Tuesday Weld

Harry Guardino

Ned Glass

Danny Kaye

The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies (1959)

Yvonne Craig

Richard Beymer

Gavin MacLeod

Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Resisting the easy path, he insists on not receiving preferential treatment, and lives in a dorm like the other students despite the disapproval of his grown son and daughter. As the years pass, and he gets involved in study sessions, fraternity initiations, and sporting events, he begins falling in love with Professor Gautier, the French teacher, but doesn't consider re-marrying appropriate.—Ed Sutton

High Time

High Time (1960)

Frances Fisher

Corey Allen

Samuel S. Hinds

HEAVY PETTING is a hilarious and salacious exploration of the sexual mores of the 50's as seen through the eyes of a generation that lived through the Sexual Revolution. Creative baby boomers-- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffman, and poet Allen Ginsberg-- candidly recall their sexual coming-f-age tales in intimate interviews. Joyously campy and refreshingly carefree, HEAVY PETTING blends humorous, unbelievable footage of unhelpful sex-ed films with classic snippets of THE WILD ONE and Elvis' hip gyrations, not to mention Bernhard talking about playing "doctor", always observant Ginsberg on a disastrous encounter with a girl, and Byrne on the childhood myths of masturbation. Eternal mysteries such as the female orgasm, the universal appeal of Marilyn Monroe, and the rituals of high school are laid bare by this lovable group of characters.—aitnyc@aol.com

Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting (1989)

Mary Astor

Carol Lynley

Jeff Chandler

The residents of Peyton Place, New Hampshire, are not happy when its most famous denizen, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town. Most outraged is malicious Roberta Carter, who wants the book banned from the school library. Roberta's other mission is to destroy her son Ted's marriage to his Italian bride. Theirs, however, isn't the only marriage in trouble: Alison's book is causing a rift between her mother and stepfather, who is also the school principal and one of the book's few defendants.—Daniel Bubbeo

Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Charles Durning

Gregory Peck

Estelle Parsons

Henry Tawes is the sheriff in a small town in Tennessee. A man of strong moral fiber, he is always quick to judge others and follows the law zealously. Then he meets Alma McCain, a beautiful young girl who turns his world upside down. Unable to ignore his feelings, he starts an affair with her. But in a small town nothing is secret for long.—Mattias Pettersson

I Walk the Line

I Walk the Line (1970)

Richard Gere

Tom Berenger

Diane Keaton

Theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy affair starts to spend her nights cruising bars. Her craving first for sex but later also for drugs leads into increasingly demeaning and dangerous situations at odds with her daytime commitment to her children.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Jack Nicholson

Orson Welles

Julie Robinson

A disturbed young woman - a former for child of the 60's, named Noah lives alone in New York, where she's retreated into her past, yearning for lost innocence., searching for a "safe place." As a child, she met a magician in Central Park who gave her magical objects. She's romantically involved with 2 different men; Fred's practical but dull, and Mitch is dynamic sexy - her ideal fantasy partner, but neither man's able to totally fulfill her needs.—alfiehitchie

A Safe Place

A Safe Place (1971)

Stacey Nelkin

Christopher Lee

Nita Talbot

It's the end of the 1970s. Hippies are assimilating, women are raising their consciousness, and men are becoming confused and ineffectual. Don't expect to be able to keep track of all the names, or who's sleeping with whom. This movie very skillfully conveys the hopeless muddle through which the many characters move as they try to find themselves.—Molly Malloy

Serial

Serial (1980)

Laurie Mitchell

Roddy McDowall

Ruth Gordon

High-school senior Barbara Ann Greene has a lot to overcome to reach her dreams to be popular, get a job, find a husband, and maybe even be a movie star: she's poor, her parents are divorced, and her mother is a cocktail waitress. Right beside her, though, is her best friend and Svengali, Alan. He helps her get 12 cashmere sweaters, a job in the principal's office, spring break at Balboa, and more. Along the way, the satire bites teen mores, beach-blanket bikini movies, adults in charge, the country-club set, Christian-youth programs, older men's fantasies, and teen girls' innocence.—

Lord Love a Duck

Lord Love a Duck (1966)

Connie Francis

David Winters

Valerie Harper

A young teenage girl (Tuesday Weld) desperately tries to earn enough money to buy a dress for a school rock and roll dance. This early rock and roll feature, the 3rd in a series of 5 starring Disc Jockey and Rock N Roll impresario Alan Freed, includes performances by artist Chuck Berry, La Vern Baker, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, The Flamingos, The Moonglows and The Johnny Burnette Trio.—

Rock Rock Rock!

Rock Rock Rock! (1956)

Steve McQueen

Irene Tedrow

Ann-Margret

In 1930s New Orleans, the Cincinnati Kid, a young stud poker player who travels from one big game to the next, stopping along the way up with various girls, is pitted against the legendary champion card-sharp Lancey Howard in a high-stakes poker game.—alfiehitchie

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Millie Perkins

Elvis Presley

Hope Lange

Glen Tyler (Elvis Presley), a down on his luck young man, is sent to counselor Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) to begin battling his personal demons. While under her tutelage a flair for writing emerges. Can she guide him down the right path or will her interference lead to his demise?—Conroys

Wild in the Country

Wild in the Country (1961)

Jonathan Banks

Nick Nolte

Anthony Zerbe

Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour.—Alan Sepinwall

Who'll Stop the Rain

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

Alfred Hitchcock

Harry Dean Stanton

Vera Miles

Christopher Emanuel Balestrero, "Manny" to his friends, is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. His eighty-five dollar a week gig playing in the jazz combo at the Stork Club is barely enough to make ends meet. The Balestreros' lives will become a little more difficult with the major dental bills his wife Rose will be incurring. As such, Manny decides to see if he can borrow off of Rose's life insurance policy. But when he enters the insurance office, he is identified by some of the clerks as the man that held up the office twice a few months earlier. Manny cooperates with the police, as he has nothing to hide. Manny learns that he is a suspect in not only those hold-ups, but a series of other hold-ups in the same Jackson Heights neighborhood in New York City where they live. The more that Manny cooperates, the more guilty he appears to the police. With the help of Frank O'Connor, the attorney that they hire, they try to prove Manny's innocence. Regardless of if they manage to prove Manny's innocence or find the actual hold-up man, the situation may cause irreparable damage on the Balestreros.—Huggo

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man (1956)

James Caan

Robert Prosky

James Belushi

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. After having spent many years in prison, he has a very concrete picture of what he wants out of life--including a nice home, a wife, and kids. As soon as he is able to assemble the pieces of this collage, by means of his chosen profession, he intends to retire and become a model citizen. In an effort to accelerate this process, he signs on to take down a huge score for a big-time gangster. Unfortunately, Frank's obsession for his version of the American Dream allows him to overlook his natural wariness and mistrust, when making the deal for his final job. He is thus ensnared and robbed of his freedom, his independence, and, ultimately, his dream.—Tad Dibbern

Thief

Thief (1981)

John Randolph

Beverly Garland

Anthony Perkins

Dennis Pitt, now in young adulthood, has been conditionally released from the psychiatric hospital where he had been institutionalized for an incident that occurred when he was 15. Despite the doctors believing that he is rehabilitated because he no longer suffers from the fantasies that dominated his life, Dennis is still required to check in with his case officer, Morton Azenauer, once a week. Azenauer will do whatever he can to help Dennis survive in the outside world. A year after his release, Dennis violates the conditions of his release by moving without telling Azenauer, thus missing his weekly check-ins. He moves to Winslow, Massachusetts, where he has gotten a job at Sausenfeld Chemical Co. His boss Bud Munsch, the company, and his acquaintances in town are unaware of his history. In not being truly rehabilitated, Dennis believes the company is part of an alien conspiracy to poison the water supply, including openly discharging chemical waste into the lake next to the plant. Dennis spends much of his time gathering photographic evidence to support his belief. He also becomes infatuated with 17-year-old high-school student Sue Ann Stepanek at first sight. In his "investigative" work, Dennis is able to convince Sue Ann that he is a secret agent and co-opts the eager, admiring girl into his investigations as they begin a romantic relationship. But as Sue Ann deals with what she considers her repressed life, she, in her own slightly off-kilter mental state and using her relationship with Dennis, works toward her own agenda, leading to tragic consequences.—Huggo

Pretty Poison

Pretty Poison (1968)

John Hawkes

Dana Barron

Chris Mulkey

Johnny, a 17 year old boy, succeeds in kidnapping Elvis Presley and thus convinces him to meet her mother who is a fan of his and has to stand difficult times at that moment.—Volker Boehm

Heartbreak Hotel

Heartbreak Hotel (1988)

Tobias Jelinek

Michael Douglas

Robert Duvall

On the day of his daughter's (Joey Singer) birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster (Michael Douglas) is trying to get to his estranged ex-wife's (Barbara Hershey) house to see his daughter. He has a breakdown and leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. Along the way he stops at a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call but the owner, Mister Lee (Michael Paul Chan), does not give him change. This destabilizes William who then breaks apart the shop with a baseball bat and goes to an isolated place to drink a coke. Two gangsters (Agustin Rodriguez & Eddie Frias) threaten him and he reacts by hitting them with the bat. D-FENS continues walking and stops at a phone booth. The gangsters hunt him down with their gang and shoot at him but crash their car. William goes nuts and takes their gym bag with weapons proceeding in his journey of rage against injustice. Meanwhile Sergeant Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), who is working on his last day before retirement, is following the wave of crimes and believes that the same man is responsible but the other detectives do not pay attention to him.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Falling Down

Falling Down (1993)

7.1 / 10

Biography
Drama

6 / 10

Comedy
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6.1 / 10

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5.8 / 10

Drama

6.5 / 10

Action
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6.7 / 10

Action
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4.9 / 10

Action
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6.5 / 10

Action
Comedy

6.3 / 10

Action
Comedy

5 / 10

Action
Drama

7.2 / 10

Action
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6.3 / 10

Drama
Musical

6.7 / 10

Action
Crime

7.4 / 10

Action
Drama

7.4 / 10

Action
Crime

7 / 10

Action
Comedy

5.7 / 10

Action
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7.6 / 10

Action
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