Balboa(1981)

Synopsis

Millionaire gets involved in a real-estate scam. |This is a soap opera about a rich, suave, but self-aggrandizing villain and the women who either love or hate him. The melodrama sudses up with Ernie Stoddard’s (Tony Curtis) determination to bring legal gambling to an island off the California coast and a local councilman’s equally strong determination to stop him. The catch is Stoddard’s ex-wife Erin (Carol Lynley) is now married to the councilman, but her heart still skips a beat when…

Director

James Polakof

Cast

Tony Curtis – Carol Lynley – Jennifer Chase – Chuck Connors – Lupita Ferrer – Sonny Bono

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 91 minutes

Deadly Drifter(1981)

Synopsis

Based on a novel by Ronald Sukenick, this off-beat, slyly satirical road movie chronicles two decades in the life of a traveling mercenary who philosophizes about American culture and hopes to find himself while carrying out the orders of his enigmatic employer, who gives him assignments via bowls of vegetable soup.

Director

Eli Hollander

Cast

O-Lan Jones – Peter Coyote – Gail Dartez – Grandfather Semu Haute – Michael Grodenchik

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 83 minutes

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

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Genre: Drama – Action

Runtime: 96 minutes

Choices(1980)

Synopsis

Director Silvio Narizzano totes out a Sunday morning public affairs programming style in this it-could-happento-you drama about a popular high-school student who finds that he has what some consider a disability. Paul Carafotes plays a high-school student who loves to play football and music. But when the school doctor determines that he is partially deaf, he is barred from the football team. In order to hide his disappointment, the high schooler changes his outlook to one of disinterest…

Director

Silvio Narizzano

Cast

Paul Carafotes – Victor French – Lelia Goldoni – Val Avery – Dennis Patrick – Demi Moore – William R. Moses

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 90 minutes