Don Hammer Movies
After a big-time country singer (Dolly Parton) brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver (Sylvester Stallone) as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and Dolly puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, (more)
- 1974
- PG
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover a international drug ring involving some of the department's highest ranking officers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1971
- R
Jack Nicholson first put his well-documented enthusiasm for basketball to good use in this film, which he wrote and directed between his roles in Five Easy Pieces and Carnal Knowledge. William Tepper plays Hector, a student at a college in Ohio who shares a room with his friend Gabriel (Michael Margotta) and is the star player on the school's basketball team. Hector has been approached to quit college and play pro ball, but Gabriel is urging him to devote more time to radical political causes. Of course, both have plenty of other things on their mind; Hector is having a clandestine affair with the wife of one of his professors (Karen Black), while Gabriel, in a bid to beat the draft and avoid going to Vietnam, is trying to convince the draft board that he's insane. Unfortunately, Gabriel is feigning madness so well that he's not so sure he hasn't actually become crazy. Director Henry Jaglom and screenwriter Robert Towne also have supporting roles, as do future sitcom greats Cindy Williams and David Ogden Stiers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Tepper, Karen Black, (more)
- 1966
Endora is tired of hearing Gladys Kravitz brag about her "brilliant" little nephew, Edgar. To show up Gladys, Endora uses witchcraft to give baby Tabitha the ability to talk. Like most of Endora's spells, this one backfires disastrously when Gladys informs the press about Darrin and Samantha's "miracle baby." Los Angeles newscaster Clete Roberts appears as himself. Written by James Henerson, "Baby's First Paragraph" originally aired on March 10, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, (more)
- 1962
Small-town garage mechanic Aaron Menefee (Andrew Prine) becomes a devoted disciple of the Reverend Otis Jones (Sidney Blackmer) after the traveling faith healer seemingly cures Menefee's ulcer. Even so, Jones refuses Menefee permission to marry his daughter Emily (Maggie Pierce), arguing that Aaron's faith isn't "strong enough." Thus does Menefee challenge himself with the ultimate test of that faith -- leading to a memorable "Lady or the Tiger" denouement. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
