Movies by Val Avery
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In the Shadows (2001)
Cast: Matthew Modine, James Caan, Joey Lauren Adams …
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Hit man Eric (Matthew Modine) is called in to ice Lance (James Caan), a Hollywood director blamed for a stuntman's death. As Eric gains his target's trust while learning the tricks…
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A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)
Cast: Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Mark Ruffalo …
Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver
Real-life married comedy team Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara star as Sam and Molly, a couple growing apart, in this offbeat comedy. Tension grows for the pair, but the last straw for Molly is…
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Courage (1986)
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Sophia Loren …
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
Marianna Miraldo's family is falling apart. Her son's life is being ravaged by his dependency on cocaine and heroin. Finally, Miarianna vows to take desperate measures, and risks…
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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Cast: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
When he loses his job, his wife and his kid, regular-guy Charlie (Mickey Rourke) is at the end of his rope. But his no-good cousin Paulie (Eric Roberts) offers him hope -- in the form of a…
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Easy Money (1983)
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald …
Directed by: James Signorelli
Monty (Rodney Dangerfield), the world's biggest nebbish and a man with more nasty personal habits than you can count, has one year to change his ways or he stands to lose a fortune he…
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Jinxed! (1982)
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Expert gambler Harold (Rip Torn) latches onto neophyte blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl) after Harold's luck at the tables begins to turn around as long as Willie is there. With Harold…
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Assignment Berlin (1982)
Cast: Eddie Mekka, Val Avery, Roger Jackson …
Directed by: Hrayr Toukhanian
Armenian director Hrayr Toukhanian tackles the incendiary subject of the murders of over a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks during World War I in this historical drama profiling the man…
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Choices (1981)
Cast: Val Avery, George Barrows, Pat Buttram …
Directed by: Silvio Narizzano
Demi Moore looks pretty, cheering on her football player boyfriend, but that's about all she does in her big-screen debut in this high school drama. After a hearing-impaired student…
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Continental Divide (1981)
Cast: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Gruff Chicago newspaperman Ernie Souchak (John Belushi) is a guy who thinks communing with nature means sitting on a bench in Lincoln Park. Nell Porter (Blair Brown) is an ornithologist…
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Brubaker (1980)
Cast: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
When new prison warden Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford) goes undercover in a state penitentiary, he's horrified by what he sees: Prisoners are being sold as slaves, and decent food…
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The Wanderers (1979)
Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
The Bronx in 1963 is a hotbed of gang warfare, and leading the revolution are the Wanderers -- Richie (Ken Wahl), Turkey (Alan Rosenberg), Joey (John Friedrich) and newbie recruit Perry (Tony…
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Hollywood Hotties (1978)
Cast: Elizabeth Hurley, Demi Moore, Nastassja Kinski …
Directed by: Peter Keglevic, Andre Farwagi, Silvio Narizzano …
A bevy of leading ladies star in three movies that are sure to make your pulse pound. In Boarding School, American student Debbie (Nastassja Kinski) helps the student bodies get a better grip…
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Heroes (1977)
Cast: Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford …
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
Troubled Vietnam vet Jack Dunne escapes from the mental asylum he's inhabited on and off since the war. After boarding a California-bound bus, Jack meets Carol Bell, and love's…
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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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The Laughing Policeman (1974)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
A serial killer pursues innocent bus riders in the city of San Francisco, and his spree culminates in the brazen murder of an entire busload of people. The horrific incident gets the…
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Firehouse (1973)
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Michael Lerner, Paul Le Mat …
Directed by: Alex March
The first African-American assigned to an all-white firehouse, rookie firefighter Shelly Forsythe (Richard Roundtree) must battle both blazes and racism as the fire department hunts for a…
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Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
Writer-director John Cassavetes crafts a relatable tale of romance about two utterly average people: Minnie Moore (Gena Rowlands), a museum curator recovering from a bad break-up with her…
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Cast: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Sean Connery stars as Duke Anderson, a con fresh from prison who rounds up a top-level crew to relieve a posh apartment building of its wealth. What Anderson doesn't know, however, is…
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Faces (1968)
Cast: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
Director John Cassavetes' probing film examines the collapse of a 14-year union. The disenchanted couple -- husband Richard (John Marley) and wife Maria (Lynn Carlin) -- seeks comfort in…
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Scare Their Pants Off / Satan's Bed: Double Feature (1968)
Cast: Claire Adams, Yoko Ono, Marie Claire …
Directed by: Michael Findlay, John Maddox
This double feature of campy sexploitation films sets itself apart from the dozens of others by featuring a bizarre performance from the future Mrs. John Lennon, avant-garde artist Yoko Ono.…
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Nevada Smith (1966)
Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Steve McQueen stars as Nevada Smith, a half-white, half-Native American who seeks to avenge the murder of his parents at the hands of gangster Tom Fitch (Karl Malden). Smith solicits the help…
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Hud (1963)
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt successfully transforms a Larry McMurtry novel into a contemporary Western set on a Texas ranch where Cadillacs, cattle and transistor radios threaten to displace time-honored…
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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney …
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
Based on a 1956 teleplay by Rod Serling (of "The Twilight Zone" fame), Requiem for a Heavyweight stars Anthony Quinn as aging palooka Mountain Rivera, who finds himself literally on the ropes…
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Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones …
Directed by: John Sturges
After his wife is killed, U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) is so filled with rage and resentment that he's ready to put his life on the line to exact revenge. But in doing so…
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Edge of the City (1957)
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
When Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) deserts the Army and goes to work at the New York rail yards, he hits it off with freight car loader Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier), but their interracial…