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Macon McCalman
Willis Macon McCalman (December 30, 1932 – November 29, 2005) was an American television, stage and big screen movie actor. Acting career Nicknamed "Sonny", McCalman helped form the Front Street Theatre in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army. Over the course of his acting career McCalman appeared in various film and TV guest roles, usually in supporting parts, both dramatic and comedic often as heavies and authoritarian figures. He got his acting start on Broadway appearing in productions of ''The Last of Mrs. Lincoln'' (1971), ''An Enemy for the People'' (1971), and a comedy, ''The Playboy Of the Western World''. His first Hollywood film role was in ''Deliverance'' (1972). He had supporting parts in '' The Concorde ... Airport '79'' (1979), ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985), ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' (1991), and ''Falling Down'' (1993). He also appeared in the Roger Donaldson directed film ''Marie'' (1985). He appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville. Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods. The first European explorer to visit the area of present-day Memphis was Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1541. The high Chickasaw Bluffs protecting the location from the waters of the Mississipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipstick (1976 Film)
''Lipstick'' is a 1976 American rape and revenge thriller film directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, and Anne Bancroft. Mariel Hemingway also has a supporting role as Margaux's onscreen sister. The film follows a fashion model who is raped by her sister's music teacher. Upon his acquittal in court, he rapes her sister, leading her to enact a brutal revenge. Plot Christine "Chris" McCormick is a highly paid fashion model whose image serves as the driving force of the ad campaign for a popular brand of lipstick and can be seen in magazines and on billboards all around the world. Gordon Stuart, a part-time composer and full-time music teacher, eagerly accepts Chris's 13-year-old sister Kathy's invitation to come to a secluded beachside photo shoot, so Chris can listen to some of his music. He arrives at her apartment one day to visit her, but is interrupted by a phone call from her lover, Steve Edison. As Chris talks to Steve, Gordon begins to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Feet (1989 Film)
''Cold Feet'' is a 1989 comedy film directed by Robert Dornhelm. It stars Keith Carradine, Tom Waits, Bill Pullman, Sally Kirkland & Rip Torn. Plot Kenny, a psychotic killer with mommy issues, Monte, a charming crooked cowboy, and Maureen, Monte's beautiful oversexed wife-to-be, steal some jewels and smuggle them across the border surgically implanted inside a horse. Monte turns out to be not a sharing or marrying type of person. He saddles up, steals the horse and the jewels, and heads for his brother's ranch in Montana, where his brother and sister-in-law do not fully trust him. When Kenny and Maureen realize what Monte has done with the horse and jewels they set off in hot pursuit of him. Cast *Keith Carradine as Monte Latham *Sally Kirkland as Maureen *Tom Waits as Kenny *Bill Pullman as Buck Latham *Kathleen York as Laura *Rip Torn as Sheriff *Jeff Bridges as Bartender *Macon McCalman as store owner Release ''Cold Feet'' was released in theatres on May 19, 1989. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleshburn
''Fleshburn'' is a 1984 American thriller film written and directed by George Gage and starring Steve Kanaly, Karen Carlson and Sonny Landham. Plot Cast * Steve Kanaly as Dr. Sam MacKenzie * Karen Carlson as Shirley Pinter * Macon McCalman as Earl Dana * Robert Chimento as Jay Pinter * Sonny Landham as Calvin Duggai * Robert Alan Browne as Jim Brody * Duke Stroud Duke Sumner Stroud (born April 14, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared on screen since the 1970s. He was married to Linda Moss and they had one son, Jason. Early life Stroud was born in San Diego, California on April 14, 1938. He gradua ... as Smyley * Larry Vigus as Marine Sergeant * Newton John Skinner as Chris References External links * * American thriller films 1984 thriller films 2000s English-language films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films 2000s American films {{1980s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honkytonk Man
''Honkytonk Man'' is a 1982 American comedy-drama musical western film set in the Great Depression. Clint Eastwood, who produced and directed, stars with his son, Kyle Eastwood. Clancy Carlile's screenplay is based on his 1980 novel of the same name. This was Marty Robbins' last appearance before he died. The story of Clint's character, Red Stovall, is loosely based on the life of Jimmie Rodgers. Plot Itinerant western singer Red Stovall suffers from tuberculosis but has been given an opportunity to make it big at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. He is accompanied by his young nephew Whit. After a series of adventures which include the nephew's first sexual encounter in a brothel, they finally arrive. While a fit of coughing in his audition ruins his chances, talent scouts for a record company are impressed enough to arrange a recording session, realizing that he has only days to live. The tuberculosis reaches a critical stage in the middle of this session, where R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventure Of Lyle Swann
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollover (film)
''Rollover'' is a 1981 American political thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson. The film was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actor for Kristofferson. Plot Lee Winters (Fonda) is the widow of the Chairman and primary stockholder of Winterchem Enterprises, a chemical company, who is attempting to obtain financing of the purchase of a processing plant in Spain, while trying to determine why her husband was murdered. Apparently, her late husband discovered some damning information about an Account Number 21214, a secret slush fund involving asset transfers. Respected financier Hubbell Smith (Kristofferson) takes over as president of Borough National Bank at the request of First New York Bank chairman Maxwell Emery (Cronyn), in an attempt to have Smith discover the financial status of Borough National. Smith discovers that the bank isn't just in trouble, it's essentially so insolvent that it can't even pay its next divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbon Copy (film)
''Carbon Copy'' is a 1981 comedy–drama film directed by Michael Schultz, produced by RKO Pictures and Hemdale Film Corporation, and released by Avco Embassy Pictures on September 25, 1981. The film stars George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden and Denzel Washington in his film acting debut. It was the first feature film produced by RKO Pictures after a break of many years. Plot Roger Porter (Washington), a young and somewhat naive black man, is the long-lost son of Walter Whitney (Segal), a successful businessman living in the exclusive, predominantly white community of San Marino, California. Walter, who is secretly Jewish, lives a frustrating life in his gated community as he constantly has to beg his shrewish wife for sex, plus he has to put up with his obnoxious step-daughter's antics. Roger turns up at Walter's office, revealing that he is the result of Walter's long-ago relationship with a black woman, who is now dead. For purposes of professional advancement in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead & Buried
''Dead & Buried'' is a 1981 American horror film directed by Gary Sherman, starring Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, and James Farentino. It is Albertson’s final live-action film role before his death six months after the film’s release. The film focuses on a small town wherein a few tourists are murdered, but their corpses begin to reanimate. With a screenplay written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the film was initially banned as a "video nasty" in the U.K. in the early 1980s, but was later acquitted of obscenity charges and removed from the Director of Public Prosecutions' list. The film made little money at the box office, but has received praise from critics regarding Stan Winston's special effects and Albertson's performance. In addition to the film being subsequently novelized by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, the film has obtained a cult following in the years since its release. Plot An amateur photographer arrives in coastal Potters Bluff to practice his craft. A beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' is a 1981 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher (in his theatrical directing debut), written by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson. This film parodies the 1957 science-fiction film ''The Incredible Shrinking Man'', and credited as based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, ''The Shrinking Man''. The original music score was composed by Suzanne Ciani. The film was released in pan-and-scan on VHS by Universal on July 13, 1994. On November 4, 2009, an unmastered low-quality DVD release (manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media) in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen was offered under the Universal ''Vault Series'' banner. It was later released by Shout! Factory as a "Collector's Edition" Blu-ray on November 14, 2017, with an updated transfer, and includes interviews and a deleted scene with Edith Ann, who is also played by Lily Tomlin. Plot Pat Kramer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Word (1979 Film)
''The Last Word'' is a 1979 film starring Richard Harris. It was the last movie directed by Roy Boulting. It was also known as ''The Number''. Plot A washed-up inventor, Danny Travis, takes matters into his own hands in a very extreme way when he learns that his house will be condemned and his beloved children left on the street. Travis is so upset that when a city official comes to evict him from the premises, he takes the man hostage. A television reporter, Paula Herbert, turns public sympathies both for and against Travis, prolonging the story opportunistically as a Los Angeles police captain, Gerrity, attempts to defuse the situation. Cast * Richard Harris as Danny Travis * Karen Black as Paula Herbert * Martin Landau as Capt. Gerrity * Dennis Christopher as Ben * Christopher Guest as Roger * Penelope Milford as Denise * Penny Santon Pierina Burlando (September 2, 1916 – May 12, 1999) was an American film, stage and television actress. She was known for playing the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirate (1978 Film)
''The Pirate'' is a 1978 American two-part, four-hour television miniseries directed by Ken Annakin. It is based on the 1974 novel with the same title written by Harold Robbins. It was broadcast in two parts by CBS on November 21–22, 1978. Plot A man raised by wealthy and powerful Arab parents, is put in charge of his country's vast oil fortunes; only to discover he was born to Jewish birth parents. He then comes into conflict with a terrorist group...headed by his own daughter! Cast * Franco Nero as Baydr Al Fay * Anne Archer as Jordana Mason * Olivia Hussey as Leila * Ian McShane as Rashid * Christopher Lee as Samir Al Fay * Michael Constantine as Yashir * James Franciscus as Dick Carriage * Armand Assante as Ahmed * Stuart Whitman as Terry Sullivan * Eli Wallach as Ben Ezra * Carol Bagdasarian as Maryam * Jeff Corey as Prince Feiyad * Marjorie Lord as Mrs. Mason * Ferdy Mayne as Jabir * Michael Pataki as General Eshnev * Murray Salem as Ramadan * Dimitra Arliss as Nabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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