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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'' (1978) and ''Galaxina ''Galaxina'' is a low-budget 1980 American science fantasy-comedy film written and directed by William Sachs. The film stars 1980 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband shortly after the film's rel ...'' (1980). She was often credited as Tracy King, Tracy Ann Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans . ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a consolidated city-parish located along the in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxina
''Galaxina'' is a low-budget 1980 American science fantasy-comedy film written and directed by William Sachs. The film stars 1980 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband shortly after the film's release.Corry, John (1981-03-01). Silliness In Space. New York Times, 1 March 1981. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C06E7DF153BF932A35750C0A967948260. 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 a Crown International Picture when first released in the United States in 1962. Plot In 3008, the crew of the Intergalacti ... [...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 staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large 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. In its debut season, the series won eight Emmy Awards, a debut season record later surpassed only by '' The West Wing''. The show won a total of 26 Emmy Awards (out of 98 Emmy Award nominations) during its run, including four consecutive wins for Outstanding Drama Series. Background MTM Enterprises developed the series on behalf of NBC, appointing Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll as series writers. The writers were allowed freedom to create a series that brought together a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter (1984 American TV Series)
''Hunter'' is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo, which ran on NBC from September 18, 1984 to April 26, 1991. It stars Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter is a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series. The show, known for its graphic depiction of violence, aired for seven seasons, with 153 episodes. Stepfanie Kramer left after the sixth season (1990) to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh and final season, Hunter partnered with two different female officers. Episodes Season one (1984–85) The show began in a Tuesday night time slot with the two-part pilot episodes of "Hunter" initially broadcast in a time slot on a Friday night, competing for ratings against the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aaron Spelling. It 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 (billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors), 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, Cheryl Ladd joined; after Jackson departed, Shelley Hack joined, who was subsequently replaced by Tanya Roberts. Despite mixed reviews from critics and a reputation for merely being " jiggle television" (specifically emphasizing the sex appeal of the f ... [...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 and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. ''Good Times'' is a spin-off of '' Maude,'' which itself is a spin-off of '' All in the Family'', making ''Good Times'' the first television spin-off from another spin-off. In September 2020, it was announced that the series would receive an animated sitcom revival produced with Norman Lear executive producing alongside Seth MacFarlane and Steph Curry for Netflix. Synopsis Florida and James (renamed from Henry) Evans and their three children live at 921 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 implicitly the infamous Cabrini–Green Homes, shown in the opening and closing credit ... [...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 broadcast from April 1975 (pilot movie) to August 1979 on the ABC network. It 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 also inspired a theatrical film and a video game. Overview The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: David Michael Starsky ( Paul Michael Glaser), the dark-haired, Brooklyn transplant and U.S. Army veteran, with a street-wise manner and intense, sometimes ... [...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 is the head of a modeling agency for women, and who has hired a runaway girl to help her. A police officer goes undercover to find the runaway, but the evil 'princess' catches on to him and the investigation. Cast * Robert Forster as Lou Cherney * Lydie Denier as Nicole St. James * Caren Kaye as Lea * Phillip Glasser as Joey * 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 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 directly to video in the United States. Reception In a contemporary review, ''Variety'' noted that "mundane performances lift t ... [...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. References External links ''The Great American Girl Robbery'' at IMDb
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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 ... [...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 See also * List of American films of 1974 A list of American films released in 1974. '' The Godfather Part II'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) A–Z Documentaries See also * 1974 in the United States References External links 1974 films ... References External links * 1970s exploitation films American erotic drama films 1970s erotic drama films 1974 films New World Pictures films 1974 drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{exploitation-film-stub ... [...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] |
