Deadly Encounter(1981)

Synopsis

In this exciting aerial actioner, a young woman convinces her ex-boy friend, who used to fly a chopper in Vietnam, to help her out. The airborne special effects are particularly effective.

Director

William A. Graham

Cast

Susan Anspach – José Chavez – Jack Dunlap – Michael C. Gwynne – James Gammon – Michael C. Goetz

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama – Action

Runtime: 96 minutes

Terminal Island(1972)

Synopsis

It’s every man and woman for himself on an island where convicted murderers are dumped, rather than kept in prison. After female prisoners arrive at an island prison full of male convicts, they are brutalized and fight back in an attempt to set up a more democratic system. This exploitative drama includes performances of Tom Selleck and Roger E. Mosley of television’s Magnum P.I.

Director

Stephanie Rothman

Cast

Tom Selleck – Chris Allen – Randy Boone – Frank Christi – Albert Cole – Phyllis Davis – Geoffrey Deuel

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama – Thriller – Action – Science Fiction

Runtime: 88 minutes

Firehouse(1971)

Synopsis

Tensions arise when a previously all-white firehouse gets its first black fireman. An African American youth must deal with both many physical tests and the racism of his peers as he works to become a full-fledged fire fighter in this drama that was originally made as a television pilot. As he is the only black man in an all white unit, things are difficult, especially after he learns that the man he replaced was killed in a fire set by a black arsonist.

Director

Alex March

Cast

John Anderson – Val Avery – Alma Beltran – Mwako Cumbuka – Howard Curtis – Andrew Duggan – Vince Edwards

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama – Action – Adventure

Runtime: 74 minutes

Angels Hard as They Come(1970)

Synopsis

A drug deal is foiled, when the cops show up. They agree to meet in a few days out in the desert and complete the deal. The Angels head for the meeting place. On the way they meet up with the Dragons and are invited to come party with some hippies in an old ghost town. The General, leader of the Dragons is a psychotic dwarf and his henchman Axe isn’t to stable either. The trouble start when one of the hippie girls is murdered and the Dragons decide that one of the Angels did it.

Director

Joe Viola

Cast

Scott Glenn – Charles Dierkop – James Inglehart – Gilda Texter – Gary Littlejohn – Gary Busey – Don Carerra

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama – Action

Runtime: 85 minutes