Luanne Roberts Movies
Two bored and neglected suburban housewives find themselves intrigued by lesbianism after they watch two female lovers having an intimate lunch on the Sunset Strip. They are both fascinated and repelled, and one of the wives is disturbed to find herself attracted to the other. Still a passionate affair begins between the two friends. Giddy with love and happiness, everything falls apart when the wife who began the affair abruptly ends it by getting involved with a virile young actor. The other wife is devastated, decides that she really is a lesbian and sets out to prove it with a strong-willed dyke during a party. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Plumb, John Aprea, (more)
As much an eccentric character study as a road movie, Michael Cimino's directorial debut follows the adventures of a quartet of misfits in their life of crime. Retired thief Thunderbolt (Clint Eastwood) and sweet drifter Lightfoot (Jeff Bridges) meet cute when Thunderbolt jumps into Lightfoot's stolen car to escape a gunman. The pair embarks on an oddball journey to get Thunderbolt's loot from an old robbery before his former associates, the sadistic Red (George Kennedy) and cretinous Goody (Geoffrey Lewis), get to it first, but all four are too late; the one-room schoolhouse hiding place has apparently vanished. So instead, the four play house and work legit jobs while they plot to rob the same place Thunderbolt and Red hit before. Although the plan goes awry, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot discover that they may still have succeeded-or so they think. As the easy-going mediator between the two, Eastwood's Thunderbolt was a move away from his tough cop-westerner image; his audience accepted this then-atypical performance enough to turn Thunderbolt and Lightfoot into a moderate hit. Bridges received his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, but Cimino turned down a subsequent deal with Eastwood, moving instead to his artistic peak with The Deer Hunter (1978) and career nadir with Heaven's Gate (1980). ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
- Starring:
- Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, (more)
- 1972
- R
This anti-war drama centers on four Vietnam veterans who are driving cross country to California. By the time they hit New Mexico, they are down to $69. They started out with over $9,000 between them. To get some quick cash, they rob a gas station. The irate owner begins shooting at them and they in turn show him that they are carrying a veritable ammunitions dump in their trunk. Donning their Green Beret uniforms, they get revenge upon the town and then begin waiting for the authorities to show up so they can have a showdown with them too. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1971
Comedian Morey Amsterdam is uncharacteristically at a loss for jokes in the role of Jerry Mermaid, a printer whose press has been stolen. While investigating this theft, Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) have plenty of other matters to keep them busy. Among those warranting the two cops' attention is an elderly pensioner who refuses to vacate his condemned house, and a motorist who evinces some very peculiar behavior. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The target audience for this supernatural thriller is never quite clear: the film's poster attempts a psychedelic look, as the ad copy touts "the black mass...the spells...the incantations...the curses...the ceremonial sex," and other ad copy says "He curses the Establishment." In the film, Andrew Prine plays a Los Angeles sewer-dwelling warlock who discovers that his magical talents are more powerful than he had imagined, leading him to power among a group of cult followers. The role of the Satanic cult leader is played by Ultra Violet, a celebrity in artist Andy Warhol's community. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Andrew Prine, George Paulsin, (more)
- 1971
William Shatner guest stars as Don Brand, a hard-nosed parole officer with an obsessive hatred of drug pushers. When Brand's life is threatened, he insists that a paroled dope dealer is responsible--even though he has many, many other enemies. Ironside (Raymond Burr), however, suspects that Brand is his own worst enemy, and that he may be using phony death threats to railroad an ex-con back into prison. This final episode of Ironside's fourth season also marks the last appearance of series regular Barbara Anderson (Eve Whitfield). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1970
- R
In this melodrama, Jim Carlton (George E. Carey) is settling in for a relaxing weekend at home when his wife, Mona (Luanne Roberts) takes their baby off for a weekend trip. However, when the baby-sitter (Susan Roman) mistakenly shows up, she whisks Jim off to a wild weekend in Hollywood, where he discovers some sobering facts about his wife. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- 1970
With no pressing assignments at hand, Phelps and Barney head to the Caribbean for a long-overdue vacation. Falling in love with gorgeous artist Alma Ross (Cicely Tyson), Barney finds himself framed for the murder of Alma's ex-boyfriend. The instigator of the frame-up is crooked police chief Manuel Corba (Pernell Roberts), the head of a private death squad that has already claimed some 70 victims. Summoning the rest of the IMF team to come to Barney's rescue, Phelps intends to put the sadistic Corba out of business for keeps. The impressive supporting cast includes such familiar faces as Leon Askin and John Schuck. Written by Laurence Heath, "Death Squad" was originally broadcast on March 15, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, (more)
- 1970
- R
This X rated exploitation feature finds Jack (Zack Taylor) trying to talk his fiance Sandy (Mary Jane Carpenter) into having sex before their wedding night. Although she doesn't give in, his dreams are filled with fantasies of erotic lovemaking with his intended. He reads a book on how to seduce women and manages and is successful with everyone but Sandy. Bambi Allen, Shawn Devereaux and Victoria Bond are also featured in the naked romps with the frustrated future groom. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Zack Taylor, Mary Jane Carpenter, (more)
- 1970
This episode marks a rare joint appearance by actor James Daly and his daughter Tyne Daly. The elder Daly is cast as Judge McIntire, who is presently touring college campuses giving lectures about a controversial death sentence he'd levied eight years earlier. During a classroom re-enactment of the trial, McIntire is himself marked to death by an unknown party. Law student Mark (Don Mitchell) must rely upon his boss Ironside (Raymond Burr) to save the judge's life and ferreting out the would-be "executioner". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
