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Hard Knocks (1979 Film)
''Hard Knocks'' (also known as ''Mid-Knight Rider'' and ''Hollywood Knight'') is a 1979 American film starring Michael Christian and directed by David Worth. Plot Guy, a young male prostitute, comes to Hollywood and encounters much more than he bargained for. Cast *Michael Christian - Guy *Josette Banzet - Cherie *Keenan Wynn - Jed *Donna Wilkes Donna Consuelo Wilkes (born 1958–1961) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor in commercials before making her feature film debut in ''Jaws 2'' (1978). She subsequently had a supporting role in ''Almost Summer'' (1978), ... - Chris * John Crawford - Josh * Henry Brandon - Curley References External links *Film review 1979 films Films about male prostitution in the United States Films directed by David Worth (cinematographer) 1970s English-language films American drama films 1970s American films {{1970s-action-film-stub ...
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David Worth (cinematographer)
David Worth (born March 2, 1940) is an American cinematographer and film director. He contributed as cinematographer to more than twenty films, including ''Bloodsport (film), Bloodsport'', ''Any Which Way You Can'' and ''Bronco Billy''. He also directed films including ''Warrior of the Lost World, Lady Dragon'' and ''Hard Knocks (1979 film), Hard Knocks'' while also doing a few films with pseudonyms such as Sven Conrad and Jim Hastings. He directed the 1989 film ''Kickboxer (1989 film), Kickboxer''. Filmography * ''Poor Pretty Eddie'' (1975) * ''How Sweet It Is!'' (1978) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Frat House'' (1979) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Hard Knocks (1979 film), Hard Knocks'' (1979) * ''Pink Champagne'' (1979) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Body Magic'' (1982) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Doing It!'' (1982) (as Sven Conrad) * ''Warrior of the Lost World'' (1983) * ''Soldier's Revenge'' (1986) * ''Kickboxer (1989 film), Kickboxer'' (1989) * ''Lady Dragon'' (1992) * ''Lady Dragon 2'' (1993) * ''Chain of ...
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Keenan Wynn
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade; and though he rarely carried the lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and television roles. Early life Wynn was born on July 27, 1916, in New York City, the son of vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn and his wife, the former Hilda Keenan. He took his stage name from his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, one of the first Broadway actors to star in Hollywood. His father was Jewish and his mother was of Irish Catholic background. Ed Wynn encouraged his son to become an actor, and to join The Lambs Club, which he did in 1937. Career Theatre and radio Wynn began his career as a stage actor. He appeared in several plays on Broadway, including ''Remember the Day'' (1935), ''Black Widow'' (1936), ''Hitch Your Wagon'' (1937), ''The Star Wagon'' (1938), ''One for the Money'' (1939), ''Two for the Show'' ( ...
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Henry Brandon (actor)
Henry Brandon (born Heinrich von Kleinbach; 8 June 1912 – 15 February 1990) was an American film and stage character actor with a career spanning almost 60 years, involving more than 100 films; he specialized in playing a wide diversity of ethnic roles. Early life Brandon was born in 1912 in Berlin, Germany, the son of Hildegard and Hugo R. von Kleinbach, a merchant. His parents emigrated to the United States while he was still an infant. After attending Stanford University, where he was a member of the ''Alpha Sigma Phi'' fraternity, he trained as a theatre actor at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and subsequently performed on Broadway, continuing to return to the stage periodically throughout his career. Film career He made his motion picture debut in 1932 as an uncredited spectator at the Colosseum in '' The Sign of the Cross''. In the Victorian-era stage melodrama ''The Drunkard'' — played for laughs in a popular local revival — Kleinbach appeared as the wizened o ...
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Donna Wilkes
Donna Consuelo Wilkes (born 1958–1961) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor in commercials before making her feature film debut in ''Jaws 2'' (1978). She subsequently had a supporting role in ''Almost Summer'' (1978), followed by lead roles in the horror films ''Schizoid'' (1980) and '' Blood Song'' (1982). She also appeared in several television programs, including the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1982–1983), portraying Pamela Prentiss. She portrayed Diane Alder in the short-lived sitcom ''Hello, Larry'' (1979), a role she reprised in a spin-off episode of ''Diff'rent Strokes''. Wilkes is perhaps best known for her starring role in the thriller ''Angel'' (1984), in which she portrayed a preparatory student in Los Angeles who lives a double life as a prostitute by night. Her other credits include the horror film ''Grotesque'' (1988), opposite Linda Blair and Tab Hunter, and guest-starring roles on the series '' Dragnet'' (1989) and '' FBI: The Un ...
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John Crawford (actor)
John Crawford (born Cleve Allen Richardson; September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor. He appeared in a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'', called "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", and in several ''Gunsmoke'' episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film '' Night Moves'', a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, and played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's '' The Enforcer'', the third ''Dirty Harry'' film featuring Clint Eastwood. Life and career Crawford was born in Colfax, Washington, and studied at the School of Drama at the University of Washington. In films from the 1940s, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads in several films in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When he returned to the United States, he played supporting roles in several films but was more prolific on TV in character roles, in scores of series such as '' State Trooper'' (in the episode "The Last Stage Robbery"), ''Gunsmoke'' (14 e ...
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Josette Banzet
Josette Banzet, Marquise de Bruyenne (April 6, 1938 – December 4, 2020) was an United States, American-based actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her performance in ''Rich Man, Poor Man (TV miniseries), Rich Man, Poor Man''. Biography The daughter of a French politician, Banzet was raised in Paris, Indochina, and Morocco.Ocala Star-Banner: "Actress Takes Her Work Home" by Dick Kleiner
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She attended college in Miami, where she met her first husband; they divorced soon after. She then pursued acting, whe ...
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1979 Films
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events. Highest-grossing films United States and Canada The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: International Major events * March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, '' Take Down''. * March 5 – Production begins on ''The Empire Strikes Back''. * March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures. * May 25 – ''Alien'', a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released. * May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke. * May 31 – ''The Muppet Movie'', Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom. * June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer. * June 29 – '' Moonraker'', the 11th ...
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Films About Male Prostitution In The United States
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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Films Directed By David Worth (cinematographer)
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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1970s English-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ...
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American Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ...
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