P.J. Soles Filmography

No Place Like Home

Actors: Susan O'Meara, Carl Bradshaw, The Countryman, P.J. Soles, Frank Marrero

Synopsis: The Harder They Come director Perry Henzel returns to the Caribbean paradise which inspired that reggae-infused classic to tell this breezy tale of a worldly, New York producer who travels to Jamaica to lens a commercial, only to find her latest production thrown into question when her star player Read More

The Tooth Fairy

Synopsis: As maestro TV producer Stephen J. Cannell's latest foray into feature work, The Tooth Fairy represents the latest direct-to-video entry in an unofficial series of slasher films that resurrect friendly characters in a horrific vein -- from the 1997 Jack Frost to the 2005 Gingerdead Man. This Read More

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

Synopsis: Take a fascinating look back at each film in the long-running Halloween franchise started by John Carpenter back in 1978 to see just where the malevolent Michael Myers stands in the blood-soaked annals of horror history as actress P.J. Soles narrates the definitive documentary of the Halloween Read More

Death by Engagement

The Devil's Rejects

Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory

Synopsis: Directed by the prolific Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects is a sequel of sorts to 2003's House of 1000 Corpses, and picks up several weeks after House left off. This time, the clash revolves around the tribe of violent lunatics and decidedly valueless family members of the original film, who have Read More

Pee Stains and Other Disasters

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road

Actors: Ken Butler, Charlene Fernetz, Ross Hagen, Nancy Kwan, Pilar Lastra

Jawbreaker

Actors: Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, Chad Christ, Carol Kane, Pam Grier

Synopsis: At Ronald Reagan High School, the power elite clique consists of Courtney Shane (Rose McGowan), Julie Freeman (Rebecca Gayheart), Marcie Fox (Julie Benz), and Liz Purr (Charlotte Roldan). The four girls control the school through a combination of beauty, sex, and intimidation. Of the four, only Read More

Uncle Sam

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Robert Forster, Bo Hopkins, P.J. Soles, William Smith

Synopsis: After being killed by friendly fire during the Gulf War, soldier Sam Harper (David Shark Fralick) inexplicably returns from the dead to wreak revenge upon corrupt military men, draft dodgers, tax cheats, and flag burners. His memory is cherished only by his nephew, who doesn't realize that in life Read More

Little Bigfoot

Actors: Stephen Furst, Matt McCoy, Ross Malinger, P.J. Soles, Kenneth Tigar, Kelly Packard

Synopsis: With perhaps a slight nod towards Harry and the Hendersons, this family-oriented drama centers on a vacationing clan who run across a baby bigfoot and its mother. Realizing the near-mythical creatures are in great danger from the ruthless owner of a logging company who has sent hunters out to Read More

The Power Within

Actors: Ted Jan Roberts, Jacob Parker, Karen Valentine, William Zabka, Keith Coogan

Synopsis: A young martial arts expert takes on an evil villain for the possession of a magical ring said to grant its wearer unlimited power. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Soldier's Fortune

Actors: Gil Gerard, Dan Haggerty, Charles Napier, P.J. Soles, Barbara Bingham

Synopsis: With the help of a few of his veteran friends, an ex-Green Beret soldier arrives in Los Angeles from Central America to find his kidnapped daughter. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Alienator

Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, John Phillip Law, Ross Hagen, Dyana Ortelli, Jesse Dabson

Synopsis: There's not much doubt this film's a direct descendant of Schwarzenegger's Terminator classic, though it's certainly a distant descendant. Here a fugitive from a far-away planet escapes execution in a hijacked spaceship and crashes on the planet Earth where he's befriended by some young campers Read More

B.O.R.N.

Actors: Ross Hagen, P.J. Soles, Hoke Howell, William Smith, Russ Tamblyn

Synopsis: This gory medical thriller managed to pre-date an early-'90s spate of direct-to-video exploitation films dealing with sleazy black-market organ banks. The plot centers on the activities of the "Body Organ Replacement Network," a secret criminal organization (led by ubiquitous movie villain William Smith Read More

Saigon Commandos

Actors: Richard Young, P.J. Soles, John Allen Nelson, Jimi B, Jr., Spanky Manikan

Synopsis: In this routine actioner, Sergeant Mark Stryker (Richard Young) is framed for murder by the scheming politician Nguyen HuuTri (Joonee Gamboa) in war-torn Saigon. Stryker uncovers evidence that the series of murders he is blamed for were committed by heroin dealers in cahoots with Tri. The wrongly Read More

Sweet Dreams

Actors: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley

Synopsis: Patsy Cline was one of the first great female stars of country music, and her best-known hits (such as "Sweet Dreams" and "Walking After Midnight") not only broadened the audience for country but brought a new sophistication to the Nashville sound. Cline was at the peak of her popularity when she Read More

Cheers: Rebound, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Cheers' two-part season three opener, Sam (Ted Danson), at long last, has accepted that it is all over between him and Diane (Shelley Long), and has stopped drinking with the help of psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer). Now the trick is to get Sam to accept the fact Read More

Innocent Prey

Actors: P.J. Soles, Kit Taylor, Grigor Taylor, Martin Balsam, John Warnock

Synopsis: In this run-of-the-mill suspense thriller, a woman fights for her survival on two different occasions. Kathy's (P.J. Soles) husband Joe (Kit Taylor) at first seems normal -- until Kathy catches him slashing a prostitute in the shower. She calls the police and Joe is institutionalized though not Read More

Listen to the City

Actors: P.J. Soles, Michael Glassbourg, Sandra Horne, Jim Carroll, Barry Callaghan

Synopsis: Stylistically uneven and filled with symbolism as well as problems such as good music that cannot compensate for the performances of the unprofessional actors, this mix of narration and social commentary by Ron Mann is about a television journalist investigating the unethical practices of a Read More

Soggy Bottom USA

Synopsis: Set during Prohibition in a tiny Southern town filled with colorful characters, this all-star comedy follows the exploits of a hard-working sheriff who tries his darnedest to keep things peaceful and above board. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Other Woman

Actors: Hal Linden, Anne Meara, Madolyn Smith

Synopsis: Directed by seasoned comedy man Melville Shavelson, The Other Woman is a "menage a trois" TV movie with a twist. The stars are middle-aged Anne Meara and Hal Linden, and youngish Madolyn Smith. The twist? Linden, a book publisher, is married to half-his-age Smith, a fashion designer. It is Anne Meara Read More

The Awakening of Cassie

Synopsis: This is a romantic tale about a lovely artist who tastes the painful bliss of first love. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Stripes

Actors: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Candy

Synopsis: Bill Murray decides to be all that he can be -- and it ain't pretty -- in this hit comedy. John Winger (Murray) is a quick-witted but unambitious loser who comes home after getting fired to discover that his car has been repossessed and his girlfriend is leaving him. With no idea of what to do Read More

Private Benjamin

Actors: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Sam Wanamaker, Harry Dean Stanton

Synopsis: Devastated when her brand-new husband Albert Brooks) drops dead on their wedding night, Jewish American princess Judy Benjamin (Goldie Hawn) is receptive to the pitch delivered by a duplicitous recruiter for the Women's Army Corps. Quickly adivsed by topkick Captain Lewis (Eileen Brennan) that she Read More

Old Boyfriends

Actors: Talia Shire, Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine, John Belushi, John Houseman

Synopsis: Noted screenwriter Joan Tewksbury made her directorial debut with this bittersweet comedy-drama. Diane Cruise (Talia Shire), a psychologist going through a severe depression, takes a long look at her life after attempting to commit suicide. Diane decides to pay a visit to her former boyfriends in Read More

Breaking Away

Actors: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Paul Dooley, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie

Synopsis: Dennis Christopher stars as a recent high school graduate in Bloomington, Indiana, who is caught with his friends -- Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley -- coasting between high school and deciding what to do with the rest of their lives. The four friends are snobbishly looked down upon Read More

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Actors: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Mary Woronov

Synopsis: Rock 'n' Roll High School is a prime example of a 1970s movie phenomenon: a cult film that was deliberately designed to be a cult film. High-schooler Riff Randell's (P.J. Soles) efforts to meet the Ramones are continually thwarted by rock & roll-hating principal Evelyn Togar (Mary Woronov). Ms. Read More

Halloween

Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers

Synopsis: It was "The Night HE Came Home," warned the posters for John Carpenter's career-making horror smash. In Haddonfield, Ilinois, on Halloween night 1963, 6-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably slaughters his teenage sister. His psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) can't penetrate Michael's Read More

Our Winning Season

Actors: Scott Jacoby, Deborah Benson, Dennis Quaid, Randy Herman, Joe Penny

Synopsis: In this youthful drama, a high-school senior aspires to become a track star while simultaneously dealing with the other travails of youth. One of his best friends is drafted and ends up getting killed in Vietnam. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Zuma Beach

Actors: Suzanne Somers, Steven Keats, Michael Biehn, Mark Wheeler, Kimberly Beck

Synopsis: A high-school boy's ho-hum summer at the beach turns into a dream-come-true when he is befriended by a beautiful but depressed singer whose career is on the wane. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Actors: Eve Plumb

Synopsis: First telecast May 16, 1977, Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn is the gender-switch follow-up to the 1976 TV movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. While Dawn concentrated on the sordid descent of a young girl into crime and prostitution, Alexander devotes its time to the exploits of a Read More

The Possessed

Synopsis: An ex-priest helps exorcise the demons that have taken over the residents of an exclusive girls' school in this made-for-TV supernatural thriller. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Blood Bath

Synopsis: This campy, amateurish horror anthology involves a quartet of spooky tales of the supernatural told around the dinner table by the cast and director of a horror film. The stories involve a mad bomber who gets his macabre comeuppance; a magical coin that transports its owner back in time; a ghost Read More

Carrie

Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, Nancy Allen, John Travolta

Synopsis: This classic horror movie based on Stephen King's first novel stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her small-town high school. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her Read More

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

Actors: John Travolta, Diana Hyland, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy, Glynnis O'Connor

Synopsis: Welcome Back Kotter star John Travolta headlines the made-for-TV Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Douglas Day Stewart's fact-based teleplay casts Travolta as Tod Lubitsch, a teenager who was born without disease immunities. Tod is forced to live out his life in incubator conditions; whenever he vetnures Read More