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Royce D. Applegate
Royce Dwayne Applegate (December 25, 1939 – January 1, 2003) was an American actor and screenwriter who was first billed as Roy Applegate. Born in Midwest City, Oklahoma, his most visible role was that of Chief Petty Officer Manilow Crocker on the first season of the television series ''seaQuest DSV''. Applegate portrayed Deputy Crawford in ''Stir Crazy (TV series), Stir Crazy'' (1985). In that year, he also appeared in two episodes of ''Diff'rent Strokes'', playing family man-turned-kidnapper Donald Brown, a father who kidnaps character Sam McKinney in order to replace his own dead son. Applegate was a top-billed ensemble cast member in the 1987 Richard Fleischer-directed, ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''- and ''Midnight Madness (1980 film), Midnight Madness''-esque screwball comedy film ''Million Dollar Mystery'', playing the dim-witted roadside desert diner proprietor Tugger. Applegate twice co-starred under the direction of The Coen Brothers, appearing in both ''O Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Midwest City is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,409, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The city was developed in response to talk of an air field being located nearby and named for the Tinker Air Force Base's original designation as the Midwest Air Depot.Reise, Jack, Chief Historian, ''Tinker Air Force Base: A Pictorial History'', Office of History, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1983, pg. 3. Hedglen, Thomas L.Midwest City". (accessed January 13, 2010). The city suffered damage during two tornadoes, the first in May 1999 and the second on May 8, 2003.National Climatic Data Center (accessed January 13, 2010). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James L
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television Adventure Time (season 5)#ep42, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splash (film)
''Splash'' is a 1984 American Romance film, romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman, and a story by Friedman and producer Brian Grazer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. Its plot involves a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It is notable for being the first film released by Touchstone Pictures, a film label created by Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios that same year in an effort to release films targeted at adult audiences, with mature content not appropriate for the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner. ''Splash'' received a PG-rating for some profanity and brief nudity, and was critically and commercially successful, earning over $69 million on an $11 million budget, making it the 1984 in film, tenth-highest-grossi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Part I
Part One, Part 1 or Part I may refer to: Music * ''Part 1'' (EP), a 2016 EP by Guy Sebastian * ''Part 1'' (O-Town EP), a 2017 EP by O-Town * '' Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made'', a 2009 album by Fol Chen * '' Part One (album)'' Television * "Part 1" (''True Detective''), an episode of ''True Detective'' * "Part 1" (''Twin Peaks''), the first episode of the third season of the TV series ''Twin Peaks'' * "Part I" (''Lawmen: Bass Reeves''), an episode of ''Lawmen: Bass Reeves'' * "Part I" (''Obi-Wan Kenobi''), an episode of ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'' * "Part One" (''Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy''), an episode of ''Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy'' * "Part One" (''The Pacific''), an episode of ''The Pacific'' * "Part One" (''Your Honor''), an episode of ''Your Honor'' * " Part One: Master and Apprentice", an episode of ''Ahsoka'' Other uses * Part I of the Albanian Constitution * Part I of the Constitution of India Part I—The Union and Its territories is a compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Roads (1981 Film)
''Back Roads'' is a 1981 American romantic comedy film starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. It is directed by Martin Ritt. It got middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office. This was the first film produced by CBS Theatrical Films (a short lived film production branch of CBS). The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Plot Amy Post is a $20-a-trick hooker in Mobile, Alabama. One night she entertains Elmore Pratt, an ex-boxer who has just been fired from his job at a car wash. He cannot pay her for services rendered. Pratt punches a plainclothes police officer. He and Amy drive away together, intending to head for California, bickering along the way. Production Field and Jones disliked one another intensely during filming. Ritt said that he regretted not being able to make this film work, blaming its failure on both the script and the stars' inability to get along. Reception In his March 13, 1981 review, ''The New York Times'' critic Vincent Canby wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alligator (film)
''Alligator'' is a 1980 American independent horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by John Sayles. It stars Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V. Gazzo. It also includes an appearance by actress Sue Lyon in her last screen role. Set in Chicago, the film follows a police officer and a reptile expert who track an enormous, ravenous man-eating alligator flushed down the toilet years earlier, that is attacking residents after escaping from the city's sewers. A direct-to-video sequel was released in 1991, entitled '' Alligator II: The Mutation''. Despite the title, ''Alligator II'' shared no characters or actors with the original. A tabletop game based on ''Alligator'' was distributed by the Ideal Toy Company in 1980. Plot In 1968, a teenage girl purchases a baby American alligator while on vacation with her family at a tourist trap in Florida and gives it the name Ramon. When the family returns home to Chicago, the girl's surly, animal-phobic father promptly flus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loose Shoes
''Loose Shoes'' (also known as ''Coming Attractions'' and ''Quackers'') is a 1978 comedy film directed by Ira Miller and featuring Bill Murray. The film is presented as a series of movie trailers with titles such as ''The Howard Huge Story'', ''Skate-boarders from Hell'' and ''The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers''. The film was originally released on September 1, 1978 as ''Coming Attractions'' and promoted with the tagline "The Movie That Makes Fun of the Movies". It was re-released in 1980 under the title of ''Loose Shoes'', capitalizing on the increased fame of Murray (''Saturday Night Live'', ''Meatballs'') and Howard Hesseman (''WKRP in Cincinnati''). The updated title is taken from a 1940s Cab Calloway-style song-and-dance number in the film's final skit, "Dark Town After Dark", which satirizes an infamous 1976 drunken, racist remark made by Gerald Ford's then-Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz (July 3, 1909 – February 2, 2008) was a Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper Valley PTA (film)
''Harper Valley PTA'' is a 1978 American comedy film inspired by the popular 1968 country song " Harper Valley PTA" written by Tom T. Hall and performed by country singer Jeannie C. Riley. The film starred Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Ronny Cox, Louis Nye and Susan Swift, directed by Richard Bennett and Ralph Senensky (who left the production during filming, and was replaced by Bennett), and primarily released to drive-in theaters throughout the summer of 1978. The film has a cult following in fans of the original song. The film's promotional tagline is: "The song was scandalous. The movie is hilarious!" Plot Stella Johnson is a beautiful widowed single mother who lives in the town of Harper Valley, Ohio. She sells cosmetics door-to-door for the fictitious AngelGlo Cosmetics and is not afraid to enjoy life. Her fourteen-year-old daughter, Dee, is a student at Harper Valley Junior High School. After leaving school, Dee brings her mother a letter from the school's Paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Porno Flick
''The Last Porno Flick'' (also known as ''Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers'') is an American 1974 comedy film, starring Marianna Hill and directed by Ray Marsh. Plot Tony and Ziggy two young men eager to capitalize on the '' Deep Throat'' craze, wish to make a pornographic film. They raise money from their family and friends by claiming that they are making a religious film. Complications ensue when their pornographic production becomes a hit. Cast *Frank Calcagnini as Tony *Michael Pataki as Ziggy *Mike Kellin as Boris *Marianna Hill as Mary *Jo Anne Meredith as Jessica * Robyn Hilton as Linda Loveman *Tom Signorelli as O.D. *Carmen Zapata Carmen Margarita Zapata (July 15, 1927 – January 5, 2014) often referred to as "The First Lady of the Hispanic Theater" was an American actress best known for her role in the PBS bilingual children's program ''Villa Alegre''. Zapata was also ... as Mama Theresa * Antony Carbone as Vittorio * Raf Mauro as Gaffer See also * List of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesty Anderson, USN
''Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy'' is a 1976 R-rated comedy film featuring Shari Eubank as Chesty Anderson, a WAVE (Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the United States Navy. When one of her friends goes missing, Chesty and several fellow WAVEs go looking for her and end up in a world of senatorial corruption and Mafia intimidation. Plot Cast * Shari Eubank as Chesty * Dorrie Thomson as Tina * Rosanne Katon as Cocoa * Marcie Barkin as Pucker * Constance Marie as Baby * Fred Willard as Peter Linden * George Cooper as Senator Dexter * Frank Campanella as The Baron * Timothy Carey as Vincent "The Terrible" * Phil Hoover as Michael * Tim Wade as "Ferret" * Scatman Crothers as Ben Benson * Mel Carter as Sam Benson * John Davis Chandler as Dr. Cheech * Betty McGuire as CPO * Lynne Guthrie as Lieutenant Ambrose * Brenda Fogarty as Brenda * Joyce Mandel as Suzi * Roy Applegate as Phil * Stanley Brock as Dr. Finkle * Dyanne Thorne as Nurse * Uschi Digard as Baron's Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mad Bomber (1972 Film)
''The Mad Bomber'', a.k.a. ''The Police Connection'' and ''Detective Geronimo'', is a 1972 film produced, directed, and scripted by Bert I. Gordon. It stars Vince Edwards, Chuck Connors and Neville Brand. Plot William Dorn, a middle-aged man in Los Angeles, rigs and sets off bombs in places he associates with the drug-overdose death of his daughter Ann and the collapse of his life. Investigating detective Geronimo Minnelli learns that at one of the locations of his attacks, a hospital, a rape took place, and both the victim Martha and her rapist George Fromley likely saw the face of the as-yet-unidentified bomber. The police desperately attempt to simultaneously identify and apprehend both violent criminals, hoping one will lead them to the other. Cast *Vince Edwards as Geronimo Minelli *Chuck Connors as William Dorn *Neville Brand as George Fromley *Hank Brandt as Blake *Ted Gehring as Police Chief Marc C. Forester *Christina Hart as Fromley's Victim *Nancy Honnold as Anne Dorn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Only Kill Their Masters
''They Only Kill Their Masters'' is a 1972 American mystery film directed by James Goldstone, written by Lane Slate, and starring James Garner and Katharine Ross, with a supporting cast featuring Hal Holbrook, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond O'Brien, and Arthur O'Connell. The title refers to Doberman dogs that might have been responsible for a woman's murder currently under investigation by the local police chief (Garner). Garner wrote in his memoirs that "I'd rather not talk about" the film. Plot In the sleepy California coastal town of Eden Landing, police chief Abel Marsh returns from vacation to learn that divorcée Jenny Campbell has been killed by her pet Doberman, Murphy, on the shore of her beachfront home. Abel visits Dr. Warren Watkins, the veterinarian who tranquilized the dog when it was found over Jenny's dead body. Abel meets Watkins' new nurse, Kate Bingham, who objects to the dog being euthanized. Sarcastically telling Abel that "they only kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |