Jack Starrett Filmography

Brothers in Arms

Actors: Todd Allen, Charles Grant, Jack Starrett, DeDee Pfeiffer

Synopsis: Not bad as far as slasher movies go, Brothers in Arms is set-inevitably-in a remote backwoods community. The title refers to a pair of siblings who don't get along (that's putting it mildly). When the brothers inadvertently venture into looney-land, they are besieged by a religious cult which Read More

Like Father, Like Son

Actors: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Sean Astin, Patrick O'Neal, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks

Synopsis: Dr. Jack Hammond (Dudley Moore) is a noted heart surgeon whose personality is switched with his teenage son Chris (Kirk Cameron) in this uninspired comedy. The ingestion of a brain transference serum is the catalyst for the comic catastrophe and the confusion that follows. Sean Astin and Patrick O'Neal Read More

Nightwish

Synopsis: In this supernatural thriller a group of parapsychology students and their instructor explore the elusive, bizarre world of dreams in a supposedly haunted house built over a deep mine shaft. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Death Chase

Actors: Paul L. Smith, Jack Starrett, William Zipp, Bainbridge Scott, Regie de Morton

Synopsis: Steven Chase (William Zipp) is a naive jogger who runs across a dying man with a gun in this low-budget action thriller. With his dying breath, the man hands Steven the gun and says "you're it." Steven is now in a deadly urban game of cat-and-mouse as he is chased by a corporate killer known only Read More

The A-Team: The Duke of Whispering Pines

Synopsis: B.A.'s old college rival Jason Duke (Rick Fitts), now a bank employee, turns up missing. Despite his reluctance, B.A. (Mr. T.) agrees to look for Duke at the request of Jason's wife Debra (Sheila DeWindt), who happens to be B.A.'s former girlfriend. This assignment obliges the A-Team to descened Read More

Hunter: Sniper

Synopsis: A lunatic sniper has been targetting blonde women in the Griffith Park area. Since the assassin is obviously using highly sophisticated weaponry, it is only natural that departmental troubleshooter Hunter (Fred Dryer) be assigned to the case--and only logical that his partner McCall (Stepfanie Read More

Hunter: Rape and Revenge, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Hunter travels to the banana republic of Curaguay to exact vengeance against the "Devil Prince" Raoul Mariano (Richard Yniguez), who after committing murder and sexually assaulting McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) was able to escape prosecution by invoking his Read More

Wildside: Well Known Secret

Synopsis: When a former military man threatens to ruin a small town, it is up to the law enforcement agents of the Wildside Chamber of Commerce to put a stop to his dastardly plans. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

The River

Actors: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Scott Glenn

Synopsis: This socially conscious family farm drama from director Mark Rydell was his follow up to the Oscar-winning On Golden Pond (1981). Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek star as Tom and Mae Garvey, struggling Tennessee farmers constantly one step away from foreclosing. Their farm sits next to a river that Read More

Summer Heat

Crew: Director

Synopsis: No relation to the 1987 film of the same name, 1983's Summer Heat is an R-rated "con on the run" affair. Bruce Davidson plays a starry-eyed young shepherd who manages to get himself a stiff jail sentence. With the help of girl friend Susan George, Davidson makes his escape. Hot in pursuit of the Read More

First Blood

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso, Jack Starrett

Synopsis: First Blood is the Sylvester Stallone film that unleashed "Rambo" onto an unsuspecting world. Wandering into a small, hostile town, ex-Green Beret John Rambo (Stallone) is targeted for persecution and abuse by potbellied Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy). When he can stand no more, Rambo goes Read More

Kiss My Grits

Crew: Director

The Dukes of Hazzard: Mason Dixon's Girls

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Sporting narration and a theme song by country legend Waylon Jennings and starring Tom Wopat and John Schneider as Luke Duke and Bo Duke, The Dukes of Hazzard was a hit throughout its six-year run in the late '70s and early '80s. Also featuring Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke, the show showcased the Read More

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Ghost of General Lee

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A pair of pool hustlers steal the "General Lee" while Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) are skinnydipping. Chasing after the "General", Sheriff Roscoe (James Best) sees the car crash into a local pond, and becomes convinced that the Duke boys have drowned. Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) takes Read More

Mr. Horn

Crew: Director

Actors: John Malloy, David Carradine, Richard Widmark, Karen Black, Richard Masur, Clay Tanner

Synopsis: In this western, based on a William Goldman novel, the life of scout Tom Horn, an idealistic fellow whose life experiences turn him into a bitter bounty hunter, is chronicled. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Survival of Dana

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Sue Anderson heads the cast of the made-for-TV The Survival of Dana. Dana Lee (Anderson) is a basically decent high school girl who suffers severe culture shock when her family moves to another town. A victim of oppressive peer pressure, Dana begins hanging Read More

The Rose

Actors: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus

Synopsis: Bette Midler stars as Rose in this somber drama loosely based on the life of the late Janis Joplin. She plays an ill-fated singer who succumbs to the pressures of performing by indulging in drugs and alcohol. Her sweetheart Dyer (Frederic Forrest) is the former chauffeur who naively tries to save Read More

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Crew: Director

Actors: Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Bo Hopkins

Synopsis: Johnny and June Carter Cash star in the made-for-TV Thaddeus Rose and Eddie. But they don't necessarily play the title characters: true, Cash essays the role of indigent Texas Thaddeus Rose, but his buddy Eddie is played by Bo Hopkins. June is seen as T.R.'s girlfriend Crystal, while Eddie's Read More

Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus

Crew: Director

Actors: Charles Napier, Robert Stoneman, William Daniels

Synopsis: Nice to see veteran hardcase character actor Charles Napier in a leading role, even if it's in something as eminently forgettable as Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus. The eponymous Big Bob (Napier) is head man of a spit-and-vinegar auto racing team. Bob's aggregation makes a brief Read More

Roger and Harry

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this detective drama, two gumshoes are engaged by a millionaire father who wants to find his daughter who has been kidnapped. The film is also known as Love For Ransom. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Walking Tall: The Final Chapter

Crew: Director

Actors: Bo Svenson, Maggie Blye, Forrest Tucker, Lurene Tuttle, Morgan Woodward

Synopsis: Rated R for violence, this is another of the promises broken to us by the movie industry. When they promise that we won't have to see something again, why can't they make it happen? Although this, like the Jason movies (Friday the 13th ad nauseam), is followed by a made for TV movie and a series Read More

Nowhere to Hide

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Fatal Chase stars Lee Van Cleef as taciturn U.S. marshal Ike Scanlon. Designed as the pilot for a weekly series, the film finds Scanlon escorting a mob witness (Tony Musante) to a federal trial. Since the witness is a hit man, there are plenty of people both inside and outside the Read More

The Hollywood Man

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Desperate to make his own film, an actor accepts production money from the Mafia. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

A Small Town in Texas

Crew: Director

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Susan George, Bo Hopkins, Art Hindle, John Karlen

Synopsis: This by-the-numbers action-revenge drama that plays like several other similarly-plotted, good ol' boy pulp flicks of its era, such as Billy Jack (1971) and Walking Tall (1973). Timothy Bottoms stars as Poke Jackson, a convict who's just been released from prison after a stint for drug Read More

Race with the Devil

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong

Synopsis: This novel fusion of car-chase film and spooky horror became a surprise box-office hit in 1975. The story begins with car enthusiasts Frank (Warren Oates) and Roger (Peter Fonda) taking their wives, Kelly (Lara Parker) and Alice (Loretta Swit), on a vacation in a recreational vehicle. Their Read More

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes was cobbled together from two 1974 episodes of the TV series Planet of the Apes, which of course was inspired by the popular movie series of the same name. Ron Harper and James Naughton play two contemporary astronauts who fall into a time warp and are Read More

The Gravy Train

Crew: Director

Actors: Mary L. Honaker

Synopsis: The Gravy Train stars Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest as a husky but none-too-bright pair of West Virginia brothers. Feeling stifled by their blue-collar jobs, the boys become tentatively involved in crime, only to discover that they enjoy working on the wrong side of the law. The moments of Read More

Cleopatra Jones

Crew: Director

Actors: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas, Bill McKinney

Synopsis: Tamara Dobson stars as Cleopatra Jones in Jack Starrett's blaxploitation programmer that, in its own way, deals effectively with the ravages of drugs in inner-city black communities. Cleopatra Jones is a jive female James Bond, a special drug agent for the United States government who wears sleek Read More

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

Crew: Director

Actors: Bonnie Bedelia, Ken Howard, Anthony Zerbe

Synopsis: Love can take many forms and express itself in any number of ways, as this offbeat drama makes clear. While hitchhiking, Rosalie (Bonnie Bedelia), a young Native American woman, meets Virgil (Ken Howard), a blonde-haired, blue-eyed dreamboat, and she soon becomes infatuated with him. She talks him Read More

Slaughter

Crew: Director

Actors: Norman Alfe

Synopsis: In this action film, football great Jim Brown stars as Slaughter, an ex-Green Beret. He seeks to avenge the bombing death of his parents. Having done that, he is persuaded to go to Mexico to hunt down some really dangerous criminals. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

The Losers

Crew: Director

Actors: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Dan Kemp, Houston Savage

Synopsis: Motorcycle maniacs are recruited by the U.S. government to rescue a captured CIA operative in Cambodia. The action-packed cycle drama finds the army slaughtering innocent villagers while the bikers rescue the agent. The CIA agents are painfully clueless as to the toll on human lives that follows Read More

Hell's Bloody Devils

Actors: Harland Sanders, John Gabriel, Kent Taylor

Synopsis: Bikers, Nazis, Mafiosi, and the FBI all clash in this wild and wooly exploitation picture from director Al Adamson. Mark Adams (John Gabriel) is an FBI agent who has been assigned to infiltrate an organized crime ring that has obtained a set of printing plates that will allow them to produce Read More

Night Chase

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Will David Janssen never stop being a fugitive? In the made-for-TV Night Chase, he's a Los Angelino on the lam after shooting his wife's lover. Believing he's killed the man, Janssen boards Yaphet Kotto's taxi and orders Kotto to head for Mexico. The film's level of suspense holds up until the Read More

Cry Blood, Apache

Crew: Director

Actors: Joel McCrea

Synopsis: Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold mine. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Gay Deceivers

Actors: Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Larry Casey, Jo Ann Harris, Michael Greer

Synopsis: Two young men pretend to be gay when they are asked to pay a visit to the local draft board. Danny (Kevin Coughlin) and his pal Elliot (Larry Casey) camp it up in front of Army recruiter Dixon (Jack Starrett). When the two return to their apartment to celebrate with their girlfriends, they are Read More

Gun Runner

Crew: Editor

Synopsis: In this actioner, a government agent must stop a South American arms-smuggling operation that has been providing firearms to a fanatical sect in Texas. Along the way he meets a wanderer who helps the undercover agent join the gang. The drifter begins impersonating a sailor and meets a prostitute Read More

Run, Angel, Run!

Crew: Director

Actors: William Smith, Valerie Starrett, Gene Shane, Lee de Broux, Eugene Cornelius

Synopsis: When Angel (William Smith) writes a story about the Devil's Advocates motorcycle gang, his luck changes. The good news is he sells the story to a magazine for $10,000. The bad news is he is a wanted man, now hunted by the biker gang. Angel and his girlfriend head for the northern California hills Read More

Angels from Hell

Actors: Tom Stern, Arlene Martel, Ted Markland, Paul Bertoya

Synopsis: Biker-flick entrepreneur Joe Solomon used the profits from his first three independent efforts to form his own company, Fanfare Productions. The second film in the Solomon trio was Angels From Hell -- not to be confused with his other efforts, Hell's Angels on Wheels and Run, Angel, Run. Tom Stern Read More

The Born Losers

Actors: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jane Russell, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman, Jr.

Synopsis: One of the first recognizable "vigilante" films in American cinema, The Born Losers tells the story of Billy Jack (writer-director Tom Laughlin), a half-breed ex-Green Beret and Vietnam veteran who makes it his business to rescue a cute mod girl from a crew of vicious bikers. Much to his chagrin Read More

Hell's Angels on Wheels

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Adam Roarke, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor, John Garwood

Synopsis: A bunch of hairy guys on Harleys are causing trouble again in this, one of the best-remembered examples of the biker flicks of the 1960's. Poet (Jack Nicholson) is a moody gas station attendant who is looking for more excitement in his life. When a gang of bikers roars through town, Poet is Read More

The Young Sinner

Actors: Tom Laughlin, William Wellman, Jr., Chris Robinson

Synopsis: Not to be confused with the 1987 movie of the same name, this is one of the early films that Tom Laughlin directed before he became famous from his series on Billy Jack, an anti-hero of his time. Laughlin also stars in this uneven teen drama as its only developed character, Christopher Wotan, a Read More

The Young Sinner

Actors: Tom Laughlin, Stefanie Powers

Synopsis: In this realistic, nonexploitative drama, a high school athlete confesses his life story to a priest. The story is told in flashback. First he is seen as a top football player hoping for a scholarship so he can go to school and get away from his alcoholic father and his hard-working mother. The Read More