Movies by Charles Durning
As part of the cast:
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The Life Zone (2011)
Cast: Robert Loggia, Lindsey Haun, Angelia Little …
Directed by: Rod Weber
Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. The prisoners face life-transforming decisions as they struggle for their lives in this…
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An Affirmative Act (2010)
Cast: Costas Mandylor, Charles Durning, Blanche Baker …
Directed by: Jana Mattioli
Terry and Samantha Succi's life together is shattered when they are arrested for fraud and exposed as lesbians who posed as a man and woman in order to marry. But rather than accepting a…
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Break (2009)
Cast: Frank Krueger, Sarah Thompson, Chad Everett …
Directed by: Marc Clebanoff
Equal parts film noir and comic book, this stylized tale follows Frank (Frank Krueger), a hit man hired by a Mafia kingpin called "the Man" (Chad Everett). It turns out the Man is dying, and…
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According to Dom (2009)
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Dick Van Patten …
Directed by: Deren Abram
Enjoy some wonderful rare moments with unforgettable comic actor Dom DeLuise as he sits at his kitchen table talking with a few of his famous friends, including Burt Reynolds, Dick Van…
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Good Dick (2008)
Cast: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Eric Edelstein …
Directed by: Marianna Palka
Habitually isolated in her quiet apartment, a vulnerable girl (Marianna Palka) with a penchant for soft-core porn ventures out to a local video store, where she meets a store clerk (Jason…
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iMurders (2008)
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, William Forsythe, Tony Todd …
Directed by: Robbie Bryan
When a cunning serial killer begins picking off the disparate users of a popular Internet chat room, it's up to FBI agents Otis Washington and Lori Romano to bring him -- or her -- down.
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River's End (2007)
Cast: Sam Huntington, Barry Corbin, Caroline Goodall …
Directed by: William Katt
When 17-year-old Clay (Sam Huntington), grandson of Sheriff Buster Watkins (Barry Corbin), goes into a downward spiral after his father's death -- making trouble at school and committing…
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Deal (2007)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Shannon Elizabeth …
Directed by: Gil Cates Jr.
Ex-card shark Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds) swore himself off the cards years ago, but when he takes on a cocky young player named Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison) as his protégé, he…
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Kinky Killers (2007)
Cast: George Lekovic, Michael Paré, Charles Durning …
A serial killer is on the loose, targeting patients of psychiatrist Jill Kessy (Beverly Lynne) and clients of lawyer Alexander Hathaway (Charles Durning). The police are baffled by the…
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The Golden Boys (2007)
Cast: David Carradine, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern …
Directed by: Daniel Adams
Desperate for a housekeeper, three crotchety Cape Cod sea captains and housemates decide that one of them must sacrifice his own bachelor bliss and take a mail-order bride, a woman who will…
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Stephen King's Desperation (2006)
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish …
Directed by: Mick Garris
When a group of strangers cross paths in the small town of Desperation, Nev., they find themselves at the mercy of psychotic Sheriff Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman), who's possessed by…
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Local Color (2006)
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta …
Directed by: George Gallo
A struggling 18-year-old art student meets a well-known painter many years his senior whose life has been consumed by alcoholism, and the two forge a friendship that helps both of them to…
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Unbeatable Harold (2006)
Cast: Gordon Michaels, Nicole DeHuff, Dylan McDermott …
Directed by: Ari Palitz
An eternal optimist and assistant steakhouse manager, Harold (Gordon Michaels) follows all of his dreams with gusto. After helping the beautiful Wanda (Nicole DeHuff) land a job at his…
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Dirty Deeds (2005)
Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Lacey Chabert, Tom Amandes …
Directed by: David Kendall
To score points with the girl of his dreams (Lacey Chabert), West Valley High senior Zach Harper (Milo Ventimiglia) signs on for the school's definitive test of manhood: making it…
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Miracle Dogs Too (2005)
Cast: Janine Turner, Patrick Muldoon, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Richard Gabai
After discovering a pair of precious cocker spaniels in the woods, young Zack (Dustin Evans) takes them home, unaware that the dogs have healing powers. But as the puppies' unique…
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L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005)
Cast: Snoop Dogg, Charles S. Dutton, T.K. Carter …
Directed by: Marc Klasfeld
Snoop Dogg narrates this explosive satire that skewers the 1992 Los Angeles riots and roasts everyone from Mayor Bradley (Charles S. Dutton) to LAPD Chief Darryl Gates (Ronny Cox). From the…
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The Drum Beats Twice (2004)
Cast: Ed Fry, Robert Clohessy, Eileen Fulton …
Directed by: Kenneth Del Vecchio
Left helpless after a vicious attack, Vietnam veteran and cop John Carreck (Kenneth Del Vecchio) suffers another blow when his wife deserts him. But hope arrives in the form of persevering…
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Death & Texas (2004)
Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Charles Durning, Steve Harris …
Directed by: Kevin DiNovis
A Texas football team tries to get a man off death row to help them win a crucial game in this satire. Former pro football star "Barefoot" Bobby Briggs (Steve Harris) awaits execution for his…
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One Last Ride (2003)
Cast: Anita Barone, Patrick Cupo, Chazz Palminteri …
Oscar winner Ang Lee produces this fast-moving drama about the destructive power of a compulsive gambling addiction. Based on a true story, the narrative follows one day in the life of…
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Bleacher Bums (2002)
Cast: Hal Sparks, Wayne Knight, Peter Riegert …
Directed by: Saul Rubinek
Adapted from a 1979 stage play, Bleacher Bums details the exploits of a group of baseball fans as they watch a hometown game. Marvin (Brad Garrett), Decker (Peter Riegert) and Zig (Wayne…
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Pride & Loyalty (2002)
Cast: Charles Durning, Rebecca Budig, Mark Consuelos …
Directed by: Seamus McNally, Ken Del Vecchio
Jake (Seamus McNally), a hotshot prosecutor, battles tough problems with his girlfriend (Rebecca Budig) and his own obsessive-compulsive personality. When detectives begin investigating his…
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Mother Ghost (2002)
Cast: Mark Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Dana Delany …
Directed by: Rich Thorne
In the year since his mother died, Keith Bennett (Mark Thompson) has been tormented by the notion that she's still with him. On the verge of losing his wife and family as well as his…
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L.A.P.D.: To Protect and Serve (2001)
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Charles Durning, Marc Singer …
Directed by: Ed Anders
Los Angeles police Capt. Elsworth (Dennis Hopper) must deal with overeager new cop Sam Steele (Marc Singer) after he disobeys orders and turns a bank heist into a deadly shootout trying to be…
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Lakeboat (2001)
Cast: Charles Durning, Tony Mamet, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Joe Mantegna
Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, State and Main, Heist) brings his own life experiences as a young man to the screen in this film…
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Turn of Faith (2001)
Cast: Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Mia Sara, Costas Mandylor …
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Costas Mandylor, Mia Sara, Charles Durning and Tony Sirico star in this indie drama about three childhood pals who took vastly different paths: one is a cop, the other is a man of the cloth,…
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Steve Martini's The Judge (2001)
Cast: Chris Noth, Edward James Olmos, Lolita Davidovich …
Directed by: Mick Garris
In this television adaptation of Steve Martini's courtroom thriller novel, defense attorney Paul Madriani (Chris Noth) grapples with his latest assignment: Defending a judge who's…
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Backlash (2000)
Cast: Charles Durning, JoBeth Williams, Tracey Needham …
Directed by: Jack Ersgard
When federal prosecutor Gina Gallagher (Tracy Needham) brings a drug cartel to its knees, the bad guys decide to get even by hiring a hit man to kill her. After the assassin's bullet…
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State and Main (2000)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Patti LuPone …
Directed by: David Mamet
When frenzied filmmakers descend on the town of Waterford, Vt., they shoot first and ask questions later in writer-director David Mamet's scathing satire of moviemaking, acting and the…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson …
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
With their collective eye focused on retrieving a cache of hidden money, three convicts break out of jail in Depression-era Mississippi and embark on an epic journey that bears more than a…
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The Final Hit (2000)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Lauren Holly, Benjamin Bratt …
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
Think Get Shorty or The Player with less edge, lots of campy humor and an all-star cast. Burt Reynolds is a has-been producer who's desperate to make one last blockbuster. He finds a…
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999)
Cast: Sally Kellerman, Ronnie Gilbert, Julie Harris …
Directed by: Ken Burns
Witness the dramatic story of two women who made an immensely important mark in American history -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Their fight for equality in a male-dominated…
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Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Keith Carradine …
Directed by: Hal Needham
A psychotic Vietnam vet (Keith Carradine) kidnaps a prominent politician's wife and daughter and holds them for ransom in an abandoned building. A has-been pair of cops, Logan (Burt…
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Hard Time: The Premonition (1999)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Bruce Dern …
Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
Logan McQueen (Burt Reynolds) is one of the toughest cops around. So, when Miami becomes the target of a series of terrorist bombings, Logan is immediately brought in. Desperately looking for…
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Hi Life (1998)
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Campbell Scott, Charles Durning …
A group of struggling New Yorkers wind their way through local watering holes on a chilly December evening, looking to make some sense of their own tangled lives. But what they end up finding…
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Jerry and Tom (1998)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin …
Directed by: Saul Rubinek
Easygoing family man Tom (Joe Mantegna) -- used-car salesman by day, mob enforcer by night -- shows his brash co-worker Jerry (Sam Rockwell) the ropes of contract killing. Soon the young…
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Hard Time (1998)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds directs and stars in this action-infused film about Logan McQueen, a Miami detective who uncovers police corruption while investigating a murder he's accused of committing.…
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The Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest for Freedom (1998)
Cast: Brock Peters, Alfre Woodard, Charles Durning …
Directed by: H.D. Motyl
Alfre Woodard narrates this moving documentary about the 1839 revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad. News items, letters, drawings and dramatic readings by Charles Durning and Brock Peters…
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Tall Tales & Legends: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1998)
Cast: Ed Begley Jr., Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning …
Directed by: David Steinberg
Rediscover the myth of the Headless Horseman with the help of this irreverent but entertaining series hosted by Shelley Duvall. The quaint hamlet of Sleepy Hollow is supposedly haunted by the…
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Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1997)
Cast: Elmo, Kevin Clash, Carol Spinney …
Directed by: Emily Squires
After helping to dislodge Santa Claus from a chimney, Elmo is rewarded with an enchanted snow globe to make three special wishes -- and he decides that every day will be Christmas, his…
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Shelter (1997)
Cast: Peter Onorati, Brenda Bakke, Costas Mandylor …
Directed by: Scott Paulin
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent Martin Roberts (John Allen Nelson) learns that the rest of his team is involved in gun running. When Robert's colleagues discover he's…
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One Fine Day (1996)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman …
Directed by: Michael Hoffman
When Maggie and Sammy miss their school field trip, Maggie's divorced dad and Sammy's divorced mom are forced to work together in this charming romantic comedy. At first, the…
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Spy Hard (1996)
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Andy Griffith …
Directed by: Rick Friedberg
Leslie Nielsen stars in this spoof as bumbling secret agent Dick Steele, who's summoned out of retirement to stop mastermind Gen. Rancor from destroying the planet. At his side is KGB…
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The Grass Harp (1996)
Cast: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau …
Directed by: Charles Matthau
Following the death of his mother, young Collin (Edward Furlong) goes to live with his two eccentric aunts, whose double-crossing antics make for a lively upbringing for Collin as he grows up…
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Home for the Holidays (1995)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Jodie Foster
Every year, Claudia (Holly Hunter) dreads her trip home for Thanksgiving. Between her parents (Charles Durning and Anne Bancroft), her sardonic brother (Robert Downey Jr.) and her…
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The Last Supper (1995)
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish …
Directed by: Stacy Title
To purge the world of extremists on the other side of the political aisle, five liberal graduate students invite one over for dinner every Sunday -- and then kill the unsuspecting hatemonger.…
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The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Cast: Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh …
Directed by: Joel Coen
The Coen brothers deliver a screwball comedy gem about mail clerk Norville Barnes, (Tim Robbins) who falls into good -- or bad? -- luck when he becomes the CEO of a successful business. The…
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I.Q. (1994)
Cast: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
When Catherine (Meg Ryan), the cerebral niece of scientific genius Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau), piques the interest of an average auto mechanic (Tim Robbins), Einstein concocts a plan to…
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V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Jeff Kanew
In this hardboiled whodunit based on a series of mystery novels by Sara Paretsky, Kathleen Turner stars as the title character -- a high-heeled Chicago gumshoe hired by 13-year-old Kat…
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Dick Tracy (1990)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino …
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Legendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but also devoted to his…
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Brenda Starr (1989)
Cast: Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, Anthony Peck …
Directed by: Robert Ellis Miller
After springing to life from her comic strip, reporter Brenda Starr (Brooke Shields) finds herself on her most perilous assignment as she heads to the Brazilian jungle to locate a scientist…
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Cat Chaser (1989)
Cast: Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Miami hotel owner and former U.S. paratrooper George Moran (Peter Weller) finds trouble when he gets mixed up with the wife (Kelly McGillis) of a deposed general (Tomas Milian) of the…
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Cop (1988)
Cast: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning …
Directed by: James B. Harris
Detective Lloyd Hopkins (James Woods) is in pursuit of a killer who's terrorizing women in Los Angeles. Determined to run the investigation his way, the hard-edged, amoral detective…
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Far North (1988)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Tess Harper …
Directed by: Sam Shepard
Kate goes back to Minnesota for a family visit. While lying in a hospital bed, her father Bertman plots revenge against a horse and puts her to the task. Then she has to deal with the rest of…
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Big Trouble (1986)
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
An insurance salesman and father of triplets, Leonard Hoffman (Alan Arkin) devises an elaborate insurance fraud scheme in order to raise the funds necessary to send his three sons to Yale.…
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Solarbabies (1986)
Cast: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric …
Directed by: Alan Johnson
This postapocalyptic adventure follows a group of imprisoned, skateball-playing youths (including Jason Patric, Lukas Haas and Jami Gertz) who find an orb with prophetic powers. When the orb…
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Death of a Salesman (1985)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Kate Reid …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
Dustin Hoffman won an Emmy for his first-rate performance as embittered traveling salesman Willy Loman, who's forced to dispense with delusions of success and come to grips with his…
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The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer …
Directed by: Stan Dragoti
Richard (Tom Hanks) is a classical violinist who's picked out of a crowd and accused of being a spy just because he wears one red shoe. Soon, he's mixed up in a dispute between two…
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Stick (1985)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal …
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
Ex-con Ernest "Stick" Stickley walks a fine line in this gritty crime drama, which follows the former crook trying to reconnect with his daughter and start a new life, all while seeking to…
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Mass Appeal (1984)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
Gregarious priest Father Farley (Jack Lemmon) takes under his wing Mark Dolson (Zeljko Ivanek), a bright, devout seminary student who shakes up the establishment of an affluent Los Angeles…
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Mister Roberts (1984)
Cast: Robert Hays, Charles Durning, Kevin Bacon …
The live 1984 production of this five-time Tony Award-winning play set on a World War II Navy cargo ship stars Charles Durning, along with Kevin Bacon, Marilu Henner and Howard Hesseman. The…
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Two of a Kind (1983)
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Beatrice Straight …
Directed by: John Herzfeld
An all-forgiving, beneficent God ain't nowhere in sight in this movie that has the deity planning to unleash Armageddon very soon. Why? Because He's fed up with mankind's…
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To Be or Not To Be (1983)
Cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson …
Directed by: Alan Johnson
Mel Brooks and his real-life spouse, Anne Bancroft, star as impresarios of a Polish acting troupe circa 1939. When the Nazis invade Warsaw, the ensemble gets enmeshed in a subterfuge to…
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise …
Directed by: Colin Higgins
A sheriff and a whorehouse madam team up to battle publicity-seeking politicians and the Moral Majority to protect their town's most popular business, the "Chicken Ranch," a notorious…
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Tootsie (1982)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Few actors go as far to bag a part as Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), who transforms himself into a woman to prove he can get hired on a soap opera. But Michael has an enviable problem when…
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Working (1982)
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Eileen Brennan, Scatman Crothers …
Inspired by the best-selling book by Studs Terkel, this musical from producer Stephen Schwartz celebrates the voices of the average worker from the perspective of the faceless men and women…
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Sharky's Machine (1981)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
Undercover cop Sharky (Burt Reynolds) bungles a drug raid and promptly gets demoted to the vice squad, where he assembles his "machine" -- a band of tough-as-nails investigators willing to…
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The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (1981)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Carol Kane, Charles Durning …
Directed by: John Glenmeister, Nick Havinga
Three stories by author Irwin Shaw provide the cornerstone for a movie that explores the personal differences that cause problems in the relationships of three diverse couples. This piece of…
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True Confessions (1981)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Veteran detective Tom Spellacy investigates the killing of a prostitute in 1948 Los Angeles in this stylish film-noir adaptation of John Gregory Dunne's explosive best-seller loosely…
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Cast: Charles Durning, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake …
Directed by: Frank De Felitta
Seeking justice after a local girl (Tonya Crowe) is brutally attacked, vengeful townspeople kill the suspect -- mentally challenged Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake) -- who tried to disguise himself…
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The Final Countdown (1980)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: Don Taylor
What if a 1980s American aircraft carrier (with its modern firepower) time-warped back to Pacific waters just outside Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? That's the intriguing premise behind…
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North Dallas Forty (1979)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Wide receiver Phil Elliott is fighting to keep his career off the sidelines in this gritty gridiron classic. Elliott has done it all: drugs, booze, playing through injuries. But now he's…
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Starting Over (1979)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen …
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Reluctantly divorced Phil Potter meets romance-wary schoolteacher Marilyn Holmberg. Phil's charms ultimately win Marilyn over, but before he commits himself, his capricious ex-wife…
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The Muppet Movie (1979)
Cast: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear …
Directed by: James Frawley
After deciding to pursue a career in acting, Kermit the Frog goes on a cross-country trek to find fame in Hollywood. Along the way, he meets Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and the rest of the…
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When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Cast: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst …
Directed by: Fred Walton
A petrified baby-sitter, a relentlessly ringing telephone and whispered threats set the stage for this suspense-packed, hair-raising chiller. A string of menacing phone calls unnerves…
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The Fury (1978)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Two years after the debut of Carrie, director Brian De Palma delivers another bloody tale of psychic teenagers. When telekinetic teens Robin (Andrew Stevens, son of Stella) and Gillian (Amy…
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The Greek Tycoon (1978)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone …
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Though she's married to a charismatic American senator when they first meet, Greek mogul Theo Tomasis (Anthony Quinn) can't help but fall in love with the beautiful Liz Cassidy…
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The Choirboys (1977)
Cast: Robert Aldrich, Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Burned-out from the crushing stress of patrolling the rough streets of Los Angeles, a group of LAPD cops blows off steam at nightly "choir practices" -- parties fueled by practical jokes,…
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
When he's framed and sent to prison under false pretenses, a vengeful U.S. Air Force general mounts his escape with two willing accomplices, takes over an ill-guarded missile silo and…
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Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Cast: James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
James Caan and Elliott Gould are disgruntled turn-of-the-century vaudevillians who decide to become New York City safecrackers -- but making a killing in their new career turns out to be far…
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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
To get money for his gay lover's sex-change operation, Sonny (Al Pacino) -- who's married with kids -- teams up with Sal (John Cazale) to rob a New York bank on a scorching-hot…
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The Hindenburg (1975)
Cast: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton …
Directed by: Robert Wise
In this fictionalized version of events leading up to the fiery 1937 zeppelin crash, a German intelligence officer boards the doomed blimp to foil a conspiracy to blow it up. He has a long…
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Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
Cast: Maureen Stapleton, Charles Durning, Michael Brandon …
Directed by: Sam O'Steen
Lonely and frightened after her husband's sudden death, Bea Asher (Maureen Stapleton) faces an uncertain future. Friends concerned for her well-being persuade her to go out for an…
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Breakheart Pass (1975)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna …
Directed by: Tom Gries
John Deakin (Charles Bronson) is an undercover agent and passenger on a train on its way to a diphtheria-plagued army fort out West. When some fellow passengers turn up dead or mysteriously…
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The Front Page (1974)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau play battling newspapermen in 1920s Chicago in this fast-paced version of the comedy classic from director Billy Wilder. Lemmon is ace reporter Hildy Johnson…
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The Sting (1973)
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw …
Directed by: George Roy Hill
After rookie grifter Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) tracks down veteran flim-flam man Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) in 1930s Chicago, the duo plans to fleece a homicidal racketeer (Robert…
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Sisters (1973)
Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Reporter Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) sees model Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder) commit murder in the apartment across the way and promptly alerts the police -- who find no corpse or other…
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Doomsday Voyage (1972)
Cast: Joseph Cotten, John Gabriel, Anne Randall …
Directed by: John Vidette
John Vidette's suspenseful film stars Charles Durning as a first mate aboard a ship that's been taken over by Wilson (John Gabriel), a stowaway who's kidnapped the daughter…
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Deadhead Miles (1972)
Cast: Donna Anderson, Alan Arkin, Madison Arnold …
Directed by: Vernon Zimmerman
This quirky cult comedy penned by Terrence Malick features Alan Arkin as Cooper, a trucker working for a shady outfit who picks up a stolen rig full of who-knows-what and heads off for…