshackle caper comedy about a London cabbie who suddenly finds himself in possession of an underworld kingpin's
briefcase full of money. Curry is delightful and unexpectedly versatile as the cabbie whose big-time showbiz dreams
don't quite mesh with the realities of child support and limited income. Average.

BOGIE
1980
100 min.
Kevin O'Connor, Kathryn Harrold, Ann Wedgeworth, Patricia Barry, Alfred Ryder, Donald May, Richard Dysart, Arthur
Franz. Directed by Vincent Sherman.
Unappealing biopic of Humphrey Bogart, boringly acted by players hired for their resemblance to Bogart, Bacall, and
Mayo Methot, and limply directed by Sherman, who years earlier directed several Bogart movies. Script by Doniel
Taradash. Below average.

THE BORGIA STICK
1967
100 min.
Don Murray, Fritz Weaver, Inger Stevens, Barry Nelson. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
A grim susupense thriller by A.J. Russell exposing organized crime involvement in the U.S. economy. Fine cast,
particularly Weaver, works very well. Above average.

BORN BEAUTIFUL
1982
100 min.
Erin Gray, Ed Marinaro, Polly Bergen, Lori Singer, Ellen Barber, Judith Barcroft, Michael Higgins. Directed by Harvey
Hart.
Models trying to make big bucks in the Big Apple's fashion game. Average.

BORN TO BE SOLD
1981
100 min.
Lynda Carter, Harold Gould, Dean Stockwell, Ed Nelson, Lloyd Haynes, Donna Wilkes, Philip Sterling, Sharon Farrell.
Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff.
A social worker goes after an illegal baby-selling operation in this exploitative movie "suggested by" Lynn McTaggart's
book THE BABY BROKERS. Average.

THE BOUNTY MAN
1972
73 min.
Clint Walker, Richard Basehart, John Ericson, Margot Kidder, Arthur Hunnicutt, Gene Evans. Directed by John Llewellyn
Moxey.
Surprisingly somber Western with a nihilistic point of view. Man-hunter Kincaid (Walker) chases a young killer to an
isolated valley town, in turn chased by a gang of cutthroats. Jim Byrnes' script provides good complications. Above
average.

THE BOY WHO DRANK TOO MUCH
1980
100 min.
Scott Baio, Lance Kerwin, Ed Lauter, Mariclare Costello, Don Murray. Directed by Jerrold Freedman.
A teenaged hockey player follows in his dad's footsteps by becoming an alcoholic. Average.

THE BRADY GIRLS GET MARRIED
1981
100 min.
Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick, Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland,
Susen Olsen, Jerry Houser, Eve Plumb. Directed by Peter Baldwin.
Pilot to the short-live BRADY BRIDES series, which recycled THE BRADY BUNCH (1969-74) with two of the girls marrying in
a double wedding and sharing a rambling old house with their new husbands. Average.

BRAVE NEW WORLD
1980
150 min.
Keir Dullea, Bud Cort, Julie Cobb, Ron O'Neal, Lee Chamberlain, Kristoffer Tabori, Marcia Strassman, Dick Anthony
Williams, Victoria Racimo. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff.
Dissapointing adaptation of Aldous Huxley's novel about life 600 years in the future. Strange sci-fi mix of drama and
comedy in Savageland. Average.

THE BRAVOS
1971
100 min.
George Peppard, Peter Duel, Pernell Roberts, Belinda J. Montgomery, L.Q. Jones, Barry Brown, Vincent Van Patten.
Directed by Ted Post.
Standard Western centering around a regular officer assigned to command a small fort following the end of the Civil
War. Average.

BREAKING UP
1978
100 min.
Lee Remick, Granville Van Dusen, Vicki Dawson, David Stambaugh, Meg Mundy, Frank Latimore. Directed by Delbert Mann.
An effective drama about a sophisticated suburbanite forced to drastically change her life when her husband walks out
on her and the kids. Remick is as superior as ever; director Mann and writer Loring Mandel were each Emmy Award-
nominated. Above average.

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
1979
150 min.
Robert Conrad, Ted Bessell, Jeff Conaway, Billy Crystal, Tony Musante, Susan Sulllivan. Directed by Lou Antonio.
An arresting if overlong drama dealing with separation and divorce from the man's point of view. The title comes from
Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield's hit song, which Sedaka sings obligatorily over the credits. Above average.

BREAKOUT
1975
96 min.
Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, John Huston, Sheree North, Randy Quaid. Directed by Tom Gries.
Crisp action film generously laced with comedy touches has devil-may-care bush pilot Bronson taking on the job of
spiriting Duvall, framed for murder, from a seedy Mexican prison. Awfully violent, though.

BRENDA STARR
1978
78 min.
Jill St. John, Jed Allan, Sorrell Brooke, Tabi Cooper, Victor Buono, Barbara Luna, Torin Thatcher. Directed by Mel
Stuart.
An intrepid comic strip newspaperwoman -- played floridly by curvaceous St. John -- becomes involved in voodoo,
extortion, and strange doings in the jungles of Brazil. Played too straight to be fun. Below average.

BRIDGER
1976
100 min.
James Wainwright, Ben Murphy, Dirk Blocker, Sally Field, John Anderson, William Windon. Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Predictable western about legendary mountain man Jim Bridger (Wainwright) who blazes a trail through the Rockies to
California in 1830. Cliches and stereotypes bury the action element; subsequently cut to 78 min. Average.

BRINKS: THE GREAT ROBBERY
1976
100 min.
Carl Betz, Stephen Collins, Burr DeBenning, Michael Gazzo, Cliff Gorman, Darren McGavin, Art Metrano, Leslie Nielsen,
Jenny O'Hara. Directed by Marvin Chomsky.
The legendary Boston Brinks' holdup of January 17, 1950, is meticulously restaged, masterminded by McGavin and Gorman,
and judged the perfect crime until solved by the FBI. Average.

BROCK'S LAST CASE
1972
100 min.
Richard Widmark, Henry Darrow, Beth Brickell, David Huddleston, Will Geer, John Anderson, Michael Burns. Directed by
David Lowell Rich.
An N.Y.C. policeman disenchanted with big city life relocates in a small town looking for peace and quiet but finds
himself in the same predicament. Decent premise doesn't work out. Average.

BROKEN PROMISE
1981
100 min.
Chris Sarandon, Melissa Michaelsen, George Coe, McKee Anderson, David Haskell, Sondra West, Marc Alaimo. Directed by
Don Taylor.
A juvenile-court officer tries to cut through red tape to keep five abandoned children together as a family. Stephen
Kandel's script was based on a book by Kent Hayes and Alex Lazzarino, which dramatizes the plight of neglected children
in the foster-care system. Average.

BRONK
1975
74 min.
Jack Palance, Henry Beckman, Tony King, David Birney, Joseph Mascolo, Joanna Moore, Dina Ousley, Chelsea Brown.
Directed by Richard Donner.
Honest cop Palance takes on mobsters and corrupt officials after the accidental death of his partner during a narcotics
investigation. Palance plays Clint Eastwood in this OK actioner. Pilot for the TV series, partially conceived by
Carroll O'Connor. Average.

BUD AND LOU
1978
100 min.
Harvey Korman, Buddy Hackett, Michele Lee, Arte Johnson, Robert Reed. Directed by Robert C. Thompson.
The major intent of this hackneyed biopic on Abbott and Costello is portraying Lou as an s.o.b., but its fatal flow is
Hackett and Korman's painfully unfunny renderings of classic A&C routines. Below average.

BUNCO
1985
90 min.
Robert Urich, Tom Selleck, Donna Mills, Michael Saks, Will Geer, Arte Johnson, James Hampton, Bobby Van. Directed by
Alexander Singer.
On an investigation, police detectives Urich and Selleck are joined by plainclotheswoman Mills, who soon becomes the
center of attention when she is threatened by the demented Saks. As for entertainment -- it's bunk. Below average.

THE BUNKER
1981
150 min.
Anthony Hopkins, Piper Laurie, Richard Jordan, Susan Blakely, Cliff Gorman, James Naughton, Michael Lonsdale. Directed
by George Schaefer.
Hopkins won an Emmy for his chiling portrayal of Adolf Hitler in this adaptation by John Jay of the James P. O'Donnell
book depicting the Third Reich's final days. Piper Laurie was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Magda
Goebbels. Above average.

THE BURNING BED
1984
96 min.
Farrah Fawcett, Paul LeMat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie, Jame Callahan. Directed by Robert Greenwald.
Fawcett won acclaim for her strong, deglamorized portrayal of Francine Hughes, a housewife who endures fifteen years of
battering and finally ends it by setting her sleeping husband's bed afire, in this powerful but predictable TV movie.
LeMat steals the show as helplessly monstrous husband. Average.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED
1970
72 min.
Herschel Bernardi, Shirley Jones, Kay Medford, June Lockhart, Brandon Cruz, Sue Lyon, Nanette Fabray, Jerry Paris.
Directed by Jerry Paris.
Fair comedy that features Bernardi as an average-type father recently widowed and finding himself irresistible to all
sorts of women. Good cast works well with adequate material. Average.

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