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Synopsis: Beyond Bizarre fulfills our fascination with unexplained phenomena with a Discovery Channel series on strange and macabre events, people, and situations. The host of the program, Jay Robinson, travels throughout the world to seek out some of the most mysterious occurences and individuals. In Read More
Synopsis: Curiosity about the unexplained continues in this installment of Beyond Bizarre, Vol. 4, the popular Discovery Channel series about strange and hard-to-believe occurences, places, and people. In this episode, host Jay Robinson looks at what some cultures ingest as nourishment in "Weird Food." Read More
Synopsis: In this highly rated Discovery Channel series, the spotlight is on the truly weird and unusual. In this first installment, Beyond Bizarre, Vol. 1, host Jay Robinson travels throughout the globe looking for unexplained events, strange individuals, and peculiar locales. He discovers, among other Read More
Synopsis: Viewers hungry for in-depth coverage of unusual, weird, and simply unexplainable occurences made this series one of the most popular of all Discovery Channel presentations. In this episode, Beyond Bizarre, Vol. 2, host Jay Robinson presents "Cryptozoology," in which mysterious creatures are Read More
Synopsis: In this popular series about unexplained phenomena offered by the Discovery Channel, host Jay Robinson continues his worldwide search for the truly weird. Beyond Bizarre, Vol. 3 takes a look into the subject of medicine with "Bizarre Healing and Practices" and "Shoshone Shamanic Ritual." Also, Robinson Read More
Synopsis: The world is full of events with no plausible explanations. This highly rated series offered by the Discovery Channel attracts viewers whose curiosity about these phenomena is almost insatiable. In this episode, Beyond Bizarre, Vol. 6, host Jay Robinson presents a baffling phenomena in the segment Read More
Synopsis: A preoccupation with unexplained events on the part of viewers helped to make this Discovery Channel series one of its most popular presentations. In the last episode, Beyond Bizarre, Vol. 7, program host Jay Robinson enters the world of the undead and examines the subject of zombies. Then he Read More
Synopsis: This video is an exploration of the Puerto Rican mythical beast, el chupacabra. The name means " goat sucker" and refers to the creature's predilection for the blood of others. Several deaths of farm animals and pets are ascribed to el chupacabra. The film investigates various Read More
Actors: Timothy Busfield, Stephen Lang, Martin Kemp, Lisa Blount, O'Neal Compton
Synopsis: Another "based on an actual event!" TV movie, Murder Between Friends is set in 1980s New Orleans. Two friends become involved in murder when the wife of one of them begins cheating on her spouse. Constructed along the lines of "Rashomon", the script offers two entirely different accounts of the Read More
Actors: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Sadie Frost
Synopsis: Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance Read More
Actors: Jay Robinson, Matt Boston, Anne Howard
Synopsis: The Goonies have got nothing on these adventure seeking kids! When a group of teens stumble across a mysterious treasure map, the search is on to find a lost pirate ship that's filled with treasure. Though they soon discover a secret desert tunnel that will lead directly to the ship, the teens Read More
Synopsis: Developed by Tina Sinatra and approved by Frank himself, Sinatra is a made-for-television mini-series following the life and times of Frank Sinatra, one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. Opening with his childhood in Hoboken, New Jersey, the film follows Sinatra's (Philip Casnoff Read More
Synopsis: While travelling through Amish country in hopes of purchasing a quilt, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is stuck there after a traffic mishap. Not surprisingly, murder soon rears its ugly head, the victim on this occasion being a taciturn Amish farmer. The suspects include the farmer's wife, the farmer's Read More
Actors: Robert Vaughn, Teri Copley, Stephen Altman, Monique Gabrielle, Angus Scrimm, Ace Mask
Synopsis: In Transylvania Twist, producer Roger Corman and director Jim Wynorski make Mel Brooks movies look like Noël Coward drawing-room comedies. The film begins with nubile innocent Patty (Monique Gabrielle) being chasing through the woods by the Greatest Horror Hits of the 1980s --with Jason, Freddy Read More
Synopsis: Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) hopes to make a corporate farewell party a lot more exciting than the dullard who is retiring. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and the guys reluctantly attend the bris of baby Frederick, with at least one of the guests making his own cut-out a bit early. Meanwhile, Carla (Rhea Perlman Read More
Actors: Paul Reubens, Kris Kristofferson, Valeria Golino, Penelope Ann Miller, Susan Tyrrell
Synopsis: Paul Reubens's followup to the box-office hit Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is just as outrageous and cartoonish, though not as good. This time, child-man Pee-Wee runs a colorful farm, chock full of talking animals and outsized produce. On the morning after a tornado of Wizard of Oz dimensions, Pee-Wee Read More
Synopsis: Cornell Wilde guest stars as Duncan Barnett, the ruthless founder-CEO of Barnett Industries. Gathering his board of directors (and their wives and loved ones) to his lavish New York estage, Barnett seems poised to name his successor. Instead, he is killed in an accident--or, at least, it looks Read More
Synopsis: Dan (John Larroquette) and Harry (Harry Anderson) both angle for the attentions of Christine's gorgeous friend Heather (Sela Ward). After carefully weighing the options, Heather decides to spend the weekend with Dan, sending Harry spiraling into a depression. But worse is still to come: It seems Read More
Synopsis: Bionic Woman star Lindsay Wagner is here cast as Joanne Tilford, who six years after attempting suicide, is discharged from an upscale mental clinic. Returning home to care for her husband Howdy (Gerald McRaney), who has suffered a heart attack, Joanne soon discovers that her role in the Tilford Read More
Actors: Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Richard Lynch
Synopsis: This is an unusual entry in the knights-in-armor genre. Set in medieval England, the film follows the exploits of a young swordsman, Talon (Lee Horsley). Working as a mercenary knight, Talon possesses a unique three-bladed sword which fires its two extra blades when he touches a button. By chance Read More
Actors: Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass, Jay Robinson
Synopsis: TV director James Burrows made his feature debut with this unusual film that's a situation comedy-style twist on both The Odd Couple (1968) and Cruising (1980). The murder of a male model in a gay, beachfront enclave of L.A. warrants an undercover investigation, so police officer Benson (Ryan O'Neal Read More
Actors: Jenny Agutter, Ron Moody, William Marshall
Synopsis: This is another adaptation of Shakespeare's famous tragedy. It is the sad story of Othello, Moor of Venice who is slowly driven insane by his jealous assistant Iago. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Originally produced for television, this adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical tragedy stars David Birney as Richard II, who gains a fearsome enemy in his cousin Bolingbroke (Paul Shenar) when he seizes his land. Outraged Britons and rebellious Irishmen eventually turn against the king Read More
Synopsis: Known to superstitious actors the world over as "The Scottish Play," MacBeth is widely considered one of Shakespeare's masterpieces. This particular rendition of the tale of a power-hungry Scottish general and his loyal, cold-hearted wife differs from others in that the actors eschew the Read More
Actors: Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips, Olivia Hussey, Herbert Lom
Synopsis: In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlowe (an amalgam of Read More
Actors: Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Jay Robinson, Dana Andrews, Raymond St. Jacques
Synopsis: President Richard Nixon's legal counsellor Charles Colson was tried for several criminal charges relating to the Watergate cover-up, eventually spending some time in prison. This film explores Colson's personal crisis, and the religious convictions which, crossing party boundaries, worked to bring Read More
Synopsis: Grandpa (Will Geer) and Grandma (Ellen Corby) find themselves on opposite sides of a civic battle when the historic Whitley House is slated for demolition. Believing that the old house can be renovated, Grandma starts up a petition to that effect. Trouble is, Grandpa has already signed a contract Read More
Synopsis: In order to pay for his tuition at the music conservatory, Jason (Jon Walmsley) takes a job at the Dew Drop Inn, a local roadhouse. Naturally, Olivia (Michael Learned) and Grandma (Ellen Corby) are opposed to this, terrified that their darling boy will fall in with a "bad crowd." As the story Read More
Actors: Howard Hesseman, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Carrie Fisher
Synopsis: A frankly adult comedy about the sex lives of the aimless and the rich, Shampoo is also a pointed commentary on the demise of 1960s idealism at the dawn of the Nixon era. It is Election Day, 1968, and randy Beverly Hills hairdresser George Roundy (Warren Beatty) is too worried about attending to Read More
Actors: Charles Love, Willis Draffen, Harry Williams
Synopsis: In Night Train, also known as Train Ride to Hollywood Harry Williams, head singer for Bloodstone, a modern rock group, is hit on the head and imagines he's back in the Hollywood of the 1930s. On a coast-bound train, Williams rubs shoulders with reasonable facsimiles of such long-gone greats as Read More
Actors: Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly
Synopsis: This Italian film was made for the blaxploitation action niche, but sloppy dubbing and unintentionally funny dialogue kept it from packing the kind of action punch needed for box-office success. Father Charlie (Lino Venturi) is an ex-con who has been granted an exemption from canon law to become a Read More
Synopsis: In this episode from the mystery series, Banacek investigates the disappearance of a shady banker who was performing a disappearing act on stage. The had good reason to vanish; the police were about to arrest him for embezzling 1.75 million dollars. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Fred Cash, Angelyn Chester, Sam Gooden, Ralph Johnson, Pamela Serpe, Reggie Torian
Synopsis: The "three" alluded to in the title are played by Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. Letting their fists do all the talking, the hard-nosed trio takes on a neofascist organization. It is the avowed purpose of this all-white hate group to "cleanse" Los Angeles, Detroit and Washington DC of Read More
Synopsis: Actually, Hijack has nothing to do with the Wild Blue Yonder: instead, the story involves two truckers (David Janssen, Keenan Wynn) hauling a mysterious cargo from LA to Houston. The U.S. government won't tell our heroes what they're carrying in their eight-wheeler, but someone knows what it is Read More
Actors: Season Hubley
Synopsis: Not to be confused with the made-for-TV horror film She Waits, the equally TV-bound She Lives is (to some) a horror of a different sort. Desi Arnaz Jr. is Andy Reed, a college student who falls in love with coed Pam Rainey (Season Hubley). She learns that she has a fatal illness. They stay Read More
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Kitty Winn
Synopsis: Novelist William Peter Blatty based his best-seller on the last known Catholic-sanctioned exorcism in the United States. Blatty transformed the little boy in the 1949 incident into a little girl named Regan, played by 14-year-old Linda Blair. Suddenly prone to fits and bizarre behavior, Regan Read More
Actors: Dack Rambo
Synopsis: Originally released as Nightmare Honeymoon, this lurid thriller stars Dack Rambo and Rebecca Diana Smith. Rambo plays a Vietnam vet (he's certainly got the right name for it), while Rebecca is cast as his new bride, an heiress. While on their honeymoon, the newlyweds witness a murder and Rebecca Read More
Synopsis: A man feels obligated to hijack the plane his boss is on after he has gambled himself into overwhelming debt. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Anthony Quayle, Lynn Redgrave, Lou Jacobi, Gene Wilder, Tony Randall
Synopsis: Woody Allen's in-name-only adaptation of the once notorious sexual reference guide by Dr. David Reuben contains seven episodes based on "helpful" questions answered in the book. In "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?", Allen appears as a court jester who uses a love potion to spark the erotic interests of the Read More
Actors: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy
Synopsis: Would you believe Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine as a pair of free-spirited hippies on a crime spree? That's the premise of this unlikely comedy starring the two Oscar-winning veterans. Bunny O'Hare (Bette Davis) is an elderly woman living in New Mexico who is trying to keep herself afloat Read More
Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy
Synopsis: Endora's latest spell causes Darrin to speak in nothing but clichés. Normally, Samantha would come to the rescue, but she is saddled with a problem of her own: Tabitha's new warlock tutor Professor Phipps (Jay Robinson) has a disturbing habit of bringing storybook characters to life. A hint of the Read More
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Buster Keaton
Synopsis: Robert Youngson once again compiles scenes from the golden age of comedy's silent film era. Laurel and Hardy are shown battling a gum machine, and Hardy is a debaucherous Romeo whose amorous plans are thwarted by Rex, the Wonder Horse. Charley Chase is hampered by hiccups and a female professor Read More
Synopsis: Hoping to help Samantha in the kitchen, witch/maid Esmerelda tries to whip up a caesar salad. Instead, she produces Roman Emperor Julius Caesar (Jay Robinson), who is incensed that history has branded him a dictator. Unable to rid herself of the volatile house guest, Samantha decides to lure Read More
Synopsis: Kirk's command ability is threatened when he falls victim to an alien woman's magical charms in this episode from the third season of the 1960s science fiction television series. The Enterprise is assigned to transport representatives of two warring cultures, Ambassador Petri of Troyius and Elaan Read More
Actors: Steve Cochran, Shary Marshall, Jay Robinson, Dave Bondu, Patricia Wolf
Synopsis: A sailor and a stripper fall in love on the beaches of Nassau in this romance. Unfortunately, the exotic dancer already has a lover. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: June Allyson, David Niven, Jesse Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor
Synopsis: The Depression-New Deal subtext of the original 1936 My Man Godfrey was understandably dispensed with in this so-so 1957 remake. David Niven steps into the old William Powell role as hobo-turned-butler Godfrey, while June Allyson does her best in the Carole Lombard part as Irene Bullock, the Read More
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Carol Ohmart, Arthur Franz, Jay Robinson, Kathryn Grant
Synopsis: The "hipster" dialogue bandied about in The Wild Party is reason enough to sit through this curious time capsule. Anthony Quinn stars as an embittered ex-athlete who seeks an escape from his dead-end existence. Unfortunately, Quinn opts for a life of crime when he ties up with unemployed pianist Read More
Actors: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy
Synopsis: Having previously portrayed England's Queen Elizabeth I in 1939's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Bette Davis reprises the role in the Technicolor-and-Cinescope costumer The Virgin Queen. Harry Brown and Mindret Lord's screenplay proposes that Elizabeth's relationship with adventurer Sir Read More
Actors: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft
Synopsis: Demetrius and the Gladiators was the sequel to The Robe, and though they were released several months apart, the films were shot at the same time. Based on characters originally conceived by Lloyd C. Douglas, the film stars Victor Mature as the title character, an ex-slave who embraced Read More
Actors: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson
Synopsis: Historically important as the first CinemaScope feature film, 20th Century-Fox's The Robe is fine dramatic entertainment in its own right. Based on the best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, the film stars Richard Burton as the wastrelly Roman tribune who is assigned by a weary Pontius Pilate (Richard Boone Read More
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