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Virgil Frye
Virgil Charles Frye (August 21, 1930 – May 7, 2012) was an American actor and former Golden Gloves boxing champion. He grew up in Estherville, Iowa. He had two children, Sean Frye ('' E.T. The Extra Terrestrial'') and Soleil Moon Frye (''Punky Brewster''), and was the father-in-law of Jason Goldberg. Frye made an uncredited appearance in the 1969 film ''Easy Rider'' while working as a makeup artist. His credited films included roles in '' Nightmare in Wax'' (1969), ''The Jesus Trip'' (1971), '' Garden of the Dead'' (1972), '' Deadhead Miles'' (1973), ''The Cat Creature'' (1973), ''The Klansman'' (1974), ''Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw'' (1976), '' The Missouri Breaks'' (1976), '' Up from the Depths'' (1979), '' Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype'' (1980), '' Graduation Day'' (1981), ''Take This Job and Shove It'' (1981), ''Revenge of the Ninja'' (1983), ''Running Hot'' (1984), ''The Burning Bed'' (1984), '' Winners Take All'' (1987), ''Colors'' (1988), ''The Secret of the Ice Cave'' (1989), ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estherville, Iowa
Estherville is a city in Emmet County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,904 in the 2020 census, a decline from 6,656 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Emmet County. History Emmet County was initially created by an act of the Iowa Legislature in 1851. The area that is now Estherville witnessed the arrival of its first settlers around 1856 and into 1857. In 1859 the city was selected as the county seat and was eventually incorporated in 1881. Estherville was named after Esther A. Ridley, one of the first white female settlers in the area. Many of Estherville's current residents are the descendants of the original Scandinavian, German and Irish immigrants that arrived in the community in the 1870's. Features and attractions The Regional Wellness Center was a joint project of Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District and the National Guard. Beyond standard gym equipment, the facility boasts an indoor track, pools with slides, and multiple group fit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobbie Jo And The Outlaw
''Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw'' is a 1976 crime drama film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter. The film marks the big screen debut of Lynda Carter and was released four months after her first appearance as television's Wonder Woman. Plot A young wannabe country singer named Bobbie Jo Baker (Lynda Carter) takes off from her job as a carhop waitress to join with Lyle Wheeler (Marjoe Gortner), a young modern-day Billy The Kid fan. Along the way they recruit Bobbie Jo's sister Pearl Baker (Merrie Lynn Ross) and her boyfriend "Slick" Callahan (Jesse Vint) to join them in their adventures in armed robbery, homicide and mayhem. Cast * Marjoe Gortner as Lyle Wheeler * Lynda Carter as Bobbie Jo Baker * Jesse Vint as 'Slick' Callahan * Merrie Lynn Ross as Pearl Baker * Gerrit Graham as Ray 'Magic Ray' * Belinda Balaski as Essie Beaumont * Peggy Stewart as Hattie Baker * Gene Drew as Sheriff Hicks * Richard Breeding as Deputy Leroy * John Durr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hells Angels On Wheels
''Hells Angels on Wheels'' is a 1967 American biker film directed by Richard Rush, and starring Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, and Sabrina Scharf. The film tells the story of a gas-station attendant with a bad attitude who finds life more exciting after he is allowed to hang out with a chapter of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club. Plot The Angels first take note of "Poet" (Jack Nicholson) after one of them inadvertently damages his motorcycle and breaks its headlight. Poet, with far more guts than brains, challenges the Angel that hit his motorcycle. This is an act that would traditionally result in every Angel present participating in a group beating of the attacker. "When a non-Angel hits an Angel, all Angels retaliate." But the leader of the Angels, Buddy (Adam Roarke), intervenes and tells Poet that the Angels will replace the headlight. In the meantime, he's welcome to ride with them while they take care of business—which turns out to be going to a bar and beating up th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of Blood
''Queen of Blood'' (a.k.a. ''Planet of Blood'') is a 1966 science fiction horror film produced by George Edwards and Samuel Z. Arkoff, directed by Curtis Harrington, that stars John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, and Judi Meredith. The film is based on the screenplay for the earlier Soviet feature film ''Mechte Navstrechu'' (''A Dream Come True''). Director Harrington also reused special effects footage from that film, as well as footage from the Soviet science fiction film '' Nebo Zovyot'' ('' Battle Beyond the Sun''). ''Queen of Blood'' was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with ''Blood Bath''. Director Curtis Harrington felt that Ridley Scott's '' Alien'' (1979) must have received some inspiration from his earlier feature, saying "Ridley's film is like a greatly enhanced, expensive and elaborate version of ''Queen of Blood''". An alien species contacts Earth saying that they are journeying across the galaxy to make formal contact w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or frontotemporal degeneration disease, or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, encompasses several types of dementia involving the progressive degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes. FTDs broadly present as behavioral or language disorders with gradual onsets. The three main subtypes or variant syndromes are a behavioral variant (bvFTD) previously known as ''Pick's disease'', and two variants of primary progressive aphasia – semantic variant (svPPA), and nonfluent variant (nfvPPA). Two rare distinct subtypes of FTD are neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease (NIFID), and basophilic inclusion body disease. Other related disorders include corticobasal syndrome and FTD with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ''FTD-ALS'' also called ''FTD- MND''. Frontotemporal dementias are mostly early-onset syndromes that are linked to frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which is characterized by progressive neuronal loss predominantl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Trouble
''Man Trouble'' is a 1992 American romantic black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Ellen Barkin. It was directed by Bob Rafelson and written by Carole Eastman, who together had been responsible for 1970's ''Five Easy Pieces''. The film is the fifth collaboration between Nicholson and Rafelson. Beverly D'Angelo and Harry Dean Stanton co-star. Plot Harry Bliss (Nicholson) runs a guard dog service and is going through counseling with his wife, Adele (Lauren Tom). A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, so when the apartment of classical singer Joan Spruance (Barkin) is ransacked and she starts receiving threatening phone messages, Joan moves into the Hollywood Hills home of her sister, Andy (D'Angelo). Joan does not feel safe there, either, because she is harassed by Andy's ex-lovers. She hires a guard dog from Harry's company, and Harry is soon providing more than protection for the beautiful singer. Harry is a natural-born liar who, because of his profession, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hot Spot
''The Hot Spot'' is a 1990 American neo-noir film directed by Dennis Hopper, based on the 1953 novel ''Hell Hath No Fury'' by Charles Williams, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It stars Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and Jennifer Connelly, and features a score by Jack Nitzsche played by John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Taj Mahal, Roy Rogers, Tim Drummond, and drummer Earl Palmer. Plot Drifter Harry Madox takes a job as a used car salesman in a small Texas town. In the summer heat, he develops an interest in Gloria Harper, who works at the car dealership. Dolly Harshaw, who is married to the dealership's owner, flirts with Harry and they begin a torrid affair. Harry learns that the bank staff are all volunteer firemen so he sets a fire to lure them away from the bank. While they are gone, Harry robs the bank, and then enters the burning building to save a man trapped inside. Despite this the town's sheriff suspects Harry of committing the robbery, but Dolly gives him an alibi and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colors (film)
''Colors'' is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film takes place in the gang ridden neighborhoods of Los Angeles: late-1980s South Central Los Angeles, Echo Park, Westlake and East Los Angeles. The film centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced Los Angeles Police Department C.R.A.S.H. officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, and Hispanic street gangs. ''Colors'' relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after ''Easy Rider'', and inspired discussion over its depiction of gang life and gang violence. Plot Two policemen, Bob "Uncle Bob" Hodges, a respected LAPD officer and Vietnam veteran, and rookie officer Danny McGavin have just been teamed together in the C.R.A.S.H. unit that patrols Northwest L.A., East L.A. and South Central L.A. The older cop is appreciated on the local streets. He is diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winners Take All (film)
''Winners Take All'' is a 1987 film directed by Fritz Kiersch and starring Don Michael Paul and Geoffrey Wigdor. Reception Eleanor Ringel of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote "The real stars of ''Winners Take All'' are the scores of anonymous stuntmen and women who ride their bikes over, under, around and through any number of astounding obstacles. Unfortunately, the filmmakers don't have the same technical expertise." Cast * Don Michael Paul as Rick Melon * Kathleen York as Judy McCormick * Robert Krantz as Billy 'Bad Billy' Robinson * Deborah Richter as Cindy Wickes * Peter DeLuise as Wally Briskin * Courtney Gains as 'Goose' Trammel * Paul Hampton as Frank Bushing * Kathleen Kinmont Kathleen Kinmont (born Kathleen Kinmont Smith) is an American actress who starred in film and on television. Kinmont is best known for starring in horror films. Early years Kinmont is the daughter of Jack Smith. Career Her first feature film ... as Party Girl #5 References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Bed
''The Burning Bed'' is both a 1980 non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered housewife Francine Hughes, and a 1984 TV-movie adaptation written by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. The plot follows Hughes' trial for the murder of her husband, James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes, following her setting fire to the bed he was sleeping in at their Dansville, Michigan home on March 9, 1977, and thirteen years of physical domestic abuse at his hands. Plot On March 9, 1977, Francine Hughes and her three children arrive at the Dansville, MI, police station, where she turns herself in, after setting her husband, James Berlin “Mickey” Hughes, on fire in their home. Public defender Aryon Greydanus is appointed as Francine’s attorney and tries to gain insight into her motive. Initially reluctant, Francine recounts her life and the events leading up to the murder. In 1964, sixteen-year-old Francine meets Mickey Hughes, and the two marry shortly. Mickey begins displaying signs of jealousy and ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge Of The Ninja
''Revenge of the Ninja'' is a 1983 American martial arts– thriller film directed by Sam Firstenberg, and starring martial artist Sho Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye and Kane Kosugi. The plot follows a ninja trying to protect his only son from a cabal of ruthless gangsters. It is the second installment in Cannon Films' "Ninja Trilogy" anthology series, starting with '' Enter the Ninja'' (1981) and ending with '' Ninja III: The Domination'' (1984). It was very successful at the box office, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. Plot In Japan, the home of Cho Osaki is attacked by an army of a rival ninja clan, resulting in the slaughter of his entire family except for his mother and his younger son, Kane. When Cho arrives at his estate and discovers the carnage, the ninjas attempt to kill him as well, but Cho, a highly skilled ninja himself, avenges his family and kills the attacking ninjas. Afterwards, however, he swears off being a ninja forever and moves with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take This Job And Shove It (film)
''Take This Job and Shove It'' is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Robert Hays, Barbara Hershey, Art Carney, David Keith, and Dale Cross in his big screen debut. The film was named after a popular country song, " Take This Job and Shove It", which was written by David Allan Coe and sung by Johnny Paycheck; both men had minor roles in the film. Plot A corporate conglomerate called "The Ellison Group" acquires four breweries, all of them experiencing financial trouble. Enter Frank Macklin (Robert Hays), a young manager hired by Ellison to help reorganize one of the ailing breweries, a major employer in his home town. Initially his old friends, who work at the brewery, give him a cold welcome as they think he'll be unable to revitalize the brewery. But when Frank informs them that the brewery is drowning in red ink, and that they may be losing their jobs soon, they welcome him with open arms, and ramp up the brewery's sales and production. The brew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
