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Marilyn Joi
Marilyn Joi (born May 22, 1945) is an American actress who appeared in a number of exploitation films during the 1970s. Career Joi starred in several films by Al Adamson including ''The Naughty Stewardesses'' (1974), ''Blazing Stewardesses'' (1975) and ''Black Samurai'' (1977), and played the henchwoman Velvet in '' Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks'' (1976), and Cleopatra Schwartz in '' The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977). Among her other film credits were roles in ''Hit Man'' (1972), ''Mean Mother'' (1974), ''The Candy Tangerine Man'' (1975), '' Mansion of the Doomed'' (1976), '' The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington'' (1977), ''Nurse Sherri ''Nurse Sherri'' (also known as ''The Possession of Nurse Sherri'' and ''Black Voodoo'' as well as ''Beyond the Living'', ''Hospital of Terror'', ''Killer's Curse'', and ''Hands of Death'') is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by ...'' (1978) and '' Galaxina'' (1980). She was often credited as Tracy King, Tracy Ann Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the French Louisiana region, the second-most populous in the Deep South, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Parish. New Orleans serves as a major port and a commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1 million, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 59th-most populous in the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for Music of New Orleans, its distincti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxina
''Galaxina'' is a 1980 American science fantasy-comedy film written and directed by William Sachs. Shot on a low budget, the film stars 1980 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband shortly after the film's release. Besides its homages to and parodies of science fiction mainstays ''Star Trek'' (1966), ''Star Wars'' (1977) and '' Alien'' (1979), this film also pokes fun at the Western genre. It won the Audience Award at the 1983 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film. A film viewed by the characters in ''Galaxina'' is a clip from the 1960 Eastern bloc sci-fi film, ''First Spaceship on Venus''. The clip is used because ''First Spaceship on Venus'' was released by Crown International Pictures in the U.S. in 1962. Plot In 3008, the crew of the Intergalactic Space Police cruiser ''Infinity'' is on patrol duty in deep space. The ship is captained by the incompetent Cornelius Butt (Avery Schreiber) and his crewmen: his first offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Street Blues
''Hill Street Blues'' is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large U.S. city. The "blues" are the police officers in their blue uniforms. The show received critical acclaim, and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in the United States and Canada."TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows" CBS.Roush, Matt (February 25, 2013). "Showstoppers: The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time". '' |
Hunter (1984 American TV Series)
''Hunter'' is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo that ran on NBC from September 18, 1984, to April 26, 1991. It stars Fred Dryer as Sergeant Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, and Charles Hallahan as Captain Charles "Charlie" Devane. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department (original called Los Angeles Metropolitan Police Department). The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series. Stepfanie Kramer left after the sixth season (1990) to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. For the seventh and final season, Hunter had two new partners: Officer Joanne Molenski ( Darlanne Fluegel) for the first seven episodes, then Sergeant Chris Novak ( Lauren Lane) for the remaining eleven. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Dryer (and eventually Kramer) returned for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions. The show follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone. There were a few casting changes: after the departure of Fawcett at the end of season 1, Cheryl Ladd joined in season 2 and remained in the show till the ending. When Jackson departed at the end of season 3, Shelley Hack joined for season 4, and she was subsequently replaced by Tanya Roberts in season 5. Despite mixed revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Times
''Good Times'' is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans (actor), Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. It is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Maude (TV series), Maude'', itself a spin-off of ''All in the Family''. Compared to many other popular sitcoms by Norman Lear, ''Good Times'' also tackled some challenging and complex issues such as: gang warfare, racism, widowhood, poverty, education, child abuse, unemployment, evictions, financial struggles, paraplegia, dating, stealing, mugging, engagements, affairs and rent parties. Synopsis Florida and James (renamed from Henry) Evans and their three children live at 963 North Gilbert Avenue, apartment 17C, in a public housing project in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago. The project is unnamed on the show but is implicitl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starsky & Hutch
''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a '' Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by the success of the then recent movie '' Busting''), produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions and starred Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul in the title roles, Starsky and Hutch. It was broadcast from April 1975 (pilot movie) to August 1979 on the ABC network. ''Starsky & Hutch'' was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation and later on 20th Television in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series later inspired a video game and a feature film. Cast The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: Sergeant David Michael Starsky ( Paul Michael Glase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satan's Princess
''Satan's Princess'' is a 1990 film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Robert Forster and Lydie Denier. Plot The title character Nicole St. James is the head of a modeling agency for women, and who has hired Karen Rhodes, a runaway girl to help her. Police officer Lou Cherney goes undercover to find the runaway, but the evil 'princess' Nicole catches on to him and the investigation. Cast * Robert Forster as Lou Cherney * Lydie Denier as Nicole St. James * Caren Kaye as Leah Cherney * Phillip Glasser as Joey Cherney * Michael Harris as Dorian * Ellen Geer as Mary Kulik * Rena Riffel as Erica Dunn * Jack Carter as Old Priest * Henry Brown as Felson * Marlena Giovi as Betty Calabrese * Al Pugliese as Sal Calabrese * Nick Agnotti as Ed Rhodes * Leslie Huntly as Karen Rhodes Production ''Satan's Princess'' went through many titles during production including ''Heat From Another Sun'', ''Princess of Darkness'', and ''Malediction''. Release ''Satan's Princess'' was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend
''Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend'' is a 1979 cheerleader comedy film. It was also known as ''The Great American Girl Robbery''. at DVD Talk derided the film as a "Dog of the Week" in an episode of '''' in 1979. Cast * Kristine DeBell as Debbie Williams * Jason Williams as Wayne Matthews * Anthony Lewis as George Henderson * Wally Ann Wharton as Lisa (credited as Ann Wharton) * Janet Blythe as Croughton * Deslyn Bernet as Anita * Lachelle Chamberlain as T ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Samson
''Black Samson'' is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, Carol Speed, William Smith and Connie Strickland. The film was written by Daniel B. Cady (who also produced) and Warren Hamilton Jr., directed by Charles Bail and released by Warner Bros. It was the directorial debut for Bail, more commonly billed as Chuck Bail, a renowned stunt co-ordinator best known for playing himself in Richard Rush's ''The Stunt Man''. Plot Armed with a quarterstaff and his pet African lion named Hoodoo, noble nightclub owner Samson (Rockne Tarkington) does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa (William Smith) tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a stand against Nappa and his flunkies. Cast * Rockne Tarkington as Samson * William Smith as Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa * Connie Strickland as Tina * Carol Speed as Leslie * Michael Payne as Arthur * Joe Tornatore as Harry * Titos Vandis as Giuseppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tender Loving Care (film)
''Tender Loving Care'' is a 1974 film directed by Don Edmonds and starring Donna Young. The plot concerns the adventures of three nurses. Although not part of the official "nurse" cycle of films from New World Pictures that began with '' The Student Nurses'' (1970), it was picked up for distribution by New World.Christopher T Koetting, ''Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures'', Hemlock Books. 2009 p 74 Cast * Donna Young as Karen Jordan (credited as Dona Desmond) * Marilyn Joi as Lynn (credited as Anita King * Michael Asher as Dr. Ben Traynor * Lauren Simon as Tracy (credited as Leah Simon) * John Daniels as Jackie * Tony Mumolo as Dr. David Aaron (credited as Tony Victor) * Josh Taylor as Reno (credited as Tim Taylor) * George Buck Flower George Albert "Buck" Flower (October 28, 1937 – June 18, 2004) was an American actor, writer, producer, assistant director, production manager, and casting director. He was sometimes credited as Ernes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit 9000
''Detroit 9000'' is a 1973 American action film directed by Arthur Marks from a screenplay by Orville H. Hampton. Originally marketed as a blaxploitation film, it had a resurgence on video 25 years later. Plot Street-smart white detective Danny Bassett ( Alex Rocco) teams with educated black detective Sgt. Jesse Williams ( Hari Rhodes) to investigate a theft of $400,000 at a fund-raiser for Representative Aubrey Hale Clayton ( Rudy Challenger).Van Gelder, Lawrence (October 9, 1998)FILM REVIEW; Detective Buddies and Racial Boundaries.''The New York Times'' Cast * Hari Rhodes as Sergeant Jesse Williams * Alex Rocco as Lieutenant Danny Bassett * Vonetta McGee as Ruby Harris * Ella Edwards as Helen Durbin * Scatman Crothers as Reverend Markham * Herbert Jefferson Jr. as Ferdy * Robert Phillips as Captain Chalmers * Rudy Challenger as Aubrey Hale Clayton * Council Cargle as Drew Sheppard Filming Actor Alex Rocco was cast as a result of director Arthur Marks' positive experien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
